Over the years I have eaten snails, ants,
grasshoppers, beetles, frogs, tripe, sea slugs,
and squid liver. Borscht, brains, broccoli, bok
choy, bratwurst, and Brussels sprouts. At
first I may have had trepidations but I will try
anything. They all proved delicious.
Depending on where I am going, I have to train
myself to enjoy the ubiquitous ritual, learn
to pace myself or hold my liquor in order to
insinuate myself into people’s cafés or homes
or companies or trust.
Rules of
Thumb
to peel are very suspect. Avoid milk, even in
your coffee. One fallback that you can usually
rely on is fried foods. They are cooked at
temperatures that will kill most anything.
As far as food goes, consider your hands, as
well as those of others, your enemy. Never
forget that everything and everybody you
touch are potential sources of disease.
Shaking hands, using bathrooms, petting
animals can be unhealthy or deadly.
Eating is primal. Food is central to all we
do. Photographers can experience culinary
adventures wherever they go but do not
forsake the experience for the metaphor. Eat.
If it is cooked, boiled or peeled, you can eat
it. Salads and fruits that do not have a skin
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