Interesting Food: Round 2

I have been trying some new food lately. I really enjoy trying new stuff, but I still am always scared on that first bite or drink. I finally tried the Deeppresso drink. All I can say about it is that it was cold coffee, nothing special, just cold coffee in a can. However, it didn't have the intended effect that it says on the cover. I enjoyed a couple hours of energy from this drink and got the jump from the caffeine that I normally don't need.

I went out with Nate and Kate the other night for sushi. I had been craving it a little bit and was excited that we were going. I got the typical sushi that I am used to, but I branched out a little bit and tried some new things. One of the things that I tried was the eel sushi. I have to admit that it isn't the most beautiful sushi I have seen, but it was rather pleasing to my taste. It was really tender and had a good flavor, so for the most part I enjoyed it. However, I was eating straight eel and that still kind of freaks me out.

That last final thing that I think is worthy of sharing is my little crunch snack at this local restaurant. I am proud to say that today I tried grasshoppers. I have decided when trying new things that thinking about the new thinks doesn't help, but only makes it worse and so for this one I saw the grasshoppers that the waitress presented to us on the plate and ate them within a couple of seconds. Let me just say that they were kind of like a crunchy raisin, but had the full of legs, body, and head of a grasshopper. I can't say that I will eat them for the enjoyment of eating them, but I probably will eat them just to say that I did. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera with me so I didn't take a picture of them, but I will and you will soon see it. Lastly, I learned today that the U.S. is only 1 of 3 countries in the world that doesn't include insects in the diet.

Oh, I forgot to add that the last picture is my favorite kind of sushi. It is the ebifura roll. Nate has this thing going where if i ask him a question about the food and he doesn't know what it means or what it tastes like, he'll give me a response along the lines of "Its Japanese for goodness." This roll definitely is Japanese for goodness or Japanese for yummy and I think you all should give it a chance.