Rut 4 New Food--Nate

I went to Chick-Fil-A and tried their grilled chicken nuggets. I'm a big fan of chicken nuggets. The grilled nuggets were messy and had lots of juice/ water at the bottom of the container. I did feel much healthier after eating them though, which is definitely a benefit. I don't think I've really changed, I've always been one to try new foods. But I do think if a fast food chain is trying to go healthier than I should too.

Rut #4 Frankie FInan

So... Yesterday my wife and I decided that we wanted to go to the asian market on state street that is right across Fresh Market. We had never gone before and we wanted to see what they had. Well...when we first walked in the store smelled of fish and seaweed and then after a little while, you get used to the smell. We were perusing around and we didn't see anything that was of interest to us until we saw the frozen  and refrigerated section of food! They had so many things but most of them I had tried before either on sushi or some other asian form. Then I saw it, the thing that I had never tried before and had been scared to for the longest time. BALUT! Balut is a duck (or other bird) egg that has a semi formed duckling inside of it. I'm not going to lie...i'm not scared to be adventurous when it comes to food but this was different. I was just imagining how it tasted and what it would be like. We bought two to take home because we both had to try it. We got home and decided to prepare ourselves with water and puke buckets just in case.  Then it was time...we both bit into our Balut eggs and both looked at each other in such disgust! It was awful!!!!!!!! There was a nasty, rotten smell that accompanied the egg. Neither of us finished out eggs but we did swallow two bites of our eggs. Plus neither of us had to use the puke bucket. It was hands down the most disgusting things i've eaten and i've eaten MANY gross things before in my life. Heres a picture of what it looks like. These are  not the ones we got but same idea. 

Finding #5

Welcome to the world of Pryaniki. Once upon a time I spent some time in the Motherland. A roughly 18 month time period, Russia and me. Over the course of those months, I was exposed to a wide variety of exotic European treats and delicacies that seemed to cushion the blow of any stressful gospel lesson. Haha, cookies, chocolates, candies, all accompanied with scorching hot herbal tea.

My mission companion and I were able to have a mini reunion up in Salt Lake-- complete with our very own trip to a LEGITIMATE Russian GROCERY STORE.
There, among the array of sausages, breads, and ice creams, we cam across these little babies.
Pryaniki-- the firm, crunchy, soft, and sugar coated dreams come true. Apparently they're even more phenomenal when warmed and microwaved, but any form of glucose can send me reeling, honestly. SO GOOD! It's a temptation to not down the entire bag in a matter of seconds! They come in all varieties, some carmel-filled, and these happened to have  tint of cherry flavor.

My search for happiness ends here. I loved the blast from the past and trying priyanki, cherry flavored! It was neat to reach out and go above/beyond my usual Smith's run that involves few things outside of turkey, apples, and oatmeal.

Brady Edwards, Rut #4

A couple of days back, I went out on a limb and tried the dreaded food, caviar. I've always found the consumption of unborn fish eggs to be a little horrifying and have, thus far, passed on the opportunity. But I found myself sitting at a sushi restaurant with my girlfriend, and remembered the challenge to try something new. I ordered it, I ate it, I had tiny little explosions of strange juice go off inside my mouth, I accepted it.
   It wasn't fantastic, but it wasn't the big drummed up thing I'd made it out to be in my head. Often, I find that the bigger issue is more of getting around the big, bad thing my mind has conceived. I don't know what it is about people or why we assume the worst and catastrophize everything, but it's something I seem to have done for caviar. I thought I'd throw up, or at least hate fish for a good while. But nothing happened. I ate it. I moved on.
     I've learned that I probably need to be doing more new things, as I apparently have more reservations about it than I than I expected to. Though I can't say I've drastically changed in any particular way, I can say that trying new things is something I've been meaning to do. Maybe this will be a step in the right direction.

Brothel Poster, Brady Edwards

Brady Edwards.

Gabe McFadden Poster !

Born Into Brothels Poster--Nate Austin