In Taiwan, a common dish, or snack, is chicken feet. Any night of the week you can venture down to the local supermarket, and buy a tasty bag of chicken feet. Although the thought of chicken feet may repulse most Americans, they are a common thing to eat in Taiwan. The "correct" way to eat a chicken foot: Begin with biting off the toes (I would avoid toenails), and then spitting out the bones. There is not a lot of meat on chicken feet, so if you are very hungry, go for something else--stinky tofu perhaps. Many stands around Taiwan also sell blood on a stick, and duck hearts. You can purchase the blood seasoned, such as "spicy flavor". Boiled animal parts is also a common dish. Dont be fooled by all the "interesting" sounding foods. Taiwan does have rather tasty dishes, and if you are feeling daring, blood on a stick could be good as well.
(Pigs-Blood on a stick)
~Ice Dancer
etnocentric much? btw first 3 sentences are totally redundant
ReplyDeleteI have eaten chicken feet and they are really good even though it is not really common here you can find them in Asian market stores and occasionally you can find them in normal supermarkets like HEB. You usually need to clip off the toe nails before you cook it.
ReplyDeleteChristy N.
Delicious. I s'pose. Anybody know where one would find a recipe for chicken feet in English? Would be MUCH APPRECIATED. (vinylstaff@gmail.com)
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