Travel Network - Andrew Zimmern in Your Kitchen !

Andrew Zimmern is a 'staple' of  the Travel network these days! His show, Bizarre Foods is always on. Andrew travels the world's remotest places to seek unusual foods and gets immersed in the experience with gusto! Some of the foods on his show are 'repulsive' to me as a vegetarian from India. However, he and his hosts seem to enjoy these as if these came from the Queen's pantry! The food he eats are squids and octopuses, fresh from the sea and sometimes  uncooked and filthy. Other animals I have seen Andrew eat are coyote, alligator,varieties of seafood, goats, pigs and cows that were alive a few minutes before the hosts and Andrew began tasting these. Nothing is wasted and in some cases even the blood of the animal being consumed is used to enhance the taste !!

When I was in high school me and my friends sometimes wondered what would happen to us, as vegetarians, if we were left on a deserted island! Andrew and shows like 'Naked and Afraid' answer these to some extent! It is obvious that we would have to shut down our religious channel in order to see another life extinguished for our benefit - but  it is also obvious from the show that other cultures have compromised and made peace regarding the issue long ago....or maybe they did not have any choice.

After consuming so much sea food, Andrew himself looks like a creature from the waters, at least his face does! And he eats with ordinary people most of the time and not at fancy restaurants - that is the show's appeal!