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August 26, 2008

Delayed Gratification...

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And the winner of the Travel Channel / Bourdain Giveaway is.... Marsha, author of the foodie blog Consumed (great name, by the way). If you missed it, here is the original post. Although her answer was selected at random from the entries of unusual things eaten in the name of adventure, hers was one of the more memorable responses:

The most unusual thing I've ever eaten is endangered species. I was visiting a friend in Washington state several years ago and her father had us over for dinner one night. I don't know if this is still true, but at the time there was some endangered species of salmon that one specific Native American tribe had retained rights to fish for personal consumption. My friend's father was a Native American art dealer with friends in whatever tribe it was, and one of his friends had given him some, which he generously prepared for us. Not only that, but we ate our endangered salmon on an antique table he had picked up in South America somewhere that was made from wood from an extinct tree. It was all very robber barron.

The other most unusual thing I've ever eaten is moose. By far the most tender, succulent meat I've ever eaten. I've tried and tried to find it commercially. If anybody has a source, please share!!!

I had a terrific time chatting with each of you about your exotic delicacies. Thank you - each and every one of you - for participating. And my humble thanks to our friends at the Travel Channel for their generous donation of an autographed Anthony Bourdain poster. Marsha, I'll be dropping this in the mail to you this week. And if anyone knows where she can get a reliable source of moose... swing by her blog and satisfy her craving.

So... what's with the image of the camel, you ask? This week's episode of No Reservations lands Anthony in chaotic Cairo. Seems he didn't see much of the pyramids, but he did see a lot of excitement. Details on his blog.

{for thse of you keeping score, I stole the image from Gettyimages.com}

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