What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten? ~j

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2014

Today's Writing Prompt: Food Oddities

What's the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?

I have many answers for this question. Some of the answers depend on who you are telling because some people wouldn't think these things are odd at all.

I love barbecue eel don, white tuna sushi, peanut butter and bologna sandwiches, hummus, ground cherries, tofu . . .

Do you find any of these weird? What is the weirdest thing you have ever eaten?

I sometimes wonder if my son and daughter-in-law are a little crazy. They coach three basketball teams in their spare time.

I posted a movie review about Moonrise Kingdom http://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.ca/2014/01/movie-review-moonrise-kingdom.html

and

Dark Shadows http://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.ca/2014/01/dark-shadows-2012.html

January 13

Make Your Dreams Come True Day

Poetry Break Day

Rubber Duckie's Birthday

Blame Somebody Else Day

Charles Perrault, French lawyer and author (1628), famous for Les Contes de Perrault, through which he gave immortality to the folk tales Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and others.

Horatio Alger, writer (1832)

Sophie Tucker, entertainer (1906)

1854: Anthony Faas of Pennsylvania patents the accordion.

1930: The comic strip "Mickey Mouse" debuts in American newspapers.

1982: Ann Cools was named to the Senate and became the first black person to sit in Canada’s upper house.

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