I'm pretty adventurous, had frog's legs in 5th grade class one day (someone's project), I've eaten calamari (squid), love lobster (didn't inherit granmdpa's allergy to it like my little brother did), have had caviar (did freelance work for a caviar-packer), jellyfish, and even haggis -just one mouthful of my friend's portion in a reastaurant! Not to mention "1,000-year-old eggs" and various unidentifiable stuff in China!

The scariest, though, was a "chocolate birthday cake" made from my mother's recipe (Ma was an excellent cook) by a relative who shall remain unidentified. I was dubious (it looked like a tan sponge) took one bite, discretely spit it back out into my napkin (cause it kinda tasted like an old sponge), and took Paul's plate from him before he tried it! For several years, I declined cake at that house, and stuck with "Just ice cream, please!"