Watery Wednesday #27

Taken in Heiwanomori Park in Kanagawa when my big girl was 23 months old this photo brings back very happy memories of when I first became a stay-at-home dad. Anyone who has survived the August heat in Japan will know that my daughter had the right idea!

Food for thought

I lived in Japan for a long time and people often ask me if I've ever eaten raw fish, which is a bit like asking someone living in England if they had ever drunk beer! As it happens I love sushi (and beer!) but have eaten far stranger things, the strangest perhaps being raw liver! I was taken to a Japanese bar by an elderly man soon after arriving and I spoke little if no Japanese. When ordering food the only part of his question I understood was 'do you like....' so naturally I answered in the affirmative. When a plate of wobbly red liver arrived it took a while before I realised that nobody was going to come and cook it for us and as the plates and chopsticks were handed out I was fighting the urge to run blindly out the door straight to the nearest airport! But I was affected by good old male pride and decided I had no choice but to not only eat the liver but smile and enjoy it! As the blood dripping chopsticks neared my mouth I feared I would projectile vomit at any moment but once in my mouth I was amazed to find that it tasted good and melted like butter - a bit like good quality raw tuna if any of you have tried that.

So what's the strangest thing you have ever eaten?