Movies and food

     I love watching movies, watching TV shows, trying new foods and eating in general. Many times when what I'm watching (whether movie or series) has food it makes me want to try it, if I haven't tried it before. This can be especially true if I'm watching something like 'Chopped' or 'Iron Chef'. I'll give some examples.
     1. Jammy Dodgers. I watched a passing episode of TV show called 'Doctor Who'. In this episode (who knows what the name of it was), the main character was eating a Jammy Dodgers, after threatening something to blow them up if they didn't cooperate. At first I didn't know what he was hold, but he mentioned the name later. (And he wanted tea with it.)

     2. Mango. A fruit that I didn't know existed. They had to use one on 'Chopped'. Chopped is a cooking show that involves 4 chefs cooking with at least four ingredients given to them. The worst chef loses each round. (there's 3 round; Appetizer, entree and dessert.) Surprisingly mangoes were easy to find.

 
     3.Chocolate Covered Pickles. Saw these at a fair. I didn't need to find it because I decided I wanted to try it when it was right in front of me. They were pretty good. I won't recommend eating them if you are a die hard chocolate lover because than you'll say there's too little chocolate on it and miss the whole point.

 4. Anchovies. I don't remember how I got associated with this fish. It's rather salty. Just like any other food, it's a matter of opinion on if it's any good or not. Personally, I think they're too salty, but if you like seafood it's worth a try; or if you like salty foods, like potato chips; or if you like both.

There is plenty other scenarios, but I hope you get the picture; try new foods that you haven't tried before. Though there's certainly no problem with having your own limits, just don't make them so you don't try anything new.

New things

     No one needs to talk me into trying new things. I'm all for that; you won't know unless you try it, right? In fact, I've tried several things that other people wouldn't try. (Though there is that line. I hear there is a such thing as chocolate covered ant and that's were I draw the line at trying new food.)
     Aside from that, I've tried things like eating pickled eggs, chocolate covered bacon, bacon milkshake, chocolate covered pickles and anchovies. (I'm not saying there isn't people who would eat them without a second thought; I'm just saying that I took the time to try what I wouldn't normally eat.)

I got my bacon milkshake at Denny's along with a few other bacon related products they were selling.

     Despite what people say, I did in fact try swimming before I decided I didn't like it. Not being able to swim may have something to do with it, but I won't even put my feet in the water or as my friends always hear me say 'my big toe'. My big toe always feels like it's going to freeze off. You could almost say I'm paranoid of large bodies of water. Though when I'm not standing in the water or with my big toe in the water, I'm generally one of the warmest people around. Swimming or standing in a lake, ocean or pond just isn't for me.
     Let's see, what else have I tried? I'm not a big roller coaster guy. I've gone on a few, but they just weren't what I thought they'd be. I don't get nauseous easily, but roller coaster do make me feel a little queasy.
     Oh, I'm always watching a new movie. Me and best friend Dale are always going to the movies together. So if you count that as trying something new than I do that quite often. I have a larger view point of good movies than Dale, though not by much. TV shows is something else I watch several of. However I haven't been able to watch as much TV or go to as many movies sense I started going to college. Not that there is always good movies coming out.
     I'm not sure if trying a new class counts or not. Sure it's something new, but if you want to get that degree than you don't have much choice. Though you did choose to go to college and try a whole new experience, so that must count for something....
     Moving on, I've tried many friendships and they have all worked out. I'm now good friends with Dale and Eli. Also, I'm friends with Ginn and Chloe. Furthermore, I've had the pleasure of becoming acquaintance with Lisa, Amanda, Tamara, David, Ronald, Nicholas, Everett, Varro, Matthew, Barnes, Kiva, Camille, Hunter, Ellie and James. I have no girlfriend as of now, but I have no problem trying that if it were to come my way. (A girl who is a great cook would be nice.)
     So, you shouldn't be afraid to try new things when they come your way. I know I'm not. This should mean a lot coming from a guy who tries a lot of new things.

[All pictures that I post on my blog are from the web. I have no camera of my own and, when I borrowed a friends camera, my pictures were really blurry.]