Growing up I did not eat
a lot of fruits and vegetables. Probably the only fruit I ate was an apple and
the only vegetables I ate were corn, potatoes, and green beans. Everything else
just didn’t look appetizing to eat. It all tasted just fine but the hardest
thing for me was the texture of the new foods that I tried. They were always so
hard to swallow.
When I was called to serve in California among the Lao
people, I knew that I would be eating some weird foods. So from the day that my
mission started I decided to throw out my fears of food and just try it. Who
would have known that fruits and vegetable were actually good to eat. In memory
of overcoming my food fear, I wanted to post my list of new foods that I have tried.
Some on the list may shock you so be warned.
Starting
July 2012, these are the new foods I have eaten and liked. Egg Nog, Apple Sauce,
Papaya, Bananas, Peanut Butter and Honey sandwiches, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie,
Apple Crisp, Onions, Yogurt, Honeydew, Tripe, Brussel Sprouts, Grapes, Melon, Carrots, Tomatoes, Pineapple, Pear, Pecan Pie, Cucumber, Tangerines, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Curry,
Octopus, Papaya Salad (my favorite Lao dish), Sticky Rice, Bamboo, Chicken Liver, Sour
Cream, Orange, Coleslaw, Yam, Peaches, Avocado, Pig’s Blood, Jello, Mussels,
Pig Stomach, Cabbage, Artichoke, Cherry Pie, Blackberries, Strawberries,
Raspberries, Cherries, Radishes, Apricot, Kiwi, Oatmeal, Egg Plant, Pickled
Beets, Quail Eggs, Asparagus, Squirrel Head, Deer Brains, Gu tsav (Hmong
Pepper), Thai pepper, Pho, Pig Liver, Spam, Rhubarb, Plum, Spinach, and Squash.
There are probably so many more that I haven’t written down
and I liked every new bite. Hope you
enjoyed my list.
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