I went to China for 3 months and ate the local food. Much of the time, there weren't any other options. I ate street food. I ate food cooked in people's homes. As far as I can tell, everyone in China is a great cook.

I ate little to no meat while I was there as I didn't trust it to be refrigerated, etc, and I avoided eating raw foods. I never had any problems.

I eat a lot of food I probably shouldn`t and I get sick sometimes but it`s usually worth it. I ate snake off the tree in the Venezuelan jungle--held it so the locals could skin it. I ate sheep intestine grilled just off the sheep on Navajo land. I mean, someone offered it to me, so I ate it, I didn`t really fuss about it. And I`ve eaten chain restaurants in odd places. I love Hawaiian McDonalds because you can get eggs and portuguese sausage.

Jamaican water is typically supposed to be very good quality, but you can't fight incompatible flora.

Go to the seminar on absinthe cocktail making and report back to US!

YES, DO THIS. I would like a detailed report, please.

I've seen several UK people on cooking forums recommend this site [link] as a good place to get American foods not usually available in the UK. The first time I started clicking around that site, my reaction was, "It's an entire website of all the foods that my mother wouldn't let me eat as a kid!"

They've also got a special section for ingredients used in Nigella Lawson's cookbooks.

I like the haupia pie at Hawaiian mcdonalds. But they don't have it at the one on Waikiki!!

bonny, meant to say thanks for linking that column and your post about the March. I'd heard part of the story but it was great to learn more.

Yeah, I also drink water where I shouldn`t. I don`t really know why I`m not dead. But I have to say, it might not have been the smartest thing I`ve ever done, but drinking that water that was runoff directly from the glacier at the top of my hike in Alaska was one of the most delicious drinks I`ve ever had.

Oh, haupia pie! Mmm.
 
Did I tell you guys over here that my beloved local Hawai`ian lady reopened her restaurant in town? OMG SO HAPPY. I had lunch plate with kahlua pig, cabbage, macaroni salad and two scoops rice. And she was so happy to see me she gave me free haupia for dessert. She`s getting ready to make her own portuguese sausage which I can then buy! And I have to go this weekend for dinner because then I can get lomi salmon. The only thing is that she doesn`t do the less mainland friendly stuff like poi and poke. I have to see if she`ll do me lau lau. Nom nom nom. Anyway I now singlehandedly have to keep her in business.

I'm kind of amused that that US foods site is selling ramen noodles. I never really thought of ramen noodles as something that you'd specifically seek out.