SOUTH FLORIDA WILDLIFE FOOD ITEM UPDATE

 
Cock Flavoured Soup,  Pumpkin Beef Soup

Ackees in Brine (we have no idea what this is, but it looks terrifying)

Comments

[frederic1943]

Ackees - Red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.

[Theresa]

Well, now doesn't that look yummy.

[Diva]

That last looks like my nephew when he puts olives on the ends of all his fingers.

[fivver]

Midnight on Friday and we're blogging about pictures of cock flavored soup. This has to be a trap to find out who among us seriously needs to get a life!

[MartiniShark]

I've never tried that soup myself judi, but go easy on it. I've heard you may have a hard time getting the taste out of your mouth.

[Steve]

When I used to inspect food salvage stores for the health department, I never knew where the food might have come from. Adventures in the fine food aisle. Sometimes it was good to recognize the language on the label.
Once I had management place cardboard boxes around a display and evacuate that section of the store for safety. The boxes were to stop flying glass in case of an explosion. The manager thought I was crazy until he tried moving the product and it went off. It smelled like a pickle bomb.
Good times.

[nursecindy]

fivver just because we're home at midnight on a Friday night does not mean we don't have a life. It means we're afraid of Friday the 13th. As for the canned goods, I'll have to take somebody elses word for how they taste. Good price on them though.

[Jeff Meyerson]

It doesn't mean you do have a life either.

;)

What;s with "pumpkin" everything all of a sudden? I realize it's fall and they have to get rid of the gourds (which WBAGNFA kid's game) but...pumpkin soup, pumpkin coffee, pumpkin cupcakes, pumpkin ice cream, etc.

Enough already! I can tolerate pumpkin pie but I DON'T LIKE PUMPKIN!

*goes to look for coffee*

And good morning, bloglits.

[CJrun]

Ahh, Jamaica, where English cooking meets strange vegetation!

Jamaican "pumkin" is basically a squash, that is orange; used in everything. Ackee is most commonly served up with "saltfish," so it's a bit of a shock to see it stored in brine.

MOOOOooorning!

[nora]

i wish i could get decent cock in a box.... but it just seems too good to be true. i bet siouxie agrees with me, too.

aren't there laws against false advertising?

[Tash]

Agree with you, Jeff!! (Jamaica gourd or not?)

I'm awake cuz I forgot to lock up the cats last night.

Nora - you mean you haven't tried it? C'mon, give it a go and report back!

[Loudmouth]

Ackees are ickee.

C in a B is like vichyssoise?

[Jeff Meyerson]

i wish i could get decent cock in a box.... but it just seems too good to be true. i bet siouxie agrees with me, too.

Posted by: nora | November 14, 2009 at 07:34 AM

Here you go, nora.

[crossgirl]

perfect for that canned food drive you've been hit up for!

[Auntie M]

Classic, Jeff. My hubby and I bought a package of the Cock Soup...great photo opp for us. We thought about using it as a prop in our Christmas card picture, but decided that was too tasteless, even for us.

[Cheesewiz]

Ackees look like stuffed fingers with black nail polish.

I'm giving them up for Lent.

[Rod]

It's illegal to bring ackee fruit into the US unless it has been prepared and canned. Eating improperly prepared ackee can cause Jamaican Vomiting Sickness with vomiting, hypoglycemia, seizures and death. Yum!

[Siouxie]

nora, I keep my BOB cock in a drawer...don't you???

*hair flip*

Btw, my youngest has had a picture of that "soup" box in her room for years. I am a proud mom. And Jeff, that's the first thing I thought of too. Love that skit!

Oh yeah...*ACK* @ the ackees!

[Cheesewiz]

Do Florida food stores stock Python Beef Soup?

[Siouxie]

Yep...and Gator Beef Soup

[shellann]

any particular meaning to the price on the soup?

[Clankazoid]

Miss Cleo's favorite store.

[jon]

Goes well with Spotted Dick.

[djtonyb]

I've never been brave enough to try it, but from what I hear the ackee is similar in texture and taste to scrambled eggs... the black part that is pictured is part of the poisonous part... it's only the white arils that are edible, and that's only after the pod splits open, then you have to blanch them to remove any remaining poison... apparently it is the vegetarian's fugu ;)

[Suzy Q]

Cocks come in flavors? Good to know.

[nora]

THANK YOU JEFF! :)

[Phil From Up North]

Funny coincidence, I had the soup last night. It's like a spicy version Lipton Chicken Noodle Soup. However, I've never paid too much attention to the name until now.