YOU ATE WHAT?

At the risk of betraying my gender, I experienced an interesting, culinary, not-so-delight on my trip to Ecuador. (I was in Loja, Ecuador speaking at a retreat). Apparently in this area, they have a "cure" for hangovers. It is Ox Penis Soup. Our fellow missionaries there in Loja challenged me to experience this interesting soup. Of course, I didn't need it to cure a hangover, yet I decided to give it a go, along with another missionary colleague from Peru.

The big mass of "stuff" is an added feature-- pig feet. Didn't really look like it to me, but... The smaller pieces in the soup are... well, that.

The sign outside the restaurant is a little humorous...

The soup is called, "Caldo de Nervio". (Caldo is the word for soup). Guess they don't want to just come out and admit what it really is. Kinda funny to think of it as a "Nerve". ("Caldo de Patas" is feet soup. I got two-for-one!). How did it taste? Well, I am not sure what to compare it to. It was just a piece of fat. So no taste, just lots of artery-clogging activity afterwards. Glad it's over with... I can cross that off my list... Not that it was ever actually on any list...