
My first journey abroad (to the Philippines, where I met the lovely Mrs. WD) opened my mind to a myriad of new sights, sounds, smells, and yes...tastes. Some were mildly pleasant: rice rice rice, so much frickin' rice.
Some wildly repulsive lunch items to a young WD:
Ox tongue? blech!
Whole octopus in a bowl of broth? GAG!!
But I learned that my little lunch world of PB&J's and caprisun packs was only a small slice of what was out there. What may seem utterly disgusting to me, was actually something others considered totally awesome.
And this phenomenon is not just limited to the visits of other countries. A lunch visit to my next door neighbor's house in Detroit led to similar startling lunch discoveries:
chitlins? Whatya talkin' about?
collared greens? You mean now i gotta worry about MORE vegetables?
Duck a la 'orange? What happened to hamburger a la' ketchup?
So when was the first time you discovered that mac & cheese was not all that existed in the lunch world? Tell us about bizarre lunch items you've come across in your life.
Perhaps even speculate whether the OWFL blog should start a World Lunch Program where we bring our favorite lunch items to the little boys and girls of the world.
And of course, tell us what's on tap for today's fare....











































