The eggs I eat and the eggs I don't eat
This evening I decided to finish off the quinoa I had in my store cupboard. As I was cooking it I noticed how it looks like frogspawn while it's half cooked and then I wondered why I found the idea unpleasant.
After all, I eat chicken eggs. Regularly. I like them soft boiled, poached, fried, scrambled and as cheese and spinach omelets. And on occasion, they're good raw, too. And I also like the eggs of other species, in particular fish. Caviar is delicious, as are taramasalata and those lovely pink ikura I love on nigiri.
But the idea of eating frogspawn makes me want to vomit. I've never eaten a frog but I definitely don't find the idea disgusting. And I don't think the sliminess factor can be it because I like chicken eggs cooked so lightly they're still translucent and I like fish eggs uncooked. I've even eaten some fairly slimy risottos.
But frogspawn is like devilspawn according to my stomach. It started jiggling around as soon as I noticed the resemblance. It was a bit like looking at a jar of peanut in that respect. I suppose I'll have to add frogspawn to my list of things I don't want to eat, right under dessicated coconut.
