Welcome back to another edition of I try it so you don’t have to. The title sums it up nicely, I try things that are odd, gross or just plain weird so you can decide for yourself if you want to give it a shot. On that note I am always looking for suggestions so [...]

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This week I prowled the shelves of my favorite Italian market for something to eat for your amusement. As you have seen I am pretty adventurous eater, and since my roots are Italian, there aren’t a whole lot of things that I have not tried. Squid ink is one of the few. I once had some squid ink pasta [...]

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I have had this taste test simmering for a couple of weeks. A friend of mine recommended Vegemite as an idea for a future article. I figured I would add Marmite to the sampling to help resolve the age old question of which of these often hated items was the worst, or the best as the case may be. [...]

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OK so no one really has to try these, but they darn near jumped off the shelf at my favorite Asian market a couple weeks ago. I told Eick last week that I was saving these for a rainy day, I didn’t expect that rainy day to come so soon but alas, here we are. Why they [...]

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So I went to my favorite Asian market looking for some kimchee and other pickled Korean vegetables to serve along side my latest round of  Bo Ssam. While I was there, I figured I would try to track down something gross to eat for your amusement. Enter the bucket of tiny crabs covered in sauce pictured below. They appeared [...]

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Thanks to a suggestion from my fellow writer Sam here at So Good I went off on a mission to find Tofu Shirataki. The lament of many a soul who has gone on a low carb diet, gluten free diet, or is very calorie conscious, is the loss of pasta. As a result, a myriad of low [...]

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Welcome to the first edition of my take on a previous series of articles here on So Good called “I Try It So You Don’t Have To.” Like the previous version, I will be sampling things from other cultures, odd new products and things generally regarded as disgusting by others. I won’t however eat chocolate. To [...]

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Note from Eick: It has been a tremendous honor having Lemmonex contribute to So Good for the past 6 months, and her weekly column, “I Try it So You Don’t Have To” has been an absolute perfect fit for So Good. I have been delighted to have her on board over the past 6 months. [...]

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I grabbed this drink on a complete whim. I was parched and exhausted and it seemed like a little gift from Manna.  I was at Whole Foods so I expected it to be less synthetic than a Red Bull or one of those Rock Star drinks. I had very few expectations…which is probably a good [...]

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This product is found in the health food/organic aisle in my Giant. Health food. Herring in sour cream. Does not compute. I’ve had my eye on this one for a while, but the fear has always stopped me. It is extreme. This week I put on my big girl panties and grabbed the jar. Pray [...]

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