day 8... eat food that scares you!!

Day 8... "today eat food that scares you" At first i wasn't quite sure how to take on this task, scare is a strong word.. i mean would i need to hunt down blubber fish, maybe decomposing road kill? atempt to devour an entire hedgehog spikes and all? i looked in the local supermarket for something i was terrified of eating, something exotic, unusual.. well i did a full tour of tesco and found nothing of the new and odd variety that quickened the heart enough to be considered "scary".

After returning home from the unsuccesfull supermarket trip, i decided to look within the hidden depths of my parents food storage behind endless dusty tins of baked beans and chopped tomatoes , right at the very back of the cupboard, forgoten by time ,something lurked.. it was in a tin, a rectangular tin... and as i pulled it into the light, and saw the label, i had to nod respectfully, and with a good amount of dread, and acknowledge that i had found the food of which i was truly scared...mackerel fillets in brine!!!!

As i opened the tin, the stench of fish and brine hit my nostrils like like a well aimed slap across the cheek, and the consistency and taste of the fish intitiated my gag reflex...this i guess is what was meant to happen,, if you feel sick before you open the tin you are truly scared. fish of any description is bad, fish in tin and brine.. worse. was it as awfull as id always asumed? no! it was WORSE! By a frikkin country mile! thanks benrik!