Bizarre Foods: Madagascar Premiere
Madagascar goes down as one of my favorite Bizarre Foods episodes of all time. From quaint local eateries to zebu markets and foraging for zanna tenbrosa (you’ll have to watch to find out what that is), I loved this trip. Oh, and did I mention the sakalava ceremony I attended (a coming-of-age circumcision ceremony for a 5-year-old boy. Traditionally, someone eats the foreskin, but you’ll have to watch and see who won that great honor). Memorable, to say the least!
But I think my favorite part of the Madagascar episode is the fact that my amazing wife Rishia accompanied me– having her along made the trip extra special. When it comes to marriage, I out-kicked my coverage. I’m a lucky guy!
Catch the Bizarre Foods: Madagascar premiere Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 9pm E/P on Travel Channel.
I happen to find this episode stored in my DVR and I have to say this was one of the most disrespectful white racist episodes of Bizarre Foods I have ever seen. Andrew Zimmern walks around Madagascar like he owns the place and continually insults the people and their food. I've seen this man eat donkey balls and go on about how delicious they are, but then he gets to Madagascar and can't find anything good to eat? It's absurd and his wife was completely rude the whole time. Normally you'd expect the show to edit out awkward scenes, but it's obvious that Andrew's wife was fed up with the whole trip or else they would have only included scenes where she has a smile on her face. I could not believe what I was watching and I knew just from the previews I was going to be in for an evening of unapologetic white racism – and boy was I right.
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Who are you or I to judge a tradition which spans more than a millenia? I'm sure these people would be mortified by some customs we "civilized" folk participate in.
So true! And what kind of culture is it, anyway, where little girls need to be "made unappealing" to keep them safe from perverts? Or where coming of age is marked at 5? If these countries are ever going to rise up out of their desperate conditions, we need to stop encouraging their barbaric customs under the guise of multi-culturalism.