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A Taste of Exotic Meats at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner
Eyeballs Gene Rurka shows off some of the cow eyeballs that he is going to serve at the Explorers Club Annual Dinner.
This past Saturday, March 17, was the 108th Explorers Club Annual Dinner. It was held, as ever, at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, because that's traditional and also because the Waldorf has a very liberal attitude toward allowing camels and kangaroos to mill around in its ballroom.
Before the live animals are trotted out on stage, the opening hour of the festivity is dedicated to cocktails -- such as the Explorers Club Martini, which has a cow's eyeball in it for garnish -- and exotic eatables, all sourced, prepared, and masterminded by Gene Rurka, the club's "Exotics Chairman."
The Menu
Moroccan Spiced Goat with Spiced Yogurt
Soffrito-Marinated Whole Crispy Boar
Maple Glazed Hog Mask
Applewood BBQ Bull Rods and Testicles
Kidney and Spleen Ragout
Pickled Eyeballs
Slow Roasted Elk with Rosemary New Potatoes
Ostrich Coq Au Vin
Herb Roasted Kangaroo with Mango Relish
Caramelized Yak with Braised Red Cabbage
Chipotle Glazed Bison
Whole Roasted Alligator and Gator Chili
Turtle Cakes with Caper Remoulade
Python Patties with Nueske's Bacon
Mustard Thyme Rubbed Rabbit
Rice Wine Pickled Duck Tongue
Crispy Chicken Feet with Garlic Chili Dipping Sauce
Rice-Crusted Tile Fish with Passion Fruit Sauce
Pan-Seared Grouper with Baby Spinach and Red Pepper Sauce
Grilled Octopus Salad with Fennel Slaw
Shredded Grilled Octopus in Endive Leaf Boats
Chinese Stir-Fried Jelly Fish with Bamboo Shoots and Snow Peas
Jellyfish Slivers in White Soy Marinade
Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches Infused with Tasmanian Leatherwood Honey and Citrus
Canapιs
Pineapple towers with scorpion, pea pods, strawberry slices, melon balls and green grapes
Sweet cherry peppers, cucumber flowerets and cherry tomatoes filled with assorted creamed fillings: durian paste, herbed and spiced cream cheeses, and garnished with crickets, mealworms and scorpions
Two varieties of seaweed with mild spices and olive oil
Sautιed and deep-fried earthworms
Orchids (edible) with a honey-sweetened creamed dipping sauce
Chon and Kopi Luwak coffees, made from coffee beans that have passed through the digestive tract of small mammals
Desserts
Strawberries dipped in white and dark chocolate with housefly larvae and pupae sprinkles (maggots)
Cheesecake popsicles topped with mealworms and crickets
Strawberry pastry cups filled with maggot sprinkles
To Drink
The Explorers Club Martini a vodka martini rimmed with bourbon smoked sugar and a skewer of olive, onion and pickled eyeball topped with a Tasmanian leatherwood honey-soaked mealworm
Gators and Goats
Mealworms and Crickets
Scorpions
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