Lately, I have been having thoughts of adventure. This happens every two years or so. Some call it the <em>spirit of adventure</em>, I, however, refer to it as being stir-crazy, having cabin-fever and the dire need for a change of pace. Call it what you will, for me it usually manifests itself with me strapping on a backpack and hiking or climbing something somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Sadly, resources are not going to allow me to fulfill such desires anytime soon; so I must live vicariously through the lives and actions of others. Or maybe perhaps, change my view of what the fulfillment of adventure is. 

I missed a flight the other day. 

It sounds simple enough and to some may be a regular occurrence in their life but for me it was huge. See, I've been traveling since I was born, and in those thirty some odd years I have never ever missed a plane, bus, train, coach, rickshaw, car or wake up call. Then last week in the most innocuous way possible I missed my flight home. After the dust settled a new friend stated 'NOW you are beginning to have adventure in your life'. Adventure of a different breed. Of course, the dusty cog's in my brain started churning...how could I translate adventure to food? 

The words <em>adventure</em> and <em>food</em> in the same sentence quickly invoke the mental image of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Bourdain">Anthony Bourdain</a> and his lack of reservation when trying ingredients many would dub controversial. But one doesn't have to break the boundaries of convention to have adventure in their diet as all it calls for is <em><a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/adventure">an exciting or very unusual experience</a></em>. 

Off the top of my head my first thoughts is to make it a goal to incorporate ingredients into my diet that I have never tried or shied away from { with the exception of meat of course}. To eat cheeses unpasteurised, drink milk fresh from a cow, sample peppers unspeakably hot and nibble grains that look too healthy to be tasty..It will take work to do research but I feel that it could be incredibly rewarding. Add to this to cook and sample cuisine from cultures one doesn't usually gravitate to. What does a Maori, Bolivian, Cote D'Ivorian or Fijian eat when they are peckish? Why haven't I tried their fare?