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in this video whoa that is like a whole

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intestine we'll be touring some of

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India's most daring street food in the

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Psalms capital of guahati it's looking

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at me in the eyes where does it end

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where does it begin all right here we go

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but first let's back up

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in this series we're exploring India's

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Northeast region a place completely

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different from Mainland India here

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you're selling white rats for

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consumption they look like they didn't

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make the cut for a science lab our

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journey begins in the state of Assam in

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the countryside you'll find villagers

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dining on Port goat meat and a long list

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of crawly creatures can you eat it like

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this yes I can it's not exciting news

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oh my God I don't know right now we're

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in the Psalms bustling capital I need

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some water and I'm on a mission to see

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what makes street food here oh that's

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awesome different from anywhere else

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people are crazy about pork in Assam

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right now from some far out fishy

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favorites you know what it has big juicy

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intestines to an unlikely bird me served

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up like you've never seen before

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it all starts here at the fish market

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we're starting our day at ujon Fish

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Market this place is packed and busy and

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here we have a lot of unique fish like

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this look at the nose on this thing it's

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got a bigger snout than me

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oh I got fish on my jacket this is

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Brahma Putra one of Central and South

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Asia's most vital Rivers traveling 1800

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miles from the Himalayas residents of

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this

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is this blessed with an abundant supply

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of fresh fish unsurprisingly fish is a

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major protein in asami's Cuisine this

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morning we're going to take a look

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around the market and see what kind of

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Union Seafood we can find then we're

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gonna eat it let's go

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for vendors here the stem shook fish in

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the morning is the smell of money

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they ready their stalls before the sun

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rises with enough luck they sell out

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before mid-morning

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oh

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we're looking for the biggest fish we

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can find in the market starting with a

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giant cheetah right here my man he is

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chopping the heck out of this thing

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scaling it with this round awesome knife

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our first purchase is a chital they're

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known as some of the best freshwater

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fish in this region renowned for their

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sweet juicy meat

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a few vendors down

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I spot another giant treasure that

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wouldn't get a Second Glance where I

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come from in the USA

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the hill Korea fish as it's known

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locally you might know it as the common

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carp this is my man Santi Singh right

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here we both have great hair I want to

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point that out you have good hair but so

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do I

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did you know they got this big it's like

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a shark I was very surprised by th