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Weirdest Damn Thing You Ever Ate
Posted by gtally • 2/17/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: ate, cuisine, eat, eating, food, gourmet, restaurant
Fried Brazilian rain forest ants. I'll never forget them. I ate them 20 years ago and they tasted the way burning tires smell. I had to drink a Coke and eat an apple just to get the taste out of my mouth.
I've eaten chicken feet, buffalo tongue, Durian fruit, Rocky Mountain oysters, rattlesnake and a half dozen other bizarro things, besides.
So what's the weirdest damn thing *you* ever ate? And did you like it? Or did it scar you for life?
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I ate Jellyfish at a chinese restaurant in Chinatown, NYC during Chinese New Years. It wasn't bad but I have not eaten it since then!-
Interesting. Never tried jellyfish before. Been stung by one, though. I saw a Food Network show about eating jellyfish in NYC's Chinatown, where the host said it was crunchy, like cooked onions. Was this the case?
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I honestly don't remember how they prepared it but I remember eating it first before I found out what it was (our Chinese friends ordered for us) and it wasn't bad
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Rattlesnake.... while I was visiting family in Texas. It tasted like a chicken/shrimp cross the way it was prepared. It didn't scar me, but I'm not craving it either.-
There's a restaurant here in Colorado that used to serve rattlesnake as a crab cake, drizzled with an adobo sauce. It was actually quite good, but they had to discontinue the dish because they couldn't find a reliable enough supplier of rattlesnake. Can't imagine why. Wonder what the Want Ad in the paper looked like for that job?
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lol....person with no fear of death wanted??
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Maybe, "Does Your Job Bite? Well, So Does Ours!"
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Most likely live uni (which is sea urchin) in a San Francisco sushi bar. But to me, that's not weird because I adore sushi. Even the gnarly stuff!-
I'll eat most kinds of sushi, but I draw the line at sea urchin. It tastes the way that ugly part of the wharf *smells*, with dead fish and flotsam and seagull crap and garbage floating all around it in a hideous, rotting soup. Kind of an over-the-hill, fishy, nasty flavor. Hah! Sea urchin, anyone?
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You've never seen/tried good sea urchin then--because if you did, you would see that it both smells and tastes delicious! You have to make sure you have very freshest uni. I go to sushi bars where the fish is so fresh that the sea urchin is always delicious. If it smelled bad, I would never eat it (and I have a strong sense of smell!)
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All right, you're persuading me. I adore most kinds of sushi. Maybe I should give sea urchin another chance. But if the gag reflex kicks in, thus ends my open-mindedness...
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I ate a blood sausage made from goat's intestines. That was pretty revolting, but I powered it down!-
A good German blood sausage can be pretty savory, if made right. But if you're squeamish about what sort of meat you eat, you have to be careful with sausage in Eastern Europe, to make sure you're not getting horse or donkey sausage. Both are (rarely) served, but it is a sometimes possibility. Just make sure you know how to translate the sausage wrapper first!
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Milkweed pods. My son got the information that these are edible during one of his nature outings. I picked and steamed them..... probably not happening again unless I'm starving.-
I'm sorry, that just sounds like a nasty gelatinous mess. Bleah! I need to go brush my teeth, just thinking about it.
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Snails, yum.-
Escargot is super-dooper-luper-good! The garlic and the butter. Yum! My whole family loves it.
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I heart escargot too! And yeah, cooked in garlic & butter.. oh that's just heaven! :)~
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I would have to guess, Rattlesnake. Most people think it is weird or gross but I live in AZ and it's great. I have killed, skinned and ate them more than once. My friends say I will try anything once and I think that is true.
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Rattlesnake is all about how you prepare it (see above). But the salmonella risks with this meat are pretty high.
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duck brain in beijing
it was disgusting... to me
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That *is* out there. Had menudo once, can't say I'll be rushing out to try it again!
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I can't remember her name... but damn she was weird!
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You're a "Fine Young Cannibal", I presume. It's true what they say, chicken tastes like human.
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I think that would have to be calamari. Not something I'd try again, that's for sure -
I used to cut calamari/squid into small pieces and add it to my stir fry veggies... -
sunnyberra, could you get over the squirm factor of what you were eating? Or were you visualizing it too much? If I can picture the animal, I can't eat it.
Calamari can be either really good or really bad. It can be rubbery and greasy, if cooked to long. But if it's fresh calamari, it can be hot and crispy, and oh so good with a little lemon squeezed over the top. No cocktail sauce needed; you just pop them in your mouth like French fries. -
@ gtally
I'd have to say that this wasn't the best quality (bad, bad decision on my part). The texture was just god-awful. Yeck, I'm getting sick just thinking about it
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I have had squid, octopus and alligator. Just to freak my daughter out I ate a french fried meal worm at an insect expo. It was a dry unflavored thing, very boring.
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Ostrich is not so bad, either. I ate an ostrich burger once, but it kept burying its head in my French fries.
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LOL!!!!
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EEL.. when my mom forced me to eat-
I love eel especially smothered in sauce and draped over a piece of rice!
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eeehhhh.. It's like having snakes. I can't sleep tonight..
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Broiled Unagi in that sweet Japanese soy sauce on rice with seaweed is amazing. But I doubt I could eat eel if it still looked like eel, and stared up at me or something. Can't have my food looking back, no siree.
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I think I've been put off eels for life by the experience of jellied eels...
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You know, I haven't eaten anything weird compared to you guys and gals
My husband has, but not me.-
Well, then. What's your favorite food? Or something unique, foodwise, that you crave?
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I have a scorpian in my vodka bottle I plan on eating once the vodka is finished. I'll eat anything, I love food.-
I heard of worms in tequila bottles, but never a scorpion in a vodka bottle. What brand? I've got to try this!
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Congealed pig's blood - not bad, I just remember that it was really salty.-
How exactly did they serve that? Was it like aspic or jelly or something? And what did you eat it with or spread it on?
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Well, actually my friend took a piece of it out of a soup. It kinda had the texture of Jello. All my friends dared me to eat it and I didn't know what it was beforehand.
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Did it taste OK?
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Haha! People eat that for breakfast here!
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Shark fin soup...I was so sick!
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Never had it. Was the sickness due to the queasy factor of eating it, or was it too rich? Or maybe you got food poisoning later? Or all of the above?
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Whoever this woman is, I don't want to be her
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzOsf15tFCI&NR=1-
Holy crap! Why did I click on that? Beats my live ants story. -
hehehe I am sooo evil
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It's official. I'm now arachnophobic. This will haunt me forever.
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Had some deep fried frog at a Chinese restaurant this fall...day before Thanksgiving, actually...tasted a lot like chicken but with lots of bones....-
I hate small bones! They are such a bother and take away from enjoying the food.
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Had French prepared frog legs as a kid, but it didn't particularly scar me. Now that I think about it, I've been eating weird food since I was a kid. Lifetime habit, I guess.
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witchetty grub-
ROFLMAO INDEED
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it wasn't that bad
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Yes it was lmao
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have you tried one before? it tastes like chicken.
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Yup that's what they all say...."try this it taste just like chicken"...lmao
"Everything in the universe taste just like chicken"
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well put. lol
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Were the witchetty grub crunchy? Just curious.
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When I was a kid, we ate Snapping Turtle, fried like chicken. The heads stayed outside, though. They would still be inclined to snap 3 days later, never mind where the rest of their carcasses were.
And people wonder why I'm a vegetarian.-
Yeah, there are no snapping rutabagas that can take your fingers off!
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When I was a kid, I had a habit of munching on chips after I came home from school. One day, I couldn't find anything other than Fritos (which I don't like as much as potato chips), and started munching on them absentmindedly. My mouth and tongue started to itch. I looked at the chip I'd taken a bite of, and there was half an ant wriggling around on it! I looked inside the bag, and it was crawling with ants! So I've eaten live ants, and they bit me as I ate them.
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I hurt just reading your comment!
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I've had Frito pie before, but I don't *think* there were bugs in it. But you never know...
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Cuttle fish. Ugh.-
I like calamari. How was it prepared?
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I've had fried grasshoppers & worms in Thailand. It took me a while to actually put the bugs and worms into my mouth (well, I had to take a few shots of liquid courage hehehe).
I thought that the grasshoppers were ok. It was crunchy... n salty.
But the worms... oh that was nasty! Worm juice is not nice at all.-
I could eat grasshopper. Worms...not so sure.
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On Kyushu I ate little whole crabs. These were cooked, shell on - and I'm not talking soft shell crab either. I don't know that there was much flavor as I was too busy "enjoying" the sensation of crushed shell filling my mouth! That was actually OK to do - weird, but OK.
I did, however, draw a line at the raw pork we were served. That's when I suggested to my daughter that we go out to a noodle bar for the next couple of meals :-)-
Good decision to pass on the raw pork. You could have gotten trichonosis which is common but killed off if the meat is cooked hot and long enough.
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I have had little soft shell crabs in sushi called "spider rolls." They're just as cute as the Dickens with their little legs poking out of the seaweed. But you're not biting into shell, in that instance. I can't imagine eating a Maryland crab in the fashion you've described. I thought crab shells were meant to be cracked, then discarded. Was it like eating potato chips?
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I think it was a shark - filet.
I imagined that the shark ate a human being before and then landed on my plate. It felt like a canbalism really.
p.s. the happy-end was that ..I throw it all up-
I had shark steak in San Francisco once. Then I found out shark is increasingly endangered by overfishing, as are many different kinds of fish. Then I felt bad for the poor shark.
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Possum... and it was "roadkill" too. Ugh...-
My grandfather was a trapper by hobby. Grandma used to make possum pie back when they were self-sufficient during the Depression days. She also cooked up "coon."
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Did Larry the Cable Guy have you over for dinner?
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Live octopus (or squid...I can't tell the difference)
It's a delicacy in Korea, so I just had to try it while I was living there. It's a crazy sensation. Since it is alive while you are eating it, the tentacles suction on to you cheeks. I literally killed it with my mouth. It was nuts!!!!!-
But what did it taste like?
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I could not do this. Period. I like octopi and squid of all kinds--as an animal I mean. (And occasionally as a food). They're pretty intelligent and cool. But the thought of tentacles grabbing my face. (Shudder). It's like something out of the movie, "Aliens."
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I have had and sometimes still do eat liver. I thought it would make mine stronger when I was younger.
I tried turkey heart from the Thanksgiving turkey. It tasted like rubber.
Turkey neck is not bad, not a lot of meat on it though.-
Had the heart in giblet gravy. Nibbled on a turkey's neck before (but only on the third date). Can only stand liver in pâté form.
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boiled duck egg with the young embryo of the duck chick inside... that is a duck's egg that is cooked before the chick is mature enough to force it way out of the shell.. very tasty.. you need to crack a little opening on the pointed end of the egg, sip or suck the duck's juice out first, then u can gradually remove the shell as you eat what is inside. I can eat it everyday.
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Are the bones developed enough so that you can eat your lunch and pick your teeth at the same time?
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That crossed the line for me!
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that's what we call "balut". at first i don't eat it but when i tried it once, i can't resist it, especially with a cold beer. -
I could probably get used to that, depending on the smell of the egg. Smell is probably my single biggest gross out factor when I eat. I can't stand anything ever remotely chemical-smelling on my hands or near me when eating. Makes me instantly nauseous. Goes back to my college days when I had to dissect a fetal pig for my mandatory Human Biology 101 class. Had the smell of formaldehyde on my hands for days. Anytime I lifted my fork to my mouth --- formaldehyde! Truly disgusting. I'm surprised I'm not a vegetarian, after that class.
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Balut! Its been years - in fact all of my "weird eats" came from those years when I was married to my ex husband. Let's add to that salted eggs (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salte) and Dinuguan also called chocolate meat (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinuguan).
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i have a blog about weird foods check it out!!
-hatching duck egg(bault)
-ant eggs' paste (escamoles)
-bacon chocolate bar
-deep fried bull balls
-a restaurant serves penis/testicles
-Naked Sushi
extremefoods.blogspot.com-
I have actually eaten that bacon chocolate bar. See
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/so-what-goes-best-with-chocolate
Also, Rocky Mountain Oysters are no big deal. It's all in the preparation.
On a side note, extremefoods, have you ever covered that Japanese Mayonnaise Restaurant, that makes a mayonnaise martini? They rim the glass in mayo like salt on a margarita! -
You just made me think of the scene in "Never Been Kissed" where Drew Barrymore screams "I can grab bull's balls!" LOL!!!
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I doubt I have the balls to eat balls. Get it?
I saw penis and ass on TV. I can't eat either ever I don't think. That is just too much.-
But is a rump roast all that different, in terms of meat? There's all kind's of cuts from the general nether regions, like Ox tail.
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goat testicles :X-
Anthony Bourdain highly recommends them and says they are delicious.
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You gotta go with sheep testes, where Rocky Mountain Oysters are concerned. When it came to eating a squashed flat, battered and fried bull testicle, I managed to choke down just one bite. Then I saw the white, marbled insides of the testicle and lost my appetite. Blech! Too painful to eat!
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lol, it could have been sheeps testicles. I was only like 5 when I tasted it. I musta liked the taste cuz I would always ask my parents if I could eat some (cuz my uncle would eat them a lot) and they wouldn't give me any, lol.
I didn't understand then, but I'm sure if I realized what I was eating I wouldn't have liked it so much, lol.-
Getting over your fears or taboos and abstracting your meal as food is a huge part of eating. I doubt many of us could stomach being in the slaughter house while dinner was prepared. I couldn't eat dog, but because of my cultural background, yet I can eat pig or octopus with abandon. I've heard both of these animals are smarter than dogs, and have at least the intelligence of a human toddler. So think on that, people, when you're eating bacon; you're eating toddler!
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When I was in Kazakhstan a couple of years ago adopting my son I ate horsemeat. It tasted like very tough beef.-
Again, outside my cultural background (see post above), because I loves the horsies. Couldn't eat a horse.
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Some strange type of Japanese fruit. It was really hot and spicey! I've never seen anything that looks like it either.-
Could it have possibly have been a durian fruit? That smells simultaneously of roses and rotting garbage, but it's so good and creamy. You just have to hold your nose while you eat it!
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DOG when i went to Korea
I cant remmeber what it tasted like
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I just couldn't bring myself to eat Rover. Well, maybe Benjy or Lassie...
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Weirdest thing I've ever eaten would probably have to be a Happy Meal shake. As in, a Happy Meal and ALL of its contents blended to together into a shake. Tasted like puke. No joke.-
Was this college dare? Who were the horrible people who put you up to this?
I hate McDonalds, and eat it only when there is no other option. And even then I'd rather go hungry. Just this last year, I had a fly in my McDonald's French fries, and watched an employee change the trash, then handle my drinks without washing her hands. Micky D's is truly the worst thing anyone could eat.
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From Wikipedia: "Soup Number Five, variously spelled Soup No. 5 or Soup #5, is a soup made from bull's testicles or penis. The dish originates from Filipino cuisine. It is believed to have aphrodisiac properties."
"Beef penis and testicles are washed and cleaned, then scalded in boiling water. The genitalia are then cut into pieces and set aside. Various other ingredients such as pork or chicken, ginger, and vegetables are combined in a stock pot with the beef penis and testicles, covered with enough water and simmered until tender. It is then seasoned with salt or pepper and served hot."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup_Number_Five
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i grew up in nueva ecija, Philippines. i ate the ff:
1. rat
2. monitor lizard
3. snake
4. dog
5. balut
6. monkey
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What is alamid or musang? I couldn't eat rat because I have a pet fancy rat and they're highly intelligent, highly social and more loyal than dogs. I couldn't eat monkey because they fling their poo. I could and have eaten snake, but it would depend on the preparation. But other reptiles...hmmm, not so sure.
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"Musang" and "Alamid" are two kinds of wild civets.
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Spiny tailed lizard (it was really good, but I didn't know what it was until after I ate it)...Camel (really good), durian, snake (don't know what kind, didn't want to know), crocodile, and ostrich...I have a try two no thank you bites policy Worst thing I ever ate? A traditional salt fish "stew" in Ivory Coast with "Foutou" (a kind of "bread")...Only thing I couldn't eat without really gagging.-
Snake, croc and ostrich, I've eaten. lizard, see the immediate post above. Can't do the rest of the reptile family. Camel meat sounds interesting, to say the least! That fish stew, ugh! I can't abide anything overly salty. I'm mostly a hot pepper person, where seasoning is concerned.
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At a chinese take out I ordered chicken...I think I got cat!-
I think I could eat cat -- sorry all you cat fanciers!
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Cow tongue tacos.-
Bison tongue is pretty good, when sliced thin and served with a creamy horseradish. It's like the tenderest, rarest roast beef you've ever tried. The Lakota Sioux considered buffalo tongue the best part of the bison -- a rare delicacy. They objected to the predatory ways of many white settlers and called them "Washichu," which, roughly translated means, "he who takes the buffalo tongue only for himself!"
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sheeps brains - I was 10. I thought it was delicious until someone told me what it was, at which point I was sick.
Snails - disgusting.
frogs legs - ooooh yummy. mmmmmmmm.
slabs of pigs fat, lightly-toasted over an open fire, complete with little bristles sticking out, on rye-bread - not too bad!-
Brains. hmmm. Probably could eat it as long as it didn't look like brains. I'd feel like a zombie. Snails and frog I love. Pork cracklings are OK, but not with the hair still on. Any kind of hair on food is truly disgusting.
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Guys after hearing all of these foods, please just make me a meatball pizza. That has to taste better than all of these things. Pizza is the best food on this planet.
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Agreed. Pizza is the delivery food of the gods, along with Chinese food.
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I recently ate a plastic flower. It was placed on my plate as a decoration at a restaurant but I thought it was edible because it was ON MY PLATE.
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I once went to a restaurant that garnished its plates with live flowers, and a slug crawled out onto my food!
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Without knowing, a protein cookie that contained dried worms - I just thought it was coconut until the baker revealed his secret ingredient.-
Did it taste good? Or did it taste like a protein cookie with worms in it?
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Whiskas cat food - I was curious.
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I've eaten a dog biscuit before. It was shaped like a little bone. Someone said I wouldn't do it, so who's laughing now?
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cow heart, stomach, and llama-
First two, nope, not gonna do it. Llama, probably. They spit too much, and have it coming for their rude manners.
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@LynneaUrania sorry just got back at this thread.. no, the bones are still soft..every part of it, actually.. the trick is biting on the egg with ur eyes closed (don't look at the egg/chick as you put it in your mouth...) just bite, chew and savor the flavors before swalllowing... oh.. did i mention a sprikle of little salt on it adds a wonderful sensation?
@busylizzy i know what u think..LOL... but believe me this food is just almost like any staple food for us Filipinos.. nothing to it. Its called "balut" btw. I actually have not eaten it for 5 years now and kind of missing it.. there's no balut in Holland -
Now I know what balut is! Thanks!
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I went on to this party one night and was famished, so the host gave me a plate and then went on to the table. I didn't notice the food that I took and ate it because it wasn't bad after all. After feeling full and realized I still didn't know what that food was, I had to ask the host what was it because it was pretty damn good. I almost felt like I was going to vomit when he said that it was a bull's penis and testicles soup! Yuck!-
But it wasn't gross until the host revealed the mystery meat (no pun intended). It's so funny how much taboos and squeamishness plays a factor in one's appetite. I think cheese is the most wonderful thing in the world, but to many Asians it's a disgusting rotting milk abomination. Equally, there's only so much fishy flavoring/aroma I can handle that so many Asians savor. Like beauty, deliciousness is in the eye of the beholder...
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I admit, I'm picky. If it looks or even smells weird, I won't eat it. Unless I'm stranded in the wilderness with no food (then I'll have to reconsider).-
I'm totally on board with you, fruitcake. (See my posts above). Aroma is one of the most important factors in anything I eat.
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Snake meat. It was actually really nice-
I agree. Snake is the "other white meat."
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Uni. Thats sushi for "The reproductive organs of a sea urchin".
It was horrible too =(-
I agree with you there, riverstyxxx, about sea urchin. (See my post above).
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Yep. Thats the most extreme form of sushi, taste-wise.
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FUGU! There is no goo like Fugu!
"There is an old expression such that "I want to eat fugu, but I don't want to die" in Japan. Since fugu's poison can lead to instantaneous deaths of diners, only licensed cooks are allowed to prepare fugu. You must have special skills and knowledge about fugu to be licensed. Poisonous parts of fugu differ, depending on the kind of fugu. Because of the strict regulations, the number of deaths is decreasing.
Fugu dishes are usually expensive. One meal can cost $100 to $200 per person at a famous restaurant. But there are inexpensive fugu dishes (from $15 to $20) available at some restaurants. It's said that the most poisonous fugu, "Tora-fugu," is the most delicious. Tora-fugu is expensive and can cost over one hundred dollars at a fish market. Nowadays, prepared-fugu are sold at grocery stores and online stores, and fugu are eaten at Japanese homes. Fugu dishes are becoming more common than they used to be. Winter is the best season to eat fugu. "
-Setsuko Yoshizuka--
It's supposed to make you tingle and feel like you're flying. I saw a documentary about how a related puffer fish in the Caribbean contains the neurotoxins that Haitian witch doctors use to make zombies. So fugu, folks, the delicious fish that will make you high, kill you or turn you into a zombie.
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By the way, gentle BC readers, were you aware that the world's most expensive coffee is made from weasel poo? Please see this discussion thread:
www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/most-expensive-coffee-in-the-world
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I had some crocodile from a local deli here in Calgary. I found it really tough though. Not so great and very pricey! Maybe I didn't cook it up right.-
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Crocodile is a tough meat, I've heard. I've had alligator before, but never croc.
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Peanut butter and chocolate sandwich.
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...With jelly beans and a Slim Jim.
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Actually, the Slim Jim with jelly beans sounds pretty good.
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Breakfast of Champions!
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Kitfu - It's raw, paper thin sliced beef cured in chili oil. An Ethiopian dish, one of my favorites.
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I think Ethiopian food is one of the tastiest and underrated world cuisines out there. Very spicy and delicious.
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Octopus - was kind of rubbery with not much flavor.
Frogs legs - tasted like chicken
Chocolate covered ants - much like Rice Krispies
Cow tongue and pig feet were fairly common staples in our family.
Nothing I have eaten has ever left any real scars. However, when my dad used to make head cheese, I could never muster up the guts to eat that after seeing the pig head in the freezer.-
Eeew. Head cheese? I couldn't eat it either after seeing the head in the freezer!
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A COCKROACH!!! NOT!!! I have been able to have a choice on what to eat and what not to eat....LUCKY ME..!!! But you guys...EWWW!!!-
Yes, we are all weird. Or daredevils. Or both.
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I ate , whale , kangoroo . Those 2 was given to me but they only told me what it was after i ate it
Living tiny fishes in a soup and scorpion , These i knew what they were before i ate them .-
What did kangaroo taste like? And what kind of live fish?
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Lobster ice cream in Maine. I like ice cream and I like lobster but this combo was not a winner...-
Ack. Doesn't sound like it. Was it fishy?
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It wasn't all that weird, but one time a guy I worked with offered me some "gourmet chocolate" he had ordered special. It had little crunchy bits in it and it reminded me of a Nestle Crunch bar. After I had a bit, of course he told me what I was eating: chocolate covered ants.
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Nothing interesting. It's basically rice krispies in chocolate.
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While not the wierdest thing I''ve ever eaten, poutein is certainly the weirdest sounding name of anything I've ever eaten. -
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I haven't eaten many weird things...I suppose alligator meat and haggis would top my list, though they aren't all that weird!
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"alligator meat and haggis"
...together?!?
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I said the blood sausage was the weirdest thing I ever ate earlier in the thread, but I just realized some of the stuff I eat without even blinking is probably weird to the rest of you.
Kimchi, cucumber kimchi, daikon kimchi, dried baby anchovies stir fried in a spicy sweet glaze, dried squid prepared in a variety of ways, roasted nori with salt and sesame seed oil, seaweed soup, spicy raw crab.-
I saw a food programme yesterday and the guy was in Seoul and he ate live sea cucumbers which was quite bizarre. Even the Korean girl with him as translator found it quite revolting because all they did to prepare them was chop them into rings which were apparently very slimy and were still moving. -
Apparently there is this whole world of live seafood in Korea. I have never tried it and have no desire to.
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mmm... food that moves
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The thing that gets me about it is that someone at some time saw these things crawling about in the shallows and thought to himself "Mmmmm those look good enough to eat raw!"
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Actually, I think the instinct to eat something live is probably far older than agriculture. I think after thousands of years of civilization though, it has become a fringe practice.
I think it's considered fringe in Korea too.
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