Weirdest thing you've ever eaten

[democracyindanger]

Fer me, either fish eyeball (crunchy) or barbequed sparrow stomach (Japan, I was drunk, they didn't tell me until afterwards. Chewy.)

You?

[BlackVelvetElvis]

1. Liver Pudding.

Yummy. Fry until crispy.

[MNDEM2004]

2. Tofu

No tatse at all.

[democracyindanger]

you need to expand your horizons

;)

[Us vs Them]

3. Either

Live clam or raw quail eggs. Although I wasn't in Japan, it was a sushi restaurant.

[Swede]

4. Some kind of soup at a Japanese restaurant,it had fish eggs in it.

The broth kinda tasted like soy sauce.

[Historic NY]

5. Blood sausage.....yup thats what its made from.

[Blue in a Red State]

37. I used to really like it years ago

Don't know how I'd feel about it today, but I really love barley so I'd probably sample it again.

[benburch]

6. French fried baby bees, canned, in oil... nt

[democracyindanger]

8. You can't be serious. Really?

[benburch]

42. Totally! nt

[Left Is Write]

7. Not really "weird" per se, but out there for me: alligator and snails.

Not together.

[KitchenWitch]

9. I had Alligator on a stick at the Minnesota State Fair

mmmm, tastes like chicken! :silly:

[Left Is Write]

11. I had it in Orlando.

Though I did see it at the Fair. They'll just put anything on a stick, won't they?

[KitchenWitch]

12. yup

have not been to the Fair for a few years, I am about due to go this year...Coronary row here I come!

[Left Is Write]

13. I went last year, but will have to miss this year.

I miss living there when I could go EVERY year.

Until 2002, I hadn't missed a Fair since 1967 or so (I started going before I was old enough to remember it!).

[BuyingThyme]

10. Cheese

[Patiod]

48. I threw that out at folks busting on an Vietnamese client

who confessed to eating dog when he was in the Army.

I asked his European client if she hadn't eaten horse. She was embarrassed, and kept saying "well, it was when I was a kid", but she had.

Then I asked him if he didn't find it repulsive that we Westerners eat cheese. He said he thought it was disgusting - that most cheese smells to him like feet. The US and EU folks were SHOCKED that anyone considered cheese anything other than perfectly normal.

You may have been kidding, but Asians do think we're gross for eating what what they consider spoiled milk

[redqueen]

60. I've been told it smells positively awful by Asians I've worked with.

I felt kinda bad for stinking up the place for them. :)

[BuyingThyme]

63. I wasn't kidding.

Though taken for granted, Cheese is bizarre.

[Blue in a Red State]

14. Rattlesnake

It was a choice of that or Rocky Mountain Oysters...

[demwing]

21. Whoa. Read my post # 20

WHo ARE you? Are you my sister? Is that you Sheri?

[Blue in a Red State]

35. Nope. Not your sister.

But what an odd coincidence. And that sounded like a helluva camping trip with your dad.

[xmas74]

39. I ate the Rocky Mountain Oysters

Hey, I was drunk and someone threw down $20. What's a girl (whose 19 and out of liquor) to do?

[Ladyhawk]

64. Fried rattlesnake and quite often, bear stew. n/t

[Amfortas]

15. Fried Chicken !.

[demwing]

17. what did it taste like?

Chicken...WEIRD.

[maveric]

16. I cant remember her name but she was REALLY wierd!

3...2...1

[Floogeldy]

18. Pig's ear and Alligator (not at the same time)

The pig's ear was totally gross and I spit it out. It was at a "Soul Food" restaurant that otherwise had the greatest fried chicken and other goodies ever.

The alligator was okay, because it was all seasoned up real spicy. Kind of like a real poor man's lobster.

B-)

[Patiod]

49. My mother's dachshund loves dried pigs ears

Mmm... pig's ear.

[mojavekid]

19. The whole fried neck and head of a pigeon,

Left with only the beak in my fingers - and for that I was Grateful..

[demwing]

20. Rocky Mountain Oysters

BLECH.

Or maybe Rattlesnake, which my Dad caught and BBQd on a camping trip one year.

[tyedyeto]

22. Jellyfish at a Chinese Restaurant in London n/t

[Quixote1818]

23. My Mom's breast milk right from the boob!

Give me a break, I was only a baby!:9

[democracyindanger]

24. I've had your mom's breast milk. Not that weird.

:evilgrin:

[Quixote1818]

30. My Mom is German Shepherd nt

[democracyindanger]

31. Damnit. Touche'. nt

[Quixote1818]

32. I should have said my Mom is an Umpa Lumpa. nt

[Canadian Socialist]

25. I win!

The rest of you may not think so... but, I ate guinea pig in Peru. Small, but crunchy. Hey, they have good BBQ. What can I say?

[mojavekid]

29. I had that too!

in Cuzco, 1985. We went to this local place and I ordered. The woman then bent down and grabbed a live one off the floor, broke it's neck and went into the kitchen (which we were pretty much sitting in) it was tasty, but that was a little hard on my girlfriend who was a vegetarian...

Did you try the corn beer??? now that is fringe cuisine, the women chew the corn, spitting it into a vat adding water where it ferments...I can't remember the name for it at the moment...

Edited to add: that the Corn beer is called "Chicha"

[fudge stripe cookays]

61. Gah.

I have a friend who lives in Chile who was just talking about that the other day. She called it "punch."

What a liar!
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[Amaya]

26. Deer heart

[Wwagsthedog]

27. Sheep's Eye. nt

[Kali]

28. Sea cucumbers

yes the floppy echinoderms that don't LOOK like starfish or sea urchins but are related to them. Rubbery, in a sauce that was thick and dark brown. Taipei 1975, will never forget. (or get over it)

[Jeebo]

33. Pickled pigs' feet...

I used to eat them all the time when I was a kid, for some weird reason I actually LIKED them. Now the mere thought grosses me out completely.

Ron

[jdots]

34. possum pie

[alittlelark]

36. Dog Food labeled as 'corned beef hash'

My dad was going to play a joke on his friend - replaced the labels. I, at 15 or so, found it in the living room, and fried it up and ate it.

It has become a familly joke (not so funny...to me).

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

38. Haggis

[bilgewaterbill]

40. Duck blood soup.

My Polish grandmother made it a lot when I was a kid. Also had eel at a sushi bar.

[mark414]

41. boiled baby

shrimp

but really...not counting bugs/worms eaten as a child...i don't know, squid? ostrich? buffalo?

[Squeech]

43. Thousand year eggs

It's a Chinese thing: conventional chicken eggs, buried in soil that contains a particular fungus. The fungus permeates the eggs and turns them blue (which means the yolks, already yellow, turn green, for all you Dr. Seuss fans). They have a taste like those super-fermented teas, such as Lapsang Souchong.

I also had the jellyfish-- tasted like wet shredded rubber bands, marinated in vinegar & dusted with white pepper.

And I had guinea pig-- rubbed with a really good dry spice mixture and roasted. They served it with a tasty quinoa stew. We should have more Andean cuisine!

[Magrittes Pipe]

44. I can think of a few weird things I've eaten.

Can't talk about 'em here, though.

[RebelOne]

45. Fried grasshoppers.

Someone told me they were nuts until I checked out the jar. But they really did taste like nuts.

[Ivan Sputnik]

46. Pigeon in Morocco

Tastes just like chicken.

[Worst Username Ever]

47. Pickled turkey gizzards

At a bar. A dollar a piece. Cold and gross.

[Bertha Venation]

50. dry cat food

I was a child.

[gollygee]

51. Woodchuck

cooked in a crockpot. It was quite tasty.

[DeaconBlues]

52. Squirrel brains

I had them before the mad cow scare. You are not a true hillbilly if you haven't had squirrel brains.

[Arkana]

53. Shark meat

And it was some of the best fish I've ever had, too.

[movie_girl99]

54. a tongue taco

a guy i work with told me it was beef. it was but i didn't realize it was the tounge...it was pretty good but very greasy.

[Wapsie B]

55. Moose, squirrel, blood sausage,

carp.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

56. Paca - medium-sized rodent. At a "game" restaurant in Rio.

[redqueen]

57. Beef tongue, pigs feet, calf brain.

I thought both the beef tongue and pigs feet were tasty, but the brains I ate by accident in an egg sandwich that was given to me by mistake. To be honest I barely noticed the taste, but I have no desire to try brains again.

I also like fried chicken gizzards.

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[BurtWorm]

59. Whale meat in Norway. Raw sea urchin sushi.

I don't remember what either one tastes like. I've blacked them out.

[fudge stripe cookays]

62. Caribou

at a fu-fu French restaurant in Banff.

Or snails. In Paris.

The snails were better. The caribou was a little dry.
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