What's the strangest thing you've eaten?

[Huskerboy]

To partner up with the thread by DoubleAquarius about eating buffalo... what's the strangest thing you've (knowingly) eaten?

For me, it would have to be bear meat. It was a roast and was horrible. The more you chewed the stuff the bigger it got! I didn't like it at all!

What about you?

Spill your guts - or toss your cookies - either one!

 

[SimpleMan]

^^Damn, took my answer

 

[DrakeCKC]

Squid guts.. worse than pussy.

 

[chatolandia]

I would try almost anything


I've had iguana, I did not know... it was really good


I wanted to try iguana, so I was not upset when I found out.

 

[Fucker29]

Poop.

 

[Ryuukie]

Goat cheese, I guess. But I was served dog meat when I visited Africa. I did not eat it. But a woman I know did. She said it taste like chicken.

 

[seven_sins]

Does liver count?

 

[LilBit]

The weirdest animal I've ever eaten was rabbit, and the weirdest non-animal food I've ever eaten was deep-fried oreos.

I'm not a very adventurous eater, I guess.

 

[chatolandia]

Goat cheese, I guess. But I was served dog meat when I visited Africa. I did not eat it. But a woman I know did. She said it taste like chicken.

I had dog when I was a kid, did not know either

it was tasty, more like beef

 

[mantherfmt]

I have had sauted Jellyfish. 3 times!!!!

 

[EwanSF]

I've eaten a ball of wasabi, by accident. Litteraly the most unpleasent thing I've ever had in my mouth.

 

[PhoenixRising]

Emu..........

 

[eddielee]

The strangest foods I've eaten would be a toss up between stewed robins and azalea gall fungus. Azalea gall fungus is a sweet, juicy, growth found on wild azaleas.

 

[justsimon]

Probably uni...

 

[Jory]

Lutefisk

 

[Huskerboy]

Ewww... ya'll have put stuff in your mouth I wouldn't hold in my hand!

Seriously...

In addition to the bear meat, I tried fried conch while in Key West - it was chewy, too. I've also had alligator, and fried rattle snake. The alligator was really good, but I don't think I'll have snake again. At the same gathering (I hate calling it a dinner) they had mountain lion burger... (where's the vomit smilie when you need one???) I didn't try that... ewww!

And Jory I think I'll pass on the Lutefisk, too. I don't think I could get past the smell!

 

[Huskerboy]

I have had sauted Jellyfish. 3 times!!!!

Wouldn't that be like eating gummy worms? Was it good? Guess it probably was if you've had it 3 times!

*adds sauted Jellyfish to list of things to try*

 

[boxerdudeuk]

a live sea urchin, likely. also had ortolon, a french delicacy. a very very small bird you eat with a white linen napkin over your head - so god won't see you eat a baby bird.

 

[ronboy]

the list goes on and on.....

• tripe (yech....)
• octopus
• smelts
• anchovies
• sushi (one time alone...NEVER again)
• chicken livers
• moose (steak...it was actually delicious)
• deer (venison stew done right is wonderful)

 

[Swellegant]

Most of the above doesn't strike me as odd... I mean, rabbit? Everyone eats rabbit, though I don't get to eat it that often; venison, too, never on the menu when you really want some. Goat is a little out-of-the-way, I only know one restaurant here that serves it (fantastic stuff, BTW, barbecued Jamaican-style with black beans and fried plaintains), and once I had an ostrich burger (not so fantastic, had a funny taste, but that might have been freezer-burn).

Ooh, quick piece of QI trivia... did you know that rabbit don't have any iron in them? If you eat nothing but rabbit, you'll die of anemia! So be sure to have your rabbit liberally crusted with herbs and served on a bed of steamed chard.

I've had buffalo, squab, shark, quail, crayfish, and I've of course eaten snails, and frogs-legs and caviar... but never tried tripe or sweetbreads or kidneys, and am not particularly interested in same (with the exception of foie gras, organ meats just don't appeal to me...they seem always to have a weird musky brown flavor).

I'm very squeamish about eating animals that look as they did while alive, anything with eyes or legs attached will be left on my plate (one time I had authentic paella in a Spanish restaurant, and all of the shrimp were just standing there, staring at me and daring me to eat them; I declined). Once I ate a chicken's foot, but I didn't think it tasted good enough to bother getting over the revulsive shock of putting a chicken's foot in my mouth.

I think the only thing I ever encountered in a restaurant that really and truly grossed me out was a Chinese place that served pig stomach with blood cubes... I insisted on leaving the restaurant the moment I read it in the menu.