What weird or exotic foods have you eaten?

[cheerfulgreek]

This weekend I went to a seafood restaurant and had shark for the 1st time. It was o.k. I guess.

I'm sure all of you here have been to the meat market. Have you seen the really insane looking food? I've seen some really gross stuff, like cow tongue, pig ears, pig snout...ect ect. How can people eat this? Pig snout??? Yuck!

What exotic or not your "everyday" normal foods have you eaten before?

[SWTXBelle]

Haggis. I took two bites, because I wasn't sure I was really tasting what I was really tasting.

Gator. It's tough - doesn't taste like much of anything, but maybe that was the chef's fault.

Boar. Gamey pork.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Haggis. I took two bites, because I wasn't sure I was really tasting what I was really tasting.

I love haggis -- especially when accompanied by a wee (or not sae wee) dram.

[RaggedyAnn]

Pig's brain-tasted like old flavorless gum (I was in Spain and this was considered a delicacy by my host family.)
cow intestines-not bad, but it looked nasty (same Spanish family)
escargog-they were really really salty
frog's legs-tasted like chicken
ostrich meat-very tasty

[aephi alum]

Eel sushi. Yum.

Venison. Some people consider venison weird/exotic, others think of Bambi and get upset... I view it as population control (we have a huge deer problem here) and revenge (for the deer that destroyed my roses a few years ago ). Venison is actually pretty tasty.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Eel sushi. Yum.

Venison. Some people consider venison weird/exotic, others think of Bambi and get upset... I view it as population control (we have a huge deer problem here) and revenge (for the deer that destroyed my roses a few years ago ). Venison is actually pretty tasty.

Venison is pretty good when cooked the right way. It's not something that I'd go out of my way to eat, but it's not bad at all.

Otherwise, I haven't tried much else. I'm pretty adventurous in what I eat, within certain limits.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

Pig's brain-tasted like old flavorless gum (I was in Spain and this was considered a delicacy by my host family.)
cow intestines-not bad, but it looked nasty (same Spanish family)
escargog-they were really really salty
frog's legs-tasted like chicken
ostrich meat-very tasty

Ostrich meat? Gross.

I heard that Hog Head cheese and pigs brains are the same thing.

ETA: I tried forg legs but I couldn't finish them because I couldn't get pass the look of the legs themselves.

[Senusret I]

I don't eat anything exotic like the rest of you freaks.

I had caviar once.

[EE-BO]

Venison makes great chili or BBQ in my experience. Hard to work with it as steaks.

I have had most of the typical game meats, but there is one meat I have tried which tends to gross people out or make them mad,

When I was in Peru a while back, we went to the Peruvian equivalent of a Texas "home cooking" restaurant.

The main course was cuy (aka cui)- known in the US as guinea pig. They just scraped scraped off the fur, cut them down the middle and grilled them- skin, organs, face and all- then served them whole.

The organs and the meat around the face- especially the jawbone- were quite tasty- very tender with a mild flavor. The rest was pretty good too, but you really had to pick and explore to get to all the meat.

And in Venezuela there was a place with blood sausage that contained quite a bit of blood- I do not remember from what animal. Very tasty though.

The only exotic meat I have never really cared for is sea urchin in sushi. Otherwise, I tend to be happy when I explore.

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by EE-BO

Venison makes great chili or BBQ in my experience. Hard to work with it as steaks.

True - I really enjoyed venison chili when I had it. However, I was never sure if it was because of the venison, or because of the spices used (it's always been made by the same guy).

I've liked caviar when I had it, but I don't consider it quite as exotic as some of the other stuff mentioned in this thread.

[SWTXBelle]

Venison sausage can be quite tasty.

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

venison
buffalo
blood sausage
tripe
chicken feet
snake
escargot
eel
sea urchin
sea cucumber (type of sea slug...soooo gross, took one bite and spit it out)
pâté
fish eggs (caviar, salmon roe, smelt roe, flying fish roe)
raw sweet shrimp
raw scallops
raw lobster
raw beef

[Buttonz]

Escargog
Venison
Kangaroo (Hey I had to try it my last night in Australia just because!)
Eel (I love eel sushi)
Fried Twix
Fried Reese's Peanutbutter Cups
Fried Pizza

[KSigkid]

Originally Posted by SOPi_Jawbreaker

raw beef

Beef carpaccio is good stuff. I'd like to go someplace that serves raw Kobe beef strips and try that as well.

[christiangirl]

I had eel on my birthday a couple weeks ago. I think I said it tasted like fish and worm. I didn't hate it, but I can do without it. And I actually like fried tripe.