What weird or exotic foods have you eaten?

cheerfulgreek · #1 09-21-2008, 05:31 AM

Has anyone tried raw oysters before? I love oysters, but not raw. I once tried them that way but the slime made me gag. I couldn't swallow it. It was SO gross.

I've seen people eat them raw, and it looked good, at least until I tried it myself. Yuck.

txdiva · #2 09-21-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Has anyone tried raw oysters before? I love oysters, but not raw. I once tried them that way but the slime made me gag. I couldn't swallow it. It was SO gross.

I've seen people eat them raw, and it looked good, at least until I tried it myself. Yuck.

I tried them before; it had the nastiest fishy aftertaste! YUCK!!!

I tried frog legs for the first time today! It tasted like a mixture of fish and chicken with the texture of a chicken. Interesting...

SWTXBelle · #3 09-21-2008, 10:42 PM

I love pork rinds - are they considered weird? Mmmmmm . . . crunchy piggy goodness.

kchaptergphib · #4 09-22-2008, 12:46 AM

Squirrel - my mom fixed it in a skillet like she does pork chops, so it didn't taste any different than pork chops to me!
Ostrich burger- you could definitely tell it wasn't a beef burger- I'd say it was a little dryer (it's much leaner than beef) and tasted "game-y"er than beef
Pig intestines- it was part of a challenge, at a restaurant in chinatown. I chewed and swallowed as fast as I could.
Horse- The first time I went around Europe, I was only 10, and always got spaghetti with meat sauce. I got it in Paris, Vienna, Brussels, etc., etc. Looking back on the trip, and how often I ate "spaghetti with meat sauce" I likely had some beef mixed with horse meat at some point.
Prickly Pear Cactus-flavored shake- it just tasted like a regular milkshake with a different fruit flavor.

Venison- grew up in Wisconsin, so this was a regular thing for my family, and so I don't consider it exotic. I prefer it cooked as a roast. Yum!
Escargot- I love most all fresh seafood, and have had this so much I don't really consider it exotic either. What doesn't taste good with butter and garlic and olive oil?!

I consider myself pretty adventurous, but don't really like eating animals (besides seafood) that I consider to be pets, or to be inhumanely raised. So I draw the line at guinea pigs, dogs, turtles, horse (now that I know better), veal, foie gras, etc. I'm not a vegetarian by any means, and don't really care much what other folks eat, I just can't eat something that I could have myself as a pet.

cheerfulgreek · #5 09-22-2008, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kchaptergphib

Squirrel - my mom fixed it in a skillet like she does pork chops, so it didn't taste any different than pork chops to me!
Ostrich burger- you could definitely tell it wasn't a beef burger- I'd say it was a little dryer (it's much leaner than beef) and tasted "game-y"er than beef
Pig intestines- it was part of a challenge, at a restaurant in chinatown. I chewed and swallowed as fast as I could.
Horse- The first time I went around Europe, I was only 10, and always got spaghetti with meat sauce. I got it in Paris, Vienna, Brussels, etc., etc. Looking back on the trip, and how often I ate "spaghetti with meat sauce" I likely had some beef mixed with horse meat at some point.
Prickly Pear Cactus-flavored shake- it just tasted like a regular milkshake with a different fruit flavor.

Venison- grew up in Wisconsin, so this was a regular thing for my family, and so I don't consider it exotic. I prefer it cooked as a roast. Yum!
Escargot- I love most all fresh seafood, and have had this so much I don't really consider it exotic either. What doesn't taste good with butter and garlic and olive oil?!

I consider myself pretty adventurous, but don't really like eating animals (besides seafood) that I consider to be pets, or to be inhumanely raised. So I draw the line at guinea pigs, dogs, turtles, horse (now that I know better), veal, foie gras, etc. I'm not a vegetarian by any means, and don't really care much what other folks eat, I just can't eat something that I could have myself as a pet.

People in some countries actually eat guinea pigs. But dogs?

RU OX Alum · #6 09-22-2008, 08:56 AM

Burner Wurst (spelling?) is awesome. I got it in Austria, it is a sausage that has cheese in it, not all the way filled up, just four little dots of melted cheese that run throughout the sausage that is wrapped in bacon. And I don't mean just one or two little thin strips of bacon, i mean they cover that thing up. so good

cheerfulgreek · #7 09-22-2008, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I love pork rinds - are they considered weird? Mmmmmm . . . crunchy piggy goodness.

I like Funions...mmmm good.

cheerfulgreek · #8 09-22-2008, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by txdiva

I tried them before; it had the nastiest fishy aftertaste! YUCK!!!

I tried frog legs for the first time today! It tasted like a mixture of fish and chicken with the texture of a chicken. Interesting...

Yep. The 1st one I tried, I bit into it and then spit it back into a napkin (I know, gross) then I was told that they're better to just swallow them whole. I tried that and that's when I gagged. I can't see how people find them to be so good, raw. I love them cooked though.

I don't like frog legs. Just the look of them grossed me out.

33girl · #9 09-22-2008, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Has anyone tried raw oysters before? I love oysters, but not raw. I once tried them that way but the slime made me gag. I couldn't swallow it. It was SO gross.

I've seen people eat them raw, and it looked good, at least until I tried it myself. Yuck.

MMM, I forgot about oyster shots. I like them.

KSigkid · #10 09-22-2008, 10:27 AM

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MMM, I forgot about oyster shots. I like them.

Raw oysters are great - they were actually the only seafood I would eat when I was a little kid.

NutBrnHair · #11 09-22-2008, 11:33 AM

pigeon
ostrich
sweetbreads
alligator

cheerfulgreek · #12 09-23-2008, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

pigeon

cheerfulgreek · #13 09-23-2008, 11:43 AM

A couple of days ago I went to Outback and there was a guy sitting right next to me at the bar eating his steak damn near raw. It was cooked rare...very rare. His plate was totally red. That's just worms waiting to happen. Gross.

Well done for me.

KSigkid · #14 09-23-2008, 11:53 AM

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They serve it in many French restaurants. I've heard it's very good, but I've never tried it myself.

As for raw beef - if you get a chance (and you're not a vegetarian), you should try beef carpaccio. It's good stuff.

cheerfulgreek · #15 09-23-2008, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KSigkid

They serve it in many French restaurants. I've heard it's very good, but I've never tried it myself.

Wow. I've never heard of that. I'm willing to try just about anything though as long as it doesn't have anything to do with feces, saliva or urine. Anything that's a part of the digestive system I won't even think about it. Anything else though, I'll try.