What weird or exotic foods have you eaten? - Page 4

#46 09-15-2008, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by epchick

I've always wanted to try Filipino food. That pork dish does sound pretty good.

I've never tried smoked octopus, at least I don't think so. I've eaten the little octopus (or squid, i dont remember right now) that they have at the local chinese restaurant. I might have to try smoked octopus one of these days.

It really is. A lot of people are so disgusted by it, but I'd wager a guess that they've never had it. They just judge based on what their eyes see.

With such a large amount of ethnic foods here, it's kinda hard not to be exposed to the weird and exotic. Most of them aren't all that bad.

I will draw the line on balut and natto, though. I've had both and vowed never again.

cheerfulgreek · #47 09-15-2008, 05:53 PM

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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.

cheerfulgreek · #48 09-15-2008, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by OneTimeSBX

do you live in the south? because that list you've got is totally southern, not exotic lol!

go to any soul food restaurant in the deep south and thats everyday vittles my friend! (oh, and vittles is a southern things too lol!)

No, I'm not from the south. I saw these things at a meat market. To me they seemed exotic because I didn't know people actually eat that. Cow tongue??? I would never.....so gross. There's no way around it, anyone who eats that is eating saliva. Ughh.

epchick · #49 09-15-2008, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

There's no way around it, anyone who eats that is eating saliva. Ughh.

Except not. There is this thing, it's called COOKING FOOD. Don't knock it til you try it.

pbear19 · #50 09-15-2008, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by OTW

I will draw the line on balut and natto, though. I've had both and vowed never again.

Oh, I forgot all about natto! I don't think it's that bad, I'd eat it again. But I'm a pescetarian, so there are a lot of things listed above that I won't eat, so it's only fair that I eat the weird/gross vegetable items.

AznSAE · #51 09-15-2008, 09:21 PM

i take it that 90% of you would eat each other, lol.

#52 09-15-2008, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pbear19

Oh, I forgot all about natto! I don't think it's that bad, I'd eat it again. But I'm a pescetarian, so there are a lot of things listed above that I won't eat, so it's only fair that I eat the weird/gross vegetable items.

That smell gets to me each time. Truthfully, it doesn't taste all that bad. But that SMELL. I can't get through one bite without wanting to puke.

AGDee · #53 09-15-2008, 09:39 PM

I'm not an adventurous eater but I don't think of squid as exotic. We had it every Christmas Eve (in the form of calamari) but I never knew it was squid until I was a teenager. Then I went years without eating it again...lol. I like it now

EE-BO · #54 09-15-2008, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Foie Gras

Have you ever had a partial lobe of this before? I am very fond of foie gras, but most places you just get a few thin slices or it is crammed into a terrine.

There is one fine restaurant I visit periodically where they serve a big chunk of an entire lobe in one course- and it is incredibly delicious, but I cannot look at it as I am cutting and eating it.

Served in so large a piece (8 ounces or so- enough saturated fat to last you a month), the very light cooking process means what you get is pretty much raw, and all the internal linings and fluids in there are more than I can stand to watch.

But very, very tasty...

AznSAE · #55 09-15-2008, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by OTW

I will draw the line on balut and natto, though. I've had both and vowed never again.

i didnt know what balut was until i clicked on the link. turns out i have eaten it before. i just didnt know what it was called. i dont eat the chick though, just the yellow part.

i have tasted fried grasshoppers and fried june bugs before.

SWTXBelle · #56 09-15-2008, 10:00 PM

I think it is funny that many have listed escargot - which I don't consider exotic at all. Mmmmm . . . garlic butter.

Nanners52674 · #57 09-15-2008, 10:54 PM

I love Irish Black Pudding (Blood Pudding) My dads parents are from Ireland and he grew up on a farm so his mom would make it fresh for him, and him and step-mom usually buy it once a year at the Irish Fesh but knowing what it was made of grossed me out to much until i was in Ireland and it was on my plate for breakfast so I figured why not (the whole when in Rome thing) and its actually really really good. . . Theirs some of it in my freezer rite now

MysticCat · #58 09-16-2008, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I think it is funny that many have listed escargot - which I don't consider exotic at all.

Agreed. I'd say the same about foie gras and caviar, too. Pricey, sure; exotic, nah.

(And as far as I'm concerned, none of them are worth eating, much less paying what you usually have to pay for them.)

guitarak · #59 09-16-2008, 08:58 AM

Escargot, Kangaroo, Giraffe, humpback whale, seal, eel (not sushi, but that's good too)

AOII Angel · #60 09-16-2008, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by MysticCat

Agreed. I'd say the same about foie gras and caviar, too. Pricey, sure; exotic, nah.

(And as far as I'm concerned, none of them are worth eating, much less paying what you usually have to pay for them.)

I'd completely disagree...foie is definitely worth the price. I actually have a 6# bag of it in my freezer right now!