What weird or exotic foods have you eaten?

[ISUKappa]

I actually like haggis.

I've had cow's tongue, s'okay. My grandma used to make it when they were down to the last bits from the butcher.

Otherwise, nothing else too exotic. It's not that I don't like trying new things -- I do -- there's just not much available around here.

[icelandelf]

Haggis (love it)
Venison on pizza
Rotten Shark also known as hákarl
Svið (singed sheep's head or face)
Súrir hrútspungar (pickled ram's testicles)
Hvalspik (whale's blubber)
Starry Ray (like a stingray but fermented)

[tinydancer]

I'm really more of a meat & taters girl, so I don't get too crazy with foods.
One of my friends is a deer hunter and I like the venison chili he makes. It's good on a cold day while watching a football game at home.
Escargot had so much garlic butter on it that I couldn't really taste anything else. It was sorta like eating a sauteed mushroom.
I had caviar for the first time this summer. Wouldn't go out of my way to eat it again.

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by icelandelf

Haggis (love it)
Venison on pizza
Rotten Shark also known as hákarl
Svið (singed sheep's head or face)
Súrir hrútspungar (pickled ram's testicles)
Hvalspik (whale's blubber)
Starry Ray (like a stingray but fermented)

FTW - but you have an Icelandic advantage.

[Elephant Walk]

I don't eat anything weird other than what you people would consider weird...

squirrel
deer

squirrel is the best in a gumbo with duck meat and okra.

[AznSAE]

Originally Posted by Elephant Walk

I don't eat anything weird other than what you people would consider weird...

squirrel
deer

squirrel is the best in a gumbo with duck meat and okra.

the alpha gams are gonna hate you, lol

durian fruit (smells like shitz, but taste good)
grilled cow tongue
rabbit
chicken feet
frog, turtle
blood (cow and duck)
pig ears
intestine
pigeons
eel sushi is my favorite (must be that sweet brown sauce)

[OneTimeSBX]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

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?

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!)

[cheerfulgreek]

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]

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.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by epchick

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

Not all the bacteria dies when you cook the food. Boil it, freeze it, nuke it, or whatever, it doesn't matter. Uhmm there's "these things" called "Baterial spores" that will still be there, and in this case the ones found in saliva.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Cheerfulgreek, do you know that kissing a smoker is like licking an ashtray? Yeah, I hear it's just like that. Just like how eating cow tongue is like eating...saliva. And ewwwwwwwwwww SALIVA!

[AOII_LB93]

Escargot - been eating them since I was 5 - they're great!
Foie gras
Kangaroo- I didn't order it, just tasted...it was good.
Sea Urchin - gross, the ssushi chef told me it was Japanese peanut butter and I was like 7 so I believed him. So not like peanut butter.
Steak and kidney pie - the kidney was not my fave.
Pate - used to hate it, now I like it a lot.
Caviar - meh...not that great.
Probably lots of other stuff, but I tend to draw the line at internal organs.

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

Kangaroo- I didn't order it, just tasted...it was good.

Same, I couldn't bring myself to order it. Most of us who didn't try it yet at that point tried it from one of the guys our last night in Sydney.

[epchick]

Cow Stomach--in Menudo
Intestine--Tripe...or "tripas"
Pigs feet --another common occurance in Menudo. It gives it 'flavor' hoof and all
Tounge--DELICIOUS!! It's really popular here, so restaurants sell out of it quickly. When I can get a burrito or sandwich w/ lengua I feel like i'm in heaven!
Octopus--delicious with onions. I always like it when the suction cups stick to your tounge. lol.
Brain (i think it was cow)---my grandma used to make it. The thought of it still grosses me out. I never could stomach it.
Ox tail--not as bad as I though it was gonna be.
blood (cow's blood)--again, another thing my grandma used to cook (when she was alive). It's really good when fried with onions, tomato, garlic and a few other things. It has a special name, but i can't remember it at the moment.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by epchick

Cow Stomach--in Menudo
Intestine--Tripe...or "tripas"
Pigs feet --another common occurance in Menudo. It gives it 'flavor' hoof and all
Tounge--DELICIOUS!! It's really popular here, so restaurants sell out of it quickly. When I can get a burrito or sandwich w/ lengua I feel like i'm in heaven!
Octopus--delicious with onions. I always like it when the suction cups stick to your tounge. lol.
Brain (i think it was cow)---my grandma used to make it. The thought of it still grosses me out. I never could stomach it.
Ox tail--not as bad as I though it was gonna be.
blood (cow's blood)--again, another thing my grandma used to cook (when she was alive). It's really good when fried with onions, tomato, garlic and a few other things. It has a special name, but i can't remember it at the moment.

I totally forgot to add Iguana. It's popular down in southern Mexico. I had iguana soup. It was pretty tasty, I just had to pretend it wasn't iguana!