This shouldn't even be edible/on a menu/or sold in the grocery store/meat market

[*winter*]

I used to eat liver but that was before bio and chem classes taught me that the liver is used to process out all the icky stuff in our bodies. Me and liver haven't been the same since.

Tripe... Ew. I even tried it the summer I worked at an Italian restaurant and it just tasted like cartridge or something.

[Tulip86]

Originally Posted by *winter*

Tripe... Ew. I even tried it the summer I worked at an Italian restaurant and it just tasted like cartridge or something.

I often see tripe at my local butcher, as he keeps it in the display, looks like a sponge!

I know in Italy they like their offal. Like Coratella, (lamb offal of all sorts) is supposed to be delicious. Sounds scary, but I think I might give it a go next time I'm in Rome.

[Sciencewoman]

I love blue crab and raw oysters. When I went to school in Maryland, I'd stop by one of those roadside crab stands when I was coming home for breaks and pick up a styrofoam crate full of steamed crabs. The first time I did this...my mom LOVED them, my dad said it was too much work for too little meat, and my sister said, "yuck! I am not eating this!" My mom and I decided we'd pick the rest in the morning and make crab cakes. When I woke up the next morning, she was already at the kitchen sink picking crabs! Everyone loved the crab cakes.

I will not eat any kind of organ meat. We used to go to a mom-and-pop place for Sunday dinner when I was little, and my mom always ordered the chicken livers and my dad got the chicken gizzards. Both were sauteed with onions. My sister and I HATED going there, because we couldn't stand watching our parents eat that stuff.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

I will not eat any kind of organ meat.

lol
Hilarious! I guess this is what I should have posted instead of my long list.

[NCSigma]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg)

I live in the Philippines right now.

[WCsweet<3]

It's not so much the idea of the food, but the texture. When I was younger I'd eat chicken hearts and gizzards all the time. I still can't stand cottage cheese or bananas though. Yogurt can be hit or miss as well. Chicken feet never were attractive however... I do still love getting a fresh crab and picking it to death. I had that last weekend. I really dislike things that still have heads on it such as fish.

I still don't understand how we got some of the vegetables we have like artichokes. How desperate do you have to be to decide "hmm this prickly thing will be great steamed/boiled if we scrape the innards off with our teeth." Eggs are another difficult idea. How many times does someone try raw eggs before they realize cooking is important?

[ASTalumna06]

Seaweed!

It's bad enough when it touches my leg in the ocean..

[pshsx1]

My stomach is uneasy just from reading this thread.

Head cheese. To me, it smells absolutely repulsive. My ex's dad loved it and his wife would always make him sit outside to eat it. lol http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_cheese

Neck bone. Again, I can't stand the taste or the smell of it, but my mom cooks it down with "collagreens" (collared greens :P). I just hide in my room while she cooks it and I eat around it when I'm eating the greens. Every time I look at it I just think, 'who puts themselves through this misery?' And then there my parents are, going to town.

[KillarneyRose]

I don't think I Phi was being offensive in the first post. It's no worse than saying that Uggs are Uggly (see what I did there?) and they shouldn't even be sold because they're so offensive looking.

I understand people believing that every part of the animal should be put to use. It's logical and, in a way, respectful to the animal.

But...this is just a fun thread; something silly we can just enjoy. Let's keep it at that level, ok?

Thanks

[starang21]

balut

[AnchorAlumna]

Here ya go. Some of these have been mentioned.
http://www.cracked.com/article_14979...-in-world.html

[GammaGirl1908]

Full disclosure: I am a serious city girl. As far as I'm concerned, meat comes from the grocery store. I'm fine with that; I'll stick my head in the sand over here. (Please note: I get the difference between "I don't like this," and "why does anyone even SELL this?" I don't care. (I also don't eat pork.))

Rocky mountain oysters.

Chitterlings.

Spam.

Soy sauce.

Gaaaaacccckkkk.

(Re soy sauce: I do not like Asian food. I love both northern and southern Indian food, but nothing any further East. More specifically, I don't like: sesame, savory ginger, sprouts, or soy-flavored things. They can disappear from the planet RIGHT NOW.)

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by GammaGirl1908

Spam.

lol
THIS! I totally forgot about that one. Spam is so gross!

[Xidelt]

Pimento cheese really grosses me out. Oh, and pineapple and mayonnaise tea sandwiches.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

Pimento cheese really grosses me out..