What weird or exotic foods have you eaten?

[AKA_Monet]

So oneday while getting my hair done, my hairdressers 2 little sons, 2-3 years old were running around acting foolishly... So, I grabbed one of them, and I started playing this game, like "what does a dog sound like, a cat sound like, a cow sound like..."--you get the picture... Anyhow, I got to a snake, and they told me what it sounds like, then I asked, "What does a "snake" taste like?"

The look on their faces were total confusion... LOL... So I said, "when someone asks what something you never tasted, taste like, just say 'Oh, it tastes like chicken..." With a little movement go along with that...

Then I asked them what the entire zoo taste like and I had them going around saying all of it tastes like chicken...

Anyhow, they have an exoticmeats.com

I fed my husband:

Ground Llama
Caiman--gator
Kobe steaks--very pricey
Bear bacon--he was kinna pissed about that--cryptosporidia...

I would have gotten rattlesnake, but he said absolutely not... LOL...

[LucyKKG]

I've had reindeer (sooo bomb!), moose heart (I think it was jerky), eel, and lutefisk (cod preserved in lye).

[RaggedyAnn]

I eat sushi on such a regular basis that I didn't even think of it as being exotic. Goes to show you how geography influences things. I'll add to my list:
Eel
Raw Yellowtail
Raw Tuna and White Tuna
Raw Salmon
Raw Mackeral (not a fan)
Octopus
Seaweed
Squid
Caviar

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

I've had reindeer (sooo bomb!), moose heart (I think it was jerky), eel, and lutefisk (cod preserved in lye).

I've had reindeer, too, while in Sweden, but I would never eat Lutefisk!
I've had sheep's brain, durian, softshell crab/crawfish, alligator, tripe, beef tendon, caviar, foie gras, pate, sweetbreads (yum!), jellyfish, eel, sea urchin, venison tartar, beef tartar, all types of sushi, octopus, frog legs, escargot, pigeons, scrapple, quail...I'll try most things at least once. But...I don't want to try kidney...they smell like urine!

[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!

[SWTXBelle]

. . . wish I was in Tijuana, eating bar-b-cued iguana.

[tinydancer]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

. . . wish I was in Tijuana, eating bar-b-cued iguana.

I'm on the Mexican radio
I'm on the Mexican whoa-oh radio


(I just couldn't help myself)

[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.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

I eat sushi on such a regular basis that I didn't even think of it as being exotic. Goes to show you how geography influences things.

So true, and also, if you live/were raised someplace where the schools are off for the first day of hunting season....venison is not exotic. About the weirdest thing I've probably had is escargot.

There's scrapple & pudding, which I think are basically American versions of haggis. My dad used to eat pigs' feet.

Oh, and someone mentioned tongue. When I was about 8 I came home from school one day - my mom was upstairs or in the cellar or someplace. On the stove was a very large beef tongue sticking up out of the pot. I was so freaked out I screamed bloody murder. I don't care how good this stuff tastes, NWIH will I ever eat it - I'm still not over the trauma!!

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.

Love love love Tripe. Mom makes Tripe Stew all the time and it's absolutely delish! Menudo's similar to a Filipino dish called sankutsar, I think. The intestines are my favorite part.

Speaking of intestines, I love em fried. Dip em in vinegar and chili pepper-water and mmmm. Same with fried cow ears.

Octopus is best when it's smoked. Although seasoned with soy sauce, onions, and sesame oil is great, too.

My all time favorite is yet another Filipino dish, dinuguan. Not sure of its spelling. It's pork sauteed in pig's blood, ground pepper, and bay leaves served over a mound of rice.

[catiebug]

Why am I suddenly not hungry anymore...

Originally Posted by OTW

Love love love Tripe. Mom makes Tripe Stew all the time and it's absolutely delish! Menudo's similar to a Filipino dish called sankutsar, I think. The intestines are my favorite part.

Speaking of intestines, I love em fried. Dip em in vinegar and chili pepper-water and mmmm. Same with fried cow ears.

Octopus is best when it's smoked. Although seasoned with soy sauce, onions, and sesame oil is great, too.

My all time favorite is yet another Filipino dish, dinuguan. Not sure of its spelling. It's pork sauteed in pig's blood, ground pepper, and bay leaves served over a mound of rice.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Caviar
Foie Gras
Pate
Octopus
Beef tartare
All kinds of sushi
Venison
Boar (a restaurant nearby has an awesome preparation!)
Truffle stuff
Squid
Seaweed
Kelp
Ortolan (had it in Paris when I was 12, and I was really upset when I read more about it afterward!)

[33girl]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Ortolan (had it in Paris when I was 12, and I was really upset when I read more about it afterward!)

Wow, that is upsetting. Yuck.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by OTW

Love love love Tripe. Mom makes Tripe Stew all the time and it's absolutely delish! Menudo's similar to a Filipino dish called sankutsar, I think. The intestines are my favorite part.

Speaking of intestines, I love em fried. Dip em in vinegar and chili pepper-water and mmmm. Same with fried cow ears.

Octopus is best when it's smoked. Although seasoned with soy sauce, onions, and sesame oil is great, too.

My all time favorite is yet another Filipino dish, dinuguan. Not sure of its spelling. It's pork sauteed in pig's blood, ground pepper, and bay leaves served over a mound of rice.

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.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Wow, that is upsetting. Yuck.

I loved the movie Gigi when I was little, and in it they eat ortolan for lunch one day. So when we went to Paris and my aunt pointed it out on the menu, I wanted it. It was traumatizing enough eating it, with bones and all, but when I was older and read how the birds are caught and killed, I was really sad.