Food gets a whole lot weirder than I was giving it credit for, apparently. Is this not dangerous? I mean does the alcohol neutralize the venom or something? Just what is going on here? And where did you drink it? And what did it taste like?

So many questions... I have so many.

thoradycus

Malaysia3262 Posts

April 16 2011 07:18 GMT

#163

On April 16 2011 15:55 radialis wrote:

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ah yeah, that's cordiceps. it's quite commonly eaten. i think it's said to have some medicinal properties? my friend always eats it when she's sick. it basically is a fungus that infects insects and causes them to climb onto the stalk of another plant and grip onto it with its mandibles (where presumably the environment is ideal for the fungus). then it kills the insect and grows from its corpse.

Cordyceps is in the form of vitamin pills as well.My dad gives my family that most of the time i think.

Kenderson

Canada280 Posts

April 16 2011 07:27 GMT

#164

On April 16 2011 01:21 chaokel wrote:
Fried tarantula while i was over in cambodia.

They just take a tarantula and fry it they dont even remove the bristly hairs, i ended up eating several of the legs and the whole abdomen (managed to pass the head off to someone else).

Tried not to think to much of what was in the abdomen i was eating such as what the spider had been eating previously or all the web and shit in there.

OMG u r crazy

thoradycus

Malaysia3262 Posts

April 16 2011 07:33 GMT

#165

On April 16 2011 16:27 Kenderson wrote:

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OMG u r crazy

Wat did it taste like?

~ava

Canada379 Posts

April 16 2011 07:34 GMT

#166

I dunno, probably bird saliva (bird nest soup). This whole thread makes me want to hate on everybody for being Earth rapists, haha.

Pleiades

United States472 Posts

April 16 2011 07:41 GMT

#167

Bull cattle testicles.... flavor didn't annoy me as much as the texture and chewing. Friend dared me to try it. I'll never try what he tried though... large salamander.

Kenderson

Canada280 Posts

April 16 2011 07:42 GMT

#168

You people make me feel so normal...or boring lol. I couldn't really say one thing I've eaten is weirder than anything else. Maybe lamb? Pretty sure that's not weird though

jstar

Canada568 Posts

April 16 2011 07:49 GMT

#169

I ate some small scorpions before, or maybe I just played with them in the restaurant, I forgot.

Alligator soup isn't really that weird.

CZII

United States10 Posts

April 16 2011 08:01 GMT

#170

bird's nest soup (chinese)

it's actually bird's saliva, because there's a type of bird that creates their nest with their saliva instead of twigs/branches. i eat it once a year because it's supposedly really healthy, which is the reason why it costs over $100 USD for about 5 bowls worth (just for the uncooked nest). it tastes really sweet. pretty fucking bomb actually.

mjf

United States436 Posts

April 16 2011 08:11 GMT

#171

balut is delicious :D had it once, was a bit tough to stomach, but very tasty

LuMiX

China5757 Posts

April 16 2011 08:40 GMT

#172

On April 16 2011 17:01 CZII wrote:
bird's nest soup (chinese)

it's actually bird's saliva, because there's a type of bird that creates their nest with their saliva instead of twigs/branches. i eat it once a year because it's supposedly really healthy, which is the reason why it costs over $100 USD for about 5 bowls worth (just for the uncooked nest). it tastes really sweet. pretty fucking bomb actually.

i've had this too! it's quite good.

kotboppel

Korea (South)5 Posts

April 16 2011 08:41 GMT

#173

vinega chips on my trip in london
but i must say, after that im addicted to that shit

hoppipolla

Australia782 Posts

April 16 2011 08:49 GMT

#174

Probably all the bush tucker I ate while in the Northern Territory.
Honeypot ant.
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Delicious, hard to describe the taste though. Despite their name it didn't really taste like honey.
Wichetty grub.
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Despite their look this actually wasn't too bad. Ate the first one raw and it tasted a bit like nuts (like almonds not the other kind), weird yeah, but they feed on wood so it sort of makes sense. Lightly roasted the second and the skin sort of tasted like chicken while the inside just tasted like roasted nuts lol.

Loanshark

China3094 Posts

April 16 2011 08:54 GMT

#175

On April 16 2011 16:16 HULKAMANIA wrote:

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I'm pretty sure snake venom is only venomous (haha) if it gets injected into your bloodstream or your muscles (like a snakebite). It should be perfectly OK to drink. In fact cobra blood is another medicine-type drink that I think people drink in Cambodia or whatever.

I'd totally try cobra alcohol but I might have to pour it into another cup first, don't really feel like swigging from a bottle that has a goddamn cobra in it.

Grettin

42411 Posts

April 16 2011 08:59 GMT

#176

You guys should watch Madventures which is pretty much a travelling show by two Finnish guys.

Season 3 is in English and they have a little "side-show" called mad cook in each episode.

http://www.youtube.com/user/MadventuresEN#p/u/5/rkgrP3pSU-U

On the other hand, i've never eaten anything weird.

theBOOCH

United States832 Posts

April 16 2011 09:01 GMT

#177

The honeypot ants actually look delicious. I used to eat regular old ants when I was a kid... I've eaten crickets in Mexico. They're actually really good. But some bugs... I just don't want to eat.