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Weirdest food you've eaten
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rootmvp
Australia14 Posts
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deepfield1
United States373 Posts
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
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Deadlyhazard
United States1177 Posts
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chaokel
Australia535 Posts
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. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:22 andrewlt wrote: I've eaten all those you've mentioned except the fresh fried fish. Have you tried fresh octopus? I haven't tried but want to. It's newly killed so the suction cups still work. Gotta be careful to chew it, though. Yeah, I choked on one of those things! Can't say I eat weird food, I think the octopus is the weirdest. | ||
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Tullidd
Canada68 Posts
My friend has tried fresh octopus once. He told me that it was really good and I'd probably enjoy it. He's also eaten spiders on several different occasions. He says that they don't taste to bad you just have to not think about what you're actually putting into your mouth. That being said I would probably eat a spider if it was cooked and didn't look to spidery XD | ||
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RoosterSamurai
Japan2108 Posts
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funcmode
Australia720 Posts
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PolSC2
United States634 Posts
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
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ionlyplayPROtoss
Canada573 Posts
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Noxie
United States2227 Posts
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Kyhol
Canada2574 Posts
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
You should try eating balut or century egg plain, the flavor and smell is pronounced. Its an acquired taste but raw monkey brain is just wrong. :/ edit: Eating chicken hearts is one but gizzards seems to be a staple in many countries. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:28 funcmode wrote: In Africa I ate crocodile, zebra, ostrich (tastes just like chicken!) and a few others, pretty standard fare I suppose. No way, ostrich is red meat. It doesn't taste like chicken at all... I tried snake, duck blood (similar to the pork blood OP described), jellyfish, sea cucumber. Weirdest stuff I tried was caterpillar fungus (冬虫草). It's kind of fungus that lives in the ground. It can infect big caterpillars, germinate in them, kill and mummify them. Then it grows out of the body of the mummified caterpillar. edit : poster above me reminded me of century eggs. I hate too see an egg with blueish green yolk. Also I see many people posting chicken gizzard as weird food, I don't find it weird at all ^^ | ||
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KameZerg
Sweden1759 Posts
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Hardister
United States12 Posts
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PH
United States6173 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:28 RoosterSamurai wrote: Mcdonald's. Probably contains weirder, more disgusting things than any of the stuff listed in this thread. Sadly, this is probably true, lol. I've eaten really really fresh and raw seafood in Jeju, Korea. The sashimi was excellent. You could tell it'd just been pulled from the tank and that it had been caught very, very recently. The sea slugs and mussels still moving on the plate, though, not so much. I couldn't handle that and didn't eat it. Our tour guide called me a bitch, rofl. | ||
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USK
173 Posts
as far as the pig's blood goes, it tasted alright but I don't know if it was that or something else in the soup I was eating but I had major diarrhea afterwards. | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:38 endy wrote: No way, ostrich is red meat. It doesn't taste like chicken at all... I tried snake, duck blood (similar to the pork blood OP described), jellyfish, sea cucumber. Weirdest stuff I tried was caterpillar fungus (冬虫草). It's kind of fungus that lives in the ground. It can infect big caterpillars, germinate in them, kill and mummify them. Then it grows out of the body of the mummified caterpillar. Sea cucumbers are a bitch to cook and fairly expensive. edit: IIRC, its flavorless too. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:42 Disregard wrote: Sea cucumbers are a bitch to cook and fairly expensive. IIRC, its flavorless too. Caterpillar fungus costs like 10 times as expensive as sea cucumber. I never had to cook sea cucumbers, I only force my self to eat them because they're expensive and wasting them would be an offense to the person who offered it to me. You're right, it's tasteless, but the texture is awful. | ||
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Espelz
Germany818 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:39 ICanFlyLow wrote: nvm id rather not let ppl know :D As your location states sweden.. do you refer to this absolutely nose-killing stinky fish that you call a "speciality" ? :D Or is it even worse ? | ||
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Chylith
Canada167 Posts
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HULKAMANIA
United States1219 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:33 BuGzlToOnl wrote: Cow tongue, cow intestines, chicken feet, scorpions, goat testicles, snake, cow stomach, pig feet, pig ear (favorite), chicken gizzards, octopus. There's probably more, but can't think off the top of my head. That's quite a resume right there! How are scorpions prepared? Fried? I've eaten frog (which I hear isn't so uncommon in certain countries). I've eaten pickled pigs feet on a dare. I've also eaten rattlesnake (caught, killed, and cleaned on the spot), and I suppose crawdads are kind of a rarity depending on where you live. I actually remember eating a lot of crawdads on camp-outs—boiled over a fire in a Coke can with the top cut off. But they're much tastier when they're done up right in of those huge-ass pots with potatoes and corn and spices and whatnot. | ||
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Zorkmid
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Avaloch
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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Avaloch
241 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:50 Disregard wrote: Anyone want to tell me what is the flavor and texture of sea urchin similar to? Never tried it myself, since I dont really fancy raw seafood and such. I dont even like sashimi or most sushi. :/ If it's fresh is very rich and creamy. I can't think of anything that tastes similar to it though... | ||
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Zorkmid
4410 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:50 Disregard wrote: Anyone want to tell me what is the flavor and texture of sea urchin similar to? Never tried it myself, since I dont really fancy raw seafood and such. I dont even like sashimi or most sushi. :/ I love sashimi and just about everything. I really don't like Sea Urchin and it's about the only food I don't like. It's like eating a cold wet sponge that is incredibly soft. You can almost drink it. | ||
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BloodNinja
United States2791 Posts
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Chylith
Canada167 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:54 Zorkmid wrote: I love sashimi and just about everything. I really don't like Sea Urchin and it's about the only food I don't like. It's like eating a cold wet sponge that is incredibly soft. You can almost drink it. When I had it it was like that but it's got a very sweet taste to it. Almost like..maple syrup mixed with oyster..sort of? I love almost all foods too and I have to say I was kind of surprised by how much I disliked it considering what a delicacy it's considered to be. Kinda dissapointing. =/ | ||
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Kinetik_Inferno
United States1431 Posts
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Hans-Titan
Denmark1711 Posts
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WWJDD
India342 Posts
Both roasted and fried. Yummiest dish ever. And 100% pure protein. | ||
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jjun212
Canada2208 Posts
No way. I mean, if I'm dying of hunger, that's a different story but I'd rather walk down the street and buy some chicken McNuggets. (Even if the nuggets are unhealthier with chemicals... at least there's no twitching head) | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
Proud to be chinese :D All tasted good to me tbh,if cooked right. That doesnt even scratch the list of "wierd" stuff that is somewhat normal cuisine in Chinese food. My Mum remembered eating snakes,armadillos,weasels,monkey brains,lizards etc lol.My mum said her father would just catch these creatures at the road side.Not that I will EVER eat them  disgusting ewww | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:42 USK wrote: I have eaten both pigs blood and balut. I am filipino what do you expect? as far as the pig's blood goes, it tasted alright but I don't know if it was that or something else in the soup I was eating but I had major diarrhea afterwards. Have you tried bopis? I'm Filipino as well but ethnic Chinese so lots of these stuff other people mentioned are normal for us. | ||
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Stereotype
United States136 Posts
Basically it's kind of similar to the crunch you get with those Reese's sticks... | ||
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Omnipresent
United States871 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:47 Zorkmid wrote: I've eaten crocodile. Delicious. I've had alligator, which I assume tastes similar to crocodile. It really was delicious. It tasted like chewy, fatty, fried chicken, but much more dense. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
I'm amazed that cow tongue, among other stuff, is considered weird by some people. It's pretty common in both Western and Asian dishes. I see lengua in many places. | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
On April 16 2011 02:18 andrewlt wrote: I didn't like pig intestines when cooked with Chinese cuisine. Love them in dinuguan, though. I'm amazed that cow tongue, among other stuff, is considered weird by some people. It's pretty common in both Western and Asian dishes. I see lengua in many places. I like intestines best in Ba Ku Teh soup :D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak_kut_teh to each his own though | ||
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HeavenS
Colombia2259 Posts
ive eaten frog legs, crocodile, turtle, snake. the frog legs were okay..i didnt really like it. same with crocodile, the taste wasnt very appealing to me but maybe it was the way the restaurant prepared it since i had both from the same place. the turtle, my next door neighbor cooked it and it was AMAZING! seriously, snake taste fucking delicious. As for the turtle, well i was little and dont remember liking it, but id have to try it again im also from colombia so maybe things that are typical for me might be weird for others. Blood sausage (morsilla in spanish) is delicious! its made with rice stuffed in it and its very good. also, ive eaten chunchurria, its basically intestines, i dont know what animal though. maybe the chicken? it has a very distinct taste and some people dont like it, i like it alot however. My mom used to be a social worker in colombia, (VERY different from social work here in the states) and she worked with a group of indians in colombia so she had to live with them and such. Anyways, she ate monkey, rabbit, snake, and she told me she ate something that resembled a large rat, but she doesn't recall the name. ive eatenlots of sushi and whatever it is they stuff in it, lol half the time i eat sushi i eat alot of things that i have no idea what they are but its all delicious. looking forward to trying out rabbit though. and i wanna try caviar just to get it out of the way. | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
On April 16 2011 02:18 andrewlt wrote: I'm amazed that cow tongue, among other stuff, is considered weird by some people. It's pretty common in both Western and Asian dishes. I see lengua in many places. That's probably because it's not common anymore, it's the same with any part of cows or pigs that's not good meat, people don't eat that because it's not necessary anymore. A hundred (or less) years ago it was absolutely commonplace to use every part of an animal you slaughtered, like making sausage from the blood, soup from the bones etc. | ||
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andrewlt
United States7702 Posts
On April 16 2011 02:20 thoradycus wrote: I like intestines best in Ba Ku Teh soup :D http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bak_kut_teh to each his own though I've never had that dish with intestines. I love sucking the bone marrow out, though. It's usually a contest between me and my brother to see who would get it first. The intestines I've had were in Sichuan cuisine with the spicy sauce. I guess it's because I don't like the texture unless its finely chopped like in dinuguan. On April 16 2011 02:25 blackone wrote: That's probably because it's not common anymore, it's the same with any part of cows or pigs that's not good meat, people don't eat that because it's not necessary anymore. A hundred (or less) years ago it was absolutely commonplace to use every part of an animal you slaughtered, like making sausage from the blood, soup from the bones etc. Could it be an urban Western thing? The "not good meat" makes some of the best dishes. I'm more familiar with various Asian cuisines, though. And I think pig bones in particular, is still widely used in ramen. | ||
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Blacktion
United Kingdom1148 Posts
Also had Kangaroo steak at a restaurant once, one of the best steaks i ever had. | ||
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Mulletarian
Norway101 Posts
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hitman133
United States1425 Posts
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Terranist
United States2496 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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Hammy
France828 Posts
Another weird texture is blood sausage, but that's delicious if you can get past the fact you're eating coagulated blood. | ||
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2stra
Netherlands928 Posts
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divinesage
Singapore649 Posts
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tGFuRy
United States537 Posts
Seriously though. some of the things eaten above... Just fucked up.. | ||
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Mikilatov
United States3897 Posts
Sorry if the answer is in the video, didn't watch it because I don't want to see that. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32044 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:27 Tullidd wrote: That must be so painful for the fish. My friend has tried fresh octopus once. He told me that it was really good and I'd probably enjoy it. He's also eaten spiders on several different occasions. He says that they don't taste to bad you just have to not think about what you're actually putting into your mouth. That being said I would probably eat a spider if it was cooked and didn't look to spidery XD Fresh octopus is awesome. I went to some little mob village in sicily where it was one of the featured meals in the fish market. So so good. I tried all sorts of weird tapas in spain. I wimped on Ox tail soup or any of thse crazy bull nut dishes. /regrets sea urchin is pretty good too, though I didn't have it fresh. It was part of some pasta dish and some other things | ||
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Ghad
Norway2551 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:33 BuGzlToOnl wrote: Cow tongue, cow intestines Thats like A4. Cow tongue is basically a muscle, like much else good meat: ![[image loading]](http://www.meny.no/PageFiles/12973/MainImage.jpeg) | ||
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SkelA
Macedonia13032 Posts
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Johanaz
Denmark363 Posts
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Deadlyfish
Denmark1980 Posts
Also eaten caramelized scorpion, but that wasnt really that bad. To me it's only really bad when the stuff you're eating is still alive :S Unless it's genitalia, i could never get myself to each that. | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
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kiykiy
233 Posts
Skewer of Chicken ass in Taiwan's many night markets. Best pieces of fat i have ever tasted! | ||
Kipsate
Netherlands45349 Posts
On April 16 2011 02:57 thoradycus wrote: Speaking of weird foods,i read an article on how humans may have to switch to eating insects if the price of meats and fish continue to increase :/ That would theoratically be a tremendous good thing, as insects have more nutrition/cost it takes to make them, better for environment etc. As for me, I haven't eaten much weird stuff, hard to get by in the Netherlands, not to mention expensive. I have eaten a cake made out of mealworms. | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
i'd post pic but maybe it isnt for everyone ^^ i believe it is silk moth pupa | ||
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Ydriel
Italy516 Posts
Also ate crocodile's tail. Tasted like steaks. Some pretty weird stuff I've heard about are live octopus, I think they eat it in Korea. Gotta admit I don't look forward to eat that. And also from my home country (Italy): there's a region where they eat cheese with worms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu Edit: Uhm, guess I should also include turtle. It's actually pretty tasty, cooked with plenty of onion rings. | ||
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madnessman
United States1581 Posts
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Sephy90
United States1785 Posts
Honestly I think I'd be a little bitch when it comes to weird food but the only crazy things I've eaten were cow tongue/stomach/intestines and when I first found out what I was actually eating I was a bit surprised but didn't think too much of it. I don't like tongue or stomach though, too chewy and annoying to eat, but I love intestines though. Oh and I guess Liver? That shit is nasty though. | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
On April 16 2011 03:00 Kipsate wrote: That would theoratically be a tremendous good thing, as insects have more nutrition/cost it takes to make them, better for environment etc. As for me, I haven't eaten much weird stuff, hard to get by in the Netherlands, not to mention expensive. I have eaten a cake made out of mealworms. Sure,but it is a very hard thing to transition in to. | ||
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Nevy
Canada169 Posts
Never again. | ||
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ZaaaaaM
Netherlands1828 Posts
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Grend
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Bagi
Germany6799 Posts
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NoUShutUp
United States172 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:50 Disregard wrote: Anyone want to tell me what is the flavor and texture of sea urchin similar to? Never tried it myself, since I dont really fancy raw seafood and such. I dont even like sashimi or most sushi. :/ It tastes like, quoted from my friends, "good sewer". When I had it for the first time... I can see how they came up with it. Anyways, it's delicious :D Stinky tofu anyone? | ||
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Tarbosh
United States127 Posts
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hazelynut
United States2195 Posts
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aidnai
United States1159 Posts
whole frogs chicken feet duck head duck tongue snails pig tail pig feet cow intestine raw ground beef (it's like a pate, I think it's Armenian) "1000 year old egg" various sashimi (squid, octopus, sea urchin gonads, etc) "dancing" prawns (they're alive but you drown them in alcohol or something) I also like peppers and hot food. pretty adventurous eater I guess. Haven't tried balut ever...don't know if I'd like that. Haven't eaten much in the way of insects either, but I'm hoping to travel to china soon and maybe I can rectify that. | ||
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reptile
United States210 Posts
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Lennon
United Kingdom2275 Posts
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AeonStrife
United States918 Posts
This. I eat it every blue moon. | ||
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Dagon
Romania264 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:28 RoosterSamurai wrote: Mcdonald's. Probably contains weirder, more disgusting things than any of the stuff listed in this thread. True that! Also, I ate raw clamshells.. By mistake.. I thought they were roasted allready.. Wasn't so bad till I hit the bathroom.. And frog legs are really tasty, btw! | ||
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Merany
France890 Posts
And that's exactly what the name says, an ice cream... that tastes mustard... No flavouring, definitely home-made (was in a very famous French restaurant). Fortunately, it was part of a bigger dish but it was really really weird  Did not liked it tbh. | ||
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Thrill
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Twisted. | ||
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freelander
Hungary4707 Posts
it's just simple meat (muscle tissue) | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
On April 16 2011 02:27 andrewlt wrote: Could it be an urban Western thing? The "not good meat" makes some of the best dishes. I'm more familiar with various Asian cuisines, though. And I think pig bones in particular, is still widely used in ramen. Yes of course, I'm talking about people who eat what their supermarket sells, guess that's pretty much an urban western thing | ||
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Maxwell3
United States88 Posts
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twiitar
Germany372 Posts
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Stratoss
Czech Republic129 Posts
![[image loading]](http://media0.vzdusnicovci.mypage.cz/images/media0:4d62518a1b27b.jpg/svinule.jpg) I ate a couple of these after loosing to sair reaver. The revenge was sweet. Ate a couple of ants also. Good stuff. Sour. | ||
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DusTerr
2520 Posts
On April 16 2011 02:51 Deadlyfish wrote: Giant caterpillar (raw). They were always crawling around in our school (not in the disgusting way, but they were everywhere), we used to dare each other to each them (they were like maybe 10-20cm long). Also eaten caramelized scorpion, but that wasnt really that bad. To me it's only really bad when the stuff you're eating is still alive :S Unless it's genitalia, i could never get myself to each that. Funny story... I grew up in Zaire (now the Democratic Rep. of Congo). The two weirdest things I ate were: + Show Spoiler + Fried caterpillars and + Show Spoiler + termites - not the little white ones, the "warrior" ones with the big crunchy head and sharp pinchers (ate them both raw and cooked). Also related, flying ants - the same termite family (both cooked and raw) | ||
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Flik
Canada256 Posts
Me and my buddy would usually eat at these places and some of them had some weird ass things. I really dont know what half of it was that I was eating. I didnt want to know in most cases. Anyway the grossest thing I ate was some kind of intestines. We thought it was noodle soup but it was this weird chewy stringy texture. Im sure a lot of you have eaten weirder or grosser but it was a shock to me. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21242 Posts
never was a fan of insects/spiders or anything though. Not enough meat xD | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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Deja Thoris
South Africa646 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:28 funcmode wrote: In Africa I ate crocodile, zebra, ostrich (tastes just like chicken!) and a few others, pretty standard fare I suppose. I've eaten all of these plus stuff like warthog. Ostrich tastes nothing like chicken. It is very very lean and high in protein. It's being touted here as a pretty healthy meat these days. Crocodile was by far the most disappointing. The stuff I had was quite fatty and the fat tastes pretty gross. I've eaten lots of gamey stuff but never really got into the weird things. China is apparently big on odd food, they eat so many little birds and guts and stuff it wouldn't surpise me if they threw the traditional meat away so they could focus on the eyeballs and nostrils and stuff. | ||
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dogmeatstew
Canada574 Posts
I tried this once, I'm sure its not really considered that weird but it was an expirience. I've eaten alot of different kinds of meat, people I know from northern Canada regularly eat stuff like moose, wolf, bear all of which tastes relatively similar so that's not weird at all to me but I'm not sure that its available alot of places. One thing I don't think I could stomach is insects, I've had cricket and that was far enough along the insect eating road for me... | ||
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Sewi
Germany1697 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/Aur1R.jpg) Really weird and I didnt like it. Other weird things I have eaten are Crocodile and ostrich. Both were ok but nothing too magnificent. Dont like it to fry a living fish but on the other hand it is nothing different than coocking lobster | ||
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MrBadMan
93 Posts
I cannot believe anyone would eat something like that. Unbelievable. | ||
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buickskylark
Canada664 Posts
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Ghostcom
Denmark4782 Posts
So the weirdest thing I didn't like was, and I'm not quite sure, something like the pigs omentus major - the chinese people I was with couldn't quite explain to me what it was. But it was VERY rubbery and basicly tasted like chewing in a rubberband... | ||
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Semtext
Germany287 Posts
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Sewi
Germany1697 Posts
On April 16 2011 07:09 Semtext wrote: chicken hearts. if you look at those raw, its just disgusting. tastingwise, its just chicken. So true. Most things are really just looking weird. If you think about what it really is, most of the time you come to the conclusion that it's not that weird at all. | ||
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WeSt
Portugal918 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:34 Noxie wrote: Octopus and squid =/ ... was for some culture thing in school. Wasn't half bad though. Surprised with so many comments saying octopus and squid. In my hometown, boiled octopus is the traditional new years eve dish. Edit: Other 'weird' things that are common in my country: cow tongue / feet / brain, snails (really good with a fresh beer), frog legs, squid (really common) | ||
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BrenttheGreat
United States150 Posts
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NIJ
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OmniscientSC2
United States713 Posts
Oh! Kimchi! That stuff was super weird. | ||
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SilentCrono
United States1420 Posts
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kenwoo
United States484 Posts
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buickskylark
Canada664 Posts
On April 16 2011 07:38 kenwoo wrote: the fish isnt alive just that its muscle is still working but its not feeling pain so its ok and if you think thats cruel, then isnt eating any kind of meat cruel? Yeah, cause there's no difference in killing an animal swiftfly versus eating it alive. | ||
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HappyCakes
Sweden76 Posts
On April 16 2011 07:45 buickskylark wrote: Yeah, cause there's no difference in killing an animal swiftfly versus eating it alive. Do you care how the animals live aswell? I don't know what the weirdest thing I have eaten. :< | ||
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Frobert
Canada113 Posts
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Shiragaku
Hong Kong4308 Posts
Otto von Bismarck | ||
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Kindred
Canada396 Posts
Cobra Alcohol ![[image loading]](http://www.wineoftheweek.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/snake-eyes.jpg?w=300) After taste stayed with me for a year. No joke. | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:37 Kindred wrote: Cobra Alcohol After taste stayed with me for a year. No joke. Wow that's pretty badass. | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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Moonwrath
United States9568 Posts
Rattlesnake. Tastes like chicken! Alligator. Also tastes like chicken! Quail. Tastes like a small chicken! | ||
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starfries
Canada3508 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/additional/large/e1bc_toasted_ants_scale.jpg) Ants I didn't mind that I was eating bugs, but they legitimately tasted awful. | ||
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TALegion
United States1187 Posts
This might be me remembering incorrectly (as I remember hearing it while back), but don't fish not interpret pain like we do (as in, the fish knows it's being injured, but it doesn't feel, "Pain," if you know what I mean). I think I remember seeing it on Animal Planet, or something. As for me, the weirdest thing was Ox Heart. It tasted rare (and bloody...), even though it appeared rather well-done. Edit: A lot of stuff that I considered decently normal are mentioned here... I've also had: Crocodile (my favorite meat EVER, BY FAR), Ostrich, Squid (and a shit ton of it...), Octopus ink on pasta, Ants (this one isn't that normal...), some grubworm things that live inside roots of trees in central Australia, and chicken blood soup. If you EVER get the chance to eat crocodile, do it. It has a fishy-texture, but taste likes AMAZING CHICKEN (because they're dinosaurs) Second Edit: On April 16 2011 02:14 Omnipresent wrote: I've had alligator, which I assume tastes similar to crocodile. It really was delicious. It tasted like chewy, fatty, fried chicken, but much more dense. This sums it up perfectly. | ||
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buickskylark
Canada664 Posts
Do you care about the animals at the zoo? Do you care about the fishes in the aquariums? If you cared a whole lot about animals then perhaps you should kill yourself because every day a number of species die due to human encroachment. The whole question of animal welfare is such a moot point. All I know is that meat is a necessity but frying an animal alive is not. | ||
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forgotten0ne
United States951 Posts
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MaxField
United States2386 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:37 Kindred wrote: Cobra Alcohol After taste stayed with me for a year. No joke. Possibly the only drink more manly than bear semen.... I have had chicken heart, which is really not that weird at all, but that is about it. Oh and a bunxh of fast food which contains who knows what... | ||
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Muddled
United States36 Posts
I've never had balut but I'll try it if I get a chance | ||
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JuuMeijin
Sweden164 Posts
The sound from her eating isn't very pleasant *crunch crunch*. | ||
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TickTockBoom
Canada185 Posts
Weirdest has to be that strange thing I had in China, ugh what was it, like pig tongue and cat ears or w/e it was. | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
a bunch of organ meats most westerners would never consider | ||
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XazXio
United States356 Posts
On April 16 2011 02:11 thoradycus wrote: Sea cucumbers,pig blood,chicken blood,pig intestine,pig stomach,pig liver,chicken liver,chicken gizzard,Pig ear,Pig crispy skin,Chicken feet Proud to be chinese :D All tasted good to me tbh,if cooked right. That doesnt even scratch the list of "wierd" stuff that is somewhat normal cuisine in Chinese food. My Mum remembered eating snakes,armadillos,weasels,monkey brains,lizards etc lol.My mum said her father would just catch these creatures at the road side.Not that I will EVER eat them your mom caught moneys on the side of the road? | ||
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Nienordir
98 Posts
I recently discovered a sushi bar in my small town, since then I've been going the menu up&down trying everything, because it's so tasty. =) Anyway on the counter they have these boxes of seaweed salad, with all these vibrant colors from bright green to purple, covered with sesame and some dark dressing. That neon green stuff looks so tasty and since it's made by the same japanese people that invented sushi it must be good..right? Well, I really tried to eat it (it was somewhat expensive after all), but after only a few pieces I had to give up. It's a absolutely disgusting taste, that I can't even describe. Worst thing about it, it made me burp for hours with the taste always coming back..and I only ate like 4-5 hand long leafs..most effective burp agent ever, if the taste wasn't so bad it would actually be fun. xD Another thing was squid or octopus (dunno, was only tentacle xD) from the same sushi place, but I couldn't eat it..that stuff was made out of rubber. Chewed for minutes without success, gave up, nothings worth that much effort. Makes me wonder how many people choke to death every year from fried squid rings. They must be like those old six pack plastic rings, that kill fish, but for people. xD On April 16 2011 10:48 TALegion wrote: This might be me remembering incorrectly (as I remember hearing it while back), but don't fish not interpret pain like we do (as in, the fish knows it's being injured, but it doesn't feel, "Pain," if you know what I mean). I think I remember seeing it on Animal Planet, or something. Well, after a short while even a fish must realize that it's eaten alive when it feels more and more heavy injuries/missing bodyparts everywhere, unless they're really dumb. Don't know about you, but even without pain it would certainly be enough to freak me out, gettin' eaten alive..a terrifying thought.. | ||
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
I've had beef tongue, ox tail, ox knuckle, ox liver, pig legs/knuckle, pig ears, pig/cow intestines, frogs, raw beef, fried scorpions, octopus, duck/pig blood, swan, pigeon, sea cucumber, duck feet, jellyfish, snails, various types of mushrooms, certain bugs, turtle, squid, eels. edit: and crocodile I might have had a bite of dog once, but I don't remember. Strangely though, I haven't tried stinky tofu or any of those egg-type things. | ||
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Coolguy
68 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:36 Kyhol wrote: It sucks when you're not at the top of the food chain. Feels good man. Never felt sorry for any animal i've eaten | ||
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:35 Loanshark wrote: I don't see anything wrong with eating tongue, they are just like other meat except more tender, easier to chew. I've had beef tongue, ox tail, ox knuckle, ox liver, pig legs/knuckle, pig ears, pig/cow intestines, frogs, raw beef, fried scorpions, octopus, duck/pig blood, swan, pigeon, sea cucumber, duck feet, jellyfish, snails, various types of mushrooms, certain bugs, turtle, squid, eels. edit: and crocodile I might have had a bite of dog once, but I don't remember. Strangely though, I haven't tried stinky tofu or any of those egg-type things. speaking of fermented stuff, stinky tofu is absolutely delicious, so is century egg. one of the very few things that i found repulsive in the past was natto. my aunt made it for me and she mixed it with an raw egg (common), i ate the whole packet anyway, but i felt like throwing up afterwards | ||
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carebear91
Singapore236 Posts
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WyghtWolf
Israel145 Posts
after that... a sandwich with something reminiscent of spam(the canned processed meat, not the dick pill mail), orange jelly and chocolate. was not that bad actually, despite everyone else looking at me sideways, thinking i'm just trying to gross everyone out(the jelly and meat tasted horribly on their own, so they thought that I was just kidding) | ||
Kinky
United States4126 Posts
Wow... I feel sort of disgusted but then again, it is food. | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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Poffel
471 Posts
5.) Labskaus (German stew consisting of everything that fell down near the kitchen during the past week) 4.) Fried insects (quite popular in Southeast Asia for unknown reasons) 3.) Haggis (Scottish national dish, also used as an insult for obvious reasons) 2.) Chilli-cheese hot dog with bacon-flavor from a food court in Louisville, Kentucky (contains equal parts of plastic, quicksilver, and synthetic flavors) 1.) Not chicken (served by a friendly waiter in a Thai cookshop - who claimed it was chicken) | ||
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EmsteR
Australia11 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:39 PH wrote: Sadly, this is probably true, lol. I've eaten really really fresh and raw seafood in Jeju, Korea. The sashimi was excellent. You could tell it'd just been pulled from the tank and that it had been caught very, very recently. The sea slugs and mussels still moving on the plate, though, not so much. I couldn't handle that and didn't eat it. Our tour guide called me a bitch, rofl. yeah i highly doubt that | ||
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backtoback
Canada1276 Posts
On April 16 2011 12:01 Kinky wrote: Wow... I feel sort of disgusted but then again, it is food. dude! I use to eat that all the time when i was a kid! As an asian, we just put some salt on top and eat it out! shits good! | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States44074 Posts
It's just a little bit tougher meat than a regular beef burger. And back in sixth grade, we dissected a squid, then cleaned it completely and fried/ ate it as calamari Mmmmm | ||
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Chairman Ray
United States11903 Posts
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Kamais_Ookin
Canada4218 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:35 Coolguy wrote: Same, tastes so damn good that nothing else matters. Also, I routinely workout and to pump muscle mass and gain weight I need to eat those cute veals and squeeze the milk out of cow's tit's and get my nutrients.Feels good man. Never felt sorry for any animal i've eaten | ||
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t3tsubo
Canada682 Posts
this is probably the most badass thing I've seen. Eating it is like a battle for your life! | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:37 Kindred wrote: Cobra Alcohol After taste stayed with me for a year. No joke. OHMYGOD I FEEL LIKE PUKING | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
There are places I hear in Vietnam and Cambodia where they put birds in there instead. In the Yukon, it's a human toe as the worm wood. If you accidentally swallow the toe you have to replace it with your own. -.- | ||
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Rumpleforeskin
Australia16 Posts
I've also eaten emu, which tastes kinda like chicken. I'm proud to say that I think I live in the only country on the Earth which routinely eats both of the animals on its coat of arms. | ||
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Kindred
Canada396 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:00 MaxField wrote: Possibly the only drink more manly than bear semen.... I have had chicken heart, which is really not that weird at all, but that is about it. Oh and a bunxh of fast food which contains who knows what... LOL I did it to impress a girl when i was like 16. Didnt even get laid. See how unfair this was... | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
On April 16 2011 13:35 Kindred wrote: LOL I did it to impress a girl when i was like 16. Didnt even get laid. See how unfair this was... ROFL | ||
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Rodiel3
France1158 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.sc2blog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/creep1.jpg) Miam Miam | ||
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leo23
United States3075 Posts
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canucks12
Canada812 Posts
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OsoVega
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AeroGear
Canada652 Posts
On April 16 2011 11:26 Nienordir wrote: seaweed salad, most disgusting stuff ever. Do not agree! Wakame salad is very very good plus its a great source of calcium Havent eaten anything "weirder" than raw calamari. Doesnt taste anything (aside from the seasonings), and its quite springy, kinda like eating rubber. | ||
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LesPhoques
Canada782 Posts
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maneatingshoe
Canada484 Posts
Not that it tasted that much different from regular fish. It was a frakking swordfish for goodness sake | ||
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PhatCop
Australia70 Posts
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pigtheman
United States333 Posts
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Wargable
United States107 Posts
I've had oysters on the half shell, which my dad loves and wanted me to try I seriously wanted to puke on the first one, but if you drown it in tobasco it's... edible haha (for me anyways) | ||
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fuzzy_panda
New Zealand1681 Posts
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Playguuu
United States926 Posts
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radialis
726 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:28 RoosterSamurai wrote: Mcdonald's. Probably contains weirder, more disgusting things than any of the stuff listed in this thread. yeah... no On April 16 2011 01:38 endy wrote: No way, ostrich is red meat. It doesn't taste like chicken at all... I tried snake, duck blood (similar to the pork blood OP described), jellyfish, sea cucumber. Weirdest stuff I tried was caterpillar fungus (冬虫草). It's kind of fungus that lives in the ground. It can infect big caterpillars, germinate in them, kill and mummify them. Then it grows out of the body of the mummified caterpillar. edit : poster above me reminded me of century eggs. I hate too see an egg with blueish green yolk. Also I see many people posting chicken gizzard as weird food, I don't find it weird at all ^^ 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. | ||
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xavierofsparta
United States84 Posts
-Raw Horse (in Japan) -Diamond Back Rattle snake (in Texas, my home state) -Freshly killed octopus (Japan again) -Natto in Japan (not necessarily odd but god aweful(its fermented soy beans(fermented is being kind to it, its more like rotting soy beans)) -Crocodile -Emu (a friend's family raised them) -I attempted the nearly born bird (I think the Filipino above me mentioned the proper name for it), but could not actually eat it. (But hey, I think its worth a mention) There are a lot of meat products that I have eaten while I was in Asia that I did not know exactly what it was, so there maybe more. | ||
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E-Coffee
Canada519 Posts
On April 16 2011 13:22 Rumpleforeskin wrote: I've eaten a crocodile burger (while I was at the zoo, go figure), and I often (once a fortnight or so) eat Kangaroo. Kangaroo is actually fantastic, though it can be tough because of course it's game meat. If you're used to eating beef (which is like the most tender red meat in the world) you'll probably find kangaroo too tough for you, and you have to be really careful not to overcook it or it becomes rubber. However it is delicious and I'd recommend it to anyone who comes to Australia. I've also eaten emu, which tastes kinda like chicken. I'm proud to say that I think I live in the only country on the Earth which routinely eats both of the animals on its coat of arms. Kangaroo? I've wanted to try that but it's difficult isn't it? Because it keeps hopping off the plate? ... Oh, Letterman ... | ||
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Thereisnosaurus
Australia1822 Posts
edit: Kangaroo hardly qualifies. It's readily available in supermarkets here these days and it's an incredible meat. Ultra lean, super nutritious, many of the cooking properties of good beef with a richer more complex flavour that goes incredibly well with both western game sauces and south-east-asian citrus, soy and chili styles. | ||
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AT_Tack
Germany435 Posts
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HULKAMANIA
United States1219 Posts
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. | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
On April 16 2011 15:55 radialis wrote: yeah... no 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. | ||
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Kenderson
Canada280 Posts
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 | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
Wat did it taste like? | ||
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~ava
Canada378 Posts
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Pleiades
United States472 Posts
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Kenderson
Canada280 Posts
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jstar
Canada568 Posts
Alligator soup isn't really that weird. | ||
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CZII
United States10 Posts
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. | ||
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mjf
United States436 Posts
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LuMiX
China5757 Posts
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. | ||
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kotboppel
Korea (South)5 Posts
but i must say, after that im addicted to that shit | ||
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hoppipolla
Australia782 Posts
Honeypot ant. ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/22rgT.jpg) Delicious, hard to describe the taste though. Despite their name it didn't really taste like honey. Wichetty grub. ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/iu3rL.jpg) 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. | ||
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Loanshark
China3094 Posts
On April 16 2011 16:16 HULKAMANIA wrote: 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. 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. | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
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. | ||
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theBOOCH
United States832 Posts
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29 fps
United States5724 Posts
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XenoKai
Canada53 Posts
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Deekin[
Serbia1713 Posts
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Mashes
Canada441 Posts
Basically anything from that festival is pretty terrible. One of my favourite travel/food show hosts, Anthony Bourdain, described it like a "gust of wind from satan's rectum" | ||
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Mofisto
United Kingdom585 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:28 funcmode wrote: In Africa I ate crocodile, zebra, ostrich (tastes just like chicken!) and a few others, pretty standard fare I suppose. ostrich tastes nothing like chicken lol. Its a red gamey meat. I have it regularly , thats why i know | ||
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
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Troopi25
Denmark66 Posts
smelled like shit and tasted even worse | ||
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FractalsOnFire
Australia1756 Posts
To be honest what i'd consider weird would be stuff like penises, testes and what not from other animals. A pint of bear semen anyone? =P | ||
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isleyofthenorth
Austria894 Posts
.weirdest thing for me was frog, yeah pretty boring | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On April 16 2011 18:19 Troopi25 wrote: old shark from iceland. smelled like shit and tasted even worse Did you eat it without booze? You are supposed to eat it with booze ive heard. Tho, doesn't seem to make it any better lol. | ||
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Excessive
Denmark151 Posts
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Chesner
Iceland817 Posts
On April 16 2011 19:09 Grettin wrote: Did you eat it without booze? You are supposed to eat it with booze ive heard. Tho, doesn't seem to make it any better lol. How can you not like shark, obv not viking enough. | ||
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Mioraka
Canada1353 Posts
That's like......nvm I dont want to find a comparison, but its just makes me feel really twisted. | ||
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Vain
Netherlands1115 Posts
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Scorch
Austria3371 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/FbdfS.jpg) fried locusts ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/E5mV1.jpg) maggots & roaches with rice and asian vegetables ![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/L5Amf.jpg) pralines with caramelized locusts | ||
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AlecPyron
United States131 Posts
I wanna try guinea pigs. They are easy to take care of, but I'm not a proper butcher to do myself. | ||
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Caphe
Vietnam10817 Posts
Well, in Vietnam we eat duck blood, pig blood not cooked but rather fresh. But not much people still dare to eat these nowaday cos fresh duck or pig blood are full of disease. Also, Half-hatched duck(very delicious), dog meat(good for drinking) etc. | ||
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Kokujin
United States456 Posts
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Serthius
Samoa226 Posts
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Serthius
Samoa226 Posts
On April 16 2011 10:37 Kindred wrote: Cobra Alcohol After taste stayed with me for a year. No joke. How do they get the snakes into the bottles, I wonder? | ||
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nitdkim
1264 Posts
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ALang
Canada288 Posts
I had the chance to eat Balut but I didn't take it. Honestly, if you can actually it without having grown up with it as part of your culture there is something wrong with you. | ||
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Caphe
Vietnam10817 Posts
On April 16 2011 21:24 ALang wrote: Octopus I guess... which isn't weird to a lot of people. I had the chance to eat Balut but I didn't take it. Honestly, if you can actually it without having grown up with it as part of your culture there is something wrong with you. Try it next time bro, try Vietnamese Balut not the Phillipines one. | ||
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Kindred
Canada396 Posts
On April 16 2011 16:16 HULKAMANIA wrote: 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. The venom thing, I have no idea. I figured its a drink and ppl do drink it so why not Believe it or not I drank it in my high school. It was multicultural week and the people representing egypt brought it. The taste can simply not be described. It is beyond anything I've ever taste. After taste stayed with me for a year lol Serthius How do they get the snakes into the bottles, I wonder? Bo clue LOL havent thought of that | ||
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JSH
United States4109 Posts
On April 16 2011 19:54 AlecPyron wrote: Ants eggs. Actually it was quite good. In the Heston's Christmas banquet he tried Dormouse and rat I believe and said they were good. I wonder why we don't eat squeamish stuff like rats, insects, and so on. They are good source of protein and probably easily bred. I wanna try guinea pigs. They are easy to take care of, but I'm not a proper butcher to do myself. I tried Guinea Pigs when I went to Peru, and it's one of their main source of meat I didn't really like it though :/ I didn't know eating squid/octopus is considered weird :X I guess I grew up eating them so xD Live cuttlefish is the best~ Dipped with sesame oil and salt or seasoned Korean chili pepper paste :> You do have to chew them thoroughly as my uncle got one caught in his throat and he had to go to the hospital D: | ||
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radialis
726 Posts
On April 16 2011 21:54 Kindred wrote: The venom thing, I have no idea. I figured its a drink and ppl do drink it so why not Believe it or not I drank it in my high school. It was multicultural week and the people representing egypt brought it. The taste can simply not be described. It is beyond anything I've ever taste. After taste stayed with me for a year lol Bo clue LOL havent thought of that Egypt? Pretty sure muslims shouldn't be drinking lol | ||
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viletomato
Canada277 Posts
Has anyone ever tried to eat their own PooPoo or drink their own Peepee?? How did it taste? I remember one joke I played on a kid once when I was like 6 yrs old, I got a coke can and pissed in it and got some stuff like pepper and kitchen spices and like vinegar and made a nice mix...then I gave it to the kid to drink... I felt guilty but not really since I was just a little lad. the kid only took a small sip and then of course threw the can away into oblivion. | ||
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B.I.G.
3251 Posts
-crocodile -ostrich -several fried insects -some animal's ear -pigs blood etc etc | ||
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noobcakes
United States526 Posts
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viletomato
Canada277 Posts
there are a billion posts about chicken feet and pigs blood and crocodile etc.... but what about truly weird stuff like.... poopoo, marbles, nails, chemical cleaners, I'm pretty sure as a small kids they have ingested a lot of weird substances since they love to their their mouths on everything. I think I tried to eat coins once....as a toddler my parents were freaked out of course and told to me to spit it out immediately. I think i still remember the taste...it is pretty nasty now that I think how dirty it was. | ||
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monXikk
Poland742 Posts
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moltenlead
Canada866 Posts
Snake - Dead Python Ox tongue (most of my friends are freaked out by this) Pretty much every animal in Africa (Restaurant in Nairobi called carnivore, would recommend it - Ostrich, Crocodile, Antelope, Gazelle, Lion, Cheetah etc...) Can't think of any more right now Dunno if liver counts, doubtful | ||
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blackone
Germany1314 Posts
On April 16 2011 12:14 Poffel wrote: 5.) Labskaus (German stew consisting of everything that fell down near the kitchen during the past week) Lol. Labskaus consists of corned beef, onions and potatoes and is served with pickle and an egg. How is that weird? | ||
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Roeder
Denmark735 Posts
Tasted great though. | ||
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zyglrox
United States1168 Posts
shark alligator bison probably isn't that wierd elk burgers i've eaten a few june bugs for bets...can't say i enjoyed it though i'll eat pretty much anything if it smells good and my other senses agree, and most of the things i end up trying are really interesting/good. | ||
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caruso
Germany733 Posts
On April 16 2011 21:54 Kindred wrote: 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? Wait, what? Do you even know what venom is? Venoms are usually not poisonous, they only hurt when you get them into your blood stream and not in your stomach. | ||
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Darpa
Canada4413 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:36 Kyhol wrote: It sucks when you're not at the top of the food chain. Seriously, being a fish would fucking suck. Ive eaten slugs, snails, Aligator, rattlesnake, a full barbeque'd squid, rabbit. Thats about it. edit. Squid isnt that weird, what was weird is that it was the whole body, barbeque'd guts and beak and all. | ||
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Koltt
55 Posts
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leo23
United States3075 Posts
On April 16 2011 19:34 Scorch wrote: Insects. We bought them from the pet shop. fried locusts maggots & roaches with rice and asian vegetables pralines with caramelized locusts damn... could you describe the flavor and texture of these? | ||
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Dismantlethethroat
114 Posts
Weird foods? This black egg from Thailand xD "100 year old egg" apparently. | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
On April 17 2011 01:54 Dismantlethethroat wrote: I want to annihilate those people that boil up lobsters alive, skin fish alive, fry fish alive; just generally cook shit whilst it is living. Who the hell does that? It's disgusting, and whenever someone does it in front of me, I tell them to piss off. Culture or no culture I do not approve. Weird foods? This black egg from Thailand xD "100 year old egg" apparently. oh thats century egg.nothing odd abt that in chinese culture at least.We eat it like everyday in porridge or w/e lol Century eggs arent actually preserved for 100 yrs or w/e,the process to make it takes a few weeks only | ||
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zyglrox
United States1168 Posts
On April 17 2011 01:05 Koltt wrote: I've eaten rabbit, guinea pig, chicken heart, alligator, liver, squid, and octopus. I wouldn't recommend octopus. /puke you are now artosis's mortal enemy | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
Prt sure hes quite disgusted with this whole thread LOL | ||
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
On April 16 2011 22:06 radialis wrote: Egypt? Pretty sure muslims shouldn't be drinking lol I dunno,some muslims are liberal enough to drink http://books.google.com.my/books?id=EgXqbGauz0kC&pg=PA52&lpg=PA52&dq=cobra wine egypt&source=bl&ots=jLQ8IvQL-Y&sig=W6sB3H_5H4BW6rM3M9OIeOCtDtk&hl=en&ei=ks2pTaHgCYnnrAeAloGoCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=cobra wine egypt&f=false | ||
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JieXian
Malaysia4677 Posts
Fish, piglet eyeballs (that came with the entire body) are quite normal since we usually get the whole thing anyways. Chicken livers and bladders? A mixed-rich place nearby cooks them with vegetables. Standard. :D Ostrich is really delicious. Had them when I was really young. Now my father doesn't go back to the farm. Pigeon really tastes like chicken (hate that phrase but no surprise here). Tried bull penis and testicles (boiled in soup not fried). ERrr I've got a feeling it wasn't too fresh since I don't expect many people to eat it but I'm not too sure. But it wasn't smelly or anything, but I'm sure it was the testicles after googling it and seeing a cross section. I'm kind if neutral but I won't be trying too hard to drive to that place again. It's near Petaling Street btw. I didn't get to try insects or worms or snake or any good stuff like crocs or kangaroos yet though Never been to Thailand or Vietnam or Australia sadly.The weirdest thing to me is why squid ink tastes so good? Had some in Venice. We throw away the ink here. | ||
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JieXian
Malaysia4677 Posts
On April 16 2011 22:06 radialis wrote: Egypt? Pretty sure muslims shouldn't be drinking lol Nothing special. Plenty of Muslims drink. There may be a government that disallows it but that's all. You all are still smoking pot right? | ||
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starcraft911
Korea (South)1263 Posts
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Drteeth
Great Britain415 Posts
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Golgotha
Korea (South)8418 Posts
weirdest thing i ate was a fly. i accidentally swallowed it. | ||
alffla
Hong Kong20321 Posts
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Seronei
Sweden991 Posts
Fermented Herring. | ||
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bjornkavist
Canada1235 Posts
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radialis
726 Posts
On April 17 2011 03:11 JieXian wrote: Nothing special. Plenty of Muslims drink. There may be a government that disallows it but that's all. You all are still smoking pot right? Well I'm actually muslim. I've always lived in a Western country but even then all my muslim friends and I had a pretty strong stance on not drinking. | ||
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Klipsys
United States1533 Posts
On April 17 2011 03:19 Golgotha wrote: eating fish alive is inhumane....imo. weirdest thing i ate was a fly. i accidentally swallowed it. I don't see what's the difference between this and the MILES AND MILES of CATTLE DEATH CAMPS in Texas. | ||
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Hoosegow
United States139 Posts
On April 17 2011 03:11 starcraft911 wrote: The site this video is NSFW, but the video isn't... definitely a creepy food to eat! + Show Spoiler + I've spent enough time on 4chan to know that you never, NEVER click on a link labeled "Cake" | ||
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BeefyKnight
United States127 Posts
On April 17 2011 14:20 Hoosegow wrote: I've spent enough time on 4chan to know that you never, NEVER click on a link labeled "Cake" Teh cake is a lie!! On topic: I've eaten almost everything that lives in NA, although i guess the majority wouldn't be considered "weird". I wont eat a shark though, they have no urinary tract eww. | ||
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benshin
Norway27 Posts
Dog , cockroach, snake, locust, rotten duck fetus are the ones fresh in mind. Dog, duck fetus and cockroach was the worst dishes i've ever tried. Imagine what fried shit tastes and your getting close. Dog was kind of wiry and reminded me of "wet dog". I guess its similiar to the taste you get after biting a wet dog when you play around. I guess some of the norwegian dishes are kind of odd aswell. Rakfisk. Rotten fish. We bury it for a couple of months before we eat it. Smalahove. The picture speaks for itself. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.sangpoeten.com/images/smalahove.jpg) | ||
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Selkie
United States530 Posts
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chaosfreak11
Singapore367 Posts
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Angryhorse
Sweden387 Posts
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Ksyper
Bulgaria665 Posts
I can't even think of weird stuff I've eaten now :[[[ | ||
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OopsOopsBaby
Singapore3425 Posts
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Ryndika
1489 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/lqBfO.jpg) Finnish food: Strange tasting Mämmi, used to eat with milk. | ||
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Hollywise
France112 Posts
i regret it | ||
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Irrelevant
United States2364 Posts
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
Tastes awesome, but it's definitely still weird to me. Edit, come to think about it.. most candy you eat is actually also weird as fuck. | ||
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nam nam
Sweden4672 Posts
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Silvanel
Poland4709 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Kiszona_kapusta.JPG/220px-Kiszona_kapusta.JPG) ![[image loading]](http://www.nagrzyby.pl/galeria/d/14009-1/31_03_06.JPG) So realy nothing to talk about considering heavy guns some of You guys are bringing to table. | ||
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Sanctimonius
United Kingdom861 Posts
Worst thing is natto, fermented soy beans. It's like alien eggs wrapped in mucus smelling of athlete's foot. Blech. Ostrich was kinda nice | ||
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iSometric
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thoradycus
Malaysia3262 Posts
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Naib
Hungary4843 Posts
I made it (I don't think I actually had any problems at all, really), unlike the subject of my appetite | ||
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shawster
Canada2485 Posts
i don't really eat much weird stuff, and chicken feet is really good | ||
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Nazarid
United States445 Posts
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Sneakyz
Sweden2361 Posts
Wouldn't really recommend it . | ||
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Hoosegow
United States139 Posts
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SilentCrono
United States1420 Posts
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NeverGG
United Kingdom5399 Posts
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j0k3r
United States577 Posts
On April 19 2011 16:06 NeverGG wrote: I've had intestines (alright, but I didn't really like the texture.) and Ostrich (in a burger from a farmer's market in England. That was delicious.) Ostrich is really great meat. The only two times I've had it were in southern China, at an American restaurant surprisingly. Ostrich steaks, it's like white meat and red meat in one dish the taste is exquisite. Other than that I like to eat steamed cow intestines (tripe) as well. My favorite strange food has to be de-boned duck feet that are softened up in some kind of solution and served cold with some green onion. Anyone know what I'm talking about? I don't know the name at all. I've also had snake, rabbit, sea cucumber, octopus, and pigeon. Half cantonese lol. | ||
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JMave
Singapore1803 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:39 PH wrote: Sadly, this is probably true, lol. I've eaten really really fresh and raw seafood in Jeju, Korea. The sashimi was excellent. You could tell it'd just been pulled from the tank and that it had been caught very, very recently. The sea slugs and mussels still moving on the plate, though, not so much. I couldn't handle that and didn't eat it. Our tour guide called me a bitch, rofl. i have actually heard that sashimi is best eaten 3 days after it is being caught. so the ones you are eating are probably a few days old kept in a special type of freezer. | ||
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Agathon
France1505 Posts
On April 19 2011 16:10 j0k3r wrote: I've also had snake, rabbit, sea cucumber, octopus, and pigeon. Half cantonese lol. It's not current to eat rabbits or pigeons in USA (i dont speak about pigeons from cities of course, but about well fed pigeons, born in nature) ?? I start to eat these animals when a very young boy. Very common in France. I thought it was common in other countries. Btw, i've eaten Ostrich(very good), bison (good too), kangooroo(i realy dont like it...maybe a bad cooking that make me feel like it, or i drunk too much the day i tasted it...), crocodile steak (very tender, i love it) Of course, i'm french, so...i use to eat some weird things for u, but very common for me : snails, frog's legs, many sorts of mushrooms, tartar steak, salmon's tartar, pig's feets, pig's ear's, cow's tongue, cow's and veal's liver,... | ||
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zeru
8156 Posts
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-_-Quails
Australia796 Posts
On April 19 2011 17:39 JMave wrote: i have actually heard that sashimi is best eaten 3 days after it is being caught. so the ones you are eating are probably a few days old kept in a special type of freezer. From what I know you aren't supposed to freeze the fish - it ruins the texture and the colour. When we have sashimi at home it's usually 6-30 hours dead depending on how locally it was caught - living next to a fishing port is good. The weirdest thing I really enjoy would be grilled eel. Weirdest things I've tried: fresh-caught rabbit, cow tongue, some kind of blood cake, a "chocolate cheeseburger", baby octopus (cooked until rubber blegh), a few random plants that grew near my first school and had sweet nectar or stems (and were known to be non-poisonous). I didn't realise ostrich seemed so weird to people. It's a bit like lean steak. Pidgeons are quite like quails iirc, it's been a few years but I had some when we went to visit my grandmother once. | ||
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Railxp
Hong Kong1313 Posts
fish video was hair raising. Thats absolutely brutal. Yes i eat meat and livestock are treated horribly blahblah, so an argument of hypocrisy can be made, but that fish thing crossed a line for me @_@. | ||
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j0k3r
United States577 Posts
On April 19 2011 19:08 Agathon wrote: It's not current to eat rabbits or pigeons in USA (i dont speak about pigeons from cities of course, but about well fed pigeons, born in nature) ?? I start to eat these animals when a very young boy. Very common in France. I thought it was common in other countries. Btw, i've eaten Ostrich(very good), bison (good too), kangooroo(i realy dont like it...maybe a bad cooking that make me feel like it, or i drunk too much the day i tasted it...), crocodile steak (very tender, i love it) Of course, i'm french, so...i use to eat some weird things for u, but very common for me : snails, frog's legs, many sorts of mushrooms, tartar steak, salmon's tartar, pig's feets, pig's ear's, cow's tongue, cow's and veal's liver,... You won't really find pigeon or rabbit in most restaurants, though they can be found in good Chinese restaurants as well as in Asian or gourmet supermarkets. I think people are just averse to eating cute bunnies, since they've become more known as pets these days. And people probably carry a stigma about pigeon being a city bird, but yeah you basically only buy the farm-raised ones. | ||
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ElizarTringov
Bulgaria317 Posts
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~ava
Canada378 Posts
On April 19 2011 19:12 zeru wrote: Nothing wrong with kangaroo meat, i ate lots of it when i lived in australia oO. Tastes pretty good. I thought it was pretty common to eat. | ||
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double1185
Vietnam211 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:01 rootmvp wrote: In the past 2 years I started trying out some weird foods. Frog legs, chicken gizzards, cow tongues, and pig blood. FYI, thats basicly normal dish in Vietnam, we eat them occasionally during lunch or dinner, to add some we eat most of pig and chicken's organ, snake, some kind of worm, dog, pig blood, duck blood, rabbit, cat, pigeon. Its always funny for me to start to discuss with all my foreign friends about what we eat in Vietnam, it may sound disgusting to you but believe me Vietnamese make the best meal out of what i just list and we dont eat them alive. If you not have any restriction due to religion or belief, I strongly recommend that you have a chance you should really go to asia to eat different type of meat, cause they are everywhere, cheap, and so tasty. | ||
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pyrogenetix
China5093 Posts
kangaroo - too hard but was probably overcooked bear - very nice. braised with some chinese sauce but very expensive dog - too gamey... acidic... didn't like it snake - lean but not fiber stuckinyourteeth lean, really good, like chicken grasshoppers - you wouldnt even know youre eating them. good shit snails - with mashed potatoes and garlic butter? -the shit- eel - my favourite fish behind salmon and sea bass. melt in your mouth frog - like chicken but softer pigeon - oh man that dark meat flavour is so good donkey - like beef but softer, more flavour sea urchin - nice but didnt live up to the hype and definitely not the pricetag sea cucumber - slimey piece of sponge not worth price jellyfish - crunchy and bouncey. no taste except for sesame sauce served in deer - pretty good, but was cut very thin so couldnt really tell moose - pretty good, but was also cut up so couldnt really tell ants - fried so didnt taste like anything but salt and spices chicken feet - like eating chickenwing tips. i can nibble on them if im drinking but otherwise i dont really see the point. | ||
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analyze
United States155 Posts
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JiSu
Korea (South)140 Posts
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mikyaJ
1834 Posts
On April 20 2011 13:56 JiSu wrote: I've heard stories about Chinese eating infants/babies.... Sickening. ???? That's called cannibalism | ||
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JiSu
Korea (South)140 Posts
WARNING: DO NOT OPEN! VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES! http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/04/02/cannibalism-in-china-acceptable-if-for-health/ Yeah.. it's crazy. Also I think eating monkey brain alive is a normal practice in China/Vietnam if my memory is not mistaken. I've read some articles about it. | ||
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Sanctimonius
United Kingdom861 Posts
Black pudding (congealed pig's blood) is fairly common in the UK, not amazing but not the worst taste I've ever had in my mouth. Which sounds terrible. Also seconding those who said bison and ostrich are tasty. Yes they are. | ||
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mowglie
United States74 Posts
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/horrors/a/eating_babies.htm | ||
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Vain
Netherlands1115 Posts
On April 20 2011 14:39 JiSu wrote: WARNING: DO NOT OPEN! VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES! http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/04/02/cannibalism-in-china-acceptable-if-for-health/ Yeah.. it's crazy. Also I think eating monkey brain alive is a normal practice in China/Vietnam if my memory is not mistaken. I've read some articles about it. Meh, i will never eat brain in my life. Far too dangerous for my taste Btw i don't think eating any kind of meat is wierd. Well exept human meat ofcourse | ||
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Kinetik_Inferno
United States1431 Posts
On April 20 2011 14:39 JiSu wrote: WARNING: DO NOT OPEN! VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES! http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/04/02/cannibalism-in-china-acceptable-if-for-health/ Yeah.. it's crazy. Also I think eating monkey brain alive is a normal practice in China/Vietnam if my memory is not mistaken. I've read some articles about it. If thats true then some people in china must be royally fucked up. I can also thank you for ruining my keyboard... I puked all over it. | ||
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
I prefer eating stuff that is completely dead and cooked. | ||
OneOther
United States10774 Posts
Weirdest things I have eaten are chicken feet. I go to Korea all the time but I can't handle odd food. Had the worst time eating snails in Paris two years ago, for example. | ||
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Duckvillelol
Australia1240 Posts
Hopefully I'll be able to when I head over to Korea next year :D | ||
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OneOther
United States10774 Posts
On April 16 2011 19:34 Scorch wrote: Insects. We bought them from the pet shop. fried locusts maggots & roaches with rice and asian vegetables pralines with caramelized locusts WHAT THE FUCK MAN | ||
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
SERIOUSLY WHAT THE FUCK ~_~ edit: AND HE BOUGHT THEM FROM A PET SHOP? DUDE WTF its really hard for me to eat bugs. just horrible.. after eating Crickets, kdakjsnfasgnj.. The strangest food i ate would have to go to... them crickets.. gave me a headache also, i cant say that any part of the pig is weird. On April 16 2011 21:13 Serthius wrote: How do they get the snakes into the bottles, I wonder? they grew it in the bottle..... :x (theory) | ||
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G3CKO
Canada1430 Posts
Crocodile - That was in Thailand Snake Fried locust leg or something like that I think it's grasshopper actually Jelly fish - it's crunchy Blood tofu Pig blood/lots of animal blood Frogs Bird nest Chicken hearts, liver Cow intestines, stomach Pig intestines, livers A lot of animal organs..... Rabbit Donkey Cicadas - I'm for reals, the cocoon is considered a delicacy A lot of wacky seafood, sea cucumber, urchin Chicken feet - fengzhao is so yummy yo Eel Highland Bison meat found near Tibet region Pigeon - Lu Ge so goooood in dim sum form There's more but I will them in later when i think of them. A lot of stuff that people mention in this thread is pretty normal to a lot of Asians because it's considered a normal food I guess. | ||
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Probulous
Australia3894 Posts
![[image loading]](http://image.rakuten.co.jp/tposhop/cabinet/kaisanbutu/misoika2.jpg) Japanese Pickled Squid. Recipe = Squid + salt + sun = Rotten squid in a bowl Unsurprisingly wasn't the tastiest thing I've eaten. | ||
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krok(obs)
Germany264 Posts
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GreenManalishi
Canada834 Posts
On April 20 2011 11:50 pyrogenetix wrote: yes im chinese, being around hk and shanghai lets you eat a lot of cool shit kangaroo - too hard but was probably overcooked bear - very nice. braised with some chinese sauce but very expensive dog - too gamey... acidic... didn't like it snake - lean but not fiber stuckinyourteeth lean, really good, like chicken grasshoppers - you wouldnt even know youre eating them. good shit snails - with mashed potatoes and garlic butter? -the shit- eel - my favourite fish behind salmon and sea bass. melt in your mouth frog - like chicken but softer pigeon - oh man that dark meat flavour is so good donkey - like beef but softer, more flavour sea urchin - nice but didnt live up to the hype and definitely not the pricetag sea cucumber - slimey piece of sponge not worth price jellyfish - crunchy and bouncey. no taste except for sesame sauce served in deer - pretty good, but was cut very thin so couldnt really tell moose - pretty good, but was also cut up so couldnt really tell ants - fried so didnt taste like anything but salt and spices chicken feet - like eating chickenwing tips. i can nibble on them if im drinking but otherwise i dont really see the point. When I lived in China I tried these. I also had some camel and cat. I used to live in the Middle East, and I kind of developed a taste for Camel, it isn't bad when it is prepared properly. I think the weirdest food I have ever eaten is Gopher. I got plastered one night, and my friend and I decided to catch and cook some gophers. Here are some pictures for proof. We didn't actually catch the Gophers until the next day, so we were both sober in these pictures. I did the evisceration, which was pretty similar to cleaning a really small rabbit. ![[image loading]](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j143/JCarter11/Ursus/Cooking%20Gopher/6134_636738059871_21005327_40232447_516560_n.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j143/JCarter11/Ursus/Cooking%20Gopher/6134_636738084821_21005327_40232451_5265431_n.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j143/JCarter11/Ursus/Cooking%20Gopher/6134_636738089811_21005327_40232452_94426_n.jpg) | ||
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jongim
Canada289 Posts
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eu.exodus
South Africa1186 Posts
brains, hooves, stomach, lungs, eyeballs, whole heads even of cows and sheep and goats. Chicken heads, feet, intestines, hearts, well pretty much everything on a chicken exept for the feathers. Even bones are chewed into powder like substance. Some eat cats, dogs, and even baboon meat which share most of our dna but it is ironically for most of them a sin to eat pork because its 'dirty meat'. Some of its pretty good though. Other weird things ive eaten are mopane worms (fat beetle larvae) locusts, buffalo, giraffe, snake and camel. Also if you ever get offered warthog, koedoe (kudu) or rooibok (red buck) jerky or biltong as its called here, do yourself a favour and just try it. You will literally eat that shit till your jaw hurts. So good! | ||
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viii
United States266 Posts
I've eaten it a few times in Asia. Its ok but i wouldnt eat it everyday or month. The texture is really weird and also the smell is horrendous + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://www.rudepalace.com/img/misc/century-egg/century-egg03.jpg) It doesnt look as nasty as it is in the picture, but still eew. | ||
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j0k3r
United States577 Posts
On April 20 2011 16:09 anonmice wrote: Century egg or thousand-year egg - its basically a preserved egg I've eaten it a few times in Asia. Its ok but i wouldnt eat it everyday or month. The texture is really weird and also the smell is horrendous + Show Spoiler + It doesnt look as nasty as it is in the picture, but still eew. This stuff is fucking delicious. You can actually replicate the yolk flavor almost 90% with avacado and soy sauce. Try it out, the texture is so similar as well. | ||
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frontline
United States57 Posts
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FJ
United Kingdom321 Posts
Among the things I have eaten: Grilled Dog Pig Blood pudding Pig Blood stew Hooves Deer Pheasant Pigeon Testicles Squid innards Goats Eyes Pretty much every single bit of Lamb/Goat/Chicken/Pork/Beef including brain a couple times. Camel Burger/Curry/Steak Scorpion A couple types of worms, forget which types they where. Grilled Rat Rat meat rice cake Bone Marrow broth Ants Friend bugs or various sorts. Balut. Which is an egg that has started to grow a chicken inside. So there is a little bit of blood/guts/meat/feet/beak and even a feather or two inside the egg, but most of it is still the raw egg stuff you get in a normal egg, with a developing embryo. A lot of horrible combination of normal ingredients. Example, one thing I quite like is Vanilla Sponge cake, with cheese and Mayonnaise lol. Curry Coffee, no seriously, it has curry in it. Apple pie with curry sauce, that's quite nice. That's all I can think of for now. I've eaten loads of other things lol. I am willing to try anything once, and I wouldn't turn my nose at food unless I've given it a fair chance. I've only puked once eating a food, and that was a tin of Delmonte Plumed Tomatoes lmao! I f***ing hate plumed tomatoes, they make me want to puke. I can eat a brin stew, top with testicles and a Balut to wash it down, but I couldn't eat a plumed tomato. | ||
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Erucious
Norway393 Posts
The pig brain wasnt that tasty, but the pig ear was freaking delicious. | ||
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Telcontar
United Kingdom16710 Posts
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KameZerg
Sweden1759 Posts
On April 16 2011 13:03 t3tsubo wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwTH7bBgZhM this is probably the most badass thing I've seen. Eating it is like a battle for your life! Im not gonna lie, that looks fucking delicious :D | ||
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radialis
726 Posts
On April 20 2011 16:09 anonmice wrote: Century egg or thousand-year egg - its basically a preserved egg I've eaten it a few times in Asia. Its ok but i wouldnt eat it everyday or month. The texture is really weird and also the smell is horrendous + Show Spoiler + It doesnt look as nasty as it is in the picture, but still eew. century egg is freaking awesome... are you serious? you gonna list chicken feet, tripe or pate while you're at it? | ||
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Ricjames
Czech Republic1047 Posts
dogs, cats, rats - probably everyone who visited cheap asian restauarants did | ||
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slappy
United States1271 Posts
i do business in asia. all that food is not weird to them though. still i find mcdonalds to be the most putrid psylocybin mushrooms.. lol does that count EDIT: aged egg (it's black, and ferments for like 100 years?) | ||
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Jayjay54
Germany2296 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/DWmid.jpg) other than that kangaroo tastes fine. so does horse, camel and ostrich. it's just the western perception that we don't eat them regularly. | ||
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Boraz
United States361 Posts
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OopsOopsBaby
Singapore3425 Posts
ate sea squirt ![[image loading]](http://pds10.egloos.com/pds/200905/04/95/f0013595_49feaade0e9e0.jpg) ![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Echiura_in_Korea1.jpg/800px-Echiura_in_Korea1.jpg) . all raw. | ||
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OmgIRok
Taiwan2699 Posts
hella good though ![[image loading]](http://tw.img.nextmedia.com/images/twapple_sub/640pix/20100429/MA09/MA09_006.jpg) | ||
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-orb-
United States5770 Posts
I usually am not ridiculously exploratory with food, so I've still never tried stuff like sweetbreads (cow's brain iirc for those that don't know) | ||
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backtoback
Canada1276 Posts
On April 22 2011 19:38 radialis wrote: century egg is freaking awesome... are you serious? you gonna list chicken feet, tripe or pate while you're at it? lol i am eating that egg with beef in congee right now. I can eat this egg everyday! | ||
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slytown
Korea (South)1411 Posts
On April 16 2011 22:16 noobcakes wrote: Problem with this thread is that some people will say like squid, but other countries like my own, squid is eaten regularly. I think thats the beauty of it. We ge to see how I think ridiculous western culture is in regards to eating. We rarely see where our food comes from, nor eat things that resemble food. I would much prefer to eat a fried locust, a real thing, rather than a mcdonalds hamburger or that liquid cheese at baseball stadiums. | ||
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Phraxa
United States49 Posts
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WindOw
Sweden407 Posts
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sVnteen
Germany2238 Posts
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Atom Cannister
Germany380 Posts
I didn't like it. Maybe it shows my dullness in culinary adventures. | ||
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Mechwarrior
United States76 Posts
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Keniji
Netherlands2569 Posts
snail It's not that weird in germany but for other countries it might be? | ||
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Piste
6172 Posts
Maybe reindeer tongue is something that could be considered somewhat exotic? Or reindeer blood+wheat flour balls? snails? dunno. | ||
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clusen
Germany8702 Posts
On May 13 2011 15:46 Phraxa wrote: I don't think I could ever ever ever eat insects. I think I really really really want to eat insects atleast once in my life, I find it very tempting, and all my friends/relatives who tried it liked it very much. And about squid: I ate fresh squid once, they only removed the bill and other stuff that is hard to eat, the rest was left alone. Was extremely weird in the beginning to eat a tentacle with the suckers still on, just because I wasn't used to it. But when I got behind the initial shock I was pleasantly surprised, it was so tender...amazing! € One thing many people could find weird is a meal called "Schwarzsauer" in Germany. I don't think there is a translation for it. It is not common here anymore, I ate it at my great grandma once. It is a kind of soup that basically consists of a huge amount of swine blood and meat garbage with a few spices, and was a way of recycling what you had left over after slaughtering back in the days. Spartans ate it too :p | ||
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Quanticfograw
United States2053 Posts
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iloveav
Poland1478 Posts
(Even kissing exchanges over 500 bacteria in an instant :D) | ||
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brum
Hungary187 Posts
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Blasterion
China10272 Posts
On May 13 2011 21:11 iloveav wrote: I dont want to be... em... discusting or anything but.... If we factor in sex, i think everything gets crushed to the ground. (Even kissing exchanges over 500 bacteria in an instant :D) I can live with 500 bacteria, that's like the same as no bacteria. Hmmm probably fresh sashimi, This guy in Japan he cuts the sashimi off the fish alive and the fish can still swim after the sashimi has been made, a true baller of the kitchen knife | ||
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NeonFox
2373 Posts
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nagachicken
Sweden39 Posts
On May 13 2011 20:45 Piste wrote: I dont think I have eaten anything weird ever. Maybe reindeer tongue is something that could be considered somewhat exotic? Or reindeer blood+wheat flour balls? snails? dunno. Reindeer blood and tongue is really weird, even tho reindeer blood pancakes taste amazing. The only places i can think of where you drink and eat reindeer blood is in lapland/lappi. anyways, the weirdest things i've eaten are fermented herring and reindeer blood pancakes. | ||
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Macmacmacmac
United States26 Posts
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
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Cerotix
Canada121 Posts
On May 13 2011 21:15 Blasterion wrote: I can live with 500 bacteria, that's like the same as no bacteria. Hmmm probably fresh sashimi, This guy in Japan he cuts the sashimi off the fish alive and the fish can still swim after the sashimi has been made, a true baller of the kitchen knife There is a high-end sushi place in Toronto that I've been to once with my dad that was the same way, so weird to see lol. I was in Beijing and Hong Kong last year, walking through the markets the fish was so fresh that you could see the heart still beating in the freshly butchered fish! | ||
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57 Corvette
Canada5941 Posts
So a deep fried mars bar. | ||
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Flyingdutchman
Netherlands858 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:28 funcmode wrote: In Africa I ate crocodile, zebra, ostrich (tastes just like chicken!) and a few others, So does crocodile :D I'm a very picky eater so I've only gone as far as croc. All the silly seafood stuff is not for me...blegh | ||
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Cryhavoc
372 Posts
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Brainsurgeon
Sweden359 Posts
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eXtremophiLe
United States22 Posts
I was born in Scotland and was fed a lot of haggis as a kid. Probably why my butt is so hairy as an adult :-/ Haggis seems to have a notorious sort of wrap since it is not common to use the entire 'pluck' of an animal is sausage, but when you think about most sausage it is pretty tame. Do you guys realize how they make chicken nuggets for McDonald's? Haggis is tame compared to that. | ||
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MangoTango
United States3670 Posts
On May 14 2011 00:11 Cryhavoc wrote: i ate broccoli once, thats massed up shit man oww.. D: God help you | ||
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SixGun
United States40 Posts
Ecuador- Qui. It's a wild rodent in the mountains, it's basically a huge guinea pig. Tasted a lot like salty jerky Thailand- live scorpion (no real taste other than salt and very crunchy) and durian which needs no explanation unless you've never been to southern Asia. | ||
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Serelitz
Netherlands2895 Posts
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garlicface
Canada4196 Posts
My Greek background has been exposed to some strange recipes though - lamb soup made with as many organs as you can fit in the pot, fried chicken livers, small fish with bones intact, etc. | ||
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birdkicker
United States752 Posts
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FlyingSheeps
Canada204 Posts
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oDieN[Siege]
United States2904 Posts
On April 16 2011 01:34 Noxie wrote: Octopus and squid =/ ... was for some culture thing in school. Wasn't half bad though. Squid is awesome! <3 calamari | ||
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Paperplane
Netherlands1823 Posts
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Rodiel3
France1158 Posts
![[image loading]](http://habitat.rdc.fr/files/2010/03/hamburger.jpg) I will never try again | ||
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Vore210
Ireland256 Posts
Le Big Mac? + Show Spoiler + pulp fiction ftw He's french, this may be funnier than you initially thought. Weirdest thing i've had is either squid or cow tongue. Nothing special really i'd LOVE to try so many things in this thread. Have never been a picky eater fortunately :p. | ||
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SockMonkey
United Kingdom88 Posts
shashimi geoduck ![[image loading]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2748901918_ab048afc37.jpg) I had it's sexual organs cut out and sliced gossamer thin was nice a whole pig boiled in some really sour picked veg. not sure whats that. Having the eyeball stare at you as you eat the cheek is unnerving. | ||
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sheaRZerg
United States613 Posts
From my understanding it was something that was eaten in Medival times, and which people still eat every once in a while for some sort of historical reason. Its also supposed to be consumed with liquour as a follower...which I unfortunately did not have at the time. edit: just realized it was discussed earlier but I didnt catch it the first time. | ||
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SockArms
United States591 Posts
kinda nasty not gunna do it again but I was offered them by the family i was staying with and I wanted to be polite. | ||
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Irrelevant
United States2364 Posts
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4329 Posts
Nothing that starnge really. Kangaroo has a very high iron content and you can taste that in the meat , it's certainly not my favourite red meat out there. | ||
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On May 13 2011 20:18 Atom Cannister wrote: Stuffed aubergine probably. I didn't like it. Maybe it shows my dullness in culinary adventures. haha, that's the irish spirit i guess :D i remember my grandfather frowning upon everything that wasn't a good steak with potatoes | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
On May 15 2011 09:01 Disregard wrote: Has anyone tried Hákarl? 5 posts up: On May 15 2011 08:16 sheaRZerg wrote: Hakarl - Fermented Shark's meat that smells like ammonia (while in iceland) From my understanding it was something that was eaten in Medival times, and which people still eat every once in a while for some sort of historical reason. Its also supposed to be consumed with liquour as a follower...which I unfortunately did not have at the time. edit: just realized it was discussed earlier but I didnt catch it the first time. | ||
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Vore210
Ireland256 Posts
On May 15 2011 08:22 JPoPP wrote: raw Tuna eye's in Japan kinda nasty not gunna do it again but I was offered them by the family i was staying with and I wanted to be polite. Methinks you fell victim to "lets see what we can make the stupid foreigner eat". There's a story that that was how stuff like Vindaloo came about; "It is thought that the original Vindaloo was the revenge of put-upon servants in an officers' mess during the high days of the Raj, when Brits in India first started to develop a taste for curried food. Making it as hot as they possibly could - to a level that no educated Indian would have dreamt of eating -is thought to have been passive revenge for indignities inflicted by the British. Especially when it was realised that in a Mess full of macho Englishmen, face would have been lost by admitting the curry was too hot to eat... " | ||
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iPlaY.NettleS
Australia4329 Posts
On May 15 2011 09:01 Disregard wrote: Has anyone tried Hákarl? I remember Gordon Ramsay ate that on his trip to Iceland in the F-Word TV series. Also he ate other strange things like a live puffin heart , the Italian maggot cheese amongst other things. | ||
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TALegion
United States1187 Posts
On May 15 2011 05:48 FlyingSheeps wrote: Rocky Mountain oysters I was at a restaurant with some chick, and she ordered and ate those, not knowing what they were. She got through almost all of the plate when all of the sudden she yells, "Wait... THERE ARE NOT OCEANS IN THE ROCKIES!!!" One of the highlights of my life. | ||
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101toss
3232 Posts
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
On May 15 2011 09:13 TALegion wrote: I was at a restaurant with some chick, and she ordered and ate those, not knowing what they were. She got through almost all of the plate when all of the sudden she yells, "Wait... THERE ARE NOT OCEANS IN THE ROCKIES!!!" One of the highlights of my life. you can't seriously be serious about that :D rofl | ||
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sqwert
United States781 Posts
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krndandaman
Mozambique16569 Posts
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
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Vore210
Ireland256 Posts
On May 15 2011 09:26 krndandaman wrote: i just don't get the point of eating these weird things. there are so many non weird things i can eat that taste infinitely times better... and its cheaper... Weird is relative, and the rest is untrue in many (probably most) cases. The type of food we eat right normally is more...consumer friendly in terms of looks/smell but definitely not in taste or cost. | ||
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KillerPlague
United States1386 Posts
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krndandaman
Mozambique16569 Posts
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Ryrmidon
Canada371 Posts
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TalonKarrde
Canada104 Posts
On April 16 2011 13:13 StarStruck wrote: There are places I hear in Vietnam and Cambodia where they put birds in there instead. In the Yukon, it's a human toe as the worm wood. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGzfENx7I-U If you accidentally swallow the toe you have to replace it with your own. -.- I live in Whitehorse Yukon and have done the sour toe cocktail it wasn`t so bad and you get fined for swallowing you do not replace it. I met the man who started it old dude who always came to the bar I worked at cool guy. Weird things I considered of eaten Black bear Ham (tastes like ham all bear after taste) Lynx (God aweful chicken) Elk Emu Ostrich Kangaroo Natto (Japanese fermented soybeans) Shark | ||
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campinjimmy
United States14 Posts
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summerloud
Austria1201 Posts
frog legs are delicious, ive also eaten crocodile, ostrich, kudu, kangaroo, cactii (not peyote , and all kinds of lesser eaten parts.ill generally try everything thats available and seems interesting, except for things i dont eat on ethical grounds (shark soup, monkey, whale, etc.) one thing i didnt particularly like was the sheep intestine curry an indian friend cooked for me at his home, a girl i was with at the time really struggled but still finished it all out of politeness edit: kinda funny that people qualify liver or blood as weird food. people are so picky nowadays | ||
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garlicface
Canada4196 Posts
I can understand octopus to a greater extent, but squid? Fried calamari is such a pub/bar food. Even though it's usually frozen crap, it's on so many North American and European menus. | ||
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OopsOopsBaby
Singapore3425 Posts
On May 15 2011 09:05 Vore210 wrote: Methinks you fell victim to "lets see what we can make the stupid foreigner eat". There's a story that that was how stuff like Vindaloo came about; "It is thought that the original Vindaloo was the revenge of put-upon servants in an officers' mess during the high days of the Raj, when Brits in India first started to develop a taste for curried food. Making it as hot as they possibly could - to a level that no educated Indian would have dreamt of eating -is thought to have been passive revenge for indignities inflicted by the British. Especially when it was realised that in a Mess full of macho Englishmen, face would have been lost by admitting the curry was too hot to eat... " tuna eye is a common delicacy in japan. its know to be highly nutritious. | ||
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Valashu
Netherlands561 Posts
water goes in, food comes out. YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN THAT! | ||
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Eppa!
Sweden4641 Posts
On May 15 2011 11:39 krndandaman wrote: well yeah it is, but i'm just talking from the western majority point of view (which is most of teamliquid). i'd find it hard to believe that majority of westerners would prefer these type of foods in the thread in terms of taste/cost... i'd imagine a meal at chipotle or home-made spaghetti would be cheaper than eating a tarantula... or live octopi. I like to try things, even if I do not like it I have at least tasted it. The experience of new flavors is amazing at times sometimes it is not but missing out on it is not worth it. Oysters is one of the best tasting things I have ever eaten, which is raw shellfish. Not to weird in western society but its hardly fresh pasta. Somethings that are weird like brains etc. is very cheap and environmentally friendly as they are not thrown away. | ||
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