Unusual food

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:06 pm

I've eaten BBQ dog in Korea.

I've eaten roast armadillo in Oklahoma.

I just found out I've eaten cow head right here in San Antonio!

All were delicious!

What's the most unusual thing you've eaten?

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:09 pm

wild boar at a farmers market, it was yuk :yh_sick

pina · Post by **pina** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:18 pm

I've eaten a canary and a robin both here in Spain before I could read Spanish on the menu.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:28 pm

Alligator I guess. Thats not too weird though I dont think. A friend of mine ate dog in Ecuador and got a tape worm. Does that count ?

pina · Post by **pina** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:31 pm

SnoozeControl wrote: I'll try almost anything...

Is fried eel unusual?

Its not unusual where I'm from, we used to go fishing in the local rivers when I was younger and the rule was we had to eat what we caught. And of course with my luck I hardly ever caught any fish it was always eels, great big things, and dont they smell when being fried.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:33 pm

Ok my grandma swore when I was little kid that I loved scrambled eggs and calf brain. Knowing that today makes my stomach turn.

But the strangest I've eaten since then is emu sausage. It was pretty good.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:37 pm

I just remembered when I was a kid my mom would make fried blood. It was good that I remember but I wouldnt touch after I found out what it was.

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:40 pm

Ive seen people eat monkey brains, and fry up their fare share of rats, but I havnt tried anything that would be called "unusual" the least little bit(atleast not to my knowledge - I mean there have been a few local Asian restaurants around here that has been busted a few times for having cats and other exotic type "cuts" in their freezers-- I hadnt ate there, but it does rather envelope my senses to recollect on the ones I have in fact dinned in).

Off hand, I would have to say maybe squirl -- I do believe I have tried squirl once when I was young, but to remember how it tasted I have no clue.

I would guess "It tastes like chicken"

On a side note I believe that dogs have contributed way too much to the progress of man kind to be considered a food source.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:40 pm

I ate a stink bug as a kid doesn't get any worse than that....:wah:

pina · Post by **pina** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:47 pm

Nomad wrote: I just remembered when I was a kid my mom would make fried blood. It was good that I remember but I wouldnt touch after I found out what it was.

Is that your version of our Black Pudding. :wah:

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:53 pm

pina wrote: Is that your version of our Black Pudding. :wah:

:yh_sick

pina · Post by **pina** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:55 pm

K.Snyder wrote: :yh_sick

Dont knock it till you've tried it. :wah:

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:00 pm

pina wrote: Dont knock it till you've tried it. :wah:

I would rather have the fried blood.....I have seen the way you brits cook....:wah:

No Im just kidding....

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:02 pm

pina wrote: Dont knock it till you've tried it. :wah:

yup :-4

pina · Post by **pina** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:04 pm

K.Snyder wrote: I would rather have the fried blood.....I have seen the way you brits cook....:wah:

No Im just kidding....

Its not as bad as the way Spanish cook, everything is well over done, the meat is dry and tough and as for the veg its all soft and soggy. :wah:

K.Snyder · Post by **K.Snyder** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:09 pm

pina wrote: Its not as bad as the way Spanish cook, everything is well over done, the meat is dry and tough and as for the veg its all soft and soggy. :wah:

:yh_doh

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:11 pm

I ate goat once. It was a cross between pork and chicken. Pigeon is GREAT when cooked by ze French. Stink bugs no. Garden snails yes!!

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:22 pm

Well, as I mentioned in the other forum I have eaten Rocky Mountain Oysters. I have also had ostrich

Something VietNamese..not sure what it was

And back in the 60's, while visiting Southern California, I at a Taco...does not seem unusual, but back then, no one from out here knew what they were!!

I have had moose, squirrel, beaver, tripe and frog legs.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:24 pm

pina wrote: Is that your version of our Black Pudding. :wah:

I think it probably is. Mom would get beef and pork blood then thicken it and season it and fry it. I agree K, its turning my stomach right now.

Sheryl · Post by **Sheryl** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:32 pm

That's the best way to eat eggs Snooze. hard whites and runny yolks yummmy

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:12 am

Some of the things we choose not to eat these days were staples in poorer times. You killed the pig or whatever before winter, salted the meat, used all the offal and mixed the blood with oatmeal and made it into sausage. A plate full of food was a plate full of food. We are lucky. Grin.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:45 am

Accountable wrote:

I just found out I've eaten cow head right here in San Antonio!

you're welcome!

I guess the weirdest thing I've had is breaded gator tail when we lived in Florida, it was good...:-6

chocoholic · Post by **chocoholic** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:02 am

I've eaten Goat curry at an afro/caribbean wedding reception but I didn't enjoy it!:-1

jbbarker1947 · Post by **jbbarker1947** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:18 am

Battered and fried turkey testicles. Turkey frys. Kinda like hush puppies, only different.

cars · Post by **cars** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:32 am

Accountable wrote: I've eaten BBQ dog in Korea.

I've eaten roast armadillo in Oklahoma.

I just found out I've eaten cow head right here in San Antonio!

All were delicious!

What's the most unusual thing you've eaten?

A "WHOPPER"! :p

(Takes two hands you know! :rolleyes: )

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:03 am

There is a Polish meat, it is called kieska (spelling is off, I am sure) but it translates to "blood sausage". It came in a very thick outer casing, which was not eaten. My mom would crumble it up and fry it in bacon grease (can't you just hear them arteries hardening?) and it was actually quite tasty.

My brother found some recently at a butcher shop in Buffalo..but you know, it just wasn't quite the same.

jbbarker1947 · Post by **jbbarker1947** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:21 am

Marie5656 wrote: There is a Polish meat, it is called kieska (spelling is off, I am sure) but it translates to "blood sausage". It came in a vary thick outer casing, which was not eaten. My mom would crumble it up and fry it in bacon grease (can't you just hear them arteries hardening?) and it was actually quite tasty.

My brother found some recently at a butcher shop in Buffalo..but you know, it just wasn't quite the same.

Cajun Boudin is a fresh sausage made with green onions, pork, and rice - pig's blood is sometimes added to produce "boudin noir".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sausage