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Unusual food
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:06 pm
by Accountable
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?
Unusual food
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:09 pm
by buttercup
wild boar at a farmers market, it was yuk :yh_sick
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:18 pm
by pina
I've eaten a canary and a robin both here in Spain before I could read Spanish on the menu.

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:28 pm
by Nomad
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 ?
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:31 pm
by pina
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.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:33 pm
by Sheryl
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.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:37 pm
by Nomad
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.
Unusual food
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:40 pm
by K.Snyder
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.
Unusual food
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:40 pm
by CARLA
I ate a stink bug as a kid doesn't get any worse than that....:wah:
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:47 pm
by pina
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:
Unusual food
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:53 pm
by K.Snyder
pina wrote: Is that your version of our Black Pudding. :wah:
:yh_sick
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 3:55 pm
by pina
K.Snyder wrote: :yh_sick
Dont knock it till you've tried it. :wah:
Unusual food
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:00 pm
by K.Snyder
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....

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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:02 pm
by buttercup
pina wrote: Dont knock it till you've tried it. :wah:
yup :-4
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:04 pm
by pina
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:
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:09 pm
by K.Snyder
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
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:11 pm
by AussiePam
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!!
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:22 pm
by Marie5656
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.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:24 pm
by Nomad
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.
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Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:32 pm
by Sheryl
That's the best way to eat eggs Snooze. hard whites and runny yolks yummmy
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 1:12 am
by AussiePam
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.
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 6:45 am
by sunny104
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
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:02 am
by chocoholic
I've eaten Goat curry at an afro/caribbean wedding reception but I didn't enjoy it!:-1
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:18 am
by jbbarker1947
Battered and fried turkey testicles. Turkey frys. Kinda like hush puppies, only different.
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:32 am
by cars
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: )
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Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:03 am
by Marie5656
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.
Unusual food
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 11:21 am
by jbbarker1947
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