Wierd food, what have you tried-or not

[s_morrison57]

I've been offered rat numerous times, not really rat but part of the same family for sure, 20 lb. Laba (big rat ) & Akori ( 4-5 pound rat ), have been offered Cayman as well, local name for a alligator/crock and shark, I ate some shark but did cheez wizz and crackers for the other meals. I went to camp to replace a buddy and there was a cage with a bunch of Akori's in it and Gran said the local guys caught them to fatten up and eat - O K nothing out of the norm. Its Guyana, and the Demerarra River is there and Demerarra rum is the best in the world so I brought in a big supply. Gran and I got hammered and went , by flashlite to the kitchen for supper at 2 AM. , cause I was the new guy they cooked up a special meal, ya you guessed it - rat, Gran lifted the lid on the fry pan and said chicken and grabed a piece, I did the cheez wizz thing but did look back in the pan and told Gran he was eating a rat , he said BS it's chicken - I said "Gran look you can see the teeth, there's the eye and the burnt ear and front arm, your hanging onto the back leg and chewing on a rats ass" Well the gaging,spitting and swearing was perfect, I still tease him 14 years later. 9 days after I got bit by a posinous snake - Far de Lance and get taken to the local town , the 60 bed hospital was closed so I'm the only person there, kinda spooky considering the circumstanses, the medic brings me snakemeat & fish head soup - like real fish heads floating around, I couldn't evan look at it so I put it in the next room, something ate it that night and I told the medic it was wonderful, I eat beef now, I know its not all that good for ya but it sure beats rat.

[myamoto1]

I spent a month in "back woods" China and ate mostly local fare. At one point, I spent a week w/ a bunch of college students. I'd always ask what we were eating and the answers were always, meat, chicken or seafood. The seafood answer was the most common and most disconcerting. We were no where near the ocean and there was no refrigeration. I still have no idea what I ate, but I'm 99% sure, it wasn't seafood. The most disgusting thing I knowingly/willingly ate was yak lung in Lhasa, Tibet.

[peppy]

That stuff makes some of the parts of a pig seem not so bad.

[Christien]

When I was in university a local restaurant served alligator. It was really good - had a texture of pork, and it was really nicely seasoned and grilled. When I asked, they said it was shipped frozen from Louisiana. When we were in China, I'm sure I ate some stuff that wasn't what was claimed, who knows. No sickness, though. I did miss the chance at some snake at a dim sum restaurant - the waitress brought it around very quickly and I was in the john or something. I'll try pretty much anything once. Hmm, saw a guy on a cooking show shoot a small glass of fresh turtle blood - I'm not so sure about that.

I do wonder what people who regularly eat rat, dog, etc. think of hot dogs.

[GH85Carrera]

I used to work with a older black man in Alabama. He was adamant that I try some possum. He said the recipe is pretty simple. You need two loaves of stale bread from the day old bakery and a big pan. You cut the first loaf into pieces and stuff it in the possum and bake. After a while the bread has soaked up all the grease it can hold you feed that to the dogs and stuff the second loaf into the possum. Bake it some more until that second loaf is all soaked up. Then you can bone it just like a chicken. It does not taste like chicken. It was one of his favorite meals.

[vash]

roasted rhino beetle, steamed wasp larvae, deep fried taratula, deep fried meal worms, saute grasshopper, a rooster's comb, monk fish liver, ...

what stopped me cold...rooster nuts. gross.

[WolfeMacleod]

Alligator - love it. A place in Anaheim called the Amazon BBQ has all you can eat. www.amazonbbq.com

Also eaten Rocky Mountain Oysters. Not bad if done right. Haggis too.
Snails/escargot, squirrel, crow, shark, ostrich, Geoduck, turtle and eggs, horse, goat, jellyfish, frog legs (love 'em)
Can't think of any others right now. The wife (ex) and I were willing to try just about anything.

[sammyg2]

Rattlesnake is about the only strange food I've eaten.

[The Gaijin]

Offered whale in Japan but I declined. It was actually porpoise.

Served basashi, that is "ba" (horse) sashimi after too many beers. Was not my favorite.

[creaturecat]

Smoked suckerfish. Compliments of a generous Hutterite. Not great. Horrid, actually.

Oh, and domestic feline, at a you-know-what type of restaurant.

[M.D. Holloway]

I had KFC the other day - does that count? ...gave me the Hershey Squirts but it was worth it

[vash]

what is that fish dish cured in Lye? lute fish or something?

[70SATMan]

Camel, some unknown whole black squid in the Phillipines, Balut (?) again in the PI, monkey on a stick, chicken feet on a stick (sick trend but, PI again) Damn San Miguels!, Ostritch, Kangeroo, Beetles in Kenya.

[Gogar]

Originally Posted by vash

what is that fish dish cured in Lye? lute fish or something?

Lutefisk. Lye-cured Fish-jello. NASTY!

[Tishabet]

Meal worms
Monkfish liver pate
Sweetbreads (lamb, veal)
Alligator
Sea urchin
Pigeon pot pie
Scrapple
Fish sauce/shrimp paste/everything else Thai
Guinea pig


Ate a beef tongue taco yesterday...

[carreraken]

Fried snake
cow brain (pre-mad cow)
duck's feet
duck's tongue
alligator
turtle
fish head soup
balmain bugs
kangaroo
ox tail soup

All from my travels thru asia/pacific region - years ago...

[Rick Lee]

I also had some yak in a Tibetan village, where we knocked on someone's door and just offered to pay the lady to cook for us. Had some dog too at a restaurant in Nanjing. Cold duck's feet aren't uncommon in China, but I've eaten them once or twice to be polite. Duck esophagus a few times too.

[Danimal16]

Balut. Couldn't do it. Smells worse that it looks.

[tabs]

I just threw up alittle in my mouth and swallowed it...does that count...

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by Rick Lee

Had some dog too at a restaurant in Nanjing. Cold duck's feet aren't uncommon in China, but I've eaten them once or twice to be polite. Duck esophagus a few times too.

Was in Nanjing for awhile this spring. Great food but I missed the dog. We had duck and chicken feet a few times - I thought they were pretty lacking. Could have at least had some sauce. Strange seafood in Liangyungang, though.

Not strange, but OMG the things they could do with pork. Southern US has nothing on that...