roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted February 19, 2013 I've mentioned some, but seeing some of the others mentioned, while I've never considered them strange, maybe they are and I am LOL raw oysters on the half shell squid octopus escargot (which for those of you who don't know...is snails) mussels clams RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest S**a*Q Report post Posted February 19, 2013 My ex-wife was strange... still is... does that count? I was just going to say "Anyone who's eaten me has had some strange in their mouths." :P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest C**Tra****er Report post Posted February 20, 2013 I've tried wild boar, yak, alligator, deer, moose, caribou, bison, rabbit and all of those were fine. Grossest thing I've ever eaten was fermented shark in Iceland. When in Rome... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest K***e D****ls Report post Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) I find it interesting that moose, goat, caribou and deer made the list. I grew up eating that stuff! That's every night for dinner in rural living. ;) Calamari, escargot (had it for an appetizer during my dinner date last night), octopus, sashimi, and all seafood are a large part of my current eating habits. I've eaten frog's legs, chocolate covered grasshoppers, deep fried Mars bar... Edited February 21, 2013 by K***e D****ls Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeRichards 177238 Report post Posted February 21, 2013 I find it interesting that moose, goat, caribou and deer made the list. I grew up eating that stuff! That's every night for dinner in rural living. ;) I love rural :) Let's throw an Elk steak and some stuffed duck breasts on the barby ! I also grew up this way and still do eat a large variety of wild meat. Given the right animal, not a big old bull, and an elk steak can be every bit as good and tender as beef. I have an Eskimo friend and had been introduced to seal meat, which is tasty. Flipper pie. Also muktuk which is basically blubber and ...well I wasn't so fond of it....but had to be polite ;) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted February 22, 2013 Something else I've eaten, and made, still have the recipe for is Caesar salad What you may be wondering is strange about Caesar salad? Well the original recipe doesn't call for some creamy bottled salad dressing...the dressing is a combination of the following ingredients over the the lettuce...garlic olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, oil from a tin of anchovies (plus the anchovies of course) Worcestershire sauce and a raw egg. Yummmmm!!!!! And alot of the foods mentioned are pretty mainstream, and some others, (game for example) really aren't so much strange as it's more like not many people have had the pleasure of trying them. I'm fortunate that I have a couple friends who hunt, and give me care packages :-) so game is something I can include in my meals And closing off with a bad groaner joke of the day, one I heard years ago. You know why eating raw oysters are considered an aphrodisiac? Because if a man will eat something that looks like that raw, a woman knows what else he'll eat raw RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phaedrus 209521 Report post Posted February 22, 2013 I strongly suspect that the strangest things I've eaten have come from kebab vans after some serious drinking. Strangest identified things... snake (no idea what sort) and iguana. And andouillette, which is made of very strange parts of normally-eaten animals, and is the most revolting thing I've ever had the misfortune to smell, never mind taste. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Touch 57501 Report post Posted March 3, 2013 escargot sauted with apple slices then covered with a thick blue-cheese sauce -- yummy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IrishWhiskey 370 Report post Posted March 3, 2013 Something else I've eaten, and made, still have the recipe for is Caesar saladWhat you may be wondering is strange about Caesar salad? Well the original recipe doesn't call for some creamy bottled salad dressing...the dressing is a combination of the following ingredients over the the lettuce...garlic olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, oil from a tin of anchovies (plus the anchovies of course) Worcestershire sauce and a raw egg. Yummmmm!!!!! RG Even the bottled Caesar salad dressings contain anchovies (anchovy paste).... I need to get that recipe so I can make it myself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aspen Wilde 31370 Report post Posted March 3, 2013 It was probably the squirrel I ate at a potluck in the woods this fall. :P As it turns out, I like the taste of squirrel! And I didn't even mind the little pile of squirrel ribs that accumulated on the edge of my plate. Despite the five years I spent as a vegetarian, I would say that I am a confirmed carnivore because of how much I like to eat wild animals. And I would definitely eat squirrel again. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Angelina Develin (ec issue 199 Report post Posted March 5, 2013 "Durian" from Thailand ... OMG strange 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Old Dog 179138 Report post Posted March 10, 2013 I do remember going to a weird smorgasbord when I was a kid. It had all the normal stuff - three bean salad, mash potatoes, roast beef... but .... but it had a couple of interesting dishes at the end of the meat table. The carving guy looked at me and said, "hey kid.... you are in for a treat. Take a slice of this and a slice of this." Because I was a kid, I did. It was all covered in horse radish, maybe some brown gravy, perhaps a bit of Heinz 57... but at the age of 11, I was served a slice of bear and a snippet of beaver. I have absolutely no memory of the taste - although I was able to boast for all my teen years that I ate beaver before I was 12. true story. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EmilyOsgoode 1534 Report post Posted March 11, 2013 I was in Kyoto, Japan a couple years back and for lunch we had this sashimi spread with various types of seafood and beef, However, I took a bite of something pale and slippery and it turned out to be...Chicken sashimi. To this day I salivate passing the chicken section of the grocers (but am still too afraid to indulge). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IamaGeek 3664 Report post Posted June 2, 2013 I grew up on a farm and my family are all first generation eastern Europeans and good peasant stock. That means we have always eaten animals nose to tail so I am pretty well acquainted with offal of all kinds. I've tried a variety of seafood and game, so I've had many of the other things mentioned above. My most adventurous meals occurred when I was in Beijing for three weeks for work. I ate at a large table with my Asian colleagues twice a day and only one of them used his English for me. I believe I have eaten a few bugs, I know that I have eaten chicken feet a couple of times but the most unusual thing was deep red and gelatinous. I asked my friend what it was and he said, while holding his hand over the middle of his chest "a duck - when you leave the blood here". I decided not to ask for clarification and just did not have any more. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Malika Fantasy 144625 Report post Posted June 2, 2013 Natto while I was in Japan two months ago. It is fermented soybeans...it taste horrible I'm pretty sure licking the dirty feet of a homeless would be better Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhantomKnight 7914 Report post Posted June 2, 2013 Eating a Scorpion was probably one of the worst tasting things and probably one of the most dangerous things I've eaten. Pigs brain was probably my least favourite tasting. So dry.. Powdery. Yuk! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny Canuck 5347 Report post Posted June 2, 2013 The strangest thing that I have eaten was ceviche. While ceviche is just fish, it's the method of cooking which adds to the strange. It is not cooked over heat like most meats and fish, but rather in citric acid aka. Lemon or lime juice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tallguy007 4172 Report post Posted June 2, 2013 My ex-wife was into fine cuisine, and I had an open mind, so I've had a chance to try out some oddball foods. Brains, uncooked meats and other foods (including uncooked brownies), and foreign fruits which I can't remember the names are part of that. What sticks out in my mind, though, is something I tried in a seafood restaurant in Gaspésie: "Bargots". These are small sea snails they get locally. These little guys were salty as heck, but otherwise pretty much the same as the larger snails used for french Escargot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Serena Blake 14066 Report post Posted June 2, 2013 deep fried lobster tail. VERY strange to me and I've eaten escargot calamari and frogs legs but I ordered lobster tail in Montreal once and it come to the table deep fried. lol and of course being a Bay of Fundy snob I could tell it had been frozen prior lol oh wait I have eaten half a milk bone on a dare as a kid once. Tasted like stale ritz crackers but it won me $20 lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EmilyRushton 253370 Report post Posted June 2, 2013 A Jappa Dog in Vancouver, simply disgusting Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lexy Grace 103697 Report post Posted June 8, 2013 Turtle Soup in New Orleans. I couldn't finish it, I felt too guilty but it wasn't that bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley Ann 75247 Report post Posted June 8, 2013 One small bite of shark meat at Red Lobster in 1993-My dad gave me $20 to try it-so gross-spit it out-I did not swallow ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zcmy 280 Report post Posted June 8, 2013 I think I've had rat meat. I'm not sure what I get in the back alleys of Chinese cities, and normally don't ask. But when the guy you normally go to tells you "I don't suggest eating here often, go to my sisters. Her stuff is more expensive, but I know the meat she has is real.", you know there's something fishy about the place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest *l**e Report post Posted June 8, 2013 I ate a girl with 2 complete vaginas once (uterus didelphys)...that's the weirdest and possibly coolest thing I ever ate!! It was amazing!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites