bizarre foods you eaten/ in your countries ?

[PACMAC]

any one here ate something that a normal person find not so good to eat or just plain wrong..
whats your countries trade mark bizarre food if you have one..?

well me when i was small i use to eat BALOT...but now i think its just nasty/wrong...

if you dont know whats a BALOT..
http://www.thedailyweird.com/food/balut-eggs/

 

[mkrishnan]

The departments at the University of Florida that deal with wildlife have an annual benefit barbecue called the "Beast Feast."

http://www.alligator.org/articles/2008/02/29/news/local/080229_beast.txt

A lot of the food is donated extras from specimen hunts... I've had emu I think, ostrich, python, rattlesnake, ... most of it is really tasty, although some of it is gamy....

 

[steveza]

Biltong . . . raw meat which has been cured in slat, vinegar and spices. Eaten extensively in Southern Africa - mainly South Africa. I've tried to get the inhabitants of Mud Island (AKA: UK) eating it but had no takers so far

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

It's GOOD, GOOD, GOOD!

 

[ctt1wbw]

Every meal aboard the USS Enterprise.

 

[katie ta achoo]

Wow... the grossest thing I've ever eaten was butter spread on a cookie. (I'm trying to gain weight, ok? )

That sounds like a pretty stereotypically american snack.

 

[robanga]

Alligator available at more than one chain restaurant. Rattlesnake too

 

[mac-convert]

White Castles. Belly Bombers - Sliders - whatever you wanna call 'em. If you aren't from the US east coast you probably haven't experienced these.

 

[NightFlight]

Kidney - Tastes exactly what it does.

 

[arkitect]

Biltong . . .

It's GOOD, GOOD, GOOD!

Very salty though… good with beer…
Although I prefer the sausage.
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Here in the UK:
Spotted Dick…
Toad in the Hole…

 

[maestro55]

Really nothing that I would consider bizarre. I once had Rabbit.

 

[Macaddicttt]

Really nothing that I would consider bizarre. I once had Rabbit.

Only once? I love rabbit. It's a shame it's hard to find in the US.

 

[steveza]

Very salty though… good with beer…
Although I prefer the sausage.

Beer and biltong - classic combination - the sausage is called droewors (dry sausage) and it too is good

 

[119576]

Really nothing that I would consider bizarre. I once had Rabbit.

Only once? I love rabbit. It's a shame it's hard to find in the US.

I <3 catching and cooking my own

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I don't really see anything we eat as strange...Except black pudding. I have never liked the stuff.

 

[blackfox]

Brussel Sprouts. Bizarre in that people actually found/find these to be remotely edible.

You haven't had proper culinary hell till you are forced to eat institution-made brussel sprouts...(thanks British School System).

Obviously, I've never recovered from the trauma.

Also, although common - I've found the act of eating crawfish disgusting - if not bizarre.

 

[benmrii]

When I lived in Korea... as a stew... dog.

I swear I didn't know.

 

[steveza]

Also, although common - I've found the act of eating crawfish disgusting - if not bizarre.

crawfish = crayfish???

 

[themadchemist]

I had this strange meal once. They took some sort of dough and put mashed up tomatoes and cheese on it, along with a bunch of vegetables, and baked it or something. And then they cut it into pieces and we had to eat each slice. How odd. It was in this country called "America" (heard of it?).

 

[blackfox]

crawfish = crayfish???

yes. I've seen it spelled both ways.

 

[ctt1wbw]

Only once? I love rabbit. It's a shame it's hard to find in the US.

Not here. We gots rabbits all over the dang roads here.

 

[remmy]

Here in the UK:
Spotted Dick…
Toad in the Hole…

Those are not actually that strange.

Now Black Pudding, that is bizarre

 

[yg17]

White Castles. Belly Bombers - Sliders - whatever you wanna call 'em. If you aren't from the US east coast you probably haven't experienced these.

They're all over the midwest too. I love White Castle

And if you've never had a White Castle, you haven't lived.

 

[Santa Rosa]

I ate poo once...

 

[adk]

Also, although common - I've found the act of eating crawfish disgusting - if not bizarre.

Crawfish are delicious (something I don't see you disputing) and eating the tail of a crawfish is no different than eating lobster. Sucking the heads? Well, that's a different story.



Anyways, I guess the weirdest food I've eaten was a horse steak while I was in Quebec. It wasn't that good, but I figured I wouldn't have that many chances in life to try horse. Also, when I was in Japan I had a piece of sushi whose english translation was "squilla." I don't know what it was, but it was somewhat tasty.

 

[Leareth]

Cockroach pie - surprisingly tasty, just picking the bug pieces out of teeth was a bit icky

Muktuk - yum. honest love this stuff.

Durian Ice Cream - awesome. tastes like super rich vanilla custard

Century Egg - especially with the soft centres

Abalone - once, @$50. worth it though

Geoduck - love them after they are chopped, live too phallic

 

[ctt1wbw]

I ate poo once...

So you were on the USS Enterprise, too, eh?

Or were you just in a drunken college stupor?