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Strange Food?

jaydub58
jaydub58 Posts: 2,167
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
Okay, I'm inspired by Richard FL's thread on food dislikes. Now, what about the "strangest" food you have eaten?
Aside from very old GI C rations, that would have to be porcupine.
Definitely an acquired taste, and once was enough for me!

:pinch:
John in the Willamette Valley of Oregon
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    Can't say...Wife reads this forum.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,511
    :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Rezen73
    Rezen73 Posts: 356
    hrmm, does Haggis count? lol

    Actually, thinking about it, I'd have to go with laverbread, which is bread made out of boiled & pureed seaweed. In Wales, it's considered a delicacy.
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  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot Posts: 6,959
    I thought C Rations were very good. Of course, I may have been real hungry at the time.

    Rattlesnake and Armadillo.

    Actually, Armadillo was excellent, but they found that some armadillos had leprosy, so people quit eating them. That was back in the '70s.
    __________________________________________

    Dripping Springs, Texas.
    Just west of Austintatious


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  • BOWHUNR
    BOWHUNR Posts: 1,487
    I was on a Muskox hunt back in 1989 and after the hunt I stayed with an Eskimo (Inuit) family for a couple of days while waiting for my flight. Long story short, they talked me into trying quak (sp)?

    It was whale blubber dipped in hot whale oil like a fondue. It tasted like a Goodyear Eagle racing tire dipped in warm, dirty aquarium water. DOUBLE YUCK!!

    Mike
    Omaha, NE

    I'm ashamed what I did for a Klondike Bar!!

    Omaha, NE
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  • cookn biker
    cookn biker Posts: 13,407
    How does Musk Ox taste?
    Molly
    Colorado Springs
    "Loney Queen"
    "Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
    Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
    LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,666
    Rocky Mountain Oysters.

    “Declare victory when you have retreated past the point where you started”   - Don Tzu

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • cookn biker
    cookn biker Posts: 13,407
    Those are great! ;)
    Molly
    Colorado Springs
    "Loney Queen"
    "Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it."
    Bill Bradley; American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey
    LBGE, MBGE, SBGE , MiniBGE and a Mini Mini BGE
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  • MCR
    MCR Posts: 270
    Yes.... beluga rubber is up there for me too :pinch:
    Marc
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  • BarManBean
    BarManBean Posts: 129
    Strangest one for me is a "thousand year old egg." It's an asian "delicacy." My best friend growing up was Chinese and his parents were AMAZING cooks so i would try anything. most of it was incredible but they were very understanding when i didn't like something. the 1000-year-old egg is a duck egg that is buried in limestone powder for about 90-days. it turns into a jello sort of consistency with a number of different colored layers. and it tastes like arse! it was possibly the only thing that i didn't truly enjoy eating at their home!
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  • Desert Oasis Woman
    Desert Oasis Woman Posts: 5,604
    IF they are small and fresh ;)

    want to taste YAK :whistle:
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  • Austex_Egger
    Austex_Egger Posts: 153
    I spent about 5 months over in Japan for work. Tried quite a few strange things. Probably the strangest was fish balls (yes, they do have them) it was raw of course. Something to sample once, definitely not on my try again list.

    A strange thing that was actually good was squid sashimi. Tentacles on it are still moving, you don't eat those raw though. The come back a bit later, take that part a way and make tempura. Very good!
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  • privaterooster
    privaterooster Posts: 10
    fried tarantula
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  • Burns
    Burns Posts: 7
    Hmm,

    - Fried crickets and yams
    - Green caterpillar sushi
    - Fugu sashimi, from the poison puffer fish (nerve toxin)
    - Gator tail
    - Shark fin soup
    - Lutefisk, lye cured fish
    - Rattlesnake
    - Rooster testicles
    - Earthworm, this was HORRIBLE :sick:

    Probably a whole lot more I forgot about.

    Erik
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 34,975
    raw barnacles are very good :)
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • BOWHUNR
    BOWHUNR Posts: 1,487
    cookn biker wrote:
    How does Musk Ox taste?

    It really isn't bad. Maybe more similar to lamb than beef or bison.

    Mike
    Omaha, NE

    I'm ashamed what I did for a Klondike Bar!!

    Omaha, NE
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  • Jeffersonian
    Jeffersonian Posts: 4,244
    My strangest food might be whale, too, but it was pretty good when made by my friend's Norwegian mom. I also had horse when I was there, too.
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  • Burns
    Burns Posts: 7
    Hmm,

    - Fried crickets and yams
    - Green caterpillar sushi
    - Fugu sashimi, from the poison puffer fish (nerve toxin)
    - Gator tail
    - Shark fin soup
    - Lutefisk, lye cured fish
    - Rattlesnake
    - Rooster testicles
    - Earthworm, this was HORRIBLE :sick:

    Probably a whole lot more I forgot about.

    Erik
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    Beef Tongue.It was tastee! :) Chittlins,Calf fries,rooster fries,'Loney,fried beaver,turtle......after that it just gets gross. ;)
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    :laugh: ;)
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    :laugh: DOW YOU are SPOT on about the Mountain Oysters!When done "properly",some of the BEST eats on planet Earth! ;)
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  • Conceal carry
    Conceal carry Posts: 30
    Hog fries filled with strawberry preserves
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