eating exotic/wild stuff?

so what's the exotic stuff you've eaten. i'm pretty boring when it comes to exotic things... i've had sushi.... *pause and wipe drool from my chin* but i've never tried anything really exotic or wild.

anyone eaten cockroaches or snake or kangaroo etc?

i've had turtle, locusts and mealworms.

pheasant, venison, elk jerky, trout, bass, crappie, which really aren't all that exotic, but (and inadvertantly) calf fries. Bleck. :bleh:

alligator, mealworms :eek:

*clears throat* :oops:


All the obvious... Gator, Rattle Snake, ( I know, I was young) Rabbit, Deer, Wild Hog, etc... all the things Texans have deemed edible.... & that's an almost endless list! :P
I'll try anything once....... true! :D And I love to eat. Got the build to prove it too! ;)


BUT!!!! When I was 21 I visited my father that was working in Korea.
We went to a sushi bar?... but it was a Korean sushi bar. *hint* You not only ate raw fish, you picked out what fish, etc. you wanted to eat. So me being who I am, I pointed to a very large fish and a squid that were swimming bye in the holding tank. I'm expecting like, fried calamari?
No. Out comes the live fish that they put into a boiling pot on the table, (best soup I've EVER had BTW).... then the Squid. Alive.
The guy proceeds to chop it up into several squirmy pieces on my plate, and gives me a dish of dipping sauce and chop sticks............
So, I take a very LONNNG drink of my Sojuk? (sp)? Korean Beer= Potato Vodka... and I eat these wiggling, sucking, ALIVE parts of the squid....

WHY you ask? Because... I am able to tell this story. I went on a tour to China alone for the same reason.... I was never going to get the opportunity to do it again....
So there... I'm a live squid eater..... :D :) :D It could be worse! ;)

When i stayed in australia with some indigenous people i ate sea turtle which was AMAZING!!!!!! I have had gator and frog legs, i have eaten wax worms too like for feeding lizards. I can't eat sushi, i can't stand fish, ACK!!!!!!! But i have also eaten venison, and elk.

~mike

Laura....I wanna go on a trip with you!!! :D

The most exotic things I've eaten.... cow's tongue, conch, and "rattlesnake eggs" which were actually fried calf testicles. (Actually quite good...but only if you could block out the knowledge of what it really was... :P )

Buffalo, gator, emu, meal worms, red worms, grasshoppers, pine beetle grubs, pig brains (yes the brains) they really reminded me of eggs, cotton mouth, frog legs.

When I was stationed in Korea I ate dog from one of the street vendors, which isn't exactly exotic...and not exactly something I'm proud of...and I'll actually probably delete this later on when I think about what I just typed here...

I have ate, Alligator, Rattle snake, Shark, Mealworms and yes even Rocky Mountian oysters :O Also tried cat food ( poor cats have to eat stuff).

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Originally Posted by Kom@tose

When I was stationed in Korea I ate dog from one of the street vendors, which isn't exactly exotic...and not exactly something I'm proud of...and I'll actually probably delete this later on when I think about what I just typed here...

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I too have had dog. Didn't want to say that one its very greasy. :puke:

Along with the typical US exotics (alligator, sushi, elk, venison, bear, rattle snake, etc.) I spent a lot of time in China so I basically tried everything just to say I had . Some really good some gross.


Dog is a common (used to be sold at Wally World there)
Shark Fin (delicious)
Monkey (gross due to the thought but tastes like any game meat)
Live Squid and Octopus - very different
Jelly Fish and Jelly Fish soup (gross you have to slurp it)
Abalony (awesome...but very expensive for fresh)
Conch
wax worms, roaches, scorpions (appetizers)
BBQ tarantulas (very hard to eat an oh so nasty)

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

I too have had dog. Didn't want to say that one its very greasy. :puke:

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If you want greasy you try possum. My uncle was a trapper by trade. If he trapped it you ate it. There was no wasting food. Raccoon, squirrel, rabbit, possum. My aunt could do miracles with food. Also ate alligator, snake, turtle, etc. If you were squimish you didn't want to ask what she was serving,:)
I've also eaten dog , cat and rabbit food, mealworms. Usually to annoy someone or just out of curiosity. Fish food is the worst by far.:puke2:

I'm vegetarian hahaha this thread makes me glad I am :puke:

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Originally Posted by Blu Mongoose

If you want greasy you try possum.

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LOL Possum I've heard is nasty. Kinda like coon or nutra

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LOL Possum I've heard is nasty. Kinda like coon or nutra

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Nothing like coon in my opinion. Aunt Ida made great coon meatloaf. Just don't tell your cousins' new "city slicker" boyfriend what he just ate. WHAT A MESS!!:giggle: :giggle: :giggle:

On a cruise I tried the typical stuff, calamari and escargot(sp?)

I have eaten deer, elk, alligator, snow crabs, tons of fish and lots of other stuff

Nice thread. :)


crickets (while working for the freakshow - as a stage hand not an exhibit)
mealworms (^^^^^^)
waxworms (to gross out annoying customers in the pet shop and make them leave - they are actually really tasty by the way :D )

I also used to eat a sannich while counting out frozen mice/rats then answer the phone and inadvertantly switch hands - on the plus side I now appear to be immune to salmonella.

Oh and haggis - which I love but for some reason other people don't. I can only assume it's beacuse the recipie reads more like a parts list than a tasty treat.


I would also like to state for the record that I have never NEVER eaten a deep fried mars bar.

Though I will admit to eating a "pizzafishchickenkebab" - basically donner kebab meat,deep fried chicken peices and deep fried battered fish and french fries all pilled on top of (and subsequently rolled up in) a pizza of indeterminate gender and age (for the gourmand pakora may be added at a small surcharge). For best effect both ketchup and lashings of chilli sauce should be applied -n.b. put toilet paper in the freezer before retiring.

hares blood soup was also probably little unusual now I look back on it but was amazingly rich and tasty.



dr del

BLOOD SAUSAGE !

Is a sausage made by cooking animal blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled. Blood sausage is a more recent North American term for the same as well as a useful term for similar blood-based solid foods around the world.

Pig or cattle blood is most often used; sheep and goat blood are used to a lesser extent. Blood from poultry, horses and other animals are used more rarely. Typical fillers include meat, fat, suet, bread, barley and oatmeal.

Its freaking gross is like soaking bread in hamburger meat and the toasting it. :puke:
But we had to eat it in we were in Romania and thats what the host was serving.

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"pizzafishchickenkebab" - basically donner kebab meat,deep fried chicken peices and deep fried battered fish and french fries all pilled on top of (and subsequently rolled up in) a pizza of indeterminate gender and age (for the gourmand pakora may be added at a small surcharge). For best effect both ketchup and lashings of chilli sauce should be applied

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that is AWESOME...

guys and gals... i'm.... so..... glad.... :puke:.... i..... asked..... :puke:

We call that "black pudding" and I didn't even think of it as exotic at all. :rofl: :rofl:

Try it in a roll with bacon,fried potato scone,fried egg and tomato sauce.

Heart attack inna bun. :cool:



dr del

well derek... you've done me in... i won't be having breakfast today!

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We call that "black pudding" and I didn't even think of it as exotic at all. :rofl: :rofl:

Try it in a roll with bacon,fried potato scone,fried egg and tomato sauce.

Heart attack inna bun. :cool:

dr del

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Yea black pudding was the local name. I'm not adventurous enough to try it twice. But I'll take your word for it

Does anyone eat cecadas?" I've had a couple, but I heard the 17 year cecadas are coming out this year. I have a Ciceda recipe book on hand. I'm also planning on trying most of my Chameleon feeders. I'll post recipes if any of them come out ok. Other than that I've had rabbit and deer, I eat escargot, clams, oysters, hearing, alligator and chicken livers on a regular basis. The grossest thing I've ever eaten was a hot dog that fell on the floor, closely followed by a hot dog that hadn't fallen on the floor :eek:

Goat, venison, goat fries, etc. Tongue is a great delicacy in my family...poached gently until tender then cooled and sliced into sandwhich meat. Also, kidneys are just delicious...slice thin, marinate in olive oil and fresh basil, sautee just a few minutes until tender and serve over pasta with a squeeze of fresh lemon. Used to totally gross my vegetarian bf out.

I also had a deep interest in wild foods, so:
Snapping turtle (gross, tasted like rotting meat)
Softshelled turtle (fried, awesome...like rabbit)
Copperhead (stringy, tough)
Opossum (greasy and gamy)
Woodchuck (good when young, but adults have a strong and unpleasant odor)
Raccoon (tasty)
Muskrat (like mud-flavoured raccoon)
Squirrel (fabulous fried)
Chipmunks/mice (More bones than meat)
Wild freshwater mussels (like mud-flavoured seafood)
Wild crayfish (heavenly, if you could only catch enough of them)
Wild turkey (out of this world, like nothing a store turkey could ever dream of)
Grasshoppers (crunchy, odd-flavoured)

Daylilly buds (lovely tender things)
Daylilly roots (starchy)
Groundnuts (tasty)
Spring beauty tubers (Yummy, but tiny and takes forever to gather a bunch)
Wild wintergreen berries (same as Spring beauty tubers)
Acorns (too much work to process)
Assorted wild mushrooms (delicious)

Not much here. Cricket, mealworm, a live fish, deer, sushi

Escargot, venison, frog legs, squirrel pot pie, BBQ racoon, gator, calamari (is that really exotic any more?). I think that's it.

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Originally Posted by Laooda

So, I take a very LONNNG drink of my Sojuk? (sp)? Korean Beer= Potato Vodka...

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Soju is Korean alcohol. It's not beer, just a weak alcohol. though it's only 25% by volume, it'll really mess you up. You'll feel like you never felt before. Especially the day after.

In Korea beer is pronounced. Mek-ju.

Well in my adventures to Korea I ate all the sushi stuff mentioned before. No dog but I would have it was available. I tried silkworms there though. I'll tell you when you wake up hung over in a strange house and some strange person is trying to feed you something that's spicy with vegetables and clams in it you feel kind of awkward. There's too many different foods I've had in Korea that many people here would consider to be exotic so I'll just post a link to a site. I've had everything there but the actual royal meals (probably eaten the individual dishes though) http://english.tour2korea.com/05food...m=m5_1&konum=1

I was in Korea for 4 years so I ate a lot of different things there.

I've eaten real Iraqi Kabob amongst other native foods that I couldn't even begin to remember what they were called as well.

Oh and I could live off of venison, It's a regular part of life for me so I don't think of it as exotic.

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Soju is Korean alcohol. It's not beer, just a weak alcohol. though it's only 25% by volume, it'll really mess you up. You'll feel like you never felt before. Especially the day after.

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Agh! Well, that explains ALOT! :D I guess you'd haft to know my dad.... Proud Irish that we are... 30 min. after getting there he says "wanna beer"? I think sure, I just hiked up a partial mountain to get here! He gives me Soju.... :carouse: I still get the willies thinking about that first sip!!!

Did you frequent (I'm gonna butcher this)......Eta-won? I only spent 3 weeks there, but to this day... the sight of (gonna kill this too) Kim chi? :oops: BLAH.

I had some of the most amazing photos from my trip. The markets were CRAZY! I'll never forget seeing a bucket of Octopus! Awesome stuff... And yes... I yelled at the lady selling cats and dogs. I completely promised myself that I wouldn't, but .... yea. I did.

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Escargot, venison, frog legs, squirrel pot pie, BBQ racoon, gator, calamari (is that really exotic any more?). I think that's it.

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I luuuuvvvv Escargot...... :tongue2: :chew: :imslow:

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Originally Posted by Laooda

I luuuuvvvv Escargot...... :tongue2: :chew: :imslow:

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Me too. I looked into ordering Helix Snails to breed (farm) but you can't get them in most states because they are an agricultural threat. You can get cans of them raw for pretty cheap through mail order. I'm going to see if I can find them at Whole Foods or a specialty market around here. I could eat escargot and clams every day.

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(I'm gonna butcher this)......Eta-won? I only spent 3 weeks there, but to this day... the sight of (gonna kill this too) Kim chi? :oops:

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Itaewon. I went there once or twice when I was there too. It was just outside of Yongsan.

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Me too. I looked into ordering Helix Snails to breed (farm) but you can't get them in most states because they are an agricultural threat. You can get cans of them raw for pretty cheap through mail order. I'm going to see if I can find them at Whole Foods or a specialty market around here. I could eat escargot and clams every day.

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let me know if Whole Foods stocks them! I even have the little dishes that you cook them in.. (score at a Garage Sale) ! :D

Wild? Yes. Simply put I have eaten 5 LIVE grasshoppers first to see what they tasted like and then because my friend almost threw up :D Other than that I have had sushi and other various raw foods from buffets. I had haggus at the highland games last time I went too. Interesting taste. Good thing I didn't know what it was!!! :rockon:

WOW.....we got some eaters ;)

Pretty much any type seafood available.....a few different insects ...many types of venison and wild birds (even bbq'd an egret once...and a beaver too).....the normal reptiles and amphbians(frog, gator, and snake)... and the regular cajun snacks like boudin, etc.

.....no foods labeled 'odd or exotic' really throughs me off anymore....although I have tasted a few things that I will never try again ;)

*chews on a carrot and runs screaming from the room*

:lmao: Aleesha, you had to ask! :D :D :D

Goat
Venison
Buffalo
Dogfish (oh my god NASTY)
Chicken gizzards
Hearts
Squirrel
Wild freshwater mussels
Wild crayfish
Wild turkey
Morel Mushrooms
Andy Gump mushrooms
Clover
Dandelions
Wild Strawberries
Octapus
Squid
Softshell Crab
Pheasant
Quail
Numerous types of Caviar
Smelt

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Liver and onions...while not actually "wild" aren't everyones' favorites. I grew up eating beef's but our neighbor always cooked the pork liver.Yuuuummmmm


My grandfather made head cheese all the time. Never did get up the nerve to try it, or his homemade sauerkraut. After the surprise with the calf fries, I was more cautious when he cooked. hee hee:rolleye2:

Not sure to the extent you consider exotic/wild, but growing up taking "survival" hiking/camping trips in the Everglades, I was exposed to some fare that folks don't normally eat. I've had snails, elderberry flowers, cat-tail tubers, cabbage palm tubers, dandilion greens, custard apple and some other plants I can't remember the names of. Of course, fish that aren't marketed, wild oysters, clams and crabs.

Almost as important as food was learning about plants like citronella which is a natural mosquito repellent.

One of my insructors was so good at this that everyone claimed she could be dropped naked in the middle of the glades with just a knife and come out fully clothed and 10 lbs heavier.

Craig

My grandma and I used to pick and cook/eat dandelion greens when I was a kid. It was something she inherited from her mother.. did you know that they are actually a nonnative plant? I am actually thinking of cooking some up this year for nostaigia.. I remember them being really good, but they shrank down alot like spiniach does..

I tried blood-tongue pudding and head cheese when I worked in a deli.. not my cup of tea. But honestly, there are probably worse things in a hot dog, just that they are so ground-up, that you don't know what they are. Man, can't food be Honest? At least tongue pudding does not hide its true identity! And why would blood, gross anyone out who eats gravy or au jus.. same thing..

Crawfish are a Dream... they are rare around ehre but two local restaurants have them; they call them Lobster Dainties.. ah.. one of my favorite foods.
Snails were a big part of our annual family picnics.. not bad. Other than that.. venison (not a novelty..) I have a weird liking for horse' sweet feed pellets.. I stopped feeding them for horse-health reasons, but back when we fed them, I would grab 2-3 every few days to chew on.. yummy! I tried eating hay (nice, heavenly green alfalfa hay) but it was too fibrous.. as a kid, I would eat mashed potato flakes without water and chew on uncooked spaghetti noodles.. that is about the gist of my weird feeding :)

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Did you frequent (I'm gonna butcher this)......Eta-won? I only spent 3 weeks there, but to this day... the sight of (gonna kill this too) Kim chi? :oops: BLAH.

I had some of the most amazing photos from my trip. The markets were CRAZY! I'll never forget seeing a bucket of Octopus! Awesome stuff... And yes... I yelled at the lady selling cats and dogs. I completely promised myself that I wouldn't, but .... yea. I did.

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Yes the first time I was there I frequented ItaeWon (Way too much) I spent a lot of time on "The Hill" in ItaeWon drinking gallons of Soju.

As for the markets Namdaemun Market in Seoul is even more impressive than ItaeWon, although ItaeWon is geared more towards Americans. Down in Song-Ton (outside of Osan Air Base) There is another incredible market for Americans. It's a great place to get leather good, knock off designer purses, Jersey's ect.


Kim-chi, I know all about. It lived in my fridge for 6 years. I hate the stuff.

I went to a "dog" Market once too. I kind of stumbled upon it one day while I was out exploring. As you walk through you can see the dogs that they have raised specifically for eating. They use a certain breed (not sure what it is) You see the dogs alive in kennels and then quarters hanging like cow quarters hanging in a freezer. You know it's dog because you can see the feet on it.

Actually that market is where I got my dog. He's a terrier mix so he'd have been a pet if I didn't "save" him anyway.

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

I tried blood-tongue pudding and head cheese when I worked in a deli..

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Head cheese you say? If this wasn't a family friendly sort of place I'd tell you what that means over here. :giggle: :giggle:




dr del

Derek,


OMG :lmao: How fuuuunny...Hmmmmmm..:rolleyes: :rolleyes: Now I wonder........ :giggle: :giggle:

BTW, find your FedEx driver yet????? Hmmm?:P :P

Not yet but, worryingly, I think the postman winked at me this morning.:worry:
:P



dr del

sushi of all types

snake
alligator
buffalo, elk, deer, boar, rabbit, pigeon
durian fruit
truffles
beluga caviar (though I boycott it now that I know the environmental issues)
san pedro cactus :rolleye2:
prickly pear cactus
chocolate covered ants

I've eaten shark fin soup at a wedding....wouldn't eat it normally due to the cruelty involved :(

I agree with the wonderful taste of raccoon, boy do I miss a good coon. :hungry:

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Originally Posted by Blu Mongoose

Nothing like coon in my opinion. Aunt Ida made great coon meatloaf. Just don't tell your cousins' new "city slicker" boyfriend what he just ate. WHAT A MESS!!:giggle: :giggle: :giggle:

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Originally Posted by Holy Balls

yes even Rocky Mountian oysters :O

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Wow :8:

I have eaten some "strange" foods...to me they were normal growing up but not everybody else thought so.

deer *absolute FAV!!!
rabbit
squirrel
raccoon *I HATED that!
bear
buffalo
various fish
dove
calamari *I just tried this the other night. blegh!!!
sushi *ew

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Not yet but, worryingly, I think the postman winked at me this morning.:worry:
:P



dr del

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Just be sure you don't inadvertantly wink back! :D :P


We did the sushi thing one night w/ a gift card I got from an engineer here at work. Bleck.....the California wasn't TOO bad, (the tuna was so-so) but if it wasn't for the yaki soba noodles we would have gone hungry for dinner that night.

Robin had the octopus...I made her eat at least ONE. Nope..not again. hee hee :giggle: