The Most Exotic Food You've Tried

Finland
September 25, 2007 6:09am CST
Warning: Don't read if you want to keep your appetite he he he... Question: What're the most exotic kinds of food that you've dared tried? Anything from your own home country? In Indonesia, people eat cow's brain, cow's tongue, cow's intestines, frogs, snails, and chicken feet. I personally LOVE all of them (except snails - they're OK but not too tasty), esp. when my Mom cooks them 'coz she's a WONDERFUL cook. So tell me your own experience, where you tasted it/them, and how did you like the exotic food that you tried?
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@shiloh_222 (5479)
• Philippines
26 Sep 07
Hi... well, chicken feet. i just tried it once and i dont think i will eat again... LOL.... but i love chicken intenstines skewered and barbequed.. LOL... ox tongue which is lengua estofada is a delicacy too... it is cooked so tender and seasoned very well with mushroom sauce that you won't be able identify that is ox tongue...LOL... i was a victim... i was shocked to find out it was what it was...LOL
• Philippines
26 Sep 07
actually, it wasnt the taste that turned me off because it was ordered from one of the popular restaurants... rather the time needed to eat it. im always on the run and i like to eat my food quickly... as long as it is not spicy, i guess it's worth a try, let's say, "a feet"....LOL... have u tried eating brains of the chicken?
• Finland
26 Sep 07
Maybe you should try my Mom's chicken feet. The BEST in the world he he he he he he he he... Yeah, ox tongue, when cooked well, is VERY tasty and you wouldn't know that it's really a tongue he he he...
• Finland
9 Oct 07
Chicken brain? Not really, but I tried cow's brain and I LOVE it. ;-D
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
25 Sep 07
I am not very adventurous when it comes to trying new and different foods, however the most exotic thing I've tried is squid and it tasted vile, it was rubbery and I spat it out! Never again! I prefer to eat foods that I know I enjoy. I definitely won't be eating squid again! My friend has had frogs legs and said they tasted like chicken, I was upset because I keep frogs and I would never eat one of my pets!
• Finland
25 Sep 07
Oohhhh, sorry to hear about your having frogs at pets. I'm guilty too 'coz I love frogs he he he... I actually LOVE squid. My hubby can't understand that, either. I guess I love rubbery food as long as it's cooked with the right spices he he he he...
@unuzzz (1273)
• Indonesia
26 Sep 07
hi ailema4ever i saw most responses in your discussion said calamari as one of the exotic food i'm very surprised people answered calamari as an exotic food LOL my most exotic food would be grasshoppers in Thailand ! never again i had that dish in my entire life !! yucksss !! once i saw on the discovery channel, there is a local food called 'ballut', it's from philipine you might have heard it before, it's an almost-hatched duck egg you can find its head and body inside the egg, and the philipinos ate them without hesitation, OMG !! anyway, thanks .. hehee ^^
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• Finland
26 Sep 07
OHHHHHHHHH...grasshopper! I was waiting for someone to say grasshopper. So how did it taste like??? So bad, eh? HI HI HI... I know ballut from Fear Factor. I can't imagine how it tastes like, though. Based on your description, you haven't tasted it, either, eh? He he he he...THANKS for sharing, btw! ;-D
@unuzzz (1273)
• Indonesia
28 Sep 07
hi again ailema4ever.. nope, i haven't tasted balut and i will never taste it hahaa LOL, just saw it on the tv is more than enough LOL the grasshopper ?? actually it's crunchy and a little sweet but hey, you can figure it as a grasshopper just by looked it at a glance maybe it's because my antiphaty too, but still it's not delicious ok ! LOL hahaaa, thanks !
@muscare (3068)
• Australia
26 Sep 07
Well, I've had sheeps brains, hated them, cows stomach, hated that to, but I like sheeps liver and tongue. Also, I've eaten kangaroo, and had an emu pie. The roo's nice, didn't like the emu much.
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@muscare (3068)
• Australia
26 Sep 07
Yeah, and to make it even more interesting is that both those animals are on the Australian 50cent piece, like national icons!
• Finland
9 Oct 07
Oh, national icons, eh? Interesting! ;-D
• Finland
26 Sep 07
Kangaroo? WOW!!! This is something I've never heard before. Emu, too? Well, THANKS for sharing, anyway. Now I know more types of "exotic" food he he he...
@kiobug (2250)
• United States
8 Oct 07
I am a picky eater so the most exotic thing I have tried is Sushi. It was gross. I spit it out on the floor in the restaurant. I tried it here in America and I feel bad for the person who had to clean that up but it just did not taste good.
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• Finland
11 Oct 07
Yeah, there are just some food that we can't begin to learn to like...at least we can still eat other kinds of food, then. ;-D
• Finland
9 Oct 07
Hi, kiobug, I'm sorry that your experience with sushi was so bad. :-((( I've tried it a few times and it's fine for me. ;-D
@kiobug (2250)
• United States
11 Oct 07
Haha. Yeah I am too because I think it sounds a looks like a cool food but it was gross to me. : (. Oh well.
@alexdra77 (147)
20 Mar 08
i have had chicken feet it is a regular thing where i am from,nope i dont think i would try snail.
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• Finland
4 Apr 08
Hi, alexdra! THANKS for sharing he he he...I understand why you don't want to try snail he he he...;-D Have a NICE weekend!
@laurika (4532)
• United States
10 Oct 07
I had similar discussion liek you but it get deleted.I don't know why and never really find out.But at least I can reposnd to your discussion.The most exotic food was frog legs.It taste like a chicken , but I don't care that much about it.I eat cow's tongue, but it is nothing exotic to me.We just regularly eat at home and even my man say it is the best roast beef he ever eat.And he ate it first time, he thought he would not like it, but now he loves it.
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• Finland
10 Oct 07
EH? That's weird. Anyway, you've eaten frog legs and cow's tongue? That's GOOD and glad your man likes it he he he...
@nyumix (1658)
• Belgium
7 Feb 08
I am open to try any kind of food in the world,as long as it still reasonable. But so far, the most exotic one is the one from India.I wonder if the real food from India taste the same like the one I tried in the restaurant here in Europe. I think it will be different. Looking forward to try it.
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• Finland
17 Feb 08
Hey, Put! So you're here, too? But I never really visited this site anymore ha ha ha...too busy doing everything else. I've never really tried Indian food, either...oh, wait a minute, just one time in Helsinki, but I also doubt if it's the same as in India!
@ericha (208)
• Indonesia
29 Sep 07
Haloo ailema4ever, i like cows liver in sambal goreng ati dishes, hmmm yum!
• Finland
29 Sep 07
OOHHHH, Ericha, now you make me drool!!! My Mom can cook that dish VERY VERY well he he he he...I miss my Mom! ;-D
• Philippines
10 Oct 07
the most exotic food that i ever tried is the snake..fried snake actually..it really tastes good that i think it is fried chicken..heh..
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• Finland
10 Oct 07
Hi, reegan! Oh yeah, some people in Indo also eat snake and they say it tastes like chicken. So it must be true, then he he he...;-D
@nadezna (203)
• Philippines
8 Oct 07
im a filipino and i really like balot and i enjoy eating that, balot also contain lots of minerals and vitamins it also give you lots of energy in our country balot is an aprodisiac it really help men for being strong and having lot of energy.. but for me the most exotic food i ate is the big ant i have an asthma and my mom friend suggest to my mom that she had to feed me some of those ants and my mom fried that ant when i tasted it im impressed becaused it tasted good and it really help me a lot with my condition.
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• Finland
9 Oct 07
Hi, nadezna! Ahhh...balot contains lots of minerals and vitamins, eh? I didn't know that it was also aphrodisiac! WOW!!! Big ant? It tastes good and it's good for asthma? THANKS for sharing! I didn't know this, either. I'm glad that it's helped with your asthma!
• Philippines
9 Oct 07
You should visit the Philippines....Eat there what they called "Balut" its delicious....
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• Finland
9 Oct 07
Hi, gem, maybe someday I'll get to visit the Philippines he he he...We'll see. ;-D
@ayou82 (3450)
• Philippines
19 Feb 08
Well in my country we eat chicken fetus.. and it is really nice I love it.I hope you could try one time and see the difference and its good for your health too i mean not too much though
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• Finland
22 Feb 08
Hi, ayou! Chicken fetus? WOW!!! That's something new he he he...I think I daren't try it, though ha ha ha...
• Philippines
1 Dec 07
im from philippines! i eat snake: it taste like chicken
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• Finland
1 Dec 07
THX for sharing, antoinette!!! In Indo people also eat snake he he he he...
• India
28 Sep 07
The most exotic food i eat is fried tortoise mixed with pepper powder.I like to taste any food which is good for health.
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• Finland
28 Sep 07
Mmmm...That sounds yummy!!! ;-D THANKS For sharing!!! ;-D
@Perry2007 (2229)
• Philippines
27 Sep 07
Dog meat, have you tried... I don't like it. there is one delilcacy thet is made of cobra extract, I forgot the name, its good. it's a soup with great flavor.
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• Finland
27 Sep 07
No, I haven't tried dog meat. Cobra extract? Ahhhh...interesting. Never heard of it before, though. THANKS for sharing! ;-D
@wisedragon (2325)
• Philippines
26 Sep 07
snails - in the Philippines we eat small snails
I'm not much of an adventurer so here are the most exotic foods I have tried: 1. Dinuguan - Pork stew made from pig blood. Tastes good if made with the right ingredients. 2. Ginataang kuhol - Small snails cooked in coconut milk. You take the snail out of its shell using a toothpick. Tastes good!
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• Finland
26 Sep 07
Hi, wisedragon! I've never tasted pig blood, but I LOVE beef blood. Finnish people also eat blood, though I'm not sure what kind of blood it is he he he... Snails cooked in coconut milk? I've never tasted it, either. I did taste snail, but it was cooked in a different way. THANKS for sharing! ;-D
@Bunsdk (242)
• Denmark
26 Sep 07
I think the most exotic food I ever ate, was chocolate covered crickets. But also eaten squids, monkeys, tasted haggish, foods made form varios intestines, brains hearts livers and what not. Live worms, live insects.. I used to travel a lot, and we used the rule to learn as much about the country as possible, which included their foods. We loved to test excactly that, and we expanded our culinary experiences so much that I no longer really feel any food is nasty. its just culturally biased. Its rather about what you normally eat compared to what others eat as standard foods :D
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• Finland
26 Sep 07
WOW, Bundsk, you are really adventurous!!! Tsk tsk tsk...I don't think I dare eat live worm or insect he he he he...I don't wonder that you no longer feel any food is nasty based on what you've told me he he he...VIVA LA FOOD! ;-D
@a_ce_e (1422)
• Philippines
26 Sep 07
Snails is not exotic for me, as we have a lot of them in our country. What my mom usually do, is just put it in a bowl of water till the snails spill the extra dirt they have, then boil in a new clean water, put some salt and tanglad leaves or ginger, some snails we cooked it with coconut milk and it tastes so delicious. Chicken feet is also one of popular menu in my home country, cooked with vinegar, garlic, pepper and soy sauce. Sometimes, chicken feet is being sold just like barbecues. It is also one of my favorite. One of the most exotic food i had eaten is called "KINILAW NA PANIKI" or bats. The bat meat mixed with vinegar, onion, calamnsi or lemon juice and salt to taste. It taste a little sweet and sour. Bats eats fruits that what makes them tastes so good too.
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• Finland
26 Sep 07
Bats? Now this is a new one I've never heard before. So they're tasty because of that reason? Interesting!!! THANKS for your response. ;-D
@lgwlong (199)
• China
26 Sep 07
about the exotic food ,i have eaten many of them ,such as snake ,dog,cat ,mouse,ant ,bug,even the pig's placenta and cattle's ***,just tell the truth ,don't think about i am freak
• Finland
26 Sep 07
Freak? No. Maybe you should be a Fear Factor contestant, though he he he... I heard that snake tasted a bit like chicken. How about the rest of the stuff you mentioned? Some people in Indo eat dog meat, too, and they say it makes the stomach feel warm afterward. I don't know about that, though.