what is the strangest food you've ever eaten?

@jairgirl (2877)
United States
April 28, 2008 8:02pm CST
hello, i am not trying to make you sick here LOL, but since i love food and i am always intrigue by it (though i wont try it, haha) i guess that's why i enjoy watching anthony bourdain sometimes. anyway, to answer my own question the strangest food i have ever eaten is frog and horse meat. i was in elementary when i tasted the frog meat coz my classmate says it is really yummy and she ask me if i want to try. it is pretty good though but when i found out what the real thing is i am about to go somewhere, LOL regarding the horse meat, i was having my training when i am enjoying a meal with all the male staff at the hotel. this guy says that's the best meat he ever had and he is happy that he have it again. he said he wont tell me what it is till i give it a try, and having that tomboy image back then i grab the dare and have a bite. i dont agree it is a tasty one coz it is not tasty at all and it is more chewy than a beef jerky. to make it short, i end up going to bathroom anyway, how about you? i hope no one sees this as crazy and retarded one as i just want to know and see how others see a food. hope to hear from you then. takecare!
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@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
29 Apr 08
hmmm strange discussion well i have eaten liver of chicken i have eaten brain of goat, liver of goat, etc, these are commom dishers here but strangest thing i had are lobster cooked as it it and u have to eat from its belly and other thing, i was in japenese resturant and my guest was from korea, he order one dish and it comes out to be green color vege and on inquiring its told that its sea weed. but honestly, it taste good take care
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@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
29 Apr 08
yes strange and i can feel it more when you mention all the common dishes in your place id rather have the lobster than the brain LOL i wonder what the lobster looks like, i always have the grilled or the baked one and i do love it (i just love sea food, except octopus in sushi, ewwww yea sea weed is not that bad and very healthy too. anyway, thanks for sharing your choice appreciate it a lot! takecare!
@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
30 Apr 08
LOl thanks for response well dear, brain taste really good, like egg or u can say like grilled Lobster well if u like sea food then i am sure u know how lobster look like when serve complete in platter, just like King Prawns and u r right, tuna and crab mear are best in sushi but after reading post by others i think i did not eat any thing weired yet LOL take care
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
30 Apr 08
hahaha, i feel the same after reading all your post, i feel like mine is like nothing compared to most, oh well i dont have that tummy for that LOL oh crab meat, yumyum, im hungry now haha! takecare!
• United States
29 Apr 08
i think the strangest thing would have to be a dish that i had wheni took a trip to russia and it had rice and somekind of white meet that i am going to say was maybe some kind of bird it had cheese and some kind of green vegetable it was not the best tasting thing that i have ever eaten but i ate it as not to be rude
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@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
29 Apr 08
hello chelle! i applaud you for trying it out. i usually smell a food that i dont know before i eat it and if it dont pass it i will be a rude one coz i wont dare to touch it coz i feel i will be more rude if i end up throwing up right there and then. i love to explore food still but i have to smell it first or i have to close my eyes before i reach the table and i have to make sure the blind folds remain there till the meal is over i have never been in russia but i know my sister and her husband loves russian food as well as mongolian. i wish i know the name of the meal you mention so i can ask my sister if they ever had it, anyway, appreciate your time here. thank you! takecare!
@mbs730 (2147)
• Canada
30 Apr 08
Okay, ready for this? Jellyfish! Thats right, jellyfish! It didn't taste bad but the texture was not pleasant and I wouldn't touch it again... it was just too weird for me! But I am Canadian and jellyfish is not something that is eaten very often in North America.
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
30 Apr 08
hello, jellyfish ei? i have not tried that and i dont think i would. i am not sure if that is the same thing they showed one time on tv that japanese (or another asian country) is doing it. well at least you find the taste not bad and yes i will agree with the texture, i am not a fan of slimy stuff anyway, thanks for sharing i am amazed how many people have tried different stuff in their lives, that is really cool takecare!
• Philippines
2 May 08
hi mbs730...hi jairgirl... i think jelly fish/century eggs are both served as appetizers in most asian dishes... jellyfish is tasteless unless you dipped it in soysauce. ^_^
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
2 May 08
thanks for the info metal_monkee, i didnt know that, i guess i am not that interested on that kind of food LOL i have tried century egg and i would never would try it again, my college prof hated me coz he loves it and he is so proud to let me taste it and i just spit it out as soon as it lands on my mouth. i was so embarrassed and i know i offended him but id rather spit it out than to throw up there, that would be worst oh well, he hated me anyway takecare
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Well I've always liked to try new things, within reason of course, so over the years I've tried a variety of things. I love buffalo meat. That is very good in my opinion. I also love venison. I have tried some other things that are a bit stranger. I like Calamari, which is squid, when it is made right. It can be very good but if cooked wrong it's rubbery. I tried Sea Turtle when I was in the Cayman islands. It was ok but a bit stringy in my opinion. I tried snails and oysters, did not like either. Well oysters it seems I'm allergic to but the snails were just nasty. I tried them a few different times due to others insisting the ones I had previous must have been cooked wrong. Yuck and yuck again no matter how many times I tried. I also tried caviar once. The rich can have it. To me it was just gross. There is a restaurant near me that is supposed to have ostrich and I'd like to try that. See what it is live.
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
30 Apr 08
Well it helped I went on a few cruises. I could try things on there I might not otherwise and if I didn't like it I could get something else to eat. Not sure when I will be able to try the ostrich but hopefully soon. I've heard it's good as well. I also want to try alligator, which is sold a lot down here just haven't had the chance.
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
30 Apr 08
hmmm cruises, i love to try it someday but my man doesnt like it coz he said it bores the hell out of him so i guess it aint gonna happen till i tied him up, blind fold him and force him to go LOL i didnt know they have variety of food out there, never been there so my knowledge is limited and thank you for sharing it. you're the second person who said alligator, wow! good luck on that and would love to know what happen then. takecare and good night!
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@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
29 Apr 08
wow! you sure have tried a lot of stuff there. yeah i can only try something within reason, if my nose doesnt like it i better not like it LOL i agree with the snails haha, i have never tried oyster yet but our family friend keeps asking us to go to this oyster bar but i doubt that i will like not enough for me to try it. caviar, sounds yummy but i know in reality it is not so i am not jumping out of my seat to have it keep me posted on your ostrich adventure, i've heard they are tasty as well as the eggs hmmmmmmmmm.... takecare
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@Aingealicia (1905)
• United States
2 May 08
Sea Urchin. Ainge
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
2 May 08
hi ainge, i have never heard of it being a cuisine only got the chance to know them at the museum LOL thanks for dropping by. takecare!
• India
29 Apr 08
Its owl soup for me. I thought it was chicken soup, but owl floating head in soup made me realize what was I gonna drink. I was in hongkong that time. I tried my best to pretend 'oh so yummy',but I horribly failed.
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
29 Apr 08
hello chenlihong! hahaha, i can imagine how hard you pretend, i will surely do the same but i am not good at it that's why id rather be honest and say i am not gonna try something i am not sure of coz i will surely throw up and embarrassed not only myself but as well as the host. there sure is a lot of strange food in asia, i remember this boy who asked me out and i was so excited and he brings me to this chinese restaurant that he says is very famous and i have to pick from turtle, snake or rabbit haha i said i have beef LOL he was so red coz he is so proud about the place, haha! anyway, thanks for sharing and welcome here in mylot!
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
29 Apr 08
kiyahalhe?! i understand more now that you mention it, yeah they sure dont like that there is someone who dont like their culture. you have to remember it was thousand years old so you better be. i remember the first time i came in china i was only 22 and i didnt know such thing and i mention something about the loudness of how they eat coz i was thought it was rude to do so and after that, they sure hate me. i have to learn something in a hard way i guess. oh well. i wish you and your gf all the best, zai jian!
• United States
30 Apr 08
The 2 strangest things I've ever eaten were frogs legs and rattle snake. My mom took me to a fancy resturant when I was a kid, and I actually ordered the frogs legs. She didn't want me to do it, cause she didn't think I'd like them, but I ate every bit of them. They really do taste like chicken. Then, a few years later, a friend of my grandpa's stopped by with some weird white meat in a plastic bag and gave it to my grandma. She cooked it up and I ate some of it. It was kind of rubbery, but wasn't bad. She waited until I'd finished before she told me it was snake. I ate 3 more pieces. LOL I've also eaten squid, but a lot of people do that. It's not bad tasting, but I have a problem with the texture. It's hard to eat something that reminds you of an eraser.
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
30 Apr 08
hello thepromptwriter, i love how you end your post, "eraser" haha, i wonder how you will describe an octopus then most people do really say that frog taste like chicken i dont remember it tasting like one, maybe i was too young then you sure have the guts to eat 3 more piece of that snake LOL anyway, thanks for sharing appreciate it! takecare!
@nana1944 (1365)
• United States
29 Apr 08
Well, I lived in Louisiana several times so being a country girl by raising in Kansas, I was game to try different things so if the need ever arose I would at least be able to get by. I ate alligator meat which is really good. Also possum, racoon and squirrel. My favorite gumbo to this day is squirrel gumbo. You can have all the shrimp gumbo you want, I will take the squirrel.
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
29 Apr 08
hello nana1944, nice to see you here! oh wow, alligator? i have never heard someone dare to have it YET, i agree with you that it is best not to easily gross out by whatever food in case something happen and you can easily or at least get by. oh i love gumbo, i have never tried the one with the ones you mention but id rather have the shrimp and you have whatever left takecare!
@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
29 Apr 08
hello jairgirl, as far as I remember, I guess the strangest food I have eaten is a meat of carabao, my classmate in Elementary also convinced us to try and eat it, and without any hesitation, I did and I didn't like it. I just end up trowing it and eat a lot of my food to get rid of the taste in my tongue!
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
29 Apr 08
hello checapricorn, i can imagine you that very moment LOL i sure do the same whenever i ate something i dont like, beside crying of course i am not sure if i ever have carabao meat, maybe i have when i was a kid coz my relatives are into farming then but i am not sure now. thanks for sharing anyway. takecare!
@pangeacat (619)
• United States
30 Apr 08
Apparently, when I was little, I ate chicken feet soup. My step father, at the time, was part Chinese. He knew the language, and enjoyed taking me and my mother to China town on a semi regular basis (the one in Los Angeles, not the larger and more well-known version in San Francisco). He would typically order for us, after we told him what we wanted, at whatever restaurant we were eating at. Well, one evening, I saw someone with a bowl of this soup. I insisted that I wanted a bowl of that. I don't really know why. The waiter, Johnny (my step dad), and my mother all argued with me about why I really didn't want to try that soup. But, no matter what any of them said, I still insisted. Finally, my mom said, "Well then, bring her a bowl, and she'll probably change her mind once she sees all the chicken feet in it." To everyone's nearly disgusted amazement, I wasn't grossed out by the chicken feet, and proceeded to eat the entire bowl. I don't really remember that moment though, so I'm not sure that should fully count. Within memory, I think the strangest food I've ever eaten would be sour cream and onion chips with a small amount of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream and a drizzle of mustard on them. That one usually trips people out, but I swear it was by choice, and actually my best friend and I continued to eat this as a snack for quite a while. She tried it after I told her that it really did taste good and she should give it a go. She, like myself, became hooked. I've also had goat meat tacos, which are really yummy by the way. Ethiopian food was an interesting experience, though a bit too bitterly spicy for my tastes. Still, not bad. And, of course, there are things I've eaten on a dare that would make most people lose their lunch. But, prior to having my kids, my stomach was made of solid iron! LOL. So, the "eat a sandwich with chocolate, mayonnaise, relish, caramel, cookie dough, mustard, lemon, and chili powder" were the easy dares for me.
@JAVEER (43)
• India
29 Apr 08
the thing u ate that is beef the same thing i ate ,am a muslim and my famlily members forced me once after eating it ,am unable to forget that forrible taste yack
@jairgirl (2877)
• United States
29 Apr 08
hello javeer! salam! thanks for sharing. i have few muslim friends and i have many when i was in singapore. i love your food anyway. yea, stuff that is forced to happen is never good and always leave a bad taste in our mouth. well at least you will never forget your family members for the rest of your life takecare