How adventurous are you when it comes to food?

@Shavkat (141906)

Philippines

May 7, 2023 3:11am CST

During my university days, I was so adventurous when it came to eating foods from different places in my country. But then, I cannot push myself to eat strange foods, such as frog's meat, 'adobong kamaru (cameroon),' 'tamilok' (woodworms), etc. Don't get me wrong, but I tried some of them. These are strange or exotic foods that I can eat. Image Credit: getaway.ph

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@DaddyEvil (174335)

• United States

7 May 23

I grew up eating the meat of a lot of different wild animals my brothers shot and brought to the kitchen for mom to cook. But there are some things I cannot/will not eat. I'm willing to try foods from other societies as long as there's nothing I'm allergic to and there's nothing that will make me sick if told what it is. (Everybody knows I can't eat rice, okra and a few other things... )

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

I love eating rice, lady's fingers, etc. I am sure wild animals taste tasty like the wild boar. This is the only wild animal that I had eaten before.

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@DaddyEvil (174335)

• United States

8 May 23

@Shavkat Did you try the frog legs? That was one of the things I grew up eating. YUM!

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

@DaddyEvil Eeew. I never dared to eat some frogs' legs. My cousins in the province do.

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

8 May 23

Not much into adventure when it came to food. But I do like good food. And yes I have tasted every chocolate on earth

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@allknowing (153544)

• India

8 May 23

@Shavkat My blood sugar is always low - lower than 100 fasting

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

@allknowing I am glad that it is not that high. Is it because of fasting?

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

I am also a chocoholic but tried to lessen it. I do not want to be inflicted with diabetes mellitus.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

7 May 23

I like cooking and it is one of my hobbies. I especially like challenging new recipes which sometimes my husband feel afraid of it. As no matter the new recipe is successful or not, he has to eat it anyway

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

I am sure you did some experiments in the kitchen. Have you tried some of the exotic foods there in China?

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

8 May 23

@Shavkat Of course. I have tried to cook Italian, American, British, Japanese, Indian and Mexian food

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

@youless How about the strange delicacies in China?

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@LadyDuck (502329)

• Italy

7 May 23

I am quite adventurous, even if there are things that I do not want to try.

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@LadyDuck (502329)

• Italy

8 May 23

@Shavkat My husband likes turtle soup. I ate snails in France and legs frogs. I cannot stand snakes, I skipped trying fried snakes in Arizona, but I had crocodile nuggets in Florida.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

@LadyDuck I tried the turtle soup when I got drunk in China before.

I did eat some local snails during my childhhood years.

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@LadyDuck (502329)

• Italy

8 May 23

@Shavkat I do not like turtle soup.

@rakski (156297)

• Philippines

7 May 23

I don't like trying those

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

Indeed. I only tried isaw (chicken intestines), balut (boiled egg embryo), pig skin, tok neneng (quail eggs), one day old chick, etc.

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@rakski (156297)

• Philippines

9 May 23

@Shavkat I do not eat tokneneng and oneday old

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

8 May 23

I will not eat bugs, so probably not very adventurous. I did have frog legs and rattlesnake tail growing up.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

It is surprising that you had tried frogs' legs and rattlesnake's tail. Some locals love eating frogs' legs in the coutryside and even the snakes.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

@CarolDM I got it. I grew up in one of the cities in my country. It is not likely for us to eat frogs' legs.

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@CarolDM (203396)

• Nashville, Tennessee

8 May 23

@Shavkat I grew up in the country.

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@m_audrey6788 (58468)

• Germany

7 May 23

No. I`m not adventurous

I also don`t like to eat exotic food

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@m_audrey6788 (58468)

• Germany

8 May 23

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

I can only have a few but not all. When I was still in China, I cannot even try their stinky tofu.

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@maclanis (2405)

• Belgium

7 May 23

I feel like I'm rather adventurous. I'll try most things at least once.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

I can feel that you are. I think it is fine if we try it once.

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@crossbones27 (52905)

• Mojave, California

7 May 23

I take not a American University. You would be arrested punishing the privileged people.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

They will be in hell if these strange foods were served on their tables.

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@RebeccasFarm (91299)

• United States

7 May 23

I am very adventorous.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

I think you are, Rebecca. I will try new things if I really can endure it.

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

7 May 23

Not adventurous at all.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

I can understand that.

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@dgobucks226 (37621)

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7 May 23

What no "eye of newt?" No, I'm not too adventurous. I'll leave the 'tamilok' to the birds. I like to know how something is going to taste.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

I was also surprised with the 'tamilok' that can be eaten by some locals here. I won't dare though.

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@dya80dya (36805)

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8 May 23

I am not adventurous. I can't eat many foods.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

At present, I am not open to this food adventure thing.

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@happylearner (1569)

• Indonesia

8 May 23

I think I'm quite adventurous, but not that much.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

8 May 23

I think I can still do it. If I know how it was being cooked, then I am fine with it.

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@rsa101 (40966)

• Philippines

10 May 23

Well, I can mostly tolerate all kinds of food, especially the exotic ones. Since I barely travel nowadays, I do not encounter them anymore. But if given the chance I would love to try them all.

@popciclecold (40215)

• United States

9 May 23

Doesn't sound very good to me.

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

10 May 23

I also think so.

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@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

10 May 23

Can not eat them, unless I am very hungry and no option

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@Shavkat (141906)

• Philippines

10 May 23

For survival sake, I will do the same thing.