What is the craziest food you have ever eaten???

Super Vedder

Heineken Helen wrote:

:eek: I would safely say that counts... why??? Where? What the fuck? :eek:

i dunno why really, i just thought it would be a laugh to buy some for work and see who would have one They taste a bit like bacon/nuts, but then ya can feel all bits of legs and what have ya getting stuck in ya throat, ive still got a couple here in my drawer if ya want em???

Heineken Helen

Super Vedder wrote:

i dunno why really, i just thought it would be a laugh to buy some for work and see who would have one They taste a bit like bacon/nuts, but then ya can feel all bits of legs and what have ya getting stuck in ya throat, ive still got a couple here in my drawer if ya want em???

no thanks! I'll stick with the shortbread that's in the drawer beside ME

Super Vedder

Heineken Helen wrote:

no thanks! I'll stick with the shortbread that's in the drawer beside ME

hehehe i'd say that was for the best really, mmmmmmm shortbread and cups of tea.......

JordyWordy

Heineken Helen wrote:

distressing? I can just picture you (well not really since I don't know what you look like, lol) cooking this meat and sobbing and screaming!

haha!! rofl

i actually meant that most people i know who cook it, also shoot and skin the deer, and leave it hanging in the shed out back etc....

But your interpretation was Miles better! cant get that image out of my head now

chadwick

pjfan31 wrote:

Nah, it's alright mate. A dig is like having ago/ making fun of someone/ being rude toward someone, it has negative connotations to it. saying to someone "your fat and ugly" That my friend, is having a dig.

Welcome to our Aussie colloquialisms 101. Plenty more where that came from... Fair dinkum

gotcha, having a go at someone, got it.
and as far as having a "fair dinkum"
i haven't a clue what a fair dinkum is.
i go ask jeanie/cate to teach me Aussie.
before you know it i'll be a kangaroo or a wombat marsupial?

are wombats edible?

edvedder913

my ass of a brother and mother lied to me when i was about 8 and told me this was chocolate pudding - Italian blood pudding sanguinaccio- I freaked out and cried for hours:

None of these recipes are very exact. I was trying to capture some of the lost lore of using pork blood.My memories of sanguinaccio was that of liking it until I learned what was in it. The recipes come from various sources. Just about every region of Italy prepares the dish. There are regional variations in the type of sweetening and flavorings. The crema can be used as pudding, in cookies or in a pie.
Rose Albrizio

TIPS FOR WORKING WITH PORK BLOOD
1. Gather the blood as it drains from the slashed throat of the pig.
2. Stir continually while the blood drains. This is to avoid clots. Clots affect the texture of the finished product which you want as smooth as a dense pudding.
3. It is preferred to use the traditional method of pig slaughter to gather blood. If you can't and have obtained blood from a slaughter house then be sure to strain it, before cooking.
4. Do not store blood more than 24 hours before cooking.
5. Cook in a double boiler over the lowest possible heat. Blood will otherwise separate and curdle.
6. Stir constantly while cooking to prevent clots and separation. Plan of this taking 2-4 hrs. depending of amount.
7. Test the mixture on a small plate. You don't want liquid to drain from it. An undercooked product will drain a rusty liquid which will spoil the looks of the crust if you bake in a pie shell.
Other notes:
Fig honey (miele di fichi) is a fig syrup, also called fichi cotti, produced by squeezing fresh figs and cooking down the liquid until very thick. It is similiar to vino cotto or musto cotto. Fig jam or grape jam can be subsitutued.

Ciocolata Fondente is a solid chocolate, a little more bitter than Hershey bars. Use Hershey dark bars or add a little bit of cocoa powder if regular Hershey bars aren't chocolate enough.

gabers

Bearded clam - different varieties. Hahahahaha.

Okay sorry. Seriously though, the weirdest would probably be beaver - yes, actual beaver (it looked like chopped brisket) and anticuchos, which are marinated strips of cow heart on a skewer.

Get_Right

frog stomach soup
duck tongue
blowfish sperm sac (shirako)-and it was awesome
sea cucumber
horse sashimi
sea urchin gonads
grasshoppers

roar

mud and slug.

gabers

Get_Right wrote:

frog stomach soup
duck tongue
blowfish sperm sac (shirako)-and it was awesome
sea cucumber
horse sashimi
sea urchin gonads
grasshoppers

What the hell, were you living on an obscure island in the Pacific somewhere?! That's quite a list!

Get_Right

gabers wrote:

What the hell, were you living on an obscure island in the Pacific somewhere?! That's quite a list!

I travel to Japan and China regularly, and I am an adventurous eater!
Except for the sea cucumber, which was ordered by a big client, I wanted to try the others.

The sea cucumber was the grossest thing I have ever eaten. By far.

kh65

I saw a kid eat his boogers, does that count?

harmless_little_f***

Jellyfish

Two Birds

Buffalo Burger cooked by Leather Man.

pjfan31

chadwick wrote:

gotcha, having a go at someone, got it.
and as far as having a "fair dinkum"
i haven't a clue what a fair dinkum is.
i go ask jeanie/cate to teach me Aussie.
before you know it i'll be a kangaroo or a wombat marsupial?

are wombats edible?

I'm sure Aboriginals would/still do in eat it in the outback and shit. but no, wombat is a no go zone as far as I know.

I was at a wild life park in tasmania once, and Some guy asked me to catch a wombat that was in the toilets. It was drinking out of the troft, then it sprinted toward me and ran through my legs, suprisingly fast.

As for fair dinkum, it is like saying "are you serious/ for real?"

dawng

Shark fin soup - it was really good
Rocky Mountain Oysters (aka bulls balls) - they were chewy and not my fav
elk, deer, bear - very gamey tasting
rabbit - tastes like chicken

not all that adventurous...

prljmngrl

Get_Right wrote:

frog stomach soup
duck tongue
blowfish sperm sac (shirako)-and it was awesome
sea cucumber
horse sashimi
sea urchin gonads
grasshoppers

Good God! Why?

JordyWordy

Get_Right wrote:

The sea cucumber was the grossest thing I have ever eaten. By far.

i just wiki'ed this tasty treat and was met with this :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_cucumber

at what point in history did people look at these and think "oh great, lets eat this"...??? very adventurous eating, ur list wins so far

Hinny

prljmngrl wrote:

Good God! Why?

Sounds like a bit of Chinese travelling. In the regional Cantonese parts, the bits that aren't Hong Kong, Macau and Guangzhou, the philosophy is 'if it moves, eat it'.

Sea cucumber isn't so bad. Horse is pretty yucky, though. Cat is basically like rabbit, and dog is fairly similar to lamb. Snake and crocodile have fairly similar flavours. Mongoose is quite gamey, an interesting taste. Centipede was deep fried and heavily spiced when I tried it, so don't know what it really tastes like. The same too for grasshopper and all the other insects they serve up in regional Thailand. Jellyfish is quite common, really. Sea horse and sea dragon doesn't really have flavour to them. Snail is ok, but you're really only tasting the garlic butter they serve them with and not so much the snail itself when you eat it. Pigeon is basically duck. Frog and toad (not the poisonous ones, obviously) are awesome when barbequed. Don't know what grubs taste like- I was too weirded out to chew on 'em, and mostly just slurped it down real quickly.

Having eaten pretty much any animal in Australia, East and SE Asia that's not endangered, I'm quite keen to have an African eating tour, go on one of those safaris and eat what you see as you go along.

I'd like to try bear and camel, hopefully fairly soon. Seal, too. There's a lot of stuff I'd like to try, so long as they're not endangered. If I see any ivory merchants shoot walrus and elephants dead and just take the ivory, I'll slice a few cuts of meat off so it doesn't go to waste.

you are

i've eaten dog in China

i may have eaten cat in Thailand....:( i hope not!

turtle, gator tail, pirana....

and some hot banana drink in Peru....it was disgusting

edit - read some more of the thread....i've also eaten escargot, an ostrich burger, a buffalo burger, frog legs, and octopus

ok, one more edit and i'm done - raw quail egg....it was interesting.