What's the strangest/grossest thing you've eaten

PlanetVelma

I think once you cut the tongue out of the cow and remove the gross tastebuds and outer coating and get to the good meat inside, the cow probably isn't tasting anything. Still. I LOLed.

One of the tastiest, most tender cuts on the cow. Obviously, once you remove the tough outer coating, with the taste buds. Love it.

I, for one, also dig some other Mexican delicacies that most in the US don't: pig intestines (cooked nice and crispy in tacos with hot salsa), chicharron (fried pig skins), and menudo. Menudo is not the eyeball soup from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. It's a tasty stew with tripe that's cleaned and diced cow stomach lining, tasty when slow cooked to tender and not chewy.

Menudo is like medicine to me! That was the only thing I could eat that wouldn't make me sick when I was pregnant with my son. The tripe will be very chewy if it's not cooked properly, but my gramma makes the BEST menudo.

EmpressOfJudgment

I want some of your grandma's menudo. Home cooking is the best.

JennsLosing

My friend and I caught her son chewing on one of those huge black winged beetles....sooooo nasty!!!

my 1 yr old ate a june bug once

JennsLosing

I, for one, also dig some other Mexican delicacies that most in the US don't: pig intestines

Pig intestines (chitterlings, or "chittlin's" as they are called in my neck of the woods) is actually a pretty common food in some parts of the US.

ive eaten it...its pretty good

Peque1130deleted

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I, for one, also dig some other Mexican delicacies that most in the US don't: pig intestines (cooked nice and crispy in tacos with hot salsa)
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Tripitas!!!

They are pretty yummy!! Especially with some lime!!

That is the Mexican in me!
Menudo, pozole, tripitas lengua, tacos al pastor...and the list goes on...

Now I'm hungry ! :ohwell:

frugalmomsrock

I don't eat gross crap....

Thanks for your valuable contribution.

I mean seriously. If it's gross-WHY EAT IT?

Duh.

"Bragging rights" are not worth it. Sorry.

LauraMacNCheese

I don't eat gross crap....

Thanks for your valuable contribution.

I mean seriously. If it's gross-WHY EAT IT?

Duh.

"Bragging rights" are not worth it. Sorry.

What if there's money involved?

frugalmomsrock

I don't eat gross crap....

Thanks for your valuable contribution.

I mean seriously. If it's gross-WHY EAT IT?

Duh.

"Bragging rights" are not worth it. Sorry.

What if there's money involved?

Still a no. Not worth it to me. I don't care how much money. *shudder*

liftingbro

Beefalo
Bison
Porcupine
Alligator

That's about it for me, but I won't anything I think is gross.

EmpressOfJudgment

I don't eat gross crap....

Thanks for your valuable contribution.

I mean seriously. If it's gross-WHY EAT IT?

Duh.

"Bragging rights" are not worth it. Sorry.

I said "strange" OR "gross." I think if people don't try something unusual from time to time they are missing out. It's nice to expand your horizons. Enjoy other cultures from time to time by going out of your comfort zone. Don't be a food prude.

sunkisses

Conch or congee.

OMG I love conch. I will still have a secret crush on you, though, anyway.

My strangest (even though it tasted ok) thing I ate - Mannish water. It's "mannish" because of the meat in it. Puts hair on your ....chest. Look it up.

algebravoodoo

okra

seriously, it was disgusting. I may get summarily dismissed from the "south"......

Don't worry... Born and raised down here and turn down pond scum at every opportunity! Okra is not meant for human consumption except occasionally as a means of conveying fried cornmeal batter to one's mouth!

DWilbanks

I ate a frog's leg. He wasn't still hopping or anything, but he wasn't finger licking good.

algebravoodoo

I, for one, also dig some other Mexican delicacies that most in the US don't: pig intestines (cooked nice and crispy in tacos with hot salsa)
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Tripitas!!!

They are pretty yummy!! Especially with some lime!!

That is the Mexican in me!
Menudo, pozole, tripitas lengua, tacos al pastor...and the list goes on...

Now I'm hungry ! :ohwell:
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Pig intestines? Down here we call those "chittlins", best served freshly slung and deep fried! Sold in 5 gallon buckets, I kid you not!

algebravoodoo

Yum! Cow's tongue makes awesome tacos!

I've had Rocky Mountain oysters (where i come from they're bull testicles); cow brains, hog head (my gramma used hog head to make tamales); rattlesnake; and of course organ meat (kidneys, heart, liver)

My dad didn't believe in wasting ANYTHING, (he was an avid hunter)

It's sad how much is wasted, really. Americans are big babies. "Ewwww. I can't eat that! There's a bone in it."

Really? Did you just stereotype billions of people as if they were one. Nice! And not at all ridiculous.

I don't refuse to eat anything... I am just grateful I have never been hungry enough to be tempted by some delicacies.

hrobinson416

Chicken Gizzards. Battered and fried...they actually werent bad...would I eat a plateful? no..but I wouldnt mind a handful every once in a great while.

Laceylala

Recently in Brugge Belgium two pieces of white pickled asparagus wrapped in ham meat. GROSS, gagworthy.

About a year ago: sweetmeats ravioli. It was SO rich but SO yum!

dckim

I ate caterpillar larvae once. It used to be a popular snack in Korea. :noway:

EmpressOfJudgment

I ate caterpillar larvae once. It used to be a popular snack in Korea. :noway:

My boyfriend had that when he was working in Korea. Only it was silkworm larvae. He said it tasted kind of like chestnuts.

dancingdeer

live termites in belize. they tasted like carrots.

PlanetVelma

I don't eat gross crap....

Thanks for your valuable contribution.

I mean seriously. If it's gross-WHY EAT IT?

Duh.

"Bragging rights" are not worth it. Sorry.

What if there's money involved?

Still a no. Not worth it to me. I don't care how much money. *shudder*

What if it was a matter of survival?

Speaking for myself, as a child we were not allowed to be picky. We were always thankful for whatever was on the table for dinner.

You'd be surprised at how yummy liver & onions or wild rabbit sounds when you don't have much else to pick from...

littlesis412

Cow tongue, fries, and heart. Some form of sausage involving pig's blood.Several forms of octopus and squid. And probably whatever I ate when I studied in Mexico because I had no idea what it was half the time. Ignorance may be bliss.

PlanetVelma

Chicken Gizzards. Battered and fried...they actually werent bad...would I eat a plateful? no..but I wouldnt mind a handful every once in a great while.

I forgot all about chicken gizzards! LOL

Carl01

Chicken Gizzards. Battered and fried...they actually werent bad...would I eat a plateful? no..but I wouldnt mind a handful every once in a great while.

I never did but father would always eat the gizzard from a chicken he butchered.

shoshi68

Cat puke, by accident. Reheated with the rest of my lunch.

shoshi68

I did eat alligator once. Nothing special.

Carl01

What if it was a matter of survival?

Speaking for myself, as a child we were not allowed to be picky. We were always thankful for whatever was on the table for dinner.

You'd be surprised at how yummy liver & onions or wild rabbit sounds when you don't have much else to pick from...

That was the thing here on the farm,you ate what you produced and bought little because there was no money for it.
Potatoes were an every meal as was a chunk of meat of some variety,it was just life and you accepted it or whined and went hungry.

shoshi68

Oh, and I will definitely be eating Cuy (guinea pig) when I am in Peru.

mamamc03

I'm an American...from the United States. I have had lengua con arroz(cows tongue and rice), squirrel stew, kangaroo roast, chocolate chip cricket cookies, meal worm peach chutney, turkey giblets, boudain. I've sucked a crawfish (crayfish, crawdad) head too. So Mr. Ethnocentristic that is hating on my people. a big to you!!

hrobinson416

Cat puke, by accident. Reheated with the rest of my lunch.

LOL!!! Gross....