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

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  • lisamc03
    lisamc03 Posts: 127 Member
    When I was little, my older brothers cooked a garter snake for me out in the cow pasture...
  • lisamc03
    lisamc03 Posts: 127 Member
    Not to let my daughters chocolate milk go to waste, I proceeded to drink it, except when I got to the bottom I found that she had sneezed in it....bloody snot :'(
    My kids still tease me about that yrs later!!
  • hrobinson416
    hrobinson416 Posts: 207 Member
    Not to let my daughters chocolate milk go to waste, I proceeded to drink it, except when I got to the bottom I found that she had sneezed in it....bloody snot :'(
    My kids still tease me about that yrs later!!

    I almost gagged.
  • tgh1914
    tgh1914 Posts: 1,036 Member
    One of those fat, green caterpillars. Mistakenly thought my 4-yr old nephew would forget about my promise that I'd eat it AFTER he was done playing with it. An hour later he came back & said OK, I'm done playing with it. Couldn't let him down :sick:
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    Oh, and I will definitely be eating Cuy (guinea pig) when I am in Peru.
    I just ate Peruvian food yesterday. it was really delicious. Although, no guinea pigs were consumed. Have a great trip! Consider me jealous.
    One of those fat, green caterpillars. Mistakenly thought my 4-yr old nephew would forget about my promise that I'd eat it AFTER he was done playing with it. An hour later he came back & said OK, I'm done playing with it. Couldn't let him down :sick:
    I bet he loved that. ha! What a good uncle.
  • Espressocycle
    Espressocycle Posts: 2,245 Member
    vietnamese house special pho. it had tripe, squid tentacles, fish balls, pork skin, and probably some other stuff. i love sweatbreads and tongue, but those aren't strange or gross.
  • dlei456
    dlei456 Posts: 201 Member
    Not to let my daughters chocolate milk go to waste, I proceeded to drink it, except when I got to the bottom I found that she had sneezed in it....bloody snot :'(
    My kids still tease me about that yrs later!!

    This so sucks. I am sorry!

    Rattlesnake and Rocky Mountain Oysters.
  • reike76
    reike76 Posts: 4 Member
    colostrum from a cow. It is heated up till thickened and then eaten like a pudding.
  • dckim
    dckim Posts: 311 Member
    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.

    Yes, come to think of it, it might have been silkworm. But at this point, it's a minor technicality. Larvae is a larvae. :laugh: And to me it tasted like "yuck!". :sick:
  • i_love_vinegar
    i_love_vinegar Posts: 2,092 Member
    tripe and turtle soup.

    The texture of tripe makes me gag, and I didnt know the soup was turtle soup till afterwards D=
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    vietnamese house special pho. it had tripe, squid tentacles, fish balls, pork skin, and probably some other stuff. i love sweatbreads and tongue, but those aren't strange or gross.
    I love pho. I am a five minute walk to Chicago's Vietnamese neighborhood and I've had it at about 6 different places there. Usually the "weird" stuff in their standard pho is tripe, tendons, meat balls (of which meat I am unsure), and flank steak. I've never had it with squid or fish. I might have to try that next.
  • dckim
    dckim Posts: 311 Member
    vietnamese house special pho. it had tripe, squid tentacles, fish balls, pork skin, and probably some other stuff. i love sweatbreads and tongue, but those aren't strange or gross.
    I love pho. I am a five minute walk to Chicago's Vietnamese neighborhood and I've had it at about 6 different places there. Usually the "weird" stuff in their standard pho is tripe, tendons, meat balls (of which meat I am unsure), and flank steak. I've never had it with squid or fish. I might have to try that next.

    Good Pho is a hit or miss. I go to one that is actually run by Vietnamese, not Koreans, or Mexican cooks. But I live near LA, so it's easy to find an authentic Pho place. :drinker:
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    I live in Chicago and can leave my front door and walk to Little Nam in less than five minutes. It's all Vietnamese people there. There are definitely some places that aren't as good as the others, but it's as authentic as it gets. We usually go to the places where only Vietnamese people go. Places where my boyfriend has to say things like, "no, we DO want the blood cubes" when we order certain dishes. They'll say to us, "Oh sorry! Haha. White people usually no like that."
  • noneya2010
    noneya2010 Posts: 446 Member
    Cow's tongue. It was nasty.

    Growing up, my grandmother from the east coast used to bring pickled cow tongue. They were like some sort of delicacy! now I gag just thinking about it!
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    Rabbit, it was salty.
    Funny reading some of these responses from women who eat and swallow various odd things like
    cow tongue and mountain oysters...makes me wonder...ahh well nevermind.
  • dckim
    dckim Posts: 311 Member
    I live in Chicago and can leave my front door and walk to Little Nam in less than five minutes. It's all Vietnamese people there. There are definitely some places that aren't as good as the others, but it's as authentic as it gets. We usually go to the places where only Vietnamese people go. Places where my boyfriend has to say things like, "no, we DO want the blood cubes" when we order certain dishes. They'll say to us, "Oh sorry! Haha. White people usually no like that."

    I've been to Chicago twice (Arlington Heights area). One time was in March, and I could have used a hot bowl of Pho but did not see any Pho place near my hotel. :frown:
  • EmpressOfJudgment
    EmpressOfJudgment Posts: 1,162 Member
    I've been to Chicago twice (Arlington Heights area). One time was in March, and I could have used a hot bowl of Pho but did not see any Pho place near my hotel. :frown:
    Arlington Heights is not Chicago. :P Seriously though, if you ever come to the Chicago area again, let me know and I'll give you the low down on where to go. We've got it all. You name the country and we've got the restaurant.
  • Peque1130deleted
    Peque1130deleted Posts: 309
    I've been to Chicago twice (Arlington Heights area). One time was in March, and I could have used a hot bowl of Pho but did not see any Pho place near my hotel. :frown:
    Arlington Heights is not Chicago. :P Seriously though, if you ever come to the Chicago area again, let me know and I'll give you the low down on where to go. We've got it all. You name the country and we've got the restaurant.


    So true!!
    Love this city!! :happy:
  • dckim
    dckim Posts: 311 Member
    I've been to Chicago twice (Arlington Heights area). One time was in March, and I could have used a hot bowl of Pho but did not see any Pho place near my hotel. :frown:
    Arlington Heights is not Chicago. :P Seriously though, if you ever come to the Chicago area again, let me know and I'll give you the low down on where to go. We've got it all. You name the country and we've got the restaurant.

    Thanks and I will. :smile:
  • PBJunkie
    PBJunkie Posts: 652
    Sheep's head - Just tasted the cheek and puked all the way

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  • foxygirlact
    foxygirlact Posts: 98 Member
    wow! you people have eaten some gross stuff!! :sick:

    i was going to say oysters, cause I hate them so much, but some how I think cat puke beats me!
  • svenskispiration
    svenskispiration Posts: 16
    Haha, this is a fun topic!! Mine has to be blood pudding in Sweden. My grandma really likes it so I had to give it a try. I've had rocky mountain oysters, but blood pudding was way worse. It's really a shame though because it is a relatively cheap source of protein and iron.
  • Betmar83
    Betmar83 Posts: 30 Member
    I haven't really eaten anything that strange. I've had rattlesnake chili, rabbit stew, duck fat fries, and buffalo sausage. Nothing too crazy, and I enjoyed all of them.
  • pumpkinmoccasins
    pumpkinmoccasins Posts: 24
    Not really gross but the texture was bizarre, I had this weird chopped raw octopus tentacle marinated in a wasabi paste at a sushi restaurant once. It tasted really good but was mysteriously super slimy... I probably wouldn't order it again.

    Oh! And I went to this Vietnamese place in China town in NY once and had some sort of red bean beverage... It was sweet as to be expected but really grainy and chewy. That was very interesting!

    I also partake in goat meat curry from a local Indian place in STL which I suppose could be strange but it's actually quite tasty...
  • lizwizCYLS
    lizwizCYLS Posts: 39 Member
    Musk Ox - roasted....most digusting thing I've ever had....2nd place goes to Merganser Ducks....dumb college kids I was hunting with didn't understand the difference between diver ducks & dabbling ducks....dumb but very ethical & 'the rules" are....you shoot it<->you eat it....Merganser bits all thru the game stew....ended up picking all my bits out & feeding it to the hounds 'cause I didn't shoot it so I shouldn't have to eat it eh!
  • Gary1977
    Gary1977 Posts: 804 Member
    Rabbit, it was salty.
    Funny reading some of these responses from women who eat and swallow various odd things like
    cow tongue and mountain oysters...makes me wonder...ahh well nevermind.

    LMFAO!!!!:laugh:

    I know what you mean.....now I'm missing my ex!:blushing: :cry:
  • sirihermine
    sirihermine Posts: 123 Member
    cows tounge is a normal food to eat around christmas here.
    mutton ribs is also a delicious christmas dinner ( might sound weird to others).
    Lutefisk (dried cod treated with lye)
    Sheeps head w/ eyes

    ^^ all of the above are norwegian traditional foods.... Makes me wonder why some of my fellow norweigans are having problems with sushi :)
  • lizwizCYLS
    lizwizCYLS Posts: 39 Member
    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.

    Actually we have 3 or 4 "exotic" foods every Thanksgiving & Musk Ox was just 1 more thing to try along with buffalo, elk, caribou etc & it was a total surprise that it was gross & disgusting as I thought it would be most like buffalo....the Merganser Duck was a young hunter's error but I've always liked teaching my gkids about where our food comes from so that they will respect both farmers & hunters so hopefully not be wasteful of anything edible eh!
  • fxst78
    fxst78 Posts: 221 Member
    Dog, Crocodile.

    Dog not so great, Crocodile fantastic.
  • Tamstar1985
    Tamstar1985 Posts: 334 Member
    pig's brains in hotpot (tasted like tofu, and now i eat it on a regular basis)
    any organ meat (some people find it disgusting, but i love it!)
    chicken or duck feet (duck's feet have more tasty bits, IMO)
    sheep's eyes (ummm... weird texture)
    smelly tofu (in beijing... soooo good!!!)
    century eggs (yummy with tofu and chili oil)
    chicken eggs with the baby chick inside (this i actually found gross)
    stewed dog meat

    ETA: the dog meat bit. it was really not very nice though...
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