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    What food have you never eaten?

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    • Posts: 455 Member
      I haven't tried any of the game meats - venison, buffalo, etc., or goose - honestly just because I am not a huge fan of beef or dark meat chicken, and those just seem like they would be stronger flavored versions (although they may not be). And things like sushi, most organ meats (tried liver once voluntarily because my mom loved it and we were at a restaurant where she ordered it - hated it and was glad that my dad wouldn't even let it in the house since he was forced to eat it as a kid and hated even the smell of it) and honestly those I never want to try.

      There are a lot of fruits I haven't tried but really would like to - I actually have a list on my phone of them - finger limes (I love regular limes and so these fascinate me), lychee, mangosteen, persimmon, rambutan, tamarillo - I found a website that sells them (accidently while looking for something else) and they were super expensive but very interesting sounding, so I made a list in case I ever see them somewhere around here and can buy them for a lot less.
    • Posts: 809 Member
      I've never had truffles.
    • Posts: 790 Member
      Beets. Rabbit.
      I have eaten frog legs. ;)
    • Posts: 1,047 Member
      I've never eaten cactus, but would like to try it.
      I've never eaten blood sausage or head cheese. Never will!
    • Posts: 22,001 Member
      Snails. And I will continue to pass. :\
    • Posts: 5,446 Member
      UticaBoy86 wrote: »
      Any Organ Meat

      +1. also feet, like chicken claw. also, a number of fish and other marine animals. and mango, there's something in the smell i dislike
    • Posts: 99
      sauerkraut
    • Posts: 807 Member
      Deer. Which is especially weird considering the area I live in. Just never had the opportunity. Not sure I would even if I did, as I struggle eating meat. Not a vegetarian (for mental health reasons - triggers disordered eating), but I do kind of have the mentality of one.
    • Posts: 807 Member
      UticaBoy86 wrote: »
      Any Organ Meat

      Same. I've cooked them for my dog, and I just... I can't get past the smell. So I've never tried them myself.
    • Posts: 50 Member
      Lobster, I love seafood but never got round to trying it.
    • Posts: 1,120 Member
      JazzFischer1989 wrote: »
      I've never had a burger from any fast food restaurant (McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King, etc.)

      I'm the exact same. I've never had a burger in my life.

      Of course, my pediatrician as a teen automatically assumed I was eating Big Mac's for every meal. :\
    • Posts: 10,132 Member
      There isn't a whole lot that I have never eaten, although there are certainly things I probably won't eat again: raw fish, for example. Tried it, but did not care for it.

      Mammals - I've eaten all of the ones I'm aware of that are raised for consumption and a variety of game animals (deer, elk, buffalo, rabbit - although the latter two I may have only eaten domestically raised animals). I haven't had squirrel, bear, or 'possum, although I would certainly try squirrel if it came my way, and probably would try bear.

      Birds - I've had chicken, turkey, duck, goose, and guinea fowl. I haven't had ostrich or emu, nor pigeon or other game birds, but I probably would if I had the opportunity.

      Reptiles/amphibians - I think the only thing I've had is frog, although I may have had turtle a long time ago. I would try snake or alligator, assuming they weren't endangered species.

      Vegetables -- I can't think of any that I haven't had, although I'm sure somewhere in the world people are growing and eating vegetables I've never heard of.

      Fruits -- Lots here that I haven't eaten, mostly tropical ones (tamarinds, mangosteens) that are expensive and hard to find locally. And given that I don't care for mangos or papayas (they make my mouth feel odd, as though the food is digesting me instead of the other way around), I guess I'm a little leery of buying unfamiliar fruits at high prices that I don't even know how to tell if they're ripe.

      Organ meats - I've had liver (beef, chicken and turkey), fish eyes, and turkey hearts and gizzards (? - whatever the other thing is in the giblet package stuffed inside the bird), but not kidney, tongue, brain or thalmus. I haven't had tripe, and I'm not interested in having it -- not just because of the function it performs when the animal is alive, but because as best as I can tell, it's essentially connective tissue, or the same consistency as connective tissue, which I don't like (I've chicken leg tendons) because no matter how long you chew, your saliva has no effect on their consistency. Your teeth may break them down into smaller pieces, but to me it seems like chewing plastic.

      I haven't had haggis. I wouldn't mind trying it, assuming I'm not expected to eat the stomach lining (see objection to consistency of connective tissue above ;-)

    • Posts: 807 Member
      47Jacqueline wrote: »
      Olives. The thought repulses me.

      Me too!! I think of beetles. My boyfriend makes fun of me.

    • Posts: 659 Member
      Tigg_er wrote: »
      Snails. And I will continue to pass. :\

      I threw up in a fancy napkin the minute I tried one.
    • Posts: 420 Member
      rabbit or a goose or indian food
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      reindeer.
    • Posts: 6,993 Member
      edited December 2014
      furioushummingbird wrote: »
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      I threw up in a fancy napkin the minute I tried one.

      I was going to say this. And now I definitely won't. ;-)
    • Posts: 12,950 Member
      Aw, snails are good!
    • Posts: 72 Member
      I've never had "pickled pigs feet", my mother loved them and ate them every Christmas as a treat. Not for me.
      I've never had artichokes... don't know how to prepare them, but would try it since people say how much they love them.
    • Posts: 64 Member
      Taco bell
    • Posts: 497 Member
      soylent green
    • Posts: 10,330 Member
      edited December 2014
      I haven't eaten quite a few things that some people consider normal.

      Tofu, or any soy products for that matter. I've bought tofu recently just to try it but haven't cooked it yet.

      Lime. I've had lemons but never seen limes sold, or passion fruit for that matter.

      Cottage cheese. We don't have it here (or maybe I wasn't looking hard enough)

      Celery, kale, brussel sprouts and asparagus.

      Real blueberries

      Dream whip

      Lard, or anything made with it

      Protein powder (or bars)

      I was going to say vegemite, but I happened to buy some today just to try. Not as bad as people make it sound in those youtube videos. It's really salty, but has a peculiar aftertaste which I actually quite liked.

    • Posts: 326 Member
      i thought i'd eaten everything but i have never had tripe, possum (although I just trapped and released a young one) racoon, any bird except for chicken and turkey and rock cornish hen, nonchicken eggs, snails, durian.
      have tried dragon fruit, mangosteen, custard apple and rambutan
    • Posts: 1,486 Member
      Quinoa gives me the shivers,texture is weird,no tofu,shrimp,eel & such.Tripe,brains.Cheesecake,pecan pie,Cream of Wheat.Kale chips,marshmallows on potatoes
      Texture bothers me more than taste.
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    • Posts: 662 Member
      JoRocka wrote: »
      kimchi
      I luvvvv kimchi....... :)
    • Posts: 130
      Never eaten salmon
    • Posts: 451 Member
      Pop-tarts

      And I've never tried quinoa either before, OP.
    • Posts: 3,942 Member
      Caviar.

      Surströmming. youtu.be/3vEl6Ey8Gdc
    • Posts: 92 Member
      Asparagus , Pop-tarts , Taco bell
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