Back in the day I would eat most anything non insectoid (although i'm sure I've done the 7 spiders they say you eat over a lifetime). The weirdest thing is hard to define- I've talked to people who were amzaed that I've eaten snake and alligator. Probably the strangest thing (and it's not strange in the conventional sense) is raw meat. I'm not talking a little tartare or gently cooked steak- I'm talking licking it off the styrofoam. It's hard to strive towards vegetarianism, but that's my goal. However, life without sushi would be unbearable. That's said, I've met some very nice cows. That I didn't eat.
I don't think it's weird, but a lot of people think it's disgusting: I eat raw oysters any chance I get, and I love escargot. I've had gator, frog legs, shark, steak tar tar, etc. Also, there was a Chinese restaurant my dad and I ate at in Vegas, and we had no idea what all was on that platter they brought out to us, and were kinda afraid to ask. So, who knows what the hell I've actually eaten. (It was good, though!)
I think I've eaten sheep's brains, too. I'm not terribly sure. As a teen I was in Spain living with a family who spoke about as much English as I spoke Spanish. It took me maybe 12 yrs to suss out what it very likely was, when a friend and I were having this very conversation. Definitely my least favorite culinary experience.
For me: Raw prawns, I think. Sheep's brains are really mundane stuff for where I come from... For others? Not sure. Veal snout, maybe? Pork tail and ears? Snails? Frog legs? I'd really eat anything.
Weirdest? Giant sea turtle in Indonesia, before they were placed on the endangered list. Buffalo in Wyoming struck me as different, although a lot of people have had it. I bailed on the idea of ostrich.
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Date: 2008-10-29 10:28 am (UTC)Pato no Tucupí
Date: 2008-10-29 11:19 am (UTC)One of the scary things about it is that it has to be boiled for several hours in order to get the cyanide out. No, I'm not taking the piss.
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Date: 2008-10-29 11:33 am (UTC)It was wrong on so many levels
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Date: 2008-10-29 12:20 pm (UTC)and yes, it tasted like chicken LOL!
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Date: 2008-10-29 01:33 pm (UTC)Sheep brains
cow udder
Red ants (still alive)
And yeah, I had these things in France.
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Date: 2008-10-29 02:31 pm (UTC)deep fried mars bars (yummy, but oh so wrong!).
white sausage.
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Date: 2008-10-29 02:44 pm (UTC)When I was pregnant I ate dark red kidney beans with mustard and I also dipped Donato's bread sticks in strawberry yogurt.
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Date: 2008-10-29 04:20 pm (UTC)otherwise i'm kind of boring in that sense...i had a mussel once and i think that was the grossest.
Weird food
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Date: 2008-10-29 05:50 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2008-10-29 07:19 pm (UTC)Weir for who?
Date: 2008-10-29 08:18 pm (UTC)For others? Not sure. Veal snout, maybe? Pork tail and ears? Snails? Frog legs?
I'd really eat anything.
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Date: 2008-10-30 01:07 am (UTC)Camel's milk isn't weird, per se, but I don't think I'll ever grow to like it.
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Date: 2008-10-30 02:17 pm (UTC)Alligator Tail
Frogs legs
Snails
Shark
Horse
All of which were really yummy
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Date: 2008-10-30 02:19 pm (UTC)(Yep, the infamous psychopathic ex-housemate and yes...believe me, it does qualify)
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Date: 2008-11-01 10:37 am (UTC)Although have also eaten snake, alligator, shark, antelope, buffalo, zebra and assorted offal.