weirdest/grossest thing ever eaten?

SecondStorm · Post by **SecondStorm** » 2004-03-26 11:32pm

Big fried bugs when I was in South Africa on vacation.

It tasted like sausages. Not bad.

And oh yes:

Horse

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-03-26 11:59pm

A granola bar that was dropped on the dirty ground for a few seconds. That and cottage cheese. I just can't take that stuff for some reason.

mjn6172 · Post by **mjn6172** » 2004-03-27 02:04am

Purposely? Grandma's Broccoli Surprise.

I'm guessing the surprise part was that there were no actual edible parts to it.

On accident? Leftover beef stew that had been sitting in the fridge for over a year. Obviously I thought it was much more recent. That was an . . . unpleasant evening

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2004-03-27 02:10am

Cottege cheease and brocoli.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2004-03-27 02:16am

The Kernel wrote:
Joe wrote:Chinese Moon Cakes from San Francisco. They sounded really tasty and I was really looking forward to trying one out, but when I took a bite and tasted it I gagged and could barely swallow the stuff. It tasted so goddamned bad my eyes were watering up as I spit the stuff out over the sink.
*groan*, yeah Chinese baked food in general is pretty nasty.

As for me, I'd have to say Marmite. Vile stuff.

Hey, they taste fine to me. You probably just got screwed over with low quality stuff... Either that or it was moldy

Frog legs. Hate to fit right in the stereotype, but they DO taste like chicken. Not bad. Pretty good, actually.

Pork intestines, chicken uterus (I didn't know what it was until I had eaten it)

I had rattlesnake before, it tasted like crispy fish.

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2004-03-27 02:31am

Well, actually, the nastiest thing I have ever eaten, has a little story behind it.

I was walking through the grocery store one day with my family, when I spied what looked like a plate full of chicken nuggets. Being the naive youth that I was (well, okay, actually I was seventeen when this happened), I thought it was one of those 'taste-testing' displays. Of course, the fact that there was no one running this 'display', and the fact that there were no signs anywhere indicating this may be a 'display', simply did not mean anything to me. I grabbed one of the nuggets and walked away, taking a bite out of it as I went.

After about four seconds of chewing, I realized something was wrong. First off, this had to be the toughest chicken I had *ever* had. Secondly, this did *not* taste like chicken. I took a closer look at what I had just eaten slightly over half of. I noticed, for the first time, the rather large, green splotches all over it.

It turned out that this was a plate of chicken nuggets that had been returned to the store by an angry customer because they had obviously gone bad long before they were bought. It happened to be sheer luck that I happened to walk in the store the one moment they were unattended. Needless to say, I spent quite a bit of time at the water fountain after my revelation.

-Damien

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-03-27 04:02am

Peanut soup.

Not particularly gross, but the very concept is quite strange. (unless you're from Ghana)

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-03-27 05:45am

SecondStorm wrote:And oh yes:

Horse

<snip>

But horse is so tasty. Really good meat. And the only reasonable thing to do with those animals, really...

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2004-03-27 10:48am

I make it a point to consume a variety of bizzare meats. Which has lead me to consume:

Ostrige -- Tasted like Beef
Kangaroo -- "Interesting"
Camel -- Actually pretty good
Conch -- Don't try and cook it yourself...you'll likely end up with something too tough to consume
Baramundi -- Not the best Austrailian Fish
Cow Brains -- No, Really...and, of course, Zombie jokes flew wild
Snail
Frog
...
I can't remember the others right now

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-03-27 12:15pm

Oh yeah, I've eaten rabbit too. A bit gamier than beef, but it was pretty good. And I've had buffalo burgers, which are actually better than hamburgers and healthier too.

muse · Post by **muse** » 2004-03-27 01:07pm

Rocky mountain oysters, for those who don't know, bull testicles. I don't know how I got talked into that one. There were also quite a few mystery meats which I've eaten on my travels, for all i know I've eaten monkeys in one of those street vendors in some 3rd world country.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2004-03-27 03:38pm

Dalton wrote:Oh yeah, I've eaten rabbit too. A bit gamier than beef, but it was pretty good. And I've had buffalo burgers, which are actually better than hamburgers and healthier too.

What's so special about rabbit? It isn't exactly excotic...

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-03-27 04:00pm

Duck...i felt so guilty, i mean, i like ducks. Not like those bastard other birds.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2004-03-27 04:12pm

Ducks are yummy, if only they didn't have so much fat. Goose is good too, but it also has layers of fat. There's nothing wrong with eating the birds, I mean, hey, that's what they're around for.

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-03-27 04:44pm

Dahak wrote:What's so special about rabbit? It isn't exactly excotic...

Maybe not in your neck of the woods.

CrimsonRaine · Post by **CrimsonRaine** » 2004-03-27 06:09pm

I dunno. Everyone thinks I'm weird for eating anchovies. I mean, out of the can. Straight from the can. Love'm.

My friend Jess thinks I'm insane. She thinks the fish are "hairy" when in fact it's just really small bones.

Crimson Raine

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2004-03-27 06:17pm

I'm not exactly known for my love of strange foods (I'm painfully picky about food), but the strangest thing I eat is croutons dipped in ketchup.

I don't know how I figured out I liked it, but damned if I don't get occasional cravings. I prefer the larger ~1" square croutons, since they're rather easier to dip.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2004-03-28 11:17am

Dalton wrote:
Dahak wrote:What's so special about rabbit? It isn't exactly excotic...
Maybe not in your neck of the woods.

That reminded me, almost drove over two hares running around on our front lawn when I got home yesterday.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2004-03-28 12:03pm

Sheep's testicles. I didn't know what they were at the time.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-03-28 07:01pm

McDonalds

CrimsonRaine · Post by **CrimsonRaine** » 2004-03-28 07:41pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Sheep's testicles. I didn't know what they were at the time.

DUDE!

Crimson Raine

(Yes, that's all I had to say about that.

)

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-03-28 08:36pm

Tough question:

I enjoyed fish eggs, invertabrates, larva, insects, boiled while still alive sea cockroaches (mmmm shellfish), Order of Dagon beware I love Calimari, termites, ants and grasshopper are delishous, California Rolls (fish eggs, seaweed, wasabi, Rice and seasame seeds) are wonderful. Escargo is great sauted, cat & dog food is high in protean, when your car is broken down, and your hiking/hitching (no luck with the thumb) through the desert and your out of gatoraid, even urine tastes good. (got into the nearest town 16 miles/ 25km) with blisters on my face, and bad dehydration) but ok.

Most repulsive: "Health Drinks" <you know soy+mixture of stange veggies, and roots in a blender>

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2004-03-28 08:47pm

Rye wrote:Duck...i felt so guilty, i mean, i like ducks. Not like those bastard other birds.

Peking Duck. That's all I have to say.

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2004-03-30 03:00pm

The Kernel wrote:*groan*, yeah Chinese baked food in general is pretty nasty.

As for me, I'd have to say Marmite. Vile stuff.

I've never had Marmite, but from what I hear it is the vilest of all possible condiments.

What exactly does it mean when meat is "gamey"? I've often heard the term, but never in reference to meat I've eaten.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2004-03-30 03:04pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Order of Dagon beware I love Calimari,

[solemn] Warning heeded. [/solemn]

Oh - I know somebody who claims to have eaten fried hamster. That's right. Hamsters.