Weird Food

[kingprawn]

does haggis taste better than it sounds?

Absolutely not.

[DeCaptain]

Lutefisk, fish soaked in lye.

Can't live in Minnesota without eating the nasty stuff

[DaGip]

Lutefisk, fish soaked in lye.

Can't live in Minnesota without eating the nasty stuff

I CAN! Yeeyuck!

[lilacfrostyness]

Octopus, rattlesnake, frog legs, snails, caviar (say what you want but that stuff is nasty), turkey nuts, sweet bread (read that bull nuts), chicken gizzards, beef tongue,

And things not quite common: dove (that was actually good), rabbit (also good, but just not right), bear, buffalo, ostrich, deer.

I would not make it on Fear Factor.

deer's uncommon? huh. Didn't know that.
bull nuts.... good/bad?

[garipac]

Concerning ope'e hawaiian barnacle. I had ope'e tempura (cooked) on Kauai in the Kalalau Valley (a walk-in camping type destination- 11 miles) in 1971. Tasted great, but didn't see any sex organs. Tasted and looked like cooked fresh out of the water fishmeat. The tempura batter was made from groundup C-biscuits(c means combat ration sourced). There were one or two Hawaiians present. They may have snargled the "goodies (raw)." They can be found on the hulls of seagoing ships. Harvest them live, slice'm, cook'em, eat'em. They taste great. There was a guy who opened a gourmet restaurant in the middle 50's on the north side of Milwaukee, WI. It was the most popular dish on his menu. Check your local drydock. Look for barnacles. I don't think that there are two different types. If they have some sort of oddball caviar or ceviche, that might be the sex organs (eat'em raw). Ask a Hawaiian, a Kamaina, if available, or Google it.

[muy_thaiguy]

Octopus, rattlesnake, frog legs, snails, caviar (say what you want but that stuff is nasty), turkey nuts, sweet bread (read that bull nuts), chicken gizzards, beef tongue,

And things not quite common: dove (that was actually good), rabbit (also good, but just not right), bear, buffalo, ostrich, deer.

I would not make it on Fear Factor.

deer's uncommon? huh. Didn't know that.
bull nuts.... good/bad?

Bull nuts, more commonly known as rocky mountain oysters (don't ask), are, according to most who have had them, alright.

[Funkyterrance]

I'll try any food once, honestly. I don't get grossed out by strange and weird offerings as I love to try new things. Short list of stuff I've been able to try:

Horsemeat
Alligator meat
Snails
Raw oysters
Ants
Worm (tequila )
Calimari (love it)
Raw fish
Chicken feet

I worked with a guy once who was a native of China and once we became friends he confided in me one day as we were working together. We were all having a discussion earlier in the day about weird foods we had eaten and he had mentioned he had eaten many different things. Anyway, it was just me and him later working on something when he looked around to make sure no one was listening, leaned close and said under his breath: "I've eaten dog". I didn't really react since to me an animal is an animal is an animal and I would probably try it in the right company. I'm pretty sure he said it tasted a lot like pork(not chicken).

[_sabotage_]

The ovary of a snow frog, supposed to be good for the skin. Boil in milk and rock sugar. Taste vilely pungent.

[Funkyterrance]

The ovary of a snow frog, supposed to be good for the skin. Boil in milk and rock sugar. Taste vilely pungent.

Does it do anything for your peter?

[CreepersWiener]

The ovary of a snow frog, supposed to be good for the skin. Boil in milk and rock sugar. Taste vilely pungent.

Does it do anything for your peter?

[tzor]

deer's uncommon? huh. Didn't know that.

Venison is very uncommon; I doubt few people understand the limitations of tallow marbled meat as opposed to fat marbled meat.

[tzor]

Technically speaking, the weirdest food I've eaten is sea urchin roe or in the language of Japan, "Uni." Back in the late 80's my co-worker told me it was "better than the Big 'O'." (Ladies I really need a scientific study on this, should you feel inclined to prove or disprove her argument.)

[Funkyterrance]

Yeah I've had plenty of deer meat, rabbit and also moose on occasion. Wild turkey, pheasant, quail and other wild birds I've had too. I didn't mention them earlier because I thought these were pretty common as well.
I've eaten pretty much every fish that grows native in New Hampshire as well.