Thread: What's the weirdest thing you have eaten?

Not sure if it's weird, but have had squirrel, opossum, rabbit, alligator, crawfish, menudo (wife loves it... I'm not a huge fan though), buffalo, deer, elk, etc.
I want to like lobster but it still weirds me out...

John P

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

The after effects are pretty cool. It's like a huge nasty viagra.

I'm sorry....what???

Scrapple is good, we make it at butcherings, so is cracklins( the chunks of meat and skin that pop up when u strain the lard.) But around here groundhogs are pest but i try to eat what i kill, Fast fact, 1. a groundhog will only eat pure vegatation.2.a chicken will pick thru its own droppings to get maggots out of it. think about that when you are eatign ur chicken.


Deer heart and kidneys are good also i will fight ya for a deer heart, Ive actually skinned and cleaned deer up for friends and the only thing i wanted was the heart.

Would smoked donkey count. Election day 1980. Beer, whiskey, cheese and smoked donkey. Wasn't too bad.

As a man i feel ashamed to say this but i've never eaten some really weird apart from grasshoppers and Dandy lion flowers (quite good in the spring before they get to strong). This is why i'm ashamed, because my Bride to be has eaten some crazy stuff: cod tung, sea gull eggs, squirl stew, moose liver/tung, bear, seal, terr (tiz a sea bird), and her favorite Labrador caribou.

I live in Newfoundland so most of the sea food you guys mention seem normal, like squid, muscles, shellfish.

Originally Posted by Deerhunter1995

Scrapple is good, we make it at butcherings, so is cracklins( the chunks of meat and skin that pop up when u strain the lard.) But around here groundhogs are pest but i try to eat what i kill, Fast fact, 1. a groundhog will only eat pure vegatation.2.a chicken will pick thru its own droppings to get maggots out of it. think about that when you are eatign ur chicken.


Deer heart and kidneys are good also i will fight ya for a deer heart, Ive actually skinned and cleaned deer up for friends and the only thing i wanted was the heart.

Scrapple is great. I've seen low grade stuff that is grey mush. Love me some scrapple

I unfortunately have never been anywhere outside of US/MEX/CAN borders and Islands so I dont get the fun and exciting "will this make me puke" food. I grew up a hunter, still am, so butchering and eating as much of the animal as possible is pretty norm. I can not abide eyeballs though. wont try em. I love deer hearts and poultry hearts.
Things that my friends say are wierd
osterich
emu
gator
raw trout with dill
goat
squirrel
bison
Javalina
prong horn
elk
mule deer
frogs legs
snails
chopped liver
chorizo and menudo
raw ground lamb middle eastern style with lemon and pita (soo good)
crickets, meal worms, ants etc.
all kinds of fish eggs from $200 russian caviar to little green ones that are raw and pop in your mouth
eel (love it, wife gags looking at it)
see urchin (hate it, like licking the ocean floor)
crawfish, lobster, crabs
octopus and squid
tendon (dont care for it)
Chicken feet (dont care for it)


and thats it for me. I hope to one day travel more and eat more exotic fare!

I beer bonged a live gold fish. Does that count as "eaten"?

i'm originally from louisiana.... we eat pretty much anything there......... except possum...... i refuse to eat that.... or pigeon......

Scorpion
Cicada
Meal worm
sheep eyes
sheep ovaries
dog
chicken rectum
eel
grilled rabbit head
softshell turtle
blood curd
duck tongue
fermented tofu
kidney pie
black pudding
white pudding
haggis
whitebait
Some others I'm sure I'm forgetting. I'd eat almost anything. The only food I can't stomach is raw tomato, oddly enough.

Mind you, some of this stuff is only weird to the American palate which is notoriously finicky, especially here in the Midwest. I've lived in China and the UK, both with reputations of strange food.