What Are The Most Exotic Foods You've Tried?

[Magenta]

Oh my goodness, Lady Magenta.

You are a whole lot braver than I am!!! What a cool adventure!

Turtle soup... I have to admit that I would be thinking of sea turtles the whole time and... I just couldn't.

It sounds like you had an amazing time! And I wish you many more.

I was going to mention that turtle is protected there, but also cultivated for various commercial ventures, including being a source of food. Cayman Island was not very exotic when I was there, though I did visit Hell I was visiting my oldest sister and her family, who lived there for five years; it is the only time I have departed the North American continent.

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[Galatea]

I had hog's head cheese in Tennessee when I went on a trip as a child. It is very good. The cheese is made in the head of a hog. It has a bacony taste. I thought it was delicious. I had goose liver pate, but thought it tasted like regular old potted meat- nothing fancy.

 

[seoulsearch]

I had hog's head cheese in Tennessee when I went on a trip as a child. It is very good. The cheese is made in the head of a hog. It has a bacony taste. I thought it was delicious. I had goose liver pate, but thought it tasted like regular old potted meat- nothing fancy.

I never think of myself as a picky eater until people start mentioning specific, instantly recognizable body parts of animals (head, tail, tongue, etc.) and organ meats... (types imaginary emoji for turning green.) I give kudos to anyone who's brave enough to try it all, but... um. I'd be content with a loaf of bread, thanks.

I would actually be perfectly happy being a high-carb, non-flesh consuming vegetarian, but unfortunately, my system seems to like the exact opposite.

Sigh. If only one could live on cookies and ice cream alone. (I've had green tea ice cream and red bean ice cream at a Japanese restaurant, and they were outstanding!!! Wish you could pick them up by the gallon at the local grocery store.)

 

[WineRose]

American fast food.

(I mean, America IS thousands of miles away from this little island...)

 

[seoulsearch]

American fast food.

(I mean, America IS thousands of miles away from this little island...)

What did you think of it, Rose?

 

[NoNameMcgee]

American fast food.

(I mean, America IS thousands of miles away from this little island...)

hope you tried five guys or steak and shake


everything else is pretty much a cheap stomach ache

 

[WineRose]

What did you think of it, Rose?

Burger King: Love it!

KFC: A bit too oily at times, but still like it.

Macdonalds: Mixed feelings. The only burger I liked there was the fish fillet one (If you exclude the limited-edition Samurai Burger). Also, one of my friends from primary school once told me that the chicken nuggets contained chicken toenails...I wonder if he was kidding. But I love the ice cream and apple pie there.

 

[seoulsearch]

Burger King: Love it!

KFC: A bit too oily at times, but still like it.

Macdonalds: Mixed feelings. The only burger I liked there was the fish fillet one (If you exclude the limited-edition Samurai Burger). Also, one of my friends from primary school once told me that the chicken nuggets contained chicken toenails...I wonder if he was kidding. But I love the ice cream and apple pie there.

I can neither confirm nor deny the chicken toenails... Either way, all I can say is that I've eaten a lot of chicken toenails, er, McNuggets, when I've been sick... And I love the Filet-O-Fish, too. I generally only like McD's, Arby's, and Pizza Hut (which I know will get me stoned by some users ), but I've become a lot pickier about what I'll eat there.

These days, I avoid fast food chains whenever possible.

However, it's quite fascinating to hear what someone in another country thinks of "American" food, even if it's not a franchise.

If anyone else out there wants to give their viewpoints, please feel free!

 

[Yahweh_is_gracious]

I eat quite a few foods that many others might consider strange. I like the nights when Dad and I have liver and onions for supper. I like SPAM. I like strong bleu cheese. I like things like pickled pig's feet, pickled herring, head cheese. Growing up in Wyoming, I had ample opportunities to eat calf testicles and lots of wild game like Elk, Deer, Moose (I don't like the taste of Moose), lake trout, sage grouse, wild rabbit.

I've definitely got a more "experimental" set of taste buds than my Dad does. I wish we would have rice more often, but he's not a fan. He's not much of a fan of Chinese food but I am. He's kind of grounded in what he likes and not willing to try new things and I like to try new stuff. My buddy brought me a big container of Biryani that his step-mom had made, and while I loved the taste, my Dad was kind of like "It has a lot of rice, so I don't like it". His loss...cuz' I ate the whole thing over the course of 3 days.

As far as "exotic" there are a few foods I'd like to try. I want to have good Sushi someday. Sushi in Iowa is not quality and not made from fresh ingredients. I'd like to try Shashimi as well, but only someplace where it's fresh and high quality. I'd like to try chapaulinas (roasted grasshoppers commonly used in Oaxacan cooking).

 

[Galatea]

I never think of myself as a picky eater until people start mentioning specific, instantly recognizable body parts of animals (head, tail, tongue, etc.) and organ meats... (types imaginary emoji for turning green.) I give kudos to anyone who's brave enough to try it all, but... um. I'd be content with a loaf of bread, thanks.

I would actually be perfectly happy being a high-carb, non-flesh consuming vegetarian, but unfortunately, my system seems to like the exact opposite.

Sigh. If only one could live on cookies and ice cream alone. (I've had green tea ice cream and red bean ice cream at a Japanese restaurant, and they were outstanding!!! Wish you could pick them up by the gallon at the local grocery store.)

I am a meat eater. I will try any kind of animal. My grandmother when she was living, liked chicken livers. I was the only grandchild who liked them too- another bond between us! I didn't like lamb, but it may be the way I cooked it.

I just remembered on a field trip to the Insectarium in New Orleans, I ate fried meal worms, and chocolate covered crickets. They didn't "taste" like anything. The texture was weird. Grainy

I think I'd like green tea ice cream, I'm not sure about red bean. I did try dried seaweed a student brought in. It just tasted like spinach to me.

 

[cinder]

Well, the best story about food adventures I think I've had was the one where I was fed soup with cooked hunks of duck blood in it. It was only several days later that I learned what I had actually eaten. Then there was the goat intestine, but that is another story.

 

[Leftheri]

Dolmades are a Greek staple. I'm only half Greek and American born. I think they're gross.

I've had camel meat...cured. Very uniquely disgusting and very hot, like dog meat. Peppery and disgusting...and very tough like shoe leather.

 

[NoNameMcgee]

Well, the best story about food adventures I think I've had was the one where I was fed soup with cooked hunks of duck blood in it. It was only several days later that I learned what I had actually eaten. Then there was the goat intestine, but that is another story.

huh.... strangest thing


i was hungry

then i read your post, now im not

(._.')

 

[maxwel]

One time I found myself eating...

really really old, kind of stanky, African water buffalo jerky.



I was far away from home, and really hungry.

 

[CaptainGoat]

Locally we have rissoles and faggots (The food!) that dont seem to be found outside the UK much. Rissoles seem to be just in the area of South Wales. Faggots, peas and chips (Like fries but nicer...Not the same as USA where what you call chips we call crisps) and gravy. Nice!
In Scotland they have haggis. Not many know about the Welsh Haggis... which is a very rare creature indeed. It is so fast few have ever been caught.
We have lava bread here in Wales along with cockles (Shellfish). Lava bread is not my think but cockles are lovely things. I once tried English cockles in Cornwall, but I think theirs are only allowed freshwater as it is like eating tasteless slugs! Our cockles in Wales are lovely!
As to exotic... Baked beans on toast? I've no idea!

 

[Magenta]

I once ate rocky mountain oysters I was in Colorado at the time,
and I was not told what they were until after I had downed them

 

[mochi]

1. turtle egg.. the shell very soft.. and inside very juicy.. i would never ever eat this again
2. baby bees.. it taste OK.. not bad

 

[Desdichado]

I ate some dog biscuit once on a dare.

Immediate regret ensued.

 

[Mooky]

I am not at all experimental when it comes to meat but give me almost any kind of vegetable.
I don't know if this is exotic or not, but I made up a juice which consists of beet, watermelon and ginger.
I think that is kind of an unusual combination.
Another time I had beef with wasabi mayonnaise at a friend's wedding.

 

[Magenta]

I want to have good Sushi someday. Sushi in Iowa is not quality and not made from fresh ingredients. I'd like to try Shashimi as well, but only someplace where it's fresh and high quality.

I was going to mention sushi, and Japanese food in general, including sashimi (auto correct says mishmash ) and yam tempura. Last summer my workplace celebrated fifty years of business and we had a bit of a party, with tons of Chinese food and lots of invited guests, clients present and past as well as former employees etc... my boss also bought about a half dozen boxes of the hugest most delicious sushi and sashimi I have ever had, and there was plenty of left overs, some of which I later had for breakfast and lunch and even dinner LOLOLOL