Just read a story that 9 people died and 78 others were sickened after eating Sea Turtles. This was in Africa.

No turtle soup for me. I draw the line at frog legs.

Eel I guess. Had it when I was in Amsterdam.

I had an Oyster once. That was plenty for me.

Rattlesnake at Sweetwater yrs. ago. Taste like chicken.

I was at a global Director’s meeting, an annual thing, and as a group we discussed the world’s worst airport and then got onto “who ate the weirdest food”. There was a German guy that ordered snake in a Chinese restaurant (in China). Apparently, you pick the live snake first. They brought the snake to the table and cut its head off, poured the blood into a glass and presented it to him to drink. He did, and later ate the cooked snake.

And I knew a guy that once ate warm fresh monkey brains. He said it was an honor to be offered the first spoonful from a monkey that had been dead maybe 30 seconds. He said he ate it, but his wife fainted.

I guess raw oysters is it for me

The worm in the tequila bottle.

Winkles, cockles, snake, freshwater turtles, and spotted dick.

Haggis

Cincinnati Skyline Chili

Escargo, octopus, rattlesnake and lots of wild critters I shot.

authentic boudin..... is pretty weird too

Whale, horse, urchin, Fugu, all kinds of bugs, baby camel

Ostrich burgers. They were not cooked enough and were very slimy.

Fresh water muscles straight from the Ohio River. Those made my lips tingle for a while.

Bowfin, on a lost bet. It was tough to get down.

Spent 6 weeks in Japan many years ago. I just learned not to ask what I was eating, and figured it was much better than a lot of other countries.

Wood Worms from Palawan Philippine, they live in mangrove trees. Kinda looked and tasted like an oyster.

nutria - Terrible. Was at a crawfish boil in LA.

Rattlesnake - Not bad. San Antonio boat show years ago

Mountain Oysters - Not bad

Sea Turtle - Was really good. At turtle breeding place in the Cayman's

I was presented a hors d’ oeuvre of an olive inside a cheese puff at one of my wife’s work parties years ago, I bit into it thinking it was an eclair and it was so bad I had to spit it out, right in front of the person whom prepared it. Not very weird but I just won’t eat most of the stuff already mentioned

Bar-S hotdog.

Groundhog I killed with a rock in WV when I was trout fishing. It was greasy.

Anyone eat gar? I heard it is poor man's lobster.

I've had some weird stuff to eat but cuy (guinea pig) is probably at the top of the list.

camel

Dinner the other night. I don’t know what she called it, but I told her I’d be fine if she never made it again.

DeBuke are way worse than a Bar-S

fried calamari, thought it was onion rings (naples italy does not have onion rings I found out).

Rattlesnake; Python ( in Nam) Armadillo.

I ate at a Sonic drive-in once.

Glad you lived to tell (warn) others!

No mention of the ALL-SUPS gut bomb burrito...

Machito was bad but the worst was pickled whitefish on a cracker

I have eaten gar spotted, long nose, and alligator gar. Of the 3 the alligator gar taste best.

Muskrat in WV while trapping was greasy and not good
Noodles with blood chunks...Vietnamese couldn't handle it after a taste, not sure if the taste or the idea was the problem...
Rattlesnake, not bad

bull nuts / calf fries / mountain oysters / whatever you call them; has to be from a yearling;

my uncle was a full-fledged cowboy; brought my dad 5 gal buckets full; deeeee licious; Daddy would deep fry them like fish;

does any one know of a restaurant that serves them in the Nacogdoches area?

Sea turtle in Grand Cayman, delicious. Snails at Vincent's in Dallas, very good.

Idk but if you’re ever in Denver, try Buckhorn Exchange. Great atmosphere and all kinds of exotic foods. I enjoyed the RM oysters and rattlesnake nachos

Had dog once in Korea. They didn't tell me until I ate it. Not for me.

Rattlesnake
Mountain oysters
Frog legs
Squirrel
Lingua

Nothing major.

Got 1/2 of one down, then tossed it up along with the previous 3 courses. Didn't know you were not supposed to bite a ray one in half, green stuff drips out.
Have had Robbin, Raccoon, Possum, Armadillo & Beaver Tail and some things in Southeastern Mexico that I still don't know what it was.

For those of you that eat testes, we shall now call you bluesman

Nah, Monkfish is the poor man's lobster and it's delicious! Central Market will sometimes have it on sale from the normal $19.99/lb down to $9.99/lb (that's when it's for us poor folks).

I've always heard that. How do you cook it.

Best way to eat a King
http://www.boatlessfishing.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10542

https://www.recipetineats.com/monkfish-recipe/

Super easy.

I have eaten monkey a few times and baboon once. I recommend neither. Camel is pretty nasty too. Zebra on the other hand is quite good.

Kinda savage

Went to the Tokyo fish market and ate sushi at 6am. We were told that was when it was the freshest. We sat at a counter and the sushi chef held out his knife with the still beating heart of some fish he was cutting, I didn’t eat it, but one of the guys on the team did. I don’t eat beating hearts until after 5pm.

Anyone here try balut? How about durian?

That’s just unchristian

Offered balut many times...I've never been THAT drunk!

One of my least favorite was bone marrow

I have had 5 or 6 clients tell me durian is really tasty, but the smell is super strong and not pleasant. I don't think I could do it...and balut? NO!

I can assure you it's not tasty. Andrew Zimmer said it tastes like rotten mushy onions. Yum.

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Grew up eating Tongue, Neighbor had a slaughter house. It was throw away meat then,Not so much now.
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Fried calamari is some good stuff

I liked it. Cooked up by a great Mexican lady. Made great tacos.

Ham and eggs-1952 C-rations. For the inexperienced it has a green film on the top when you open the can.

When I was at WVU I knew a black dude that was ticketed for discharging a firearm. He told the LEOs that he was trying to shoot blackbirds to cook. He said growing up his mom cooked them often. I have heard crow meat is as dark as their feathers.

Thank you, I shall not try it! I like onions, but not rotten onions.

Doesnt look horrible, how'd it taste?

Reading through these, I dont know whats the worst.

Probably monkey brains. Thats a hell no.

I had to google Balut.

Armadillo.

An eyeball from a young ram's head complete with wool intact in a pot at the bottom of a hole in the ground.
Described to me as the "real true barbacoa" in Tlalnepantla Mexico at the quinceañera of a friend's daughter.
That was after a whole bunch of bottles of "little soldiers"

Smoked Rattlesnake , a lot of little bones , Ostrich

This^^^^^^
Had an aunt that would fry an armadillo sometimes-
My Dad and uncle really liked armadillo, we usually picked one up while coon hunting, I loved it when they let me tag along coon hunting-

Daughter in law is Filipino, When she and my son were here last year she was looking for some. IDT she found any here in West Texas.

Chocolate covered locus and I did not enjoy them.

Elephant tongue- pretty gamey and smelled weird.
Armadillo- several times, very tasty white meat.
Raccoon- tough as leather very gamey.
Meadowlark- dark liver taste
Robin- dark liver taste.

The last two I did not kill which is illegal I had it in southern Louisiana where it is eaten regularly.
I did not kill the elephant either. A friend of mine did and said it was ceremonial to eat the tongue so he had some friends over after he returned from his hunt and had a party. Luckily they had Oryx and Eland meat also and it was wonderful.meat.
I have eaten sea turtle on several occasions and it was delicious.
Rattlesnake, possum, conch, sea snail, eel, fried grasshopper, grub worm, sea urchin ovary to add a few more. I usually will try anything nice just to experience it.

Not real sure what to say "as i'm lying here with linda on my mind".

Squid ink and pasta... Everyone said that if you visit Venice you've gotta try the Squid ink and pasta, I guess it's a local deliciously... So I did... Tasted like chalk and pasta... But it gives you purple teeth, good for a unique vacation photo... Dan

My BIL was given a ham, or rear leg quarter off a kangaroo.. It was a big thick chunk of meat so we BBQ'd it like a brisket..

Meat looked blue when it was done and very stringy.. Not the best cut of meat on the planet.. (Tip: Don't eat blue meat..)

Proper Barbacoa and Lengua tacos are some of the best things south Texas has to offer..

Alligator gar (Catan) is an everyday occurrence in Zapata.. Locals will get in a fist fight if you're trying to give one away..

Hot, crispy, and still oozing milk guts from sheep wrapped in a tortilla with some hot sauce is hard to beat.. My uncle that cooked them all the time when I was a kid called them Mariguts. (sp) Awesome.. Take a big bite and all that [censored] be drippin down your chin..

Ah, the good old days..

Ate a lot of [censored] with the hair still on it back in the seventies..

not sure how weird , but I have eaten conch chowder and conch fritters in the Keys.

I thought every Texan had to eat rattlesnake at least once.

MO

Here's my list...I pride myself on trying foods at least once. Some of these, you couldn't pay me to eat again.

1) Balut...baby duck egg. Bit into it, got soft bones and feathers. Instantly turned green and ran for a bush.
2) 1000 year old egg...tasted like sulfur, smelled like septic system. Nope not again.
3) Durian...smelled like feet, tasted way too sweet, and sticky.
4) Chitlins...no matter how much you clean them, they held poop!
5) Chili crickets...MX delight. I actually enjoyed these with Corona and lime.
6) Dinuguan...Filipino blood stew. This is amazing w/ rice!

pop rocks candy was weird... octopus was prolly the weirdest...

Id love the hear the story behind the 1000 year old egg-

My ex-wifes cooking

Here's the story...We lived in Chicago (Glenview, IL) on the now decommissioned Navy Base. Our church friends were from Thailand and they had Chinese parents. Every Chinese New Year, they would celebrate with customary foods. One of those being 1000 year old eggs, they aren't really that old. It's a process of storage / fermenting them which is 1000+ years old. They cracked them outside, as the fumes were raunchy!

My dad dared me to try it since I'm the brave one. My mom also attempted it, but couldn't get it close to her mouth without gagging. I grabbed by sliver of the egg, dropped in it, and chewed exactly twice. Those 2 seconds of h$ll in my mouth I wish I would have rethunk it. The taste burned into my tongue for the night. I teared up as I swallowed. I tried rice, water, milk, everything I could to remove the sulphuric funk that plastered my mouth.

Their family laughed but gave me very high praise for taking it down. NEVER AGAIN!!!

Pickled northern pike.
Thanks, Lorne.

In the AF I was briefly assigned to support a Singapore squadron conducting operations on our base. They were doing night ops, and all the ground personnel invited me to supper with them as soon as their planes launched. I didn't bring my dinner, so I bought a cup of noodles from their snack bar and sat down to one of the most interesting meals I've ever had. They all brought out their tuppeware dishes and started eating. Even though everyone brought their own, every dish was considered family style, so they would just reach across and grab food off of everyone's plate. Being the only white eye in the room, everyone was coming up to me wanting me to try their stuff. They'd just scoop a piece of whatever into my cup of noodles and smile at me while I ate it.

At the time I was a 20 year old west Texas boy raised on meat and potatoes. To me seafood was fried catfish on a Friday night, and anything raw was considered bait. Singapore is an interesting country made up of a mix of cultures from India, Thailand, China, Malaysia, and many others. This was my first introduction to sushi, curry, fish head soup, fish eyeballs, octopus and no telling what else. Fairly sure there were some calf fries in there, but I'll never be certain what that fried ball was.

I've eaten lots of more exotic foods in the years since then, but that was by far the most shocking meal I'd had at that point in my life. It was a cool experience.

Y’all are nasty.

I guess I am pretty sheltered. Armadillo and camel toe is the only thing out of the ordinary that I have ever eaten.

I've even had live / well sort of live / baby octopus. It's skewered on a stick after removing it's beak, internals, etc. then handed to you moving. You pour soy sauce over it and enjoy. It's probably the craziest thing to see eaten, because they can fight their way out. AHAHHAHA

PS: I should have added, I live in Japan for several years as kid, so I got accustomed to eating raw food.

I’m sorry that happened to you sir

Awesome man!
Thankd!

Sea Urchin...freaking yuk.

Fight their way out? of your stomach?

Octopus or mountain lion hotdog.

Yeah, my ex-wife was pizzeria at me going fishing one day. Got home and she had me a “tuna fish” sandwich made for my lunch. NOT, after one bite I found the cat food can in the trash. We didn’t have a cat

Thats pure evil. Mine was just dumber than dirt and listened to her bitter friends too much.