Strangest things you've eaten?

[FearGod]

Pretty tasty with saltines.

I ate several times a cooked fresh octopus with its ink soup, but the taste wasn't that great.

 

[Father Heathen]

Canned octopus? That sounds super awesome, actually.

The strangest thing I've eaten was probably frog legs. Although, in the Southern US, it's kind of common. I haven't really eaten anything really strange, but I'm always trying new things.

As cliche' as it is, frog legs really do taste like chicken, which is why I would rather just have chicken.

 

[Father Heathen]

I ate several times a cooked fresh octopus with its ink soup, but the taste wasn't that great.

The same brand does offer squid in ink sauce, which I haven't tried yet.

 

[Smart_Guy]

I've eaten squid and raw shrimp.

These too:

Caught them with my bare hands my self.

I always wanted to eat crocodiles. Are they chewy?

 

[Nyingjé Tso]

Vanakkam,

raw shrimp.

The best with mayonnaise <3 mmmh can't wait to have some with family !

I always wanted to eat crocodiles. Are they chewy?

Just had a steak a few days ago. It's... strange. Looks like ordinary meat, but the taste and texture is a weird mix between meat and fish.
With a nice sauce it wasn't bad at all

 

[ChrisH]

Im going to have to go with Ants.

 

[Smart_Guy]

Some parts in my country eat locust (not grasshoppers) and some lizard similar to iguana. It looks like this:

I'm not in one of these parts and never tried them... yet

Vanakkam,

Just had a steak a few days ago. It's... strange. Looks like ordinary meat, but the taste and texture is a weird mix between meat and fish.
With a nice sauce it wasn't bad at all

Greetings to you too Ma'am.

Nice combination of taste. I'd love to have one well done one day. I hope the bite feels like T-bone or Porter House steak. I love foods with a moderate toughness in its bite.

Always wanted to visit France specifically to eat the variety of crustacean sea foods.

 

[Parsimony]

I ate several times a cooked fresh octopus with its ink soup, but the taste wasn't that great.

Ah yes, I had forgotten that I had also eaten octopus at a Chinese restaurant.

 

[Caladan]

Ah yes, I had forgotten that I had also eaten octopus at a Chinese restaurant.

I never realized so many people considered sea food (such as crabs or octopus) to be so exotic.
As far as octopuses go, I enjoyed how octopus is prepared in Maltese cuisine more than my dinings during my time in Greece. However, I'm always opened for second chances.

 

[StarryNightshade]

My friend's Korean mom had me try dry seaweed, picked radish, raw fish (and I mean fresh raw) and this wasabi-esque horseradish sauce.

It was really good. But, good God, it will clear your sinuses.

 

[Caladan]

My friend's Korean mom had me try dry seaweed, picked radish, raw fish (and I mean fresh raw) and this wasabi-esque horseradish sauce.

It was really good. But, good God, it will clear your sinuses.

I had a similar experience when I had fermented shark meat in Reykjavik a couple of weeks ago. I realized the dish may be considered traditional not for its great taste (because it doesn't taste great), but because it opened up my sinuses.

 

[Amechania]

I recently got fed up with my cat kneading my thigh.

 

[StarryNightshade]

I had a similar experience when I had fermented shark meat in Reykjavik a couple of weeks ago. I realized the dish may be considered traditional not for its great taste (because it doesn't taste great), but because it opened up my sinuses.

Fermented shark? What was that like?

 

[Caladan]

Fermented shark? What was that like?

Weird.

But more into the detail, it had the same qualities of wasabi in terms of 'hotness', as it did opened my my airways in an instance. The texture is particular, and I am not sure what to compare it to, the same goes to the taste which I have no idea how to define. Definitely not eaten for its taste, in my opinion.
It isn't served like any fish or meat course, as in a fillet, grilled piece of fish, etc. Instead it is served as a side dish, where you get several sliced cubes. At least that's how they served it to me.

 

[Pine]

Sea urchin

It was very fishy/briny.

 

[Smart_Guy]

The other day I ate these:

Yeah I know, my pealing skills are really bad.

They looked like this before pealing:

Yup, they are eggs, not stones ha ha.

Here is the actual size compared to my hand:

Please don't stare at my hand too much. It's shy

In case you wonder, they are eggs of this animal:

Ooops, I made a mistake, I mean these tiny, puny, little, sweet, adorable, cute and um - delicious animals:

Called samman birds in Arabic. Dunno of the English name.

Okay every one, jump right in

 

[Serious_crimes]

Octopus sushi. Never again.

 

[Tumah]

Locusts in honey, I got a live batch and prepared them fresh in my kitchen. All in all it was pretty good, fried nicely with butter.
Cow brain, very tender and quite tasty. It's a traditional dish in the Moroccan side of my family.
Snails, at my wife's parents' in France. I thought it was incredible, it was cooked with garlic and herbs.
Turkey testicles, often on our local BBQ menus, but not often eaten. Not bad actually.
Beef and horse tongues.

I'm sure there are other things I'm forgetting, or that I simply don't consider strange enough to list.

Are you sure it was cow brains and not sweetbread? I know a lot of people that used to think sweetbreads was brains.
I don't think beef tongue is weird at all.

We eat sweetbreads, tongue and chicken gizzards. There's a wonderful artery-clogging aspic made out of cow feet and lots of garlic. There used to be a dish made out of stuffed intestines. Chicken soup made from chicken feet is pretty common.

The worst I think is fried rendered chicken fat.

 

[Caladan]

Are you sure it was cow brains and not sweetbread? I know a lot of people that used to think sweetbreads was brains.
I don't think beef tongue is weird at all.

No, it's brains. A traditional delicacy
As for tongues and the like, I see people think internal organs are a weird thing to eat. I consider internal organs such as hearts and livers to be very tasty.

 

[Tumah]

No, it's brains. A traditional delicacy
As for tongues and the like, I see people think internal organs are a weird thing to eat. I consider internal organs such as hearts and livers to be very tasty.

Really? People think eating liver is weird? I didn't even put that on my list because I thought it was normal.