What Strange Things Have You Ate?

Now that I think of it more, maybe I have eaten some "strange" things, it just depends where you come from.

When I was a youngster, me and a couple buddies would catch frogs (legs) and crayfish (tails) and cook 'em up. Yummy! The only one who thought it was strange was my Dad, who said they'd be better used as bait for walleyes. :D

Most folks here turn their nose up at bullheads, but pay for catfish in a restaraunt... ummmm far as I can tell they're pretty much the same!

I once told a fellow bar patron I wasn't too proud to eat squirrel or rabbit... he just laughed and said, "Heck no! It all makes a turd!"

I did try nuoc mam (I think that's how you spell/say it) once, a Southeast Asian sauce made from fish oil and hot peppers, as near as I can tell. It was shared with me by a Cambodian fellow I worked with. He loved it like some folks love ketchup, but I only tried it once.

The same guy refused to try some pickled herring I brought to work one day.

Caviar is good in small doses, if you really like fish and salt.

I have a friend who loves McDonald's burgers but refuses to eat fresh beef from another friend's farm, because she knows where it came from :confused: To me, that is totally bassackwards!

My daughter really enjoyed some fresh roasted rabbit a friend brought us one time, till she found out it was a "cute lil bunny" LOL. To this day she refuses to admit she ever tried it, let alone liked it. :D

I like turkey stuffing made with diced-up gizzards, great flavor... but can't bring myself to gnaw on a lump of gizzard fished out of a jar like some folks around here do. Same goes for pickled pig's feet, blech. Head cheese? Good gracious that stuff looks just plain evil! Might be delicious, but I'll never know. Now, pickled eggs... pass the salt and Tabasco!!

Dang, I'm gettin' hungry...
 
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CDHumiston said:
Yea, the same holds true with OB beer in Korea. I've eaten things late at night that I would never put in my mouth when I was sober.
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Was more into the soju and Oscar

but speakin of Korea they had some crazy stuff over there
Monkey on a stick was one of the thnings the midnite vendors would sell
 
CDHumiston said:
ICK from a big tough looking guy like you Ern? I must say I'm surprised, being a hunter I'm sure you've eaten something out of the ordinary.
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Well, Yeah I have eaten all the wild game around here, Squirrel, venison, venison heart, grouse, duck, goose, wild turkey, Rabbit(my favorite meat),
Chipmunk, Pheasant, dove, crow, raccoon, snapping turtle(my second favorite), snapping turtle eggs(shh, it was when I was younger) and bear. A friend of mine also gave me some moose and antelope to try. I loved the moose.
 
Poke salad! I'ts that time of year, during spring turkey season I always find me some poke salad, cook it and eat it.My wife thinks I'm crazy because it's poison, you have to know how to prepare it so it won't hurt you.The taste and texture are about halfway between mustard greens and spinich. It shure goes good with fried turkey breast.
 
Calvin,They say Polk Salad is poison but the birds sure eat the fruit and then leave purple deposits all over your car. Doesn't seem to hurt them. I had heard that you had to boil it twice, and I always did, until an old friend said that it was just an old wive's tale. I have never double boiled it since and I'm still here. Try saute'ing it with eggs. Or best yet cut the young tender stems into rings, peal the larger stems, batter them just like fried okra. They are better than okra! My wife is like your's. Mine says, "I aint eaten no weeds. Go figure.
 
Rock said:
Grilled shark is awesome!
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So True! I took some Shark I caught in the Gulf of Mexico to a cook out and it was the most asked for fish. I also had Grouper, Red Snapper, Amberjack, and Mackerel!

That Shark skin did a number on my fillet knife though!
 

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My grandmother and grandfather were half Native American and kept many of their traditions alive. I spent a lot of time on their farm and my pappy taught me how to survive in the wilderness. Trapping and learning what creator provided for us to eat was on the top of the list for me to learn.

I've been in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, Mexico, and more. I ate everything they pushed in front of me. I have eaten about everything considered wild game in this country and many things that were not like snake, possum, raccoon, groundhog, chipmunks, lizards for a short list.

There are a lot of wild plants that are edible. jeruselem artichoke, cattails, almost all nut trees, the list goes on.

Don't forget the crawly and wiggly creatures. Grub worms, locusts, to name a couple. My brother and I were known for eating anything and everything.

I've eaten so much out of the sea when I lived in Florida I don't know where to begin listing them. How about seaweed?

You ever watch the Beverly Hillbillies? Now they knew how to put a feed on.

Laary
 
LR Adkins said:
My grandmother and grandfather were half Native American and kept many of their traditions alive. I spent a lot of time on their farm and my pappy taught me how to survive in the wilderness. Trapping and learning what creator provided for us to eat was on the top of the list for me to learn.

I've been in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan, Mexico, and more. I ate everything they pushed in front of me. I have eaten about everything considered wild game in this country and many things that were not like snake, possum, raccoon, groundhog, chipmunks, lizards for a short list.

There are a lot of wild plants that are edible. jeruselem artichoke, cattails, almost all nut trees, the list goes on.

Don't forget the crawly and wiggly creatures. Grub worms, locusts, to name a couple. My brother and I were known for eating anything and everything.

I've eaten so much out of the sea when I lived in Florida I don't know where to begin listing them. How about seaweed?

You ever watch the Beverly Hillbillies? Now they knew how to put a feed on.

Laary
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Sounds like you are like me when it comes to trying new things. I rarely if ever push anything aside without trying it first.

My wife is Korean, so seaweed is an everyday thing along with rice. Dried squid makes for a good snack with beers at night. Oh and the spices are the best I never knew there were so many kinds of hot!

I grew up watching the Beverly Hillbillies and thier Possum stew, and I'll never forget "Smokin Crawdads"...or Ellie Mae as far as Smokin goes.
 
hmmmmm.....i think i would chontales cheese. I ate it when I was Nicaragua. Its similar to soft washed rind cheese, but it had little maggots running through it. It was very different. I also ate a raw sea turtle egg, and ummm there was the chipolines salt cured grasshoppers with a little lime they were awesome.
 
Soju! I have fond memories of Korea, but Soju and OB are not among them. Sea urchins and sea slugs on the sidewalk, everything known to man in the shops, it was a learning experience for this young man. Growing up in South La we ate about everything, really. Armadillo in Texas and the fish head soup in Korea are memorable. As are pulldoo (sp) gizzards, dang near as big as the bird they were in. We ate brains every Sunday growing up, my mom made them, dad bought them in a little butcher shop in Broussard. Having a crawfish boil tomorrow in MD.
Risky things, that I'm aware of, I've ever eaten were hotdogs from a street vendor in Oaxaca Mexica, not smart, and a cold drink from a street vendor in Tianamen Square, that I realized was home made after I drank it, bottle cap was rusty on the inside.
 
Anything you could wash down with Singha in Thailand. Ate a lot of flies in Vietnam but didn't really mean to. Chameleon ain't too bad if you're on your 13th beer. Ate pickled liver once and was sick for 2 days. Head Cheese, Souse, puddin' meat, livers, gizzards, hearts. No better hangover cure (I had one when they first came out) than Menudo ( made with tripe). One of my favorite breakfasts is brains and eggs and Budweiser. Love Calf Fries and Rattlesnake. Sweetbreads and kidneys. Kidneys are easy to cook -just put 'em in a pot of water and boil the p**s out of them.
 
Gotcha beat. A biker likes to dip things in sauce.

If you serve wet cardboard at rest stops with only melted mayonnaise for a sauce, we will ask for seconds and a "to go" box.

Frankly, I do not even know what I have eaten. Most was meat, some of it was red in color--mostly.
 
Tourist, since you like bikes and sauce, you gotta talk to Indian George. He makes a "heat-treating relish" that will melt your face off. But it's so tasty you'll actually enjoy the experience and beg for more.

He also makes really cool knives and spends a lot of his time helping folks learn the craft. 2thumbs
 
Man, you all are making me hungry. There are a few things mentioned here I haven't had the pleasure of eating, but not many. I love seeing what every one has tried.

Great posts. Would love to try IG's " heat - treating relish."

Larry
 
I use to catch coons and possums in a live trap so I could first feed them out for a couple of weeks before eating them.After seeing some of the things that possums eat I can see why my great aunt said to feed them out before eating them.I have eaten Robbins wrapped in a piece of bacon and cooked on the grill.I use to really enjoy hog brain and eggs,but with madcow disease I am scared of that now.
My family and I will eat most any hunted wildgame.

God bless,Keith
 
james terrio said:
Tourist...you'll actually enjoy the experience and beg for more.
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Oh, great, another sordid vice to spend money, as if I didn't have enough!:D

This guy doesn't run a casino and loan-sharking op, as well, does he?:eek:
 
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