odd or different food you've eaten?

i was reading the thread about horses in German army and somehow we ended up talking about eating horse. it's a great oppuntity to mention any strange or unusual animal and/or foods you've eaten.

Considering we're in all different parts of the world in the forum, what might be normal for some can be taboo for others. But it's a great oppunity to mention your different or unusual meal.

For me.. I am not really brave to try different foods. The most different or abnormal animal i've eaten is octopus. (which is common around the world)

it's actually pretty tasty if it's done right. The other would probably be blood sausage.. a little gross to look at or think about, but it's quite tasty.

So what's your animal or food you've eaten that may be different or unusual? was it tasty ? Tell your story behind it if you like.


Bon apetite!

 

Are c-rations considered odd or different?

 

lol no comment. what did it taste like?

 

I think the most exotic food I ever ate was either Javelina or Baloney.

I was about 6 at the time when my Dad, a Brother and I went hunting. We were hunting Dove and had shot a few when my Bro and I got abit bored and wondered away from my Dad-and we got chased up a tree by a Javelina. My Bro and I were out with a BB Gun shooting things like worms, tree bark, ants and toy soldiers-when we happened upon a sleeping Javelina and the thing got angry and started to chase us and we had to climb a tree to get away from it. My Dad had to shoot the thing because it wouldnt leave the base of the tree and we had no other way to get down.

Anyway, Dad shot it and we took it home and placed it in thje deep freezer and several months later took it out and Dad cooked that sucker. I remember it had a "wild game" taste to it but, the meat was very greasy and very tasty.

I also added Baloney-because as a kid I loved it but, after touring a slaughterhouse near Corpus Christi, and seeing how baloney was actually made-made me sick to my stomach and I have never eaten Baloney since then.

Now my wierdest concoction for food was: sliced ham or turkey or chicken lunchmeat, two sliced of wheat bread with liberal amounts of Miraclewhip spread on each slice, a slice of Americna Cheese, place cheese and meat on slice nr 1-then take a huge handful of Ruffles PotatoE Chips and place them on the meat, then smash down with your hand and add a few more potatoE chips on it then place the other slice on top & enjoy it as it is good. I started to do this when I was probably about 10 or so years old-only then I used Cheetos instead of Ruffles potatoE chips. Either concoction tastes marvelous.

 

I don't think I ever seen a javelina. is that like a wild bore?

 

Well, it really depended on how hungry you were when it was eatin time. The best meal was the boned chicken/turkey. The worst was pretty much everything else. Well, the beef and shrapnel (beef and potatoes were sort of ok), and the beans and baby dicks (beans and weanies) weren't exactly wonderful, but filled the hole for awhile. The chocolate nut roll had a decent flavor, but had the consisitancy of a soft brick. Of course we all lost weight when we went to the field. In the winter, all the rats (rations) would freeze solid, and we'd have to put the cans under our armpits while we marched to thaw them out. Until the cans thawed, all we'd have to eat was the John Wayne bars (chocolate/peanut bars that were disc shaped) crackers, cocoa powder and coffee and sugar packets. Yummy.

 

I've been on MREs recently and they are fairly dire too, not surprised your guys like to swap for our rations!

 

My own sheep...Yummy...

 

rabbit brain is nice,you simply break the skull off and suck his brain out,after being sttewed of course.cheers.

 

I guess its the cider that makes you stewed Wilts?

 

Beef brains and eggs, although the beef brains are frowned upon these days as per the "mad cow" disease. I have not eaten brain from other animals (that I'm aware of), but used to enjoy brains 'n eggs. Of course in the same vein is beef "sweat breads", which are the thymus glands, one found in the neck and one found on the heart. Those from the heart are more tender and tasty. Then the hearts themselves, sheep and beef, don't recall ever eating one from a hog, but then I don't indulge in hog testicles either. But "mountain oysters" from beef and sheep are quite good. I'm not a fan of beef tongue, although I've eaten my share, one friend's Mom could really do it well, but I never mastered her technique or something. Mine was always too tough.

I did have a calimari once which was squid based, and I tried octopus once but didn't particularly enjoy it. Then of course the other mentioned items, crayfish (water bugs) and such. Now paddle fish is good, but hard to come by these days, and their eggs are very "caviar" like, and I've only had real river sturgeon one time. Didn't care for the sturgeon.

Back in the fifties there was a weird food type craze, and chocolate covered ants and deep fried grasshoppers were the two I recall trying out. But they were just a phase people went through for some reason. Here in Montana we have a lake fish which is called (or we call) the Ling, and it is the ugliest thing you ever saw. All whitish and snake shaped, but pretty tasty if baked. Used to catch a bunch of them ice fishing on Tiber Dam's lake Elwell.

 

As far as I'm concerned any amount of Miraclewhip is one of the quickest ways to render just about anything inedable. Sweet pickles run a close second.

There's a reason it can't be sold as cheese you know. It's legally required to be labeled "pasturized processed cheese food" and not cheese. At one point I liked it but either they changed the formula or my taste changed. I suspect both.

I used to like to put potatoe chips on my hambergers. Ruffles were not my first choice however.

What are the criteria for considering something strange? I like both Korean and Japanese food for instance. At one time they would have been considered strange in this country but at least in major cities aren't any more. The same with Thai, or Lebonese. There's an Ethiopian resteraunt in town that at least used to be very good. That might qualify.

 

Rabbits, turtles, gators, conch, Ostrich meat, although I didn't like it! Carob covered ants, which tasted like chocolate potatoes! eeeeech! I'll try anything once, within reason, I'm not eating worms.

 

Ive eaten fried grasshoppers in thailand .Maybe hard to believe but those taste great
Another nice one was what appeared to be a normal sate , (little bamboo stick with small pieces of meat on there and then grilled) ..lovely handmade coconut and peanut sauce with it ..later saw it was rat's meat lol
But in all honesty ..it wasnt too bad ..

 

I've tried many a bug. You never know what you may have to eat someday.

 

Hi9 Suzie, ive never tried Wild Boar-but as its a Cousin of the Jav-im assuming they taste similar ;-))

 

Heh heh, can't help the Cheese and Miraclewhip parts-I was raised having that stuff. I actually for the majority of my life till the past few years-I hated Mayonaise-I like it now but also still enjoy miraclewhip. I HATE yellow mustard by itself but, if you spice it up and or mix it with miracle whip or regular mayo-it aint bad.

I never tried chips on burgers but have eaten them stuffed with fries.

Now, many folks here who aint in the know-look down their noses at this practice: When I went to Germany, I learned to dip my Pommes Frites (thats: french fries to the lesser educated and cultivated members of this site) in: Mayo. You would order it like this: Pommes Frites mit Mayo-bitte.

And for supper earlier today, I for the first time, ate at a Red Robin restaurant-and had been wanting to do so since moving here to A-town-just never had the funds to spare for jumping into the unknown. Well, today was the day, and I had a difficult time choosing any particular item from their menu-so I settled on an AMERICAN classic: a Cheeseburger with MAYO on both buns and had chopped Romaine Lettuce on it. I hate tomatoes and pickles and had them left off. Also coming mit der order-were Steak Fries (my favorite cut of fries) and I also ordered some extra Mayo-so I could dip my fries into it-and eat them German style I WILL be going back to Red Robin to try many other items on their menu-before I move back to Corpus.

 

Are they really food? Same question for MRE's...


I've been to France and Japan.... 'nuff said.....

 

As for c-rats being real food, well I don't know for sure. It was labeled as food, and we took their word for it. Of course, after a few days in the field and on the march all the time, anything would be good. MRE's were not in my era, so I don't have a frame of reference for that. Once we were issued something called "lurps." It was some sort of dehydrated meal in a bag. Add water and eat'em up. The silly thing about it was that the Army would give us this stuff in the summer in Alaska, when we were in the mountains, and the streams were about a 4 mile walk downhill, then 4 miles back up. In the winter, we'd get the rats and they'd be frozen in the can. Damn Army.....

 

I'll try anything once or twice....