LickTheStar
Sad Flower in the Sand
Y'know... I've never gone out of my way to eat odd, strange, or uncommon food. I'm a very boring person overall, though, so not much of a surprise.
What's the strangest thing that you have ever eaten?
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I had fried alligator in NO a couple of days ago. Not quite as flavorful as white meat chicken, if that conveys anything.
Beef tongue is quite good - go to the Carnegie Deli in NYC and order a sandwich platter. You'll be eating it for three days.
That raw herring in Amsterdam is beyond fishy. Imagine eating it blindfolded in the red light district.
Beef tongue is quite good - go to the Carnegie Deli in NYC and order a sandwich platter. You'll be eating it for three days.
That raw herring in Amsterdam is beyond fishy. Imagine eating it blindfolded in the red light district.
o.k.
must admit, I haven't read the whole thread.
Just jump in for the fun of it.
as a joke that's great!
but, sure, we all know, "pussy" is not a "strange thing" to eat, but a natural food for men!
a friend of mine has been in China for 2 weeks and his business-partners wanted to bring him to 'western'-restaurants. But that friend is a Romanian (yes, some of you have heared of him already) and is used to eat EVERYTHING (like the entrails of animals, the inside of their mouths, their whatevers ..) - so he surprised them with being not only Open, but really WANTING all this strange food!)
okay, back to me:
the 'strangest' I ever ate was earthworm.
(I started with a version, that was freed from the dirt inside and fryed over fire, the next step was to fry one over fire without pulling out the insides before, the last step was to eat one raw and alive. Let me tell you: it's not the Taste, that's disgusting, it's feeling the single 'stings' of the worm, that alienates one.)
must admit, I haven't read the whole thread.
Just jump in for the fun of it.
as a joke that's great!
but, sure, we all know, "pussy" is not a "strange thing" to eat, but a natural food for men!
a friend of mine has been in China for 2 weeks and his business-partners wanted to bring him to 'western'-restaurants. But that friend is a Romanian (yes, some of you have heared of him already) and is used to eat EVERYTHING (like the entrails of animals, the inside of their mouths, their whatevers ..) - so he surprised them with being not only Open, but really WANTING all this strange food!)
okay, back to me:
the 'strangest' I ever ate was earthworm.
(I started with a version, that was freed from the dirt inside and fryed over fire, the next step was to fry one over fire without pulling out the insides before, the last step was to eat one raw and alive. Let me tell you: it's not the Taste, that's disgusting, it's feeling the single 'stings' of the worm, that alienates one.)
nervas
more crickets than friends
Not sure how I messed that up, but being that I don't go to either restaraunt often, that could be it! The actual restaraunt that makes the 5 cheese grilled cheese is Mimi's Cafe. I was looking for the different cheeses they use on-line when it occured to me, it wasn't Marie Calendars...
So here are the cheeses, and I'm telling you, it's delicious!
5 Way Grilled Cheese
Garlic parmesan sourdough grilled with mozzarella, jack, cheddar, and swiss cheese.
I had a burger at a local place called Tailpipes. It was 1/3 pound with parmesan, black pepper aioli (sorry if I misspelled that), roma tomatoes, and spinach on a ciabatta bun. It was called the Gran Torino. All their burgers are car themed. It's now my favorite place to get great burgers.
Johannes
Founding member
In school I once had to prepare and eat snails, which wasn't that bad. But then also, errr, "Calfs Brain", which tasted ok, but to prepare it was hell because if it is 7 am in the morning and you are sick anyhow and then somebody slams a full grown animal brain in your hands and asks you to remove little grey bone pieces from it or whatever the hell that was sticking in there, you know that this day will never end up in the "Tell us about your Great Day"-thread.
Johannes
Founding member
Yes, I did. I made a, how do you call it, "tourism school"? It was hell and I hated cooking for years afterwards. Recently I've been thinking about becoming a callboy, in case anybody is interested.
Once upon a time there was a small bug that God hated. God let the bug fly unnoticed into my wok when I was cooking. Then on my plate, I still didn't notice the bug, and so I was to find out how it tasted. I'd say the most bitter taste in the world combined with moldy garbage you can't erase with tooth paste or alcohol. Poor bug, God has been an asshole to both of us that day.
And the moral of this true fairy story is: chitin armoring can't always save you.
And the moral of this true fairy story is: chitin armoring can't always save you.
Ambreen
Sordide Sentimental
Come on, that's not a job for sweet little boys. :wink:
Johannes
Founding member
That's it, Ambreen, you convinced me.
Now the music will be coming! It will open up the poems in a completely new way to all of you! I am dreaming of the ukulele. Check me out on MySpace. I rule.
(PS: I just remembered, when I was a child there was a guy in my town who was locally famous for eating horse turds if you paid him. I never experienced this in person, but it was brought to me by believable bystanders.)
Now the music will be coming! It will open up the poems in a completely new way to all of you! I am dreaming of the ukulele. Check me out on MySpace. I rule.
(PS: I just remembered, when I was a child there was a guy in my town who was locally famous for eating horse turds if you paid him. I never experienced this in person, but it was brought to me by believable bystanders.)
nervas
more crickets than friends
A girl at work today, was excited because her mom called and told her she was making lengua for dinner. That's the spanish word for tongue. So someone asked where the tongue was from. She said a cow. I was grossed out till she reminded me that since I eat menudo whenever it's around and throughout my life, it's been around a lot. Apparently that rubbery chewy thing in menudo is cows tongue. Now, I'm sure I knew this, but I had kinda put that thought out of mind over the years... Gross!!! But oh so delicious!
Edited below after an ever so important phone call to my mother:
Ahhh, what the hell do I know. I just got off the phone with my mother, and she says the girl at my work is crazy! She said menudo is Cow intestines and never, well not the one she or her family makes contains cow tongue.
Oh well, still gross, still delicious!
Edited below after an ever so important phone call to my mother:
Ahhh, what the hell do I know. I just got off the phone with my mother, and she says the girl at my work is crazy! She said menudo is Cow intestines and never, well not the one she or her family makes contains cow tongue.
Oh well, still gross, still delicious!
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
I was at a restaurant for some pasta, and there is was, half of a maggot, on my fork.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
How about a dial-a-Bukowski-poem callboy? Or you could always deliver bukowski poems "to your door for any occasion", accompanied by a 'guimbarde'.
My jaw dropped and the first half went 'flop' on the table.