Edible things that have never been featured in a recipe

[Hippy Hollow]

Watching a cooking show where one chef prepared a molecular gastronomy dish. I was just thinking, these shows love to throw chefs for a loop with bizarre ingredients like Fruit Loops. Then I started to think: what edible things are unimaginable in a dish?

I have three:

1. Toothpaste
2. Bubble gum
3. Mouthwash

Any others?

[Scumpup]

Mouthwash, as I understand it, contains ingredients to make one ill if it is swallowed in any quantity, at least as formulated here in the US.
I've never seen a recipe calling for peanuts in the shell, though many people do eat them shell and all.

[Recusant]

Also, most toothpastes (at least, that I've encountered) aren't meant to be swallowed- small amounts have never hurt me, but they do put the poison control number on the tubes, and I suspect it's not just to avert lawsuits.

[Hippy Hollow]

Well, I wasn't thinking of a toothpaste sarnie per se. More of, "instead of a raspberry coulis, I used Aim."

[drewtwo99]

Egg shells can probably be eaten fairly safely if broken up finely enough (true for most solids isn't it?), though I don't know why anyone would WANT to.

How about the vein from a shrimp/prawn? The poop chute thing. It's edible (I often don't remove it when I'm eating them, I know, ewwww), but would a recipe ever call for them SPECIFICALLY to be added to a dish?

[feppytweed]

I've had Bubble-Gum Ice Cream as a kid, so there's gotta be a recipe for home-made ice cream where bubble gum comes in to use.

[drewtwo99]

How about eyeballs? Are they ever called for in recipes? I know that sometimes people will eat the eyes of an animal that they roast whole... but are they ever added to anything else?

And then... what about.... anus?

[Agent Foxtrot]

Originally Posted by drewtwo99

How about eyeballs? Are they ever called for in recipes? I know that sometimes people will eat the eyes of an animal that they roast whole... but are they ever added to anything else?

And then... what about.... anus?

Aren't anuses (ani?) used in haggis, hot dogs, and scrapple?

I can imagine sending my dish back at a restaurant because the anus wasn't fresh enough (I think I just threw up in my mouth a little).

[Scumpup]

Originally Posted by drewtwo99

How about eyeballs? Are they ever called for in recipes? I know that sometimes people will eat the eyes of an animal that they roast whole... but are they ever added to anything else?

And then... what about.... anus?

Based on watching Andrew Zimmern eat grilled skewers of chicken tails, uteri, and combs, among other bits, I have no doubt that somebody is selling charcoal grilled assholes somewhere in Tokyo.

[Shalmanese]

Originally Posted by drewtwo99

How about eyeballs? Are they ever called for in recipes? I know that sometimes people will eat the eyes of an animal that they roast whole... but are they ever added to anything else?

The Mexicans do an eyeball taco.

[Mangetout]

Kittens.

[engineer_comp_geek]

One thing I learned from the old TV show Fear Factor is that there are thousands of species of beetles, and every single one of them is edible.

(The contest was called "Bowling for Beetles". Each contestant bowled one frame and the number of pins left standing was how many live beetles they had to eat. I don't know if they psyched themselves out or what but all of the contestants did poorly)

[Shalmanese]

Originally Posted by Mangetout

Kittens.

There are plenty of Chinese recipes that feature cat. The Swiss, Italians and Basques have also historically eaten cat.

[Senegoid]

Bodily fluids of the sort commonly involved in oral sex.

[Mangetout]

Originally Posted by Shalmanese

There are plenty of Chinese recipes that feature cat. The Swiss, Italians and Basques have also historically eaten cat.

I said kittens.

[Mangetout]

Originally Posted by Senegoid

Bodily fluids of the sort commonly involved in oral sex.

You're kidding, right? There's a recipe right here on the SDMB for that.

[Princhester]

Originally Posted by drewtwo99

Egg shells can probably be eaten fairly safely if broken up finely enough (true for most solids isn't it?), though I don't know why anyone would WANT to.

The first time my youngest son was offered a boiled egg in the shell he ate it shell and all. He said afterwards he just didn't realise he wasn't supposed to. His older brother had eaten eggs out of the shell in front of his younger brother often enough that it just never occurred to us that the younger wouldn't have seen how it was supposed to be done. No harm done. And at least he got some calcium.

[Der Trihs]

Roast toddler.

[AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet]

Originally Posted by Agent Foxtrot

Aren't anuses (ani?) used in haggis, hot dogs, and scrapple?

I can imagine sending my dish back at a restaurant because the anus wasn't fresh enough (I think I just threw up in my mouth a little).

i remember a comedian saying " order weird things to be difficult....like candied goat anus

[6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast]

Toenails, fingernails and hair.

Meg Griffin made hair pie once. Earned Brian a punch in the mouth. I guess that could be a side dish.

[Koxinga]

In my sadly truncated Recipe from hell thread, we settled on a cake recipe that included:

one teaspoon cerumen oil
two cubes of the finest French fromunda cheese
mix in three cups of succus entericus extract
fold in one pound of strained meconium
a dash of sweetened crusta lactea (to taste)

Whisk together ingredients in a porn shop's mop bucket.

[6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast]

Koxinga, that's disgusting.

Unless you decorated it with dead foot skin shavings. Then somewhere, sometime, a bride would be very, very happy.

[Koxinga]

Originally Posted by 6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast

Unless you decorated it with dead foot skin shavings. Then somewhere, sometime, a bride would be very, very happy.

I've no idea what this means, but for some reason I'm picturing it as having to do with Uma Thurman, somehow.

[6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast]

I have no idea what it means either, but it seems so much cooler now that Uma Thurman wants in on it.

[kayaker]

Originally Posted by Mangetout

I said kittens.

I've been places where cat was consumed and I've wondered previously about kitten. Young meat seems to be prized in general (lamb, veal, barelylegal porn) so kitten might be yummy.

[Ellen Cherry]

I was going to move this thread to Cafe Society, but I've thought better of it. Dead skin from feet as a garnish?? Thank you for that image I'll be stuck with all day!

[6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast]

When you refer to it as a 'garnish' Ellen Cherry, it suggests it has no flavour...

[Maastricht]

There are plenty of herbs that have a specific taste but that seldom make the cross-over from medicinal herb (or just plain unknown herb) to kitchen herb.

Tansy, for instance. Has a very strong, interesting taste. Poisonous if taken in too large quantities. Last common culinary use was in medieval times.

Or Pennyroyal. Last culinary use was by the Greeks and Romans. It has the most "chemically" minty taste of any mint hybrid I know.

[Ludovic]

Originally Posted by 6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast

Koxinga, that's disgusting.

Unless you decorated it with dead foot skin shavings. Then somewhere, sometime, a bride would be very, very happy.

Unless you were too enthusiastic with the defoliation. Because then you'd be de-brided.

[CalMeacham]

Edible Lasers:

http://www.opnmagazine-digital.com/o...05/?pg=16#pg16

[cjepson]

Maybe not exactly "unimaginable", but I'm guessing it would be hard to find any real recipe featuring, say, aspirin or various prescription drugs.

[kmshrader]

Originally Posted by cjepson

Maybe not exactly "unimaginable", but I'm guessing it would be hard to find any real recipe featuring, say, aspirin or various prescription drugs.

Are cocktails recipes?

[Senegoid]

Originally Posted by Senegoid

Bodily fluids of the sort commonly involved in oral sex.

Originally Posted by Mangetout

You're kidding, right? There's a recipe right here on the SDMB for that.

Best username/post combination!

_{So, a link ?}

[zoid]

Why Dear God, why did I open this thread while eating?!

[TheChileanBlob]

Originally Posted by Senegoid

_{So, a link ?}

Pan fried semen.

[Johanna]

After seeing this thread, I racked my brains for foodstuffs that never make it to the table. Finally I had it: Edible sex toys. Mint, chocolate, strawberry, etc. flavored salves and unguents made to be licked off a partner's body. I've heard of edible panties too (but never tasted any). How could such treats be incorporated in recipes? Pompano en panties?

[Ludovic]

Do fish count for pan-fried semen actually being eaten?

[listedmia]

Originally Posted by Johanna

After seeing this thread, I racked my brains for foodstuffs that never make it to the table. Finally I had it: Edible sex toys. Mint, chocolate, strawberry, etc. flavored salves and unguents made to be licked off a partner's body. I've heard of edible panties too (but never tasted any). How could such treats be incorporated in recipes? Pompano en panties?

Here is a review of various flavored lubricants on toast:
http://www.vice.com/read/pb-and-dick-jelly

The same girl has written about pan-frying vaginal discharge, I think.

[John DiFool]

Originally Posted by engineer_comp_geek

One thing I learned from the old TV show Fear Factor is that there are thousands of species of beetles, and every single one of them is edible.

Even a bombadier beetle?

[Lamar Mundane]

Boogers.