# Animals I Have Eaten. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901 "2007-06-29T13:14:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/1 "2007-06-29T13:14:12Z")
Cow Lamb Pig Moose Elk Deer Beaver Opossum Armadillo Rabbit Goat Bear Buffalo Camel Chicken Duck Pheasant Squab Turkey Goose Ostrich Shark Tuna Octopus Shrimp Smelt Mackerel Sardine Lobster Crab Eel Abalone Scallop Mussel Clam Oyster Mahi-mahi Swordfish Tilapia Orange Roughy Squid Anchovy Bass Carp Trout Pike Salmon Coho Salmon Haddock Whitefish Cod Pollock Crayfish Snail Herring Halibut (it was good enough for J…) Bluegill Sole Red Snapper Turtle Rattlesnake Alligator Sturgeon (eggs) accidently: Spider Fly (I don’t know why…) Gnat Wow, I’m stuffed. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/2 "2007-06-29T13:15:16Z")
Well, you’re way ahead of me… I’m up to chicken, lamb, pig, crab, shrimp, alligator, and…um…pizza? Accidentally…well…i’m with ya, there. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/3 "2007-06-29T13:22:10Z")
**BMalion** - you mean to tell us you haven’t tasted of the Lemmings yet? YOU are missing out Big Time! To your OP. I’ve had quite a few of what you have listed…In addition you can add: Cricket - chocolate coated. Macko Shark Lobster Blue Crab Green Crab Sand Crab Dove Quail Eel mussels, clams, oysters ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/4 "2007-06-29T13:37:17Z")
I didn’t see kangaroo in your (pretty impressive) list, **BMalion** , also, you just know where lists like this are ultimately headed, don’t you? It’s:Cannibalism I’ve eaten limpets. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/5 "2007-06-29T13:39:26Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] **BMalion** - you mean to tell us you haven’t tasted of the Lemmings yet? YOU are missing out Big Time! To your OP. I’ve had quite a few of what you have listed…In addition you can add: Cricket - chocolate coated. Macko Shark Lobster Blue Crab Green Crab Sand Crab Dove Quail Eel mussels, clams, oysters [/QUOTE] Ah, haven’t had crickets or doves yet. I cannot rember if I’ve eaten quail so I left it off the list, but I did list those others. Good eats! I did not diferentiate amongst the crabs or sharks. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/6 "2007-06-29T13:41:00Z")
I can add haggis. It isn’t technically an animal per se, but it is much closer to that than it is to food. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/7 "2007-06-29T13:43:57Z")
You guys have a much more refined system than I do. Here’s how I break it out: Domesticated food animals Wild food animals Fish that swim Fish that crawl Bugs Birds I’ve dabbled in all, but tend toward the domesticated food animals and birds. Would you eat a penguin? ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/8 "2007-06-29T13:47:52Z")
Red ants (live, tangy). Ladybird (‘ladybug’, singular). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/9 "2007-06-29T13:49:31Z")
[QUOTE=Staggerlee] Red ants (live, tangy). Ladybird (‘ladybug’, singular). [/QUOTE] Intentionally? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/10 "2007-06-29T13:54:31Z")
Dog. Cobra. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/11 "2007-06-29T13:55:32Z")
Rodents I have eaten: Polynesian Rat Paca Guinea Pig Muskrat Squirrel ---
**Author:** ![citybadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@citybadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citybadger)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/12 "2007-06-29T13:56:15Z")
lion zebra camel ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/13 "2007-06-29T14:25:01Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Dog. Cobra. [/QUOTE] Whoa, that’s impressive. I just remembered, I _did_ have Quail, and Walleye! ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/14 "2007-06-29T14:27:37Z")
[QUOTE=citybadger] lion zebra camel [/QUOTE] How’d the cat taste? ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/15 "2007-06-29T14:30:06Z")
[QUOTE=Napier] I can add haggis. It isn’t technically an animal per se, but it is much closer to that than it is to food. [/QUOTE] 😃 I just had some of that Saturday! They wrapped it in puff pastry and slathered it with steak sauce, but it was still haggis. As my friend said, “It’s like putting lipstick on a pig.” ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/16 "2007-06-29T14:45:06Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] … Would you eat a penguin? [/QUOTE] If it was obtained legally, and if it had happy feet, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/17 "2007-06-29T14:54:32Z")
**BMalion** , you’ve got me beat. The only thing I know I’ve eaten that isn’t on your list is a bunch of ants. In a fit of abstraction, I once ate half a loaf of bread, before I realized that it was infested with ants. I didn’t feel particularly well afterwards, either. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/18 "2007-06-29T15:01:57Z")
Adding to the list: Jellyfish Raccoon Wild Boar ---
**Author:** ![citybadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@citybadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citybadger)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/19 "2007-06-29T16:27:14Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] How’d the cat taste? [/QUOTE] Like pork, actually ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901/20 "2007-06-29T16:49:01Z")
I’ve eaten some pretty diverse meats, but I’m no where near that list. Though to be fair, I don’t like most seafood. So I’ve given up on trying most actual fish, but will try shellfish, as some of those I like. So I’ll probably never add things like snapper, mahi-mahi, shark, etc… to my list. But I have intentionally eaten mealworms and crickets. Those are probably the weirdest, but not something I’d eat again, really. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animals-i-have-eaten/409901.md?page=2)