# Carnivores: What's the most exotic meat you've had? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589 "2000-01-06T17:21:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/1 "2000-01-06T17:21:00Z")
I’ve had beef heart (yummy!), rattlesnake, frog, and alligator. The latter three are rather rubbery, but edible if fixed properly. I had the beef heart at a family barbeque. Man, was it tender and tasty! * * * Everybody got to elevate from the norm - Rush ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/2 "2000-01-06T17:32:00Z")
I had kangaroo once. It wasn’t all that special. * * * Formerly unknown as “Melanie” ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/3 "2000-01-06T17:36:00Z")
I had kangaroo once too. Looking back, I kind of don’t believe it really was. ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Propski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5e9695/32.png) [@Guy\_Propski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Propski)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/4 "2000-01-06T17:41:00Z")
Fried alligator tail. When I ordered it, I was expecting to receive a large tube of meat (no jokes, now), but instead it resembled a basket of fried clams. Rabbit. Not exotic, but most people are too put off with the idea of eating a cute wittle fuzzy bunny. Chitlins. Don’t eat this late at night, or you’ll have the same massive heartburn I got. I had a friend who was once served tacos made with pig tails. A bit crunchy, he said. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/5 "2000-01-06T17:41:00Z")
Well, according to my email this morning, I’ve had : > [@](#): > > genetically manipulated > organisms. These so called “chickens” are kept alive by tubes inserted into their bodies to pump blood and nutrients throughout their structure. They have no beaks, no feathers, and no feet. Their bone structure is dramatically shrunk to get more meat out of them Oh, wait a minute, no I havent. It’s an email hoax concerning KFC. Anyone else seen this shit? ---
**Author:** ![CanadianSue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@CanadianSue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanadianSue)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/6 "2000-01-06T17:42:00Z")
I dont know that its so much exotic, but Caribou is a wonderful meat, probably one of the tenderest around and it doesnt have that wild taste to it. Musk Ox burgers are pretty good too. * * * We are, each of us angels with only one wing,and we can only fly by embracing one another ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/7 "2000-01-06T17:46:00Z")
Is a snail meat? Yummy. I’ve also had alligator. Man, that stuff stuck with me for _hours_ afterward. I’ll try any food once. ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/8 "2000-01-06T17:50:00Z")
Buffalo. Like beef, only leaner - and more bland. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/9 "2000-01-06T17:50:00Z")
Rocky Mountain Oysters. If you don’t know what those actually are, you are in for a treat. * * * Well, shut my mouth. It’s also illegal to put squirrels down your pants for the purposes of gambling. ---
**Author:** ![melanietarrant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@melanietarrant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melanietarrant)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/10 "2000-01-06T17:51:00Z")
friends invited us to dinner one evening, after serving, he casually mentioned we were eating squirrel. he went on to boast about hunting and killing the squirrel just for this dinner. it wasn’t too bad actually, but i kept biting down on little pieces of buck shot * * * I’m pink therefore I’m Spam ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/11 "2000-01-06T17:55:00Z")
Ox toungue. And horse. I don’t want to talk about them. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/12 "2000-01-06T17:56:00Z")
When I was in Peru I tried Guinea Pig. It has a high bones to meat ratio, but is rather tasty. And, it tasted like something that I had eaten before. * * * See those stars over there? That is the Little Dipper. I’d show you the Big Dipper, but my zipper is stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/13 "2000-01-06T17:57:00Z")
Rabbit is _not_ exotic. They served it on a regular basis at the Memphis Naval Air Station chow hall. ## Having been to the Philippines several times in the navy I know I’ve eaten dog at a barbeque stand or party. Monkey probably too because I don’t think they could have disguised a dog to look like that. After enough San Miguel beer it _all_ tastes like genetically altered, grwon-in-a-test tube, beakless KFC chicken. 😉 “Popeye? Hm? He’s not much of a judge of women!” King Blozo ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/14 "2000-01-07T06:11:00Z")
I’ve actually had raccoon. Quite greasy, but not too bad. Mullinator, that’s not nice. 🙂 I haven’t been able to find a place that serves them in New England, and now I am home sick. 🙂 * * * Letting my inner child run loose and break things. ---
**Author:** ![renaissanceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@renaissanceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/renaissanceman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/15 "2000-01-07T06:22:00Z")
I had chamois while in Austria once. It’s a small animal related to and about the size of a young deer. Delicious. Made me want to go wash my car, though. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/16 "2000-01-07T06:45:00Z")
\*Canthearya: Is a snail meat? \* I say if it was once an animal, it’s meat. (Glad I’m not Catholic. :)) I also had snail (escargot) when I was about 10. It’d always been a sitcom joke, so I knew what it was. My parents asked if I was sure; actually, it was probably the most expensive appitizer. I liked it, too. And I was a kid that hated “weird” meats, especially organs. Which also reminds me: my mom once cooked beef tongue. That was good too, but I was freaked out all afternoon watching this bizarre-looking chuck-o-flesh being boiled for dinner. I think it was the typical “try one bite” ploy to get me to eat it. Once I tasted it, I liked it. While we’re on the topic of meats: does anyone here **not** like lamb? My wife doesn’t like it, I can’t figure out why. * * * Everybody got to elevate from the norm - Rush ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/17 "2000-01-07T06:52:00Z")
I once had Moose Salami. It was quite good, not greasy like storebought salami. Ostrich jerky was tough, tough tough. One small piece and you could chew on it all day. I dunno lamb never appealed to me, it was too lamby???( can’t say why). Oh yeah, I once had a Reser’s frozen burrito. I’m still trying to figure out what kind of meat THAT was. 😉 Carniverous in Canada Keith * * * You want brilliance BEFORE I’ve had my coffee!!! ---
**Author:** ![Konrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Konrad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Konrad)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/18 "2000-01-07T06:55:00Z")
I’ve had eel and chicken heart. AWB: I find the taste of lamb weird, but it’s not really an exotic meat. ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/19 "2000-01-07T06:57:00Z")
My dad hates lamb but he’s a really picky eater. The lambs in question were Barbados sheep, short hair as opposed to the fluffy Mary-had-a-little type. He says the meat tastes too greasy and I’ll have to admit that if mutton is not prepared right it leaves a sticky film in one’s mouth. * * * “Popeye? Hm? He’s not much of a judge of women!” King Blozo ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589/20 "2000-01-07T06:58:00Z")
Well, I’ve had Taco Bell tacos AND chicken mcnuggets. I’m still not sure what kind of meat is in either of them. I’ve also had goat. Not too bad, really. * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carnivores-whats-the-most-exotic-meat-youve-had/12589.md?page=2)