# Exotic foods you've enjoyed :) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298 "2000-09-23T20:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/1 "2000-09-23T20:32:36Z")
When we were kids, Chinese food was exotic to us; we’d never tried it before–and we have always liked it since. (We come from Indiana, presumably a haven for boring food.) I’ve tried baklava, which was really good. (I’ve had some really bad baklava, too.) Post here an unusual food you had never tried before–but which you really liked. ---
**Author:** ![relic\_11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@relic\_11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/relic_11)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/2 "2000-09-23T21:08:06Z")
Frog legs. Oddly tasty. Buffalo is nice. Love venison. Thats about it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/3 "2000-09-23T21:12:31Z")
sushi. Love most of it. All sorts of cuisines from around the world : India, Greece, Ethopia, Thai, Korean, VietNam, Brazil etc. Any odd produce in the market, and I’m there. My son, however, is the king of “I’ll try anything”. He’s dined on rattlesnake, alligator, boar, emu, bison, deer (of course), frog legs, squid, octopus etc. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/4 "2000-09-23T21:16:15Z")
Fried alligator is quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/5 "2000-09-23T21:25:27Z")
Vietnamese Hot and Sour Soup. Like the baklava, some is great and some is really bad. It’s best if the vinegar is floated on top after it’s in the individual bowls, but a lot of places stir it in early and let it simmer all the scent away. Japanese Kasugai Peas. Snack stuff: dried peas coated with wasabi (Japanese horseradish). Trust me on this! But not unless you like horseradish. Kumquats. Somebody asked in another thread a few days ago. Sour citrusy fruit to bite in half and eat skin and all, but watch out for the seeds. There are probably lots of other things I like that seem exotic to some - I don’t know any more what’s strange … ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/6 "2000-09-23T22:54:53Z")
Venison isn’t exactly an exotic food where I come from. Buffalo is though. I’ve had both. I also ate rattlesnake when I was a kid at some restaraunt in Arizona. They gave me a certificate and everything. Also, bear meat. If you’re looking for exotic meats, try this page: [Exotic Meats](http://www.exoticmeats.com) Some day I’m going to order the alligator. I usually make it a point to order a dish I’ve never tried when eating Chinese food. I also once ate a whole habanero pepper, don’t know if that counts. Here is one I can almost guarantee you’ve never tried. I’m from the Tlingit tribe (make it easy on you, _kling’-kit_) in Southeast Alaska. My grandmas eat a delicacy that they call “stink eggs.” (Can you see what is coming?) What you do, is you take salmon eggs (round pink eggs about the size of peas), and then you bury 'em in the ground and let the ferment. After that you boil 'em up and eat them. Creates a godawful stink throughout the whole house. I tried one, just one, hidden inside a piece of potato. It squeaked around inside mouth until my teeth got a handle on it. Then it burst open releasing quite an, ah, _unique_ flavor. Tasted kind of like seal oil, that is, rendered seal fat. I’ve also eaten dried salmon dipped in seal oil. Herring eggs, little white cluster of eggs on branches, eaten those. Gumboots, a sort of shellfish that sticks to rocks that you pry off with a knife. I believe the real name is chiton. Tough as a piece of shoe leather, but fairly tasty. That’s all I can think of at the moment. (I do wonder what rhino would taste like.) ---
**Author:** ![Gabz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@Gabz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gabz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/7 "2000-09-23T23:54:28Z")
Tripe (cow’s stomach) YUCK Elk YUMMY Alligator - good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/8 "2000-09-24T00:14:40Z")
Mofo-- I’m sure the spelling is wrong, but did you ever get a chance to try ooligan oil. Real fragrant, rancid(?) fish oil. Defintely a condiment that takes some getting used to. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/9 "2000-09-24T01:52:22Z")
Does octopus count? Mmmmmmm. Little rubbery, but quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Mofo\_Rising](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mofo\_Rising](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mofo_Rising)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/10 "2000-09-24T03:06:35Z")
Yeah, hooligan oil is like seal oil. They usually eat it with the herring eggs. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/11 "2000-09-24T04:41:37Z")
Let’s see, Fish head curry wasn’t bad. Snow fungus was good. I’ve eaten frog legs, taste just like chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mr\_Elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Elbows)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/12 "2000-09-24T06:45:18Z")
Rhambutans Mangosteens Durians Selaks Pork Floss Yum, Yum, yum ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/13 "2000-09-24T07:43:47Z")
When living in Alaska for a spell, I had bear and moose–gamey, but not bad. I’ve had all kinds of sushi (and learned how to make it in class). Had fried crickets once. Even had the gumption to eat a McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder once, too. ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/14 "2000-09-24T13:29:14Z")
I tried sushi for the first time this summer and _loved_ it. Does haggis count as exotic?? It’s actually fine, although the one I tried was a little too spicy for me. But I can’t get enough of vegetarian haggis with “neeps and tatties”. My husband had fried octopus in an Indonesian restaurant in Holland, tentacles splayed all over the plate. I tried a bite and thought it was all right, if a bit chewy. He loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/15 "2000-09-24T17:45:04Z")
Jellyfish. It was like eating crunchy cartlidge. Not a lot of flavor… Bear. It is pretty damn chewy. Many types of venison…some type of antilope was the most exotic… I’ve eaten almost every possible ethic food you can think of, and enjoyed most of it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/16 "2000-09-24T17:47:15Z")
Without question the greatest cuisine in the world (IMHO) And you can’t get it here, AT ALL ☹ ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/17 "2000-09-25T01:59:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*Does octopus count? > > Mmmmmmm. Little rubbery, but quite tasty. \*\* mmmmm, calamari :: drools like Homer Simpson ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/18 "2000-09-25T02:16:40Z")
My mother and some of her friends occasionally eat sheeps’ heads. Apparently the eyeballs are the tastiest part of the sheep. I can’t bear to eat anything that smiles at me. ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2000, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exotic-foods-youve-enjoyed/34298/19 "2000-09-25T05:30:20Z")
tripe (GROSS!) calamari/squid (Yum) moose sausage (quite good) octopus (good) buffalo (not much different than good lean beef) frog legs (good and, no they don’t taste like chicken)