# Grossest recipe ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206 "2008-03-13T02:20:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/21 "2008-03-13T15:31:23Z")
[QUOTE=lobotomyboy63] My dad said they used to hunt squirrel during the Depression. Cajuns eat them all the time and (allow me to inflict some lore on you) in Colorado, a tour guide said you could survive on it b/c of the fat content. Rabbits? You’d starve. The grossest thing I ever saw probably tasted great…it was a cake. But they put it in a (new) cat litter box and had crumbled a couple cakes/used food coloring to make it resemble cat litter. They served it with a pooper scoop, and they had partly-melted tootsie rolls, draped them over the side like that cat had bad aim, etc. Having cleaned a few of the real thing, no thanks. Mutter paneer, an Indian dish with fried ricotta, peas and cashews, often looks nasty (greenish-yellow) but it is probably my favorite food of all time. [/QUOTE] Ah - a good example of something that looks vile and tastes good. The cat litter cake is a very good example of that, actually! I made one a couple of years ago for a Boy Scout party and it was (once you got over the whole, well, poop thing) pretty tasty 😃 I cannot come up with anything that tops some of the things mentioned on this thread (but squirrel is good stuff, from my one experience with it as a young kid). ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/22 "2008-03-13T15:59:20Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] Again, I didn’t mean to offend. After submitting this thread, I did realize how potentially snobbish I sound, and I really don’t mean to. Heck, I eat raw fish and eel, so I know that gross is in the mouth of the betaster. [/QUOTE] I’m not at all offended. Squirrel and other rodentia as foodstuffs tend to squick people out. And I like the chili sauce / grape jelly mix too. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/23 "2008-03-13T16:16:40Z")
Just about anything from the [Gallery of Regrettable Food](http://lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.html) would qualify. This morning, paging through his most recent book, I saw a recipe for “Scottish Heart Patties”. The instructions went something like, “Wash hearts, remove large tubes, force through meat grinder with onions…” and there I pretty much had to stop. So, patties made with hearts. No thank you, he said greenly. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/24 "2008-03-13T16:23:20Z")
[QUOTE=Max Torque] Just about anything from the [Gallery of Regrettable Food](http://lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.html) would qualify. This morning, paging through his most recent book, I saw a recipe for “Scottish Heart Patties”. The instructions went something like, “Wash hearts, remove large tubes, force through meat grinder with onions…” and there I pretty much had to stop. So, patties made with hearts. No thank you, he said greenly. [/QUOTE] One of his books had excerpts from a WWII-era cookbook concerning “variety meats” – parts of the animal (cow, I believe it was) that aren’t traditionally eaten, but can be ground up, shaped, and stuffed in a gelatin mold. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/25 "2008-03-13T18:38:27Z")
Of all the things Louisiana natives eat with gusto and write up in cookbooks, it’s _squirrel_ that grosses you out, **lorene**? I’m from Louisiana, and lived in Baton Rouge for years, and I can say with authority that we eat things most people would be afraid to step on. 😃 [QUOTE=Bambi Hassenpfeffer] And where _I’m_ from\*, they are mixed along with rabbit into a stew we call “burgoo”. Burgoo is made from many different meats in many different places, but our local tradition is squirrel and rabbit. Tasty, tasty. [/QUOTE] This has my vote for Most Appropriate Username/Post Combination. From [Wikipedia on hassenpfeffer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassenpfeffer): "Hasenpfeffer (also spelled hasenfeffer) is a traditional German stew made from marinated rabbit. Pfeffer is not only the name of a spice, but also for a dish where the animal’s blood is used as a gelling agent for the sauce. Wine or vinegar is also a prominent ingredient, to lend a sourness to the recipe. In the USA and perhaps elsewhere, squirrel is frequently substituted for rabbit. This substitution is accepted as authentic by the families of German immigrants. The substitution of chicken, although common, is not considered authentic." ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/26 "2008-03-13T19:14:11Z")
[QUOTE=Jeep’s Phoenix] One of his books had excerpts from a WWII-era cookbook concerning “variety meats” – parts of the animal (cow, I believe it was) that aren’t traditionally eaten, but can be ground up, shaped, and stuffed in a gelatin mold. [/QUOTE] We actually touched on that in one of my grad-school courses in mass communication. What we were studying, actually, was the government’s methods in trying to get housewives to use nontraditional cheap cuts during a period of meat rationing. Apparently it involved something along the lines of state-sponsored Tupperware parties, with the recipes demonstrated, health benefits explained, then something like, “So, Mrs. Smith, are you going to cook your husband a delicious beef heart for dinner?” (I once tried cooking up some sliced beef heart I found in the supermarket. **Way** too tough! Unless you put it through a grinder, I guess.) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/27 "2008-03-13T19:38:11Z")
[QUOTE=Mama Zappa] Ah - a good example of something that looks vile and tastes good. The cat litter cake is a very good example of that, actually! [/QUOTE] I’d be scared to make that. With my luck, my kitty would sneak in and start doing the needful just as I was about to serve. ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/28 "2008-03-13T20:00:08Z")
Fluffy Mackerel Pudding [http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/fluffymackpudding.html](http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards/fluffymackpudding.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/29 "2008-03-13T20:21:19Z")
[Brrraaaaaiiiiinnnnnssss! (With milk gravy!)](http://cleanplateclubnyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/Pork%20Brains.jpg) Observe the cholesterol content. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/30 "2008-03-13T20:28:31Z")
I grew up in eastern Kentucky. We would often have squirrel during the hunting season. The one thing that I could not bring myself to try however was eating the brains of the squirrel. My mother and father thought that was a delicacy. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/31 "2008-03-13T20:37:39Z")
[Alton’s recipe for haggis](http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_17236,00.html) Please note especially the last line. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/32 "2008-03-13T20:47:09Z")
One of my mother’s uncles used to make his own pickled pigs’ feet. As a child, he’d bring them over to her house. She tells me that she’d sit there and watch my grandmother just gnawing on the things, while trying not to vomit. [QUOTE=Mama Zappa] Ah - a good example of something that looks vile and tastes good. The cat litter cake is a very good example of that, actually! I made one a couple of years ago for a Boy Scout party and it was (once you got over the whole, well, poop thing) pretty tasty 😃 I cannot come up with anything that tops some of the things mentioned on this thread (but squirrel is good stuff, from my one experience with it as a young kid). [/QUOTE] I remember when I was in oh, maybe 6th grade, and we had our “Santa Workshop” store every December (note-this was a CATHOLIC school, so no comments about church/state). Some of the kids’ mothers would bake cookies and bring them in. One made these “wreath cookies” that had cornflakes with sort of a green coating, with little red hots for berries. Except that the cookies looked like big piles of snot. My friends and I tried them, if only BECAUSE they looked so gross, out of curiosity. We were the only ones who did so-and I’m glad because they were delicious and there were more for us! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/33 "2008-03-13T21:01:56Z")
[QUOTE=pprgrl] I clicked on this thread without thinking about the fact that I’m currently eating a Cadbury cream egg and slurping chocolate milk…well, I was anyway. This is the worst, from **Smeghead’s** placenta link (bolding mine): There aren’t enough barfing smilies in all the world… [/QUOTE] I dunno. The placenta smoothie may have been worse. Raw placenta blended with tomato juice and carrots and drunk cold. Geeeyah! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/34 "2008-03-13T21:14:43Z")
[QUOTE=Miss Purl McKnittington] I’m probably about to offend the entire state of Georgia, but whenever someone suggests mixing grape jelly and chili sauce and pouring that over cocktail franks, it makes me a little queasy. I mean, who looked at those two very disparate things and went, “Hmm, those’d be great on some baby hot dogs?” [/QUOTE] It’s awesome – sweet and sour and spicy – but it’s better with little meatballs than with baby weiners. The volunteer fire department used to host a wild game feed every spring to raise money. Ever et hog nuts? Baked into a stuffing, that’s good eatin’. **Guinastasia** , I can get behind some pickled pig’s feet, but my grandma’s favorite was the back end of the chicken. My husband eats bone marrow. Said he never got any at home – his dad had dibs. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/35 "2008-03-13T21:20:29Z")
[QUOTE=KneadToKnow] [Alton’s recipe for haggis](http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_17236,00.html) Please note especially the last line. [/QUOTE] Liver, heart and **tongue?** I thought haggis was made with liver, heart and lungs. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/36 "2008-03-13T21:32:14Z")
Yeah, 'cause that would be so much better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/37 "2008-03-13T23:28:57Z")
How about clam ice cream? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/38 "2008-03-13T23:52:56Z")
Grossest recipe ever? That would have to be [Goose Roasted Alive.](http://www.godecookery.com/incrd/incrd.htm#009) > [@](#): > > A Goose roasted alive. A little before our times, a Goose was wont to be brought to the table of the King of Arragon, that was roasted alive, as I have heard by old men of credit. And when I went to try it, my company were so hasty, that we ate him up before he was quite roasted. He was alive, and the upper part of him, on the outside, was excellent well roasted. The rule to do it is thus. Take a Duck, or a Goose, or some such lusty creature, but he Goose is best for this purpose. Pull all the Feathers from his body, leaving his head and his neck. Then make a fire round about him, not too narrow, lest the smoke choke him, or the fire should roast him too soon. Not too wide, lest he escape unroasted. Inside set everywhere little pots full of water, and put Salt and Meum to them. Let the Goose be smeared all over with Suet, and well Larded, that he may be the better meat, and roast the better. Put the fire about, but make not too much haste. When he begins to roast, he will walk about, and cannot get forth, for the fire stops him. When he is weary, he quenches his thirst by drinking the water, by cooling his heart, and the rest of his internal parts. The force of the Medicament loosens and cleans his belly, so that he grows empty. And when he his very hot, it roasts his inner parts. Continually moisten his head and heart with a Sponge. But when you see him run mad up and down, and to stumble (his heart then wants moisture), wherefore you take him away, and set him on the table to your guests, who will cry as you pull off his parts. And you shall eat him up before he is dead. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/39 "2008-03-14T00:18:16Z")
[QUOTE=Brown Eyed Girl] That’s an awesome show! What it is? And can I watch more of it on the internet? And ewww… [/QUOTE] It’s “Gordon Ramsey’s F Word”, a British show. You can probably find more of it on Youtube or possible BBC America (I know Ramsdey’s gone American, now). > [@](#): > > Alton’s recipe for haggis > > Please note especially the last line. I was wondering how long it would be until haggis or black pudding were mentioned. Nevertheless, haggis is delicious, especially deep fried and served with chips (haggis supper) from a chippy, when drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206/40 "2008-03-14T00:26:00Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] Grossest recipe ever? That would have to be [Goose Roasted Alive.](http://www.godecookery.com/incrd/incrd.htm#009) [/QUOTE] Worse than [balut](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut)? (Duckling boiled-in-the-egg.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grossest-recipe-ever/441206.md?page=3)