# I Don't Care How Good It Tastes I'd Never Consider Eating That **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448 "2009-02-26T01:05:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/61 "2009-02-27T19:28:28Z")
> [@anu-la1979](#): > > So I’m thinking in case of apocalypse I’m just gonna go ahead and die rather than having to suffer through a “the meek shall inherit the earth” + grub eating scenario. What do you think your ancestors, the ones that foraged their way out of Africa, would say if they heard you say that? ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/62 "2009-02-27T19:33:50Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > What do you think your ancestors, the ones that foraged their way out of Africa, would say if they heard you say that? “Kreb think Anu have birthing hips. Kreb not hung up on Anu being great-great-something. Kreb add Anu to harem.” or some such. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/63 "2009-02-27T20:11:02Z")
I’m a little surprised at some of the entries here. Tarantula? OK. Rattlesnake? I can see that. But lobster? BEETS, for Og’s sake? Hrmm… I love escargot. I’ve tried gator, but didn’t care for it much. Haggis rocks. Lutefisk tasted OK, but I didn’t care for the texture. I’m going to stick with a more traditional list of banned foods: Liver, lima beans, Spam, and jello salad. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/64 "2009-02-27T20:27:57Z")
I would totally eat rattlesnake. That seems like fish or turtle or frogs legs, and it’s all basically chicken. I think I had gator once, but it was in a thick sauce and it might as well have been fake crab meat, from what I could tell. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/65 "2009-02-27T22:26:45Z")
Rattlesnake might be tricky. Check the archives for my thread about cooking python. I presume another type of snake will present similar textural challenges. I’d happily eat it, but I’d want it to be prepared by somebody who knows what he’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/66 "2009-02-27T22:38:27Z")
Preparing rattlesnake doesn’t seem [too terribly difficult with a little practice](http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Prepare-a-Rattlesnake-for-Good-Eating) but I’m curious about this statement: > [@](#): > > Cut the snake into two large pieces and freeze in salt water. Make sure the snake is put in a tightly covered container. If not, the snake will literally crawl out. :eek: I’d probably prefer to just get mine from a restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![meanoldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@meanoldman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meanoldman)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/67 "2009-02-27T22:47:38Z")
I am sure I’ve eaten a few small insects without even knowing it. However, large insects that still appear to be mostly intact insect I’d have a problem with. Same for most of the spider family. Maybe if deep-fried. Zimmern or Bourdain had a soup once with a bat’s head floating around in it. Couldn’t do that. Or even a bird similarly bobbing around in a soup or stew. If it still markedly resembles the critter it came from, that makes it tougher. Almost all processed foods I find edible. The stuff mentioned upthread about balut and the casu marza or whatever…that is probably out too. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/68 "2009-02-27T22:54:06Z")
I’m on top of the food chain, so there’s not a lot I wouldn’t try. I don’t want to make a steady diet of some of those things, though. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/69 "2009-02-27T23:07:05Z")
Not eating: Penis Testicles Intestines Brains Tongue Bugs Snails Frogs, or parts thereof Rodents ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/70 "2009-03-01T03:37:32Z")
Haggis. Veal. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/71 "2009-03-01T07:10:08Z")
If there’s a culture somewhere on the planet that regularly eats it, I’ll try it at least once. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/72 "2009-03-01T08:07:19Z")
Oh, that reminds me of one more: I’m not really eager to try [fugu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu), nor any other food which includes a Russian Roulette aspect. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/73 "2009-03-01T09:31:47Z")
I’ve eaten a fair amount of unusual foods in the past,though admittedly not usually by choice Snake(nice),crocodile(likewise)dog(bloody awful)insects,spiders(dont ask)octopus(forgettable)shark(nice)monkey(nice) are the ones that spring to mind. But its silly and purely all in the mind but I’d probably find it almost impossible to eat cat,human or bat. Oh and mushy peas,we have primitive peoples who live to the north of my location who eat it as some sort of manhood initiation ritual and then so as they dont look like total twats they have to pretend that they like it for the rest of their lives. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448/74 "2009-03-01T14:01:05Z")
I’ll just limit this to what I would expect to run into during my life. I don’t think I’ll have the oppurtunity to eat monkey. I cannot stand raw food (excluding vegatables and fruit). I will not eat any type of meat or seafood raw. For the most part I will not eat organ meat. Liverwurst is the exception, I just don’t think of where it comes from. Lima beans are evil. So are brussel sprouts. Though they don’t actually belong here since I have tried them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-care-how-good-it-tastes-id-never-consider-eating-that/487448.md?page=3)