# Really odd food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [April 14, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261 "2024-04-14T12:14:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/1 "2024-04-14T12:14:07Z")
I am related to the noted onmnivore and zoöphagist Frank Buckland. From [Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Trevelyan_Buckland): > [@](#): > > He became a friend of the curator at Surrey Zoo and when he heard that a panther had died, he had it dug up and declared that the meat “was not very good” I am an extraordinarily consumer of weird food. Roast whole fieldmice? Check. Crayfish eggs? Check. Rock Hyrax? Check. That was a slightly drunken choice though. Dove eggs, fried? Check. Crocodile, Warthog, Sable, Wilderbeast, Lamb brains, raw quail eggs, Mopani worms… lots of Checks. But here is something even I am a little squeamish to attempt: peacock neck sausage stuffed with peacock offal (recipe below) > **[Peacock Neck Sausage](https://foragerchef.com/peacock-sausage/)** > > Peafowl have long necks you can use like a sausage casing. It's a great way to use this part of many different game birds. What weird and wonderful things have the culinary dopers consumed? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/2 "2024-04-14T12:37:12Z")
Paging @Mangetout ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/3 "2024-04-14T12:47:57Z")
The most adventuresome thing I’ve tried was in Japan: roasted or fried grasshoppers. Actually my friends and I consumed it regularly as it was the appetizer served at our favorite dive restaurant near our base. Perhaps this next bit is a contender. You wouldn’t happen to remember [this '80s Wendy’s commercial (youtube, 30")](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_oem9BqUTI), would you? Well, it was very late 1980s. My ship had a port call in Hong Kong. I decided to go check out some of the truly local pubs and the place in which I found myself relaxing had chicken Chicken à la King on the menu. I ordered it. The dish was brought to me. And at that very moment, I completely understood what “parts is parts” truly means. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/4 "2024-04-14T13:00:28Z")
I am surprised that he didn’t find the panther tasty, I have eaten puma and immediately declared it the tastiest meat I had ever eaten. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/5 "2024-04-14T13:05:47Z")
It had been dead and buried, and he did have to travel from London to Surrey, which in those days took a while. It’s only around 35 km, but that is a full day on horseback. Plus the time for the news to get to the gentleman. I imagine the cat in question was well into the rotting phase. How did you serve your puma? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/6 "2024-04-14T13:12:10Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > parts is parts I’ve done full chickens, feet, neck, head and all. I prefer the neatly dressed ones I find in the supermarket, to be honest. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/7 "2024-04-14T14:29:45Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > How did you serve your puma? It was served at a bar grand opening by a taxidermist. We all thought we were eating sweet and sour pork. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/8 "2024-04-14T15:08:41Z")
Nothing too weird, but I’ve had fried silkworm pupae (not bad, but I definitely didn’t need a whole heaping plateful of them) and balut (duck egg with embryo in it, very gristly, would not eat again). ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/9 "2024-04-14T15:46:59Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > How did you serve your puma? Since Pumas are classified as ‘Near Threatened’ by the IUCN, I would serve it medium rare. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/10 "2024-04-14T18:24:29Z")
This… seems wise. I’ve not eaten giraffe or elephant (yet) but there is a place in Johannesburg where you can get pretty much anything from Zebra to Lion. I don’t eat much meat but I would go there. There are plenty of weird foods that do not involve killing animals. A bunch of edible seaweed. Some area-specific fruit (I love [mangosteens](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen)). [Baobab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adansonia_digitata) fruit. [Marula](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclerocarya_birrea) fruit. [Snot-apples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespesia_garckeana) (there is a charming name!). [Prickly Pear](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia) fruit ( we even see these in supermarkets occasionally, it is a fruit of a cactus, covered with tiny spikes ). [Mazhanje](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uapaca_kirkiana), which made me a bunch of money as my family had a large tree and I would sell them to my school mates It is really one of the joys of travel to discover new foods, both carnivore or vegetarian. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/11 "2024-04-14T18:32:09Z")
I love you all. Thanks for the dinner invite. I’ll be right there. I’m on a restricted diet. Do you mind if I bring my own meal? Yeah. Sorry. Really cannot eat that.🤔 ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/12 "2024-04-14T18:33:54Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > But here is something even I am a little squeamish to attempt: peacock neck sausage stuffed with peacock offal (recipe below) I would remove the head before cooking, but otherwise, that looks pretty good. Now I’m wondering if i should try making duck neck sausage sometime. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/13 "2024-04-14T18:37:18Z")
Just for the pedants, I will spolier this obvious Monty Python link. But I think we all know where it is going. [https://youtu.be/GxRnenQYG7I?si=iO86LlYJQxd7wIp6](https://youtu.be/GxRnenQYG7I?si=iO86LlYJQxd7wIp6) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/14 "2024-04-14T18:39:57Z")
That or this Monty Python skit (shipwreck): [https://youtu.be/deoNAOfkXxc](https://youtu.be/deoNAOfkXxc) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-odd-food/1000261/15 "2024-04-14T18:56:03Z")
Those were great. Thx☺️