# Stranded on a desert island, I'd starve to death rather than eat... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181 "2006-05-17T22:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/1 "2006-05-17T22:05:12Z")
[brains in jars](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=371933). I mean it; too many Frankenstein movies as a kid. Did I mention that after reading the novel **Hannibal** , I was sick for two days? ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/2 "2006-05-17T22:08:13Z")
Brains in general. In 1986, my grandfather once ate breaded beef brains at a restaurant. The thought of him eating beef brains still nauseates me 20 years later. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/3 "2006-05-17T22:14:09Z")
So it’s “headfruit”? I always thought they were saying “breadfruit.” ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/4 "2006-05-17T22:24:57Z")
Shoot, I thought this was an opinion poll. But if it were it’d be in IMHO. Anyways my first thought was [del]fart blossoms[/del] brussels sprouts. The nastiest food on the face of the earth. ICK! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/5 "2006-05-17T23:32:59Z")
There would have to be NOTHING else on that island for me to resort to seafood. I mean…have you _eaten_ seafood? It tastes like fish…which is to say, it tastes like ass. _Fish_ ass. ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/6 "2006-05-17T23:34:21Z")
Allergic to shellfish, so that is out Rather die than eat COCONUT Blech. I hate the smell, the taste, the texture… ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/7 "2006-05-17T23:51:34Z")
That horrible fermented fish stuff, they use the sauce in thai food. I saw a Survivor episode where they had to eat fish that had fermented in a barrel in the sun for six months or something, and the contestants were gagging on the stuff. I was gagging just watching. That stuff is pure evil. I’d rather starve. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/8 "2006-05-17T23:54:19Z")
Sorry, absent stuff that will do me harm (allergy, poison, whatever), there’s nothing nutritious I won’t eat. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/9 "2006-05-18T00:07:04Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > That horrible fermented fish stuff, they use the sauce in thai food. I saw a Survivor episode where they had to eat fish that had fermented in a barrel in the sun for six months or something, and the contestants were gagging on the stuff. I was gagging just watching. That stuff is pure evil. I’d rather starve. Garum, I believe. For me, I’d die rather than eat eggs. The smell of them makes me gag, I can barely watch commercials that feature those nasty things, I don’t cook them. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/10 "2006-05-18T00:09:43Z")
Vege(puke)mite. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/11 "2006-05-18T00:37:01Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Garum, I believe. > > For me, I’d die rather than eat eggs. The smell of them makes me gag, I can barely watch commercials that feature those nasty things, I don’t cook them. I’d have to be very, very, very hungry to attempt eating a bug. I thought of stuff like calamari, durian, bananas, but all those I’d eat first, given my druthers. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/12 "2006-05-18T02:22:31Z")
There’s nothing I wouldn’t eat if it was an eat-it-or-die situation, but I’d have to be really, really, really hungry before I would eat pork. Can’t stand the smell or taste of the vile stuff, and the very idea of eating a\* pig\* is gross to me. I’m a very picky eater. If there’s nothing in the house that sounds good to me, and I’m feeling too lazy to go get take-out, I’ll frequently go without eating. Drives my husband nuts. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/13 "2006-05-18T02:55:29Z")
I’ve had chicken’s brains. Cracked open the head in a stew. It was creamy. I ate the head too, but it was mostly skin and bone. I’ve eaten dog, silkworm pupae, jellyfish, chicken’s feet, cow’s stomach, and a bunch of other weird crap that comes with being Asian. Also witchetty grubs, various types of snails, and so on. I would have to be very, very desperate before I ate another person, but I’d probably do it eventually. There’s really nothing I’d flat-out refuse to eat. Though if you told me I couldn’t eat anything but bittermelon for the rest of my life I’d probably jump off a bridge. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/14 "2006-05-18T03:56:19Z")
Egg salad or tuna salad. Just having to type the names of those two quivering, tepid, spore-spreading (flecks of them _always_ end up by any innocent nearby food), putrid-smelling diarrheaoids makes me feel queasy. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/15 "2006-05-18T12:08:01Z")
Brains, is the first thing that I thought of. But, I’ve never actually seen cooked brains and only seen an uncooked one, once. So, I might like it once I got over the idea of eating brains. My second choice is chitterlings / chitlins. Unlike brains, I’ve been around those vile things quite a bit. I’ve seen, smelled and tasted (once), them enough to know that the only way I would be close enough to eat them, is if I’m already dead. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/16 "2006-05-18T12:38:28Z")
Let’s just say I’m not what Stephen King would call a [Survivor Type](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Type) ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Means\_Go](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cc9497/32.png) [@Green\_Means\_Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Means_Go)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/17 "2006-05-18T17:07:20Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Let’s just say I’m not what Stephen King would call a [Survivor Type](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Type) May I just say “HOLY CRAP!” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/18 "2006-05-18T21:55:47Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Let’s just say I’m not what Stephen King would call a [Survivor Type](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor_Type) :eek: :eek: Let me just say that if I ever go on a cruise with illegal narcotics, I’ll be VERY sure that I bring enough for everyone! Eli Not that I’ll ever get to do a cruise… \ ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/19 "2006-05-18T22:06:15Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > I’ve had chicken’s brains. Cracked open the head in a stew. It was creamy. I ate the head too, but it was mostly skin and bone. I’ve eaten dog, silkworm pupae, jellyfish, chicken’s feet, cow’s stomach, and a bunch of other weird crap that comes with being Asian. Not just Asian, but my grossfoodometer needle is pinging heavily on “Chinese ancestry”. Am I right? (I’ve eaten about 50% of the above list, in China, but not in other Asian countries.) I’ve never starved, but I’ll bet most of these “ew gross” reactions would change if people were genuinely starving. I read something about an expedition in the 19thC trying to cross the Bering Strait, who ran out of food and got so hungry they _ate their own shoes_. ---
**Author:** ![Cranky\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cranky\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cranky_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181/20 "2006-05-18T22:07:26Z")
Liver. Of any sort, in any form whatsoever. Complete yuck. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stranded-on-a-desert-island-id-starve-to-death-rather-than-eat/357181.md?page=2)