# Strangest food you've eaten recently? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 25, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939 "2007-10-25T08:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/1 "2007-10-25T08:31:08Z")
For lunch today, the canteen at work out did itself. Goose Lasagne. Lasagne. Made with ground goose. And peas. :dubious: It was strange, but oddly pleasent. Anyone else chowed down on the bizarre recently? ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/2 "2007-10-25T09:32:57Z")
I had what was described as Angler Fish when I was in France earlier in the year, though this may have been a translation error. Tasty, meaty flesh all the same. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/3 "2007-10-25T09:44:17Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] For lunch today, the canteen at work out did itself. Goose Lasagne. Lasagne. Made with ground goose. And peas. :dubious: It was strange, but oddly pleasent. Anyone else chowed down on the bizarre recently? [/QUOTE] I’ve heard it can be greasy. Strangest thing I’ve eaten recently was [crayfish eggs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=439269) - I didn’t especially want to, but it was expected of me - because I have this (not entirely undeserved) reputation for eating anything and everything. They tasted of nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/4 "2007-10-25T09:46:13Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I’ve heard it can be greasy. [/QUOTE] _shakes fist in impotent rage_ ---
**Author:** ![Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Silence\_of\_the\_clams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silence_of_the_clams)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/5 "2007-10-25T12:42:39Z")
On the benthic cruise we had with the students two weeks ago, we got lots of sea cucumbers (_Parastichopus tremulus_). We gutted them, cut them into thin strips, and fried them with lime, chilli and ginger. They went down like a charm! ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/6 "2007-10-25T13:22:19Z")
I tried some sort of fish eggs the last time I visited the sushi joint. I think it was smelt. It was like licking the deck of a shrimp boat. Trying to cleanse my palate with the wasabi stuff was probably not a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/7 "2007-10-25T13:24:42Z")
[QUOTE=Staggerlee] I had what was described as Angler Fish when I was in France earlier in the year, though this may have been a translation error. Tasty, meaty flesh all the same. [/QUOTE] You’ll find it for sale here in the US as ‘monkfish’. It’s also called ‘poor man’s lobster’, which is kinda funny because the last time I saw it for sale it was actually a bit more expensive than lobster. According to the nice people at the Monterey Bay Aquarium you shouldn’t eat it because it’s likely overfished. I wasn’t that impressed the last few times I had it, especially for the money it cost. The most recent truly weird thing I’ve eaten still stands at Durian fruit this past summer. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/8 "2007-10-25T13:35:51Z")
I haven’t eaten anything really weird recently, but I had Duck this week (which is something that I never ate until relatively recently. ) MilliCal likes it, and so do our Beasts (the cats), but I find it incredibly greasy. ---
**Author:** ![lobstermobster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobstermobster/32/10033_2.png) [@lobstermobster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobstermobster)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/9 "2007-10-25T13:44:50Z")
Salmiakki (salted licorice laxative candy for scandinavians). I’ve been determined to like this stuff because I have yet to put a piece in my mouth, chew and then swallow. I’ve trained myself to really like things I didn’t always like such as beer, caviar, cucumbers (not all the way there yet), indian food. Something tells me I will always think salmiakki is weird and criminal. ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/10 "2007-10-25T13:46:27Z")
[QUOTE=lokij] You’ll find it for sale here in the US as ‘monkfish’. [/QUOTE] Well that’s a bit disappointing. I suppose I was aware that there are lots of species in the ‘Angler Fish’ category. And I didn’t notice the terrifying teeth, luminous dangler or parasitic husband when it was served up… ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/11 "2007-10-25T13:55:32Z")
[QUOTE=Malacandra] _shakes fist in impotent rage_ [/QUOTE] You know they have a pill for that now? I haven’t eaten anything weird except maybe boiled peanuts. Some consider them weird, but many people love them me included. I added some bacon salt to the water so they were even better. I also had some stuffed grape leaves last week, a little unusual but not too weird. I’m not into extremely weird foods, just the slightly odd. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/12 "2007-10-25T14:03:39Z")
Bear sausage a couple of weeks ago. It was good. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@Mike\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Fun)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/13 "2007-10-25T14:17:41Z")
I had a durian shake at a local Cambodian restaurant. You know that greasy smell in the subway? It tasted like a cross between that and propane, with hints of sour milk and vomit. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/14 "2007-10-25T14:20:45Z")
Poutine! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/15 "2007-10-25T16:01:58Z")
I just ate a still frozen waffle. It was blueberry. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/16 "2007-10-25T16:06:15Z")
Does haggis count? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/17 "2007-10-25T16:28:30Z")
I´ve eaten many things that I have no idea what they were… ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/18 "2007-10-25T16:49:48Z")
Meat jello. Okay, I’m pretty sure that’s not what it was called, but it was some sliced loaf of chunks of meat suspended in gelatin/aspic. I had it in Prague. It was not what I thought I ordered. It was not good. So, so not good. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/19 "2007-10-25T17:01:02Z")
Sourdough bread spread with goose grease and sprinkled with black pepper. It was pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939/20 "2007-10-25T17:05:26Z")
I like “izakayas”, a kind of Japanese tapas or drinking snack restaurant. The last time I went to one, one of the snacks was listed as “firefly squid”, and liking squid, I ordered some. It was more like squid liver. It smelled strongly of fish liver or guts, like when you gut a mackerel, yet it had an unpleasantly gristly texture. I like exotic foods, but this stuff was gross. We had to have the waitress remove it from the table, as the smell of it was making us sick. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-food-youve-eaten-recently/423939.md?page=2)