# The most discusting thing to eat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 31, 2000, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395 "2000-03-31T14:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Foamfoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@Foamfoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foamfoot)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/21 "2000-03-31T16:40:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Turkey testicles? Why yes, many people GOBBLE them right up! _ahem_ ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/22 "2000-03-31T16:41:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by adam yax: > \*\* Turkey testicles?\*\* ## That’s what I said—\> [Rocky Mountain Oysters on the Half Shell](http://www.netrelief.com/cooking/recipes/oysters.htm) New and Improved Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/23 "2000-03-31T16:49:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by quadell: > \*\*Anybody ever seen Pink Flamingos? :eek: > \*\* The amazing thing is the “how much is that doggie in the window” scene is **not** the most hideous part of that movie. Of course I do have a copy of the director’s cut 😃 Liver is pretty damn gross but I’ll have to say that the Philippine specialty balut (sp?), colloquially known as “the egg with legs,” is the most horrible thing I’ve eaten. I don’t know if enough beer exists on a single continent to get me to eat another. ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/24 "2000-03-31T16:50:00Z")
Lobster green stuff = tomally. It’s actually the liver. Try to imagine going down into the basement, and seeing a lobster come crawling out from behind the furnace. Now think about eating one. Your brain-in-a-jar, Myron * * * Imbibo, ergo sum. ---
**Author:** ![ignatiusjreilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/2acd7d/32.png) [@ignatiusjreilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatiusjreilly)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/25 "2000-03-31T17:01:00Z")
One of my college roommates got married this past summer and both the bride and groom had a lot of family in from Taiwan and China for the wedding. They had a normal American ceremony and a normal American reception, but the rehearsal dinner was a traditional Chinese wedding feast. Lessee, on the menu were Live clams (they looked like flacid penises) Pickeled jellyfish (ugh) Sea urchin Live octopus Lots of other stuff that looked really disgusting and tasted just as bad that I really don’t want to ever know just what it was. I was planning on eating the fried chicken until I saw I realized the chicken was fried whole and I would have to look into its eyes as I picked meat off of the carcass. Someone also told me that the gray paste that all of the older folks were spreading on their cake was moneky brains, but I just kind of couldn’t (or maybe just didn’t want) to believe them. Most of us younger ones went for pizza when it was all over. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/26 "2000-03-31T17:51:00Z")
[Nasty Food](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/000813.html) A subject that just keeps repeating on us… _burp_ ---
**Author:** ![Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Myron\_Van\_Horowitzski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myron_Van_Horowitzski)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/27 "2000-03-31T21:56:00Z")
From the above thread: > [@](#): > > Anyone who describes this glop as “salad dressing” should be ritually flogged with nettles Hey, Nickrz, that’s an interesting point. Here you think of nettle-flogging as quite a grotty punishment, but _some people actually eat those too!_ Your brain-in-a-jar, Myron * * * Imbibo, ergo sum. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f1d935/32.png) [@the\_Scarlet\_Pimpernel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Scarlet_Pimpernel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/28 "2000-03-31T22:13:00Z")
that Ive eaten: octopus. It’s a specialty in the part of Spain I was in, but as near as I could tell they boiled it to oblivion and then put every fiery spice known to humanity on it. It was slimy and rubbery and tasteless in itself, but I breathed flames and burped the spices for hours afterwards. ## that Ive seen someone eat: an ex was addicted to peanut-butter-and-mayonnaise sandwiches. The combo is too nauseating to think of. I’ll stop procrastinating tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Sylence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Sylence](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylence)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/29 "2000-04-01T04:16:00Z")
Thousand-Year-Old Eggs. Put simply, you bury them, let them age, then dig them up and enjoy! A favorite in Vietnam, I believe. – Sylence * * * “Excuse me, are you reading Torah and eating crayons?” ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/30 "2000-04-01T04:41:00Z")
Any meat, if you really think about what it is. Blood veins, renal whatsits, other unmentionable stuff. You city boys think cows are clean? Hah. Natural casing hot dogs. Yummy. 😃 Peace, mangeorge * * * I only know two things; I know what I need to know And I know what I want to know Mangeorge, 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/31 "2000-04-01T04:59:00Z")
Okay, I am just going to post my name here, and watch the comments roll in. 😃 Although I will mention I am not disgusting, and in some cultures Krickets are considered a sign of good luck! Now aren’t you glad to have me around? * * * ## Mistress Kricket Are you stuck on stupid? ---
**Author:** ![crackwise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@crackwise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crackwise)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/32 "2000-04-01T05:03:00Z")
Watched someone eat haggis. uhhh. God awful. * * * ~200 posts. Time to change my username. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/33 "2000-04-01T06:08:00Z")
Ok, I’ll play fair; Gefilte fish. It does look worse than it tastes. Peace, mangeorge ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/34 "2000-04-01T06:24:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Padeye: > **Liver is pretty damn gross but I’ll have to say that the Philippine specialty balut (sp?), colloquially known as “the egg with legs,” is the most horrible thing I’ve eaten. I don’t know if enough beer exists on a single continent to get me to eat another.** I agree, liver is truly GROSS. But I have to ask, how in the world did you get talked into trying balut??? How drunk were you at the time??? YEECCCHHHHHH!!! How did you ever get past the Smell and the Look??? I lived in the PI for 2 years, never once was tempted to even get that close to one, much less _gulp_ taste _gulp_ it… \< excuse me while I run to the restroom to \*\*\*\*\*\*\> * * * You sing in my consciousness like a counterpoint to my life. L.L. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/35 "2000-04-01T07:25:00Z")
Lessee… I posted a few months ago about an exciting night of “I dare you to eat that” that a few friends and I had… I’m gonna try to find it. –Tim * * * You can’t accidently create a handicapped baby whilst smoking pot. ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2000, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395/36 "2000-04-01T07:39:00Z")
Found it! > [@](#): > > Went shopping this night. Realized why I was supposed to make it to the bank today. Declined for a $35 gift card. Hey, look at me. I’m a cool-guy. > > Went over to Jeana’s this night. Jon and I were talking about a game he played with his cousins when he was young. It was called (most chillingly) “Close your eyes and I’ll put this in your mouth and you tell me what it is”. We decided to try it. Jeana declined the invitation to play. > > It was ugly. > > We limited ourselves to three seperate cupboards, and the entries had to be room temperature, powdered, dried, crushed, granulated, liquid, or syrupy. We weren’t allowed to open an unopened package, which sadly eliminated powdered cheese from Mac’N’Cheese, powdered sauce mixes, and powdered stuff from Hamburger and other various Helpers. We also disallowed Pancake Mix (ugh) baking soda and powder, sugar, salt, flour, and dexahydroxide brominate. Oh, and non-foodstuffs, which gladly eliminated ‘Stiffy’, a grossly mistitled liquid starch product, most detergents, congealed grease et al. No premade foodstuffs, left-overs, fridge immigrants,or stuff-left-on-the-stove-or-table-for-the-last-few-days. A spoonful apiece was the serving size. > > It was ugly. > > Jeana’s brother Gabe went first. The rotation went: > > I fed Gabe > I fed Jon > Jon fed me > Jon fed Gabe > Gabe fed Jon > Gabe fed me > Repeat > > It was ugly. > > Gabe got to drink some liquid smoke. I don’t remember what Jon got first. > > I then drank some ‘Rum Extract (35% alcohol)’ very yuck. But, I convinced everyone it tasted like Egg Nog. They all tried it. > > I forget the exact rotations, but we ate: > > Alum > Rum Extract > Liquid Smoke (Hickory Flavor) > Hershey’s Cocoa (straight) > Offbrand Cocoa > Home-made Cocoa > Paprika > Cumin > Red Pepper dust > Seasoned Meat Tenderizer > Vanilla > Oregano > Thyme > Coffee (straight) > Green Tea mix > Mustard Seeds > “Butter Buff!” (Just add water!) A nasty, non-buttery tasting butter substitute > Various pickling spices > Many other horrifyingly bad, old, expired spices > > The vomiting was barely constrained. > > The worst, we voted, was the: > > Hershey’s Cocoa > Paprika > Alum > Cumin > Coffee > Liquid Smoke (Hickory Flavor) > and Thyme > > Paprika sticks to your mouth and cannot be gotten off. Cumin smells like feet, and Alum tastes like a 9-volt. Cocoa, straight, invoked a gag/vomit reflex in all three of us. It also could not be swallowed. > > For some reason, I am quite gassy at the moment. And, I can’t sleep. Jon was complaining of a heart attack, possibly from the Alum. We ignored him. > > It was horrible. I urge you all, do not try this. Very gross. I can’t believe that this stuff makes food taste BETTER! > > Seriously, it was NASTY. > > –Tim > > Y’all may be uh think’n I’m uh stup’d fer try’n this’n here, but y’all ferget how bored we’s all’uns get out here inna coun’ry side. ::shudder:: * * * You can’t accidently create a handicapped baby whilst smoking pot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-discusting-thing-to-eat/15395.md?page=1)