# TMI warning: What does shit taste like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 21, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983 "2003-07-21T19:18:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Schnauzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@Schnauzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnauzer)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/41 "2003-07-22T12:33:33Z")
I’m sure I’ve heard somewhere that the French make a soup into which they put a teaspoon of poo to add flavour. I can’t remember any more detail than that I’m afraid. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/42 "2003-07-22T12:34:39Z")
Well, it does have a lot of fiber. And I hear fiber is good for you… And I can’t believe I just wrote that. ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/43 "2003-07-22T12:45:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Schnauzer \* > \*\*I’m sure I’ve heard somewhere that the French make a soup into which they put a teaspoon of poo to add flavour. I can’t remember any more detail than that I’m afraid. \*\* Words fail me. Google “poo soup”. When you get no results, you know why. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/44 "2003-07-22T13:16:38Z")
How about the mythical “Pâté de caca de canard” that I saw in a Sunday paper once…? ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/45 "2003-07-22T13:19:01Z")
[http://www.youwannaknow.com/CharacterPortfolios/KevinResponse.html](http://www.youwannaknow.com/CharacterPortfolios/KevinResponse.html) I googled ‘poo soup’…this is the second entry! ---
**Author:** ![Tarantula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e274bd/32.png) [@Tarantula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarantula)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/46 "2003-07-22T13:55:26Z")
I’m not clicking on that link 'cause I’m in work. But you better be kidding me… ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/47 "2003-07-22T20:00:16Z")
"My God! That’s moose turd pie! It’s good, though." [http://www.lpslicer.com/KFAT.htm](http://www.lpslicer.com/KFAT.htm) ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/48 "2003-07-22T20:52:06Z")
I’ve often wondered what it would take to thoroughly gross me out. Thanks guys, now I know… ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/49 "2003-07-22T21:40:52Z")
**Rowrrbazzle** , that link didn’t properly attribute the Moose Turd Pie anecdote, which is, of course, the work of the inimitable roustabout and raconteur Utah Philips. Here’s an [MP3 of the man himself relating the story](http://www.utahphillips.org/stuff/mooseturdpie.mp3), taken from [Utah’s homepage](http://www.utahphillips.org). “You’ll get pie in the sky when you die, bye-and-bye.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![noddygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@noddygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noddygrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/50 "2003-07-22T22:23:27Z")
Some acquaintances of mine are involved in various aspects of the German porn industry. Germans are awfully fond of shit, for whatever reason. Personally I think it’s related somehow to the design of their toilets, which usually have a little “shelf” for pre-flushing inspection, so that their lifelong relationship with their waste is a bit more intimate than in some other cultures. But anyway…I am told that the taste is not as awful as one would imagine, providing you can dissociate it from the smell; and I have heard it compared to the taste of cornflakes. I am content to take their word for it. ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/51 "2003-07-23T00:03:36Z")
KFAT! the days of KFAT and Carl…I still have the T-shirt, and the memories… ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/52 "2003-07-23T00:06:49Z")
No apologies for the hijack, but this may not have been the most respectful thread to bring up Carl’s name in. KFAT forever! ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/53 "2003-07-23T00:33:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by noddygrrl \* > \*\* Germans are awfully fond of shit, for whatever reason. Personally I think it’s related somehow to the design of their toilets, which usually have a little “shelf” for pre-flushing inspection, so that their lifelong relationship with their waste is a bit more intimate than in some other cultures. \*\* I always thought the “toilet shelf” was for splash protection. Damn, now I have to admit to reading this thread… ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/54 "2003-07-23T02:51:10Z")
Just flashing back to the movie **Things to do in Denver When You’re Dead** : Easy Wind, about Critical Bill: “A brown boy! A fecal freak! A f\*\*\*in’ dookie taster!” Critical Bill, later: “It was just an itty bitty piece of shit. It didn’t really even have no taste…Spongy.” I’ve seen that movie far too often. ---
**Author:** ![Gsk1965](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Gsk1965](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gsk1965)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/55 "2023-10-02T01:37:46Z")
A long time ago I worked in landscaping. Dog shit was never a problem because the customers usually picked up after their dogs and I could usually spot it beforehand. One afternoon I was working on one yard where the grass was growing high alongside a pool. Instead of using the lawn mover, I decided to use a weed whacker. There was a pile of dog shit I didn’t see and accidentally hit and it exploded into little pieces and flew everywhere. It got all over me and a few little pieces on my mouth and lip. At first I thought I hit a clod of dirt. I could taste it but I didn’t realize it was dog shit until the smell was everywhere. Dog shit tastes like pungent mold with a chalky texture. Truthfully, the smell of dog shit is worse than it’s taste but I’m sure if I knew right away it was dog shit I was tasting, I would’ve vomited. If you’ve ever accidentally eaten something with mold on it, like a piece of moldy bread, you have a good idea of what dog shit taste like. Someone on this thread mentioned “ripe blue cheese”. I’d say that’s a good description. And speaking of eating dog shit, a friend of mine had two beagles. One of them started squatting to take a shit and the other beagles stuck it’s mouth near its ass and started gulping down the dog shit as it coming out of the other dog’s asshole steaming hot. It was one of the most disgusting things I’d ever seen. And this was a dog that would lick me when she was in a playful mood. But after I saw that I’m cautious about getting too close to dogs that like to lick. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Sponge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dark_sponge/32/121_2.png) [@Dark\_Sponge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Sponge)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/56 "2023-10-02T16:16:54Z")
Major necro, but there has been solid scientific progress made in the last 20 years. You can now watch people’s reactions to eating (flavor verified by science) poo flavored frozen yogurt. > **[Nathan For You - Frozen Yogurt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO8V72pDw1o%2F)** > > Nathan Fielder assists small businesses struggling to make it in a competitive market. Real people. Real businesses. Results not guaranteed.Watch full episod... ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/57 "2023-10-09T18:10:07Z")
After all this time, it’s surprising that devotees of “urine therapy” haven’t been joined by large numbers of fecalovores. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/58 "2023-10-10T02:30:10Z")
As dopers do, I must nitpick; Divine didn’t “eat” shit, he put it in his mouth. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983/59 "2023-10-10T02:34:46Z")
> [@Dark\_Sponge](#): > > Major necro, I learned a new phrase. See? Zombies can learn, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmi-warning-what-does-shit-taste-like/189983.md?page=2)