# What is the weirdest thing you've seen someone eat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307 "2015-08-20T01:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/61 "2015-08-21T10:49:09Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > This is correct. Essentially sweet n sour mix. On the gun at most bars. Used for not just collinseses, but also margaritas n such. Shut up. I’ve got to go withSterling Archer on this one. A margarita has “Five ingredients. Tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, ice, kosher salt." ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/62 "2015-08-21T11:33:54Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > **Miss Mapp** , do you mean mayo and banana sandwiches, hold the peanut butter? I had forgotten my grandma used to eat those. Blech! No, he had peanut butter on the one slice of bread, mayo on the other, and sliced banana in between. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/63 "2015-08-21T11:57:44Z")
Kippered herring and bacon sandwich with mustard. It’s quite tasty. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/64 "2015-08-21T13:20:48Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Shut up. > > I’ve got to go withSterling Archer on this one. > A margarita has “Five ingredients. Tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, ice, kosher salt." Beyond that, it seems like the apex(nadir?) of sloth to buy what amounts to 2 parts lemon juice, 1 part sugar, 1/2 part water. Mix one of two ways- make the sugar & water into syrup, mix with lemon juice, or put all of it in a blender and blend until the sugar’s dissolved. And… the “classic” Daisy-derived margarita recipe above (1.5 oz tequila, 1 oz lime juice, 3/4 oz Cointreau), is… tart, to say the least. To most people’s tastes, it really does benefit from a teaspoon of simple syrup. A neat trick to make frozen margaritas in batches of 2 (or more) is to multiply everything above by the number of drinks, add 0.5 oz of simple syrup and 3.3 oz of water per drink. Put it in a ziploc bag and freeze for 4 hours or so (too long and the lime juice grows bitter). Take the frozen drink mix out of the bag into a blender and blend for a few seconds (literally- it doesn’t take too long), until smooth. Et voila, real frozen margaritas that don’t involve grinding ice cubes or some funky margarita machine. (technique courtesy of Dave Arnold’s “_Liquid Intelligence_”, original recipe courtesy of Dale DeGroff’s “_Craft of the Cocktail_”, and actual final recipe calculated by me) ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/65 "2015-08-21T14:47:34Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > I guess the weirdest would be [fried silkworm pupae](http://foodtube.livejournal.com/2390.html). My wife and I ordered a big plate of 'em. Not bad, but five or six would have been plenty. > > [Duck head snacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck%27s_head) are a bit odd, too. I thought they were lamb chops in the dark, Chinese restaurant, until I saw none of my Chinese colleagues were eating them. When I was a kid I nibbled on stock cubes, other times I ate cake mixture from the packet. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/66 "2015-08-21T15:00:49Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > My mom used to talk about how tasty fresh tomatoes and mayonnaise were. I watched her eat it once and nearly puked… That doesn’t seem too weird, a lot of sandwiches include tomoto and mayo and mayo is the base for a lot of creamy salad dressings. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/67 "2015-08-21T15:00:53Z")
Cheers, **bump**! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/68 "2015-08-21T15:05:00Z")
A friend of mine once described seeing a woman on a bus or train pour an entire bottle of ranch dressing into a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos and eat 'em up. While I was in college and nearly broke, I developed a taste for my poor man’s burritos. Flour tortilla, [instant mashed potatoes](http://idahoan.com/products/butter-and-herb-flavored-mashed-potatoes/) (mostly just dry spud flakes, salt and artificial flavors), some canned green beans and a squirt of sriracha. No cooking required and would last all day in my bag without refrigeration. These seem kind of gross now. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/69 "2015-08-21T16:26:00Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Kippered herring and bacon sandwich with mustard. It’s quite tasty. I’ve often mentioned how my mom never really learned how to cook. She did try, though. One of her creations was kippered herring + cooked macaroni + melted butter + finely grated parmesan cheese. It’s actually pretty good and served as the basis for one of my creations. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/70 "2015-08-21T16:30:52Z")
Anytime we eat crab or lobster, my wife goes straight for the “brain” (green gland). I tasted it once… yes, rich and creamy, but still. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/71 "2015-08-21T17:05:23Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > I’ve often mentioned how my mom never really learned how to cook. She did try, though. > > One of her creations was kippered herring + cooked macaroni + melted butter + finely grated parmesan cheese. It’s actually pretty good and served as the basis for one of my creations. My grandpa used to (and I still occasionally do) split an english muffin in half, and toast it. Meanwhile, dice an onion and cook fairly slowly in butter until it’s just past the translucent stage. Dump a can of kippered herring in (fish juice and all) and stir. Butter the muffin, dump the herring/onion on it (open face like a fishy eggs benedict). Put a slice of onion and a slice of lettuce on each half and eat either open faced or with fork and knife. It’s better than it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/72 "2015-08-21T22:48:22Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Was she elderly? This was a not uncommon dish during the Depression, sometimes with lard instead of butter. Yeah, she was getting up there in years. I never gave that any thought. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/73 "2015-08-21T23:26:08Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > Spaghetti sauce with canned corned beef in it over elbow mac. This doesn’t sound bad at all, my wife sometimes fries a can of CB with ketchup and onions and peppers and serves it over noodles, it isn’t bad just a bit salty. ---
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/74 "2015-08-22T00:01:35Z")
My father would drink my sister’s left over bottles of Isomil (soy milk for babies). He just buys soy milk, now that it’s readily available. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/75 "2015-08-22T00:55:39Z")
Milkbone dog biscuits would probably be the weirdest. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/76 "2015-08-22T02:03:02Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > My mom used to talk about how tasty fresh tomatoes and mayonnaise were. I watched her eat it once and nearly puked. Put salt and pepper on the tomato, and put it between two pieces of mayo-smeared bread. Yum. In my family we call it the “poor man’s Whopper”. ---
**Author:** ![Archeonomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Archeonomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archeonomist)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/77 "2015-08-22T03:45:05Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > I’m not looking for you went to Mongolia and watched someone eat sheep eyes here. > ? What’s wrong with sheep eyes? I’ve eaten that several times! It’s one of the few edible parts of a [smalahove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalahove) ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/78 "2015-08-22T06:10:14Z")
Weird stuff I ate in Korea: Sliced dog meat and dog meat stew Steamed silkworms Braised squid legs sold by a street vendor (Me; Where’s the rest of it?) Some kind of mystery white fish nobody knew what it was called for sushi Tomatoes in fruit salad with a dressing of mayonnaise “Thunder Dutbokki”: a mix of rice cake, eggs, fish cake, and other stuff in a sauce so hot the regulars usually came just to laugh at people trying it for the first time. Snake wine Stuff I saw but didn’t try: Mice wine Dog wine Deer antler “stamina” medication ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/79 "2015-08-22T14:12:53Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Milkbone dog biscuits would probably be the weirdest. A friend and I used to eat those just to weird people out. No flavor to speak of- just crunchy bland cornmeal. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/80 "2015-08-23T15:41:17Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Gefilte fish. Really? Gefilte fish is the weirdest thing you’ve seen someone eat? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307.md?page=5)