# What's the "weirdest" thing you've ever eaten? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2013, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620 "2013-05-06T14:56:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/102 "2013-05-13T08:14:07Z")
Eating bugs is common in northeastern Thailand, but the only time I’ve ever indulged was at a specialty restaurant in Changchun, China, in Jilin province bordering North Korea. The menu was all bugs. The small scorpions were tasty and kind of buttery. I could actually imagine kicking back with a bag of those and watching TV. The silk worms, though, were nasty. I’ve eaten jellyfish too. Don’t care for it. Snakes are so-so. ---
**Author:** ![davidklk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@davidklk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidklk)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/103 "2013-05-14T13:55:13Z")
I’m not sure what counts as weird - but a lot of “Traditional British Cuisine” (used in the loosest of terms) has some less common animal parts in, but its not weird (to me at least), since its eaten quite commonly here… judge for yourself: Steak and Kidney Pudding Black Pudding (congealed blood sausage) White Pudding (sausage again, no blood but bound up with lambs brains) (none of which, incidentally, are desserts) Jellied Eel Cockles Haggis Escargot (Snails) Squid The only one I didn’t like was escargot (flavour was like ham, but the texture was like ham dipped in sand) But there only been two things I couldn’t keep down - a horrible supermarket sushi packet and a deep fried mars bar. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/104 "2013-05-14T14:05:47Z")
I had Yak recently. It was pretty good. Least likely food combination I’ve tried was a pizza topped with potatoes. It was as bad as it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/105 "2013-05-14T14:12:33Z")
> [@davidklk](#): > > The only one I didn’t like was escargot (flavour was like ham, but the texture was like ham dipped in sand) you must have had some badly prepped and raunchy escargot. It should have a slightly chewy yet tender texture with no dirt or grit if fed and cleaned properly, and the best way IMHO to prepare it is in the shell with garlic butter, and french bread on he side for sopping up the juices. I have had it in a pastry shell before too, but it wasn’t as good. As for taste, to be it is more fishy than ham-like. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/106 "2013-05-14T14:31:17Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > I had Yak recently. It was pretty good. > > Least likely food combination I’ve tried was a pizza topped with potatoes. It was as bad as it sounds. That’s actually a fairly traditional Italian pizza and quite good when done well with rosemary, onions, and a bit of olive oil. (Usually no cheese, no sauce.) ---
**Author:** ![davidklk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@davidklk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidklk)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/107 "2013-05-14T14:49:47Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > you must have had some badly prepped and raunchy escargot. It should have a slightly chewy yet tender texture with no dirt or grit if fed and cleaned properly, and the best way IMHO to prepare it is in the shell with garlic butter, and french bread on he side for sopping up the juices. I have had it in a pastry shell before too, but it wasn’t as good. As for taste, to be it is more fishy than ham-like. Entirely possible. The place was in a little village about half an hour from Paris and was more ‘sale’ in the French than the English. ---
**Author:** ![Detroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/45deac/32.png) [@Detroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Detroit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/108 "2013-05-14T15:37:48Z")
DEFINITION: Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep’s pluck (heart, liver and lungs); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal’s stomach and simmered for approximately three hours. Tried it just once. It wasn’t bad. Not something I’d make for myself. When I was a kid I loved boiled turkey necks. Really really tasty part of the bird. Tried a chocolate covered ant once. Tasted a bit like a Raisinet. Rattlesnake meat - it really does taste like a rather bland chicken. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/109 "2013-05-14T15:46:29Z")
Well, Rocky Mountain Oysters, which I happen to like very much. Especially with a little hot mustard for dipping. Long, long ago a package of calf brains caught my eye in a supermarket. Took them home, fixed them with scrambled eggs, which someone had told me was good. Someone also had neglected to tell me you’re supposed to remove the membranes. The experiment was not a success. Years later a co-worker gave me a beef-brain taco, thinking it would be very clever to not tell me what I was eating until after it was eaten. The joke was on him…it was so delicious I asked for more. I had escargot once… as **April R** noted it was lovely; done up in garlic butter, slightly sweet and chewy, it tasted exactly like lobster tail. On the negative side, took a field class once on edible wild plants, sort of a Euell Gibbons (sp?) thing. Learned quickly that “edible” does not necessarily mean “good to eat”. ---
**Author:** ![spywholoved](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spywholoved/32/10368_2.png) [@spywholoved](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spywholoved)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/110 "2013-05-16T20:56:16Z")
Ant eggs in Mexico. Yes they were in tacos. Larger than I expected too, bigger than rice grains. Balut in the Philippines, which a fertilized, boiled duck’s egg, about a week from hatching. Feathers and beak and whatnot. Bagoong in the Philippines, which is the only thing in this list I actively hate. A fermented fish paste, which isn’t that odd I suppose, but something about the way they spit in, stomp on, and leave it in jars turns it pink. It’s ubiquitous in some areas and used on just about anything from unripe mangoes to other fish. Had a wild boar and antelope burger in London quite recently. It was fine, nothing shocking. ETA: Also, I just remembered, boiled blood in the Philippines (Now there are two things on the list I actively hate). Like eating a big wet scab. ---
**Author:** ![tbook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbook)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/111 "2013-05-16T21:15:43Z")
Porcupine, carefully prepared. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Dope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@The\_Great\_Dope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Dope)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/112 "2013-05-23T22:43:01Z")
Wow, I just read one that said their weirdest thing this person ever ate was alligator. That’s so old. It’s not uncommon and I’ve eaten it myself more than once. I won’t eat weird food because I just don’t see the point, so I’ll never have anything to add to this category. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/113 "2013-05-23T23:29:02Z")
> [@tbook](#): > > Porcupine, carefully prepared. Straight from the river? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620/114 "2013-05-24T02:29:15Z")
I did not read this whole thread, but in China, we were served small bites of some kind of meat, baked very well, or perhaps fried, and it was crunchy. I asked, and they said it was rabbit, and yes, it’s cooked with the bones. You’re meant to eat it bones and all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weirdest-thing-youve-ever-eaten/657620.md?page=5)