# "You're gonna eat that?!?" Raw, aged or otherwise 'extreme' foods others consider 'gross' **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 2, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353 "2026-07-02T13:15:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353/181 "2026-07-08T04:06:13Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Did you mean Andrew Zimmern? He already said so in the very next post. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353/182 "2026-07-08T18:04:54Z")
don’t they eat chicken feet in South Carolina? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353/183 "2026-07-08T18:07:25Z")
Beats me. Southern folk are. . .odd. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353/184 "2026-07-10T10:43:10Z")
The foods I eat “wrong”: I like soggy French fries. Chewy bacon is much better than crispy. I like when sub sandwiches have sat in the fridge for a day. Chewy reheated pizza crust. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353/185 "2026-07-10T12:38:22Z")
I remember squirrel stew being decent. Snapping turtle was very good; different parts of the animal had distinct tastes and textures. We all really liked it, and Mom said she’d cook it if we’d clean it. They were a major pain to clean, so we only had it once. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353/186 "2026-07-10T13:40:34Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > Snapping turtle was very good; different parts of the animal had distinct tastes and textures. We all really liked it, and Mom said she’d cook it if we’d clean it. Never had snapping turtle, though I have heard it makes good soup. But your post reminded me of a now long-gone restaurant in Detroit called the Turtle Soup Inn. I was first introduced by an old girlfriend who lived in Hamtramck, an enclave in Detroit that used to be primarily Polish immigrants. She introduced me to some great Polish restaurants in the area. When you first walked into the place you’d see framed newspaper reviews saying how good the turtle soup was. And it was magnificent. This was no watery soup-- it was a thick chowder, full of chopped up turtle meat, with vegetables like corn and peas mixed in. “A hearty soup, fit for Arctic explorers” one of the reviews read. The taste of the meat was sort of mild, like dark meat chicken or maybe pork, but not exactly; and it had a certain ‘chew’ to it, almost like chopped clams. The soup was rumored to have medicinal qualities. And whenever I felt a cold or something coming on, I’d pick up a quart of it to go and it did seem to ward off the nasties. Actually, for a good long time, I’d pick up a quart to go maybe every couple weeks, in sickness _and_ in health-- it was that good. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353/187 "2026-07-10T14:02:36Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I mentioned it was now considered safe to cook pork to an internal temp of 145F 145F? You whimps! Taste this: > **[Mett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mett)** > > Mett (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}German: \[mɛt\] ⓘ), also known as Hackepeter (Northern Germany, Eastern Germany and Berlin), is a preparation of minced raw pork seasoned with salt and black pepper that is popular in Germany. It is frequently spread on halves of a bread roll, with raw onion optionally on top. Since the 1950s me Th... > [@Frodo](#): > > I expect to be assassinated by angry ninjas any night now. Ah, yes! The famous Islamistic Republic of Japan. My ninjas, OTOH, I guess are rather of the kind to tell me that _ **Mett** _ has already been mentioned in this thread. Never mind, it bears repeating and demands second servings. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353/188 "2026-07-10T14:10:35Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > 145F? You whimps! Taste this: > > [Mett - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mett) You are late to the raw pork party, my friend 😏 > [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > Someone mentioned mett is the other thread. It’s seasoned raw, ground meat on an open face roll. I ate it every morning when I was in Berlin. It was only later that I learned it is made of ground pork; not beef. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’m the one who brought up German mett, which i adore. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353/189 "2026-07-10T14:53:59Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Ah, yes! The famous Islamistic Republic of Japan They are extra sneaky, while all the time the entire world thought Japan was Shinto with some Buddhism they were secretly practicing Islam! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-gonna-eat-that-raw-aged-or-otherwise-extreme-foods-others-consider-gross/1031353.md?page=9)