Most Unusual food

[Agravaine]

Meh, South America more likely.

There's also the SEA version of black pudding, which is a stew instead of a sausage...

The best exotic stuff, to my taste anyway, is probably Mongolian or Korean style grills where you cook your own meat.

Best fish I've ever had is probably blue marlin at Japanese restaurants. Haven't seen that over here on the East Coast, only "swordfish steak" here and there. It's been a couple of decades.

For local East Coast exotic fare, I'd recommend moose and/or elk if you can get it.

[Sochi]

I've had fried gator once before, somewhat like chicken and fish. It wasn't at all bad. I had the chance to try fresh sea urchin, but passed it up.

I love exotic and tropical fruit, mangoes, papaya, cactus pear. Tried guava once, wasn't sure what to make of it, pomergrenets (spelling?) are awesome, and once before I tried a dried goji berry. It was sour, but not bad.

[Karathyriel]

I just realized that we all consider food in the way that we are used to it.
So many of us had stuff that sure is considered normal food in asia.
Dulanie mentioned a sausage made of blood and Arwyn told us about brains and pigs feet. Those are actually considered normal food over here in germany.

So in the end, it's all about the culture you grew up in.

[Saturo]

Pigs feet is dog food over here. Kara, are you a dog?

[Karathyriel]

No, really!
"Schweinsfüßchen" is the german word for it.

I do like to eat meat but some things are just... not my world, ya know?

[Anansi]

I like those special duck eggs. Yes, those. It's fascinating how the people on travel shows pick them apart for the camera and get all disgusted. Do they dissect their KFC too?

You are referring to Balut? I don't think I could bring myself to eat those, though I hear they are quite tasty (something like chicken and egg). The texture has got to be.... questionable.

I'm not an adventurous eater, I've never eaten anything bizarre or even uncommon. Not that I only like bland food, I don't, but at the same time calamari is too much for me (besides, I don't want to make Cthulhu mad at me).

[Kalasha]

Being from the netherlands, one of the things I always like to get when im on the fishmarket in my hometown, is raw herring. with a bit of onion on the side!

Before sushi became a thing in Europe, that would often gross out people who werent from my country.

Nowadays more people have tried raw fish but then again sushi doesnt actually look like fish... dutch herring does, you hold it by its tail and tilt your head back then dunk it in your mouth.

Its very good energy food though, 1 herring will keep my going through most of the day... bleh now im hungry all over again...

[Karathyriel]

besides, I don't want to make Cthulhu mad at me

That definitely made my day! *still laughing and wiping tears from my eyes*

[Vephriel]

besides, I don't want to make Cthulhu mad at me

I am fully using this excuse from now on when I say I don't like calamari.

[Agravaine]

You are referring to Balut? I don't think I could bring myself to eat those, though I hear they are quite tasty (something like chicken and egg). The texture has got to be.... questionable.

Yep. See, even on wikipedia they get into the gory details. Is there a difference between that and showing someone the food you're chewing in your mouth? Honestly.

For texture, I'd compare it to... hm, bland goulash with very thin broth. Rock salt recommended.

Damn, I haven't had a decent goulash in ages, either.

[Karathyriel]

I have to admit that I couldn't bring myself to even try one of those Balut thingies... Not as long as I wasn't close to starving.
Being half hungarian from my moms side, I can feel with you about missing a good goulash! My mom died 19 years ago and since then, I never met any lady who could even think about conquering my moms goulash. *mouth watering right now*

[Anansi]

Oh I love a good goulash! Mmmmm....

[Saturo]

Mmh... Ghoulashes...

Growing up with the schools ghoulash as the only ghoulash I had ever eaten, I hated it. But when I ordered it at a restaurant in town, I started loving it! Mmh... Ghoulash...

[Azzrazzah]

I'm with Arwyn; I too lived on a farm/ranch growing up ... And nothing went to waste, all parts were used for either food or as something else...
I also was in the Millitary for 10 years and spent 4 of it in Survival Training..We had to learn to eat just about anything we came across.. You learn to stomach much.. Especially when in a foriegn country, where your not getting alot of American style foods; or in the jungle, where there is no prepared food except what you can forage..

[Emowin]

My friend Ken was in Vianam, he told me about living off bugs and worms while he was there. He made me laugh when he was talking about the texture of eathing a grass hopper (aka locust...how ever its spelled)

[VelkynKarma]

Man, compared to some of the stuff you guys have eaten I haven't eaten any unusual foods XD Probably the 'strangest' is duck, but it's not like that's especially uncommon. I didn't really like it, but I think that was just the restaurant--it was pretty tasteless.

A lot of friends of ours go hunting all the time and bring back venison, but somehow I've never gotten to try it. I wouldn't mind giving it a shot at least once (I'll give any food a try once), but I've yet to actually find somebody making a venison-related dinner when I'm around. I'm told the lack of fat makes it a bit tasteless though...

~VelkynKarma

[Tahlian]

I adore fried calamari, especially with a good tomato sauce dip. Nom.

About the weirdest thing I've eaten other than that is alligator sausage. There's this pizza place in my city that, in addition to good pizza and the best muffaletta sandwiches I've ever eaten (oh, the olive tapenade they put on those sandwiches.../hungry), offers alligator sausage medallions as an appetizer. We've often had those eating there. And the sausage is surprisingly good...very flavorful and not at all hot.

[Saturo]

I just ate a Bacon/Pepperoni/Moose/Pepper Omelette. It was horrible!

[Vephriel]

Oh my, I haven't been able to eat scrambled eggs since reading about Balut. ><

I'll take everyone else's word on it that it's good. I have no problems with people eating it, but oh man....that just did not sit right with my stomach. xD

[Vespias]

Yes, I used to be very adventurous about food but thankfully that's all behind me now. I've tried bear (very greasy and tough) and rattlesnake (surprisingly good). When I was in the service I went to chow one day and grabbed what I thought was fried chicken. The taste was unbelievable and I went back for 2nds and 3rds. I told the cook it was the best fried chicken I'd ever eaten and he laughed and told me it was fried rabbit. Being a city boy I had never even thought to try it but that was gooooood!