OK, in the mountains of Yunnan, southeat China, I ate deep fried bamboo grubs. The locals thought it was a delicacy, I thought it was rather like popcorn.
What about you guys?
What about you guys?
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Re: strangest thing?
Thu, February 19, 2004 - 12:05 PMi ate some fried bug in Chiang Mai, in Thailand.
it just tasted like some fried thing.
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Thu, February 19, 2004 - 12:41 PMWhile in Korea, I was treated to a fabulous sashimi dinner - so fresh that half our time was spent fighting with the octopus tentacles, which kept grabbing hold of the platter and wrapping themselves around our chopsticks. I was advised by my Korean host to chew *very* thoroughly.
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Thu, February 19, 2004 - 7:21 PMin the market outside Sukhothai in Thailand, i saw a lizzard cut in half (vertially, or from head to tail). just couldn't do it.
i do like grasshoppers boiled in soy sauce and sugar. they ate them during WW2 for protine, but now it's an expensive stuff. -
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 12:08 AMpui.
had it in peru, nothing strange about the taste, it was like chicken (isnt everything?). pui is guinni pig... -
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Fri, February 27, 2004 - 4:10 PMi guess it's a matter of presentation :) -
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Sun, February 29, 2004 - 12:00 AMi just thought it was strange because ive had several friends who had guinni pigs as pets, never really thought of them as edible. yeah, that sounds kinda dumb, but whatever. -
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Wed, May 10, 2006 - 12:06 PM
It's cuy, actually. They aren't bad...
chapulines are probly the weirdest thing i've had. I eat them a lot, actually -
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Fri, May 12, 2006 - 2:04 PMChapulines are yummy. On the other hand, jellyfish and sea cucumbers (China) are really weird tasting. I was offered dog and puppy too, but couldn't do it.
The strangest thing I didn't eat was palm grubs in Ecuador. Big fat things that live in palm trees. They look like something out of a sci-fi horror film. Couldn't do it.
There was another thing in Mexico I couldn't eat. I think it was jumiles? Small beetle like insects. You roll a tortilla into a cone, pour the bugs in, cover with salsa and then eat before they crawl out . . . Too odd for this gringo.
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Tue, March 2, 2004 - 10:28 PMWas on a study in the Amazon rainforest. Have to say that it is a toss up between really large spiders and monkey. When the natives go through your hidden stash and find your peanut butter and energy bars....about 4 days of no protein...
anything 'meaty' will do. Grubs are tasty. I like mine roasted. There are also some ants that are really tasty. Thank gawd I was all of 19 and didn't know better. Now, if I were to go on a study I would be more selective..plus, I will travel with a few chosen spices and make sure I did most of the food prep. -
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Mon, March 22, 2004 - 1:03 AMWow, cool! I posted this months ago and now all these answers. You guys ate some crazy stuff :)
I have eaten more grubs, in the form of silkworm pupea washed down with snake liver alcohol. That was in the mountians of central china. Not very tasty. -
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Fri, April 23, 2004 - 1:25 PMwhale fat a.k.a. muktuk, fermented beaver tail a.k.a. I can't remember what, and of course seal oil. All in Arctic Alaska.
ick.
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Wed, March 29, 2006 - 11:18 AMKangaroo burger at an exotic meat restaurant in Vancouver, BC, it wasnt my favorite, kinda dry but different nonetheless.....
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Sun, April 2, 2006 - 9:59 PMI had armadillo in Trindad but it isn't that special. -
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Mon, May 8, 2006 - 10:43 AMCarson,
I think you mean "Cui". Yeah, it tastes just like chicken, and my friends who have guinea pigs as pets weren't very pleased to hear about it :) -
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Tue, July 18, 2006 - 8:07 AMI've eaten porcupine in Vietnam (like beef), cobra in Vietnam (tasted like a cross between rabbit and pork), I've eaten yak in Nepal (unsurprisingly, like beef) as well as water buffalo, and reindeer in Norway. I saw deep-fried spiders and grasshoppers in Cambodia but didn't get a chance to try them. -
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Fri, January 11, 2008 - 4:24 PMHerring-flavored ice cream in Scotland. I would not recommend it. No SIr. -
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Sat, January 12, 2008 - 12:00 PMNow that may be the grossest thing I've ever heard of. -
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Mon, January 14, 2008 - 3:37 PMYeah, but now if I eat something really gross I can just say 'Hey, it wasn't as bad as herring ice cream!"
hee hee!
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