This post got me thinking. What's the weirdest thing I've ever eaten?
I like Vegemite, which most people consider to be vile brown goo. But for the most part, to my knowledge, I've never eaten anything really out of the ordinary.

So.. what's the most bizarre thing you've eaten?

Mangoes. Those things come from so far away!

(My definition of exotic here is unusual to this locality)

Abalone. It was disgusting.

i had eaten gator. alligator.

honestly, it really did taste like chewey, gamey chicken.

though, that may have been because of how the gator meat was battered and deep fried ...

Elephant. I was in Amsterdam, and I couldn't help but think "You know, I will never ever get a chance like this again." So I paid $30 and had about 2 oz of pachyderm. It was gross, and it was probably just from some elephant that died in a zoo, but hey, at least I can say I did it.

Nothing too crazy here, just some alligator. Restleschicken is right about the flavor.

Edit because Kakana jogged my memory, I have also eaten frog legs. The taste wasn't bad, but they had so many veins that kind of grossed me out.

Dog.







As Taco meat.




And BBQ'ed Monkey.

I've missed so much.

edit: Ooh, I just remembered, I've eaten frog legs.

Abalone is yummers--they must not have prepared it right.

I worked at the Game and Fish and every year, we had a Wild Game Feed. Moose, elk, antelope, etc were standards. But snapping turtle, snake, mountain lion, and bear were less common and had to be tasted. :D

I'm willing to taste most anything once.

Apparently the answer is Bugs.

Are Bugs A Part of Your Diet?
(What is considered accepable)

Apple butter - 5 insects per 100g

Berries - 4 larvae per 500g OR 10 whole insects per 500g

Ground paprika - 75 insect fragments per 25g

Chocolate - 80 microscopic insect fragments per 100g

Canned sweet corn - 2 3mm-length larvae, cast skins or fragments

Cornmeal - 1 insect per 50g

Canned mushrooms - 20 maggots per 100g

Peanut butter - 60 fragments per 100g (136 per lb)

Tomato paste, pizza, and other sauces - 30 eggs per 100g OR 2 maggots per 100g

Wheat flour - 75 insect fragments per 50g

Source:
Department of Health & Human Services 1989.

I think I had abalone... I can't remember if I liked that or something else.

And I had conch chowder in the Bahamas. Which was adventurous for me; I'm not much of a brave eater.

*edited* Oh yes, maven, I had a bison burger (farm bison). Was... better than beef. I hope to try a beefalo sometime (it's 5/6 cow, 1/6 buffalo).

Oh, and ostrich, but that's not really exotic anymore, same for bison.

I think it was the texture that got to me more than the taste.

I've had ostrich, buffalo, goat, frog, squirrel, and a few others but I don't really consider those "exotic".

Urchin.

Sea urchin, not street urchin.

I had it at a sushi restaurant in San Francisco. Ickiest food ever. I can't remember it being very flavorful, what sticks out in my memory most is that it had the consistency of a giant booger- soft and squishy with a little bit of body. Bleh.

Shark - fishy, bleah
Gator - Delish in a Jambalaya

I had some shark, humm, some ten or thirteen years ago. It was grilled (in the backyard) and lightly seasoned. I remember it as being meaty, good tasting fish.

I suppose the species of shark might have some relevance to flavor. But most likely what you had was just old. That's what makes fish taste fishy.

Girlscout!!! I win!

I've never seen an exotic Girlscout.

I was wondering how long till you came along and derailed the thread.


You are moving awfully slow tonight, you feeling ok?

I have to unlock the basement. I'll be fine...

Misplace the key again?