Weirdest food you’ve tried:

Mohill Megan

Shirouo no odorigui for me.

Small live fish in a shot glass in Japan.

I could feel the fuckers moving around my stomach for a few minutes after I swallowed them whole.

They were bland and tasteless, the taste of the strong alcohol overpowered any taste from them.

The Hill Billy

In Belarus many years ago, I was treated to pickled cow's tongue in aspic jelly (topped with a sliced of hardboiled egg) for breakfast. Not great after a feed of vodka the night before.

I've also enjoyed Kalbskopf (calf's head) and Schweinerüssel (pig's snout) in Switzerland.

I had a go at crickets that a friend brought back from holidays in Mexico.

To be honest, given the chance, I will literally eat anything (at least once) apart from marrowfat peas.

Pauliedragon

Deep fried lamb brain. Awful stuff.

Mohill Megan

I also swallowed a goldfish alive as a dare on my 24th birthday last year 🥴 if that counts.

The bastard nearly choked me, but I got him into my stomach in the end 💪 i’m very girly as you can see 😛

black & white

Sweetbreads and fried pigs ears in Madrid, sweetbreads were revolting but ears were nice and crunchy

csirl

Frogs legs. Friend of mine ordered them to see what they're like and a few of us ate them.

Slimey chickeny feel off the meat. Little bones are a bit off putting when you bite inti them!

Mohill Megan

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I had a go at crickets that a friend brought back from holidays in Mexico.

Try them live! If you can catch one. Fresh! yum 😋

LambshankRedemption

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I had frogs legs in Johnny Fox's a few years ago, I really liked them.

I had snails in garlic butter in Morrocco and really liked them. Would have them again.

The only live things Ive eaten were oysters which I absolutely adore.

Steak Tartare aka tatarek is common on Czech menus, is basically just raw beef mince. Had that a few times. It's ok. Pro tip: Don't eat when hungover!

In Turkey I had soup made from sheep lungs which was delicious!

And I'm a big fan of haggis.

A friend of mine for his 40th went to a "pig cook out", where they take a pig and a large group of people and try to eat as much of it as possible. Now, stuff like pork belly, ribs, flank, and shoulder I would be all over, but on the second day, himself a bit hungover, they served up fried pig brain and scrambled eggs for a hangover cure. Personally, that would be a no no for me.

Never had crickets or scorpion, but would like to try them.

Nigel Fairservice

I'm not overly adverterous with food. The weirdest thing was probably elk bone marrow.

LambshankRedemption

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You never had some wild mushrooms while romping with your chums on the fens and spinneys?

SineadSpears

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Some things in life just don't need to be experienced 🤮🤮

MοhiIl Megan

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I also swallowed a goldfish once before. That little fucker put up a fight but he lost in the end.

tayto lover

Calamari - Rubber bands in batter. Only ordered it once and never again.

1992ChainGang

I've had dog served on the bone (China) and dog soup (North Korea). The meat in the soup wasnt great but in China the meat tasted good.

blackvalley

Rat , frog and snake in Vietnam. To quote the great Colin Farrell .
“ Fuppin delish man “

The Hill Billy

In fairness, Steak Tartare is more than beef mince. It is usually finely chopped fillet with capers, shallots, pickles, parsley, salt and a smidge of cayenne mixed in. Very tasty when done right.

Agree on the haggis - great stuff!

I ate horse regularly when I lived in Switzerland too. Not bad.

Coming from generations of cattle farmers and butchers, as a kid we regularly had liver, kidneys, oxtail, heart, tongue, sweetbreads and the like. I was set up at a early age to eat practically anything.

EthelMercaptan

Back in the day prior to Supervalu swooping in, my local Superquinn stocked exotic meats in the fresh meat section. From memory this included water buffalo, impala, ostrich and others. The only one I wouldn't go back to was crocodile - greasy and pungent. I tried a few exotic meat suppliers in the UK too - zebra was OK, camel was rank but mouflon was delicious.

ociarba

Scorpions in China. They were only small. Deep-fried and crunchy

retalivity

Live baby octopus tentacles, still squirming on the plate. Need to chew it throughly to break them up, as the suckers can attach to your throat on the way down and choke you. Tasty though, have had it a few times.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San-nakji

Had dog soup as well before, was pretty meh.

Silkworm soup too, that is bloody delicious.

sydthebeat

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Theyre not "live". It's just the nerve endings are still active which make it look like they're alive