Strangest Meat You've Eaten

by **Anglo-California** » Fri Jan 09, 2015 11:34 pm

One time I swallowed a fly.

by **Salandriagado** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:13 am

Anglo-California wrote:One time I swallowed a fly.

Did you then swallow a spider to catch the fly?

by **Edgy Opinions** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:14 am

Anglo-California wrote:One time I swallowed a fly.

Ewwwwwwww tmi

by **Sediczja** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:27 am

I honestly don't think I've ever eaten something that'd be considered "strange". I ate wild hare once, which was really chewy and stringy, but that's about the "strangest" thing I've ever eaten.

Or, alternatively, the now-banned Turkey Twizzlers. Which probably weren't all turkey and were pretty damn strange, looking back on it.

by **Chrysaor** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:34 am

I'm pretty tame I think locusts are the most radical thing I've ever eaten and they're not even meat but my family though...My entire family except for me have eaten dog meat. My dad once told me he ate cooked rats before. Finally there's my maternal grandma who used to be a nurse and regularly brought placentas from her patients back as dinner for her family when there's no food.

by **Sebastianbourg** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:39 am

Chrysaor wrote:I'm pretty tame I think locusts are the most radical thing I've ever eaten and they're not even meat but my family though...My entire family except for me have eaten dog meat. My dad once told me he ate cooked rats before. Finally there's my maternal grandma who used to be a nurse and regularly brought placentas from her patients back as dinner for her family when there's no food.

I'm sorry but I don't believe you.

by **Edgy Opinions** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:41 am

Sebastianbourg wrote:
Chrysaor wrote:I'm pretty tame I think locusts are the most radical thing I've ever eaten and they're not even meat but my family though...My entire family except for me have eaten dog meat. My dad once told me he ate cooked rats before. Finally there's my maternal grandma who used to be a nurse and regularly brought placentas from her patients back as dinner for her family when there's no food.

I'm sorry but I don't believe you.

The placenta bit is legitimate in times of crisis or war, it's common among the Indigenous and indigents here.

by **Chrysaor** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:45 am

Sebastianbourg wrote:
I'm sorry but I don't believe you.

You make smoothies with them or something iirc? You should google it, a lot of hipsters are doing it nowadays.

I think it is gross and probably not good for your health but for grandma it's probably a cultural thing. It's funny whenever I think about that now because that would make her the proto-hipster :lol:

Edgy Opinions wrote:The placenta bit is legitimate in times of crisis or war, it's common among the Indigenous and indigents here.

Yep it was war times.

by **Sebastianbourg** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:51 am

Edgy Opinions wrote:
Sebastianbourg wrote:
I'm sorry but I don't believe you.

The placenta bit is legitimate in times of crisis or war, it's common among the Indigenous and indigents here.

Thank God I was born in western Europe in the 90s.

by **Bunkeranlage** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:51 am

Chrysaor wrote:
Sebastianbourg wrote:
I'm sorry but I don't believe you.

You make smoothies with them or something iirc? You should google it, a lot of hipsters are doing it nowadays.

I think it is gross and probably not good for your health but for grandma it's probably a cultural thing. It's funny whenever I think about that now because that would make her the proto-hipster

Edgy Opinions wrote:The placenta bit is legitimate in times of crisis or war, it's common among the Indigenous and indigents here.

Yep it was war times.

My grandfather (a WWII survivor) had to survive on nothing but sweet potatoes. Extremely boring, but better than placentas.

by **Sebastianbourg** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:52 am

Chrysaor wrote:
Sebastianbourg wrote:
I'm sorry but I don't believe you.

You make smoothies with them or something iirc? You should google it, a lot of hipsters are doing it nowadays.

I'm not googling that shit.

by **Chrysaor** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 7:55 am

Sebastianbourg wrote:
Chrysaor wrote:You make smoothies with them or something iirc? You should google it, a lot of hipsters are doing it nowadays.

I'm not googling that shit.

Look celebs do it!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... birth.html

by **Edgy Opinions** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 8:07 am

Chrysaor wrote:You make smoothies with them or something iirc? You should google it, a lot of hipsters are doing it nowadays.

I think it is gross and probably not good for your health but for grandma it's probably a cultural thing. It's funny whenever I think about that now because that would make her the proto-hipster

It's no worse for your health than all other meat.

That being said, the uterus is full of bacteria so it's best cooked.

I would actually eat it to have meat again if I went vegan. (The former gravid would give me their consent, so that eliminates the ethical and environmental issues related to meat-eating.)

by **Edgy Opinions** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 8:08 am

Sebastianbourg wrote:
Edgy Opinions wrote:The placenta bit is legitimate in times of crisis or war, it's common among the Indigenous and indigents here.

Thank God I was born in western Europe in the 90s.

Yeah, I never experienced true hunger, either. Not more than a whole day.

by **Sebastianbourg** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 8:13 am

Chrysaor wrote:
Sebastianbourg wrote:I'm not googling that shit.

Look celebs do it!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... birth.html

Who's Gabby Hoffmann? Nevertheless, wnb; I can understand doing this during war but a fucking celebrity doing it is fucking weird and potentially dangerous.
http://www.today.com/parents/gaby-hoffm ... 1D80409350

by **Scyobayrynn** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:35 pm

Idzequitch wrote:
Scyobayrynn wrote:I suppose scorpions, ants, and grasshoppers qualify as strange to some, but in many parts of the world its daily fair, so it seems rather ignorant to consider it strange dining just because it isnt common to my little corner of the world.

Isn't that the point though? It is all common somewhere, but none of it is common everywhere. If it is not common in my part of the world, it is strange and new to me. That's not me being disrespectful or ignorant of anyone else's cuisine. That's just me opening myself up to new tastes from different cultures. It's a bit like an adventure, but without all the danger that adventures usually entail.

I disagree, and my comment wasnt directed at you specifically.

I mean I dont think eating anything is strange, unappetizing sure, but strange no. Still I find culinary adventurism to be exciting, and by removing the idea of "strangeness" from my approach I am able to be entirely adventurous.

"Strange" just sounds a bit insulting to me, and smacks of closed minded. I'm not saying you are, Im saying that word provokes those thoughts.

Sorry if we are using different definitions(both reasonable) of "strange".

by **The Alexanderians** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:45 pm

Nazi Flower Power wrote:
The Alexanderians wrote:Actually almost all of their food is the same in price or better than the alternatives, the "overpriced" things are imported of which shipping and taxes are built into the price giving the appearance of overpricing and most of the import foods are exotic so they're more of a luxury than a food.

Dude, I like their food, but this is bullshit. They charge higher prices than Market Basket, Stop & Shop, Shaw's, Walmart, Hannaford, or any of the little Cambodian/Vietnamese markets in my neighborhood. I'm sure you have a different selection of alternatives than I do since you are not in New England, but if all of the stores in your area are charging Whole Foods prices, then all of them are overpriced.

If that's your selection of stores it's no wonder you think whole foods is over priced, I've never heard of market basket and I can't speak of your "little Cambodian/Vietnamese" stores but those other ones are crap store especially Hannaford and Walmart. Though I can't judge Shaw's as I've never been into one. Stop $ Shop though, I get that "sub-par" feeling from them. During a school assignment (It was for an LD school don't ask) I had to compare prices from the same foods from different stores. Whole foods and Wegman's was $5 more than Walmart, Bottom Dollar, and Stop & Shop. The difference in price seems worth it to me when you consider quality. The food was for a party of 25+ people where we needed to make the food (as opposed to snack foods and pre-packaged foods) in case you were wondering.

by **Blekksprutia** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:47 pm

Hakarl - an Icelandic dish comprised of shark that's been fermented in its own urine and cured with ammonia.

by **Qianrong** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:49 pm

Probably squid or octopus, as I'm a little on the tame side when it comes to meat. I wanted to try haggis when I was in Scotland a few years back, but I never got the chance.

by **Lakimina** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:50 pm

Blekksprutia wrote:Hakarl - an Icelandic dish comprised of shark that's been fermented in its own urine and cured with ammonia.

I heard of that. It's part of Þorramatur

by **Second Blazing** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 3:57 pm

Besides the mystery jerky a guy I work with brings in that could be anything from deer to possum, likely road kill. I've also had rattlesnake. I ate a spider and spider web on accident one time. I was riding four wheeler back from the river and i opened my mouth as I went under a low tree branch and got a mouth full of web and a nice juicy spider. I almost threw up.

Also, Lutefisk, fish soaked in lye until its reduced to a foul smelling fish jell-o only made slightly edible with copious amounts of melted butter.

by **Larthinia** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:16 pm

Wild pig meat.
Tough and pretty tasty.

by **Grainne Ni Malley** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:30 pm

Frog. Ribbit.

by **Iwassoclose** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:34 pm

Larthinia wrote:Wild pig meat.
Tough and pretty tasty.

always wanted to taste wild boar, slow cooked and slathered in gravy :meh:

by **Turmenista** » Sat Jan 10, 2015 4:55 pm

~~Squid~~

Octopus.

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