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Didn't eat these, just took photos:

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Must taste similar to shrimp ?

I did eat this, not bad:

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Kind of like Fondue Bourguignonne with Pork Brain.

Horse meat tartare/sashimi (in Korea) was great.
 
ferider said:
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Check out Switzerland. There is a valley in the West (Chur) where eating dogs is not uncommon.
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Ugh, I’m not gonna go into specifics, but this stat isn’t really accurate.

What I mean is, sure, in some specific contexts yes, but overall — even in Asian countries right now — it’s mostly either banned or very close to being banned.I’m not saying it doesn’t exist at all, it happens in rare cases, but still, it’s pretty marginalized and uncommon.
 
Moorik said:
What’s the most extremely unusual or downright crazy thing you’ve ever eaten?



Only more-or-less ethical answers accepted, you know — nothing like pets or anything like that.
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I’ve eaten plenty of odd things.

One of the oddest, was a plate of split duck heads. No other part of the duck. Just a pile of duck heads (complete with the beaks), split down the center. The dark sweet and salty sauce was pretty good, but it’s one of those things, like chicken feet, which I’ve also had before, where I don’t see the point. Aside from skin, there’s really not much there to make the hassle worthwhile.

Also eaten deep fried bugs (crickets and whatever those large bugs are that they catch in the rice paddies in South East Asia). Crunchy. Different flavors depending on seasoning.

Live witchetty grubs in Australia.

A shot glass of Cobra blood (with the liver? Don’t recall, but it was one of the organs) with rice wine in Thailand (one of those tourist things, where they had a live fight between the cobra and a mongoose. After the mongoose beat the crap out of the cobra, they hung the cobra up, gutted it, drained the blood and offered a shot for $$USD. My brother challenged me to go for it, so I did 😅

Live baby octopus in Korea (really odd sensation when your food is trying hard to crawl back out of your mouth).

Yes, chicken sashimi (raw chicken) in Japan. “Ummm… you eat RAW chicken”. “Oh, haha. It is safe. Not like US. No salmonella”. “OK”.

Snails 😁

Fresh shell snot (oysters) literally chipped off a rock in the ocean, dipped in the sea for a little saltiness, then slurped down.

Cow hearts in Indonesia (don’t know if it was the cooking style, but wasn’t a fan).
Fish head curry in Malaysia (don’t remember what kind of fish it was, but it was a BIG fish head). The curry was really tasty, and the fish head (just the fish head. No other part of the fish) was big enough that there was meat. Still would’ve preferred the dish cooked the same way, with more of the fish (I like meat). Yeah, I had to eat one of the eyeballs, as the locals said that it was one of the delicacies. Meh.

Haggis and blood sausage in the UK.

Had BBQ’ed iguana in South East Asia (fresh shot, on an small island with no amenities other than a well).

Tried gator and emu (emu is great!) in Australia. Never got around to trying kangaroo.
 
Moorik said:
What’s the most extremely unusual or downright crazy thing you’ve ever eaten?



Only more-or-less ethical answers accepted, you know — nothing like pets or anything like that.
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When I was in the Philippines (Olongapo City to be precise) there were street vendors with hibachis everywhere selling what they said was monkey meat. It was good but even then, as a 20 year old Marine, I knew rats had to be a lot easier to come by in town than any monkey.
 
ferider said:
The only stat is "common/uncommon" :) The rest is legal stuff, anything wrong there ?
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Okay, maybe I at least said it from the perspective that I personally want to believe that even if it exists somewhere, it’s still mostly marginalized, even if it’s legal.Like, it’s not considered normal on average…You know, those memes about the statistics — honestly, they’re probably true, but I just want to believe that it’s still mostly a rarity

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David Mary said:
Culture or no, this is wrong, especially with such an intelligent species.
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Yeah. Never saw the documentaries showing how intelligent octopi are until long after.

When I was younger and more adventurous, I tried a lot of odd things, simply on a dare (eg. Locals wanting to see if the foreigner could handle eating ####).
 
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