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What's the oddest, most "exotic" dish you've eaten at a restaurant?
Me | 03/04/18 | Simon Green

Posted on 03/04/2018 8:28:38 AM PST by Simon Green

In my case, I'd have to say either whale at a restaurant in Iceland, or fried crickets when I was in Zambia.

The whale was delicious. The bugs....not so much.


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To: txhurl

Is something pretty much akin to the Heimlich. About 50% of the time it’s done, ribs are cracked. Def not good.


141 posted on 03/04/2018 2:20:57 PM PST by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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To: Simon Green

Have a cousin whose husband trapped beaver, slow roasted it and added BBQ sauce. Thought it was shredded beef. Have had snapping turtle too.


142 posted on 03/04/2018 2:21:04 PM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Rattlesnake is actually quite good when fixed right. I don’t know about the eggs. Mom almost poisoned me to death on duck eggs once and even today I’m cautious with eggs.


143 posted on 03/04/2018 2:57:20 PM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: Tennessee Conservative

Those 100 year old eggs are from China..they bury them in the ground and they turn black. Its like Darius fruit. Totally gross.


144 posted on 03/04/2018 3:11:21 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Eeeewwww! No thanks!


145 posted on 03/04/2018 3:16:38 PM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: Simon Green

Octopus in Japan, alligator at Disney World, Kimchi in Taiwan fifty years ago - my mouth is still burning.....


146 posted on 03/04/2018 3:33:24 PM PST by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Simon Green

Alligator wontons. They were okay.


147 posted on 03/04/2018 4:48:00 PM PST by KosmicKitty (Opportunities multiply as they are seized.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

Ditto. Im sticking with Americana meat and potatoes.

In Guam: “Try the octopus. Its delicious.”

Tasted like a mouth full of rubber bands.


148 posted on 03/04/2018 6:28:32 PM PST by Delta 21 (Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
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To: Tucker39

“Goat stew with beans and rice, in Jamaica.”

Love me some good Jamaican goat curry.

L


149 posted on 03/04/2018 6:34:18 PM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: luvbach1

Frogs’ legs was probably the most bizarre thing I ever ate also. And snails. Ninth Avenue used to be a string of tiny French restaurants when I first moved to NYC and of course I had to try them all. Worked right around the corner at McGraw-Hill.

I’m not a fan of unusual food.

Had tripe in the Ironbound Section of Newark in the 70s. It was delicious. Portuguese-style. I never had it again, though.


150 posted on 03/04/2018 6:36:01 PM PST by firebrand
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To: Delta 21

Rubber bands is a good way to describe it. My FIL took my wife and me to a Greek restaurant that was dimly lit.

He got my wife to order octopus. She got three little octopi with their tentacles splayed out. When the lights came up, she found she had eaten only the heads. Never again.


151 posted on 03/04/2018 6:36:48 PM PST by sparklite2 (See more at Sparklite Times)
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To: Amadeo

My grandmother used to hand me a chicken foot when she was making chicken soup. Fun.

One day she took me to the chicken market. All the chickens would scream when the butcher came into the room where the cages were. They didn’t stop until he grabbed one and went away again.


152 posted on 03/04/2018 6:39:38 PM PST by firebrand (Hi, PETA members!)
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To: Simon Green

I ate sushi in South Korea where the chef pulled the live fish put of the tank and cut it up right in front of all of us. That’s fresh!


153 posted on 03/04/2018 6:42:04 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: Gay State Conservative

At least you knew it was fresh.


154 posted on 03/04/2018 6:44:55 PM PST by firebrand
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To: firebrand

I had tripe in the Mexican specialty, menudo. It was so awful that I tried it again some time later just to see if I was served a bad batch. It was still awful!


155 posted on 03/04/2018 9:27:32 PM PST by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: Simon Green

I think moose burgers in Virginia City. I have to stick to kosher animals.


156 posted on 03/04/2018 9:30:10 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: luvbach1

It was the sauce that made it so wonderful. But I’m not afraid of tripe. I used to love something called stuffed derma that was served in Jewish delis. It was basically tripe, stuffed with some kind of mixture (recipe on Net says it was matzoh meal, flour, and schmaltz or suet). No one serves it anymore. Also every Jewish deli now serves LEAN pastrami, and they wonder why they have to close down.

Supermarkets no longer sell calves’ liver, chicken liver, kidneys, lard, schmaltz—all stuff that I used to see in earlier days in NY.


157 posted on 03/04/2018 11:02:08 PM PST by firebrand
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To: firebrand

I make great tried frogs legs. Mmmm! Mmmm! Mmmm!


158 posted on 03/05/2018 7:06:32 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Fiji Hill

I checked - couldn’t find scungilli


159 posted on 03/05/2018 8:31:57 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Democrats: the political party of the undead)
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To: Simon Green

Dog and Cat in Hong Kong back in 1997


160 posted on 03/05/2018 8:36:25 AM PST by Cosmo105
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