I was watching the travel channel..and apparently Chilean Ranchers, after castrating their bulls, eat their testicles and scrotums in soup form.

This is something you can buy from a Chilean Market place:

That is by far....the most bizarre food I've ever seen. But they say it's a delicacy. Never tried it though.

What other bizarre foods have you encountered? Have you tried it? Was it any good? What did it taste like?

The most bizarre food Ive ever tried was balut also called duck embryo. A delicacy in Southeast Asia.

Its a fertilized duck egg with an almost delevoped embryo inside. Its then boiled and served in the shell with chili and salt.

I was asked by a Vietnamese woman to try it and I couldnt refuse because that wouldnt be nice. But it was awful! I just kept chewing and chewing and chewing until I could swallow it.

It's like an egg but taste like duck/chicken. And there are veins and feathers in it.

Heres the picture I took of it..

[img:$uid]http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff378/plenis/n770720695_6303565_3005050.jpg[/img:$uid]

Sea urchin (raw, in sushi).... I love it.

lenis said:

The most bizarre food Ive ever tried was balut also called duck embryo. A delicacy in Southeast Asia.

Its a fertilized duck egg with an almost delevoped embryo inside. Its then boiled and served in the shell with chili and salt.

I was asked by a Vietnamese woman to try it and I couldnt refuse because that wouldnt be nice. But it was awful! I just kept chewing and chewing and chewing until I could swallow it.

It's like an egg but taste like duck/chicken. And there are veins and feathers in it.

Heres the picture I took of it..

[img:$uid]http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff378/plenis/n770720695_6303565_3005050.jpg[/img:$uid]

My friends from the Phillipines eat that. That's one dish I'll never try

ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

I was watching the travel channel..and apparently Chilean Ranchers, after castrating their bulls, eat their testicles and scrotums in soup form.

This is something you can buy from a Chilean Market place:

That is by far....the most bizarre food I've ever seen. But they say it's a delicacy. Never tried it though.

What other bizarre foods have you encountered? Have you tried it? Was it any good? What did it taste like?

a pack of 3

lenis said:

The most bizarre food Ive ever tried was balut also called duck embryo. A delicacy in Southeast Asia.

Its a fertilized duck egg with an almost delevoped embryo inside. Its then boiled and served in the shell with chili and salt.

I was asked by a Vietnamese woman to try it and I couldnt refuse because that wouldnt be nice. But it was awful! I just kept chewing and chewing and chewing until I could swallow it.

It's like an egg but taste like duck/chicken. And there are veins and feathers in it.

Heres the picture I took of it..

[img:$uid]http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff378/plenis/n770720695_6303565_3005050.jpg[/img:$uid]

is it my eyes??? an illusion???? or can i c a naked boobie behind the smoke????

ThisOne said:

lenis said:

The most bizarre food Ive ever tried was balut also called duck embryo. A delicacy in Southeast Asia.

Its a fertilized duck egg with an almost delevoped embryo inside. Its then boiled and served in the shell with chili and salt.

I was asked by a Vietnamese woman to try it and I couldnt refuse because that wouldnt be nice. But it was awful! I just kept chewing and chewing and chewing until I could swallow it.

It's like an egg but taste like duck/chicken. And there are veins and feathers in it.

Heres the picture I took of it..

[img:$uid]http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff378/plenis/n770720695_6303565_3005050.jpg[/img:$uid]

is it my eyes??? an illusion???? or can i c a naked boobie behind the smoke????

Hahaha.. It was at a street vendor so I do hope that its not a naked boobie.. But there was a brothel right next to us so who knows..

ThruTheEyesOfWonder said:

I was watching the travel channel..and apparently Chilean Ranchers, after castrating their bulls, eat their testicles and scrotums in soup form.

This is something you can buy from a Chilean Market place:

That is by far....the most bizarre food I've ever seen. But they say it's a delicacy. Never tried it though.

What other bizarre foods have you encountered? Have you tried it? Was it any good? What did it taste like?

People round these parts have been eating Rocky mountain oysters and turkey fries all the time... I find it disgusting and have only tasted them after being tricked into it by being told it was a chicken gizzard We actually have big gatherings centered around eating them...

I spent the nite a gf"s house once and her mom put dried cow balls in the scrambled eggs They were a hardcore czech cookin family! But she made some mean kolache's!!

Ive eaten squirrel, rabbit, many different types of birds, fried cow brains, ox tail soup and Jaternice Sausage, which imo is the most disgusting tasting and textured crap ever! Most times I loved food from my heritage, but a few things are soooooooo gross!!

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Hispanics eat a myriad of strange foods (just like any other culture)...

...as a child, the most bizarre things that my mom would make me eat, I think, are; fried chicken gizzards, pig's feet and oxtail.

Pig's feet are nasty.

Chicken gizzards (fried) are ok.

Oxtail are delicious the way she makes it (stewed?).

Never had pig's ears, cow tongue, tripe, brain, testicles or any of that other stuff.

PurpleJedi said:

Hispanics eat a myriad of strange foods (just like any other culture)...

...as a child, the most bizarre things that my mom would make me eat, I think, are; fried chicken gizzards, pig's feet and oxtail.

Pig's feet are nasty.

Chicken gizzards (fried) are ok.

Oxtail are delicious the way she makes it (stewed?).

Never had pig's ears, cow tongue, tripe, brain, testicles or any of that other stuff.

You have Puerto Rican family and have NEVER eaten that stuff??? Not even sancocho?

That stuff is the norm in our diets in stews. No part of the animal is wasted... not even damn chicken feet (used to flavor stews).

paintedlady said:

PurpleJedi said:

Hispanics eat a myriad of strange foods (just like any other culture)...

...as a child, the most bizarre things that my mom would make me eat, I think, are; fried chicken gizzards, pig's feet and oxtail.

Pig's feet are nasty.

Chicken gizzards (fried) are ok.

Oxtail are delicious the way she makes it (stewed?).

Never had pig's ears, cow tongue, tripe, brain, testicles or any of that other stuff.

You have Puerto Rican family and have NEVER eaten that stuff??? Not even sancocho?

That stuff is the norm in our diets in stews. No part of the animal is wasted... not even damn chicken feet (used to flavor stews).

My in-laws never cooked anything more exotic than octopus salad and "bacalao" in olive oil and when we ever went to a "cuchifrito" place in the Bronx, I stuck to "Alcapurria's" and "papa relleno".

My ex loved, LOVED, "morcilla" (blood sausage)................figures.

I adore Andrew Zimmern. Though I'd never stay in the same proxmity of any of the food he tries. As I'm getting older my adventuresome spirit has wane a bit as far as trying foods, I know what taste, textures and smells appeal to me and that's as far as I wanna go. Then again I've had some bad experiences I don't care to ever re-live again.

morningsong said:

I adore Andrew Zimmern. Though I'd never stay in the same proxmity of any of the food he tries. As I'm getting older my adventuresome spirit has wane a bit as far as trying foods, I know what taste, textures and smells appeal to me and that's as far as I wanna go. Then again I've had some bad experiences I don't care to ever re-live again.

I caught his show last night...he was eating fire-roasted giant African porcupine...organs first, de-quilled skin second...

PurpleJedi said:

morningsong said:

I adore Andrew Zimmern. Though I'd never stay in the same proxmity of any of the food he tries. As I'm getting older my adventuresome spirit has wane a bit as far as trying foods, I know what taste, textures and smells appeal to me and that's as far as I wanna go. Then again I've had some bad experiences I don't care to ever re-live again.

I caught his show last night...he was eating fire-roasted giant African porcupine...organs first, de-quilled skin second...

I miss his posts. He was an orger here remember? I loved reading the stories he shared with us.

Cool guy.

PurpleJedi said:

paintedlady said:

You have Puerto Rican family and have NEVER eaten that stuff??? Not even sancocho?

That stuff is the norm in our diets in stews. No part of the animal is wasted... not even damn chicken feet (used to flavor stews).

My in-laws never cooked anything more exotic than octopus salad and "bacalao" in olive oil and when we ever went to a "cuchifrito" place in the Bronx, I stuck to "Alcapurria's" and "papa relleno".

My ex loved, LOVED, "morcilla" (blood sausage)................figures.

I love octopus salad ... not too crazy about bacalo (saltfish salad) even though my mom makes a MEAN bacalo...

there's this dish made with chopped gizzards, bell pepper , onion, and I think pig ears that is actually REALLY good! For the life of me I can not remember the name of it.

I never cook half the stuff my mom makes because I am afraid to touch the ingredients.

paintedlady said:

PurpleJedi said:

My in-laws never cooked anything more exotic than octopus salad and "bacalao" in olive oil and when we ever went to a "cuchifrito" place in the Bronx, I stuck to "Alcapurria's" and "papa relleno".

My ex loved, LOVED, "morcilla" (blood sausage)................figures.

I love octopus salad ... not too crazy about bacalo (saltfish salad) even though my mom makes a MEAN bacalo...

there's this dish made with chopped gizzards, bell pepper , onion, and I think pig ears that is actually REALLY good! For the life of me I can not remember the name of it.

I never cook half the stuff my mom makes because I am afraid to touch the ingredients.

paintedlady said:

PurpleJedi said:

I caught his show last night...he was eating fire-roasted giant African porcupine...organs first, de-quilled skin second...

I miss his posts. He was an orger here remember? I loved reading the stories he shared with us.

Cool guy.

What?! When? How? What?

PurpleJedi said:

paintedlady said:

I miss his posts. He was an orger here remember? I loved reading the stories he shared with us.

Cool guy.

What?! When? How? What?

I guess someone used the name. I have no idea if it was THE Andrew Zimmern. Maybe it was, they're gone now.

M grandmother used to make cow brains and eggs.

morningsong said:

PurpleJedi said:

What?! When? How? What?

I guess someone used the name. I have no idea if it was THE Andrew Zimmern. Maybe it was, they're gone now.

It was him... he posted lots of pictures of himself also. He was in GD and he didn't post often but when he did share he would show us lots of pictures from his travels.

He annouced one day he would start taping episodes again and would be too busy to be on the org. for a while, he deleted his account, never came back. I guess he got bored or a nutjob turned him off to thise place.

paintedlady said:

morningsong said:

I guess someone used the name. I have no idea if it was THE Andrew Zimmern. Maybe it was, they're gone now.

It was him... he posted lots of pictures of himself also. He was in GD and he didn't post often but when he did share he would show us lots of pictures from his travels.

He annouced one day he would start taping episodes again and would be too busy to be on the org. for a while, he deleted his account, never came back. I guess he got bored or a nutjob turned him off to thise place.

Maybe he's still here... maybeeeeeeeee he has an alias?? I like his show...

Vendetta1 said:

M grandmother used to make cow brains and eggs.

ooooh! So that's why you're so smart.

*uhum*

Cerebus said:

Vendetta1 said:

M grandmother used to make cow brains and eggs.

ooooh! So that's why you're so smart.

*uhum*

Vendetta1 said:

Cerebus said:

ooooh! So that's why you're so smart.

*uhum*

I try to picture in my head how she would hook up the brains.... fried?

My mom would bread the brain and fry it in butter... then we would drizzle fresh lemon juice on it...

tinaz said:

My mom would bread the brain and fry it in butter... then we would drizzle fresh lemon juice on it...

That actually sounds good.... brains... who knew?

Maybe he's still here... maybeeeeeeeee he has an alias?? I like his show...

I hope so, he's good people.

paintedlady said:

morningsong said:

I guess someone used the name. I have no idea if it was THE Andrew Zimmern. Maybe it was, they're gone now.

It was him... he posted lots of pictures of himself also. He was in GD and he didn't post often but when he did share he would show us lots of pictures from his travels.

He annouced one day he would start taping episodes again and would be too busy to be on the org. for a while, he deleted his account, never came back. I guess he got bored or a nutjob turned him off to thise place.

AND.I.MISSED.HIM. I love that guy. See, I miss everything around here. I need a moment.

now I got a taste for some smothered chicken gizzards and rice.

morningsong said:

paintedlady said:

It was him... he posted lots of pictures of himself also. He was in GD and he didn't post often but when he did share he would show us lots of pictures from his travels.

He annouced one day he would start taping episodes again and would be too busy to be on the org. for a while, he deleted his account, never came back. I guess he got bored or a nutjob turned him off to thise place.

AND.I.MISSED.HIM. I love that guy. See, I miss everything around here. I need a moment.

now I got a taste for some smothered chicken gizzards and rice.

Yum!

paintedlady said: