Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 736128)

Here are some foods I have never tried. Some are because I don't want to and some are because I just have never had the opportunity.

Sushi It can be good.....or bad
Squid/Calamari I LOVE calamari - my goto appetizer
Sun dried tomatoes love them on pizza
Figs eaten them, not a fan
Kidney Tried it --- hated it
Prosciuto (sp?) ????

How about you?

Originally Posted by Barefoot (Post 736158)

Also frogs legs. I ordered them once and just couldn't bring myself to try them. Bare!!!! I LOVE frog legs (have caught, cleaned, cooked and eaten them myself - does that make me a redneck?

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist (Post 736160)

I haven't had tripe. Me either

I have had possum (yuck), snake, squirrel, venison, rabbit, turtle, hog, oysters, scallops, lobster, frog legs, crawfish, shark, and roe all caught or killed and cooked in the wild or nearest park.
And swamp cabbage (hearts of palm) my daddy cut and mama cooked (better than Bonifay's.) YUM! Haven't had snake, but all the rest

Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 736199)

Try the mountain oysters at the Testicle Festival at the Charlo Rec Club in Montana sometime. Yum! Their ad says "Come have a ball!" I have the T shirt to prove I was there.

Originally Posted by redwitch (Post 736459)

I'm probably one of the world's pickiest eaters. I'm definitely a meat and potatoes type of person. That being said, there's not much I haven't eaten -- most of it as a child at embassy dinners. This includes sheep eye soup, chilled monkey brains, calamari fixed every way imaginable, marsupials galore (and, yes, opossum is yucky -- so is porcupine) and so on and so forth. And I truly LOVE sushi!

You can't pay me to eat okra (too slimy) or creamed spinach. Not a fan of cabbage in almost all of its forms. Lima beans do not pass my lips. Nor does haggis or anything else that consists of stomach linings and the like. Don't like kidneys but love liver. Don't like any type of meat/vegetable pie (pies should be sweet and fruity).

Of the esoteric foods I'd recommend folks try sushi (go with a friend who can gently steer you to the easy stuff at first); calamari; insects (they really are tasty and crunchy, especially dipped in chocolate); frog legs and snake (both taste a lot like chicken).

Originally Posted by manaboutown (Post 736199)

Try the mountain oysters at the Testicle Festival at the Charlo Rec Club in Montana sometime. Yum! Their ad says "Come have a ball!" I have the T shirt to prove I was there.

I think I have eaten everything listed so far except for the possum which I have never had the opportunity to chomp down upon. I have also eaten smoked Minke whale meat in Norway, seal, black bear, prong horn antelope, goat, pigeon, quail and pheasant. I tried a piece of mountain lion (yuk) but could not chew it enough or get it down. I have eaten some grasshoppers with chili powder on them and ants dipped in chocolate in Mexico, "dancing shrimp" in Japan and escargot and horse meat in France. I love venison, elk, frog legs, calf's brains, sushi, abalone, geoduck (a large clam found in the state of Washington), crayfish and fresh sturgeon caviar washed down with ice cold Russian vodka.

On occasion in New Mexico I eat menudo, which contains tripe.

I have never tried any marsupial, such as kangaroo or wallaby, any primate such as a monkey, grub, dog or rat (unless I ate at the wrong Chinese or Vietnamese restaurant).

I do not quite have the stomach of Andrew Zimmern (in more ways than one!) but I do enjoy his shows.

Originally Posted by kittygilchrist (Post 736482)

I knew I could count on you for interesting. What have you NOT eaten?
Kitty
ps the snake I ate was fat and bony...where do you get good liver n onions?

Originally Posted by rubicon (Post 736307)

GG: I have eaten figs and dates and especially like them stuffed with Brazil nuts .

Calamari My mother made a good stuffed calamari and introduced so many people to this meal over the years. I never met one who didn't want more. I like to sauté it in virgin oil and then light it with brandy

Prosciutto is a cured spice ham cut thin almost so it is transparent. it is excellent with melon.
sun dried tomatoes are delicious on almost anything.

I have not eaten sushi nor kidney.

I do love raw oysters clams

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 736524)

Kitty, we had a liver & onions dinner with a group of TOTVers last spring, at Toojays. 16 or 17 people, although some were non-liver-eating spouses. They have liver and chicken livers dinners at Toojays. Do a search for liver & you'll see the places other people recommended for liver. There is at least one liver club in TV.