Do you eat EXOTIC food?

Cheers my friend, I was eating a lovely sandwich as I read your discussion, ewwwww! In answer to your question the most exotic food I have tasted and virtually spat out was squid, disgusting rubbery taste, and this is supposed to be a delicacy. My dad likes swordfish, but you won't get us tasting what you said at the start which I am trying not to read again as I continue with my BLT.

I would not define this creature that I ate once as exotic but I would rather called it the weirdest creature that I have ever eaten. I once join a few friends in eating some raw sea urchins and it didn't taste that bad at all. a bit salty but it was quite nice though.

I'd try scorpion. But I have a policy of trying anything, once lol. I'd try brains too, I think. Though probably not monkey brains, some other animal's brains. Monkeys are too closely related to humans for me to feel NOT like a cannible, eating their brains. Any other bugs, they'd have to not look like bugs for me to eat most of them. Minus scorpions. And it'd probably depend on how they were prepared, lol. I'd try dog, but I don't think I could stand eating cats... I'd LOVE to try squid jerky, because I've always wondered what our tentacly sea friends tasted like! I've always wanted to try shark and crocodile. Mostly because I've never eaten predator animal meat, and always heard they taste like fish or chicken. And I've always thought that rat might taste yummy. Lol. Maybe I'll open a strange foods restauraunt someday. I'm a fair cook, and Goddess knows...it'd get plenty of attention, being odd ^_^

do you? if so WHY??? the only exotic stuff that i eat is sushi (its great!) but thats about as adventurous as i care to be :-)

Those food sound like they can be found in 'Fear Factor'. Durians and Century Eggs appeared in 'Fear Factor' before too. LOL I guess they are considered Exotic food to the Caucasians though they are considered as delicacy (especially Durian) to me. =D As for those food u mentioned (ie. Roaches, bugs and etc), I will never eat them. Likewise, I do not have an adventurous taste bud. I do not even dare to eat Sashimi. This shows how unadventurous I am. =P

Hi Lord, Well Im no Andrew Zimmerman! Hes on the Food Network and he travels all over the world telling us how great all this exotic food is. I mean really now, Im sure some things just dont taste that good, but he will tell you it ALL tastes good. Ive seen him eat all sorts of bugs, covered in something or not, worms, bat spit soup, or was it vomit soup. LOL Hes eaten the gonads from several animals, scorpions and all kinds of things I cant even think of. I would be the person stepping back and curling my nose or covering my mouth to keep from puking! The most exotic thing I have ever put in my mouth was some Frogs Legs, and they DID taste like chicken! lol Bay Lay Gray xx

Nope, I'm not a risk-taker when it comes to trying new foods; especially if the food was something I would have killed in my kitchen when it was alive. :-) I suppose I would try a chocolate-covered ant or grasshopper if I was offered one, but I'd be pretty surprised if I actually liked it. As for the other things on your list, no thanks!

No nothing weird for me. LOL Oh I was getting an upset tummy just reading the list of yucki-ness. LOL! I like the normal foods, but I know many people are into trying anything that they can put in their mouths. Not for me. Good post. Have a good one. :)

H-E-L-L NOOOOOO LOL I don't care what you call them, that's just disgusting.. rat embryos?? live monkey brains?? WTH!! I know some people think they're being adventorous and cool by eating weird things.. good for them.. I'll stick with good ol' fashion beef and chicken. I dont even eat liver..never mind tongue, brains, and that kinda stuff ::shudder:::: I sure ain't eating bugs and bear paws LOL.

I have to agree with you on this one..lol There is no way that I would be able to eat any of the "exotic foods" that you have listed.. Although, I do enjoy quite a variety of foods...seafoods and wild turkey, deer, squirrel and rabbit... I have a friend who lives in Australia..she states that kangaroo is delicious...since the only kangaroos here in the US are in zoos...I guess that I will have to take her word for it...I must admit that when she said that though, I would never have thought about eating one...it is amazing to me the different foods that are acceptable in one culture would be strictly taboo in another though! MP & BB

Bear's paws? I would sit there wondering what awful thing they did with the rest of the bear. Live things, no. Those I would definitely say "No, thank you!" or maybe even "No!" without the thank you. I'm adventurous enough to try unusual things, but fancy does not necessarily mean good, and I sure wouldn't want to eat endangered species or anything like that. On the other hand, quite a few people would consider the Offal that I regard as normal food to be somewhat exotic. I like organ meats, like liver and hearts and chicken gizzards, for instance. My favorite meats include beef tongue and oxtails. That grosses a few people out.

I've eaten a couple of types of bugs... mealworm fritters, fried grasshoppers, chocolate covered ants. Stuff like that. Not bad. I would be interested in trying some exotic foods, but there are others that I could do without.

Oh gosh I have never eaten any of these foods before and I think they would probably make me want to throw up. I have seen some stuff in television what people eat which to me is strange. However if I was starving I would eat anything, gag or not, it is going down. LOL

there is a restaurant here in Makati, where they serve exotic foods like, lizards, frogs, locusts, beetles, I had a chance to taste all of it. The frog is my favorite, tastes much like chicken. One factor in liking such food is the way it is cooked. I have tasted frog before but cooked differently and I didn't like it.

As for those you mentioned above, no thank you! Only if you PAID ME would I eat that stuff and it would have to be a pretty good sum of money (I'd never make it on Fear Factor LOL!). I do have people that makes faces at me when I eat smoked salmon, mussels, and escargot. But that's as far as I will go.

yes...i've already eaten a brown lizard from our backyard, a green frog from our rice field, and snail from our ponds...but never cockroaches...no way...

Well..!! I would like to try them first before hateing them..!!! So as if you never tried then how can you hate it..!!!! BUt sea food smells a lot..!! like sea horse and etc.. I have eating ants, crabs, snakes, snails...!!! And you won't belive it I just loved it..!! They tastes GREAT...!! But I don't know about bugs ,worms and roaches.. :)

Yikes, I have never tried eating rats and things like that, I dont have the appetite to that and I have no plans what so ever. Im a filipino I eat normal things around here but maybe some of these normal food would be exotic on your part. There are many to mention and I can name one like the balut. Have you heard of it, its a matured but not fully developed duck egg, its a sure hit in our country and I eat it, maybe this kind of food would sound exotic for you.LOL Heres the picture for our reference.

I pass on all the above items. I am sure there are those who think as these foods as delicacy's (spelling ?) but for me they don't even sound the bit appetizing to me.

AHHHH! Gag. Sick. Rat embryos? You can't be serious. Monkey brains? Monkeys are practically people. That cannabilism. SICK! Oh god. People don't really eat that stuff do they? I can't even look at the picture that you posted because I'm afraid of what it might be.