Bizarre foods YOU''VE eaten? Or want to try?

[Luckyeshe]

I''ve eaten some foods that would be considered bizzarre like balut, frog legs, liver, alligator, durian, 1 day old chic (skewered like a bbq), oysters, conch (does sea food really count?), sea urchin, baby octopi, rabbit, goat, and horse. I think I have never had dog or cat, but I can''t be too sure on that.....I personally don''t recall eating dog or cat anyways.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

I think I lost my appetite reading this thread

I''m Korean so we eat some pretty weird things (did anyone see Andrew Zimmern''s Bizarre Foods in Seoul?), like rotten, fermented soybean soup (which is delicious).

I think the most bizarre foods I''ve eaten are from when I was in Japan though. Some co-workers took me out to a yakiniku restaurant, which was just a grill, I think. They ordered platters of what seemed to be every cow part possible. I had stomach lining, liver, kidney, tongue, heart, and a few other things.

My favorite was the heart though, followed by the tongue

I love escargot, octopus, squid, all of that stuff. I love eel, I''ve had rabbit, etc. I really want to try bison meat sometime soon though. Apparently it''s really delicious.

 

[kenny]

I've often had to eat my words. - Tastes like chicken.

 

[merilenda]

I''m not really into bizarre foods, but my FI is and I think he would at least try most anything. I just...can''t though. I don''t think I''m a picky eater really - but not particularly adventurous. I am especially wimpy about trying anything weird that is meat-based.

Oh and definitely almost lost my dinner just seeing the pictures on the previous page.

 

[iheartscience]

I recently had sweetbreads for the first time and they were tasty. I also had shad roe and it was delicious! It's cooked in its sac so it looks almost like a piece of meat. Plus it's only available in certain areas in the spring so it's hard to come by.

Oh and I love raw oysters-I know a lot of people don't. Crawfish are tasty, too-like mini lobsters. That's probably not super bizarre but most people I know haven't had them. I've tried all kinds of sashimi and love it all. I like sashimi more than sushi rolls, actually. Oh and I've had menudo, which is a Mexican soup with tripe (cow stomach). It was good but there's definitely a psychological component I had to overcome before I could totally enjoy it.

I've tried a lot of different meats, too. Squirrel, rabbit, bison, venison, bear, goat, oxtails. When I was in Spain we walked past this market right near our hotel with a picture of a horse head on it and the word for horse meat in Spanish underneath. Sad!

I'll try almost anything, but I wouldn't be able to eat cat, dog or horse meat. (And probably not balut, either...blech I just don't think I could do it!) My dad has eaten dog meat before and he said it was good. He lived in Taiwan as a child and tried all sorts of things there.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 6/23/2010 12:03:05 AM
Author: merilenda
I''m not really into bizarre foods, but my FI is and I think he would at least try most anything. I just...can''t though. I don''t think I''m a picky eater really - but not particularly adventurous. I am especially wimpy about trying anything weird that is meat-based.


Oh and definitely almost lost my dinner just seeing the pictures on the previous page.

tell me about it - try walking around this stuff... it''s so nasty but I hate to say it''s becoming somewhat normal to me now...

BTW I really love the pic in your avatar - it''s brilliant!!

 

[Arkteia]

It is a weird habit, not food...probably comes from my very first year in the US (I was much poorer than dirt at the time). Does any of you have a habit of never looking at an expiration date? Or not noticing that something has expired?

One strange thing I witnessed was not food, rather a ritual. I was 11, we were vacationing with my parents...there were 11 guests alltoghether at a place where we stayed. The food was horrible and we were hungry. So one day, a guest from Tajikistan told us he was going to make a real pilaf ("Plov") for all of us. Went to the local market...to make a long story short, it was the best pilaf I ever ate. But then he said that according to his tradition, the host actually has to put some pilaf in the mouth of his most respected guest. No one volunteered to be the guest, and then my father, ever the nicest guy, said, yes, he''d try it. I still see the picture of this guy''s short, haired hand, "molding" the rice and pushing it into my dad''s mouth... Maybe I am making too much out of it, I don''t know.

 

[brazen_irish_hussy]

Date: 6/22/2010 11:36:28 PM
Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl
I think I lost my appetite reading this thread

I'm Korean so we eat some pretty weird things (did anyone see Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods in Seoul?), like rotten, fermented soybean soup (which is delicious).


I think the most bizarre foods I've eaten are from when I was in Japan though. Some co-workers took me out to a yakiniku restaurant, which was just a grill, I think. They ordered platters of what seemed to be every cow part possible. I had stomach lining, liver, kidney, tongue, heart, and a few other things.


My favorite was the heart though, followed by the tongue

I love escargot, octopus, squid, all of that stuff. I love eel, I've had rabbit, etc. I really want to try bison meat sometime soon though. Apparently it's really delicious.

Bison is very good. I have heard it called a leaner, gamier beef, and it is to an extent, but I actually think it tastes more like ostrich than beef. Bison burgers are relatively common where I am and they are much better than regular burgers; they cook better and have a stronger flavor. One of the 2 most prestigious restaurants in the state is famous for its bison dishes, although I have never tried them. They also have rattlesnake, elk, quail, rocky mountain oysters and any number of other game.

I don't have any odd foods I want to eat, I just try what is put in front of me when traveling as long as it isn't spicy. I never expected to eat eel, but I really love it now that I have.

 

[Yimmers]

Dude, I hate durian. Even my Vietnamese friend doesn''t like that stuff. But DH will get durian milkshakes with tapioca balls and everytime he burps, he offends all of us who can''t stand it.

Other weird stuff? Uni (love that stuff), squid, octopus (but hey, as a Korean that''s just standard fare), tripe, tongue (lengua), intestines (yuck), caviar, fish eye (cooked), foie gras, rabbit, goat, sweetbreads, skate wing, pedon (1000 yr old egg), and brains. Actually, DH scoured Barcelona for a restaurant that would serve brains or bulls testicles, but could only find a restaurant that serves brains. Brains are not my favorite thing.

Oh, my dad ate dog growing up. He said it wasn''t his favorite thing, but his friend loved it and would insist they go out and eat some. Dad likes dogs, so he''s never gonna eat my pet.

A lot of cultures eat the whole animal, or at least they eat the offal parts in addition to just the meat. But yea, it does seem that Chinese take the cake for eating anything that moved. Or eating stuff that we wouldn''t really consider eating usually (like, bird''s nest - it''s bird''s spit for crying out loud!) Even my Chinese husband agrees with that.

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 6/23/2010 12:05:54 AM
Author: thing2of2
I recently had sweetbreads for the first time and they were tasty. I also had shad roe and it was delicious! It''s cooked in its sac so it looks almost like a piece of meat. Plus it''s only available in certain areas in the spring so it''s hard to come by.


Oh and I love raw oysters-I know a lot of people don''t. Crawfish are tasty, too-like mini lobsters. That''s probably not super bizarre but most people I know haven''t had them. I''ve tried all kinds of sashimi and love it all. I like sashimi more than sushi rolls, actually. Oh and I''ve had menudo, which is a Mexican soup with tripe (cow stomach). It was good but there''s definitely a psychological component I had to overcome before I could totally enjoy it.


I''ve tried a lot of different meats, too. Squirrel, rabbit, bison, venison, bear, goat, oxtails. When I was in Spain we walked past this market right near our hotel with a picture of a horse head on it and the word for horse meat in Spanish underneath. Sad!


I''ll try almost anything, but I wouldn''t be able to eat cat, dog or horse meat. (And probably not balut, either...blech I just don''t think I could do it!) My dad has eaten dog meat before and he said it was good. He lived in Taiwan as a child and tried all sorts of things there.

I LOVE oxtails. Oxtail soup is one of my top five favorite dishes ever.

Oh this thread reminded me - I was once presented with the opportunity to eat a really massive fish eyeball. Um...I decline. The eyeball was really gross. It''s not a taste issue for me, but consistency - and things like kidney or tripe or eyeball really freak me out with the consistency.

Brazen, I hear that bison meat is really delicious, and I''m from a state where you can find it at the farmer''s market in the summer. I''ve always wanted to try - if I get home before the market ends this summer, I may have to buy some and make some bison steak.

I''d love to go to a game-speciality restaurant.

But like some of the others, I can''t and won''t eat cat, dog or horse. No way, no how. Sadly, I do love lamb. Thankfully it''s not part of my normal diet.

 

[Arcadian]

Yeah sure, I grew up eating some crazy stuff.

At age 8 I had black bird stew. The birds got in the garden so well....

I''ve had some of the usual stuff, turtle, frog legs, alligator hawmaws, pigs feet, sweetbreads, chitterlings, Deer meat (I crave bambi sometimes), rabbit, head cheese, chicken feet blah blah blah. 8th grade we ate mealworms in science class...does not taste like chicken. A few restaurants up here you can get fried grasshoppers. those don''t taste like chicken either. They''re not disgusting though I can''t say I crave that stuff daily.

When I travel I like to find local foods and give them a whirl.

In Iceland I ate Hakarl (rotted shark). The smell is enough to make you want to pass out. It takes a strong stomach. I won''t do this again.

In Scotland I had Haggis. Meh, it was ok.

I''ve had blood sausage from various places. Each is a little different, and I can tell you I really don''t like any of them.

I have had bush meat in South America. For those that don''t know for sure, yes its what you think it is.

I''ve had ostrich, it tastes more like beef to me. bison is pretty good, I can get that at my local grocers. On occassion I can also get rabbit at the local store too.

I will generally try anything once as long as I know it cant kill me. However the problem comes in when I decide I don''t like a thing. Like marshmallow fluff for instance. You''ll never get me to eat it again.


-A

 

[chrono]

Date: 6/22/2010 7:35:46 PM
Author: Dancing Fire
Chinese eat the weirdest foods.

So true, anything that moves under the sky is game.

I am generally adventurous and open to new foods, but unfortunately, I have to admit, many of the foods that most consider bizarre are quite normal to me (durian, eel, frogs, sea cucumber, etc)

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 6/23/2010 8:52:44 AM
Author: Chrono

Date: 6/22/2010 7:35:46 PM

Author: Dancing Fire

Chinese eat the weirdest foods.

So true, anything that moves under the sky is game.

there is a saying here - we will eat anything with four legs except the table, we will eat anything with two legs except the person. Of course they will eat 6 and 8 legged creatures as well....

 

[chrono]

Date: 6/23/2010 9:01:00 AM
Author: Cehrabehra

there is a saying here - we will eat anything with four legs except the table, we will eat anything with two legs except the person. Of course they will eat 6 and 8 legged creatures as well....

Or no legs at all.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 6/23/2010 5:21:01 AM
Author: Arcadian
Yeah sure, I grew up eating some crazy stuff.


At age 8 I had black bird stew. The birds got in the garden so well....


I''ve had some of the usual stuff, turtle, frog legs, alligator hawmaws, pigs feet, sweetbreads, chitterlings, Deer meat (I crave bambi sometimes), rabbit, head cheese, chicken feet blah blah blah. 8th grade we ate mealworms in science class...does not taste like chicken. A few restaurants up here you can get fried grasshoppers. those don''t taste like chicken either. They''re not disgusting though I can''t say I crave that stuff daily.


When I travel I like to find local foods and give them a whirl.


In Iceland I ate Hakarl (rotted shark). The smell is enough to make you want to pass out. It takes a strong stomach. I won''t do this again.


In Scotland I had Haggis. Meh, it was ok.


I''ve had blood sausage from various places. Each is a little different, and I can tell you I really don''t like any of them.


I have had bush meat in South America. For those that don''t know for sure, yes its what you think it is.


I''ve had ostrich, it tastes more like beef to me. bison is pretty good, I can get that at my local grocers. On occassion I can also get rabbit at the local store too.



I will generally try anything once as long as I know it cant kill me. However the problem comes in when I decide I don''t like a thing. Like marshmallow fluff for instance. You''ll never get me to eat it again.



-A

Wow arcadian b- you are qutie adventurous! I''ll eat all the marshmallow fluff for you if you promise to eat all the innards for me lol BTW the bush meat thing - I don''t think I''m thinking the same thing you are LMAO!

I had hagis in scotland too and it wasn''t nearly as bad as all of the rumors claimed it would be. White pudding isn''t so bad, black pudding is worse than hagis imo.

What is a hawmaw?

I have had sea sponge (didn''t like it), and sea urchin twice (it''s weird and it MIGHT grow on me but I don''t think I''ll give it the chance.), and sea cucumber is on my list of things to try while I am living in the sea cucumber capital of the world. Seriously - they have cartoon mascots all around town lol

I love lamb - it is my #1 favorite meat. It is scrumptious!! I don''t think I can ever eat rabbit... it''s not quite as far up the list as dog (that''s the #1 won''t touch it...) and deer is something that I admit is good - but not always. I don''t seek it out but I will try it and sometimes its awesome.

 

[hawaiianorangetree]

Wow! My witchedy (sp?) grub eating experience is pretty tame compared to some of the other experiences.

They were actually quite nice, tasted like garlic prawns from the local pub but without the garlic, same texture though.

 

[dragonfly411]

Pictures made me want to be sick lol.

I have had gator tail quite regularly. I have had softshell turtle (which I don''t love). I LOVE frog legs (esp fried..mmmm). Shark chowder (that we caught), conch (fritters, stew, you name it, it''s yum). Let''s see... I''ve had swamp cabbage (it is heart of palm, and you have to have a permit to harvest it.. otherwise it is illegal. Some restaurants here have it. It''s an odd dish, but good if done right). Crawfish (love it as a scampi... and I get it in a sushi roll fried sometimes). Gosh let''s see. I eat oysters regularly but I don''t think that''s a bizarre food. Horse feed lololol. I''ve had ostrich, ostrich egg, and quail (although quail''s not so exciting). I eat venison regularly... as well as wild hog meat (totally different from domestic pork). I''ve had eel.

The Chinese really do eat anything. Some of the things they serve I really can''t stomach.

What would I like to try?
I''d like to try fried grasshoppers
I really want to try bison
I really want to try foreign fruits and vegetables too.

 

[Arcadian]

Date: 6/23/2010 9:11:37 AM
Author: Cehrabehra

Date: 6/23/2010 5:21:01 AM
Author: Arcadian
Yeah sure, I grew up eating some crazy stuff.


At age 8 I had black bird stew. The birds got in the garden so well....


I''ve had some of the usual stuff, turtle, frog legs, alligator hawmaws, pigs feet, sweetbreads, chitterlings, Deer meat (I crave bambi sometimes), rabbit, head cheese, chicken feet blah blah blah. 8th grade we ate mealworms in science class...does not taste like chicken. A few restaurants up here you can get fried grasshoppers. those don''t taste like chicken either. They''re not disgusting though I can''t say I crave that stuff daily.


When I travel I like to find local foods and give them a whirl.


In Iceland I ate Hakarl (rotted shark). The smell is enough to make you want to pass out. It takes a strong stomach. I won''t do this again.


In Scotland I had Haggis. Meh, it was ok.


I''ve had blood sausage from various places. Each is a little different, and I can tell you I really don''t like any of them.


I have had bush meat in South America. For those that don''t know for sure, yes its what you think it is.


I''ve had ostrich, it tastes more like beef to me. bison is pretty good, I can get that at my local grocers. On occassion I can also get rabbit at the local store too.



I will generally try anything once as long as I know it cant kill me. However the problem comes in when I decide I don''t like a thing. Like marshmallow fluff for instance. You''ll never get me to eat it again.



-A

Wow arcadian b- you are qutie adventurous! I''ll eat all the marshmallow fluff for you if you promise to eat all the innards for me lol BTW the bush meat thing - I don''t think I''m thinking the same thing you are LMAO!

I had hagis in scotland too and it wasn''t nearly as bad as all of the rumors claimed it would be. White pudding isn''t so bad, black pudding is worse than hagis imo.

What is a hawmaw?

I have had sea sponge (didn''t like it), and sea urchin twice (it''s weird and it MIGHT grow on me but I don''t think I''ll give it the chance.), and sea cucumber is on my list of things to try while I am living in the sea cucumber capital of the world. Seriously - they have cartoon mascots all around town lol

I love lamb - it is my #1 favorite meat. It is scrumptious!! I don''t think I can ever eat rabbit... it''s not quite as far up the list as dog (that''s the #1 won''t touch it...) and deer is something that I admit is good - but not always. I don''t seek it out but I will try it and sometimes its awesome.

marshmallow fluff is so off limits...gahhhh

*makes sign of the cross* I really do draw the line at overly processed food. The only natural food I just won''t eat as long as I live is raisins. blah, no thanks! (I do love grapes though!!)

I go out for lamb maybe once a week, its very accessable where I am. I don''t dig goat meat very much but I do love having it in the islands. Hogmaw is the lining of a pigs stomach. I grew up eating it with butter beans. Granted, that may gross some people out but its all in how you''re raised.

I see people listing tounge as strange but for us that was normal My mother makes a really awesome bbq beef tounge.

My grandparents lived though the depression, so the attitude was if you killed it, you ate it. Growing up with that mentality is the reason why I''ve had the stomach for some of the more crazier things. Aside from a handful of bugs and rats everything else was fair game.

We did have normal stuff. Roast on Sundays, Chicken, beef, but we also had the good stuff too!!

I haven''t eaten dog but I wouldn''t rule it out though its not on the top of my list. I remember quite fondly when I was a youngester that for the 4th of July one year on the grill was hamburger, hotdogs, and coon.(courtesy of my grandfather) a skinned coon looks just like a little dog, no lie. tasted good tho

The only time I''ve had urchin was as sushi, and thats with a raw quail egg. I can''t say I was all that enthused by it really. What I do know about urchin is that it has to be really fresh. I''ve also had it not so fresh and

Eel is a sushi staple for me.

Fruits and veggies I''m always open for as long as they don''t set my allergies off!


-A

 

[Clio]

Date: 6/22/2010 7:04:34 PM
Author: Yimmers
I just had balut this weekend. Both Tony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern have eaten it on their shows. If you don''t know what it is, it''s fertilized duck or chicken eggs. I had the duck version. And yes, I could see a duck in it. My husband is into trying funky things, so when I randomly saw it at the Farmer''s Market, I figured, give it a shot...


I had it RAW and cooked. I will never eat it raw again. Don''t ask me if you''re supposed it to eat one way over the other. I have heard both. The raw has a texture of a gooey raw oyster, minus the deliciousness of the raw oyster. It was really hard to stomach.


The cooked was not as bad as you think it''d be. The hardest part is looking at it before eating it. It is not a pleasant sight. I spit out a bone, and DH got a feather stuck in his teeth. But, as long as it''s not too far developed, it''s like a eating boiled duck/chicken with a huge yolk flavor. It does need seasoning, and I guess we''ll eat the rest with hot sauce. We both had gag reflexes b/c the image BURNS into your head. But, once you taste it, you''re like, hmmm, it''s not as horrible as you''d thought it would be.


Nonetheless, my ''big balut adventure'' pictures on facebook horrified a lot of friends.

My husband loves balut. I''ve never been brave enough to try! I have tried durian, which my father-in-law adores. That was the vilest thing I''ve ever put in my mouth!

I''m quite fond of deep fried alligator, though.

 

[monarch64]

Date: 6/22/2010 11:52:33 PM
Author: kenny
I''ve often had to eat my words. - Tastes like chicken.

Mm hmm. Mine taste like crow.

 

[jaysonsmom]

Date: 6/23/2010 3:54:44 AM
Author: Yimmers
Dude, I hate durian. Even my Vietnamese friend doesn't like that stuff. But DH will get durian milkshakes with tapioca balls and everytime he burps, he offends all of us who can't stand it.

Other weird stuff? Uni (love that stuff), squid, octopus (but hey, as a Korean that's just standard fare), tripe, tongue (lengua), intestines (yuck), caviar, fish eye (cooked), foie gras, rabbit, goat, sweetbreads, skate wing, pedon (1000 yr old egg), and brains. Actually, DH scoured Barcelona for a restaurant that would serve brains or bulls testicles, but could only find a restaurant that serves brains. Brains are not my favorite thing.

Oh, my dad ate dog growing up. He said it wasn't his favorite thing, but his friend loved it and would insist they go out and eat some. Dad likes dogs, so he's never gonna eat my pet.

A lot of cultures eat the whole animal, or at least they eat the offal parts in addition to just the meat. But yea, it does seem that Chinese take the cake for eating anything that moved. Or eating stuff that we wouldn't really consider eating usually (like, bird's nest - it's bird's spit for crying out loud!) Even my Chinese husband agrees with that.

Yimmers, we are opposite. I'm predominantly Chinese (mixed with Japanese and Dutch), dh is Korean (grew up in Montana though).

I am WAY more adventerous than he is. He is an Amercanized-Asian. I introduce him to dim sum (chicken feet, tripe, tendons, jellyfish, pedon, chicken heart etc)....The only weird Korean thing his family ate that was more bizarre than anything I've heard of is raw crab marinated kimchi-style. The crab was chopped upwith the shell on, and pickled. Basically you just chew/suck the raw crab meat out, have you had that?

 

[Bunny007]

Date: 6/22/2010 7:52:09 PM
Author: jaysonsmom

Date: 6/22/2010 7:48:30 PM
Author: Autumnovember
I''ve had cow tongue...tastes like nothing.

I actually love cow tongue. It''s just like a tender piece of steak. If no one pointed out what part of the cow it came from, I bet tons more people would eat it.

So true! I tried tongue when I was young but only because my grandma told me it was roast beef. It was delicious but I''ll probably never try it again now that I know.

Some other things that I''ve tried: crocodile, alligator, wild boar, kangaroo, whale, seal, and most recently, pig''s ear. I''m adventurous when it comes to wild game but not at all when it comes to organ meat and whatnot.

 

[HappyNewLife]

this made me snort: Mongolian caterpillar fungus on yak genitals

Wow and wow. Those pics are terrible. I will never try balut, nor dog. I''m afraid to google durian, but I will.

I think the weirdest was a sea cucumber and aloe vera soup in Shanghai. The sea cucumber wasn''t a big deal, but the aloe vera was foul-- like big globs of SNOT in my soup.

 

[HappyNewLife]

ok phew, durian is produce. lol

 

[jaysonsmom]

Date: 6/23/2010 12:42:11 PM
Author: HappyNewLife
ok phew, durian is produce. lol

It''s like eating rotten Avocado that''s been fermenting in a dead body. I''ve tried to eat it twice, and both times my gag reflex made it come back up. I''ve given up on it.

 

[ForteKitty]

I saw frozen armadillos at a vietnamese supermarket in LA.

NO desire to try it.

 

[HappyNewLife]

Date: 6/23/2010 12:48:04 PM
Author: jaysonsmom

Date: 6/23/2010 12:42:11 PM
Author: HappyNewLife
ok phew, durian is produce. lol

It''s like eating rotten Avocado that''s been fermenting in a dead body. I''ve tried to eat it twice, and both times my gag reflex made it come back up. I''ve given up on it.

oh my. ok then, i am officially not interested in trying it!

 

[Yimmers]

Date: 6/23/2010 12:37:21 PM
Author: jaysonsmom

Date: 6/23/2010 3:54:44 AM

Author: Yimmers

Dude, I hate durian. Even my Vietnamese friend doesn''t like that stuff. But DH will get durian milkshakes with tapioca balls and everytime he burps, he offends all of us who can''t stand it.


Other weird stuff? Uni (love that stuff), squid, octopus (but hey, as a Korean that''s just standard fare), tripe, tongue (lengua), intestines (yuck), caviar, fish eye (cooked), foie gras, rabbit, goat, sweetbreads, skate wing, pedon (1000 yr old egg), and brains. Actually, DH scoured Barcelona for a restaurant that would serve brains or bulls testicles, but could only find a restaurant that serves brains. Brains are not my favorite thing.


Oh, my dad ate dog growing up. He said it wasn''t his favorite thing, but his friend loved it and would insist they go out and eat some. Dad likes dogs, so he''s never gonna eat my pet.


A lot of cultures eat the whole animal, or at least they eat the offal parts in addition to just the meat. But yea, it does seem that Chinese take the cake for eating anything that moved. Or eating stuff that we wouldn''t really consider eating usually (like, bird''s nest - it''s bird''s spit for crying out loud!) Even my Chinese husband agrees with that.

Yimmers, we are opposite. I''m predominantly Chinese (mixed with Japanese and Dutch), dh is Korean (grew up in Montana though).


I am WAY more adventerous than he is. He is an Amercanized-Asian. I introduce him to dim sum (chicken feet, tripe, tendons, jellyfish, pedon, chicken heart etc)....The only weird Korean thing his family ate that was more bizarre than anything I''ve heard of is raw crab marinated kimchi-style. The crab was chopped upwith the shell on, and pickled. Basically you just chew/suck the raw crab meat out, have you had that?

Oh wow, I haven''t heard of that before, I''ll have to ask my parents about that. I like crab I have eaten raw skate wing that''s been pickled and spiced up - you have to enjoy crunching on food b/c it''s mainly cartiledge. Heh heh, some of my friends take a pass on it.

Have you tried this other K-dish that consists of wrapping stewed pork with a raw oyster with kimchee/condiments in a steamed napa cabbage leaf? It''s called Bo-ssaam. It''s really good. David Chang apparently has a restaurant that serves it in NYC, but it costs $200! But I guess he uses heritage pork and fresh shucked oysters. It normally runs for $20 or so usually, but its meant to be ordered with a group of people.

 

[jaysonsmom]

Date: 6/23/2010 1:47:42 PM
Author: Yimmers


Oh wow, I haven''t heard of that before, I''ll have to ask my parents about that. I like crab I have eaten raw skate wing that''s been pickled and spiced up - you have to enjoy crunching on food b/c it''s mainly cartiledge. Heh heh, some of my friends take a pass on it.

Have you tried this other K-dish that consists of wrapping stewed pork with a raw oyster with kimchee/condiments in a steamed napa cabbage leaf? It''s called Bo-ssaam. It''s really good. David Chang apparently has a restaurant that serves it in NYC, but it costs $200! But I guess he uses heritage pork and fresh shucked oysters. It normally runs for $20 or so usually, but its meant to be ordered with a group of people.

I''ve had this dish at my cousin''s graduation lunch, but without the raw oyster. Glad to find out what it''s called because dh didn''t know, and I tried to describe it to my FIL (who has since passed away), and he didn''t know what I was talking about! I really liked it.

BTW, my kids (8 and 6) are big fans of Ten--jiang kook (Stinky fermented soy bean soup). They said it''s just like strong Miso, which is something I make at home often.

 

[Clio]

Date: 6/23/2010 12:48:04 PM
Author: jaysonsmom

Date: 6/23/2010 12:42:11 PM

Author: HappyNewLife

ok phew, durian is produce. lol

It''s like eating rotten Avocado that''s been fermenting in a dead body. I''ve tried to eat it twice, and both times my gag reflex made it come back up. I''ve given up on it.

Yep, I was serious when I said that durian was the vilest thing I''ve ever put in my mouth. My FIL kept saying, "oh, it tastes so much better than it smells." NO IT DOESN''T