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| Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | Views: 1460 |
| Jan 08, 2007 7:40 am | | Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Vijay Nayak | | What’s the most unusual meat (dish) you ever eaten? I have traveled many countries but being not quite adventurous about tasting different kinds of meats, have restricted myself to umpteen dishes in Chicken, Fish and Lamb in my regular eating besides veggies.
I have been to all sorts of restaurants here in India and in SEA, Gulf, Europe, US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and have seen all kinds’ meats being served like Horsemeat, Deer, Rabbit, varieties of birds and strange looking seafood but have stuck only to varieties in meat that I eat always.
Do share what unusual non-veg dish you have eaten, what meat was it and also where did you eat it?
For me it was a frog leg a long time ago for me at a Chinese joint in Manipal where I did my engineering. Did not like it one bit, though.
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| Jan 08, 2007 7:46 am | | re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Gautam | | Guinea Pig – Unfortunately not.
Veal Testicles – Oh yeah! Hell ya! Rocky Mountain Oysters is what they were called. [San Diego]
Spicy Beef Penis – It wasn’t spicy. The version I ate was cold, clammy and pickled. [Singapore]
Tongue Polonaise – Used to have an Anglo-Indian classmate who’d bring the best tongue sandwiches. Also available at Lusitania Cold Store. [Bangalore]
Braised Smothered Chitlins – Yes. Unfortunately I have. Give me regular tripe in green peppers any day. [East Central Los Angeles]
Pig Foot Milanese – Yes, but it was more knuckles and trotters. Absolutely fabulous. [New Orleans]
Balut (Fertilized Duck Eggs With Embryo) – Yes. Better than you’d imagine so long as you dip in Nam Pla. Other comestibles ingested simultaneously were spiders, lizards and scorpions. [Bangkok]
Les Rognons De Veau À La Moutarde (Kidneys) – Yes, but tava fried with masala. Also available at Bombay Kebabs as is brain, liver and udder. [Bangalore]
Duck Tongues In Wine Sauce – Nope. Duck/Goose liver pate, yes. [Bangalore]
Chicken Assholes – It’s technically the vent. And it fries very well, it’s only fat. Also yummy is chicken feet curry which is a Tamilian speciality. [Bangalore]
More details and links at:
http://doesthisthat.blogspot.com/2006/02/cast-iron-stomach.htmlPrivate Reply to Gautam |
| Jan 08, 2007 7:55 am | | re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Vijay Nayak | | What a variety! That was some food for thought, Gautam! :) Private Reply to Vijay Nayak |
| Jan 08, 2007 9:14 am | | re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Mayuri Sharrma. Writer. Tarot Card Reader. | |
Though eating my own spoken words would qualify as an unusual dish, I have been eating them so regularly that they are usual fare now;)
The most unusual dish I have tried so far was an excellent roast Duck with a tangy apple, walnut and something-I-don’t-remember sauce. Unusual for me because I am a strictly chicken and fish person who has only ventured as far as Oysters and Calamari so far.
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| Jan 08, 2007 12:46 pm | | re: re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Shalaka Paradkar | | The first unusual thing I was coaxed to try is the Bengali delicacy muri ghanto: rice with fish head, it's delicious.
Also tried balut (once was enough) and pigs' feet (ditto).
My kind Chinese neighbour made me a huge pot of chicken wine when I was sick. It had a lot of bits n parts that I didn't want to know more about, excellent curative properties though. Private Reply to Shalaka Paradkar |
| Jan 08, 2007 2:07 pm | | re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Suman Tripathy | | Shalaka,
Dittoo here 2 ! When first time, i was offered 'moori ghanto' ; i didnt feel like eating it when i was told that it is made wit fish head. But when i tasted it, i flipped 4 it.
Another was 'fried blood' ! For a puja, when the goat 'balli' was done, i am told that the fresh blood that comes is collected and it coagulates. Then it is cut in2 small pieces and fried, tastes like liver fry ! Private Reply to Suman Tripathy |
| Jan 09, 2007 4:29 am | | re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Vijay Nayak | | Suman.. that sounded the MOST unusual till now. "fried blood".. Phew! :) Private Reply to Vijay Nayak |
| Jan 09, 2007 5:38 am | | re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Prat da Brat | | Ok here goes my list:
turtle soup in hong kong - tastes like black bean soup
eels (many places)- gud
octopus (many places again) - rubbery and the barbecued version was v bad, in salads it tastes gud
deer (venison) (mauritius) - didnt like it much
frogs (thailand) - yummy
pig's organs (singapore) - quite gud
pigeon (singapore) - ok
snails (thailand) - quite gud
oyster eggs (thailand) - yummy
oyster egg omlette (singapore) - gr8
then i hv eaten rabbits, oysters, calamari (my fav is butter garlic), mussels, etc.
ultimate fantasy - 2 eat a cobra a la anthony bourdain style!!Private Reply to Prat da Brat |
| Jan 09, 2007 5:40 am | | re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Prat da Brat | | Oh yeah forgot 2 mention duck and goose foie gras and also duck liver separately. Private Reply to Prat da Brat |
| Jan 09, 2007 5:50 am | | re: re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Vijay Nayak | | Good list, crazylittleme! Well travelled and well eaten :) Do post back after the Cobra thingy!? Private Reply to Vijay Nayak |
| Jan 09, 2007 5:52 am | | re: re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Sandip Kundu | | Snails on toast (Taiwan)
Pizza with Reindeer meat topping, Raw Arctic Fish (Finland)
Octopus stew, Octopus cake (Korea)
Eel fish, Duck tongue (China) Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
| Jan 09, 2007 6:36 am | | re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
arjun | | have eaten the usual: trotters, kapuras, bheja, tongue, pichoo curry(goat rectum)....
in the unusual:
horse sashimi (raw horse slivers served on ice) which are delicious. in a restaurant in osaka.
deer brain done in fine herbs. served at a game park in mauratius.
venison pickle was a regular while growing up.
blue bull steaks done indian style with a tandoor.
various bird meats
whale meat: which is disgusting, its only blubber.
octopus heads: cooked in slight batter. they are divine.
chicken feet soup: it got me. meat was fine but the idea did not go down well.
buffalo meat: nepali style
dog: nagaland. its good. as long as you had not named it and played with it earlier.
cant remember but there were few others...will add...
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| Jan 09, 2007 6:57 am | | re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Vijay Nayak | | Add more, Arjun? You already had a 'whale' of an opportunity! :) Looking forward, anyways! Most things that can move around, swim or fly seem already covered here the posts up to now! But I am sure more in store which can be chronicled into an almanac! Private Reply to Vijay Nayak |
| Jan 09, 2007 11:29 am | | re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Gautam | | How about an animal fetus, balut excluded? It's apparently an Anglo-Indian delicacy.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0419_040419_TVfoodtaboo.htmlPrivate Reply to Gautam |
| Jan 09, 2007 4:58 pm | | re: re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Rhea | | the most out of the way thing I've eaten is horse meat. My sis in Law had got somethin slices of smoked horse meat from Europe...
I loved it!!
I had japanese preserved octopus lying in my fridge for a long time...had no clue what to do with it...a friend has taken them, will cook it for us soon.
I guess I've led a relatively 'conservative' food life :)Private Reply to Rhea |
| Jan 14, 2007 7:49 am | | re: re: re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Dr Anirudh Badade | | Gautam and arjun have tried out quite a bit of the exotic stuff. Its my dream to try out this kind of stuff. Can't get much sitting in Mumbai.
My list:
Blood pudding
Reindeer meat
Whale meat
Rabbit meat
Wild boar
Most of it donated by friends who travel abroad. Private Reply to Dr Anirudh Badade |
| Jan 14, 2007 8:23 am | | re: re: re: re: re: re: Have you eaten anything unusual? Do share it here.. | # |
Sandip Kundu | | Bulgogi, the "fire-meat" of Korea (beef) is delicious. Private Reply to Sandip Kundu |
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