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Are you adventurous with food?

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Inspired by my UO... I have tried guinea pig, cow's brains, heart, tongue, intestines and sweetbreads. Pig's feet, snails, dove, sea urchins. Chicken feet and heart. Dried alpaca, too. Part of my regular diet includes cow's heart and chicken heart. ilove them. When eat them barbecued. My father is Argentinean, so I eat a lot of chinchul?es as well (barbecued intestines). I also like tongue and brains but I go to restaurants because I don't know how to cook them. Have you ever tried something really adventurous?
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  • HarrietNJMommyHarrietNJMommy

    Yes, pretty much everything you've eaten except the chicken feet, pig's feet and dried alpaca.

    I'm a total "foodie".........love trying new foods and eating "different" foods. 

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  • pevilapevila member
    Nice! The only thing I didn't like was teh pig's feet, oh and I have alsi eaten chapulines (grasshoppers) and ants, and hated them too!
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    imagermontagne@gmail.com:
    I have tried rattlesnake and alligator......
    Were they good?I've never had the chance to try them.
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  • Mrs.HizzoMrs.Hizzo member

    Of the things you listed, I've only had the opportunity to eat tongue and sweetbreads, and chicken giblets. Oh, and sea urchin. I honestly don't care that much for organ meat, and I don't think it's supposed to be very good for you, is it? I could be wrong, and of course everything is fine in moderation.

    I love trying new things. I've been to some great sushi restaurants and tried all sorts of interesting seafood, like surf clam and I don't know what all else. I've eaten rattlesnake and alligator, and lots of different game. I don't think being adventurous with food necessarily has to mean eating uncommon proteins, though. I think it's mostly about being open to trying anything that you've never had and wouldn't typically make for yourself. 

    I know that I would have a hard time eating horse or dog. It would have to be a situation where I was going to very gravely offend someone by passing it up. 

     

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  • pevilapevila member
    The heart and the tongue are actually really good lean protein, all the others I guess are bad for you buT I guess in moderation is ok. Its is very common to eat cat in some parts of Peru, but I wouldn't eat it. I wouldn't eat dog or horse either. The problem here is that you would offend someone if you don't try their food, specially in little towns, so you have to eat everything while they watch you, so I don't know what I would do if I got offed those. I do think that eating things that are out of you comfort zone is adventurous.
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  • Jessica1232Jessica1232 member
    imagermontagnegmail.com:
    I have tried rattlesnake and alligator......


    This! And they both taste like chicken only alligator tends to be a little more spicy!
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  • PurpleDrewbie5PurpleDrewbie5 member
    I am by no means a picky eater but intestines are not something I have any desire to try. I've tried alligator meat...does that count as adventurous?
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  • 00jennifer0000jennifer00 member
    I will be the first to admit that I am not an adventurous eater.  I don't really like meat very much, the thought of eating most of the stuff mentioned here...well, I'd taste it, but yeah.  I hate chicken, so anything that tasted like chicken would probably not fly.  lol And the texture of anything bouncy like shrimp or lobster would also be out.  I'd be more than happy to try the side dishes that had no meat in them though!
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    imagePurpleDrewbie5:
    I am by no means a picky eater but intestines are not something I have any desire to try. I've tried alligator meat...does that count as adventurous?
    It definitely does! I haven't tried it...Intestines are really good! I eat them fried or stuffed with dried blood, spices and rice... I know it sounds awful but it's good, so good...
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  • notkateanymorenotkateanymore member

    Not according to this thread. :) I don't do the organ thing...I mean, I've eaten foie gras a number of times, but I just can't do the heart, brain thing. I've had gator before...tastes like chicken. ;) I don't see the big deal about sea urchin...it's ok. I like bone marrow. I also don't eat raw tomatoes. But besides that, I'm good.  

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  • caybehcaybeh member

    Not really. I do like chicken heart and the chicken eggs before the chicken has them. I can't think of what they are called. We used to butcher our own meat when I was younger (I grew up on a farm) so that is where I've had them.

    Fun fact.....the casing on some frying sausage is actually a layer from intestines. I'm not sure about all. I just know that when we used to make our own sausage, that's what we used.

    I can't bring myself to try sushi. I'm not much of a seafood fan. Although I did try snails, and thought they were rubbery.

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  • HarrietNJMommyHarrietNJMommy

    I've had rattlesnake, alligator and even turtle soup! LOL! Emu, ostrich, venison, goat, all sorts of fish. I LOVE bone marrow, foie gras, any type of sashimi.........

    We eat intestine soup for Easter, lamb innards wrapped in intestines and grilled on a spit, etc...........

    I'm squeamish with eyes (my parents eat fish eyes, etc.) and anything gelatinous (like head cheese).......... 

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  • joyfullyfoundjoyfullyfound member
    I love trying new things! My family is German so we grew up eating all kinds of organ meats, head cheese, etc. My dad is a really adventurous eater, and took me to all kinds of weird restaurants while I was growing up. Then I lived in the Peruvian jungle for a year... and I don't even know all the things I ate there.... monkey, crocodile (tail is the best, but we tried everything), grubs, turtle, piranha... and then the rest I didn't know the Spanish word for, so when they told me what it was I couldn't understand.... "mystery meat" haha. The worst part is that I ate the monkey while holding her baby!! It was my pet for the year :) 

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  • Mrs.HizzoMrs.Hizzo member

    imagejoyfullyfound:
    I love trying new things! My family is German so we grew up eating all kinds of organ meats, head cheese, etc. My dad is a really adventurous eater, and took me to all kinds of weird restaurants while I was growing up. Then I lived in the Peruvian jungle for a year... and I don't even know all the things I ate there.... monkey, crocodile (tail is the best, but we tried everything), grubs, turtle, piranha... and then the rest I didn't know the Spanish word for, so when they told me what it was I couldn't understand.... "mystery meat" haha. The worst part is that I ate the monkey while holding her baby!! It was my pet for the year :) 

    You win. 

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    imageMrs.Hizzo:

    imagejoyfullyfound:
    I love trying new things! My family is German so we grew up eating all kinds of organ meats, head cheese, etc. My dad is a really adventurous eater, and took me to all kinds of weird restaurants while I was growing up. Then I lived in the Peruvian jungle for a year... and I don't even know all the things I ate there.... monkey, crocodile (tail is the best, but we tried everything), grubs, turtle, piranha... and then the rest I didn't know the Spanish word for, so when they told me what it was I couldn't understand.... "mystery meat" haha. The worst part is that I ate the monkey while holding her baby!! It was my pet for the year :) 

    You win. 

    Haha. The hunters caught the mom, and found the baby on her tummy.They'll usually avoid killing mothers like that... it was an accident. The village kids knew exactly how to take care of it and what to feed it, so they taught my how. It was a really fun pet until it was about 6 months old... then he started getting grumpy and throwing things. I have a scar on my hand from the one time he bit me because I wouldn't share my dinner.


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  • pevilapevila member
    Joyfullyfound wins, hands down! You are definitely adventurous, living in the jungle is no small feat!
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