GTKY: Most exotic meat you've ever tried?

munchkinsmama · December 2014

My father raised me to try different types of food, he often tricked us into eating different meats. Here is my list:

Emu
Ostrich
Rabbit
Goat
Horse (I was in Japan and unaware till after)
Turtle
Alligator
Venison
Sweetbreads
Cow tongue
Pigs Feet
Octopus
Conch
chicken livers
duck
pheasant

I'm always on the lookout for new meats on restaurant menus.

DocTaco · December 2014

Nothing super exotic:

lamb/rabbit/duck/snails (at french restaurants over the years), frog legs (on vacay somewhere waaay outside of the city), chicken hearts (at a Halloween party where the host was trying to gross people out), haggis (in Scotland at a research conference), and finally anything off a sushi menu - eel, octopus, sea urchin.

RaquelandBabyRodarte · December 2014

Cougar! It tastes a lot like a pork chop and honestly wasn't bad. He turned the cougar into a rug so it sits at the top of my staircase...I feel bad every time I walk by

oneblessedmess · December 2014

Negams45 said:
My husband is vegan and I'm his exact opposite because I eat EVERYTHING. I'll only add in the two I haven't seen yet : caribou (amazing!) and oxtail.

Oxtail is seriously one of my favorite foods in the world. Sooo delicious.

oneblessedmess · December 2014

@munchkinsmama‌ I was so waiting for someone to say horse! Also was not expecting cougar, @RaquelandBabyRodarte‌ .

islandwaddle · December 2014

I live on the wear coast of Vancouver island so I've tried TONNES of seafood.
I've had ostrich before lol

Chasity08 · December 2014

My Grandpa was a professional hunter/fisher/trapper for his entire life. We used to go spend the summers with him, so we ate....pretty much everything. He made a lot of "meat loafs" that had whatever he happened to catch. I stopped asking after a while, but we've eaten beaver, opossum, deer, pheasant, any type of fish you can think of.

It wasn't pleasant, if I can be super honest. I just don't think Grandpa was much of a cook as most of his stuff still tasted pretty "game-y" but it was food. haha

traceyos · December 2014

Chicken feet, horse (by accident), frog legs, alligator, emu, turtle, rabbit, snails...

The horse was in Germany, I asked for the house specialty and when they brought it they said, it's horse! I ate it anyway and it was actually really delicious!

RWPhoenix · December 2014

Oh I forgot when we went to France (I was 16) I had snails and fois gras (duck liver). The snails were gross but the duck liver was very rich.

JennyJensing · December 2014

Hmmm let's see...deer (yuck!), alligator tail, crawfish, bison, duck, goat (in Jamiaca mon).

halo&wings · December 2014

I'm a Midwestern American girl but I lived in South Africa for a bit so I've had my fair share of zebra and warthog!

BabyShaps · December 2014

I haven't tried anything exciting, but my cousin is getting married next fall and squirrel is on the menu. I imagine deer meat too. Pretty excited.

chelsea13elyse · December 2014

Reading some PP lists of food made me wanna puke. Not to adventurous with food but while in Ecuador you must try guinea pig. Everyone thought it tasted like dark meat chicken I thought it was disgusting.

ahsile10 · December 2014

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WafflesFriendsWork · December 2014

Not exotic but I did have a reindeer hot dog when on a business trip in Anchorage that was DELICIOUS.

I've also had bison, venison, alligator, boar, and hate goat and lamb. I'm pretty mad go up for trying anything once. That being said, a restaurant in Tampa had some bad press over serving lion tacos and I would never eat that. I though it was lion FISH, but nope. Simba.

MissJennC15 · December 2014

I've unknowingly had horse before. My ex-bf had made himself dinner & I stopped in to pick something up & had a bite. Just like ground beef, but will not be having it again!

ohkay · December 2014

Frog Legs
Rattlesnake
Rabbit
Duck
Dove
Squirrel
Alligator
Venison (all the time! A majority of my fam hunt)
Squid (love me some calamari!)
Turtle
Bison
Veal
seafood galore, but listing and thinking of all those would take forevs

dot2point0 · December 2014

I'm pretty adventurous and will try anything at least once. Even though I haven't had everything mentioned by PPs, I'll just list what I've had that hasn't been mentioned yet:
Reindeer
Balut (fertilized duck embryo)

Mackalack · December 2014

I've had reindeer too when I was in Finland - I really liked it. Elk is big here in CO and I like that too, and prefer bison to beef.

iteachkids81 · December 2014

I grew up in Canada, in the Rockies and my dad hunted. We had deer, elk and moose a lot.

Down here in NY, once i tried alligator at a street festival... tasted like chicken but with the texture of fish fillets.

Otherwise I haven't had anything terribly adventurous unless you count steak tartare I had once when I was in france (basically raw beef)

cschissell · December 2014

I've had Rocky Mountain Oytsters. Also Rabbit and duck, but I don't really consider those exotic.

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