In my previous post I wrote about Anthony Bourdain eating some crazy food (rattlesnake, anus). My friend Kristin informed me that the anus he ate was more specifically boar’s anus. This got me to thinking: what gross and unusual things have I eaten…
Some people’s gross consumption habits include odd combinations of ingredients – things that would be considered disgusting and unusual. For example, my friend Pam combines cooked Lipton noodle soup with ketchup and cinnamon – gross and unusual indeed. My friend Bridget used to eat saltine crackers topped with jelly or mustard. In college I knew a guy who drank a concoction of 6 raw eggs and Tabasco sauce every morning. I don’t really get my kicks from odd combinations so much as from bizarre foods, and even those are few and far between, mostly due to the heightened expense of obtaining them.
Some of the most disgusting things I have eaten include: eel (usually encased in a roll of sushi), sweetbreads (thymus glands of a cow), escargot (snails, typically drenched in butter and garlic), cow’s tongue (I’m surprised I did this at the young age of 11), alligator, paté (a paste of liver and fat), foie gras (fatty duck liver), oysters, and pork belly.
I’m willing to try most anything at least once. Even something like fried grasshoppers or monkey brain stew. What’s important to me is the quality of the preparation, not necessarily the ingredients. I say that, though I probably wouldn’t eat Italy's Casu Frazigu Cheese, a.k.a. rotten or maggot cheese. Well, that or boar’s anus. Or any anus for that matter. But to each his own.
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When I was in Iceland, several of my colleagues ate rotten shark (can't remember the official name of the supposed delicacy), but I couldn't even bring myself to watch. Especially since it can be very poisonous to some!
I don't turn my nose up to many things, but no anus or maggot cheese for me either, thank you!
Haha great post. Glad we could solve the anus mystery. My mother has a long list of all the unusual animals she's eaten (things like Pigeon) but mostly it's the "normal" parts of the animal.
Remember that Tony Bourdain said the most disgusting thing he has eaten is a McNugget! - Salamanzar
Having grown up vegetarian, initially branching out to any meat was an adventure. I have to admit that I never would have tried that pork belly a few weeks ago had you not taken the plunge first! Thanks for being experimental for the sake of those of us who are less adventurous with meats. Now when it comes to non-meat, I've had it all...fermented soy beans, etc.
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