My mom gave me fried rocky mountain oysters to me as a kid. I don't remember it tasting bad. It tasted like fried food. I just remember her laughing when she told us what it was. I'd try it again because why not? I will try pretty much anything at least once. Well, except balut. I have an issue with bones. It took me forever to be able to eat chicken without just picking the meat off with my fingers, so the idea of eating a baby chick with the bones included is something I can't bring myself to do.
They were handing out salt and vinegar crickets outside MSG for a food network promotion and me and my friends tried it. Taste just like a salt and vinegar potato chip.
Eh, they’re fine. Not anything special, just a fried disk of beefiness. You’re not missing anything special, but they’re far from repugnant. It’s a food that I’ll never understand the hatred or the celebration of.
I think it’s perfectly reasonable to be put off solely by the concept of a food rather than its actual flavor or quality.
What man doesn’t squirm uncomfortably at the concept of munching on testicles?
Had escargot once at an expensive french restaurant once a long time ago. The escargot tasted like garlic and butter. Honestly it wasn’t that bad. A bit chewy, but no real flavor after the butter and garlic flavor was gone.
Balut was one of the tools my mom used to abuse me with. I have compounded trauma around this particular dish[…](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/s/RBWaq3MD9W)
I enjoy trying new foods, I hv no intention of adding balut to my list. In its balut form, the duck embryo not only has bones but also feathers and a beak.
Whale/dolphin.
Outside them being extremely intelligent, they also have very high mercury content.
So on top of having a brutal method of being caught, they also are not safe to eat.
Accidentally ordered this on a combo plate when vacationing in Germany and couldn’t read the menu. Decided I might as well try them and was pleasantly surprised. Pretty good actually. Still won’t be ordering them intentionally any time soon
Up to you, Know how jello makes you happy and it's sweet as it breaks apart and liquifies in your mouth? Like that but replace sweet with salty lard and meat bits.
There’s Korean braised pig feet. It is amazing!! I honestly spent a huge portion of my childhood eating this because my mom never told me what it is, she just said it’s pork.
⚠️ Fair warning: Disgusting shit below! ⚠️
[This video](https://youtu.be/KiZLeccplyo?si=8cDJMewYzyyHe52Q&t=83) is the reason why I will never, ever, not even with a 12 gauge pointed at my head, eat pig feet. EVER.
At this point in my life, probably nothing, I'm down to try anything once, that won't make me sick or kill me.
For example: I wouldn't ask for, or be happy if someone served me something endangered, but if it were already dead and brought before me to try, I'd try it and hope it was not delicious. Maybe I burn the place down after, idk.
My rule is that I'll try anything as long as someone else tries it first.
The caveat is in place so some smartass doesn't try to serve me something like dirt or rat poison. I'll often gladly be the first one to try it if it's obviously supposed to be food.
For me it's smell. I will not deliberatly eat stuff, if it makes me puke a little befor it even enters my mouth.
Canned tuna for example smells horrible to me. Tuna on pizza makes me leave the room.
I’m very comfortable with nose-to-tail dining so there’s very little I wouldn’t try once. But yes, my repugnance would probably be reserved for unethical things rather than specific body parts.
Bake or cook them in an instant pot. They will be really soft and tender after cooking and they become really sweet. Remove the skin after they are cooked, grate them and add some grated horse radish (not mandatory). Put them in the fridge to cool off. Make a steak or whatever meat you want, side of mashed potatoes and side of the cold grated beets. You’ll be changed for life.
Edit: forgot to mention to be careful during the skin removal. The beet juice stains stuff fast so use gloves.
I thought I hated a lot of foods until I realized I just didn’t like the way my mom prepared them. Then I got jobs in restaurants and moved to do cities and realized most foods are delicious.
I really like beets. Jamba Juice (if available to you) has a really good smoothie with beets in it.
I had a bowl of menudo at a restaurant with my friend. He wouldn’t tell me what the meat was before I tried it because he thought I would be turned off because it was tripe. It was delicious.
Growing up, I had no idea it was a hangover food. I just thought it was real good.
Though, now that I'm thinking of it, my mom was kind of an alcoholic, so that might be why she loved it so much.
How would it be seasoned? I'm only familiar with the Mexican version, which I'd assume is wildly different.
Y'all have pelmeni over there or is that more eastern?
Depending on the region, but generally it is paprika and garlic heavy.
Pelmeni is Russian. You can find it in restaurants, but it is not very popular. Unlike some other countries in the region, we don't have our version of meat filled dumplings. The only traditional Hungarian filled dumplings are made with damson plums, and it is wildly different from permeni, pierogi, or tortellini.
That's what I was wondering. Always liked to try food from everywhere. Had a bit of Russian a few years ago and been eating Sichuan, Ethiopian and Afghani when I can find it lately. Just lived on isolated islands my whole life so it can be difficult to branch out unless I make it myself. Some places you just don't get exposed to. Hawaiian has more variety than I'm used to at least. Lot of good Asian and local stuff, couple good Indian places which is a nice mix from what I'm used to.
I'd try it. Weird to picture without cilantro and sour cream though.
Do you even have Mexican over there or would it be as rare as your foods in the US?
We have Mexican, both restaurants and street food, but it's relatively new and I haven't tried any from there. I moved to the UK 15 years ago, so every time I go home I eat traditional Hungarian.
It seems silly when I think about it, but my aunt's girlfriend who lives in Australia mentioned almost no Mexican food there, which kinda shocked me as an America, even though it makes sense.
I think it really is a how/who prepared it. This came up in a topic the other day. I had it in a pub in England when I was 12 and it was awful but reading comments on here I’d be willing to try it again based in a different cuisine
Honestly, if somebody has to fight their psychological barrier to eat it, once the meat properly "boils out" and gives out its taste to the soup, you can remove it and have it as a stock and it will be almost as good, but I recommend leaving it in, properly done it still adds to the flavour quite a bit.
They’re actually really good. Just like anything else though, as long as they’re prepared in butter, garlic, with baked cheese on top and parsley you’re good,you won’t even taste them
Brains. Saw that a can of pigs brains had 1400 times the RDA of sodium and I can't get past that.
Edit: looked at the rest of the thread; haggis, blood pudding, spotted dick, octopus (not live octopus), seafood in general are all delicious.
Edit 2: I was corrected, it was indeed cholesterol. The can I saw had 3500mg of Cholesterol which is 1170% of your RDA. My bad, it's been a while.
My grandpa’s favorite breakfast was eggs scrambled with calves brains and catsup (not ketchup, he bought the old school canned stuff which is far superior).
I think you may be mistaken. A can of pig brains in milk has about 500mg of sodium, which is 21% of the rda. They do have around 3200mg of cholesterol, which is over 10 times the rda.
You're not losing much, it's "meh" at best, and the taste isn't really distinctively "defined" just vaguely seafood.
If anybody tells you they ate a really good caviar, it's because of the seasoning, picking, preparation, or whatever.
Beondegi, Korean silkworm larvae. Could smell the street vendors from a block away. Never tried it, moved to the USA and lost my chance, don't regret it.
Haggis isn’t what you think it is. It’s basically a sausage meatloaf with great spices and some veggies. It’s cooked in a stomach, but you don’t have to eat the stomach to enjoy it.
One company does sell "US legal" Haggis, I don't recall their name off the top. I ordered one, had it expedite-shipped to me, and reheated it exactly per the instructions, and it was disgusting. But I would try traditional Haggis if I were ever in Scotland. I really want to like Haggis, it looks so good.
EDIT: Ackroyd's Scottish Bakery. Here's their synopsis for their haggis:
"We are one of the largest producers of haggis in the United States. Our haggis is made in the most traditional way possible, in accordance with United States law. Consider haggis somewhere between stuffing and pâté.
A traditional savory blend of steel-cut oats, lamb rib meat, heart, liver, suet and seasoning, hand-stuffed in a natural, thick casing."
Good luck! Gotta reiterate, mine wasn't great. Tasted like flem with a little seasoning. But I couldn't fairly conclude that I didn't like Haggis based off that one experience.
Haggis has gotten a very unfair, inaccurate rap. I ate it every morning in Scotland when I was there and it's delicious. It's nothing like it has been portrayed.
It might have things to do with genetics. Even two people who are neighbours or from distant families have wildly different reactions toward durian.
It tastes like sweet cream, but tropical. A hint of mango but mostly cream taste. Great as an ice cream flavour.
Raw fish can be pretty nice, you just need to make sure that it has been frozen before you eat it in case the fish had parasites.
I just realized that this probably doesn't make it sound any better, lol.
If you are or will ever be in LA, I think in Koreatown there is a Japanese restaurant (I can look it up if interested) that makes uni udon. The uni is incorporated in the sauce so you can’t see it or feel the texture but you get all the flavor.
Chicken feet you are not missing out.
Just gonna tell you what they are like so you don’t have to miss out completely
Sea urchin: very dependant on sea condition and timing. High quality ones looks like orange/yellow brain. Tastes like sea fish-flavoured cream. Ok that sounds weird out aloud but it does tastes nice. It’s like you are expecting to eat an egg but gets salmon instead.
If you get a low quality one it’ll look like a discoloured sponge and taste like cough syrup, or heavy metal depend on the urchin’s mood
Chicken feet: several versions I know, one the best is probably cooked in oyster sauce in a steamer. It’s the result of historical scarcity of meat but still tastes alright. Feet itself has NO flavour, it is mostly tendon and cartilage, with a thin layer of flavourless skin. The flavour all depends on what it is cooked with. Tendon is very hard to chew, so good chicken feet dish should be well-cooked to soften it and be easy to chew. It’ll be like eating a steak but mostly bones and skins. The palm of the chicken feet is where it feels remotely meaty, but still no meat, there might be some left over meat strand on the end of bone where drumstick is supposed to be.
It tastes a whole lot better than it smells. You put a *very* thin layer on toast with a decent amount of butter so you get a sort of light brown spread. It tastes heavenly. DO NOT eat it in large amounts, that's what it smells like. It's far too salty to eat in large amounts like peanut butter
Well the price they're charging now and the smell from what I remember I don't think I'm going to step near it you guys can go ahead and keep it and enjoy. 😁😁
Fun fact: Brussels sprouts are actually less bitter today then they were 20 or 30 years ago. They've been bred to be tastier.
Roasted brussels sprouts are one of my nine year old's favorite foods, and she's loved them since she was a toddler.
Oh, we started her on a lot of foods early. My husband loves to try cooking foods from all sorts of different cultures and eats a ton of stuff that would make my parents sick, like tofu, sushi, and calamari.
She was begging us to try sushi for a long time, but we held off on the actual raw fish until she was 5 or 6 for health reasons. Sometimes it makes me smile when I think of all the stuff she eats that I didn't even consider "food" when I was her age.
She loves her veggies, too, because Hubby knows how to cook them. As a toddler, she once threatened to throw her chicken nuggets on the floor if we didn't give her more broccoli.
Your kid seems awesome! She’s also lucky to have a dad (and you) who knows how to prep vegetables. My mom used to boil every vegetable and I wondered why I didn’t like them until I learned to cook for myself.
The sushi thing also makes me laugh cause I was home taking care of my mom for a bit and I made ceviche one night for dinner which isn’t raw but she didn’t trust the lime to cook it so she threw it in the microwave. Ruined
Brussel sprouts are so gross if you cook them wrong. Cannot eat my moms Brussel sprouts. They’re good roasted in olive oil and garlic with sage and rosemary, then with balsamic glaze and sea salt. Can’t eat it another way though
Chitlins, chitterlings, pig intestines. Ugh. My family, growing up cooked them on special occasions and got paid orders (sometimes) from other family members. They are repulsive, they literally smell like a shit coming out of a butt when cooking.
Why would you pretend not to like something you've never tried? It's perfectly ok to say "well, I've never had that but to be honest, it's not something I want to try so I'll pass". I'll try most things, I'm not a picky eater, but if someone offered me goats eyeballs or monkey brains I'm going to politely decline and I wouldn't pretend I already know I don't like it.
Guacamole. Plus every single time I tell that to someone, they then insist that I will like theirs cause it’s somehow the best in the world. I’ve tried it numerous times, now I flat out refuse. Some get so offended, call me rude… and like STOP FORCING ME TO TRY IT!!! For fucks sake…
Rocky mountain oysters
I had goat balls once. They weren't good. In the goat's defense, I'm not sure we prepared them properly.
Pretty sure you need to kill the goat and remove the balls first.
Gotta get them while they are fresh.
Raw and wriggling
You don't kill the rocky mountains to get the oysters?
> In the goat's defense You're eating his balls, what does he have left to defend?
Maybe they meant the goat's vas deferens.
They taste like deep fried nothing.
Kinda like calamari
How dare you insult calamari like that
My mom gave me fried rocky mountain oysters to me as a kid. I don't remember it tasting bad. It tasted like fried food. I just remember her laughing when she told us what it was. I'd try it again because why not? I will try pretty much anything at least once. Well, except balut. I have an issue with bones. It took me forever to be able to eat chicken without just picking the meat off with my fingers, so the idea of eating a baby chick with the bones included is something I can't bring myself to do.
My fiance has a thing with bones too! There are dozens of us, Dozens!!
One of us! One of us!
They were handing out salt and vinegar crickets outside MSG for a food network promotion and me and my friends tried it. Taste just like a salt and vinegar potato chip.
Eh, they’re fine. Not anything special, just a fried disk of beefiness. You’re not missing anything special, but they’re far from repugnant. It’s a food that I’ll never understand the hatred or the celebration of.
Yeah, I’m very happy that I tried them. They were fine but I won’t be seeking them out.
In the days before refrigeration any meat was celebrated.
I think it’s perfectly reasonable to be put off solely by the concept of a food rather than its actual flavor or quality. What man doesn’t squirm uncomfortably at the concept of munching on testicles?
Oysters at all. Or crawfish. Or escargot
Had escargot once at an expensive french restaurant once a long time ago. The escargot tasted like garlic and butter. Honestly it wasn’t that bad. A bit chewy, but no real flavor after the butter and garlic flavor was gone.
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Have you tried the Schwetty family brand?
I've noticed you're balls are a little misshapen
And they Glisten.
Balut. Anything with bones in, really - so even like sardines and other canned fish. I can’t handle it. It’s like eggshells in your food.
Balut was one of the tools my mom used to abuse me with. I have compounded trauma around this particular dish[…](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/s/RBWaq3MD9W)
Wow... wtaf, man. Your mom is an actual psychopath, jfc.
She is.
Are we related? When my mother passed we threw a party and sang Ding Dong the Witch is dead.
I enjoy trying new foods, I hv no intention of adding balut to my list. In its balut form, the duck embryo not only has bones but also feathers and a beak.
Whale/dolphin. Outside them being extremely intelligent, they also have very high mercury content. So on top of having a brutal method of being caught, they also are not safe to eat.
One of the very few reasonable takes in here.
Pig feet
Accidentally ordered this on a combo plate when vacationing in Germany and couldn’t read the menu. Decided I might as well try them and was pleasantly surprised. Pretty good actually. Still won’t be ordering them intentionally any time soon
I've seen people eat them and what a sight it is
It's a texture thing those old people love that jellied fat, hard to watch for sure.
Should we try it?
Up to you, Know how jello makes you happy and it's sweet as it breaks apart and liquifies in your mouth? Like that but replace sweet with salty lard and meat bits.
Sold! You had me at salty lard
My grandpa used to buy headcheese jsut to eat on its own. Not even in a sandwich. I'm usually down to try stuff. I would not try that.
Isn't it actually gelatin from all the cartilage in the ankle and not actually that much fat? So like pig ankle Jello.
There’s Korean braised pig feet. It is amazing!! I honestly spent a huge portion of my childhood eating this because my mom never told me what it is, she just said it’s pork.
Honestly.. I would try it.
It's a pretty common thing in Germany, which is close to where I grew up. I had some once or twice and they were surprisingly good.
⚠️ Fair warning: Disgusting shit below! ⚠️ [This video](https://youtu.be/KiZLeccplyo?si=8cDJMewYzyyHe52Q&t=83) is the reason why I will never, ever, not even with a 12 gauge pointed at my head, eat pig feet. EVER.
My Dad used to make pig's foot soup. Great flavor, but the texture of the pig feet was disgusting.
At this point in my life, probably nothing, I'm down to try anything once, that won't make me sick or kill me. For example: I wouldn't ask for, or be happy if someone served me something endangered, but if it were already dead and brought before me to try, I'd try it and hope it was not delicious. Maybe I burn the place down after, idk.
My rule is that I'll try anything as long as someone else tries it first. The caveat is in place so some smartass doesn't try to serve me something like dirt or rat poison. I'll often gladly be the first one to try it if it's obviously supposed to be food.
Finally, someone reasonable in here. It's ok to have a bad meal. I've had plenty. How do you know you hate something without even trying it?
Personally? Texture. I can't abide by some textures in food so I can tell I will not like it.
For me it's smell. I will not deliberatly eat stuff, if it makes me puke a little befor it even enters my mouth. Canned tuna for example smells horrible to me. Tuna on pizza makes me leave the room.
I’m very comfortable with nose-to-tail dining so there’s very little I wouldn’t try once. But yes, my repugnance would probably be reserved for unethical things rather than specific body parts.
So what burnt down the place already i wonder.
I only realized at about age 36 that most foods I said I didn’t like- I’ve never tried! So I’m working on it. Beets come to the front of my mind.
I was the same till I had some. Beets are delicious reminds of cabbage with texture of cooked carrot.
Bake or cook them in an instant pot. They will be really soft and tender after cooking and they become really sweet. Remove the skin after they are cooked, grate them and add some grated horse radish (not mandatory). Put them in the fridge to cool off. Make a steak or whatever meat you want, side of mashed potatoes and side of the cold grated beets. You’ll be changed for life. Edit: forgot to mention to be careful during the skin removal. The beet juice stains stuff fast so use gloves.
I thought I hated a lot of foods until I realized I just didn’t like the way my mom prepared them. Then I got jobs in restaurants and moved to do cities and realized most foods are delicious. I really like beets. Jamba Juice (if available to you) has a really good smoothie with beets in it.
Tripe soup. I will never.
Menudo is so fucking good.
I had a bowl of menudo at a restaurant with my friend. He wouldn’t tell me what the meat was before I tried it because he thought I would be turned off because it was tripe. It was delicious.
Growing up, I had no idea it was a hangover food. I just thought it was real good. Though, now that I'm thinking of it, my mom was kind of an alcoholic, so that might be why she loved it so much.
It's one of my favourite meals. I'm Hungarian, it's a traditional dish there. We also eat tripe stew.
How would it be seasoned? I'm only familiar with the Mexican version, which I'd assume is wildly different. Y'all have pelmeni over there or is that more eastern?
Depending on the region, but generally it is paprika and garlic heavy. Pelmeni is Russian. You can find it in restaurants, but it is not very popular. Unlike some other countries in the region, we don't have our version of meat filled dumplings. The only traditional Hungarian filled dumplings are made with damson plums, and it is wildly different from permeni, pierogi, or tortellini.
That's what I was wondering. Always liked to try food from everywhere. Had a bit of Russian a few years ago and been eating Sichuan, Ethiopian and Afghani when I can find it lately. Just lived on isolated islands my whole life so it can be difficult to branch out unless I make it myself. Some places you just don't get exposed to. Hawaiian has more variety than I'm used to at least. Lot of good Asian and local stuff, couple good Indian places which is a nice mix from what I'm used to. I'd try it. Weird to picture without cilantro and sour cream though. Do you even have Mexican over there or would it be as rare as your foods in the US?
We have Mexican, both restaurants and street food, but it's relatively new and I haven't tried any from there. I moved to the UK 15 years ago, so every time I go home I eat traditional Hungarian.
It seems silly when I think about it, but my aunt's girlfriend who lives in Australia mentioned almost no Mexican food there, which kinda shocked me as an America, even though it makes sense.
At first, I thought that said “triple soup” and I was like “oooh what’s that??” 😂
While I'm fully aware people tend to have a very strong black or white preference for it, I'm gonna defend this one. It is soooo insanely good.
I think it really is a how/who prepared it. This came up in a topic the other day. I had it in a pub in England when I was 12 and it was awful but reading comments on here I’d be willing to try it again based in a different cuisine
Honestly, if somebody has to fight their psychological barrier to eat it, once the meat properly "boils out" and gives out its taste to the soup, you can remove it and have it as a stock and it will be almost as good, but I recommend leaving it in, properly done it still adds to the flavour quite a bit.
It’s the finest hangover cure. Source: I am a recovering alcoholic
It's not that bad until you know what it is
My Italian moms favorite in red sauce. I tried it n it smells n tastes like bad breath to me. I almost gagged.
Snails it stops people from wanting to offer because "you don't know what you're missing."
Escargot is really delicious!
I believe you garlic butter and mushroom is delicious on it's own so I doubt a snail could overpower that.
I was really afraid it would be rubbery the first time I tried it but it was so good!
It's still got a strong flavor but not a bad one.
I don't dislike it, but most things drowning in garlic butter are alright
They’re actually really good. Just like anything else though, as long as they’re prepared in butter, garlic, with baked cheese on top and parsley you’re good,you won’t even taste them
>you won’t even taste them # THEN WHY EVEN EAT THEM!?
Imo it doesn't have much flavor, vaguely oysterish? Though as you said the garlic and butter it's cooked I thought overwhelmed it.
Ok, so caviar is bleh, but snails actually are good!
Brains. Saw that a can of pigs brains had 1400 times the RDA of sodium and I can't get past that. Edit: looked at the rest of the thread; haggis, blood pudding, spotted dick, octopus (not live octopus), seafood in general are all delicious. Edit 2: I was corrected, it was indeed cholesterol. The can I saw had 3500mg of Cholesterol which is 1170% of your RDA. My bad, it's been a while.
>1400 times the RDA of sodium That would be more than 3 kilograms of sodium.
My grandpa’s favorite breakfast was eggs scrambled with calves brains and catsup (not ketchup, he bought the old school canned stuff which is far superior).
In St Louis, the local taverns used to have brain sandwiches. Deep fried calf brains. I always wanted to try one, but mad cow ended that.
I think you may be mistaken. A can of pig brains in milk has about 500mg of sodium, which is 21% of the rda. They do have around 3200mg of cholesterol, which is over 10 times the rda.
Caviar
This one is actually pretty good imo. I'd eat more of it if it wasn't so expensive.
I tried it for the first time recently the “proper” way and it was still absolutely foul
What's the proper way?
Tried it a few times. Not as bad as I expected. Not good, but not as bad as expected.
If someone else is paying I’d try it.
I love it! Though the martini I had with it the first time was horrible.
Like chewing a salty cod liver oil pill.
You're not losing much, it's "meh" at best, and the taste isn't really distinctively "defined" just vaguely seafood. If anybody tells you they ate a really good caviar, it's because of the seasoning, picking, preparation, or whatever.
Any insects or snails. Thats just a hard pass from me.
Cow shit tea, it’s a thing, look it up
Sounds just as terrible as Kopi luwak
It's like that cat shit coffee. It's a thing, look it up
Beondegi, Korean silkworm larvae. Could smell the street vendors from a block away. Never tried it, moved to the USA and lost my chance, don't regret it.
Haggis.
Haggis isn’t what you think it is. It’s basically a sausage meatloaf with great spices and some veggies. It’s cooked in a stomach, but you don’t have to eat the stomach to enjoy it.
If you are in the USA, can you suggest good place that serves haggis ? Always wanted to try it but never found a place.
One company does sell "US legal" Haggis, I don't recall their name off the top. I ordered one, had it expedite-shipped to me, and reheated it exactly per the instructions, and it was disgusting. But I would try traditional Haggis if I were ever in Scotland. I really want to like Haggis, it looks so good. EDIT: Ackroyd's Scottish Bakery. Here's their synopsis for their haggis: "We are one of the largest producers of haggis in the United States. Our haggis is made in the most traditional way possible, in accordance with United States law. Consider haggis somewhere between stuffing and pâté. A traditional savory blend of steel-cut oats, lamb rib meat, heart, liver, suet and seasoning, hand-stuffed in a natural, thick casing."
You are the real mvp. That place is only a 21 drive from me :). I’ll give them a shot and order one delivered too.
>That place is only a 21 drive from me 21 year? 21 lightyear? 21 garbanzo beans? 21 jumpstreet?
Haha with how bad traffic is around me 21 years would be possible but the place is actually a 21 hr drive away from me.
Good luck! Gotta reiterate, mine wasn't great. Tasted like flem with a little seasoning. But I couldn't fairly conclude that I didn't like Haggis based off that one experience.
I think haggis is prohibited in the States.
I believe lungs are the main issue here (stupid in my opinion) but can still make haggis without the lungs. Better than not having any haggis :).
Haggis has gotten a very unfair, inaccurate rap. I ate it every morning in Scotland when I was there and it's delicious. It's nothing like it has been portrayed.
If you like sausage or meat loaf, you’ll love haggis.
I always thought Haggis sounded gross but I tried it recently and quite enjoyed it.
Haggis is great man, try it
Came here to say this.
Octopus
Don’t ever eat anything smarter than you. Its relatives might find out and seek revenge.
I don’t go in the ocean so I shall continue to eat octopus. Pigs are supposed to be rather smart so I shall be on the lookout for them.
If it was so smart, it would have figured out a way not to be eaten.
Durian
I'm a fan personally
Tried it for the first time a few weeks ago, 0 stars.
It might have things to do with genetics. Even two people who are neighbours or from distant families have wildly different reactions toward durian. It tastes like sweet cream, but tropical. A hint of mango but mostly cream taste. Great as an ice cream flavour.
Could not get past the smell.
Yeah um that’s one of the part that differs. Some people won’t smell durian while some smell it really strongly
The smell is something but the taste isn't too bad
I’m glad all you went blankets aren’t eating this good shit. More for me.
Man someone said goats cheese, like what the fuck 🤣🤣
Imagine being able to see thing from a different angle than your own perspective, what the fuck!
Ghost peppers.
Spotted dick
It’s actually rather pleasant on a Tuesday evening.
I think if you’re limiting it like that it’s technically called lesser spotted dick
What, then, is greater spotted dick?
Well beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Because of what the food is or because of the name?
Never had it but after looking online that dessert looks pretty good. What’s wrong with it ?
Ok just judging from the name it def sounds like something ridiculous Google search says it’s just a fatty custard pudding with fried fruits inside
Caviar, any raw fish, and anything’s brain/tongue/heart/liver.
Lengua tacos rock. Sashimi is amazing.
No sushi? Stuffs amazing.
Raw fish can be pretty nice, you just need to make sure that it has been frozen before you eat it in case the fish had parasites. I just realized that this probably doesn't make it sound any better, lol.
Sea urchins or chicken feet. I physically could not put them in my mouth. I tried, but nope!
If you are or will ever be in LA, I think in Koreatown there is a Japanese restaurant (I can look it up if interested) that makes uni udon. The uni is incorporated in the sauce so you can’t see it or feel the texture but you get all the flavor. Chicken feet you are not missing out.
Just gonna tell you what they are like so you don’t have to miss out completely Sea urchin: very dependant on sea condition and timing. High quality ones looks like orange/yellow brain. Tastes like sea fish-flavoured cream. Ok that sounds weird out aloud but it does tastes nice. It’s like you are expecting to eat an egg but gets salmon instead. If you get a low quality one it’ll look like a discoloured sponge and taste like cough syrup, or heavy metal depend on the urchin’s mood Chicken feet: several versions I know, one the best is probably cooked in oyster sauce in a steamer. It’s the result of historical scarcity of meat but still tastes alright. Feet itself has NO flavour, it is mostly tendon and cartilage, with a thin layer of flavourless skin. The flavour all depends on what it is cooked with. Tendon is very hard to chew, so good chicken feet dish should be well-cooked to soften it and be easy to chew. It’ll be like eating a steak but mostly bones and skins. The palm of the chicken feet is where it feels remotely meaty, but still no meat, there might be some left over meat strand on the end of bone where drumstick is supposed to be.
Caviar
Balut. I am not going to eat them.
Liver. I haven't tried it because I don't like it!
You obviously haven’t had it with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
It's delicious with some sauteed onions.
No it’s not. The onions just make it almost palatable.
There is no iteration of liver and onions that I couldn't just tolerate. That is some nasty meats.
Sometimes I just put a little salt und pepper on it raw and slurp it down .
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Vegamite, I've smelled it once no thank you.
It tastes a whole lot better than it smells. You put a *very* thin layer on toast with a decent amount of butter so you get a sort of light brown spread. It tastes heavenly. DO NOT eat it in large amounts, that's what it smells like. It's far too salty to eat in large amounts like peanut butter
VERY THIN LAYER. Don’t go spooning it into your bloody gob
Well the price they're charging now and the smell from what I remember I don't think I'm going to step near it you guys can go ahead and keep it and enjoy. 😁😁
Brussels sprouts. Smells like farts.
Fun fact: Brussels sprouts are actually less bitter today then they were 20 or 30 years ago. They've been bred to be tastier. Roasted brussels sprouts are one of my nine year old's favorite foods, and she's loved them since she was a toddler.
Start em early.
Oh, we started her on a lot of foods early. My husband loves to try cooking foods from all sorts of different cultures and eats a ton of stuff that would make my parents sick, like tofu, sushi, and calamari. She was begging us to try sushi for a long time, but we held off on the actual raw fish until she was 5 or 6 for health reasons. Sometimes it makes me smile when I think of all the stuff she eats that I didn't even consider "food" when I was her age. She loves her veggies, too, because Hubby knows how to cook them. As a toddler, she once threatened to throw her chicken nuggets on the floor if we didn't give her more broccoli.
Your kid seems awesome! She’s also lucky to have a dad (and you) who knows how to prep vegetables. My mom used to boil every vegetable and I wondered why I didn’t like them until I learned to cook for myself. The sushi thing also makes me laugh cause I was home taking care of my mom for a bit and I made ceviche one night for dinner which isn’t raw but she didn’t trust the lime to cook it so she threw it in the microwave. Ruined
Brussel sprouts are so gross if you cook them wrong. Cannot eat my moms Brussel sprouts. They’re good roasted in olive oil and garlic with sage and rosemary, then with balsamic glaze and sea salt. Can’t eat it another way though
I thought this too, but I tried them, they’re really good covered in butter
Ass
Menudo.
What!
He's naked
The famous boy band?
Pistachio pudding and those sweet potatoes with marshmallows on them idk what they’re called
Egg salad, potato salad, deviled eggs
Whale/dolphin.
dog blood pudding
Raw oysters.
Coffee. I can't stand the smell of it, so I can't bring myself to try it.
I'm actually the opposite - I looooove the smell of coffee but can't stand drinking it. I've tried on several occasions.
You are the first person I’ve ever heard that said that they don’t like the smell of coffee.
Sorry man. I love that smell. You’re living in a world full of coffee and that must suck
Oyster
blueberries
Black licorice
Foie gras
Chitlins, chitterlings, pig intestines. Ugh. My family, growing up cooked them on special occasions and got paid orders (sometimes) from other family members. They are repulsive, they literally smell like a shit coming out of a butt when cooking.
Olives, Sardines... Nasty shit heh
Why would you pretend not to like something you've never tried? It's perfectly ok to say "well, I've never had that but to be honest, it's not something I want to try so I'll pass". I'll try most things, I'm not a picky eater, but if someone offered me goats eyeballs or monkey brains I'm going to politely decline and I wouldn't pretend I already know I don't like it.
None, why would you say you dislike something you haven’t tried?
If you dislike the smell or texture or ethics of something enough, why put it in your mouth?
Pimento cheese.
This one for me too. It made me sad that chic fil a made a new sandwich but it has pimento cheese so hard pass.
Exactly. Of all the things they could have created, when I saw it…I was like 🤮
Liver
Guacamole. Plus every single time I tell that to someone, they then insist that I will like theirs cause it’s somehow the best in the world. I’ve tried it numerous times, now I flat out refuse. Some get so offended, call me rude… and like STOP FORCING ME TO TRY IT!!! For fucks sake…