I've had groundhog, opossum, squirrel, and mountain oysters. Grossest thing I ever ate was the roots of some plant that resembled a leek in the Boreal Forest up in Canada. My guide got a good chuckle out of that.
What's the grossest thing you've ever eaten?
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I kinda like them. Heirloom in Midway had some good ones.Escargot. Bleh! That was disgusting. I was dating this girl at UK, see. I wanted her to think I was cool, you know. So I ordered something French, not knowing what it was till they brought it to the table. So I was obligated to eat them.
I’m sure she remembers that date much more fondly than I did. She probably still has a laugh remembering how I struggled to get them down and then keep them down.
Yes, she was that pretty. That I ate snails to impress her, that is.
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Made a pizza out of Bisquick (sp?)back in 7th grade. Barfed in every room of the house.
When did people start to get grossed out by liver? It has to be cooked right, but it's definitely edible.
I remember when my housemate in college cooked beef tongue. I bit the bullet and tried some. It was fantastic. The best sandwich beef of all time. Of course, G. was a great cook. You have to know how to cook tongue.
People routinely eat shrimp or lobster. From simply their appearances, those are the grossest things.
I got tricked into eating sweetbreads (good) and calamari (also good)
I remember the 60s movie King Rat about a WW2 POW camp. The chefs would kill rats and call it squirrel and would add rinsed off maggots to the rice. To add a little protein to the men's diets. The famous POW camp that was celebrated in The Bridge on the River Kwai had a survival rate of around 60%.
That was a fantastic movie, based on the novel by James Clavelle.
The maggot incident, IIRC was in the book but not the movie. (could be wrong, it's been a while since I saw the movie)
Re liver: our police shift was all in the chow hall before starting the 4 to 12 shift. There was probably 20 of us. You had 2 choices, burgers or some kind of liver. Everybody but one chose burgers. You got to remember the guys are all around 18 or 20 years old. Someone called him "liver lover". Then all the cops started chanting " liver lover". Next thing you know there must have been 50 guys calling him "liver lover". The poor guy started crying.
In the book Endurance about Shackleton whenever they would kill a sea leopard they'd celebrate by eating the liver first, so I assume that liver is probably pretty good. I just don't happen to like it.
Liver and organ meat in general, had a lot of minerals etc. that nutrition deprived people might need. Your average suburbanite doesn't need those things to help survive. It probably does more harm than good. If you like the taste though, then have at it.
A little sideways of the topic. Not gross things I've eaten, but gross (or odd) things found in my (or my Ex-wife's food, actually they were all in her food). These go beyond the hairs that I'm sure we've all had/seen.
- we were at Wendy's back when they had a salad bar, and she scooped up some lettuce into her bowl, and included was a retainer (what someone who just got braces removed wears)
- we were at mall near Philly, got some Chinese meal, sat down at table and she could not get the straw in the cup, it would only go down a couple inches. So I tried, still no luck. Took the lid off. Inside was a peeled apple! I took it back to the counter, and the Chinese woman there laughed and gave us a new drink. My guess, they had peeled it to eat, and then to keep it cold stuck it in the ice container, and when scooped up our ice got the apple instead.
- when Hurricane Fran hit the Triangle, and most were without power for a week, my work did have power, so at the cafeteria they were sending home free meals for people and their families that week. So one night we opened our 2 meals, it was pasta. About 1/2 way thru, she found a used bandaid in her pasta.
- we were at Wendy's back when they had a salad bar, and she scooped up some lettuce into her bowl, and included was a retainer (what someone who just got braces removed wears)
- we were at mall near Philly, got some Chinese meal, sat down at table and she could not get the straw in the cup, it would only go down a couple inches. So I tried, still no luck. Took the lid off. Inside was a peeled apple! I took it back to the counter, and the Chinese woman there laughed and gave us a new drink. My guess, they had peeled it to eat, and then to keep it cold stuck it in the ice container, and when scooped up our ice got the apple instead.
- when Hurricane Fran hit the Triangle, and most were without power for a week, my work did have power, so at the cafeteria they were sending home free meals for people and their families that week. So one night we opened our 2 meals, it was pasta. About 1/2 way thru, she found a used bandaid in her pasta.
I used to love eel. Ate a bad roll and can’t even think about eating it ever again.
Finding a band aid and retainer in the mix are fricking disgusting. Damn man. Bleh.
Yeah, with the bandaid, even though it was in hers, not mine, when we found it I was instantly DONE eating too.
Been eating a goose egg almost daily for about two weeks since ours started laying. The two females don't seem to want to go broody, so their progeny are going towards breakfast instead. Really rich compared to a chicken egg, and incredibly tasty which is probably helped by the fact that ours get fresh pasture daily and eat a soy-free feed blend from a local mill. (It is also a form of revenge, since our gander Honky hates me and tries to kill me every chance he gets, so I'm eating his unborn children.)
Really hoping one of them decides to sit on some at some point, because they are really entertaining birds even when one is trying his best to kick my *** every time I turn my back...
There will not, however, be any goose balut.
Moldy bread. I took a bite out of a piece of bread where blue/green mold was on the one side I didn't see.
On the bright side, it probably cleared up that burning sensation while urinating
I've never read the book so the maggot episode has to be in the movie. The most horrifying bit was the execution. (We don't need to be explicit. Probably shouldn't actually.) I was a young teen when I saw it and just sat there gaping in shock.
Escargot
I’m sure she remembers that date much more fondly than I did. She probably still has a laugh remembering how I struggled to get them down and then keep them down.
This! I've tried escargot 3 times at different places just to be fair and they are putrid. Runner up, conch. Which is just a big flicking snail. And I love oysters on the half shell so it's the snail.
Yes, she was that pretty. That I ate snails to impress her, that is.
* tasted a cow brain (stuck pencil in it during a teacher's class presentation in the 5th grade many years ago). Never again.
* fried green tomatoes (yuck)
* cooked a hamburger in tin foil over a campfire, but didn't check the hamburger before taking a huge bite out of it, only to gag on a chunk of raw meat
* in elementary school got a chocolate milk carton, and took a big chug of it only to find that it was very chunky
* fried green tomatoes (yuck)
* cooked a hamburger in tin foil over a campfire, but didn't check the hamburger before taking a huge bite out of it, only to gag on a chunk of raw meat
* in elementary school got a chocolate milk carton, and took a big chug of it only to find that it was very chunky
I’ve never eaten anything that would be gross just looking at it (like balut) but I snagged a piece of cheese off of a tray once that was so nasty I not only threw up but I was literally in the bathroom trying to scrape the remnants off my tongue. And I LOVE cheese. No idea what kind it was but 
Once you get to the bottom of the bottle I imagine you’re at a point where taste is meaningless
Dear everyone in this thread. If you are criticizing liver and especially the guy that criticized fried green tomatoes... you simply don't know anyone that knows how to cook.
Fried chicken livers is a delicacy beyond compare when done properly and you're not going to find it in any restaurant either. Green Fried Tomatoes when prepared somewhat like fried taters and are somewhat mashy, those are pure gold. Problem is people (restaurants mostly) that don't know how to cook make Fried Green Tomatoes like an appetizer where you just have a batter encased slice of tomato you can pick up with your hand like fried zucchini, but that is NOT real fried green tomatoes.
Fried chicken livers is a delicacy beyond compare when done properly and you're not going to find it in any restaurant either. Green Fried Tomatoes when prepared somewhat like fried taters and are somewhat mashy, those are pure gold. Problem is people (restaurants mostly) that don't know how to cook make Fried Green Tomatoes like an appetizer where you just have a batter encased slice of tomato you can pick up with your hand like fried zucchini, but that is NOT real fried green tomatoes.
Years ago I wouldn't ever try the disgusting looking things, but finally tried one and loved them. Now I order every chance I get.Escargot
I’m sure she remembers that date much more fondly than I did. She probably still has a laugh remembering how I struggled to get them down and then keep them down.
Yes, she was that pretty. That I ate snails to impress her, that is.
I worked for this country veterinarian while I was in college at ole miss. That dude would castrate and eat the bull nuts on the spot. He tried to force me to do it but I wouldn’t. The dude had roid like rage and was as hairy as sheik Khalid Mohammed. Nevertheless I wouldn’t eat it so he left me at the farm and the owner had to take me back to town. This dude was so nice to people the. Once we took their animals to the back the guy was a monster. We had to spay this chow and he asked me to go clean it up. That dog wanted to maul me so I say “doc that dog won’t let me touch it.” The dude went in the room with the dog and drop kicked it in the mouth and punching it. The dog cowered and he said “there you go get him ready”. The dude was insane and I’m 100% it is the pure testosterone in the uncooked bull nuts
2nd place turtle soup..
I’m sure you’re correct, just what my doc asked me to stop eating, well that and red meat as much as I do but that’s not gross so didn’t fit the thread.
I have they’re good just don’t have the option often.
Ever had beef carpaccio? It’s raw meat and it’s fantastic.
I know we’re all obviously different but some of this stuff blows my mind.
Fried green tomatoes
Sauerkraut
Conch, whoever said conch can eff right the eff off. That stuff is delicious but you likely had it at a fudruckers in Orlando or something lol, but I could totally see people not liking the texture, especially if not cooked well.
I don’t think I’ve ever had anything “gross” but I eat literally everything but sweets. Cupcakes, non ice cream cake etc can pound sand.