Ok, just to start off, I am NOT a fussy eater. I am not picky. I am not provincial. I travel extensively and will eat accordingly. Given that, today's question is:
What is the most REVOLTING thing you have ever eaten, either by choice or accident?

Mine was chocolate with ants in it at an artesian chocolate festival (i.e. ant bits, not chocolate covered ants). I sampled from a plate offered to the general public. I didn't know that this particular artesian chocolatier made up ALL SORTS OF CHOCOLATE, including chocolate with cannabis (try to get THAT through customs), horse milk chocolate, and chocolate with ANTS IN IT. YES I know they are a specialty in some cultures, but still...

Yours????

Boiled minced beef in a private home in London.

Is horse milk chocolate made with mare's milk?

<i>artesian</i> as in artesian well? I gather that chocolate covered ants do not revolt you. Why would chocolate with ants do so? What's the difference beside the visual aspect?

Good point. Somehow, chocolate that bubbles up from the ground seems much worse than just chocolate with ants.

Obviously, nospam meant *artisan* chocolate.

Veggemite. (sp?)

My apologies to any Aussie posters.

Andouille sausage.

A Chinese delicacy -- jellied calf tendons.

I'm with Underhill, andouille sausage. Second to that would be the lovely plate of seafood my husband ordered in Paris. It was beautifully displayed on a bed of ice served atop a nice raised stand. It came with a variety of &quot;tools&quot; with which to extract the little morsels from their shells. My husband manly grabed the first cockel and pick and proceeded to pluck the critter out. It seemed to resist then all of a sudden it popped out and wrapped itself around his fingers. I almost lost my delicious trout almondine right then and there. Of course the critter was dead, but it was rubbery to say the least. Never again can I eat seafood that I have to remove from the shell.....

I just thought of something else. Menudo. It's sorta like a stew. The meat used in menudo is the lining of a cow's stomach. YUK.

Andouille sausage - many years ago on my first trip to Europe with husband and two year old son.
Stuck my knife in the beast and begged my husband not to make me &quot;try&quot; eating it even if we were on a tight budget!

I was in the Cotswolds and ordered what sounded like it would be a lovely savory type of pie. Turned out it was a crust with plain, unflavored, boiled kidney beans inside it. Disgusting!

To the British--have you ever heard of this?

Correction to my post above. LIMA beans! They were LIMA beans!

When I was in Vietnam,I was given what they fondly call 20 day eggs,in their language of course.

I was told to crack open the egg at the top and spoon out the insides.

When I cracked it open I noticed a complete baby duck boiled inside.

Needless to say, I politely refused.

In the UK we call those Butter Beans.

I've eaten many pies in my time (there's a British joke here, so no rude comments please from anyone who's met me!) and can't recall any beany ones - you must have had some sort of vegetarian special!

Guy - there is a small pub here in the south Cotswolds where they do wonderful pies - just pies. They are double ended, with the meat filling at one end and cauliflower cheese at the other, and they are scrummy!

If you are in the area, it's The Weighbridge on a minor road between Nailsworth and Avening, about 2 miles off the A46 which runs between Bath and Cheltenham. And about 5 miles from Tetbury.

Or maybe they're from the city of Artesia, California. Or New Mexico. Or the high-speed rail from France to Italy. That bubbles up out of the ground.

The &quot;vegetarian sausage&quot; I've been offered in a variety of UK B&amp;B's is my personal bete noir. Blech! My ex-husband was very fond of a Mexican specialty called &quot;camarones borrachos&quot; - drunked shrimp, or raw shrimp marinated in tequila. I could never bring myself to taste them since their grey flesh reminded me of Gollum.

Thanks, Julia. I hope to make it back to the Cotswolds someday. This summer I'll be in Yorkshire and plan to eat many delicious pies and pasties. But I can't imagine ANYONE wanting so insipid a dish as I was served that day. Not even a vegetarian such as myself.

Also, we have what we call butter beans here in the states which are different than lima beans. Butter beans are a light yellow. Lima beans are green and have a gritty inside. Ick!

<b>Guy18</b>, for great, inexpensive veggie food in York go to Melton's Too:

http://www.meltonstoo.co.uk/