Ordered in ignorance (as a teen): Tartar steak, which had its rawness emphasized by the raw egg on top and the raw onions included in the surrounding pile of condiments. Under the rule of "If it's on the menu, it's edible," I ate all of it, except the raw onions.

Ordered knowing full well what it was: Tripe. Chewy, flavor that of the cooking sauce, unimpressed.

Coming from a family where liver, tongue, spleen, etc. were eaten, I consider offal to be comfort food.

Weird - tried posting 2x but didn't see it go through.

Years ago, we were in Guilin with a tour group. I went upstairs to the dining area ahead of the group and saw they were setting up tables with food. I recognized the fish, but couldn’t figure out the other meat.I motioned to the servers and asked what it was. They giggled as they said, “meow.” We ate the fish that night.

Warthog and Eskimo ice cream.

Been in the same room with, but didn't eat... Old Fish (title tells all) and Seal Blood Soup (ditto.) Nope.

I lived in BC and we would eat some wild game that I would never try today. My Dad killed a lynx once attacking our livestock. It tasted like chicken. We fed to dogs but had to taste it. This was in the 1970's. Bear was nasty but moose was very tasty. I grew up eating scrapple. Haggis is sort of the same. Chill, slice and fry it thin thin, top with maple syrup.

I had snake soup in Hong Kong at a NYE dinner -it wa sdelish.
I cannot stand durian and i have tried it many ways -even at a durian festival in Singapore in a cake -the smell.
I consider tripe, sweetbreads , liver etc every "un-exotic" food.l
I did enjoy pony stew and a horse burger in Slovenia.

Just remembered a suppressed memory: I once had a Wimpy burger in London. Nasty.

There is plenty of opportunity to try gross/adventurous things here in Southern California. I think the worst was sea squirts in a Korean mixed seafood stew... they must have been on special, since they usually weren't part of the mix. I think even Andrew Zimmerman hates sea squirts.

While traveling, probably the grub in the Amazon.... no biggie. And yeah, andouillette is disgusting (that would have been at the La Samaritaine cafeteria in Paris).

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Philippines

Balut (fertilized duck egg)

Aso Sena (dog stew)

Diniguan (Pork stew with blood)



France

Sea urchin

Escargot (snail)



Spain

Blood sausage

Squid



Japan

Sushi

Nato



Korea

(almost) live octopus



US

Alligator

Head Cheese (jellied brain/tongue/etc)

Sweet breads (thymus)

Frog legs

Rabbit

Goat



UK

Haggis

Blood sausage

Marmite





Peru

Llama

Guinea Pig



Laos

Water Buffalo

River weed



Iceland
Fermented shark



China

Chicken feet

Pig ear

Pig brain

Yak butter tea



Bhutan
Yak meat



Nepal
Yak cheese



Australia

Vegemite
Kangaroo

Emu

Crocodile

Water buffalo

Camel

I always expect this to be mentioned in questions like this. Have not tried, but not every eager to anyway.

In the Philippines the main taste was "fishy' because the ducks eat mostly fish

Have you tried it elsewhere? I believe the duck egg is a delicacy in other parts of Asia, although the Philippines is the country most associated with I think.

No I have not - perhaps I should try it once in the US sometime.

In Iceland,
The Puffin, rather chewy and not very tasty
Mink whale raw- for someone who has never even tried sushi, I tried this. It wasn't terrible but wasn't all that great either.

Where is the latest article? When I click on the link in #31 it just brings me back to this thread.