The most unconventional thing you've eaten?

[JAS_OH1]

Actually, I have to explain that further: my MIL added the ~ lilt at the end, so it came out like "tor-TILL-ya," but she always struggled with it, as in:

"Yes, I'll have the Mexi-Chicken Salad With Crispy Tor...Tort...Tort-Tee...um...Tortill...ah...Tor-TILL-ya Chips, please."

One of my sisters (who lived in Texas for most of her life) pronounces "chipotle" (chip-oat-lay) as "chipolte" (chip-ol-tee), despite the obvious spelling and her knowledge of eating the chipotle peppers and the various recipes made with them. And she is very well-read with a degree in library science.

 

[rascal]

You guys would be at a loss to name some of our places. I've posted before
Wainuiomata
Whangarei
Manakau
Paraparaumu

And lots of others.

Russ

 

[Yorky]

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As arthropods, they are also related to spiders. Would you eat spiders?

Spiders are a delicacy in Cambodia. Particularly the big juicy ones deep fried.

 

[flyinglentris]

Spiders are a delicacy in Cambodia. Particularly the big juicy ones deep fried.

I just knew there had to be a place on this Earth where women did not screech at the sight of a spider.

 

[Yorky]

I just knew there had to be a place on this Earth where women did not screech at the sight of a spider.

 

[Morning Glory]

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Spiders are a delicacy in Cambodia. Particularly the big juicy ones deep fried.

Do not watch if squeamish. Gordon Ramsay:

View: https://youtu.be/9Z_UndhO2ME

 

[Burt Blank]

Do not watch if squeamish. Gordon Ramsay:

Morning Morning, I thought I was the only one who finds him deeply offensive, yes he is a brilliant chef but in my opinion as a man he is a gorbellied folly-fallen miscreant!

 

[Burt Blank]

I tried this in Nuoro province Sardinia 42 years ago. For me the taste and smell summed up most of the people who ate it.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8F-0Ogp4fU&ab_channel=GreatBigStory

 

[epicuric]

I tried this in Nuoro province Sardinia 42 years ago. For me the taste and smell summed up most of the people who ate it.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8F-0Ogp4fU&ab_channel=GreatBigStory

The tradition of pouring port into the middle of a Stilton originates from the need to kill off the maggots therein. Glad they solved that problem.

 

[Hemulen]

My school time friend lives in Geneva. She introduced me to local chocolates with an unconventional shape but a delicious taste. The chocolates are called Poubelles. "Poubelle" is French for trash can; the sweets are formed like local street bins. The taste and scent were exquisite.

I'm quite cautious in tasting strange food, so I don't have experience in eating spiders, Century Eggs/thousand year old eggs or seal blubber. Pickled herring or the accidental flavor of bugs (Dolycoris sp.) on strawberries is odd enough.