Strangest thing you've eaten : Othor Games

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:07 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naga_Viper_pepper as of February 25th. 1,382,118 Scoville Heat Units

Just found out that last month, a new hottest chili was found the Trinidad Scorpian Butch T chili. 1,463,000 SHU

I find it so delightful that chili breeders are hard at work developing ever more unnecessarily, dangerously spicy peppers and giving them goofy intimidating names.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:30 pm

frozen, defrosted whale sashimi, covered with blood and smelled like it had been sitting in a bucket of spoiled whale blood for a month - Japan (bonus, washed it down with some red wine and a plate of pasta marinara)
bear sashimi - again, defrosted and pretty terrible - Japan
horse sashimi - same, tasted worse than the whale - Japan
deer sashimi - pretty much the same story - Japan
chicken sashimi - pretty much the same story, can you guess where?
fried tarantula spider - Thailand
live, moving octopus tentacles dipped in sesame oil and spices - not bad, had this on the beach in Korea
fried crickets cooked in sweetened soy sauce - Japan
fried locusts or grasshopper looking creatures dipped in guacamole - Mexico
pan fried halal goat testicle sliced up and fried in olive oil with onions, tomatoes, garlic - US - this was actually really tasty but gross to watch my roommate slice the huge goat testicles
deep fried halal goat brains (same roommate, same goat) - US - not bad, crispy on the outside, soft and moist on the inside

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:55 pm

Eek. Octopus brings back bad memories of Mexico after I ate an octopus dish and drank the tap water later that night :sick:

My octopus was breaded and fried and tasted wonderful. I've ever since wanted to eat a live octopus like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzJEGqek3TQ (Well not like that, but alive anyway.)

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:13 pm

Gold.

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:10 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwTH7bBgZhM You can't even kill it quick and easy first? Raw? Okay. Alive? That's just barbaric.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:08 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwTH7bBgZhM You can't even kill it quick and easy first? Raw? Okay. Alive? That's just barbaric.

LOL I was kind of attacked by an octopus when fishing in Japan.

The thing was hiding inside a crab trap my host family dad pulled up from the ocean and it jumped out and was chasing me around the tiny boat, almost made me fall in the ocean. Those svckers are fast.

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:39 pm

It doesn't even compare with any of the stuff here, but I hang out with some Pakistani guys, they're family got me my job, so we see each other every now and then. anyway, one day they were taking me home and one of the brothers had a wrap-thing. it was, like, 2 & a 1/2 inches thick, and filled with god knows what.

I seen a bit of purplish-pink,, which I think was pickled something, and there was all kinds of vegetables, maybe some halal meat. I ate it, it was good, but I don't have any idea what was in it... :shrug:

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:36 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwTH7bBgZhM You can't even kill it quick and easy first? Raw? Okay. Alive? That's just barbaric.

That's exactly why I'd want to experience it -- even if I puked. :laugh:
Strange food and experiences have always been my cup of tea -- testing my limits. Like, I'm afraid of heights, but I'd like to do a bungee jump. Dead insects disgust me, but I'd like to eat them. :laugh:

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:55 pm

It doesn't even compare with any of the stuff here, but I hang out with some Pakistani guys, they're family got me my job, so we see each other every now and then. anyway, one day they were taking me home and one of the brothers had a wrap-thing. it was, like, 2 & a 1/2 inches thick, and filled with god knows what.

I seen a bit of purplish-pink,, which I think was pickled something, and there was all kinds of vegetables, maybe some halal meat. I ate it, it was good, but I don't have any idea what was in it... :shrug:

Sounds like a Shwarma sandwich - those are delicious, very popular in Los Angeles

» Sun May 29, 2011 3:19 am

That's exactly why I'd want to experience it -- even if I puked. :laugh:
Strange food and experiences have always been my cup of tea -- testing my limits. Like, I'm afraid of heights, but I'd like to do a bungee jump. Dead insects disgust me, but I'd like to eat them. :laugh:

Me too. I'm just saying the concept of that is barbaric. I'd try it, but I'd give it a quick stab through the brain, not let it go through the torture of being crushed by teeth. The tentacles and everything would still be moving and suctioning for a couple minutes at least.

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:14 am

Sounds like a Shwarma sandwich - those are delicious, very popular in Los Angeles

I'm pretty sure that was it, I just couldn't remember exactly what it was called. Or anything that was in it.

» Sat May 28, 2011 11:54 pm

Lamprey. Yummy :wink_smile:

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:58 pm

I find it so delightful that chili breeders are hard at work developing ever more unnecessarily, dangerously spicy peppers and giving them goofy intimidating names.

And I want to eat them all.

Seriously, I love spicy foods. I eat Jalapenos like chips. I'd love to try a ghost chili or one of these new hotter ones. I know they'd destroy me (the habanero left me a smouldering wreck), but I just want to try regardless.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:22 pm

Beef tongue.

My other half bought some of that just the other day. It's apparently quite nice, but I figure I'm supposed to taste my food, not the other way round. And I don't like food that might try to lick me. Ew.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:08 pm

My other half bought some of that just the other day. It's apparently quite nice, but I figure I'm supposed to taste my food, not the other way round. And I don't like food that might try to lick me. Ew.

I'm surprised, given your name.

» Sun May 29, 2011 12:18 am

I'm surprised, given your name.

It's descriptive of my reaction to eating this sort of thing. Or even thinking about it.

Oh, and about chillies, not too long ago I had a very hot curry that I managed to force down my throat and it had a couple of fairly innocuous-looking chillies floating in it. Since the hotness was (I assumed) already in the sauce I figured they were there for flavour or decoration. I mean, a medium-sized green chilli, they're never that bad. So I ate it.

I thought I was going to die. In fact I probably did and I'm just in too much of a state of shock even now to remember to keel over.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:14 am

It's descriptive of my reaction to eating this sort of thing. Or even thinking about it.

Oh, and about chillies, not too long ago I had a very hot curry that I managed to force down my throat and it had a couple of fairly innocuous-looking chillies floating in it. Since the hotness was (I assumed) already in the sauce I figured they were there for flavour or decoration. I mean, a medium-sized green chilli, they're never that bad. So I ate it.

I thought I was going to die. In fact I probably did and I'm just in too much of a state of shock even now to remember to keel over.

:D

Those big, full chillies on the plate are always for decoration. I learnt that pretty much the same way you did.

» Sat May 28, 2011 10:01 pm

Sushi for me. Only time I tried raw seafood.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:25 pm

Sushi for me. Only time I tried raw seafood.

I love sushi. Raw is the only way to eat seafood IMO; cook it and the flavour is just lost.

Have yet to try raw, wriggling octopus.

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:21 pm

I love sushi. Raw is the only way to eat seafood IMO; cook it and the flavour is just lost.

Sushi isn't necessarily raw; in my experience it usually isn't. Sashimi is what's just plain, raw fish. People seem to constantly assume sushi is both, I don't know if they tried sushi and disliked it, or had sashimi and just assumed it was the same thing.

I like sushi, but love sashimi.

» Sun May 29, 2011 1:00 am

Sushi isn't necessarily raw; in my experience it usually isn't. Sashimi is what's just plain, raw fish. People seem to constantly assume sushi is both, I don't know if they tried sushi and disliked it, or had sashimi and just assumed it was the same thing.

I like sushi, but love sashimi.

Doesn't sushi technically just refer to the rice? I think you can have sushi without any fish at all. I do like sashami btw.

Have you had carpaccio? Raw meat (usuallly red meat) sliced very thin. Delicious. Beef carpaccio is one of my all time favourite dishes.

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:15 pm

Have you had carpaccio? Raw meat (usuallly red meat) sliced very thin. Delicious. Beef carpaccio is one of my all time favourite dishes.

I remember hearing somewhere about the average amount of undigested red meat found in an American mans intestines when they pass on. Can't remember the exact amount, but.... it was in the pounds. *shudders*

» Sun May 29, 2011 2:34 am

My other half bought some of that just the other day. It's apparently quite nice, but I figure I'm supposed to taste my food, not the other way round. And I don't like food that might try to lick me. Ew.

Beef tongue is delicious cooked Korean BBQ style with a little bit of sesame oil & spices to dip it in.

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:52 pm

Menudo (Mexican Tripe soup)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomi_salmon. Raw chopped Salmon with onions and tomato - big in Hawaii (and very strong and fishy tasting).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poi_(food) Also big in Hawaii. Its about like eating purple-brown glue.

And of course, Escargot.

I remember hearing somewhere about the average amount of undigested red meat found in an American mans intestines when they pass on. Can't remember the exact amount, but.... it was in the pounds. *shudders*

Sounds like an urban legend. Nothing stays in your digestive tract that long unless you have a bowel obstruction (and then you're heading for the emergency room).

» Sat May 28, 2011 9:52 pm

Menudo (Mexican Tripe soup)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomi_salmon. Raw chopped Salmon with onions and tomato - big in Hawaii (and very strong and fishy tasting).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poi_(food) Also big in Hawaii. Its about like eating purple-brown glue.

And of course, Escargot.

Escargot in garlic butter, yum.

That first dish sounds delicious. The second, meh.

Oh, and you've got red on you.