Our Own.....Bizarre Foods...Thread !

[SAT 9,609]

congee with garlic and chicken buillon cubes should flush out that nasty stuff. Always worked for me. Make sure you use as much garlic as you can handle.

the congee was my life support. now I also found a bottle of probiotics.....few more days of this ####### and off to the other Brit colony....

How did they do this 150 years ago?

[SAT 9,609]

I ate this...

[oohpartiv 484]

That's brave, Steve. If I saw that on a plate in front of me, it might give me nightmares.

[NikLR 13,230]

That's brave, Steve. If I saw that on a plate in front of me, it might give me nightmares.

OMG the picture will give me nightmares!!! #######!!!

[Calypso 464]

I ate this...

That looks tasty, especially with cilantro on the side. What's the name of the fish?

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

I've eaten quite a few of the items listed here and will add some that are not yet listed - squirrel, snake, frog's legs, tortoise, headcheese, pickled pig's feet. For many years I was an historical re-enactor and around the campfires you often had the chance to try some rather interesting foods. The squirrel, snake and frog's legs were 'caught' on site and cooked there. The tortoise outgrew its' enclosure at a nursery and was going to be put down, so the re-enactors purchased it for food. My Mom used to make headcheese - it is basically the jelled contents from a pig's head, and we used to enjoy pickled pigs feet for a treat. Eel, any and every sort of smoked fish, escargot, duck, goose, lamb/muitton and goat (I love both); chicken feet (I have a Chinese sister-in-law ), dried ostrich, dried alligator, dried emu (a lot of dried meats sold in specialty stores that make for great camp food), and more usual game foods like bison, deer, elk, and moose. Organ meats of almost every kind although I don't like tripe or chittlins. Stuffed heart, sauteed kidneys, liver - all good. My Mom used to love Blood Pudding (good old Scottish food) but I never enjoyed that after my first taste. A good haggis is also hard to find, but when you do, it is well worth eating.

Ever had haggis ?

1 sheep stomach

1 sheep liver

1 sheep heart

1 sheep tongue

1/2 pound suet, minced

3 medium onions, minced

1/2 pound dry oats, toasted

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon dried ground herbs

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Ever had haggis ?

1 sheep stomach

1 sheep liver

1 sheep heart

1 sheep tongue

1/2 pound suet, minced

3 medium onions, minced

1/2 pound dry oats, toasted

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon dried ground herbs

Yep. I've had good haggis - which is well worth eating more than once, and bad haggis - which isn't worth eating the first time! It's part of my Scottish heritage, actually :-)

[Kathryn41 3,205]

It's rather funny - and somewhat ironic - that with all of the different and interesting foods I've had the opportunity to enjoy over the years, I have recently discovered I have to fore go the pleasure of one of my traditional favouites - bread - or to be more accurate - gluten. Gluten is now one of those 'bizarre' foods for me.

After years of trying to find out the reasons for ongoing digestive problems - lots of tests and scopes and medicines, etc. - it took a new doctor to run the right tests that revealed I am gluten intolerant. I stopped eating gluten containing products (fresh warm bread ! Argghh!) about 2 months ago now and yep, that was definitely the problem! One unexpected side effect of going gluten free is that I lost 12 pounds almost immediately, and I am now back down to the weight I was in my 20s - and I wasn't overweight to begin with. It had nothing to do with decreased calorie counts or decreased carb counts (I know, because I have to count carbs for my insulin pump). The only difference was no longer eating anything containing gluten. Of course, now my clothes don't fit as I have gone down between 1 to 2 sizes.

I've also discovered there are lots and lots and lots of gluten free alternatives out there, including some pretty decent loaves of bread. (and some pretty bad ones, too). A friend recommended that I read the book 'Wheat Belly' so I have just started that. I sure wish I had known all of this earlier - like maybe 20 years before I developed type 1 diabetes - but I at least have empiric proof of what the book discusses. (There is good evidence now that gluten insensitivity sets up autoimmune responses in the body - and one of those autoimmune responses is type 1 diabetes).

[Caryh 5,206]

That looks like the grouper I eat in the Philippines they call Lapu Lapu. A very tasty fish. We've even found a place that imports them whole in Minnesota, so we eat them pretty regularly. Some might be grossed out, but that picture made me hungry

I ate this...

[His karma 20]

Ever had haggis ?

1 sheep stomach

1 sheep liver

1 sheep heart

1 sheep tongue

1/2 pound suet, minced

3 medium onions, minced

1/2 pound dry oats, toasted

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

1 teaspoon dried ground herbs

I love haggis as do my kids. Robbie Burns day is the best time of the year!!

[His karma 20]

It's rather funny - and somewhat ironic - that with all of the different and interesting foods I've had the opportunity to enjoy over the years, I have recently discovered I have to fore go the pleasure of one of my traditional favouites - bread - or to be more accurate - gluten. Gluten is now one of those 'bizarre' foods for me.

After years of trying to find out the reasons for ongoing digestive problems - lots of tests and scopes and medicines, etc. - it took a new doctor to run the right tests that revealed I am gluten intolerant. I stopped eating gluten containing products (fresh warm bread ! Argghh!) about 2 months ago now and yep, that was definitely the problem! One unexpected side effect of going gluten free is that I lost 12 pounds almost immediately, and I am now back down to the weight I was in my 20s - and I wasn't overweight to begin with. It had nothing to do with decreased calorie counts or decreased carb counts (I know, because I have to count carbs for my insulin pump). The only difference was no longer eating anything containing gluten. Of course, now my clothes don't fit as I have gone down between 1 to 2 sizes.

I've also discovered there are lots and lots and lots of gluten free alternatives out there, including some pretty decent loaves of bread. (and some pretty bad ones, too). A friend recommended that I read the book 'Wheat Belly' so I have just started that. I sure wish I had known all of this earlier - like maybe 20 years before I developed type 1 diabetes - but I at least have empiric proof of what the book discusses. (There is good evidence now that gluten insensitivity sets up autoimmune responses in the body - and one of those autoimmune responses is type 1 diabetes).

I too am cutting out Gluten. Well Wheat moreso than Gluten but it makes a difference. No more 2pm blahs and no more bloating. Bread and pasta is my weakness.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Ah, I love bread as well - lovely whole wheat, rye, barley, triticale . . . Big Sigh!

"So long, it's been good to know you, but you just aren't the friends I thought you were . "

I'm much healthier now but I still miss fresh artisan bread hot from the oven. Uldi's makes a great Chia-Barley bread, though, which is gluten free and certainly rivals some of the gluten laden whole grain breads I used to enjoy .

Edited March 26, 2013 by Kathryn41

[SAT 9,609]

Here Darnell, Curry Laksa.....

this was awesome

this was sitting in 95 degree open market...

[SAT 9,609]

Ate it.....

some kinda tangy fruit

Malaysian hotdog cart lol

[SAT 9,609]

here's a dude painting the food stand as the raw meats are being vended....