What will you not eat?
Discussion
Ive not read the whole thread but my wife has eaten sheeps brains before, rubbery scrambled eggs apparently. Nope nope nope.. I hate anything from the internals of an animal and anything with jelly, ie eals, cold ham etc, also baked beans and anything that's micro waved that leaves a skin. Nope nope nope.. but I will eat most veg raw and I love raw bacon, that's super yummy.
There is very little (food wise) I won’t try at least once. A lot comes down to method of preparation, I really like ‘Steamed chickens feet in back bean sauce’, I tried and hated ‘Stinky tofu’.
I’ve had and enjoyed, snake, dog, camel, fish eye balls, pigs blood and deep fried cockroaches, just to name a few. I’m sure a few have been consumed late night after/with a few cold beers, that should be under the heading ‘species unknown’.
My line in the sand is drawn at ‘If it has the ability to walk, I’m not eating it before its dead’ (monkeys brains) you don’t want to know; and durian, can’t get past the smell.
I’ve had and enjoyed, snake, dog, camel, fish eye balls, pigs blood and deep fried cockroaches, just to name a few. I’m sure a few have been consumed late night after/with a few cold beers, that should be under the heading ‘species unknown’.
My line in the sand is drawn at ‘If it has the ability to walk, I’m not eating it before its dead’ (monkeys brains) you don’t want to know; and durian, can’t get past the smell.
PhilAsia said:
XJSJohn said:
Having lived in SE Asia for a large part of my adult life, i will give most things a crack, and very little is categorically "never again"
The fried water beetles, scorpions and ants in Northern Thailand aren't that bad once past the eeew factor of their look
Smelly tofu is a but rough on its own as is a century egg, but in the right dish its fine.
Pretty sure i have been served dog / cat / rat / lizard at various street food stalls with no side effects
I would need to be at deaths door with starvation before i had a go at chicken feet or duck heads again, but the one thing that i just cannot get past the smell of is Durian.
I really like the ants with the salty, lemony, tangy, plus chili taste...The fried water beetles, scorpions and ants in Northern Thailand aren't that bad once past the eeew factor of their look
Smelly tofu is a but rough on its own as is a century egg, but in the right dish its fine.
Pretty sure i have been served dog / cat / rat / lizard at various street food stalls with no side effects
I would need to be at deaths door with starvation before i had a go at chicken feet or duck heads again, but the one thing that i just cannot get past the smell of is Durian.
Durian: Indonesians(?) describe it as: "smells like man, tastes like woman"...I think it "smells like man, tastes like man", although that is just a guess (even though I have spent almost three decades in Asia).
Balut: Philippines is anti-abortion, yet one of their favorite snacks is a 18/21 day old semi-formed chick
And finally...PagPag, sourced from fast food bins and resold:
PayPal falls into the category of “best not to ask….”
Durian just smells somewhere between a broken gas main and a rotten corpse to me
otolith said:
paulguitar said:
Peas.
I have eliminated you from my list of suspects.(Most of my pea pods have vanished off the plants. I suspect the pigeons)
I love fresh peasAs a kid I used to sneak into my neighbours garden and side between the rows of peas gorging as much as possible
blueg33 said:
It'll be me I love fresh peas
As a kid I used to sneak into my neighbours garden and side between the rows of peas gorging as much as possible
None of mine ever make it to kitchen, to be fair, I was just disappointed that my garden snacks had vanished. I suspect non-human, though, because they haven't been picked, they've been torn off. I might have to settle for a pea-fed pigeon instead! I love fresh peasAs a kid I used to sneak into my neighbours garden and side between the rows of peas gorging as much as possible
Speed 3 said:
blueg33 said:
Cooked carrots
Funnily enough I’m the same - can eat raw ones until the cows come home but cooked ones taste disgusting.My wife made a spag bog a couple of weeks ago - she put in it 1 baby carrot chopped up very fine, it was almost invisible, but I could tell with the first taste
cheesejunkie said:
Jader1973 said:
Bananas can get to f
k.
Wife buys loads. Doesn't eat them when they get a bit black.k.My biggest ecological crime is the amount of bananas we throw out.
I'm not a fan of them. They're not bought for me.
In our house I do get known as the bin because if nobody else is eating it I probably will. "Give it to the bin". My waist size has not suffered.
Frankfurters/Hotdogs
I hate them, hate the taste, the look, the smell and they repeat on me badly.
Was at a works event, it was the evening black tie dinner/piss up. For the survivors breakfast the caterers rolled out a hotdog stand, very drunk I had one.
Next morning I couldn't care less about the banging headache, just the revolting taste in my mouth.
I hate them, hate the taste, the look, the smell and they repeat on me badly.
Was at a works event, it was the evening black tie dinner/piss up. For the survivors breakfast the caterers rolled out a hotdog stand, very drunk I had one.
Next morning I couldn't care less about the banging headache, just the revolting taste in my mouth.
McD’s.
Kippers.
I’m unlikely to be offered but wouldn’t have dolphin, whale, chicken feet or a bunch of the other odd (to my very western palate) stuff that has been listed on here!
I’m ok with octopus; as someone suggested earlier, they are unlikely to be smarter than a bunch of the mammals we eat every day.
Kippers.
I’m unlikely to be offered but wouldn’t have dolphin, whale, chicken feet or a bunch of the other odd (to my very western palate) stuff that has been listed on here!
I’m ok with octopus; as someone suggested earlier, they are unlikely to be smarter than a bunch of the mammals we eat every day.
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