What's the Weirdest Food You've Ate?

[InbetweenDreams]

I'd say the weirdest thing I have ate was Combination Pho which has several meats in it, one of them unknown to me was tripe. I think it was one of those things I was better off not knowing what it was. I made the mistake of asking my sister what it was...I thought it was squid or something

[CellarDweller]

Whitebait patties.

[Bhp91126]

Fried oysters and sweetbreads (not at the same time) I’m sure I had some weird stuff when I was in Japan but I found it best not to ask.

[Chase]

I'm not sure what you mean by weird. Foods we find weird, or most people find weird? I grew up eating clams, oysters, and muscles, so I don't find it weird. I always find it weird when I eat fish eggs, but I like it and still do. I love salmon roe.

[InbetweenDreams]

I'm not sure what you mean by weird. Foods we find weird, or most people find weird? I grew up eating clams, oysters, and muscles, so I don't find it weird. I always find it weird when I eat fish eggs, but I like it and still do. I love salmon roe.

I guess weird to you? I suppose that is left up to your discretion.


I've had roe on sushi, don't mind it at all. Who knows what I have ate if I include sushi... Man it has been forever since I have had sushi. There really aren't any good Japanese restaurants around here.

My dad is kind of gross... He'll eat pickled pigs feet. I had tried them, they're gross.

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Whitebait patties.

Those look good.... what is weird about it?

[CellarDweller]

Those look good.... what is weird about it?

It was weird for me, because I never ate a food that was still staring at me.

Obviously they weren't alive or staring at me, but it was a little unnerving. Possibly more so because I was visiting my (then) boyfriend in New Zealand, and these are a common lunch there, and he knew it would freak me out, so he made me try one, and got into my head about it.

He paid for it later.

[InbetweenDreams]

@CellarDweller Oh the eyes lol. I had to look up other images, ok I get that...That is a bit weird. It still looks appetizing despite that.

[eastofeden]

One time in Taiwan in Taipei close to the jade market we went into a restaurant which of course was all in Chinese and I refuse to be an ugly American who thinks other people should cater to us - so rude - so I just smiled and pointed at something on the menu and - OH MY! 

Seafood is my favorite and that meal sure put me to the test. It seemed more like a Fear Factor meal and except for one thing I couldn't eat (the texture made me gag) - the rest was pretty good - but I have no idea what the heck it was. I think one of the things was octopus though and it was delicious.

When I was a kid in New York I lived in an all German neighborhood with my Grandparents when my Dad was in the Air Force and we always had a big Sunday dinner and I wish I could remember what we ate because I loved it but it was just "supper" - a lot of it I think looked weird but tasted good but maybe it looked weird because I was a little kid

[InbetweenDreams]

Sometimes @eastofeden it is better not knowing what you ate. I probably would have ate all the tripe in the combination pho if I wasn't told what it was.

But yeah, some tastes with certain textures can be less than appetizing.

[Chase]

My grandma sometimes makes pickled watermelon rinds. It's so weird that you can eat the rind when you pickle it.