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For me it's okra, I've tried it numerous ways by different cooks, I just don't like it. What food do you really dislike?

peas, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, fish ......... there is lots of stuff I won't eat ... I am a very picky eater

Tripe-tastes like rotten rags, and brains-just tastes of salt. :P

Seafood that isn't salmon, catfish, or fried crawdads.  I also won't eat baby animals (veal, lamb, etc.)  or fried foods (other than the crawdads) or most vegetables (they taste nasty and don't sit well in my belly for the most part). 

I just gotten comment, crawdads are amazing. I wish I could get em in NY.

Things I won't eat...agh, there's an unending list, and a weird one at that. Top of the list? Mayo. Cannot, will not. Can't even look at it, it makes me nauseous.

Also, for the most part potatoes. I hate the texture.

A lot of vegetables, honestly. I could happily live off of meat and fruits, I just can't stand 95% of vegetables.

Lamb.  I can not even stand the smell of it being cooked.

Quote from: Janet Lynn on March 07, 2011, 09:30:48 PM
Lamb.  I can not even stand the smell of it being cooked.

Oh that reminds me that I feel the same way about venison

Mushrooms, cooked onions, fish or seafood, liver, eggplant, squash. Oh, and I have to second the mayo. I can barely stand to even look at it. Revolting.

Quote from: kyril on March 07, 2011, 10:05:38 PM
Mushrooms, cooked onions, fish or seafood, liver, eggplant, squash. Oh, and I have to second the mayo. I can barely stand to even look at it. Revolting.

YES. I knew I wasn't alone on this.
I had to make a sammich for my girlfriend's nephew a few years ago and he's the only person I've ever even gone near it for. I told him he's lucky I love him, lol.

Quote from: N.Chaos on March 07, 2011, 10:10:41 PM
YES. I knew I wasn't alone on this.
I had to make a sammich for my girlfriend's nephew a few years ago and he's the only person I've ever even gone near it for. I told him he's lucky I love him, lol.

Haha, I can't stand mayo either; I'm suspicious of anything white/creamy in my food because it's either mayo or sour cream! Gross stuff! Good to know I'm not alone in that one!

I honestly cant think of anything that i dont like right now, im not picky at all

Quote from: Liam-XXI on March 07, 2011, 10:33:31 PM
Haha, I can't stand mayo either; I'm suspicious of anything white/creamy in my food because it's either mayo or sour cream! Gross stuff! Good to know I'm not alone in that one!

That's the weird part with me though, I friggin' love sour cream.
I'm just a conundrum, lol.

meat

GAG to mayo as well. If it's on a sandwich and I have to eat it, I literally have to choke it down.

Other things...I won't eat any kind of seafood, especially shrimp. Mustard except now and again, on very particular things in very particular amounts. I won't eat frozen dinners because they gave me horrible food poisoning once, and I will only eat salsa if it has been newly opened or I SAW it go back in the fridge.

Olives, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, baby animals, anything that still has a face when it's on my plate, mustard, lake fish, and McDonalds.

Most of the things already mentioned in this thread. What is it about them that just makes them so unappetizing?

For me, it's the texture of mayo and things like that. It's like...a delicate balance between creamy and solidy.

Red meat. It doesn't agree with me.

Canned beans or peas, cream cheese, sour cream, broccoli, mayo, seaweed, cauliflower, mustard, brussel sprouts, oysters, hard boiled eggs, venison and lamb, peppers, tomatoes, pickles, salsa, sushi, avocado, fish that isn't fresh..as in went down to the docks this morning and bought it fresh.  yeah, I'm kind of a picky eater.

Offal, Onions, I don't like pork, but I love bacon - Ok I know that is dumb :laugh:. I was offered to choose a live lobster  or crab in restaurant, but couldn't get myself to say yes.

I don't like octopus, I love calamari.

And now the biggie, eternal shame. I don't like chocolate. Ahh I'm now banned from the girls club.  ::) :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy

Raw celery is some kind of cosmic joke.

Cindy, it's not going to be easy to keep worshipping you, now that I know you don't like chocolate!

Sea food,mayo,Swiss Cheese,Escargot and other various food items that come on a plate that are not easily identifiable.

Cabbage and sweetcorn. :P

Vegetables, any fish other than salmon, natto and I'll eat pretty much anything else... I'm craving some snails yum.

Quote from: yoxi on March 10, 2011, 02:14:43 AM
Raw celery is some kind of cosmic joke.

Try it with some peanut butter.

Well thanks, that's my breakfast ruined :-\

Nah, I can cope. In fact, I count one of the successes of my 6-year stay at a Buddhist retreat centre that by the end of it, I could eat celery in a salad without feeling like I'd had my day ruined. Behold the transformation!!! Ahem.

And even when I was a reluctant meat-eater in my kidhood, I could never stand liver - like eating sh¡t-and-rubber flavoured powder. Made being Jewish (more of) a chore.

Hmm I don't like butternut squash or mushrooms.

Anything with no legs or more than four.

Kia Ora,   

::) What I won't eat and why.............


Well that's me in a nutshell-so to speak  ;)

Metta Zenda :)

Did you ever heared what's in Scottish Haggis?
I don't think I will eat that.
The same thing with french snails with garlic.
But, we eat raw fish, with onions (haring) some foreignhers compare that with eating of living white mice.
We all have our likes and dislikes, depending on what we are used to.

I love pickled herring also called roll mops but what I won't eat is parsnips, yuck.

Mayo, ketchup, mustard, relish, and most other "condiments." I'd rather eat condom-mints.

Squash, eggplant, bell peppers, chili peppers, water chestnuts, most fruits (I really only like some apples and melons).

Entrails (except for gizzards -- I love gizzards), octopus (though like Cindy I love calamari), oysters (I like clams and mussels).

Pot roast ! The best way to eat it is to douse it with catsup, and then throw it in the garbage !
Anything thing that's over dosed with Cilantro ! A little is fine, too much yak !

Quote from: Yakshini on March 08, 2011, 12:46:39 PM
Olives, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, baby animals, anything that still has a face when it's on my plate, mustard, lake fish, and McDonalds.

I was only going to say mustard, then I saw your list. I do like tomatoes, mushrooms, baby animals, and faces; but everything else is right on the mark for me!
To which I'll append my list of known exotics:
I don't like bear, and I find eating insects to be revolting.
I prefer my fish to be sushi grade -raw or rare. Anyone who hasn't had rare tuna doesn't know what they're missing!it's quite filling and similar to prime steak.

Tripe-tastes like rotten rags,

You said it Karen  :laugh:  But I was going to say old bicycle tires  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:  Tripe is the main ingredient for Menudo, a popular Mexican soup and one of the most disgusting things I've ever attempted to eat   :icon_blah:

I'm with Padma about Celeri! Whoever put that in their mouth and decided that it was food had no taste buds. I'll also be avoiding liver after that description! :o

There are plenty of foods that I've never tried for various reasons and never will like tripe, brains, haggis or veal,

Root veggies are yuk! with the exception of the awesome potato.

I've kinda gone off meat just lately but still eat it but it seems to rest too heavy.

The one thing that I agree with the bible about is that eating shellfish is an abomination! Brussel sprouts are also of the devil  >:-)

Other than that I'm not picky  :laugh:

I won't eat mayo, alfredo sauce, gravy of any kind, or most long + thick pasta.

After the massive failure tonight, I think corned beef is ruined for me X_X.

How did humans ever get an idea of what to eat?

Beyond, I'm starving and will eat anything.

Cindy

I don't like beets.

i hate onions.  :-X

Quote from: Noah the brave-ish on May 25, 2011, 01:39:48 AM
i hate onions.  :-X

Noah I love you :-* I loath onions, and people used to always put raw onion on a cheese sandwhich for me ???

Cindy

raw onions!!! on anything?! you'd think that'd not be safe.... ??? i knew someone i used to work with a few years ago who'd eat the big slivered onions by themselves like potato chips and seeing that along with the nauseating smell made me friggin sick! and people either laugh or complain about it as if they can convince me they're good for me for whatever reason but...no. never lol. i will pick them out of something even at someone else's house and hope to not offend them. i don't know how but they suck the taste out of everything even chopped into bits and small traces of it mixed with a lot of other stuff.

Olives.

So far there's only one thing I've found I can't eat and that's "face".
Ox tongue and sheep's head have a similar texture to me that sets off my gag reflex like nothing else, and so, I don't eat it.

I'm really really really not a picky eater.
I'm not overly fond of everything I eat, but I've always had limited funds and I was raised with the rule of "this is for dinner, eat it or it'll be for breakfast too!"
So, I've learned to eat "everything".

I used to "hate" black olives too, but here's the thing, every once in a while I try out what I know I don't like to see whether I or it has changed.
I was having wine and cheese with a friend called Kali in Sweden and she had grapes and Olives with.
They were DELICIOUS!
Now I love 'em.

Quote from: Noah the brave-ish on May 25, 2011, 01:39:48 AM
i hate onions.  :-X

Quote from: CindyJames on May 25, 2011, 03:48:40 AM
I loath onions, and people used to always put raw onion on a cheese sandwhich for me ???

Obviously Y'All have never had a sweet Vidalia.   Eat em like an apple.

Anything spicy hot.  Jalapeño , habaneros.

Quote from: Janet Lynn on May 27, 2011, 08:40:57 AM
Anything spicy hot.  Jalapeño , habaneros.

I hate chile peppers, too.

I used to love spicy food, but I get heartburn so easily these days I have to be very careful of what I eat.

I do dearly love chile relleno, but they use the milder poblano pepper.

I've found that I can use black or white pepper to spice things up without the heartburn. It seems to be chiles that get me.

Quote from: RachaelAnn22 on May 24, 2011, 08:45:06 PM
I don't like beets.

That is the only thing i do not like. I never tried tripe. Oh i don't like dried salty fish.

I do love scrapple which i hear is like haggis.

I also love fried liver and onions.

and i loveeeeeeeeeeee smelly cheese   like limburger and some strong blue cheeses
and i cried when the leidercranze factory burned down...

Oh i once cooked a pigs head in beans and wow the jowels were so yummy and stringy.. it cooked overnight slowly and we had it for breakfast. i didn't eat the brains though.

for those of you with stomach problems i found a good day of hard work will straighten up most stomachs and then you can eat hot stuff again and also you have to stop eating enriched white flour products.

Chocolate, it makes me nauseous. Most things sweet, for that matter.

Meat.

Tomatoes are disgusting.

Oh right! Spicy!

I "can't" eat spicy.
It just burns.
BURRRRNS!
can't eat it.

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on May 27, 2011, 02:10:58 PM
Tomatoes are disgusting.

You sound like a friend of mine, Trista.  He also does not like tomatoes.  So one year I took a nice vine ripen one to work.  And a shaker of salt.  When we stopped for lunch, I have my tomato.  Lick, salt, eat like an apple.  Yummy.

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebfLWAB8bY4#)

hehe.  :icon_hug:  j/k

o.O I think I'm going to have nightmares about tomatoes now. :P

I am glad you took it the way it was meant.  Just a little fun because of my friend, who did not like tomatoes ether.

I do like black pudding with bacon and eggs for breakfast, very Northern England.

And Janet, eating an onion like an apple, I reached for the brown paper bag. :laugh:

I don't cook anything without tomatoes. It's my basic starting material for anything, maybe not for porridge.

Anyone who likes eating tripe should be examined for a mental problem :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Nice thread this

Cindy

There's an Italian place near me that serves tripe every day. I guess it's how it looks that bothers people because it is delicious!

Quote from: Miniar on May 27, 2011, 05:22:30 AM
I'm really really really not a picky eater.
I'm not overly fond of everything I eat, but I've always had limited funds and I was raised with the rule of "this is for dinner, eat it or it'll be for breakfast too!"
So, I've learned to eat "everything".

All the non-picky eaters tell some variant of this story. What you don't seem to realize is that most of us who were picky grew up very much the same way (it's a normal parental thing, trying to encourage kids to be 'good eaters', especially when resources were limited) and it just didn't work on us.

I can no more learn to like mushrooms than I can learn to think of myself as a girl. Actually, the latter might be easier - at least I can fake it. Trying to fake being able to eat mushrooms lasted for approximately 10 seconds before there was a mess on my mother's dining room floor.

Quote from: CindyJames on May 28, 2011, 03:12:53 AM
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Anyone who likes eating tripe should be examined for a mental problem :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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Cindy

If you ever have a hangover, and someone offers you Menudo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menudo_(soup)), refuses it.  It taste good, but you would not want to know what is in it.  ??? ??? :-\ :o :o :o :o :o

Menudo is a drink and not just a bad boy band from 30 years ago? heh  ;D

eating an onion like an apple....*shudders. too bad you can't see the way my face is stuck now* i no longer want to eat anything for the rest of the day kthanks.

*Waiter at a restaurant*

"So, that will be pickled pig's feet with sauerkraut and a bowl of menudo soup and a whole raw onion on the side...
And for dessert?"  >:-)

A ton of breath mints

It has to be canned beans- I can barely stand washing/throwing away things that have even touched them.

Years ago I was in the far north of Australia and caught up with a couple. We sat down to have lunch. We had cheese sandwiches. Julie the woman in the other couple said to her partner. I got these before we left and gave him a baked bean sandwich.
His face was priceless and not ecstatic.

Cindy

Things I won't eat ever:
Any genital parts (i.e. bull testicles)
pig tails, pig hooves
chitterlings
fatback
grubs and spiders, scorpions or any other poisonous insect.
liver, brains, eyes or any other organs aside from maybe intestine parts (aren't those in sausage?)

Things I don't like but if I do eat if I am really hungry:
tomatoes
onions or leeks
insects that are not poisonous (i.e. chocolate covered ants)
papa johns and cici's pizza (I hate the sauce).
spam
sardines or anchovies in brine or oil (the ones water are okay).

That is a pretty big list but, I don't think that makes me a picky eater, I even think of myself as somewhat of an adventurous eater, what do you all think, am I a picky eater in your opinion?

I remember not liking beets.  I'm also not the biggest fan of olives but I'll eat them on pizza.  Everything else is pretty much good to go.


Oh I've also been known to eat cold beans out of the can.  ;)

i won't eat eggs because of allergy. and not too much shellfish, crab, shrimps, and such, this also because of allergy. a bit annoying since it tastes so good

otherwise i'll eat just about anything, except on bad days. i can't make myself eat any animal fat unless i'm above my personal average in happiness, it'll make me throw up

lol I have a lot of food I hate, I'm picky.

Pasta, chicken nuggets, sloppy joe, most sammywichs, tomatoes, cherries, fish, coca cola (most sodas that aren't mtn dew acttually), and nuts :P

I just won't eat any of it, whichs annoys my mom ^-^ll

i forgot banana peppers...they're just weird.

If anyone has a problem with Blue Vein Chees, you should try it on a slice of green (unripe) pear. It takes the  :P away, and you will be surprised how good the cheese tastes.

Afraid I haven't come across anything for tripe though! Oh. I forgot to add, anything that seems to be looking at me!

Karen.

blue vein cheese is supposed to be eaten with chocolate. my brother learned to prepare those at a french restaurant

Sounds like a fair thing. Chocolate seems to be the answer to most things!
I have a long term research project to find a beer that will go with chocolate mud cake.  Haven't found one yet, so will have to keep drinking. ::)
Karen.

Weird parts - pigs feet, brains, eyes, genitals, anything like that.
Liver - although liver sausage can be alright
Pickles, except on cuban sandwiches
Weird seafood - squid, octopus, etc
Usually peppers - sauces made from peppers are ok, but I don't like the texture of peppers themselves
Brussell sprouts - haven't tried them, never will
Beets - probably the same as brussell sprouts
Eggplant - I almost threw up after eating badly prepared eggplant once
Don't like eating oranges that I have to peel, but sometimes have been known to do so.  Love orange juice though.

Probably several others I'm forgetting.  I like most things, but not the stereotyped "bad" veggies.

Quote from: kyrilTrying to fake being able to eat mushrooms lasted for approximately 10 seconds before there was a mess on my mother's dining room floor.

This made me laugh so hard, probably because my sister is exactly the same way.  I thought she'd just need it cooked right so I had her try a sauteed mushroom off my burger once and the look on her face told me never to do that again. :laugh:

Edit: Actually, I need to stop reading back in this thread period.  These metaphors are making me laugh so hard I'm crying  :laugh:

Quote from: AmySmiles on June 30, 2011, 10:30:40 AM
Weird parts - pigs feet, brains, eyes, genitals, anything like that.

then i guess wether balls and raw sliced pig testicles are delicacies that you won't ever taste..

Olives. Pretty much the only food on this planet I can't even be within ten feet of. The smell makes me nautious.

I've had those weird brown marinated eggs from an Asian grocery store, I've had cow tongue, liver, raw octopus, jellyfish, plenty of other raw seafood, plenty of other cooked seafood, canned snail (not even escargot done up all fancy and French-like, just straight from a can like sardines) hot peppers of many kinds, pretty much every veggie and exotic fruit out there, and I am more than willing to try anything else thrown at me. When it comes to food, nothing will hold me back. Except olives.

I'd even give delicacies like brain and balls a try. Why not? :)

  Ryan, we have Rocky Mountain Oysters out here. It it not a seafood, ask any steer (bullock).  Mooooooo!

  Cilantro (coriander).  To me it has a rotting vegetable aftertaste.  My sister says it tastes like soap. 
  Joelene

Joelene: I heard about those on a TV show. These guys had an eating contest where they had to eat bull balls xD As long as they don't smell and taste like olives, I'll probably try em someday. Maybe after a whiskey or two x)

artichoke, pomegrante, pork, shellfish, innards

The only thing I really cannot stand is celery.  Even the smell makes me sick.

Other than that there is a list of things I'm not too fond of but won't really go out of my way to avoid.  This includes peas, most meat, raw tomatoes, mayonnaise, and rye bread.

I am also not a huge fan of most junk food type things.

Quote from: bojangles on July 14, 2011, 02:15:08 PM
artichoke, pomegranate, pork, shellfish, innards

:laugh: You hit three of my favorite foods and two things I've never tried. 

there are lots of things that i never have, and never will try, such as anything pickled thats not a vegetable.  As far as things I have tried and won't eat... Rhubarb, zuchinni, kiwi, red meat,  and milk.   I have the same reaction to a glass of milk as some people here mentioned with Mayonnaise. gag.  For the other things its mostly a texture thing.

Anything with peanuts.  I was in school yesterday and had just finished a Payday.  Well one of those little buggers got caught and I started coughing. After I got it loosened.  The girks asked if I was alright, and I said "Yes.  I got a peanut stuck".  They all started laughing hysterically. 

I did not understand and just dropped it.  Later, a couple of the girls said they all thought I said I got a penis struck. (https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsmileys.on-my-web.com%2Frepository%2FAnimals%2Fferret-7.gif&hash=9f27f1603b9ef76a5d4bbeedcd1615f680c36e8b)   :icon_redface:  And it is even funnier when you realize they do not know my past.

Baked beans....the sight and smell of them make me heave. Shellfish, prawns to me look like eating some kind of insect on a bush-tucker trial. Kidneys, liver....rank. Nothing could convince me to eat something like tripe, haggis just sounds nasty. Oh and black pudding......i couldn't bring myself to eat that either.

I hate salmon, lobster (I just can't get over eating a giant sea roach,) beets, cucumbers, raw mushrooms, thousand island dressing, ranch dressing, sardines, anchovies, intestines of any kind, white chocolate, caramel, raisins, canned spinach, kohlrabi, strawberry ice cream, bananas, american cheese, cantaloupe, grapes, and whole milk.

Oh wow Alex you hate anything that's good. >.<

pasta yuck yuck yuck
sea food
fish sticks
pizza.. I eat it sometimes, but I never particularly enjoy it

OMG *forces you to conform* :3

Quote from: ~RoadToTrista~ on September 01, 2011, 02:38:00 PM
Oh wow Alex you hate anything that's good. >.<

lol I hate everything that is disgusting, and will devour anything that is good.

I forgot to mention that I also hate prunes, anything pickled in beet juice, bread and butter pickles, most icings though I do like cream cheese icing that isn't too sweet, and chickpeas, but I do like hummus. 

Roof rabbit? Yuk! Thanks for nothing, Internet! Hugs, Devlyn

any vegetable except green beans, grits, watermelon, beets, cauliflower, most fish and about a million other things that people have been fooled into believing are actually good for them.

cole slaw

mayonnaise

mustard

Beans

I'll add to the list when I remember more

i get told im kinda picky about food, i wont eat

potatoes
grapefruit
tomato ketchup
tinned beans
egg yolks
pea and ham soup
olives
custard
potatoes
houmous
mayonaise
sprouts (but then who does like 'em)
almonds (they smell of cyanide!)
liver
potatoes

theres other stuff too, but i can never remeber it all, untill somebody presents me with it and i have to be "um no sorry dont like that"

Why do so many people dislike liver?  I love it, smothered with gravy and onions with mashed taters. Better than most steaks.

the smell of liver makes me gag

I also don't like supreme pizza

Liver, BACON, and onions and I'm sold! Hugs, Devlyn

Quote from: ffern on April 25, 2012, 05:11:09 PM
i get told im kinda picky about food, i wont eat

potatoes
grapefruit
tomato ketchup
tinned beans
egg yolks
pea and ham soup
olives
custard
potatoes
houmous
mayonaise
sprouts (but then who does like 'em)
almonds (they smell of cyanide!)
liver
potatoes

there're other stuff too, but i can never remember it all, until somebody presents me with it and i have to be "um no sorry dont like that"

How about potatoes?  :)

Quote from: Jaime on April 25, 2012, 05:24:04 PM
Why do so many people dislike liver?  I love it, smothered with gravy and onions with mashed taters. Better than most steaks.

I like southern fried chicken livers and white rice, but both are off the diet.

I need to avoid "white"stuff. Usually starchy.

Ranch Dressing (I eat most salads dry anyway)
Mayo
Sour Cream
(^^the white devil sauce tri-fecta)
Tartar sauce

I've learned to eat other white sauces and sour cream and stuff, but mayonnaise still makes my skin crawl. In fact I think it's the only food I'm sure I don't like.

When I'm hungry, though, nothing is off the table completely.

Quote from: Felix on April 26, 2012, 02:51:00 AM
I've learned to eat other white sauces and sour cream and stuff, but mayonnaise still makes my skin crawl. In fact I think it's the only food I'm sure I don't like.

When I'm hungry, though, nothing is off the table completely.

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Homemade mayonnaise - Paula Deen

Ingredients

    * 2 raw egg yolks
    * 2 tablespoons mustard
    * Dash salt and pepper
    * Squirt of lemon juice
    * 1 to 1 1/2 cups oil

Directions

Put ingredients in blender, and blend slowly, adding oil until you have desired consistency.

Now that's just mean. :laugh:

Sour cream. That stuff is just nasty. Lasagna and I won't eat cheese by itself.

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Meat, any thing high in perservatives, bleached or chemically altered foods, most dairy products, etc.

I'm a vegan and health nutish :D

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I love brussels sprouts! I know, I'm weird

As far as trying things, I'll try anything at least once, found some really fun foods that way. Things I avoid though after trying them tend to be more of a textural thing, not flavor, like Uni (I love the taste but I really can't get past the texture). The only thing that I've had that I can say I truly hated was Casu Marzu, but I think I just couldn't get used to the idea of it and was too grossed out.
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I'm not a vegetarian, but I haven't eaten beef or pork in over a decade (yes, this includes burgers). The decision was partly due to things I'd heard about chemicals fed to the animals, but also because a realized I'd never really liked them anyway. I eat lots of chicken, but also turkey, fish and shrimp. I do have entirely meatless days every week, though.

~ Lyric ~

Quote from: Lyric on April 26, 2012, 10:08:52 PM
I'm not a vegetarian, but I haven't eaten beef or pork in over a decade (yes, this includes burgers). The decision was partly due to things I'd heard about chemicals fed to the animals, but also because a realized I'd never really liked them anyway. I eat lots of chicken, but also turkey, fish and shrimp. I do have entirely meatless days every week, though.

~ Lyric ~

its actually really good for you to take a break at least once a week from meat. ^ ^

Quote from: Alexis on April 26, 2012, 09:50:00 PM
I love brussels sprouts! I know, I'm weird

As far as trying things, I'll try anything at least once, found some really fun foods that way. Things I avoid though after trying them tend to be more of a textural thing, not flavor, like Uni (I love the taste but I really can't get past the texture). The only thing that I've had that I can say I truly hated was Casu Marzu, but I think I just couldn't get used to the idea of it and was too grossed out.

I had to look up what "casu marzu" was.  That is the most revolting thing I have heard of.

Although I don't eat it, sea urchin (uni) is big business in the offshore areas of southern California.  Every now and again we lose a urchin diver to a great white.

I'll second that. But the idea of first clear your maggots brings a bit of a smile. Do you want Port and Maggot with Cheese after dinner?

Abalone is big over here but I've never liked it. But the Big Whites like the abalone divers as well

Quote from: Alexis on April 26, 2012, 09:50:00 PM
I love brussels sprouts! I know, I'm weird

Sprouts are yummy if they're cooked well (ie not boiled into oblivion so they taste of slightly firm wallpaper paste).

Aside from chocolate, the only thing I really, really hate is garlic. Ick!

Quote from: Jamie D on April 27, 2012, 03:56:29 AM
Although I don't eat it, sea urchin (uni) is big business in the offshore areas of southern California.  Every now and again we lose a urchin diver to a great white.

Lol, the only foodstuff other than hedgehog or porcupine which comes with it's own tooth picks.

Quote from: Sephirah on April 27, 2012, 04:04:38 AM
Sprouts are yummy if they're cooked well (ie not boiled into oblivion so they taste of slightly firm wallpaper paste).

Aside from chocolate, the only thing I really, really hate is garlic. Ick!

Lol, the only foodstuff other than hedgehog or porcupine which comes with it's own tooth picks.

I think the boiling thingy got me. I was raised in Liverpool UK and cooking consisted of boil it to death then serve. To this day I cannot face brussel sprouts or cabbage. I have a friend who has an 8-9 yr old girl. She saw brussel sprouts on a TV cook show and asked for them. Mum cooked them as on the TV show and she (girl) loved them, they are now her favourite vegie, to a point were it is can we have sprouts tonight please Mum?

One of the positives of the plethora of cooking shows is children are more willing to try something they see people are enjoying eating.

Quote from: Cindy James on April 27, 2012, 04:02:40 AM
I'll second that. But the idea of first clear your maggots brings a bit of a smile. Do you want Port and Maggot with Cheese after dinner?

Abalone is big over here but I've never liked it. But the Big Whites like the abalone divers as well

When I was younger, I used to dive for abalone.  It was plentiful off of the Palos Verdes peninsula, where I lived, and the Santa Barbara Channel Islands.  But the mainland areas were "over-fished" and a disease decimated the local islands.  Severals types of abalones are protected now.  I can get farm-raised abalone from up the coast, but it is just not the same as collecting and pounding your own.

I just now recalled that I used to bring the smaller shells home that I would find on the beach, and my mom would use them as ashtrays on the patio.

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Bittersweet memory.

Quote from: Sephirah on April 27, 2012, 04:04:38 AM
Sprouts are yummy if they're cooked well (ie not boiled into oblivion so they taste of slightly firm wallpaper paste).

Aside from chocolate, the only thing I really, really hate is garlic. Ick!

Lol, the only foodstuff other than hedgehog or porcupine which comes with it's own tooth picks.

Missed one!

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Quote from: Cindy James on April 27, 2012, 04:15:03 AM
I think the boiling thingy got me. I was raised in Liverpool UK and cooking consisted of boil it to death then serve. To this day I cannot face brussel sprouts or cabbage. I have a friend who has an 8-9 yr old girl. She saw brussel sprouts on a TV cook show and asked for them. Mum cooked them as on the TV show and she (girl) loved them, they are now her favourite vegie, to a point were it is can we have sprouts tonight please Mum?

One of the positives of the plethora of cooking shows is children are more willing to try something they see people are enjoying eating.

I'm with you on that.  Can't stand the smell of cooked cabbage.

Funny thing is, I like sauerkraut and coleslaw.  It must be textural.

Quote from: Jamie D on April 27, 2012, 04:20:45 AM
When I was younger, I used to dive for abalone.  It was plentiful off of the Palos Verdes peninsula, where I lived, and the Santa Barbara Channel Islands.  But the mainland areas were "over-fished" and a disease decimated the local islands.  Severals types of abalones are protected now.  I can get farm-raised abalone from up the coast, but it is just not the same as collecting and pounding your own.

I just now recalled that I used to bring the smaller shells home that I would find on the beach, and my mom would use them as ashtrays on the patio.

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Bittersweet memory.

I remember the abalone ashtrays, and I understand the bitter sweet memories.
Our abalone are highly protected but people still collect them illegally to sell to the Asian market. Big fines and long prison terms are in place. I think you can collect a couple for home consumption, but I'm not sure. I do remember diving and collecting my first lobster, showed it to my wife who said what is that?  I said a lobster, she said No its the wrong colour.

Mmmm

Quote from: Jamie D on April 27, 2012, 04:26:08 AM
I'm with you on that.  Can't stand the smell of cooked cabbage.

Funny thing is, I like sauerkraut and coleslaw.  It must be textural.

Have you ever tried it in a stir-fry? Really, it's delish. I think Cindy's right, old-school cooking methods have a lot to answer for. The veggies in and of themselves can be really tasty and healthy, it depends on what flavours accompany them and how they're prepared.

One thing I remember from being brought up that gave me chills was liver. It was always over-cooked to the point where if you dropped it on the floor it would bounce, and usually accompanied by hideously overboiled cauliflower and onions.

Quote from: Cindy James on April 27, 2012, 04:28:37 AM
I remember the abalone ashtrays, and I understand the bitter sweet memories.
Our abalone are highly protected but people still collect them illegally to sell to the Asian market. Big fines and long prison terms are in place. I think you can collect a couple for home consumption, but I'm not sure. I do remember diving and collecting my first lobster, showed it to my wife who said what is that?  I said a lobster, she said No its the wrong colour.

Mmmm

Now you've triggered a happy memory from college!

Rock Lobster (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDZy6-fMCw4)

My wife and I slam-danced to this.

Quote from: Sephirah on April 27, 2012, 04:40:12 AM
Have you ever tried it in a stir-fry? Really, it's delish. I think Cindy's right, old-school cooking methods have a lot to answer for. The veggies in and of themselves can be really tasty and healthy, it depends on what flavours accompany them and how they're prepared.

One thing I remember from being brought up that gave me chills was liver. It was always over-cooked to the point where if you dropped it on the floor it would bounce, and usually accompanied by hideously overboiled cauliflower and onions.

Yes, yes, yes.  I think the stir fry method of cooking, with peanut or sesame oils, and asian spices, masks the odor.

Don't like cooked cauliflower either.  I will eat it raw, though, with other raw vegetables.

Oh I forgot cauliflower, that went the same way. A regular dish (growing up) was liver and bacon and stuff, with onions. I have never liked onions for some reason, childhood reasons no doubt.  I did a Zoology degree and one study was on liver flukes. We had an infected piece of liver that crawled across the table. I have never been able to even look at liver as a food stuff again.

But yes stir fry has opened my taste buds. There is so much gorgeous stir fry here that it is just wonderful. We are also going into a week of food festivals in Adelaide, cooks from around the world present their dishes.

@Jamie D, I hate that video with a passion :laugh:
In particular the pix of Bluebird

I do remember Donald Campbell trying to break  the speed record in Bluebird on  Coniston lake.  I visited the site years later when he was still a hero to me. His incredible drive has at times kept me going. I was sad when they recovered his body. The Lakes in the Lake District are or were cold lonely places,  a good grave for a freak. I say that with respect.

This sounds odd, he is one that will never rest in peace.

Sorry

Cindy

Quote from: Cindy James on April 27, 2012, 04:53:33 AM
Oh I forgot cauliflower, that went the same way. A regular dish (growing up) was liver and bacon and stuff, with onions. I have never liked onions for some reason, childhood reasons no doubt.  I did a Zoology degree and one study was on liver flukes. We had an infected piece of liver that crawled across the table. I have never been able to even look at liver as a food stuff again.

But yes stir fry has opened my taste buds. There is so much gorgeous stir fry here that it is just wonderful. We are also going into a week of food festivals in Adelaide, cooks from around the world present their dishes.

Aww, find memories

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Do you like your flukes raw or slightly fried? Incidentally, I did my Hons on eels, every day someone would collect the carcase to eat.

Life has changed :laugh:

Quote from: Cindy James on April 27, 2012, 05:10:54 AM
@Jamie D, I hate that video with a passion :laugh:
In particular the pix of Bluebird

I do remember Donald Campbell trying to break  the speed record in Bluebird on  Coniston lake.  I visited the site years later when he was still a hero to me. His incredible drive has at times kept me going. I was sad when they recovered his body. The Lakes in the Lake District are or were cold lonely places,  a good grave for a freak. I say that with respect.

This sounds odd, he is one that will never rest in peace.

Sorry

Cindy

So that was footage of the Bluebird speed run @ 1:50?

I think I want an orange beehive.

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Suits you 'Plaster  in Paris?"


Yea I don't remember but I remember being told he made some poor decisions, don't we all when we die BTW :laugh:, I think I was told  he turned for the second run too quickly and hit turbulence from his first run at 350 mph (?) it blew the vehicle to pieces. I remember at the time it was reported he had hit a log. I was captivated by him for some reason. I think he inspired me as a person who could find vast amounts of finance to do something completely useless( to me) and live his dreams.  My dreams may be different but we need inspiration.

Heroes are found in strange places.

Cindy

Quote from: Cindy James on April 27, 2012, 05:10:54 AM
The Lakes in the Lake District are or were cold lonely places

Kinda off-topic but I used to go there a lot as a kid. Windermere and Coniston were my favourites. :) I really should go back there sometime.

A year of realising what I was I spent walking around Windermere. Heaps of triggers but nice ones for some reason and a change.

Ahhh that song is stuck in my head!

Quote from: Cindy James on April 27, 2012, 04:02:40 AM
But the idea of first clear your maggots brings a bit of a smile. Do you want Port and Maggot with Cheese after dinner?

I thought so too, until it was sitting in front of me. To their defense I don't think that any of the people who I was with really expected me to try it, but they were definitely enjoying trying to watch me keep it down. Glad I tried it, not something to be repeated  by me, ever

Quote from: Jamie D on April 26, 2012, 12:31:58 AM
How about potatoes?  :)

only if you kill them proper like :P ( cut up small and boiled in oil), does my dislike of them show that much?  And I group sprouts with olives and grapefruit, i dont like bitter stuff. oh and coconut, my grandma (the 'hypermelatoninated' one)  says i should be ashamed of that though >.>  .

I have a soft spot for Derwent Water, we used to go camping (well caravaning) there every year when my grandad was still around.  and Thirlmere, I'm told thats where our water comes from.

Quote from: ffern on April 27, 2012, 03:04:32 PM
only if you kill them proper like :P ( cut up small and boiled in oil), does my dislike of them show that much?  And I group sprouts with olives and grapefruit, i dont like bitter stuff. oh and coconut, my grandma (the 'hypermelatoninated' one)  says i should be ashamed of that though >.>  .

I have a soft spot for Derwent Water, we used to go camping (well caravaning) there every year when my grandad was still around.  and Thirlmere, I'm told thats where our water comes from.

How many times were potatoes on your "dislike" list?!

You don't like coconut either? 

Quote from: Jamie D on April 27, 2012, 04:17:07 PM
How many times were potatoes on your "dislike" list?!

You don't like coconut either?

I agree, coconut is gross!

Quote from: JayKyle on April 27, 2012, 04:20:25 PM
I agree, coconut is gross!

You would have never survived on Gilligan's Island.  ::)

Not true. You could alwaays have the Professor make you a Filet Mignon out of a coconut! Hugs, Devlyn

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on April 27, 2012, 05:25:35 PM
Not true. You could alwaays have the Professor make you a Filet Mignon out of a coconut! Hugs, Devlyn

Not filets!  Radios.

Dang it! Hugs, Devlyn

I won't eat ....

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chitterlings

Quote from: Jamie D on April 30, 2012, 02:23:48 AM
I won't eat ....

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chitterlings

Before moving up north, I had no idea that "chitterlings" are the same thing as chitlins.  ;D

Ughgh, stop showing that pic  :icon_blah:

Quote from: Felix on April 30, 2012, 02:32:31 AM
Before moving up north, I had no idea that "chitterlings" are the same thing as chitlins.  ;D

Did you know a bosun is a boatswain?

Or that the focsle is the forecastle?

It all reminds me Worcestershire sauce.

What are those used hankies you call chitlins?

Licorice... and fruitcake!

My Nana, as Nanas seem to do, always made fruitcake around Christmas...rest her, she was perfect but for that one glaring defect!

...and I am adding liver to my list as of reading this thread...and after seeing the photos  I shall steer clear of whatever chitterlings are, ewww!

Edit:

Quote from: Cindy JamesWhat are those used hankies you call chitlins?

Yeah that...thoughI'm not sure I want to know. Snail maybe?

Quote from: V M on April 30, 2012, 02:40:44 AM
Ughgh, stop showing that pic  :icon_blah:

Okay.

The locals here use this to make menudo:

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Quote from: Cindy James on April 30, 2012, 02:45:58 AM
What are those used hankies you call chitlins?

Pork intestines

Quote from: MiaOhMya! on April 30, 2012, 02:47:24 AM
Licorice... and fruitcake!

My Nana, as Nanas seem to do, always made fruitcake around Christmas...rest her, she was perfect but for that one glaring defect!

...and I am adding liver to my list as of reading this thread...and after seeing the photos  I shall steer clear of whatever chitterlings are, ewww!

I like fruitcake.  It reminds me of Christmas as a child.

Pork intestines....yes that sounds...well if there were a vomity emoticon....

Quote from: MiaOhMya! on April 30, 2012, 02:54:28 AM
Pork intestines....yes that sounds...well if there were a vomity emoticon....

You ought to smell them cooking

I did make a sea food stock by boiling up a few kilos of prawn heads.That was an interesting smell. The stock was good though.

Quote from: Cindy James on April 30, 2012, 02:45:58 AM
What are those used hankies you call chitlins?

You know, bits and pieces.

Quote from: Jamie D on April 30, 2012, 02:55:46 AM
You ought to smell them cooking

Way worse than cabbage. Worse than boiling peanuts. Takes forever and smells like death. :laugh:

Quote from: Felix on April 30, 2012, 03:03:56 AM
You know, bits and pieces.
Way worse than cabbage. Worse than boiling peanuts. Takes forever and smells like death. :laugh:

Got that right

Right so they look foul, smell of death itself, and then what...they taste smooth like a nice candy or tart? If not I may have encountered the first food I will never even try...and I've eaten mealworms ans crickets before.

They really should make that chitlins stuff aginst the Geneva convention! Maybe jamie and felix will outlive us all, having adapted to such poisons as fruitcake, pig innards...and possibly even a secret love for licorice.

Quote from: Cindy James on April 30, 2012, 03:03:02 AM
I did make a sea food stock by boiling up a few kilos of prawn heads.That was an interesting smell. The stock was good though.

Down in Louisiana it is customary to "suck the head" of the boiled Cajun crawfish.

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"Com'on and pass a good time!"

Okay, back from vomiting, did I miss anything?

Prawn heads are considered a delicacy by some of my Asian friends. I found it surreal that I was eating the peeled tail and my friend was chomping into the head. she didn't care for the tail meat. Anyone had that happen?

Quote from: MiaOhMya! on April 30, 2012, 03:10:48 AM
Right so they look foul, smell of death itself, and then what...they taste smooth like a nice candy or tart? If not I may have encountered the first food I will never even try...and I've eaten mealworms ans crickets before.

They really should make that chitlins stuff against the Geneva convention! Maybe jamie and felix will outlive us all, having adapted to such poisons as fruitcake, pig innards...and possibly even a secret love for licorice.

They are often associated in the US with "soul food."  Many of the recipes you can find have their roots in the African slave experience or among poor southern whites.  I was introduced to them by Tennessee relatives one 4th of July.

Quote from: V M on April 30, 2012, 03:12:31 AM
Okay, back from vomiting, did I miss anything?

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Of all the prawns I've eaten...and I've eaten loads even used to catch em from a pond on my cousins farm...I've not eaten the head. Maybe I should try it some time...reluctantly. I just hate looking in their eyes!

And thank u jamie that's just what I was hoping to see as I eat my tomatoe bisque! :vomity icon!:

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Whitchery grub pizza

Quote from: MiaOhMya! on April 30, 2012, 03:26:29 AM
Of all the prawns I've eaten...and I've eaten loads even used to catch em from a pond on my cousins farm...I've not eaten the head. Maybe I should try it some time...reluctantly. I just hate looking in their eyes!

And thank u jamie that's just what I was hoping to see as I eat my tomato bisque! :vomity icon!:

Tomato bisque, you say?

Or maybe, you're enjoying a nice bowl of mealworm soup!

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That's bloody gross cindy!  Gross tucker! I will be having some terrible dreams tonight.

Truth be told if someone presented me with a dish like that I might try one...I do try to experiment...but I just can't say for sure if I'd really be able to do those grubbies things. Why can't they be smaller?

Cindy have you uh, tried such things?

Edit: jamie its official...you are a sadist! Are you perhaps part german? My lovely bisque...agh...I'm still eating it truly I am...

All those grubs are supposed to taste like chicken. Then again chickens eat those grubs, so you are what you eat?

I have eaten insects before, as a novelty.  You can buy  them here in lolliepops!

But, as I am well past my survival training days, and I doubt I will visit New Guinea, Central America, or tropical Africa any time soon, I draw the line at grubs!!!

I have tried a Witchery Grub. It is one of those things that if you go on any outback tour you will end up being offered. I don't think I could take a raw one but cooked they are rather pleasant, in taste not in looks. Then again I can't eat a raw oyster but I like oyster kilpatrick.

It is a bit of 'I dare you to try' this type of stuff. There is nothing wrong with it, it is just protein and if you need the food you eat it. There is nothing more odd with it than any other weird creature or fruit.

I remember being very nervous of eating emu, crocodile and buffalo. They were all nice experiences, nicely cooked. I have had kangaroo tail on a bush fire and that was OK. Messy but it was just meat.

One of the nicest meals was many years ago. My wife and I where in far North Western Australia and living on a beach for a few weeks  in our swag. We fished for our food and just cooked the fish over an open fire. Some Aboriginal people joined us and used some herbs they had collected and the fish went from fish to total delight. No better meal has been had, and very few times have I had better company. Nice memory, thank you for stirring it.

Hugs
Cindy

Aww Cindy that sounds wonderful! I'd eat a grub if I had to survive...yet I just cant get past the idea of them *popping* in my mouth. The meal with Aboriginals...that sounds magical. They truly can survive...thrive... on seeemingly nothing. We're just so spoiled.

I've eaten croc and kangaroo tail...neither too bad though I remember both being rather tough. I'd been out back ages ago...but fortunately I dont remenber eating any grubs! Truly, I am all for experimenting...but I will NOT eat live food!

I will never forget at some asian place as a child there were slightly moving tentacles on the centre dish thing on the table...oh I was so put off I actually had a bit of a crisis! Its a very vivid memory.


And no cindy I'd never really put much thought into what the chooks eat...until now! :o

What I wanna know is where you even get these pictures Jamie.  O.O

Quote from: Cindy James on April 30, 2012, 04:00:04 AM

I remember being very nervous of eating emu, crocodile and buffalo. They were all nice experiences, nicely cooked. I have had kangaroo tail on a bush fire and that was OK. Messy but it was just meat.

Is your "buffalo" like the water buffalo from which comes mozzarella di bufala?

In America "buffalo" is synonymous with "bison," which is very good.

Quote from: Sasamu on April 30, 2012, 04:36:06 AM
What I wanna know is where you even get these pictures Jamie.  O.O

I take them!










from where ever I can steal them

I've only had dehydrated grubs and they were coated in, like, dorito dust or something. Crickets and grasshoppers are really good in stir-fry, though. Creamy, nutty, meaty, something. Hard to describe. Savory. Way better and less gross than I expected.

much anything today  :P  My tummy is refusing to hold much if anything down

Quote from: V M on April 30, 2012, 08:33:49 PM
much anything today  :P  My tummy is refusing to hold much if anything down

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Hope you feel better soon.

Quote from: V M on April 30, 2012, 08:33:49 PM
much anything today  :P  My tummy is refusing to hold much if anything down

Hope you feel better.

Quote from: Felix on May 01, 2012, 12:50:30 AM
Hope you feel better.

I'm on a terrible guilt trip, after posting those pics of chitterlings, grubs, and mealworm soup.

Quote from: Jamie D on May 01, 2012, 12:57:13 AM
I'm on a terrible guilt trip, after posting those pics of chitterlings, grubs, and mealworm soup.

I'm glad T dropped my voice so my laughing isn't so likely to wake the kid up.

Quote from: Felix on May 01, 2012, 01:01:37 AM
I'm glad T dropped my voice so my laughing isn't so likely to wake the kid up.

But I don't think VM's laughing very much!

Quote from: Jamie D on May 01, 2012, 01:11:26 AM
But I don't think VM's laughing very much!

Aww, now I feel bad.

V, don't click on food threads while you're sick.

There. I'm absolved of responsibility and I shall continue to laugh. :laugh:

LOL... I'm okay, I'm sure this flu or whatever it is won't last too long  :)

Yes be careful in here. I've had a long day, having dealt with flashbacks of wormy tomato soup and imagining grubs in place of my gummi bears.   :o

Quote from: MiaOhMya! on May 01, 2012, 03:12:36 AM
Yes be careful in here. I've had a long day, having dealt with flashbacks of wormy tomato soup and imagining grubs in place of my gummi bears.   :o

Oooo

Gummigrubs.  Just like gummiworms, but fat and short.

Mmmmm

I did have kangaroo sausages for breakfast. Damn things hopped around the plate.

Quote from: Cindy James on May 01, 2012, 03:35:25 AM
I did have kangaroo sausages for breakfast. Damn things hopped around the plate.

Food fight? (http://www.frogstar.com/files/wav/foodfi~1.wav)

I'm getting them trained. They hop into the egg yolk and then into my mouth.

Daa Daa Daa

Bet you wish you could train a sausage :angel:

Quote from: Cindy James on May 01, 2012, 04:19:14 AM
I'm getting them trained. They hop into the egg yolk and then into my mouth.

Daa Daa Daa

Bet you wish you could train a sausage :angel:

I tried, but it had a mind of its own.

Quote from: Jamie D on May 01, 2012, 04:24:41 AM
I tried, but it had a mind of its own.

I've dosed my sausage with drugs, it's much better behaved now..

Brain sausage you can keep, that sounds offal

Quote from: Cindy James on May 01, 2012, 03:35:25 AM
I did have kangaroo sausages for breakfast. Damn things hopped around the plate.

There's a folk song I grew up with about Dunderbeck and his sausage meat machine, and it has a stanza where the fat boy goes into the butcher's and whistles and the sausages all jump, but I tried to look it up and there are like seven bazillion versions of it. :P

Quote from: Cindy James on May 01, 2012, 04:29:33 AM
Brain sausage you can keep, that sounds offal

Let me catch my breath.  That one knocked the wind out of me!

Quote from: kelly_aus on May 01, 2012, 04:28:16 AM
I've dosed my sausage with drugs, it's much better behaved now..

Same wavelength.

Quote from: Cindy James on May 01, 2012, 04:29:33 AM
Brain sausage you can keep, that sounds offal

lol!

It's very rare to find a pun about food that is that well done

(its early, cut me some slack  :P)

One of my first jobs as a teen was working at a factory that made pies. In the UK, where I was at the time. Pork pies were a common  item and considered a bit of a delicacy, I liked them. I was put on the pork pie roster. My job was to throw in the pig/sow/ heads into the mincer, nothing was left unused, I have never eaten any manufactured 'meat' pie since.

Grubs are no problem :laugh: :laugh:

Omg same wavelength here too! And cindy ahha!My good friend married a polish man and gosh...I just culdn't help the polish sausage jokes!

On another note I think kanga sausages are yum! Actually I really don't think I've ever eaten a sausage I don't like.

Yes laugh your heart out Iike eating a nice fat sausage...and perhaps I'll dirty a couple bowls doing so.

Edit: omg cindy that is so unappetising!....hence my rule about not asking what's in things. They love their pork pies but any pie made to be eaten cold isn't right in the head. Thats neat that you've lives in the UK btw. I plan to try that myself...

Quote from: MiaOhMya! on May 01, 2012, 04:50:19 AM
Omg same wavelength here too! And cindy ahha!My good friend married a polish man and gosh...I just culdn't help the polish sausage jokes!

On another note I think kanga sausages are yum! Actually I really don't think I've ever eaten a sausage I don't like.

Yes laugh your heart out Iike eating a nice fat sausage...and perhaps I'll dirty a couple bowls doing so.

There is a classic in a Marty Feldman (?) film of a female person innocently eating a sausage as she open her front door. Jamie D will find it in seconds. Nothing rude at all. Can't remember the actress's name she was ' movie bimbo' but cute, Samantha Egar? Goddess centuries ago.

I'm so glad we on topic :laugh: :laugh:

Cindy

Quote from: Cindy James on May 01, 2012, 04:58:28 AM

There is a classic in a Marty Feldman (?) film of a female person innocently eating a sausage as she open her front door. Jamie D will find it in seconds. Nothing rude at all. Can't remember the actress's name she was ' movie bimbo' but cute, Samantha Egar? Goddess centuries ago.

Sounds more like Blazing Saddles

Madeline Kahn

How about a little schnitzengrubben? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9JqbCH4aVw)

Every Home Should have one.
My links don't work. Marty Feldman and Samantha Ege 1970

sausage is one of the reasons I'm such a failure as a vegetarian, i do love me some sausage  :angel:

(it has nothing to do with my crippling gastronomic fussyosity)

Oh this food talk...sausages...pies...and I'm hungry too. When someone says vegetarian I immediately think MEAT!

What I'd do for a proper meat pie today!! Just a simple microwaved thing...a  Four 'n Twenty pleeeease, oh gawd I'd pay twenty dollars no joke! I'd inhale it...no I'd inject it straight into my bloodstream...I'd make sweet love to it!! Ahhhhh!  :icon_userfriendly:

are you secretly a wiganer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan#.22Pie-eaters.22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan#.22Pie-eaters.22)

Betcha a buck that "wiganer" just made the list of funny words that Felix likes to say! Hugs, Devlyn

Let's hear it for Wiganers!

Quote from: ffern on May 01, 2012, 04:38:52 PM
are you secretly a wiganer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan#.22Pie-eaters.22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan#.22Pie-eaters.22)

Wow great stuff, I believe I must have Wigan Identity Disorder!  My ancestors absolutely must have come from there as my pie eaterness is so strong that I went out and found a Lebanese shop who sell a reasonable approximation of a pie...then I've come back and found your post as I'm eating them!

Not to mention I've eaten humble pie many times too. Very informative article btw!

I had a p.m. about these:

HOTLIX Insect Candy (http://www.hotlix.com/insect_candy/insect_candy.html)

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Fenglish2010%2Fphoto%2F2010-01%2F26%2F13151283_5461n.jpg&hash=779216a4c7e6361c6fd115125bd40508fc845c1e)

I have actually purchased, and eaten, the scorpion and cricket varieties, but have passed on the worm lollipops.

I also declined to eat the agave worm in the bottle of tequila.

That is ummmm..rather horrifying there jamie! I think crickets are cute, so I may eat one perhaps...but scorpions and worms eww!:O I have a strict zero-tolerance policy toward arachnids!

So what did you do? Ya get to the soft scorpion centre then lick him, or have a little chew on his arm?  :angel:

Bit of a heresy as an Aussie, but I won't eat Morton Bay Bugs  (Shield Lobster)  they are just too rich. Prawns, Crayfish, Yabbies (crawdads) yes, but not Bugs.
Oh, and anything that seems to be looking at me.
Karen.

Quote from: justmeinoz on May 03, 2012, 07:45:56 AM
Oh, and anything that seems to be looking at me.

Made me think of another one, Ikizukuri. That was a hard meal...

It's a preparation of sashimi made from live seafood. The most common way is to serve it on a plate with the filleted meat assembled on top of the body

Quote from: MiaOhMya! on May 03, 2012, 02:17:40 AM
That is ummmm..rather horrifying there jamie! I think crickets are cute, so I may eat one perhaps...but scorpions and worms eww!:O I have a strict zero-tolerance policy toward arachnids!

So what did you do? Ya get to the soft scorpion centre then lick him, or have a little chew on his arm?  :angel:

Scorpions are crunchy.

Quote from: Alexis on May 03, 2012, 08:57:17 AM
Made me think of another one, Ikizukuri. That was a hard meal...

It's a preparation of sashimi made from live seafood. The most common way is to serve it on a plate with the filleted meat assembled on top of the body

The potential for getting liver flukes (see in thread, above) is why I won't eat any raw fish.  However. I might consider nyotaimori (http://www.restaurantdiningcritiques.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Ikizukuri2.jpg).

Omg Ikizukuri! horrific! Saw a program where someone ate a fish that was still dying...how barbaric!!!

And eyes! I understand the eyes! I hate prawn eyes, big black voids glassed over and staring 'atcha! It makes them difficult to eat (ahh I see now...cheeky prawn!).

As for legs...I have a problem with Prawn legs, lobster legs. Bay Bugs legs are particularly ugly...and I suppose l even takes issue with *crunchy* scorpion legs. My issue is they all remind me of my lifetime nemesis...a creature so vile I dare not speak the name...a demon that apparently lives EVERYWHERE, with its fast moves and propensity to run right at ya....an insect that is tough to kill, and that is futile to defeat as it seems to transport immediately into another body. Oh yes, be afraid...this creature is responsible for all suffering and sorrow in the universe...and to top it off it has huge antennae that seem to reach out and say "MYEH that's right, ->-bleeped-<- you mate!"

but I digress....

"Scorpions are crunchy" reminded me of this one: "Beware of dragons, for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup." Hugs, Devlyn

Eating 660 Live Worms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJp_l6QeNUc)

Bugs.

Hi Everyone

Hi All

I will virtually eat anything, including seafood, mushrooms, onions and all sorts of meat.  The only things that I do not eat are parsnips, turnips, parsley (tastes like horse weed) and marzipan.

I don't like boiled carrots but will eat raw carrots.  I don't like vegetable stews depending on what's in them.  Otherwise I will have some.  Celery, I don't eat raw but will eat it very occasionally with dips.

The strangest foods I have eaten are chicken feet, witchetty grubs and crocodile meat (both taste like chicken) and kangaroo meat.

I don't particularly like eating dry meat so I will usually have a sauce of some description to make it more enjoyable.

Happy eating!!

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator

Quote from: Sarah B on December 30, 2024, 10:11:40 PMHi Everyone

Hi All

I will virtually eat anything, including seafood, mushrooms, onions and all sorts of meat.  The only things that I do not eat are parsnips, turnips, parsley (tastes like horse weed) and marzipan.

I don't like boiled carrots but will eat raw carrots.  I don't like vegetable stews depending on what's in them.  Otherwise I will have some.  Celery, I don't eat raw but will eat it very occasionally with dips.

The strangest foods I have eaten are chicken feet, witchetty grubs and crocodile meat (both taste like chicken) and kangaroo meat.

I don't particularly like eating dry meat so I will usually have a sauce of some description to make it more enjoyable.

Happy eating!!

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator

I am with you on most of that:

Parsnips, turnips, celery, and marzipan NO.

I won't eat any squash, including pumpkins, zucchini, or eggplant. With the exception of pumpkin bread or zucchini bread. I love those.

I prefer fruits raw, so NO PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA!
Carrots must be raw and onions must be cooked.

I won't eat anything with eyeballs watching me. No fish with heads on them, no sardines, no anchovies.
I have eaten squid and octopus once and will never again.

Frog legs are ok but there's not enough meat on them, even those ginormous bullfrogs in Louisiana.

I like "Rocky Mountain Oysters" and in Illinois, the Turkey Testicle Festival is one of those that one must try at least once in a lifetime.

I grew up in the California desert, so I have eaten a variety of cacti, lizards, snakes, crickets, and ants. The last two were for a school project in a high school ethnic cultures class.

I do not like lamb or game meats (venison, elk, goose, duck, pheasant, quail, or chukar), but will choose buffalo (bison) over beef every time. Ham, chicken, turkey, and bison are my staples.

Hi Lori

Here is a description of what I would eat and not eat:

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMI am with you on most of that:

Me I eat most of which you mentioned:

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMParsnips, turnips, celery, and marzipan NO.

I'm with you on those except a rare occasion for celery and some dip

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMI won't eat any squash, including pumpkins, zucchini, or eggplant. With the exception of pumpkin bread or zucchini bread. I love those.

Well I eat all of those, not that I can think that I have eaten pumpkin or zucchini bread.  I learnt to eat pumpkin and sweet potato by mashing it up with my potato and now these days I will eat the skins of these as well as potato in their jackets.

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMI prefer fruits raw, so NO PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA!

I will virtually eat any fruit, however you have reminded me I don't eat Apricots.  I really don't know if I have ever eaten apricot chicken.  I can eat a ham and pineapple pizza.  But it is not a pizza I would tend to order.  I generally order a supreme pizza with Anchovies, yes that's right Anchovies, why, No body else will eat them if they are present and that means more for me!

One fruit I do not eat and that is paw paw.

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMCarrots must be raw and onions must be cooked.

Well you know I eat raw carrots, the only onions I tend not to eat are baked onions, but I can if I want to.

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMI won't eat anything with eyeballs watching me. No fish with heads on them, no sardines, no anchovies.  I have eaten squid and octopus once and will never again.

I will eat steam fished or fried fish with heads, chinese style looking at heads does not bother me, although I do not eat the heads.  I don't really eat sardines I tend to let my cat eat those.

I have eaten squid, octopus and calamari and I remember when I first ate crumbed calamari.

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMFrog legs are ok but there's not enough meat on them, even those ginormous bullfrogs in Louisiana.

I have never eaten frogs legs and I don't think I will as, as you say there is not much meat the.  I have eaten escargot. Then again there is not much meat there either.

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMI like "Rocky Mountain Oysters" and in Illinois, the Turkey Testicle Festival is one of those that one must try at least once in a lifetime.

I can eat oysters natural or cooked.  Especially smoked oysters.  Testicles, nope does not sound very appetising.

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMI grew up in the California desert, so I have eaten a variety of cacti, lizards, snakes, crickets, and ants. The last two were for a school project in a high school ethnic cultures class.

I have not eaten anything on this list, but given the chance I will eat everything  except crickets and ants.  I'm not a bug eater.

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 30, 2024, 10:32:07 PMI do not like lamb or game meats (venison, elk, goose, duck, pheasant, quail, or chukar), but will choose buffalo (bison) over beef every time. Ham, chicken, turkey, and bison are my staples.

I have never tried game meats but I guess I will if and when I come across them.  As Sephirah says you Aussies are really tuff, I guess we would have to be if we can eat pretty much anything.

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator
@Lori Dee
@Sephirah

Now thats a hard one! Cant eat raw onion or any of that family as it upsets my system and if cooked has to be well done to destroy the acid or what ever it is. There is stuff I am not keen on, smoked things , very sweet things and excessively over spiced stuff. When I was young mum used to get a pigs head from the butcher and make brawn, we ate stuffed hearts and liver. Now I have found Indian cooking suits me (easy on the chillies!) but I will try anything . Oh yes didnt think much of artichoke.

I will skip on eating eel or shark or snails.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on December 31, 2024, 06:37:56 AMI will skip on eating eel or shark or snails.

I should add snails (escargot) to the "did it once and never again" list.

Many people have eaten shark and didn't realize it. When living in California, I spent many weekends shark fishing. Not all shark meat is the same. Many of them, like Thresher and Mako, have oily meat, like swordfish, halibut, or tuna. My friends and I would focus on Dogfish sharks. When cooked, the meat is white and "fluffy" like whitefish. Many companies that make fish filets or fish sticks blend dogfish shark meat with whitefish meat and you can't tell the difference in appearance or flavor.

Quote from: Lori Dee on December 31, 2024, 09:06:33 AMI should add snails (escargot) to the "did it once and never again" list.

Many people have eaten shark and didn't realize it. When living in California, I spent many weekends shark fishing. Not all shark meat is the same. Many of them, like Thresher and Mako, have oily meat, like swordfish, halibut, or tuna. My friends and I would focus on Dogfish sharks. When cooked, the meat is white and "fluffy" like whitefish. Many companies that make fish filets or fish sticks blend dogfish shark meat with whitefish meat and you can't tell the difference in appearance or flavor.

I read somewhere that shark meat is not something people should eat, or eat often.
For one thing, they urinate through their skin or gills.  So there may be an ammonia like smell or taste from urea.

I guess if I do not know what type of fish I am eating, or have not known, maybe I have eaten shark.  I would not order it.  Would I eat it if I had to for survival?  Likely so.  That beats the alternative.

Chrissy

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on December 31, 2024, 09:46:50 AMFor one thing, they urinate through their skin or gills.  So there may be an ammonia like smell or taste from urea.

This is not true. The urea comes from the skin decomposing. So if you encounter that, somebody did not clean their fish properly.

It is important to remove the skin when cleaning the fish because it does produce urea when it breaks down and decomposes, and that can spoil the meat. We kept coolers of ice on the pier with us, so as soon as one was caught, we gut it, and put it on ice. We would stay out from Friday night until Sunday morning.

One weekend, we caught nine within hours, each one about 3 to 4 feet long. By midnight, our coolers were full so we headed home. I spent the next three hours peeling the skin off the fish, which is not easy and requires leather gloves and vice-grip pliers to get a firm grip. Once cleaned, each one was cut into steaks about two inches thick. We ended up with 53 steaks! We filled two freezers and still gave some away.

The key is to get the fish iced and then cleaned as soon as possible. We would broil the steaks with lemon and butter and they were SO good.

I was thinking if sharks indeed urinate through their skin or gills, then the urine would seem to need to pass through their flesh. 
That would be unappealing, even after skinning.

If they do not, then proper cleaning like for any fish is necessary.  Plus for sharks, as you say, quick skin removal.

I am glad you had such a big harvest of fish.  That is cool Lori. 

It is interesting that for Alaskan salmon I have bought the skin is on for frozen fillets, while for Atlantic salmon I have bought, it is skinless.  Perhaps that is because of species or fish factory practices, or maybe because the Alaskan salmon I eat are wild caught and the Atlantic salmon are farm raised.  Maybe one should not eat the skin of farm raised fish.  I do not know.

Chrissy

The thing with shark skin is that it is high in nitrogen to keep the fish healthy. Once it dies, the nitrogen breaks down, and as you said, ammonia and urea are produced. I'm not sure of the exact sequence, but urea and ammonia are an end- or mid-result from the nitrogen decomposing.

They breathe through gill slits, but waste is expelled through a "vent" (butthole).

That is interesting about the salmon. I don't eat salmon and don't know about the skin. I am inclined to believe that it is a fish processor policy, or maybe the skin-on does indicate wild-caught. I am sure you know more than I do about that, but your theory makes sense.

Yeesh, reading through this thread was a monumental trip down memory lane. I don't know if it's a good or bad thing that I remember every person who posted in this thread in the 14 or so years since it was made. Wherever you are, whatever you're doing... happy new year to you. <3

I still don't eat anything sweet. At all. Chocolate makes me vomit. Anything else makes me feel really, really icky. Meat, not sweet. Steak, not cake! I live by that, lol. I traded in my sweet teeth for massive canines.

Dark chocolate does not taste sweet to me.

Hi Everyone

I find that eating the skin of a cooked fish after descaling is generally safe and can be both nutritious and flavourful.  Fish skin provides healthy fats like omega-3 fatty acids and proteins that support heart health and brain function.  It also contains collagen, which may promote healthier skin and joints.

I always make sure the fish I buy is fresh and of good quality before cooking it thoroughly.  I am aware of mercury, PCBs, bacteria, and parasites in connection with fish but I am not overly concerned about it.  If I had seafood allergies or sensitivities I would be more cautious as fish skin might trigger a reaction.

I eat the skin of 'John West' Salmon and, in fact, I go hunting for it before making fish cakes.  I also love and adore smoked salmon, especially for its rich flavour and versatility.  It pairs beautifully with salads, sandwiches, or on its own as a snack.

I am not fussed about how the fish is cooked, so I will eat it regardless.  While I enjoy the crispy texture of fish skin some people might not prefer its flavour or feel.  When prepared properly I think fish skin can be a healthy and tasty addition to a meal.

Something I have not mentioned, I eat raw fish like, fresh sushi or sashimi.

Happy eating!

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator

Quote from: Sarah B on December 31, 2024, 04:46:48 PMHi Everyone

I find that eating the skin of a cooked fish after descaling is generally safe and can be both nutritious and flavourful.  Fish skin provides healthy fats like omega-3 fatty acids and proteins that support heart health and brain function.  It also contains collagen, which may promote healthier skin and joints.

I always make sure the fish I buy is fresh and of good quality before cooking it thoroughly.  I am aware of mercury, PCBs, bacteria, and parasites in connection with fish but I am not overly concerned about it.  If I had seafood allergies or sensitivities I would be more cautious as fish skin might trigger a reaction.

I eat the skin of 'John West' Salmon and, in fact, I go hunting for it before making fish cakes.  I also love and adore smoked salmon, especially for its rich flavour and versatility.  It pairs beautifully with salads, sandwiches, or on its own as a snack.

I am not fussed about how the fish is cooked, so I will eat it regardless.  While I enjoy the crispy texture of fish skin some people might not prefer its flavour or feel.  When prepared properly I think fish skin can be a healthy and tasty addition to a meal.

Something I have not mentioned, I eat raw fish like, fresh sushi or sashimi.

Happy eating!

Best Wishes Always
Sarah B
Global Moderator

Girl after my own heart. I much prefer fish with the skin on. A nice piece of baked cod, the whole fish. Head and all... super yummy!! There's a restaurant in the UK called "Fallow" whose signature dish is a whole Cod's head. For like £40 ($81AU). I want to try it but also don't lol.

I will admit I got put off Salmon at an early age though. School lunches. The bones weird me out.

You might get a kick out of this, Sarah... literally... ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP92j-uEnps

I also love sushi. It's extremely yummy!

I think I will pass on eating anything "slimy"!  Oysters, etc.

Quote from: Sephirah on December 31, 2024, 08:00:08 PMGirl after my own heart. I much prefer fish with the skin on. A nice piece of baked cod, the whole fish. Head and all... super yummy!! There's a restaurant in the UK called "Fallow" whose signature dish is a whole Cod's head. For like £40 ($81AU). I want to try it but also don't lol.

I will admit I got put off Salmon at an early age though. School lunches. The bones weird me out.

You might get a kick out of this, Sarah... literally... ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP92j-uEnps

I also love sushi. It's extremely yummy!

What a scream!!  ROTFLMAO

Hugs
Sarah B
@Sephirah

Worms.  Dead or alive. 

I am not inclined to eat mud bugs or crawdads but I heard some people really like them.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on December 31, 2024, 09:23:08 PMI think I will pass on eating anything "slimy"!  Oysters, etc.

Oysters are actually really nice. You just have to not think about it, lol.

Quote from: Sephirah on January 04, 2025, 02:55:32 PMOysters are actually really nice. You just have to not think about it, lol.

I like oysters and clams if they are fresh.

When I lived in Florida, we would camp on a bayou near Destin (before it was destroyed by a hurricane). We were out in a seven-foot rowboat and my brother was using his favorite lure. He snagged it on some rocks and wasn't about to lose it. He put on his fins and mask and went over the side to retrieve it. He found an oyster bed and he brought up chunks of oysters and dropped them in the boat. We filled that boat with oysters, then went back to shore and had a feast. We were shucking them and eating them raw, while my mom was cooking some on the half-shell and others rolled in corn meal.

We learned that oysters swell in the presence of alcohol. So we pigged out washing them down with beer and before long they were coming back up.

Many years later, in California while shark fishing on the pier, my stepdaughters found some clams on the beach. They grabbed one of the coolers and filled it. Later, while cleaning them I identified them as Pismo Clams (we were at Avila Beach) and they have a limit on how many can be taken each day and you need a saltwater fishing license. Oops.

TLDR; everything in moderation. You don't need a cooler full or a boatload of a good thing to enjoy it.  ;D

Quote from: Lori Dee on January 04, 2025, 03:43:21 PMTLDR; everything in moderation. You don't need a cooler full or a boatload of a good thing to enjoy it.  ;D

Very wise sentiment. And I would argue that having a lot of something cheapens it.

Quote from: Lori Dee on January 04, 2025, 03:43:21 PMI like oysters and clams if they are fresh.

When I lived in Florida, we would camp on a bayou near Destin (before it was destroyed by a hurricane). We were out in a seven-foot rowboat and my brother was using his favorite lure. He snagged it on some rocks and wasn't about to lose it. He put on his fins and mask and went over the side to retrieve it. He found an oyster bed and he brought up chunks of oysters and dropped them in the boat. We filled that boat with oysters, then went back to shore and had a feast. We were shucking them and eating them raw, while my mom was cooking some on the half-shell and others rolled in corn meal.

We learned that oysters swell in the presence of alcohol. So we pigged out washing them down with beer and before long they were coming back up.

Many years later, in California while shark fishing on the pier, my stepdaughters found some clams on the beach. They grabbed one of the coolers and filled it. Later, while cleaning them I identified them as Pismo Clams (we were at Avila Beach) and they have a limit on how many can be taken each day and you need a saltwater fishing license. Oops.

TLDR; everything in moderation. You don't need a cooler full or a boatload of a good thing to enjoy it.  ;D

The Pismo area is pretty.  Especially just north of there.  Lotta rocks. 

Avila Beach was my favorite spot. It is just north of Pismo but without the tourist crowds. It has the best seafood restaurant right on the beach with large windows so you can watch the sunset. It has charter boats if you want to do some deep-sea fishing. It even has a nude beach area called "Pirates Cove". It is hidden away with no easy access to it. But from the top of the cliff above, you can watch people playing volleyball far down below.

Quote from: Lori Dee on January 04, 2025, 04:42:32 PMAvila Beach was my favorite spot. It is just north of Pismo but without the tourist crowds. It has the best seafood restaurant right on the beach with large windows so you can watch the sunset. It has charter boats if you want to do some deep-sea fishing. It even has a nude beach area called "Pirates Cove". It is hidden away with no easy access to it. But from the top of the cliff above, you can watch people playing volleyball far down below.

I thought I saw a nude person on a beach around there, but I was way up high compared to the beach and slightly north.

Quote from: Lori Dee on January 04, 2025, 04:42:32 PMAvila Beach was my favorite spot. It is just north of Pismo but without the tourist crowds. It has the best seafood restaurant right on the beach with large windows so you can watch the sunset. It has charter boats if you want to do some deep-sea fishing. It even has a nude beach area called "Pirates Cove". It is hidden away with no easy access to it. But from the top of the cliff above, you can watch people playing volleyball far down below.

I think I ate at a restaurant with a nice view but it was at Shell Beach.

Fermented shark

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 04, 2025, 05:02:36 PMFermented shark

Fermented anything Why you have to compost something down to make it a delicacy is just lunacy.

Quote from: Sephirah on January 04, 2025, 05:11:30 PMFermented anything Why you have to compost something down to make it a delicacy is just lunacy.

Um... beer, mead. wine, tequila, whiskey, rye, ...  :laugh:

Quote from: Lori Dee on January 04, 2025, 05:25:58 PMUm... beer, mead. wine, tequila, whiskey, rye, ...  :laugh:

You don't eat those, lol. I take your point though. ;D

I forgot Piccalilli, tasted even worse on the return journey! I like sea food, winkles and mussels in a jar. Crab is my favourite, not tried Lobster yet.

Durian

Quote from: davina61 on January 05, 2025, 03:59:54 AMI forgot Piccalilli, tasted even worse on the return journey!

Omg, I love, love, LOVE Piccalilli. Sure it looks moderately radioactive but omg it tastes soooo good. There's nothing like a cheese and Piccalilli sandwich. Yummy!!

Unsure if I would try whale meat.

Chicken feet. 

I won't eat........?

Anyone's feet. No. Just no.

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on January 29, 2025, 08:32:03 PMChicken feet. 

I mean, if you eat hotdogs, or any sort of processed food where the label states "mechanically reclaimed"... you probably will. You just don't know you're doing it. Ignorance is bliss. :P

Quote from: Lori Dee on January 29, 2025, 08:37:43 PMI won't eat........?

Anyone's feet. No. Just no.

Damn, there goes my plans for the weekend, lol. ;)

To add to the list... and this is kind of a big deal for me... steak. Not anymore. I found a meat free fillet steak that, I can't tell the difference in terms of taste, texture etc. And I am a MASSIVE carnivore. Meat free has come a long way. I made a cheesesteak with it not long ago and it was the best thing I ever had. Cheaper than the regular version, too.

I don't think I'm turning vegetarian, not quite yet. They still have to perfect bacon. Which is like finding the cure for cancer. I'm not sure it's actually possible. But yeah... you can have steak without having steak now. Who knew.

Quote from: Sephirah on January 29, 2025, 10:26:16 PMTo add to the list... and this is kind of a big deal for me... steak. Not anymore. I found a meat free fillet steak that, I can't tell the difference in terms of taste, texture etc. And I am a MASSIVE carnivore. Meat free has come a long way. I made a cheesesteak with it not long ago and it was the best thing I ever had. Cheaper than the regular version, too.

I don't think I'm turning vegetarian, not quite yet. They still have to perfect bacon. Which is like finding the cure for cancer. I'm not sure it's actually possible. But yeah... you can have steak without having steak now. Who knew.

I wonder if this fake steak has a lot of sodium in it. 

I've toughened up a bit but there was a time that I couldn't enter a Subway deli because of the smell of mayonnaise.  Why does nobody sell ready-to-eat sandwiches without mayonnaise?

Even my imaginary boyfriend Bruce Willis didn't get the message across:

Quote from: MaryT on January 30, 2025, 10:39:27 AMEven my imaginary boyfriend Bruce Willis didn't get the message across:

LMAO. That is hilarious!  :laugh:

Raw meats

Quote from: ChrissyRyan on February 03, 2025, 01:43:35 PMRaw meats

You don't like sushi?

Quote from: Sephirah on February 04, 2025, 02:21:52 PMYou don't like sushi?

Um, no.

Su-shi. From the Japanese word for food poisoning via raw fish.  ;D  (OK, that's not true.)

*stares*

I am shocked. SHOCKED!

Still love you, though. :D

I love sushi and sashimi. And even steak tartare if it's done right.

I have tried them both but did not find them to be spectacular, or even mildly impressive as food.

I think it stems from doing a LOT of fishing in my life. I have cleaned many, many fish and I have seen far too many with parasites and other nasty stuff in the meat.

I stopped eating all freshwater fish and most saltwater fish. I still love dogfish shark, whitefish, and occasionally tuna. They have to be cooked thoroughly though. Gotta kill off the parasites and evaporate the mercury and other chemicals that our polluted oceans have given them.

There are so many other meats available, why risk it?  ;D

Quote from: Lori Dee on February 04, 2025, 03:29:19 PMThere are so many other meats available, why risk it?  ;D

That's probably fair. I have never fished. Even though I'm a Navy lass. I don't sit there for hours waiting and cleaning them when they're caught. I only know the stuff I've bought or been served. Which, I suspect is wholly different because of the skill of the chef. Don't get me wrong, I love cooked fish, but I also love sushi. I kind of love all meats haha. It's my substitute for chocolate :D

Quote from: Sephirah on February 04, 2025, 02:21:52 PMYou don't like sushi?

Not with raw meat in it.  With eggs and rice, that is okay.