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? 

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? 

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.

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

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
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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
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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
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@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.