Unusual food you have eaten

[gearhead]

So I've eaten more than a lot of fried squirrel, smothered squirrel, and squirrel and dumplings; but I never ate squirrel jerky. Y'all??
I've had BBQ'ed coon....pretty good. Supposedly stingray gumbo...not bad.
No squirrel brains and no possum. No pasties, yet.
The usual etouffe's, jambalaya's, gumbos, cochon du lait, boudin balls, crawfish all ways, etc.
I guess the really most unusual was a beef roast that had rolled down the floor of the horse trailer shortly after it was occupied by Norman the mule on a elk hunting trip.
Y'all eaten strange stuff?

[sourdough]

I've eaten most of the Cajun items you mentioned plus squirrel, rabbit and...possum. You failed to mention deer heart or liver (eaten after every kill). I love quail, dove, pheasant and prairie chicken. Tried to eat a sparrow once out "on the range" but would rather go hungry. Found that jackrabbits "will do" if you can't get something else but cottontails are best.

I've probably eaten other "strange" stuff (although most of what I've mentioned I don't consider strange) that doesn't come to mind but don't know that I could top eating a roast after it rolled thru Norman's "stuff" Maybe a heart/liver that came out of a gut shot deer....that was a rinsing job to say the least; I suspect a lot like Norman's roast

[gearhead]

X2 on the birds.
Family tradition.....during our 3 weeks of winter Dad would take the Winchester pump 22, a headlamp, and me, rabbit hunting at night in the woods behind the house. Smothered rabbit!! When we got tired of eating that the next rabbits were chili! Good stuff.
Yeah Normans roast got well rinsed, but still...

[66joej]

Brings back memories from the 60s when I lived in Northwestern Ontario. The tradition was to eat the moose liver right after we put it down. Never really liked it but had to go along with the party. Still not crazy about liver beef or calf.

[sourdough]

I never had too much problem with the liver, and still don't - especially beef. Bread it good and don't overcook. Heart's OK but I like the liver better....then there's the backstrap

[fourfourto]

Rattlesnake , frogs legs , snails oh prarie oysters

[tbfoxrdms]

Went to China two years ago. So... pig ear, chicken foot, stomach and aorta. Also alligator and rabbit but that's not unusual here. They wanted me to try the colon ("it's the best part!") but it's the only thing I declined. You just can't rinse that enough. Going back in a month or so. Stay tuned.


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[sourdough]

Originally Posted by fourfourto

Rattlesnake , frogs legs , snails oh prarie oysters

Prairie oysters? Are they what we refer to as Rocky Mountain oysters? If so, they're pretty good.

[sourdough]

Originally Posted by tbfoxrdms

Went to China two years ago. So... pig ear, chicken foot, stomach and aorta. Also alligator and rabbit but that's not unusual here. They wanted me to try the colon ("it's the best part!") but it's the only thing I declined. You just can't rinse that enough. Going back in a month or so. Stay tuned.


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Some of that sounds like that guy from the food network channel that goes around and eats all kinds of crazy stuff! Think I'd have to pass on any kind of "colon" food

[chuckster57]

In the 70's regularly ate beefalo. I've had frog legs that I gigged. twice at the restaurant at Crazy Horse monument had a delicious bowl of buffalo stew.

[fourfourto]

Originally Posted by sourdough

Prairie oysters? Are they what we refer to as Rocky Mountain oysters? If so, they're pretty good.

Rocky mountain oysters = Bull testicals
prairie oysters = calf testicals
they were good with 3 different dipping sause

[sourdough]

Beefalo!! Wow, I'd forgotten about that. Back in the day I thought that might get some traction but......it went away

We have (had?) a guy that provided buffalo meat and elk meat that he grew but, to me, it just didn't taste right.

[Desert185]

When I got a pass for Saigon I would go to one of the local restaurants For a respite from military food. Always heard dogs barking in the back alley, but after the dinner hour, no more barking dogs. Finally figured it out. It wasn't beef I was eating.

There was some really strange stuff in the back alleys of Hong Kong twenty five years later when I would go there for work. Much rather have good Chinese or a culturally appropriate steak at a place frequented by westerners.

In the States, Louisiana has the best food. Even the Waffle House in Baton Rouge was good.

[xrated]

Unusual for me is when my Pork Steak sammich ain't got enough BBQ sauce on it! Now that's almost criminal!

[ctbruce]

Originally Posted by xrated

Unusual for me is when my Pork Steak sammich ain't got enough BBQ sauce on it! Now that's almost criminal!

There is no other way to eat a pork steak. The thicker the sauce and carmalized the better. Grew up learning that art.

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[ctbruce]

One of my favorite things is barbecue pig snoots. Really hard to find but never disappointed when I do.

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[xrated]

Well Chip, we are both mid-western boys and Pork Steak is a staple of life for us. When I moved to E. TN back in 2006 and one of our first trips to the grocery store, I was going to get some Port Steaks to grill. When I didn't see any at the Butcher's counter, I ask about where are your Pork Steaks. The look I got could only be described as "What planet are you from boy?" Finally, he said, I'll cut you a couple if you really want them from a Boston Butt.......insanity I tell ya!

So, this morning, we are headed to St. Louis for my daughter's college graduation tomorrow and while we are there, I'm taking a cooler big enough to stock up on some center cut Pork Steaks! Yes!

BTW.....never had any BBQ Pig snoot.......but I do like head cheese from a Butcher Shop....and you generally won't find that in the stores either.

[ctbruce]

Amen to both, xrated. Co grata on the graduation. Where is she graduating from. My son graduates from Covenant Seminary tomorrow night so I'll be in the Lou too.

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[gearhead]

Mountain oysters once in Denver. Pretty good.
We didn't know what a pork steak was either until we went to Indiana and Ohio.
Still have memories of stopping for lunch with Dad at a tavern/grocery after fishing trips. Hoghead cheese and a Delaware Punch for me, Pearl beer for him.

[msubobcats]

Beaver Stew, Lamb fries, Rocky Mountain Oysters, Frog Legs...