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And what was it like?

For me, it was muskrat. Boiled and fed to me by Cree Indians in Northern Saskatchewan.

It tasted like fishy rodent.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 9:58 pm
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Aside from whale ( http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/what-does-whale-taste-like), I've knowingly eaten Camel which was boring and once had what was described as 'bush meat', not sure what it was.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:02 pm
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Zebra - Horse
Impala - Venison
Springbok - Very, very gamey venison
Reindeer - horse-venison hybrid


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:06 pm
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Baby robin


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:06 pm
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I once ate a live Stickleback for a bet; didn't chew it but felt a bit sick as I think it swam about in my stomach for a while


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:09 pm
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Cuttlefish. Rubbery.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:11 pm
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Mermaid - tasted like salty chicken


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:11 pm
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live mealworms and crickets probably for me.. nutty and bitter


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:12 pm
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guinea pig in argentina.... tasted like bbq rabbit


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:13 pm
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Pigs brains
Jelly fish
Snake
Live shrimp
Ducks feet
Baby bird

All in china


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:13 pm
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I had camel and horse last night. Camel was chewy but pretty tasty.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:14 pm
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One of those black spikey sea urchins that are common on rocks around the med, my sister broke it open and told me it would taste like jelly beans, so I ate it. She lied.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:18 pm
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I had sex once with a girl who had been to a convent school. She was quite posh. Does that count?


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:24 pm
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Alpaca steak. I like to think the same one provided me with a jumper too.


 
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Unicorn. Tasted kind of like beef.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:27 pm
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Dog in Indonesia - hardly exotic, very chewy and not a meat id tray again in a while!


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:27 pm
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Stir-fried butterfly pupae in Korea.

They taste very mothy, and are best washed down with lots of beer.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:28 pm
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I had a bacon once


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:30 pm
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Tarantula - in Cambodia ... I just MTFU and ate it, bit like elastic, took a lot of chewing. Washed down with red bull... Not a great idea. ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:36 pm
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Deep fried scorpion. Crunchy.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:40 pm
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ti_pin_man, you are the winner for me, purely for the Red Bull chaser


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:41 pm
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Tried loads of street food in China, most of it was weird. purple goo like semolina/fish egg/porridge hybrid was possibly the weirdest looking, all manner of insects... I felt decidedly shit for a few days after that.

turns out it was probably the dullest thing I ate that trip... purple sweet potato porridge.

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Posted : 02/03/2013 10:43 pm
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Crocodile - it tasted like chicken.


 
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Sharks fin soup=shite
Reindeer stew=brill


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:47 pm
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Crocodile, was very nice.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:49 pm
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I had crocodile in Nairobi, thought it was like a cross between raw chicken and that goo that sticks CDs to the front of magazines.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:54 pm
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Had an Emu steak in Malaysia - tasted very nice. Was like very fine Beef.

Also had Reindeer which was like greasy, rough Beef. I enjoyed the Reindeer more because we cooked it over an open fire inside a Teepee 200km inside the arctic circle - sweet ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:54 pm
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camel toe


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 10:56 pm
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Chrysalis in China, very edible. Donkey. Some sort of sparrow which seemed to be more tiny bones than anything worthwhile.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 11:00 pm
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Frogs legs, horse, stuffed quail. Not all in the same meal though. And a long time ago too; not eaten meat or fish for 15 years I think.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 11:16 pm
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Nothing really exotic, but I had ray once. It was in strings, like fishy chewy spaghetti; two layers separated by a solid array of what looked like finger bones made out of cartlidge. Not that nice really, tasted like fish but texture was off-putting.

Also had elk aka moose. That was delicious, and tasted a lot like the venison rump I had recently from Welsh red deer. Much less gamey than I was expecting.

Not at all exotic for most people but I had a slice of raw salmon fresh from the sea, seasoned with dill and salt. Tasted great but really turned my stomach.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 11:31 pm
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Thousand year old eggs, neither look, feel, smell or taste like the common hen's egg from which they are produced. A reasonable explanation is after the hens egg is mummified, a small Chinese dragon is hatched, that breathes hydrogen sulphide instead of fire. This creature lays the egg that was served to me in Chinese restaurant.


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 11:47 pm
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no ortolon yet...


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 11:50 pm
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Shark
Rattle Snake
Alligator

fondue in Banff


 
Posted : 02/03/2013 11:55 pm
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Longpig
Shark- not really that weird tbh, it's just manky fish
Zebra- basically just horse.

It's not really weird, but yak ribs- just like normal ribs, except bloomin gigantic. All I can say about that is, don't drop one in the sauce, it'll make the sort of mess you can't fix with a napkin.


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 12:01 am
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Lamb but it was like Cannibalism


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 12:04 am
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I've eaten fugu in a sushi restaurant in Hiroshima, and whale in a proper posh place in Tokyo, but I think the weirdest meat would be the tortoise in Cambodia. Was beautiful whilst at the same time a little bit horrifying.


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 12:05 am
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I inadvertently ate a bear rissole at a Swedish / Canadian wedding.

And no that's not a euphemism.

...or a typo.


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 12:16 am
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Horse, on purpose. And some strange starchy cardboard thing with ant and chilli dip in a rainforest.

Longpig

wow, i used to think i'd try anything...


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 12:44 am
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More bacons on a long one.


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 12:47 am
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Ostrich. Like beef but a bit sweeter, very very tasty.


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 1:12 am
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Woodcock - roasted with the head on, which was split open so you could eat the brain. Very tasty but I felt bad afterwards when I found out it's very rare.


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 1:21 am
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Agouty
Paca
Armadillo
Tapir
and Caiman

didn't succeed in finding Iguana on the menu


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 1:24 am
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I thought I was being quite adventurous when I tried crocodile but apparently not.

I've eaten emu.

I'd say the most exotic was chicken, that had been alive ten minutes prior to me eating it in hong kong. Very different texture to food that westerners are used to.


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 2:05 am
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Crocodile here.... it was disgusting; bony, fatty and tasted like pork and chicken mixed.

Also zebra, various deer including kudu amd antelope, ostrich, horse, wildebeest (which caused a stomach stampede).


 
Posted : 03/03/2013 8:02 am
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