browndrake

Well, I haven't been to brave or ventured to far in the world of cuisine. I like good ol' home cooking.
When in chiropractor school, I was the president of the sportsman club for a while. We did a barbecue for people on campus...we called it the 'Tastes of Texas'

the menu included:
elk,
deer,
antelope,
wild boar,
quail,
pheasant,
duck,
rattlesnake,
a few varieties of fish
and a few others I can't recall.

I don't see how most of these would qualify as 'weird' but for some people they may, especially the rattlers.

When I lived in Chile, there were plenty of foods served us that I considered outside the norm. Some I found tasty, others I prefer to avoid.

Ubre (cow utter) although they said it was a delicacy, I did not really like it. I especially disliked the texture.

hocico (cow snout/mouth) again the texture just didn't rub me right

prietas (blood sausage) I am not a blood fan.

tierra y mar (means: land and sea..it is a dish of kelp and potatoes, with a 'healthy' amount of stomach in it.) Again, not my favorite. Guess I am beginning to sound like a picky eater...

fideos con cerebro (spaghetti and brains) I really didn't care for this one. I have done enough butchering and brain tanned a hide or two, that the smell turns off my appetite..... brains were just not meant for my consumption

Mariscal: a seafood dish that many liked... Several varieties of raw shellfish mixed together with onions, lemon, cilantro, oil, etc. I could probably learn to like it but much prefer my shellfish cooked.

perhaps the least appetizing mean I was served there was a pig hide that I had seen in the rafters of the house for a couple of weeks. There was about 1/4 " of fat on it, the hide itself and all the hair. The hair had been shaved off..so it was all still a good 1/4 long..counting was was both buried in the hide and what was exposed. It was not fried hard, rather was cooked so that it was chewy. Every bite would be a mouth of lard and hair and take forever to chew. They were some of the nicest people anywhere, so I couldn't tell them that I found it objectionable, and the crawdad empanadas that were served with it were wonderful.

I could go on, but I guess that I have rambled on enough for one post..

aaron

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