jagfox Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 What local delicacies have you tried on your travels or here in Scotland? Any that turned your stomach or one's you have since created at home? Saw this today on a social media feed. Philippines- Fertilised Duck eggs. Not for me. Thank you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I’ve seen (not like that, before anyone starts) spit-roasted guinea pigs on food stalls at the big market in Otavalo, Ecuador. Whole thing on a skewer, head, feet, the lot. I was quite glad to be a vegetablist that day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, jagfox said: What local delicacies have you tried on your travels or here in Scotland? Any that turned your stomach or one's you have since created at home? Saw this today on a social media feed. Philippines- Fertilised Duck eggs. Not for me. Thank you. Was at my old boys in Manilla and we went out on his pals stag, they made the boy eat one in a strip club. It had the start of feathers, a beak, claws and eyes. We went to a "restaurant" and the two drivers had monitor lizard and boa constrictor. E.t.a I had the wild boar, and I shit you not you could hear them slaughtering the beast out the back. Edited October 31, 2022 by HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Pigs ears and pigs tail in Estonia. Not much pickings off them tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Jag Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 16 minutes ago, jagfox said: What local delicacies have you tried on your travels or here in Scotland? Any that turned your stomach or one's you have since created at home? Saw this today on a social media feed. Philippines- Fertilised Duck eggs. Not for me. Thank you. Bull penis soup, sheep brain, snake in various forms, congealed blood, pickled poultry feet whilst travelling around China. Plus also cockroaches & crickets. Guinea pig when in Peru. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Currently sitting in a Morrisons cafe waiting for my order to arrive. I knew I shouldn’t have opened this thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elric Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Some interesting stuff in Cambodia - fertilsed duck, pigs brains and intestines, crickets, locusts, tarantulas and some others. Not bad when you put it out your head what you were eating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I've eaten l plenty of curiosities over the years, was pretty surprised to see this behemoth in an Albanian fishmongers though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 57 minutes ago, alta-pete said: Currently sitting in a Morrisons cafe waiting for my order to arrive. I knew I shouldn’t have opened this thread. Awaiting the pics with interest... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Deep fried creme egg. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, jagfox said: Awaiting the pics with interest... Years since I was last in one. It’ll be years before I’m back. Think one of the fertilised duck eggs with a dod of HP sauce would’ve been more appetising. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Elric said: Some interesting stuff in Cambodia - fertilsed duck, pigs brains and intestines, crickets, locusts, tarantulas and some others. Not bad when you put it out your head what you were eating. Had some of this shit some time back and they tasted like Frazzles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I've seen whale meat for sale in the big supermarket in Torshavn. Likewise that hakarl fermented shark stuff in Iceland...a lot of traditional Icelandic cuisine seems to have been inspired by a combination of starvation and Viking I-dare-you-to-eat-this. There used to be a lot of weird stuff on the go in Kublai Khan Mongolian BBQ in Glasgow - I've tried shark, snake, ostrich and zebra there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 19 minutes ago, Hillonearth said: I've seen whale meat for sale in the big supermarket in Torshavn. Likewise that hakarl fermented shark stuff in Iceland...a lot of traditional Icelandic cuisine seems to have been inspired by a combination of starvation and Viking I-dare-you-to-eat-this. There used to be a lot of weird stuff on the go in Kublai Khan Mongolian BBQ in Glasgow - I've tried shark, snake, ostrich and zebra there. Aye, the Mongolian Munchy Box, I had that...I had to ask for chips though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 23 minutes ago, Hillonearth said: that hakarl fermented shark stuff in Iceland.. Still not as bad as the frozen donner kebabs they used to sell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I was told i was eating monkey brain and snake meat one time but i have my doubts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 14 minutes ago, coprolite said: I was told i was eating monkey brain and snake meat one time but i have my doubts. ^^^ Indiana Jones. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 I've seen whale meat for sale in the big supermarket in Torshavn. Likewise that hakarl fermented shark stuff in Iceland...a lot of traditional Icelandic cuisine seems to have been inspired by a combination of starvation and Viking I-dare-you-to-eat-this. There used to be a lot of weird stuff on the go in Kublai Khan Mongolian BBQ in Glasgow - I've tried shark, snake, ostrich and zebra there.I had some whale sashimi and smoked whale in Iceland. Best meat I've ever tasted. Get the Minkies back on the menu, there are probably more of them than there are cod anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 25 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Aye, the Mongolian Munchy Box, I had that...I had to ask for chips though Harsh, but he probably was on the menu. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Chinese people I know tend to order chicken feet any time I am at a restaurant with them in China. I suspect it's to see if I will actually eat it and they are secretly laughing up their sleeves about my predicament: I was working In Japan for a few years and Japanese colleagues did something similar with natto (fermented beans): Very much an acquired taste that even many Japanese people prefer to avoid. Actually found it not bad and made a point of eating it pretty much every day as shown above with hachi (chopsticks) from then on to show I was more hard core about Japanese culinary culture than they were. Was told they tried this again with an American guy after I had left and made lots of approving comments to him about the Scottish guy who ate it every day. He never went back to the cafeteria after that apparently. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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