weird food you've ever eaten..

not that I am an active pursuer of weird food (considered weird in most civilised countries, I mean here..)

but with occasions here and there, I have happened to try some exotic food through my life (so far..)
of which I am going to share here on this thread..

everyone on this site is welcome to join and add their experiences with exotic/weird food..

mines are:


-squab .. i.e, pigeon meat..probably not that exotic or weird..but a bit unique? as it's not normally considered stables?

-pheasant .. same as above

-silkworm chrysalis

-century egg

-spicy raw crab & soy sauce raw crab

-raw clams .. but then lots of people enjoy raw oysters..(I'm one of those..used to go to grand central oyster bar & restaurant every fri or sat, ordered a platter and ate them all myself when I was living in the states)..so probably raw clams are not so exotic food..?

-hart blood


-seven day old milk with some cereal left in room temperature .. this wasn't something I intended to eat, but after having a cereal as a breakfast meal, I became sick and was hospitalised (not due to the cereal however)..so didn't have time to clear it up..and when I was discharged the leftover was sitting right there as I left it a week ago (I was living by myself back then)..and I just became curious..because the week old milk + cereal just looked like yoghurt one could find at a store lol
..so I tried it..and well, it was & tasted like yoghurt..and surprisingly I didn't become stomached from this lol lucky me lol

-spider web .. when I was young, I was just curious about its taste..and well, as lots of young kids I put almost anything into my mouth..uhh ..its taste was bland..not a surprise lol ..and this is not exactly food.. lol ..maybe this needs to be excluded from the list lol

-raw meat dishes .. raw beef

-horse meat .. well, this is not so common food in my culture

-blood pudding

-wasabi flavoured icecream & horse meat flavoured icecream


well, sushi and sashimi are common these days, not really considered as much exotic as they once used to be, I guess.. so I did not include them here


some weird food I have heard about and might try in the future:
(as long as the food is not coming from endangered animal/plant group..)


-casu marzu
-scorpions
-mealworms
-haggis
-surstr?mming
-snake
-balut .. hmmmm I'm not so sure about this one lol but maybe..?
-spider
-stinky tofu


some other things which I have (some inadvertently) eaten.. 😢:


-cockroaches .. err..😢
-flies .. I was jogging one day and there was this swarm of flies in the air and I tried to cover my face..but then I had to breathe lol..probably some of those flies were sucked through my nostrils or so..lol
-soap..detergent..toothpaste
-cosmetics..lipsticks..lip glosses, etc.
-coins .. as a kid
-hair
-eraser
-ink

-chewing gum
-plastic
-paper
..etc.

p.s. haven't eaten dogs or cats..and no plans to do

Posted by duchessedenemours
I ate dog. It was delicious. LOL

Uh live octopus
Escargot
Sundaegook
Chickenfeet

Uhh think that's it.

lol I haven't tried live octopus ..but probably someday..
escargot.. right I had this one.. the class french one and some other wild snails, too lol
sundaegook..I have had this one as well..lol thank you for bringing this up! 🙂
chickenfeet.. have not .. yet

escargot-why not?
korean pickled fish guts??_my old korean room mate loves this shit lol makes me gag, i dont like too fishy tastes..
crocodile - in a pie had to try it was a bit fishy
emu - in a pie wasn't unpleasant can't remember what it tasted like I was 7
kangaroo - had a bite, couldn't swallow the thought of eating red meat doesn't phase me but a giant marsupial does
dried squid??_.I quite like it.
century egg??_.yuck.
redbean icecream - yum
black sesame ice-cream - fucking yum
avacado icecream - divine
kombucha tea - not really weird but considering the scoby that soaked in it??_.then yes I say its fucking creepy as but still delicious.
durian fruit - yes it does stink and tastes like sweet raw onions??_bleh
palusami - Its an islander dish thats made from taro leaf cooked in coconut milk and onions, its fucking delicious but it has to be prepared right because if you handle it too much it will make your throat itch real bad when you eat it
Witchetty grub - the most scariest foulest thing to ever put in your mouth alive luckily I ate them grilled and dead.
sand - I loved the texture
lipstick - again texture and for some reason the flavour..
fish eyes and brains - doesn't really phase me but if it was a mammal it would freak me the fuck out.
faux duck - its really nice made from gluten I believe
faux abalone -nice swell made the same as duck
facon - yes fake bacon is tasty
tempeh - unprocessed fermented soybean cake??_.I hate the texture
haw berry flakes - addictive
Kava - fiji's nation drink??_looks like muddy water and tastes like dirt lol but its their equivelaint to grog because it makes your relaxed and your face go numb??_.kind of like the opposite of being over caffeinated if you drank too much.
bread fruit - islander food grows on a tree in the form of a big spiky basketball shaped fruit - you toss it into the fire and dig it out later and you open it up an its like eating fresh bread but with seeds lol
Custard apple fruit - yummy love it!
dragon fruit - male is red female is white I love it with ice cream or dried in the form of chips
rambutan - pretty much a lychee but covered with tendrils
Halva - love this shit its a middle eastern dessert made of honey and sesame seeds and sometimes pistachio and its whipped up and its kid of like eating sand! its really rich and sometimes I like to drizzle dark chocolate on it.
Persian fairy floss - I love this stuff I put it on top of cup cakes as a garnish and it makes them

escargot-why not?
korean pickled fish guts??_my old korean room mate loves this shit lol makes me gag, i dont like too fishy tastes..
crocodile - in a pie had to try it was a bit fishy
emu - in a pie wasn't unpleasant can't remember what it tasted like I was 7
kangaroo - had a bite, couldn't swallow the thought of eating red meat doesn't phase me but a giant marsupial does
dried squid??_.I quite like it.
century egg??_.yuck.
redbean icecream - yum
black sesame ice-cream - fucking yum
avacado icecream - divine
kombucha tea - not really weird but considering the scoby that soaked in it??_.then yes I say its fucking creepy as but still delicious.
durian fruit - yes it does stink and tastes like sweet raw onions??_bleh
palusami - Its an islander dish thats made from taro leaf cooked in coconut milk and onions, its fucking delicious but it has to be prepared right because if you handle it too much it will make your throat itch real bad when you eat it
Witchetty grub - the most scariest foulest thing to ever put in your mouth alive luckily I ate them grilled and dead.
sand - I loved the texture
lipstick - again texture and for some reason the flavour..
fish eyes and brains - doesn't really phase me but if it was a mammal it would freak me the fuck out.
faux duck - its really nice made from gluten I believe
faux abalone -nice swell made the same as duck
facon - yes fake bacon is tasty
tempeh - unprocessed fermented soybean cake??_.I hate the texture
haw berry flakes - addictive
Kava - fiji's nation drink??_looks like muddy water and tastes like dirt lol but its their equivelaint to grog because it makes your relaxed and your face go numb??_.kind of like the opposite of being over caffeinated if you drank too much.
bread fruit - islander food grows on a tree in the form of a big spiky basketball shaped fruit - you toss it into the fire and dig it out later and you open it up an its like eating fresh bread but with seeds lol
Custard apple fruit - yummy love it!
dragon fruit - male is red female is white I love it with ice cream or dried in the form of chips
rambutan - pretty much a lychee but covered with tendrils
Halva - love this shit its a middle eastern dessert made of honey and sesame seeds and sometimes pistachio and its whipped up and its kid of like eating sand! its really rich and sometimes I like to drizzle dark chocolate on it.
Persian fairy floss - I love this stuff I put it on top of cup cakes as a garnish and it makes them

lol.. I have eaten that raw fish eggs and guts as well now you've mentioned it.. and raw & fermented squid, too

dried squid is good..with butter and peanut butter or with mayo

anything with red beans are good! lol mochi..ice cream.. red bean caramels, candies.. red bean snow ice is the best! lol I love to have it summer.. well, even winter 🙂

black sesame ice cream sounds great.. 🙂


I've had natto and it wasn't so bad..


sand lol.. you love the texture?! lol I'm sure I've had some as a child playing in a playground..actually I tripped and got a handful of dirt and sand in my mouth .. 😢

I agree some lipsticks can taste great.. lol there's a soap which I admit that I find its flavour quite delicious 😆

persian fairy floss..I googled it and it looks like a cotton candy? :o
I have had something similar to that but made of honey instead of sugar..

I haven't had many tropical fruits..but I'd love to.. in fact, in about two weeks I'm going to be on a vacation..in some SEA area so I will hopefully have a chance to try out local fruits.. 🙂


I've always wondered about that bread fruit since I have read about them..sounds so amazing!! like bread is growing on trees!! 😆 (sorta similar to money grows on trees? 😆)
unfortunately where I live, there are no bread fruit tress ..😢
hopefully some day I will get to try it 🙂

ah and avocado ice cream..I'm so curious now 😆

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fuck my messages keep cutting off!!!! so annoying??_.^^ thats gross winter??_.and why did u go bad all of a sudden with the pic change? 😛

yeh the persian fairy floss is really yum I used to take it with me and force people to eat it because it tastes so good but it freaks them out because its like eating rely light human hair its not like eating candy??_

dried squid and peanut butter would actually be very tasty now that I think about it, like a satay.

I quite like natto actually, once I learned to eat it properly by mixing it??_.my boss and I ordered it in and we just ate it and thought that japanese ppl were crazy lol.

Weed brownies (never gonna do this again)

Finger limes. I was interning at a restaurant where I was asked to prep finger limes for a dungeness crab soup. It's such a unusual thing to work with. The pulp resembles caviar (although it tastes like a lime) and they come in a variety of colors.
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