When I was growing up, you never asked what something was, you just ate it and either liked it or didn't. Let me see here, what do I know for sure I've eaten...
raccoon, squirrel, rabbit (wild and farm raised), deer, bear, buffalo, ox, horse, cow, pig, chicken, pheasant, quail, peacock, nutria, beaver, seal (didn't care much for that one even before I knew what it was. Native Inuit neighbor who had been back home for a family reunion brought back some smoked seal
but I was brave enough to try), turtle, armadillo, snake, gator (yummy!!!), pickled eggs, pickled sausage (
), pickled pigs feet, pickled cow tongue, pickled brussel sprouts, pickled okra, pickled pig lips (had to be drunk to do this one), pickled beet (yummy), pickled prunes (I won the bet so hush
), that cheese with all the bugs in it (actually quite good if you don't look at it), fried green tomatoes, fried pickles, and fried green beans. I prefer my beef very very rare and I have enjoyed deer penis soup as well as black chicken balls soup (both of those are Oriental and I cannot remember what the heck those soups are called). The dark green egg thing was good too. I admit to sampling balut but never completely finished it.
I'll also eat pretty much anything that swims in water including sushi and sashimi (I prefer the traditional raw forms instead of the Americanized cooked forms), live shrimp, raw and cooked oysters, mussels, and clams (I like the raw over the cooked, regardless of how it is cooked), crawfish, shark, stingray, and frog legs.
Oh, and fried beer at the Texas State Fair last year. Do not ask... it is right up there with chicken fried bacon, deep fried salsa, and fried coke, you have to experience it to explain it.
<edited to correct a spelling error my tired eyes missed during the first run through>
raccoon, squirrel, rabbit (wild and farm raised), deer, bear, buffalo, ox, horse, cow, pig, chicken, pheasant, quail, peacock, nutria, beaver, seal (didn't care much for that one even before I knew what it was. Native Inuit neighbor who had been back home for a family reunion brought back some smoked seal
I'll also eat pretty much anything that swims in water including sushi and sashimi (I prefer the traditional raw forms instead of the Americanized cooked forms), live shrimp, raw and cooked oysters, mussels, and clams (I like the raw over the cooked, regardless of how it is cooked), crawfish, shark, stingray, and frog legs.
Oh, and fried beer at the Texas State Fair last year. Do not ask... it is right up there with chicken fried bacon, deep fried salsa, and fried coke, you have to experience it to explain it.
<edited to correct a spelling error my tired eyes missed during the first run through>
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