lem0ncurd

Went for a nice walk in the fresh air at the weekend and after some cold crisp air, we fancied a hearty lunch so we found a nice family restaurant in the mountains near Madrid. Lunch was good, although amongst the stew that we were presented with as a starter, I found this floating around..

Needless to say, I didn't eat it.

What's the worst thing you've been presented with which you were expected to eat!?

LC

fatherpierre

Doner kebabs are worse.

At least with the ear you know what you're getting.

Jamo

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the worm at the bottom of a tequila bottle.

i was fairly slashed at the time, and cant remember much about the event. the thought of it after makes me feel sick now, i feel dodgy thinking about it.

jamo

Harry_Boy

Hear, hear....

I'll get my coat.....

Bubba po

A hot dog at Blackpool; it looked like a detached leper's finger.

I got my money back.

ajm

Amongst other things, I have eaten:-

Raw chicken, raw pork, raw lamb, raw beef, raw fish, raw rabbit, raw squid, a whole mackeral head, several whole pea crabs (living in mussels) oh and some Zymol car polish, it just smells so "coconutty"!

supertouring

I had Puffin once.

MJW

Anything at TGI Fridays - freezer crap, badly heated.

Scoobybert

@ Harry

Pig ears are probably eaten every day disguised as sausages and pies etc. Still love 'em though, as my waistline will confirm....
Worst thing I have eaten (in fact spat out) is Blue Cheese .

Fat Boy

Africa
Zebra steak - like a slice of Goodyear with less taste, and those effin wriggling grubs, not good...
Middle east
Sheep's eyes, also not good...
Japan back in the 80's
Live lobster - tasted a bit like snot and cost about £300, but it was doable until it tried to drag itself off the plate.
Filetted fish at same meal , where you choose a fish swimming around in a tank, they whip it out, fillet it and flash cook it so quick that when it's presented on the plate to you, with the head and tail attached by the backbone alongside, the fillet is still wriggling and the head is opening and shutting it's mouth.
They also do this other thing called natto, which is vegetable in origin IIRC, but it just made me gag - even more than the sheep's eyes.

Snake in Hong Kong. Meat was alright but the joy they took in butchering this thing alive in the middle of the restaurant was not nice to behold.
Iceland
Puffin's alright, if a bit rich.
The thing I felt most guilty about - Whale steak, and it wasn't that good

Buzzer

My brother had to watch a snake being killed in front of him when he went to China. They then squeezed all the blood out of it into a glass which, he had to drink immediately

I however, in a mix up on a company function in France was made to eat crab with the shell on and barely cooked.

I managed a few legs until we finally all agreed that it wasn't soft shelled crab as requested but semi raw normal crab

I barfed my guts up and shat like a demon for two days afterwards. It seemed that some of the crabs pancreatic juices had seaped into the meat before removal. OMG i can taste it now eeeeewwwww :barf:

Tentenths

Lucky old Puffin

lpski1

Simple, PEAS

Poor Guy

linguine with cheese. the cheese was REALLY salty. damn wops!

Cider boy

Exactly - There is nothing to stop "headmeat" (ears, snout etc) being used in pies / sausages etc, as long the packaging states this. Fine when you are buying it in a packet as you can see for yourself, but hot-dog vans & kebab houses etc don't show you the packets!!

AndyC_772

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I've had puffin too, it's quite popular in Iceland. It's a bit fishy, that's all - it hardly compares to the snake's blood, which I think it about the most disgusting thing I've read for ages...

yoza

Puss from a massive tooth abcess, yuk, not nice.

Period clot wasnt too nice either....dont ask.

Jerome

Sushi. If I hadn't been in the middle of a respectable bar, I would have spat it out on the floor. Utterly disgusting and it didn't even have raw fish in it.

Beluga caviare came a close second.

Offal. I don't care how rude I look, I refuse to eat any offal.

A gorgonzola pizza - teach me to not read the menu properly.

Anything the "chefs" produce at the Army School of Catering in Aldershot. Most Army chefs are bad, but these were the worst.

wwp8

Mcdonalds


supersize me nuff said

scoobypreza

eeewwww



and no I wont ask!


cath

Brit_in_Japan

Ah Japan, land of strange foods indeed. When you first come to Japan you have to play the game "let's make the gaijin eat all the most revolting stuff". Natto is indeed gross, fermented (i.e. rotting) soy beans. The smell is enough to make one gag. Whole deepfried crabs weren't as bad as I thought they would be, just very crunchy.

I have to admit to eating whale too, just the once, and it actually tasted OK. How exactly it winds up in restaurants when they catch is supposed to be for scientific purposes.....????

Overcooked squid can be awful, you can chew for 5 minutes and not make a dent in it. They could use it for car tyres I reckon. Japan is also the land of strange ice-cream. Green tea ice cream sounds strange but is very popular and is surprisingly ordinary. For the adventurous why not try one of the seafood based ice-creams? You can get octopus and squid. Perhaps you would like to try crab flavour?


or maybe oxtail


or if you like your ice-cream to have a bit of a kick, try wasabi (Japanese green horseradish)


I can't admit to eating any of the above, but I did have cheese and tomato ice cream once which actually tasted quite good.

The worst thing I have drunk is Vietnamese snake liquor, the dead snakes in the bottle look at you as you wretch from the awful smell and taste. Nice...

tmo

Classic .............. PMSL


Had Hake cheeks three weeks ago in Madrid, fcking disgusting

alcazar

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A curry at a local school.

The "rule" was, if you ask for it on your plate, you finish it, so if not sure, ask for a little and try it. Fair enough eh?

One day, a curry was main meal at family service, (yeah, I know, years ago), and it had what looked like quarter and half apricots in it. (Well, I knew curries had fruit in, so I assumed...........)

When cut into, they proved to be lightly cooked lumps of pure, no meat, pork fat, and still pink in the middle. I still remember the kid across from me who hadn't cut his, just forked one and put it straight in, chewing for about 5 seconds, then gipping :

Needless to say, the "rule" was suspended that day.

A mate of mine bravely ate his way through pickled veal brains in a French restaurant, only to find a pickled bluebottle under his LAST slice.

Alcazar

jasey

Had Sheeps Brain once in a Posh restaurant in Paris. No Idea what we had ordered until it was presented to us. Ever game I started to munch away.

Was doing pretty well until I came across a grizzly bit near the middle that was seeping blood.

Had to stop - Still suprised that I managed to keep the rest of the "meal" down .

Oh Yes - Once had a quarter of a Chicken Phaal - It was a little too lively - Even after the 7 pints of lager

jasey

We were in America going to watch a Space Shuttle launch (Which I would recommend to everyone ) and we decided to stop for Brunch in one of the All you can eat for $1.99 places.

The Wife decided she likes the look of the Apricot Slices & Custard so gets a platefull. Takes a large chunk of Apricot smothered in the lovely warm custard and horses it in her mouth. 1/2 second later she spits the whole lot out - The strategically placed custard looking substance was in fact spicy nacho cheese sauce

Scoobychick

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All meat and fish. I hated having to eat meat when I was a child, it was such a relief when I got to about 18 and realised I didn't have to any more, I'd spent my whole childhood swallowing it whole so I didn't have to chew it I've never touched the stuff since.

davegtt

Peas, Raviolli, chilli, butter beans... uke:

Im a fussy eater (yet I enjoyed frongs legs and snail omlette )

I have a rule, if it dont look nice it wont get eaten

lem0ncurd

So you're saying that frogs legs and snails look nice!??

DJ Dunk

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LOL I get tempted every time I wash the car

Most recent I can remember was also in Paris where I had a mixed grill, waitress convinced me to have the sausage . . . needless to say it wasn't

Second to that was a mixed grill in Germany . . . . I never learn

davegtt

actually yeah I didnt mind the look of them at all, the frogs legs were in like a batter so it didnt bother me in the slightest. snails were in the omlette and was just like anything else in them