Bizarre foods that you really enjoy

[kwilkinson]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

I never really considered most game food "bizarre." I've eaten my share of bear, moose, venison, game fish, game fowls, and rabbit.

Maybe this is a completely inaccurate misconception, but I'd imagine that for the general population, it's more accepted/run of the mill in Canada than it is here.

 

[Mauro]

Game for the most part in the states is rare even venison ( rare in the fact grocery stores or resturants really don't carry them.)

I don't think game is bizarre like grub worms

 

[Mauro]

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[Trapp]

Goji berries are kind of eccentric but taste really good. I'll put 'em in tea, or eat them by the handful in trail mix. Been doing this for years, since I live near a chinatown where I get them for really, really cheap.

They're starting to be trendy now. Online sites and bookstores are making ridiculous claims about their health benefits, and now nutrition stores and Whole Foods carry them for like $20 / pound. I pay about 1/10th of that. If they have half the anti-oxidants that many nutritionists say, then they make blueberries look like candycorn.

 

[Maharlika]

What does bear meat taste like?

 

[airborne]

Tripes

Kidneys with mandarin oranges

Shark tail

Date liquor

Some German stuff:

Kefir

Heaven and Earth - that's a dish made with potatoes, apples and blood sausage.

Pannasch (spelling?) - that's basically coagulated blood fried in some oil

Harzer cheese - you can smell it a mile away

Pig feat - usually in a very thick pea soup

 

[airborne]

I forgot:
Rabbit and Deer

 

[LabelKing]

Bear paw is a great delicacy.

 

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[Mauro]

i like the taste of gamey meat. I think more people should open up and try it.
I don't support hunting endangered species though and things like bush meat are just fucked up.

 

[acidboy]

Originally Posted by LabelKing

Bear paw is a great delicacy.

Is it still served? I thought they've banned this.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by kwilkinson

Maybe this is a completely inaccurate misconception, but I'd imagine that for the general population, it's more accepted/run of the mill in Canada than it is here.

Originally Posted by Maharlika

What does bear meat taste like?

K, you could well be correct.

Bear meat varies. Probably based on age, sex, and diet. One of my sisters is the family's best cook for game meat, as she lives in northern Ontario, and her husband is a major hunter. My favorite bear dishes are a stew and also a roast. Moose can be dry. She uses bacon to make great moose steaks.

 

[Maharlika]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

K, you could well be correct.

Bear meat varies. Probably based on age, sex, and diet. One of my sisters is the family's best cook for game meat, as she lives in northern Ontario, and her husband is a major hunter. My favorite bear dishes are a stew and also a roast. Moose can be dry. She uses bacon to make great moose steaks.

Thanks Piobaire--Living in L.A., it's unlikely that I'll get a chance to eat bear meat. I was just curious weather the taste would be 'gamey' like deer/ goat or taste more like beef.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by Maharlika

Thanks Piobaire--Living in L.A., it's unlikely that I'll get a chance to eat bear meat. I was just curious weather the taste would be 'gamey' like deer/ goat or taste more like beef.

I've eaten plenty of goat, and bear, moose, and venison are all much less pungent than goat! Venison is like moose, much leaner than beef or pork, so cooking technique is very important.

 

[Milhouse]

Goat is kind of in a different category of "flavor". I still enjoy it when I can get it. And goats make some of the best cheese ever.

Venison, rabbit, and duck are my favorite game meats (although, I've not had bear). I don't think I could ever tire of eating duck, game or farm raised. I remember when I was little, I had to chew carefully so I didn't crack a tooth on the shot pellets in the duck. Goose is good too, as is pheasant, but duck is my favorite.

Rabbit is something fantastic too. My family would raise fresh rabbits when I was a kid. That was always a treat to eat bugs bunny.

I used to work with a guy that loved to hunt. He'd bring in venison summer sausage he'd make and sell it for 5 or 10 bucks a roll. Dude was country as a chicken coop and wow was that sausage fantastic. It had that real nice strong flavor to it.

None of these things are bizarre though. Eating mac and cheese with ketchup is bizarre.