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Strangest thing you have ever eaten

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Babs03 Wed 31-Jul-24 21:44:51

I remember eating raw potato as a child, not sure why but I went through a phase of eating this. I also once had cat food on a sandwich, I didn’t know it was cat food, we were holidaying in Italy and I picked up a can of what I thought was tinned tuna from a small mini market and made sandwiches with it, one bite told that all was not well so I showed the tin to an Italian man sitting near us on a bench and he just shrugged and meowed pointing to a very small picture of a cat on the back of the can.
I also had a friend who would eat tippex.

Witzend Thu 01-Aug-24 11:12:29

Scribbles

Oh yes, TerriBull - andouillette! We were told in Amiens that it was a particular local delicacy and decided to try it. It came in a very strongly flavoured mustard sauce but even that couldn't mask the appalling smell and taste of the sausage. The restaurant manager was quite distressed at our lack of appreciation for this fine cuisine!

My French SiL tried to warn me off andouilettes once, but I’ll give (almost) anything a go once.
There was certainly an ‘interestingly’ strong flavour, but I didn’t find them too bad.
I wouldn’t bother again, though.

Pippa000 Thu 01-Aug-24 13:35:52

Camel, as a child in Egypt, my father ordered a steak and this was served, and Python, caught by the gardener under our house in Penang. My mother had a handbag and shoes made from the skin !

Hellogirl1 Thu 01-Aug-24 15:27:12

Many years ago, we had supper at some neighbours house. She produced a book of unusual recipes, and supper came from there. Apple, egg and onion fried up together. Not the best thing I`ve ever tasted!

JaneJudge Thu 01-Aug-24 15:29:10

me and a friend used to eat her dogs chocolate buttons

kittylester Thu 01-Aug-24 15:34:13

Whale and raw horse meat in Japan.

All my children ate dog biscuits.

pascal30 Thu 01-Aug-24 16:43:43

TerriBull

Andouillette, strangest and also the worst thing I've eaten. French sausage made from innards, an acquired taste, very acquired, it smells vile like a latrine.shock Although I hasten to add, that alone is contrary to pretty much
the other food I've eaten in France, which has generally been delicious.

I agree it is absolutely disgusting Terribull

I used to like horsecake when I was a teenager with a pony

midgey Thu 01-Aug-24 16:53:06

In the Seventies I went to a party organised by some Australian girls. It was a bleak do to say the least, but the food was something else……spam wrapped around cold mashed potato and spiked with a cocktail stick!

dogsmother Thu 01-Aug-24 22:44:14

Lucky enough to have traveled a fair bit. Did a foodie tour in Ho Chin Minh. That included fermented eggs and various other delights. I tried crocodile in Australia. The most unusual was cat food after a night out with my flat mate…..we came home hungry and searched the cupboard opened what we thought was a can of seafood something that she’d brought back from Lanzarote, as we were eating it and looking more intently at the can we realised. Not nice.