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kidicarus13
05-16-2015, 18:03
Are there any foods that you haven't tried that you'd like to?
Me? I'd like to try a quality caviar but have yet to ante up.
KestrelBike
05-16-2015, 18:15
Really, really, really good/expensive Scotch. It'd be a total waste on me because it'd be pearls before swine, but I'd like to try for myself what all the hub-bub's about. (I mostly like vodka, anyways)
Chilled monkey brains. Been on the list since the Indiana Jones movie.
I didn't like what I was told was good Russian caviar. I had it in Russia and assumed they knew what they were talking about, but it wasn't better than raw oysters and I don't eat those very often either.
Bailey Guns
05-16-2015, 18:18
I'd like to try some traditional, authentic Greek foods. I really like a lot of the Mediterranean cuisine, a lot of which is similar, but I haven't had a lot of Greek stuff. I really like a lot of eastern European dishes, too, but don't get to eat it often enough.
I'll pass on the caviar...and monkey brains. Or any other brains for that matter.
speedysst
05-16-2015, 18:23
http://www.yelp.com/biz/ali-baba-grill-golden
BushMasterBoy
05-16-2015, 18:25
Kobe beef.
Bailey Guns
05-16-2015, 18:26
http://www.yelp.com/biz/ali-baba-grill-golden
May have to try that. We do Jerusalem Restaurant occasionally...excellent food and very reasonably priced.
Someone introduced me to pho years ago and I'm forever thankful to have added that to my pallet. I hear the Asian guys on here talking about Dim Sum and have been curious since. Also Papusas.
Someone introduced me to pho years ago and I'm forever thankful to have added that to my pallet. I hear the Asian guys on here talking about Dim Sum and have been curious since. Also Papusas.
Let me know when you want to try Dim Sum. We normally go on Sunday. My wife's Chinese so we get a little better service.
Is it good, or is it something that people eat just to say they've done it?
Great-Kazoo
05-16-2015, 19:31
Is it good, or is it something that people eat just to say they've done it?
Try it , you'll have the answer first hand. It's ok depending like other foods where you go. We haven't had any in the last 25 years.
JohnnyEgo
05-16-2015, 19:45
My philosophy on foods is pretty much the exact opposite of most expressed here. I've been alive long enough and tried enough things already to know what I like. If I try something else, there are only two possible outcomes:
1. I'll hate it, and regret having tried it.
2. I'll love it, and regret having waited so long to try it.
Therefore, the only way to live a life without regret is to never try new things.
I consider myself a rather adventurous diner. I'll try just about anything once. Don't really have a "to do" list though.
I've tried rattlesnake, armadillo, and alligator. That's about as exotic as I've tried.
I consider myself a rather adventurous diner. I'll try just about anything once. Don't really have a "to do" list though.
This pretty much describes my position.
I'm Chinese and I have to say not all dim sum is good and I don't think there are many good places either! I'm picky though, hope your not going for the awesome service cause you won't find any. Try Star Kitchen it's really busy on the weekends when everyone goes. Good luck!
Is it good, or is it something that people eat just to say they've done it?
If you like pork, you're GTG. Most Dim Sum items contain pork that are either steamed or fried. Dim Sum are like Tapas. Small portions so you can try many different dishes. We've taken many first timers who are timid eaters and they loved it.
I'm Chinese and I have to say not all dim sum is good and I don't think there are many good places either! I'm picky though, hope your not going for the awesome service cause you won't find any. Try Star Kitchen it's really busy on the weekends when everyone goes. Good luck!
That's like finding a good pho place.
If you like pork, you're GTG. Most Dim Sum items contain pork that are either steamed or fried. Dim Sum are like Tapas. Small portions so you can try many different dishes. We've taken many first timers who are timid eaters and they loved it.
Good to hear. However, by asking me if I like pork, you've essentially slapped my face with a leather glove and questioned my manhood.
Star kitchen GTG!!
I've tried bee larva.... When I was in Thailand my wife wanted me to eat all the weird bugs, scorpions, crickets, etc.... NOPE!
Trout Hunter
05-16-2015, 22:18
Kobe beef.
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anyone for balut?
XXFattyHunterXX
05-16-2015, 22:25
Porcupine jerky??? Fertilized duck egg??? Mantis shrimp???
theGinsue
05-16-2015, 22:47
I've tried various foods from every culturally different options available in the U.S., Korea, Japan, S. America, English food at a U.K. Base (not in Europe), a S. Atlantic island, etc.
I've tried kangaroo, dog, mtn lion, bear, alligator, deer, elk, antelope, crawfish, whale (I think), shark, many bugs, etc.
I've never eaten horse or cat (house cat type) and never intend to.
I despised squid jerky, most organ meat & the bugs.
What I've never eaten and want to try is rattlesnake. I'd also like to try cobra venom sacs.
Aloha_Shooter
05-16-2015, 22:53
I can't think of anything on my "to eat" list. I've had crocodile, alligator, kangaroo, ostrich, rattlesnake, armadillo, and a whole variety of fruits and vegetables. I have no interest in organ meat or things with tentacles. I drew the line on some whale meat I was served at a dinner in Korea.
There is not much I have not tried yet. I can't think of any one particular item. But, and I don't know why, for some reason every time I watch Swamp People I want to try everything they are cooking at family get togethers.
theGinsue
05-16-2015, 23:16
Armadillo (possum on the half shell). Aloha_Shooters post reminded me about that. Never had it and, based on my reading, I never will. Apparently, armadillo's carry the leprosy virus and even eating cooked armadillo *could* make you susceptible to contracting leprosy. My brother in MO originally told me about this and I didn't believe him (gotta know my brother). After reading up on it, I became a believer.
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anyone for balut?
Hell no...
StagLefty
05-17-2015, 07:39
My son went vegan a few years ago and has since taken me out to a few of his favorite restaurants. I wouldn't eat that way all the time but I was really surprised how good it was.
Haggis, tried it and its good. Heard horse meat is good also.
My dad had some horse when he was in Ireland. Said it wasn't bad at all. Little gluey is all. ;)
May have to try that. We do Jerusalem Restaurant occasionally...excellent food and very reasonably priced.
Ali-baba is good. Damascus on S. Colorado Blvd is good, I enjoy Jerusalem is too.
My dad had some horse when he was in Ireland. Said it wasn't bad at all. Little gluey is all. ;)
Remind him of his youth?, horse named Elmer perhaps :)
I've tried various foods from every culturally different options available in the U.S., Korea, Japan, S. America, English food at a U.K. Base (not in Europe), a S. Atlantic island, etc.
I've tried kangaroo, dog, mtn lion, bear, alligator, deer, elk, antelope, crawfish, whale (I think), shark, many bugs, etc.
I've never eaten horse or cat (house cat type) and never intend to.
I despised squid jerky, most organ meat & the bugs.
What I've never eaten and want to try is rattlesnake. I'd also like to try cobra venom sacs.
I had a rattlesnake appetizer at The Fort, it was good. I'd like to try rattlesnake with no sauces for the full taste of the snake.
I read about cobra venom sacs in Rogue Warrior, sounds interesting.
I've had yak and ostrich at the Buckhorn Exchange, elk is way better. Quail is good, shark is tasty, haven't had pheasant for a long time.
When I go for sushi I try to get something new.
KestrelBike
05-17-2015, 08:55
(balut) Hell no...
I just googled it, gross. ugh. not even with nynco's mouth.
Scanker19
05-17-2015, 08:55
I've always watered to try dog, and Kopi Luwak coffee.
ChunkyMonkey
05-17-2015, 10:14
I've always watered to try dog, and Kopi Luwak coffee.
I got a bunch of luwak coffee from our last trip to Sumatra.. I am not a coffee drinker. You guys more than welcome to try these
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BPTactical
05-17-2015, 11:38
Someone introduced me to pho years ago and I'm forever thankful to have added that to my pallet. I hear the Asian guys on here talking about Dim Sum and have been curious since. Also Papusas.
I cannot stand Pho. We had it last Thursday night, I spent all night hucking it back up.
About as exotic I get is Buffalo.
Meat and taters, that's me.
I'll try anything. I would like to try horse, elephant, whale, among some other exotic meats.
Really like Pho, great stuff!
I wonder if dolphin tastes more like fish or chicken?
I'd guess more like shark, tougher. I'll add that to the list too
Great-Kazoo
05-17-2015, 12:39
I'd guess more like shark, tougher. I'll add that to the list too
Shark when done right you're able to separate with a fork. It's a meaty fish cook / season as one would a steak.
Horse meat when mixed with pork is decent, stand alone little too tough for me .
blacklabel
05-17-2015, 12:48
About as exotic I get is Buffalo.
Meat and taters, that's me.
I'm with you on that. No need for exotic meats for me.
Jerusalem near DU on Evans or is there another one? We called it "Heyroos".
You can order pho with nothing more exotic in it than pork. Otherwise it just fancy ramen.
We went to the Asian supermarket once and bought a shark steak. It tasted like ammonia, so I'm assuming there was something wrong with it.
Scanker19
05-17-2015, 14:51
I got a bunch of luwak coffee from our last trip to Sumatra.. I am not a coffee drinker. You guys more than welcome to try these
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Like the actual stuff? That would be awesome. Is it expensive there?
ChunkyMonkey
05-17-2015, 14:57
Like the actual stuff? That would be awesome. Is it expensive there?
The price is stupid.. $300/lbs. I have a family member who are in coffee plantation and luwak export/import, so we took few lbs home - a small bag full of the good stuff to be exact. In fact, US customs were trying to tax us for it. We have been giving them away as gifts etc. Down to few lbs now - folks seems to either love it or simply shrug it off.
Trout Hunter
05-17-2015, 15:10
Hell no...
Haha I'm the same way! I watched people eat it when I lived over there and would almost puke just watching.
Great-Kazoo
05-17-2015, 16:20
You can order pho with nothing more exotic in it than pork. Otherwise it just fancy ramen.
We went to the Asian supermarket once and bought a shark steak. It tasted like ammonia, so I'm assuming there was something wrong with it.
If you can smell anything outside a very light hint of fish, it's no good.
Another vote for Damascus on S. Colorado in Denver.
Jewel of India on Federal for lunch today.
Pete's (any of the several locations) for Greek on Colfax
Watercourse for vegan on 17th and Emerson
Thai, Vietnamese, and Chinese are similar enough that I will eat at anyone that is relatively clean.
I haven't found a decent Korean place in Denver yet. Some bulgogi and yaki mandu with a side of kimchi and maybe some chap chae...yum yum!
I don't think of Denver as being a good eating town. New York City is about as good as it gets in the US, IMO. When you can get a good meal in almost any cuisine from around the world at 2 AM, I consider that a great eating city. I don't know what the mid-nighters eat in the Springs, but in Denver the choices are Pete's or Denny's. Outside the city, in the burbs, after 1 AM, Waffle House and Denny's are about it.
I think it is best not to know what you are eating before you taste it. If I can make it past the smell, then the taste will tell. If it is good, then who cares what it was before it was served.
Rucker61
05-17-2015, 20:22
I just got back from 8 days in Hong Kong, and I've traveled to a good bit of the of Asia, so I've eaten stuff that's been great, and stuff I can't believe is a food item. Regarding dim sum, I can eat my weight in ha gao, and I can eat bulgogi and kimchi all night long.
I just got back from 8 days in Hong Kong, and I've traveled to a good bit of the of Asia, so I've eaten stuff that's been great, and stuff I can't believe is a food item. Regarding dim sum, I can eat my weight in ha gao, and I can eat bulgogi and kimchi all night long.
Now you're ruined for trying to get authentic, Cantonese Dim Sum in Colorado. No one restaurant has good everything. We order by the Cantonese name and the servers here are like WTF?
If you can smell anything outside a very light hint of fish, it's no good.
The Great One is correct here. I don't know how many times I've told people that if the fish smells "fishy" it's bad and get out of Dodge. That's not how fish/seafood should smell. Would you eat beef that smelled rotten? But you know better, right?
What is fish supposed to smell like, if not fishy?
Aloha_Shooter
05-17-2015, 21:44
What is fish supposed to smell like, if not fishy?
It should smell like the seasonings used.
So I just saw this story about a restaurant that was serving something I wouldn't eat. I heard it tastes like chicken [panic]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3084326/Nigerian-restaurant-shut-serving-HUMAN-flesh-bags-containing-human-heads-bleeding.html
RCCrawler
05-18-2015, 09:16
I haven't found a decent Korean place in Denver yet. Some bulgogi and yaki mandu with a side of kimchi and maybe some chap chae...yum yum!
Dae Gee in Westminster is about the best I have tried. It seems to get really good reviews as well.
http://daegee.com/
kam sa hae yo
I will give it a try.
hollohas
05-18-2015, 10:34
Not sure I have a "list" but I'm always open to try something new. Like a few others here I've had some interesting foods. Alligator, kangaroo, rattlesnake, jellyfish, horse, rocky Mountain oysters, pickled eggs, shark...
Raw beef is one of my favorites but I won't have that except in a very fine restaurant. Been to a few places in Italy that the appetizer was simply raw ground beef with olive oil and black pepper on top. Yum. Ground beef is risky, cut steak is much safer.
Growing up in souther AZ, rattlesnake on the plate was not uncommon. Even had a few salads with baby green tumble weeds.
Dad and I made dandelion wine once, that was just OK.
Haven't had dog or cat (that I know of). I think I'd like to try one of those stinky Asian fruits...can't remember the name at the moment. It's the one that smells like trash...I'm curious if it's as bad as folks say it is.
My least favorite thing I have tried is sea urchin. Yuck.
kidicarus13
05-18-2015, 10:53
I think I'd like to try one of those stinky Asian fruits...can't remember the name at the moment. It's the one that smells like trash...I'm curious if it's as bad as folks say it is.
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Durian
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anyone for balut?
It's not bad, but it's not that great either. I'd rather have a boiled egg without the developed embryo.
Durian
I definitely don't like durian. My mother says "Tastes like heaven and smells like hell." I say the latter for both.
I've had dog before in China (go figure) I was only a few years old, so I don't know what it tasted like. Thanks to my parents I'm living the stereotype...
Not sure I have a "list" but I'm always open to try something new. Like a few others here I've had some interesting foods. Alligator, kangaroo, rattlesnake, jellyfish, horse, rocky Mountain oysters, pickled eggs, shark...
Raw beef is one of my favorites but I won't have that except in a very fine restaurant. Been to a few places in Italy that the appetizer was simply raw ground beef with olive oil and black pepper on top. Yum. Ground beef is risky, cut steak is much safer.
Growing up in souther AZ, rattlesnake on the plate was not uncommon. Even had a few salads with baby green tumble weeds.
Dad and I made dandelion wine once, that was just OK.
Haven't had dog or cat (that I know of). I think I'd like to try one of those stinky Asian fruits...can't remember the name at the moment. It's the one that smells like trash...I'm curious if it's as bad as folks say it is.
My least favorite thing I have tried is sea urchin. Yuck.
H-Mart on Parker Rd has Durian. Report back!
Yeah, sea urchin is awful.
I'm Chinese and I have to say not all dim sum is good and I don't think there are many good places either! I'm picky though, hope your not going for the awesome service cause you won't find any. Try Star Kitchen it's really busy on the weekends when everyone goes. Good luck!
Some Chinese friends took us for Dim Sum at Star Kitchen, we loved it and would like to go back again when we get over that way. We later had Dim Sum in Seattle and San Fran that was not as good. I wasn't crazy about the chicken feet though. It can be confusing doing Dim Sum without knowing the language and the dishes.
My friends have moved to D.C. but they mentioned there is a pretty good Dim Sum place around Broomfield.
We're pretty adventurous eaters and like most everything. I could eat sashimi and sushi every day.
We recently prepared Elk Carpaccio Salad, adapted from a recipe in a recent issue of Bugle magazine. Starting with thin slices of partially frozen raw elk sirloin, several drops of truffle oil, and shavings of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese on toasted bread, it is topped with microgreens, steamed asparagus shoots and finished with a lemon olive oil dressing with fine shallots, minced garlic, Dijon mustard, salt and pepper. Simple and delicious.
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KestrelBike
05-18-2015, 20:23
Hummer that looks delicious! I like the plates too
ChunkyMonkey
05-18-2015, 21:24
This thread is making me honnnggrryy!!
Here are some from our vacation...
When they say fried chicken leg in Bali, they really mean the whole thing!!
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/18/2e61ca4f17224a003e7341f8d1ffa165.jpg
Roasted love birds!
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/18/f9ef46d8593a6c6bb365b22f3e184c50.jpg
Gold fish!!
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/18/2c1e19440f149ca89e956c6e8539adef.jpg
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/18/9e30d09f4d7765f8e70068bc24afb0cb.jpg
Grilled giant toad of some kind
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/18/739815182537097760c979bad952bda5.jpg
Suckling pig - buried and smoked then roasted
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/05/18/35b3d4ce6a957055c523d1cb1cb3108e.jpg
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^^^^Those shrimp chips with the chicken leg?
ruthabagah
05-18-2015, 21:51
I had boiled monkey once.... taste like chicken. And we were probably served some dog in a village next to the maroni river... he was a good dog.
The best part of those pictures is not only are you traveling abroad, but you still managed to keep a full battery.
So I just saw this story about a restaurant that was serving something I wouldn't eat. I heard it tastes like chicken [panic]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3084326/Nigerian-restaurant-shut-serving-HUMAN-flesh-bags-containing-human-heads-bleeding.html
I'd be curious to try people meat once.
As long as the person was healthy and fit. Maybe someone who does yoga or pilates or crossfit.
Not some fat kid who just plays video games all day.
kidicarus13
05-19-2015, 07:31
I'd be curious to try people meat once.
As long as the person was healthy and fit. Maybe someone who does yoga or pilates or crossfit.
Not some fat kid who just plays video games all day.
Fat is flavor
ruthabagah
05-19-2015, 07:31
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Not some fat kid who just plays video games all day.
Sure, but if he is diabetic he will taste sweet and sour at the same time.... [Wow1]
Not new food per say, but a wierd place and figured I'd mention it since others been mentioning specific restraunts.
Nicks cafe, tiny little hole in wall store front right off highway 6 on Simms. Inside is nothing but elvis stuff. Open like 5 am till 2pm, has both the best Reuben I've ever had as well as fairly authentic Gyro which is also probably best I ever had. Place has no website, cash only. Was nice a long first day on the new job and was treated very well, tried discounting me for being armed/uniformed even though not a cop. Gyro with the feta and fries like $8, Ruben was like 7 or 9. Breakfast was pretty good too. (H. Rancheros)
Couple doors down is a basic donut shop that doesnt have all the wierd stuff but some pretty legit old style donuts ran by a single older cooky guy. Also has Gyros but the more ordered from a factory kind meat, but plus side you can get it for breakfast. (Cheaper than Nicks, and I still like it, though Nicks is a must stop no matter what If Im working the area.)
Grew up near Nick's Cafe and have never been in there.
RCCrawler
05-19-2015, 10:38
Jewel of India on Federal for lunch today.
Saw this post and it reminded me I've never been there, despite working just a couple of miles away so I went there for lunch yesterday. Everything I had was delicious, but I barely made it back to work in time for the explosion that occurred...
thvigil11
05-19-2015, 10:48
The wife and I are pretty adventurous eaters and have tried most everything. Two funny stories though.
Growing up in Santa Fe, I had a favorite food vendor that set up during Fiestas, Indian Market, Spanish Market and all the other events. This particular vendor made the best Navajo Tacos. Ate there constantly. One year they got busted. Turns out they'd been using horsemeat for years. Turns out, cook it with taco seasoning and smother it in chile, tastes just fine. I never had any complaints and would still eat there if they hadn't been closed down.
For my sister in-laws wedding, they wanted some exotic foods. One thing they ordered from a favorite place was some pork dumplings and some veggie dumplings (lotsa vegeterians at the wedding) I went to pick them up and the little Korean lady explained one box had the pork dumplings and the other box had the vegeterian dumplings, but she added a little pork for flavor. [facepalm]
So, did the vegetarians like the pork flavor?
Great-Kazoo
05-19-2015, 12:00
The wife and I are pretty adventurous eaters and have tried most everything. Two funny stories though.
Growing up in Santa Fe, I had a favorite food vendor that set up during Fiestas, Indian Market, Spanish Market and all the other events. This particular vendor made the best Navajo Tacos. Ate there constantly. One year they got busted. Turns out they'd been using horsemeat for years. Turns out, cook it with taco seasoning and smother it in chile, tastes just fine. I never had any complaints and would still eat there if they hadn't been closed down.
For my sister in-laws wedding, they wanted some exotic foods. One thing they ordered from a favorite place was some pork dumplings and some veggie dumplings (lotsa vegeterians at the wedding) I went to pick them up and the little Korean lady explained one box had the pork dumplings and the other box had the vegeterian dumplings, but she added a little pork for flavor. [facepalm]
Horse meat is actually good if and when one is able to acquire it.
thvigil11
05-19-2015, 12:08
So, did the vegetarians like the pork flavor?
Wife was with me. She blabbed to everyone. The veggie dumpling turned out to be pretty darn good. But the grass eaters were all warned.
hollohas
05-19-2015, 14:09
Horse meat is actually good if and when one is able to acquire it.
Agreed.
Navajo tacos/fry bread are also awesome.
Horse meat Navajo tacos? Sign me up. Too bad that guy got busted otherwise I'd have to pay him a visit.
ANADRILL
05-19-2015, 15:58
The wife and I are always down for dim-sum, she's Chinese Indonesian, so I get real Indonesian food, and Chinese...:)
Not too many good places for dim sum here though. Has anyone tried the soup dumpling place off of Federal or Hong Kong BBQ?
Both of those are good. The soup dumpling place is slow though...
We went to the Asian supermarket once and bought a shark steak. It tasted like ammonia, so I'm assuming there was something wrong with it.
Nothing wrong with it per se', you simply ate urine. Nearly all shark species flush their entire system with it when caught. I have met very few serious anglers who will eat shark other than mako. Their term for shark is not something to post in polite company.
Saw this post and it reminded me I've never been there, despite working just a couple of miles away so I went there for lunch yesterday. Everything I had was delicious, but I barely made it back to work in time for the explosion that occurred...
Start mixing your food 90/10 with what you usually eat and increase the percentages each meal until you can handle a full plate of Jewel of India.
Nothing wrong with it per se', you simply ate urine. Nearly all shark species flush their entire system with it when caught. I have met very few serious anglers who will eat shark other than mako. Their term for shark is not something to post in polite company.
That sounds about right. My wife gave up after the first couple of bites. I was determined it wasn't bad and tried to power through it. Glad to know I was going out of my way to eat urine. :D
Glad to know I was going out of my way to eat urine. :D
-it's not something vendors of shark meat readily divulge. When stressed, sharks really exude the stuff and nearly all sharks are caught via long-line where they might twist in the breeze for 12-18 hours on a hook before they are hauled aboard and butchered. Suffice it to say, that time they spend on the hook is akin to a land animal with it's foot caught in a trap - it's 'stressful', thus shark meat is going to typically be well laced with uric acid.
Look at the bright side: people in the UK have been eating fish & chips for a long time and seem fine. Spiny dogfish (a species of shark) is what accounts for most fish in "fish & chips".
RCCrawler
05-19-2015, 17:58
Start mixing your food 90/10 with what you usually eat and increase the percentages each meal until you can handle a full plate of Jewel of India.
Haha, what I usually eat.
I eat everything and anything, if I had to say what I eat the most of I'd have to say Asian. I probably eat Asian 4 times a week. Thai and Vietnamese are my favorite, then Japanese and sushi. ​
jerrymrc
05-19-2015, 19:42
Really, really, really good/expensive Scotch. It'd be a total waste on me because it'd be pearls before swine, but I'd like to try for myself what all the hub-bub's about. (I mostly like vodka, anyways)
Should have been with us this last weekend. Friend from GB came in and he always brings a few bottles of good single malt. I think we killed about $500 worth (US prices) in 3 days.
I've never eaten horse or cat (house cat type) and never intend to. The Horse meat market was next to the beef market when I lived in Belgium, Not bad. Have had just about everything. Hate Possum as it it is just too greasy even after a month of clean-out. Had Roof rabbit (Rat) when I was 16 and again at at restaurant in Brussels in 82.
As I get older I find my taste for adventure eating strange things is not what it used to be.[Flower]
I'll try just about anything at least once. As long as it's really a meal and not some kind of reality show stunt food.
I like all kinds of seafood. If I find a seafood dish I haven't tried before on a menu, I order it.
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Seafood is definitely where I'm least adventurous. Actually, I have a hard time ordering new things at restaurants. Not because I am afraid to try new things, but because I'm usually not happy about paying restaurant prices in the first place, so I try to order something I'm confident I'll enjoy.
^^^ Get some shell-on, uncooked Black Tiger shrimp, a boat load of fresh chopped garlic and a tub of butter. Sauté garlic in butter then add the shrimp. Salt and pepper to taste. If you don't like that, I'll break your donkeys other two legs....
I've got no problem with seafood, I just never even consider it unless I'm at Red Lobster or Joe's Crabshack.
Great-Kazoo
05-19-2015, 22:34
I've got no problem with seafood, I just never even consider it unless I'm at Red Lobster or Joe's Crabshack.
Those aren't seafood places.
Those aren't seafood places.
Pretty much true. I've never come away from a Red Lobster without being disappointed in the quality of their food prep. Same with the Joe's Crab Shack we went to in Florida.
You'll usually have much better quality seafood buying from the grocery and preparing it yourself.
Are there any foods that you haven't tried that you'd like to?
Me? I'd like to try a quality caviar but have yet to ante up.
I've liked all the sturgeon and white fish caviar I have had. Salmon roe not so much but I ate it like the bears do, straight from the belly. Would probably be better washed and soaked in salt water first.
We do fix sushi when we can find very fresh fish. When we visit the big city we look for asian markets where we might find fresh or frozen eel to make unagi.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/COHummer/Home/UnagiAhi.jpg (http://s59.photobucket.com/user/COHummer/media/Home/UnagiAhi.jpg.html)
As for foods I'd like to try that I haven't had, most are game meats like bear, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, even agouti and coatimundi like these I saw on Costa Rica recently.
Costa Rica has stupidly outlawed all hunting but of course the hungry citizens regularly hunt animals as subsistence livers. Now it's unregulated and incapable of sustaining native wildlife populations via game management.
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/COHummer/Costa%20Rica/Agouti-2_zps3kmvtwvm.jpg (http://s59.photobucket.com/user/COHummer/media/Costa%20Rica/Agouti-2_zps3kmvtwvm.jpg.html)
http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g292/COHummer/Costa%20Rica/Coati-troupe_zpsrha0lzym.jpg (http://s59.photobucket.com/user/COHummer/media/Costa%20Rica/Coati-troupe_zpsrha0lzym.jpg.html)
Not sure I have a "list" but I'm always open to try something new. Like a few others here I've had some interesting foods. Alligator, kangaroo, rattlesnake, jellyfish, horse, rocky Mountain oysters, pickled eggs, shark...
Raw beef is one of my favorites but I won't have that except in a very fine restaurant. Been to a few places in Italy that the appetizer was simply raw ground beef with olive oil and black pepper on top. Yum. Ground beef is risky, cut steak is much safer.
Growing up in souther AZ, rattlesnake on the plate was not uncommon. Even had a few salads with baby green tumble weeds.
Dad and I made dandelion wine once, that was just OK.
Haven't had dog or cat (that I know of). I think I'd like to try one of those stinky Asian fruits...can't remember the name at the moment. It's the one that smells like trash...I'm curious if it's as bad as folks say it is.
My least favorite thing I have tried is sea urchin. Yuck.
Durian fruit. I bought one a couple years ago. Huge, heavy, and spiked like a medieval weapon, it's the only fruit I've bought that needed a dremel to open it.
The smell was bad, but not as terrible as I was expecting. Flavor was weird, but good. For me it left an after taste similar to parmesan cheese.
mcantar18c
05-20-2015, 22:33
I refuse to eat seafood in a landlocked state. Which sucks, cause I really like most of it. Something I really miss about NC.
I'd like to try some African big game.
Don't eat seafood, besides shrimp (depending on how it's prepared) I never enjoyed. Did get to scratch Afghan Noni bread off the list while over there (with halal lamb, which is delicious!), as well as authentic chicken curry prepared by Indians and Nepalese KBR employees who worked on our FOB. Still have yet to find real curry here that compares. Love Pho, we usually go to the one at either Leetsdale and Monaco, or Havana and Mississippi.
I would like to try Italian food in Italy, I heard something about the acids in the soil make their vegetables taste different than over hear. Having tried elk, buffalo, rattlesnake, boar, pheasant, and various other game animals, I'm hooked and want to try other game that doesn't reside in the western US (as I think I've tried about everything).
I refuse to eat seafood in a landlocked state.
Lol. My brothers travel a lot and that's one of their rules. No seafood in a state that doesn't border an ocean and no mexican food in a state that doesn't border Mexico.
ChadAmberg
05-24-2015, 09:05
I refuse to eat seafood in a landlocked state. Which sucks, cause I really like most of it. Something I really miss about NC.
I'd like to try some African big game.
So you won't eat trout in Colorado? Or you would eat shrimp in California, which was most likely caught/raised in Thailand and shipped here? The key isn't where you are, its figuring out if you're in a trustworthy establishment.
So you won't eat trout in Colorado? Or you would eat shrimp in California, which was most likely caught/raised in Thailand and shipped here? The key isn't where you are, its figuring out if you're in a trustworthy establishment.
Same with crab. Lots of seafood in Hawaii is imported.
mcantar18c
05-24-2015, 12:32
So you won't eat trout in Colorado? Or you would eat shrimp in California, which was most likely caught/raised in Thailand and shipped here? The key isn't where you are, its figuring out if you're in a trustworthy establishment.
If it doesn't live in the sea, its not seafood.
If it's caught locally, I'll absolutely eat it. Even on the coast, it has to be local and fresh.
This is exotic enough for me, thank you! I'll need a take-home box for the leftovers please.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/funnies/zz20top20tres20hombres20mexican20fe.jpg
This is exotic enough for me, thank you! I'll need a take-home box for the leftovers please.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b150/rinselman/funnies/zz20top20tres20hombres20mexican20fe.jpg
Thanks, now I'm hungry. [Mad]
Not much I won't try. Don't really go adventure fooding though. Anything on the sushi menu is open game.
Da River, in Idaho Springs, doesn't let the Sysco truck stop there. They have a LA fish source has never disappointed me.
Beef tongue tacos....nom!
Not much for monkey brains or sparrows though.
Guinea pig, anyone? https://www.google.com/search?q=fried+guinea+pig&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8Z1iVajoG8GEsAXt9YBQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=480&bih=269
Guinea pig, anyone? https://www.google.com/search?q=fried+guinea+pig&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=8Z1iVajoG8GEsAXt9YBQ&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=480&bih=269
Have a friend at work who spent some time in South America and has a pretty funny story about eating Guinea Pig.
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