I forgot about seal. I had raw dried seal at a powwow once. It was...different. I've also eaten a buffalo often (a cultural thing). It pretty much tastes like beef.
Bizarre Foods You've Eaten
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I forgot about seal. I had raw dried seal at a powwow once. It was...different. I've also eaten a buffalo often (a cultural thing). It pretty much tastes like beef.
I've tried buffalo and elk burgers at Fuddruckers. Quite gamey and lean. 
I also want to try wild boar and ostrich, depending on the availability.
I also want to try wild boar and ostrich, depending on the availability.
^I've had buffalo as jerky, burgers, and as part of traditional stews, succotash, and topping on fry bread. I've never thought of it as too gamey...not as gamey as venison (which is way too gamey for my liking). More like lean beef. I've never heard of Fuddruckers...is that a chain restaurant?
Oh...And I keep seeing ostrich eggs at the grocery store, but they're super expensive! Anyone had them? Is it worth the price to try it?
Oh...And I keep seeing ostrich eggs at the grocery store, but they're super expensive! Anyone had them? Is it worth the price to try it?
Hmm, it's been awhile, so it could've been the elk burger that was gamey, but the buffalo burger was lean for sure.
Fuddrucker's is a chain here in California. Not sure if there are other locations in the U.S.
^It's been awhile since I've had buffalo in any form other than jerky (haven't been to a powwow in maybe 7 years), so I could be remembering wrong too...or maybe I was just used to its particular gaminess having eaten it from a young age. I eat buffalo jerky all the time though, and it's definitely not gamey. Bison are very closely related to cows, so I think that's why they taste similar. I'd imagine elk would be very gamey. Venison and moose are both gamey. I'm not fond of gamey meets, personally. I don't even like duck.
A bug by any other name.
Actually, lobsters are part of the Crustacean subphylum, while insects like roaches are part of the subphylum Hexapoda. Although both [insects and crustaceans] are considered arthropods. Just a nitpick.
All this talk about shrimp and eggs makes me hungry. Hungry for something like this:
On the bottom: asparagus w. freshly made mayonnaise, on top: fjord shrimp (very tiny ones; took me and the chef about half an hour to peel enough for four servings!) and fried rye-bread-bits & bacon-bits, served with lightly boiled quail-eggs and spinach in a light vinaigrette...
That was the 'rustic' starter for the birthday-meal the chef (and I
) made for her big sisters birthday.
And it was just so yummy!
On the bottom: asparagus w. freshly made mayonnaise, on top: fjord shrimp (very tiny ones; took me and the chef about half an hour to peel enough for four servings!) and fried rye-bread-bits & bacon-bits, served with lightly boiled quail-eggs and spinach in a light vinaigrette...
That was the 'rustic' starter for the birthday-meal the chef (and I
) made for her big sisters birthday.And it was just so yummy!
Buffalo is more gamey than cow, with a different texture. But it's definitely not as gamey as venison (which is also delicious). Elk is in the middle.
JMHO
I almost forgot to mention bearded clam & fish taco.
These vary widely depending on preparation
These vary widely depending on preparation
I was hoping to go to a powwow next week when I visit my mom, but unfortunately there are none going on. We might go to her local tribal center (she just moved, so it's a different one than we've ever been to), which apparently has a great cafe that serves buffalo, maybe I'll sample it there and see if it's as I remember it!
I absolutely hate venison, myself!
I've had bison (it's unusual, but not impossible to find bison burgers in pubs around here), eel, emu (there are emu farms in southwestern Ontario, and I was at a bridge tournament down that way many years ago), alligator, and crayfish (both when I was at a bridge tournament in New Orleans).
A Canadian food that I enjoy (but sparingly, for reasons that will become obvious) is poutine. None of the ingredients are particularly strange, but the combination is something that's not well-known outside of Canada (specifically Quebec, though over the past ten years or so it's become a staple at pubs and burger joints). You take French fries, cover them with cheese curds, and then smother the whole thing with beef gravy. Some places serve it with chili, and I've recently heard of a place that serves it with lobster. It's often referred to as "a heart attack on a plate," which is why I don't eat it that often. But it's sooooooo good.
A Canadian food that I enjoy (but sparingly, for reasons that will become obvious) is poutine. None of the ingredients are particularly strange, but the combination is something that's not well-known outside of Canada (specifically Quebec, though over the past ten years or so it's become a staple at pubs and burger joints). You take French fries, cover them with cheese curds, and then smother the whole thing with beef gravy. Some places serve it with chili, and I've recently heard of a place that serves it with lobster. It's often referred to as "a heart attack on a plate," which is why I don't eat it that often. But it's sooooooo good.
I eat buffalo regularly (makes great burgers).
I have also eaten:
Rattlesnake
Alligator
Caribou
Bear
Elk
and probably the top one:
Rocky Mountain Oysters
Ever been to the Montana Testicle Festival?
I didn't sample the local cuisine, but the all the naked girls was a nice thing.
Wild boar is quite common here, especially on the mountains. Pappardelle al cinghiale (kind of broad egg fettuccine with wild boar ragù) is a regional specialty.
I've had wild boar several times, but to be honest, I'm not sure I could even differentiate it from regular pork in a blind test.
I've been to several Big Times over the years. I never had venison at those events, but I did have a salmon jerky that was really good.
And don't get me started on Indian Tacos. Yum!
I eat buffalo regularly (makes great burgers).
I have also eaten:
Rattlesnake
Alligator
Caribou
Bear
Elk
and probably the top one:
Rocky Mountain Oysters
Ever been to the Montana Testicle Festival?
I didn't sample the local cuisine, but the all the naked girls was a nice thing.
Ha! No I haven't. I had them at the Buckhorn Exchange in Denver.
Rocky Mountain Oysters, I mean. Not naked girls.
Anything involving fry bread is manna from heaven!!!
I've been to several Big Times over the years. I never had venison at those events, but I did have a salmon jerky that was really good.
And don't get me started on Indian Tacos. Yum!
I've never had venison at a powwow either, I tried that somewhere else. And I'm a horrible Indian, because I hate salmon!
Sausage. I can't get any more bizarre than that. Eating a cockroach isn't as bizarre. I mean we chop the animal up, throw it in a grinder, and then put it into its own gut. Holy shit.
^Sausage is one of those things it's just best not too think much about. Like death. Or minority republicans.