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Sausages... oh sausages... why do you come in so many shapes and sizes? Sausages... oh sausages... why do people make fun of your phallic form, when you are full of so much tasty goodness... which... erm, that sounds bad eh? Sausages full of tasty goodness... oh my.



Only the war of sausages and hot dogs can determine the outcome of this one. I think that sausages (being so wonderful and all) will win by default to the unknown and salty goodness (rank they may be, nothing beats a real deal frank) that is the hot dog. This will truly be epic either way...



Yes, indeed. We came (snicker), we saw, we BBQ'd.

I once had Cangaroo, that was pretty tasty. But that's pretty much it.

Your avatar... it is made out of win... I am jealous... .



Wait... what in the feth is cangaroo? Is that like a... wait... I see a whale... and it is falling on me...

Kangaroo eh? That sounds rather interesting really. I would noms on that for sure.

Buffulo,Elk,deer,bear,grouse,duck.

I eat alot of things.

Sadly I don't know some of the names of the really exotic meats I have had were.

I had a semi-wealthy Grandfather that liked expensive seafood and made his relatives share in it when I was a real young. I had a neighbor who was a chef and I got to sample some of his weirder/more exotic stuff. Mostly birds and different kinds of fancy/expensive cattle. I have had a few hunter friends that make you take their extras.

I know I have had quail, pheasant, peacock, other more exotic birds; many different deer/elk like animals, buffalo, at least two kinds of lion, boars of many kinds, black bear, what was claimed to be polar bear; couple kinds of snakes, tortoise and turtle, gator and crock, quite a few kinds of lizards and other assorted reptiles; and tiger (it was a captive one that died of old age and was sold for meat afterwards). I am not into seafood that much, so I am not sure all the kinds my Grandfather tired to make me eat over the years, just that they were "expensive". I know I had quite a few types of shark, they were the only seafood I kind of enjoyed. There is other stuff but, except for the hunters' meats, most of it was almost 15 years ago. Hmm, almost forgot all the different kinds of insects I have been forced to try too, maybe it is better that I do forget.

If by "exotic" the op means things not readily avilable on "the dollar value menu" ,I've eaten,
Venison
Alligator
Rabbit
Squirl
Emu
Shark
And maybe a Possum,but I'm not sure,of course you have to remember,I'm from New Orleans,we will eat a babies a$$ through a park bench if we get hungry enough.

Veal, Gator, Snails, Frog's Legs, Venison, Snake, Ostrich, Squirrel, Elk, Grouse, Pheasant, Squid, Kangaroo.

Still can't beat my favourite though - Pork.

BrookM wrote:

garret wrote:we really should start farming some of these animals.

Good fething god.. No, just.. UGH.

why not we farm cows,chickens,turkeys and a ton of other animals? Whats the difference?

garret wrote:why not we farm cows,chickens,turkeys and a ton of other animals? Whats the difference?

Because they are stupid. Dolphins are more intelligent than most of the people on Earth.

Have had shark, swordfish, water buffalo, crocodile, ostrich, kobe beef, kangaroo.

Dolphin intelligence has been overestimated in the past, actually. They're about equal to elephants, which still puts them behind most of the apes.

They're not the kind of thing that should be farmed and eaten though, in my opinion. Still too smart for that. (Although we still kidnap them and make them jump around on TV, so meh.)

Orkeosaurus wrote:Dolphin intelligence has been overestimated in the past, actually. They're about equal to elephants

I still stand by my previous statement.

Gwar! wrote:

garret wrote:why not we farm cows,chickens,turkeys and a ton of other animals? Whats the difference?

Because they are stupid. Dolphins are more intelligent than most of the people on Earth.

or so we thought...I personally think that tubeworms are the smartest on earth....but whatever.
I've eaten moose, but I don't think that counts as exotic. Tastes like meatloaf. By the wy, what's in meatloaf? Surely it should be cowloaf or pigloaf or mountaingoatloaf or duckbilledplatypusloaf...what are they hiding?
>.<

Gwar! wrote:

garret wrote:why not we farm cows,chickens,turkeys and a ton of other animals? Whats the difference?

Because they are stupid. Dolphins are more intelligent than most of the people on Earth.

Have you ever been with a chicken that wasnt on your plate there pretty smart.

garret wrote:

Gwar! wrote:

garret wrote:why not we farm cows,chickens,turkeys and a ton of other animals? Whats the difference?

Because they are stupid. Dolphins are more intelligent than most of the people on Earth.

Have you ever been with a chicken that wasnt on your plate there pretty smart.

Actually yes. My Grandmother back in Italy has a small number of chickens, and I can tell you they are as Dumb as Pig gak.

Nightwatch wrote:By the wy, what's in meatloaf? Surely it should be cowloaf or pigloaf or mountaingoatloaf or duckbilledplatypusloaf...what are they hiding?

It's ground up meat, shaped into a big loaf.

What aren't they hiding?

Cow stomach, squid, eel, dolphin, dog, moose, bison, turtle, shark, octopus, sheep stomach and alligator. That is all I can remember for now....I really want to try donkey though, I hear it is delicious, especially in Beijing.

bison, frog, crawfish are kinda exotic in tennessee, ostrich, squirrel, deer, elk, probably had a few strange things in the boyscouts i've simply forgotten about.
would like try a few of the things i've seen others list

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

garret wrote:Well i am going off what he told me so as far as i know its true.
But i did eat dolphin once it was delicious if you ever get the chance then you should.
we really should start farming some of these animals.

Yeah, clever you.

I was thinking of taking up hunting and killing illiterate, halfwitted and dull flamebaiter posters who can't seem to construct a single useful bloody post in their entire fething career on this site.

If you spot any big lumbering dumb arsehole like that, holler out, I'm thinking they'd be good basted and stuffed with wild fennel and slow roasted on a spit. It's a kindness really, both by putting them out of their miserable existence and by enabling the rest of us to enjoy the site minus their slow, ponderous and poorly constructed 'correspondence'...

Mmmm.... Sounds Tasty! I'm with you!

In Japan I ate:

raw squid
raw eel
raw octopus
raw horse
par-boiled chicken (in other words, mostly raw!!! raw chicken!)
deep-fried bumblebee

Regularly at home:

venison

At a restaurant:

kangaroo

I've had jellyfish, sea urchins and various unusual shellfish.

However as Frazzled will confirm, nothing beat HAGGIS!

garret wrote:Have you ever been with a chicken that wasnt on your plate there pretty smart.

I've never 'been' with a chicken, but I have worked on farms that have chickens. Maybe they're different when you get intimate with them, but purely in terms of feeding them and collecting eggs they seemed very stupid to me.

Octopus (or is it squid) score highly on lots of intelligence tests, but we eat them.



Meanwhile, I've eaten emu, kangaroo, and frog's legs. That's probably about it for exotic meats. It sounds like a need to spend some time in the Southern US, get into some deep fried cricket and gator burgers.

Fifty wrote:deep-fried bumblebee

You can all bow down to the champ right here... that is one hell of an accomplishment though. Deep fried bees, that just rings of win... let me see if google wants to pop out a cookie for you, one second.

You can say that looks as gross as you want... but I would freaking eat it with the major noms. Yes, that sounds good, the major (not the minor) noms.

Kangaroo is very tasty when cooked right. Needs to be rare, on the verge of blue.

Emu - gamey, well worth a shot.

I love the fact that as an Aussie, I get to eat the two animals that are on our 'coat of arms', and can buy the meat in the supermarket!

darkkt wrote:
I love the fact that as an Aussie, I get to eat the two animals that are on our 'coat of arms', and can buy the meat in the supermarket!

Pah! As a Brit I frequently enjoy the meaty roastings of lions and unicorns!

MeanGreenStompa wrote:

darkkt wrote:
I love the fact that as an Aussie, I get to eat the two animals that are on our 'coat of arms', and can buy the meat in the supermarket!

Pah! As a Brit I frequently enjoy the meaty roastings of lions and unicorns!

And Thistles, don't forget Thistles!!!!!

I've had turtle.. wasn't a huge fan. Didnt like the texture..

It illegal in most places but I had it in Nicaragua where environmental conservation is throwing you stryofoam plates into the sea.. Might aswell eat whats in there before it dies.

In my experience exotic meats are exotic cause it tastes terrible. Kangaroo for example.

I have Kangeroo. mmmm Skippy...... drool

I'm surprised at what some people would call 'exotic'...
Here it is quite common to eat duck, kangaroo, squid, eel, goat and a few of the other game animals, IE venison, and quail etc

personally though, the exotic things I have eaten:
Camel
Kangaroo
Jellyfish
Crocodile
Emu
ostrich


Kangaroo is an interesting one; Available in pretty much every supermarket. Cheaper than most meat.
The belief about it having to be cooked rare is a bit of a myth: it is true for only some of the cuts of meat; but this is the case for most animals. For kangaroo it is generally actually the more expensive fillet meat from the leg (I think). The rest of the animal you can cook for as long as you like.

You can also find it commonly in mince and sausage forms.

I've had Crocodile tail at an Outback in Branson once. When I was growing up I would go with my dad to hunt Quail. I don't know if you consider that exotic, but the population has thinned in several areas. Pheasent as well, same reasoning behind Quail.

I have a feeling that Dolphin tastes like Tuna. I mean if it's getting tangled up in nets and being canned with Tuna and there are no complaints on the taste, then why not?

Some day I would like to try Kobe Beef.

Whale, dolphin, dog, grasshoppers, venison, bison, cow, chicken, pig, pretty much everything that comes out of the ocean, wild pig, Kentucky Fried Pidgeon