What is the weirdest food you have eaten

[Ixrec 86]

Of course, weird is relative, but relative to the culture I grew up in... probably the weirdest would be octopus. When I got so deep into anime/manga that I taught myself Japanese, I made a point of trying a handful of Japanese foods at least once, and the okonomiyaki place I tried happened to include octopus in theirs. Didn't have a strong opinion on the taste either way.

Also, is it just me, or are half the posts in this thread about octopus? Maybe that one shouldn't count as weird any more 

[HeavenSunset 1,873]

I don't eat a lot of unusual foods, so the weirdest thing i must have eaten might be sushi or butter-brot (its german)

[dead account 2,716]

Snails. Even though they tasted really delicious when I was a kid, I'm too disgusted to eat them nowadays.

[DixonTheAdversary 1,637]

I'm a pretty picky eater, who doesn't like to branch out much, so I haven't tried any "weird" foods.

[Sonic Shimmer 4,137]

I’ve eaten escargots (snails) on numerous occasions. Never successfully convinced anyone else to try it 

[PinkieSpy 69]

When we lived in the Philippines I tried 3 things at a neighborhood bbq that pretty much convinced me to never try anything unusual ever again.

I was maybe 7 and they had the usual bbq meats (a really big boar roasting on a spit that smelled insane) but also several trays of different kebabs.

So I'm hungry af and the boar is going to take a while longer so I try these kebabs, first one was ok a little weird but nothing too extreme.

Second one was stringy and made me gag right off, I asked right off what it was, that was cat meat the first was dog. So then I started blasting.

After throwing up several years worth of food, I was going to leave screw this weirdness, but they talked me out of it and said try this balut, it's an egg you like eggs.

Hmm ok I'll try balut... hands it to me and the smell knocks me down, I throw it like a grenade and run screaming home. No ma'am I am never trying weird stuff ever again!

[Thuja 3,665]

On 11/26/2015 at 1:25 AM, Samurai Equine said:

Peanut Butter, Jelly, Ham, and Cheese sandwich. That's right, all 4 at once between the same two pieces of bread. Nothing to separate any of those ingredients.

Not gonna lie, I'm slightly intrigued?  Wouldn't have ham though, don't really like the texture, maybe with turkey or chicken or something? 

[Samurai Equine 54,906]

8 hours ago, Thuja said:

Not gonna lie, I'm slightly intrigued?  Wouldn't have ham though, don't really like the texture, maybe with turkey or chicken or something? 

Sure. Replace the ham with whatever deli meat you prefer. It's the same effect either way.  
Not sure if this is accurate since I'm an American hearing this second-hand, but I've heard that in some places in the world, they do put a layer of jam in a regular meat and cheese sandwich. So maybe what I ate wasn't too far off; they just don't normally include peanut butter.

[Thuja 3,665]

13 hours ago, Samurai Equine said:

Sure. Replace the ham with whatever deli meat you prefer. It's the same effect either way.  
Not sure if this is accurate since I'm an American hearing this second-hand, but I've heard that in some places in the world, they do put a layer of jam in a regular meat and cheese sandwich. So maybe what I ate wasn't too far off; they just don't normally include peanut butter.

That's interesting, never heard of using jam in a sandwich normally!! 

[Splashee 28,599]

Ice cream made purly of ice flakes dipped in flavor.

You might call it snow cone, I call it the weirdest ice cream!

[TheRockARockster 54,066]

I've had blue steak, takoyaki (octopus), eel and salmon roe, I would eat all of them again except the blue steak.

[Fluttershutter 2,906]

I've eaten a lot of this stuff. Frog legs, alligator, ants, octopus(dead and cooked), sea weed chips, scorpion lollipop.

Here are some recipes I'd like to try: https://www.montclair.edu/newscenter/2021/05/19/cicadas-safe-to-eat-sustainable-delicious-recipes/

[Dreambiscuit 11,207]

I've eaten escargot,frog legs, octopus, squid, toasted crickets, tripe, czernina (duck blood soup) and some really weird Polish dishes I can't even pronounce or spell. It's all 'normal' to someone somewhere, except maybe the crickets. That's just for 'fun.' 

Edited June 13, 2021 by Dreambiscuit

[Clawdeen 20,896]

I....don’t think I’ve ever ate anything that would be considered weird

[ZiggWheelsManning 13,239]

Frog Legs the ever so delicious Frog Legs  

[Retro*Derpy 3,372]

I had octopus when I was in Mexico. It wasn't good, rather disgusting.

[Fluttershutter 2,906]

On 2021-06-13 at 2:21 AM, Dreambiscuit said:

I've eaten escargot,frog legs, octopus, squid, toasted crickets, tripe, czernina (duck blood soup) and some really weird Polish dishes I can't even pronounce or spell. It's all 'normal' to someone somewhere, except maybe the crickets. That's just for 'fun.' 

What was your experience with tripe?

I got some once on a whim(because in Star Trek it's Bregit Lung.) 

 

and looked up how to cook it. All the recipes said to boil it for two hours. I figure okay, it's organ meat, I guess you have to do that for safety. After two hours of boiling it was literally like rubber. I could not even chew it. I cut a piece, chewed it and chewed it and made no progress. I finally just swallowed a couple of small pieces whole and threw the rest away.

It was pretty expensive too for one of the garbage parts of the animal. 

 

 

On 2021-06-14 at 7:59 PM, ZiggWheelsManning said:

Frog Legs the ever so delicious Frog Legs  

They're good but really pretty similar to chicken.

[Do svidaniya 2,065]

A spaghetti bolognese pizza.

I'm half convinced I tripped that experience because I cannot find evidence of its existence despite it coming from a Dominos many years ago.

Thinking back on it? Worst thing I have eaten.

[Dreambiscuit 11,207]

On 2025-07-18 at 7:36 PM, Fluttershutter said:

What was your experience with tripe?

I got some once on a whim(because in Star Trek it's Bregit Lung.) 

 

and looked up how to cook it. All the recipes said to boil it for two hours. I figure okay, it's organ meat, I guess you have to do that for safety. After two hours of boiling it was literally like rubber. I could not even chew it. I cut a piece, chewed it and chewed it and made no progress. I finally just swallowed a couple of small pieces whole and threw the rest away.

It was pretty expensive too for one of the garbage parts of the animal. 

 

 My experience with tripe is a lot like yours @Fluttershutter; boiled for what seemed like forever, and it still tasted like a piece of tasteless rubber. I didn’t like the alleged flavor, consistency or texture. And the whole thing just seemed unappetizing. For all the work that goes into it, it’s just not worth it.

[Longhaul 8,178]

A New England Boiled Dinner.  It's basically pork shoulder, carrots, onion, and potatoes put into a pot, covered with water, and boiled to death.  It tastes every bit as appetizing as it sounds, and thank goodness I don't have to eat it any more.  We had this several times when I was growing up and I dreaded every time it came around in the menu rotation.