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    #16
    Whale beef
    Camel
    Eel (very traditional in Sweden. Tastes great when smoked heavily).


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    • Jerod Broussard
      Jerod Broussard commented
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      Whale Beef, what the crap?

    • Henrik
      Henrik commented
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      I was in Norway (Lofoten), so we bought a beef and fried it.

    • Troutman
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      Love Unagi or Japanese grilled eel, it's wonderful !!!

    #17
    Balut
    Dried squid and octopus. Very tasty
    Caviar. -Like many here, I don't get the hype.
    Rabbit.- Love it.
    Deer- big fan of deer
    Canada Goose

    Balut was probably the weirdest and most crazy thing I have ever eaten. I was less than sober when I tried it.

    Rocky mountain oysters- not going there...
    Last edited by Thunder77; March 20, 2019, 09:39 AM.

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    • Atalanta
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      You'd have to be less than sober for Balut! LOL

    • Thunder77
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      You are correct on that one! 😂😂

    #18
    Rattlesnake. I found out chicken tastes like Rattlesnake. Best grilled instead of deep fat fried.

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      #19
      Well,

      venison/elk/moose
      abalone
      bull head
      venison liver
      fiddleheads
      puff balls
      aborted mushrooms (entaloma?)
      bear
      wild turkey, mallard, teal, & Canadian goose
      gator and snake (too long ago to have much of an opinion)
      frog legs
      turtle (soup)
      abalone
      raccoon & beaver meatballs
      squirrel
      tripe (menudo)
      quail & duck eggs
      kidney stew (not sure what kind, maybe pork, but yuk!)
      jaternice
      spam
      Last edited by Murdy; March 20, 2019, 03:31 PM.

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      • RonB
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        I've been waiting for someone to say Spam...

      • NapMaster
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        Murdy Pan fried Spam is awesome. Not sure how you got talked into eating kidney stew. Kidney is turible.

      • Murdy
        Murdy commented
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        I agree on the kidney stew. My grandmother used to make it. She'd soak them for days to make sure they were clean. Her and my mom loved it, but I couldn't stand it. Had to try it though.

      #20
      Kudu
      Springbok
      Warthog
      Gemsbok
      Above game all very good if prepared correctly and make great Biltong.and sausage.
      Ostrich excellent
      Crcodile as mentioned like chicken not a big fan
      Abalone if done right
      Gully Shark - so good
      Frogs overrated
      Snails even from own garden - like alot
      Affal must be cooked properly
      Mopane worms just tasted batter not much else
      Silver eel boney but tasty
      Rabbit not a fan
      Pigeon pie very good
      Guinea fowl difficult to prepare was delicious but then we had been eating army ratpacks for months so?





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        #21
        Most of the weird proteins I've had are mentioned here, so I'll just add the ones omitted.

        Tempura Shrimp Heads - the sushi place near us served them as a "lets see if they'll eat this" and they're quite tasty.
        Auk - had it in Iceland. Tasted like liver (I like liver)
        Hakarl - again in Iceland. There's a reason they serve a shot of Brenevin with it.
        Shark - surprised nobody mentioned it yet. My local grocery store had it and it was pretty good on the grill
        Pig brains and eggs - scored a pig head after a pig roast and extracted the brains. Tasted liked canned corned beef (not the stuff we turn into pastrami). May do it again sometime.

        Then there are the "offal" combinations which appear as blood pudding, haggis, liver ring, and scrapple. Love them all

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          #22
          No one else has had Groundhog (whistle pig, wood chuck)? I grew up on game meat such as squirrel, rabbit, coon, mud turtle and whatever else that couldn't outrun us but groundhog was a favorite.
          Have tried some of the other things that have been listed and would like to second or third that caviar is over rated. If it's an acquired taste it's something I'm not going to taste enough to acquire a taste.

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          • Murdy
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            My grandfather said thy ate a wood chuck during the great depression and it was not good, so I never though to try it. Could have more to do with however they prepared it than the actual quality of the meat, I suspect. He also said they ate crow, and he gave the impression that it was good.

          • NapMaster
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            I would think a woodchuck could be tastey. A vegetarian rodent. I've heard young nutria are tastey, much like rabbit. I never bothered to try one but they are abundant here.

          #23
          Wow, interesting question. Never really thought about the full list - here goes what I can remember.

          Usual commercial meats - beef, pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, duck, bison, fish/seafood/etc.
          Beef tripe, beef tendon
          Rocky mountain oysters (beef and lamb)
          Pigeon
          Dove
          Quail
          Rabbit
          Squirrel
          Woodchuck
          Variety of panfish
          Whitetail deer
          Mule deer
          Pronghorn antelope
          Elk
          Wild pig
          Turtle
          Mule/Donkey
          Camel
          Dog
          Fish eyes
          Scorpion
          Yak
          Goat
          Duck feet
          Duck intestines
          River eels
          Pig blood cakes
          Chicken feet
          Beetles
          Grubs
          Alligator
          Crocodile
          Wildebeest
          Frog legs
          Snails





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          • NapMaster
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            Pig blood cakes? Please expound and did you hurl?

          • radshop
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            ​​​​​Ha! NapMaster - I lived in China for several years, and one of the best decisions I made was to just eat whatever the locals were eating without making a fuss. About the pig blood, I actually should have called it something different because there's a food in eastern China that I've never had called Pig Blood Cake that's sweetened blood and rice. What I had is just pig blood that's coagulated in rectangular molds, then sliced into pieces and boiled in Sichuan hot pot. It's pretty good.

          #24
          Anything I can knock down with a 20 gauge and fit on the pit !!

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            #25
            Let's see:

            Barbacoa made from the entire head of the cow, even the eyes and brains. It was all shredded together with the cheeks and tongue so you couldn't identify parts but still.
            Snake (my uncle caught it, I don't know what type)
            Squirrel (again this summer I spent with my aunt, uncle, and cousins when I was 7 or 8 was interesting)
            Rabbit (uncle caught and cooked it)
            Raccoon (uncle caught and cooked it)
            Camel
            Ostrich
            Emu
            Elk
            Bison
            Beef Tongue
            Venison
            Jowls (uncle cooked)
            Pickled Pigs feet (uncle made me try)
            Antelope
            Kangaroo
            Water Buffalo
            Pheasant
            Quail
            Goose
            Duck
            Does Capon count? Not really exotic but not common here.
            Eel
            Octopus (have tried a few times. I do not like)
            Large Salmon Roe (do not like the explosion when you chew)
            caviar
            escargot
            Alligator
            Python chili
            Turtle soup
            Wild boar
            Beef and chicken liver
            Kidney Pie

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            • Red Man
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              Sounds like quite an uncle!

            • Obi-Dan
              Obi-Dan commented
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              Red Man It was an interesting time spent with him, my aunt and my cousins. Very different from my house where we hunted in the grocery store. Fun summer though. However I never really forgave him for the pickled pigs feet. Blech. Or my cousin for shooting me with a pellet gun.

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