Weber Summit Kamado with SnS and Vortex.. Broil King Baron, Primo Oval Junior. Primo XL. Love grilling steaks, ribs, and chicken. Need to master smoked salmon. Absolutely love anything to do with baking bread. Favorite cool weather beer: Sam Adams Octoberfest Favorite warm weather beer: Yuengling Traditional Lager. All-time favorite drink: Single Malt Scotch
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
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.
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?
Grills: 22" Weber (wood handles) (another Weber on the way), Lodge Sportsman "hibachi" Smoker: None yet, part of why I joined Thermometer: 10+ yr old Taylor digital thermometer with remote Sous Vide: Anovo Imersion Circulator (1st gen) Coffee Roaster: Hot Top Coffee Roaster Adult Beverages: Fighting Cock Bourbon, Leinny Shandy, Troegs Mad Elf
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
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.
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.
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.
​​​​​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.
Smoker: PBC
Grill: A 20-year-old Webber 22.5" Kettle with a Slow and Sear
Thermometers: A Maverick ET732, A Thermapen, a few miscellaneous thermometers
Misc: I just seem to keep buying things.
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
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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