Bizarre Foods

[Mosch]

Orginal gepostet von Ziggi

Could the Germans here explain Sauerfleish to me? Had some in Braunschweig once and quite liked it put it was a bit strange I must say

Ziggi

Sauerbraten (I think that\'s the same as Sauerfleisch - it means \"sour meat\" while Sauerbraten means \"sour roast\") is basically a large piece of meat that has been marinated in a mixture of spices. To get the \"sauer\" into the \"Fleisch\" at least a third of those spices is usually vinegar. Also there\'s usuall quite a lot of onion in it.
The meat rests in this mixture for half a week or up to a full week. Then you roast it for two to three hours, depending on the size of the meat, and bind the marinade with flour to get a sauce.
By the way, the meat is usually beef, but horse is also used quite often.

Personally I don\'t like it.

 

[supervike]

The farm nieghbors I used to have would pickle the chicken feet after butchering the chicken.....I\'m not sure why, and I was never around when they ate them.

I\'d pretty much try any food, but there are a few I might not be able to do....for instance, anything made of bugs, grubs, or rotted meat. That sounds horrible.

 

[Ritual]

I wouldn\'t mind eating fried grasshoppers or something similar. I know I guy who\'s from Thailand and they eat that stuff quite a lot. He says it\'s very nice!

 

[Bill]

Originally posted by matty1001

Originally posted by Bill
I\'d actually quite like to go to Iceland to try puffin. I saw a really cool photo of an Icelandic puffin-hunter in a magazine. They look so colourful and tasty

What the puffin hunter? Thats cannabilism Bill!

lol No, he was ginger. He also looked like a bit of a psychopath. I would prefer the puffins

 

[War Griffon]

Originally posted by Ritual
I wouldn\'t mind eating fried grasshoppers or something similar. I know I guy who\'s from Thailand and they eat that stuff quite a lot. He says it\'s very nice!

Sounds similar to the bits in Vietnam and trust me I wouldn\'t want to try that again as soon as you put them in your mouth you want to bite into them and when you do you get a crunch followed by the gag reflex and you are looking for somewhere to dump a pavement pizza.

 

[Ritual]

@War Griffon
Is the gag reflex actually caused by the taste or just the fact that you\'ve just chewed on a large insect?

 

[War Griffon]

Probably a bit of both, surfice to say I didn\'t keep it in my mouth long enough to worry about the actual taste.

 

[PanzaTrooper]

Dudes! You\'re getting me hungry here!

Oh, BTW, lutfisk is dried cod wich is cooked. I think. Eaten with peas and bechamel sauce. I cant really stand the \'snotty\' texture of the fish though.

 

[treide]

@squig hunter - Any reason Icelandic folk are so fond of rotten meat? Yuck!

@reverend - Funny you mentioned laverbread and cockles - the guy on the Bizarre Foods show featured those as well as whelks, haggis, boiled eel, and cooked pigeon.

@arkzein - Haggis looked pretty tasty on that show! They warned that it can occasionally explode while cooking, though.

@supervike - I don\'t know about your neighbors, but I tried chicken feet at an Asian restaurant, and I thought they were nasty. Can\'t remember if it was in Philadelphia or San Francisco.

Does anyone know of a place in the USA that serves traditional haggis?

Anyone tried the following?:

Jellyfish

Bird\'s nest soup

Baby octopus (Korean delicacy apparently - they are sliced up while still alive, and squirm in your mouth. Also apparently hard to swallow because the suckers on the tentacles grab hold of your teeth/tongue/throat)

 

[Swordwind]

They sell baby octopus in jars in Tesco now...

 

[charley1968]

yummy

Had sea-urchin gonads.tasted like caviar with a texture.

 

[War Griffon]

Bubble and Squeak, oh how I used to hate that stuff as a kid :|~

 

[Infidel Castro]

Originally posted by War Griffon
Bubble and Squeak, oh how I used to hate that stuff as a kid :|~

As a kid, but what about now? I make mine a lot better than my folks did I reckon. I love the stuff!

 

[Fizl]

I had both jellyfish and sea cucumber in singapore.

Jellyfish was ok - to be honest it tasted by fishy spaghetti. The sea cucumber i didn\'t honestly get on with - that was one texture in a food I didn\'t enjoy - yet had to eat it as the \'guest of honour\' and it being the most expensive thing on the blooming menu!

Shaz

 

[War Griffon]

Originally posted by reverend

Originally posted by War Griffon
Bubble and Squeak, oh how I used to hate that stuff as a kid :|~

As a kid, but what about now? I make mine a lot better than my folks did I reckon. I love the stuff!

Haven\'t touched the stuff since just the thought of it puts me off let alone the smell of it in the pan.

Shaz, why do you women always have to go for the most expensive thing on the menu it is not a challenge you know and because it is expensive doesn\'t mean it will taste nice.

 

[Fizl]

I didn\'t order it - I\'d have been happy with pork and noodles

I was taken out by the company - one of those you are our guest type things. They wanted to show off and ordered the posh stuff - everyone else seemed to savour it!

The jellyfish was cheap though

Shaz

 

[Arkzein]

Originally posted by War Griffon

Shaz, why do you women always have to go for the most expensive thing on the menu it is not a challenge you know and because it is expensive doesn\'t mean it will taste nice.

*and* never finish it. lol (sorry couldn\'t resist)

 

[Fizl]

Cos we know when we are full!

We don\'t feel the need to \'have\' to clean the plate!

Shaz

 

[Einion]

None of these are groundbreakingly bizarre but they might be odd to anyone that\'s not familiar with them:

Fish eggs (raw, salted).

Raw fish.

Blood sausage.

Chicken feet.

Deep-fried whitefish (cooked whole, heads and intestines intact).

Ox tongue, which is freakin\' awesome IMO.

Brawn (compressed meatloafy thing made from boiled-down pig\'s head).

Crackling (crisp-cooked pig\'s skin).

Durian.

\"1,000-year-old-eggs\", which are vile and disgusting from my childhood recollection.

Steak tartar.

Apple seeds (almond flavour is from prussic acid - hydrocyanic acid).

Mouldy cheese - Roquefort, Stilton etc.

Originally posted by War Griffon
Haggis is an excellent choice of food and is actually quite healthy when you concider that the average Glaswiegen lives off Whiskey and deep fried mars bars and deep fried pizza or anything else the chip shop will deep fry for them

lol

Originally posted by Ritual

Originally posted by War Griffon
As for Poteen - well it depends on who is brewing it and can be leathal even in small doses a bad batch can send you blind.

Sounds like moonshine...

Basically the same thing. The traditional methods for poteen are supposed to make something quite good but some of it is utter crap of course, stuff you wouldn\'t want to use for anything other than degreasing engine parts.

Originally posted by treide
Bird\'s nest soup

Yep, had that back in Hong Kong a couple of times. Totally disgusting to think about when you know what it\'s made from but it\'s actually really nice if I remember correctly.

Einion

 

[squig hunter]

@ treide WE save lot´s of money in preservatives XD

Squig