[skatss]

How brave are you when it comes to trying foods from all over the world?

I have a friend, male, who will eat and try anything at all. If you tell him that it's food he will try it. He's eaten live beetles in a Mexican store, he has tried bat and rodent.

I tend to be extremely timid when it has to do with eating. I'm too well aware that I can get sick if I try something too extreme. I have a really powerful gag reflex.

Does anyone here like to try extremely exotic foods? What have you tasted? What was it like?

Don't say it tasted like chicken! LOL!

[szot]

Skats, I'm with you honey. My stomach just can't take anything too extreme like those beetles, bats and rodents your friend likes. I know some people who will eat bugs if they are coated in chocolate. Until I get desperate, I'll just stick to my regular food groups!

[bubble]

I always thought of myself as adventurous with food, that was unitl I read about your friend eating rodents, beetles and bats!!

I have tried various amounts of seafood, and one of my favorites is chipporones they are tiny baby squids, with eyes and all, cooked in a light batter. Just squeeze on a little lemon juice and yum!!

[kjscrafts]

I am pretty adventurous when it comes to trying new things, although, I do not try that much anymore because I am a vegetarian and that kind of limits things. In the past I have had kangaroo, crocodile, and escargot (snails). I have also had a lot of different fish in the form of sushi, such as octopus.

[Rabscuttle]

The most adventurious I ever get is putting the baby octopus on my plate at the Chinese Buffet... Never ate it mind you, just put in on my plate...

[Meander]

I will try most anything once. I've tried roasted grubs, cooked grasshoppers, and raw, live insects. Roasted grubs were reminiscent of shrimp but with a creamy texture and a hint of nuttiness. Live crickets are a bit like uni (sea urchin) in flavor but slightly crunchy. Fried grasshoppers are kind of nice, especially cooked in butter. They have a nice, "browned" flavor and remind me a little of crawdads with a lot less meat. You eat the whole thing, too, so there's crunch from the exoskeleton.

I eat sushi or sashimi whenever I can but I don't consider those to be adventurous. I've watched a lot of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations and I want to have his job.