Originally Posted By Mr X What, you never heard of escargot? Never tried it, but I do like broccoli and I know plenty of folks who love eel (very popular over here with a special "eel sauce", you'd like it I bet dsh).
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance Anybody who could put a garden snail in there mouth MUST have a few screws loose. I cringe when my daughter picks them off of our fence and pitches them in the neighbors yard.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss But when you think about it, eating a cute animal isn't very appealing either.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance At least animals don't leave a slimey trail when they drag themselves across the ground
Originally Posted By Mr X Well, dogs are cute but they'll happily lick their privates and eat poop. Just sayin. (don't get me started on cats!)
Originally Posted By gadzuux Anything tastes better when it's drenched in garlic butter. And that includes privates and poop too.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo escargot is ok, but it is the garlic butter that makes it so. Eels are popular hen jellied in the East End of London, very gross. But Napa Rose is one of my fav restaurants around the globe. I love lobster, in France it is very popular is various chinese dishes. However, I am careful when dining in france. Americans have a romantic view of French cuisine, but in addition to Ratatoule, Horse meat, rabbit, sweetmeets, and ox tongue are very popular ingredients. That said, Frogs legs are not bad.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo FWIW, we now get quite ill and retain fluids when we eat in the US unless it is places like Napa Rose or other higher end/organic places. The amount of salt and additives really do not agree with our bodies.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Americans have a romantic view of French cuisine, but in addition to Ratatoule, Horse meat, rabbit, sweetmeets, and ox tongue are very popular ingredients*** If ox tongue is anything like cow tongue, it's yummy. Horse meat is popular here too (bet you can't find whale in gay Paris though ). I always thought rabbit was pretty common everywhere. So out of those, I'd say only the sweets and the rat would be out of the ordinary.
Originally Posted By mousermerf Rabbit would be very rare in America. It's not unheard of, just not common at all. Pretty much anything besides beef/chicken/pork/fish is considered a bit exotic and even with the fish things start to get interesting. Then again i'm from Florida where it's common to eat Conch and Gator, though not on a daily basis. They just happen to be regional fair as much as crawfish are in New Orleans, ya know?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I like Conch, Gator and crawfish....also love Osterich. Zebra biltong (like Jerky) was interesting. I also like chocolate covered ants. Crickets are ok too.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Pretty much anything besides beef/chicken/pork/fish is considered a bit exotic and even with the fish things start to get interesting*** Well, aside from veal (which is just really tasty, tasty beef...OH so tasty!), I'd say lamb is pretty common if not very common. Or is that just a Boston/New England thing? Also in the upper reaches, I'd say venison is fairly widely consumed (nowhere close to lamb or any of the others you mentioned). P.S. you totally forgot turkey. (which, interestingly, is thought of in very low esteem in Japan...they think it's big and ugly and far from delicious)
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Most delicious exotic food I've ever had: porcupine. No kidding. So good I thought that must be why they have those spikes; otherwise every bigger critter in the woods would want to gobble them up.
Originally Posted By Mr X You mentioned that before, but I have to wonder where the heck you ever got your hands on one (or what sort of a restaurant would serve such a thing)????
Originally Posted By Dabob2 It was actually at a reception at the Restaurant School at UNLV - they were trying to impress the conventioneers, and did a good job of it. At the same event I had alligator tail, rattlesnake, reindeer, and beaver. Beaver is awful. (They knew it, too. They took a tiny little nugget and stuffed it inside a brussel sprout to mask the taste.)
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Mmmm, now I would like to try porcupine. I like rattlesnake but reindeer not so much, not a huge venison fan.
Originally Posted By kootchypop1138 Thanks for the info on the Napa menu!! Everyone else the Food Network is on!!!!
