What's the most exotic animal you've eaten?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

Me first: the Brazilian Agouti (very very good) at a restaurant in downtown Rio: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Agouti_paca.html

[DrDan]

1. warthog many times while living in Ethiopia

Gazelle a couple of times

[XNASA]

2. Ostrich, or maybe 'gator.

But that agouti looks delicious!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. It's not "delicious" that you REALLY wanted to say, is it?

Come on. Say the other synonym. SAY IT!

[XNASA]

7. Mouthwatering?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

30. I'll give you a clue

It goes well with the words "animals," "eating," and "people."

[XNASA]

37. Cracker?

[Debi]

3. Swordfish

don't throw things at me, I was young and foolish.....x(

[MadHound]

4. Damn, that's one big rat you're eating there

Can't say I've eaten a paca, but I have eaten fried grasshoppers, chocolate covered ants, rattlesnake(yes, it does bear a resemblance to chicken) and dried octopus, which was suprisingly sweet.

[dajoki]

6. moose & gator

:shrug:

[Shell Beau]

8. I stick to the basic animals!

I eat cow, pig, and chicken. Oh, and shellfish. I have tasted deer (my dad hunts for meat) but I vowed to never eat it again.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

9. Deer tastes good. Ate it in Germany.

And yes, it WAS Bambi's mother. :evilgrin:

[trackfan]

10. Probably either gator or rattlesnake.

[anarch]

11. longpig

OK, not really...I guess the most exotic would be deer. That's not very exotic, is it? I gave up eating meat a long time ago, though.

I like to make "mock-meat" dishes nowadays, and tell people it's something like "vegetarian giraffe" or what-have-you. Hey, it's all just freakin' soy protein or wheat meat, so why should it be "vegetarian chicken" rather than, I dunno, "vegetarian horse"?

[Initech]

12. I'd probably have to say eel.

It's quite tasty!

[nickinSTL]

13. Squid...

Yeah, I'm boring when it comes to food.

[Left_Winger]

14. Raw snake

Once upon a time in the '70s I was a Marine and underwent jungle survival training.

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

15. beaver

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

20. Hardly exotic. Nearly every male human eats THAT.

And quite a few females too.

[eyesroll]

16. Hmm...

Deer, elk, ostrich, gator.

Squid, octopus, sea urchin.

Tripe, which I know comes from a mundane animal but still. Not doing that one again.

Probably more I'm forgetting.

[Beware the Beast Man]

17. Nothing too exotic: frog legs, calamari; I was too chicken to try octopus.

[TimeChaser]

43. ... Me too

... And as you're from Pittsburgh, I'm wondering if you were at the same place I ate them.

[Beware the Beast Man]

49. Actually, it was at a Chinese buffet here in Cleveland.

I never eat anything that is in the exact same form it was as a living creature. :)

[Mr. McD]

18. Bear

Had it in a stew once - not bad as I recall. It was a long time ago.

[nerddem]

19. llama

infinitely more nutritious than beef and tastes about the same.

i also had a buffalo burger but it seemed a little bland. maybe it was just the preparation

[Beausoir]

21. I had wild boar ribs last night.

Really. They were much more delicate than I thought they would be.

Very excellent.

[Cathyclysmic]

22. Buffalo

It was good. Very lean. Not too adventurous besides that.

[DanCa]

23. I had a sheep sandwhich - gyro today for lunch.

[Ryano42]

24. Angelina Jolie?

I had goat in a posole stew from my Tewa native american friends...

very bland.

[hunter]

25. Grubs.

"Rich in fat, protein, and carbohydrates, this bug can be found in the roots of trees. Just dig around the roots and you'll probably find some of these bugs, which can be eaten raw or cooked."

[0rganism]

26. Octopus sushi

kind of rubbery, but it went down easy

[TimeChaser]

42. Never tried octopus

I had eel, but I didn't like the taste of it.

[Taverner]

27. Dog

Hey! It was in Thai soup in Sakorn Nakorn! It was the local delicacy....

[Momgonepostal]

28. Sea Urchin...raw

[scarlet_owl]

29. Bison.

I like it. Somehow it tastes even beefier than beef.

[El Fuego]

31. Gator on a stick

[MsAnthropy]

32. Alligator

tastes just like chicken

[HEyHEY]

33. That thing in you zigpic - on the right

MMM

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

38. Ramen brother (nt)

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

34. Rattlesnake.

It tasted like really chewy metal. I will not be trying it again.

[Zuni]

35. Octopus?

:shrug:

[LynneSin]

36. Oh my extensive list includes

Frog Legs
Buffalo
Ostrich
Alligator
Octopus
Rabbit
Elk
Bear
Snake
Deer
Eel (in sushi)

I'm from a family of hunters - we've had just about everything

[XemaSab]

39. Roadkilled mud snake

[asteroid2003QQ47]

40. Maine

Roadkill peacock
Porpoise
Urchins raw are good, scallops raw are better
Raw lobster not good
Moose tongue
Porcupine
Raccoon

[Ravenseye]

41. Kangaroo and Alligator

Went to a restaurant in Australia that had them on the menu. So I got the cubed Alligator in cream sauce for an appetizer, followed by a Kangaroo steak.

I wasn't a huge fan of the sauce on the alligator, but the kangaroo steak was amazing.

[Chicago Democrat]

44. Muscovy Duck, Blue Footed Chicken, Wild Boar, Pheasant, Bear

Gator

not too wierd...

Seafood wise I like Shrimp heads deep fried, yum.

[Ladyhawk]

45. Rattlesnake and black bear...brought home from hunts and cooked.

I grew up on bear stew.

[achtung_circus]

46. Muktuk.

which is whale blubber with the skin attached, eaten raw.

Bison, Horse, Ostrich, Emu, Elk, Pronghorn Antelope, Moose, Caribou, Black Bear, Rattlesnake

Do Octopus or squid Frog Legs or Escargot (snails) really count as exotic?

Ants, bees, grasshoppers.

[jus_the_facts]

47. Buffalo...and rattlesnake....

x(

[Lisa]

48. endangered Hawaiian Nene goose (egg only!)

I was farm-sitting for a friend, who breeds rare waterfowl for zoos. They have a small flock of Nene (one of my favorite birds). I came out one winter morning to discover that one of the females had laid an egg the night before. It had frozen solid (and anyway, the shell was cracked) -- even if the egg were fertile, I estimated that there was virtually no chance of a successful hatch.

So I took it back to the house and cracked it into a pan. Beautiful orange yolk, and absolutely delicious. (We spoil the birds rotten with organic food and lots of healthy treats, so they have nicer diets than I do!)