Cajun Cook
Senior Cook
Thats what I was thinking too. I have tried many things I thought I never would but I just can't seem to get past this one.
Food you wouldn't put in your mouth.
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This little fella is a nutria. He is found in abundance in Louisiana swamps and bayous. He is an herbivore and supposedly really good eating from what I hear. I have actually seen this being offered at food stands at some festivals down here. I have yet had the guts to try this little guy. There is something that just doesn't sit right with me about eating a swamp rat.....plus the yellow/orange teeth just put me off.
-Jim
Well, Jim. This little fella looks too much like a "pet." And as Chefellas said, I'd be hard put to eat the little guy.
This also reminds me of the time I prepared a rabbit dish for Buck. Now, I like rabbit and he had never, to my knowledge, had rabbit. I didn't tell him what he was eating and he enjoyed it until he asked me what it "really" was. He'd picked up on some subtle texture. I told him. Had to.
His response, "Oh, no, Thumper!"
He hasn't had rabbit since then. That was over 25 years ago. Oh, well!
Bilby
Executive Chef
...plus the yellow/orange teeth just put me off.
CajunCook, you just need to find one that doesn't drink so much red wine or smoke!
Uncle Bob
Chef Extraordinaire
Jim...
I've passed on the Nutria a couple of times myself. However I have had beaver twice. It was not bad, but I want be setting traps anytime soon. I wonder if the Nutria would be about the samer as the beaver. Tell ya what...Go ahead and chow down on some Nutria and report back here....OK?
Have Fun!
I've passed on the Nutria a couple of times myself. However I have had beaver twice. It was not bad, but I want be setting traps anytime soon. I wonder if the Nutria would be about the samer as the beaver. Tell ya what...Go ahead and chow down on some Nutria and report back here....OK?
Have Fun!
Cajun Cook
Senior Cook
LOL@Bob I need to work up my nerve Bob. I have eaten alligator, dove, poule deau, crawfish, **** i have even eaten blackbird (didn't know it at the time) but I just can't get those big yellow teeth outta my head.
Jim...
I've passed on the Nutria a couple of times myself. However I have had beaver twice. It was not bad, but I want be setting traps anytime soon. I wonder if the Nutria would be about the samer as the beaver. Tell ya what...Go ahead and chow down on some Nutria and report back here....OK?
Have Fun!
Shaheen
Senior Cook
I would never eat organs, squid, octopus, anything moving on my plate and of course not to mention the gourmet from south east asia (snakes, fogs, bugs, etc)
SirCookAlot
Assistant Cook
Chicory, blech! I hate it!
Also: All kinds of souflé stuff with whipped eggwhite (I don't know if that's a word, but only the white part of an egg and whipped till it's thick and stuff, that's just gross)
Liver and bowels...
I once smelled baked/deep fried bowels, I had really had to puke...Puking because of a smell...that says enough, righto?
Also: All kinds of souflé stuff with whipped eggwhite (I don't know if that's a word, but only the white part of an egg and whipped till it's thick and stuff, that's just gross)
Liver and bowels...
I once smelled baked/deep fried bowels, I had really had to puke...Puking because of a smell...that says enough, righto?
mitmondol
Senior Cook
That is so true!I know in my case, not eating raw oysters is totally a mental thing! Can't get the picture of it frantically running around in my stomach out of my head...
Other than that, I would try anything at least ones. Well, if it's not alive.
And you're right with that soup too.
I fed people many things they claimed not to eat ever! Like bone marrow on toast, all kinds of offal, crab (in my mom's case) and they even loved it.
Chief Longwind Of The North
Certified/Certifiable
Some of the things I hated as a child I now love, such as rye bread, horse radish, radishes, raw onions, salt, etc. As we grow older, our tongues become less sensitive to some flavors. The caraway seeds that overpowered the rye grain becomes more subtle, even enjoyable. Also, our perceptions of food change as we age. Some things that I really loved are just not as good, and for the same reasons. It is now more difficult to find a pepperoni that has the intensity of flavor that I like.
Flavors that we like or dislike are an ever evolving sense as we grow and age. New experiences, and new knowledge help us to appriciate things that we didn't in our youth. On the other hand, we may learn to dislike some things we used to enjoy for the same reasons. Also, familiarity can "teach" us to enjoy flavors that at one time were distastefull to us.
My advice is to keep an open mind, and be adventurous. you can not know whether or not you like something if you never try it, and sometimes, if you never try it more than once, or in different ways.
By the way, I still hate mint, except basil.
Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North
NYBrit
Senior Cook
Funny. In my 20's I hated peanut butter. But for some reason afew months ago I had the urge to try some and now I LOVE it.
Also several pages ago there was mention of White Castle. I tried it once 2 years ago and will never eat them again. The texture makes them taste like they're raw!
I HATE liver. Always have done. Used to have to have it as a kid but will never eat it again.
I also hate kippers, fish cakes, salmon, spam, corned beef. Just a few for starters.
My mum used to eat white bait. These are little tiny fishes complete with eyes still intact!
LadyCook61
Master Chef
pigs feet, frog legs, snails, clams, oysters, eels, brains , more things but can't think of them at the moment.
Cajun Cook
Senior Cook
Hey Y'all,
I just recently came back and saw how this became a peanut butter post. Sorry but I had to chuckle. Peanut butter? Please!
Jim
I just recently came back and saw how this became a peanut butter post. Sorry but I had to chuckle. Peanut butter? Please!
Jim
babetoo
Chef Extraordinaire
yuckies
i love cilantro. hate mango, tastes like something rotten, and not in a good way.
there is no way i am eating a snail. that is what it is, even though has a fancy name.
but i do love brains and eggs, my southern upbringing i am sure
love orka, fried or boiled with butter. also a southern thing.
we are all different, aren't we.
babe
i love cilantro. hate mango, tastes like something rotten, and not in a good way.
there is no way i am eating a snail. that is what it is, even though has a fancy name.
but i do love brains and eggs, my southern upbringing i am sure
love orka, fried or boiled with butter. also a southern thing.
we are all different, aren't we.
babe
Cajun Cook
Senior Cook
I have to ask, what does brains taste like?
Jim
Jim
Chefellas
Sous Chef
Brains have a very neutral flavor with a soft consistency.
Cajun Cook
Senior Cook
I was curious because I saw Alton Brown eat a big ole brain sammich on one of his shows and at first he didn't seem to like it much but then he acted like he did (kinda).
Jim
Jim
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