vibes Posted September 15, 2004 Report Posted September 15, 2004 Hong Kong - Curried pig intestines Shanghai, China - Chilled duck tongues Nanjing, China - Shredded pig's ear Guangzhou, China - Coagulated pig blood (looks like dark red tofu cubes) All quite disgusting. The blood cubes were probably the worst. Quote
7/4 Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 vibes said: Hong Kong - Curried pig intestines Shanghai, China - Chilled duck tongues Nanjing, China - Shredded pig's ear Guangzhou, China - Coagulated pig blood (looks like dark red tofu cubes) All quite disgusting. The blood cubes were probably the worst. Fuck, you guys have all the fun. Quote
maren Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 No, thank you!!! I can't even remember the bad stuff I've eaten. Not specifically. Nothing as adventurous as any of the above -- not even lutefisk, and I grew up in northern Wisconsin!!! Like Noj, I know I've occasionally gotten hold of something spoiled -- but have spit it out right away (discreetly into a napkin if I'm with others) and gone off to rinse and spit. Live baby octopus??? No-o-o-o-o-o-o!!!! Quote
neveronfriday Posted September 16, 2004 Author Report Posted September 16, 2004 Shrdlu said: Well, the British have a chain of freeway restaurants called "Little Chef" - often the only place to eat in their immediate location. Disgusting food, but at least they are expensive. My second worst is also British: London street food. My parents gave me some when I was 7 and I threw up. Years later, in about 1974, it happened again. I lost a whole day of vacation because of it. "There is death in the pot." Oh yeah, I forgot about British food ... I ate leek pie once and discovered that leek ain't nothing but a word misspelled. Cheers! Quote
RDK Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 Why do you guys eat this stuff? I'm all for trying new things - like listening to Archie Shepp after a healthy dose of Getz - but this is ridiculous. You know it doesn't reall hurt foreign relations if we admit that some Chinese food really sucks. Me, I'm stickin' to orange chicken... Quote
Joe G Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 DTMX said: 2. Liquified squid, innards and all (hold the ink), blenderized into applesauce-like consistancy and served in a small bowl (as an appetizer). UGH! Shades of Fear Factor! Although for my money, the live octopus takes the cake. Quote
BruceH Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 Macoroni & cheese. I feel so...dirty. Quote
ejp626 Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 This thread brings back vivid memories of going to a real Chinese restaurant in SF's Chinatown. I am a strict vegetarian (not vegan) so I bowed out of almost everything. There were some truly amazing items on the menu: duck tongue soup, beef tongue, brains, various kinds of feet. Then came the mixtures. I can't remember them all because it was making me kind of ill, but there was some kind of pie with beef tongue, pork and fish. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 Lutefisk is eaten with tons of melted butter. It stinks but is like old gym sox in a light grease. B-) Boy, it is hard to resist jokes about list members wives/significant others! Quote
vibes Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 RDK said: You know it doesn't reall hurt foreign relations if we admit that some Chinese food really sucks. They gotta face reality sometime, you know? And I would say that MOST of it sucks. Quote
JohnJ Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 Well I live in Japan so pretty much all of the above. Have to agree with Jazzmoose though, Balut takes the cake, so to speak. Quote
Free For All Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 Chuck Nessa said: Boy, it is hard to resist jokes about list members wives/significant others! What is this, a new "sensitive" Chuck Nessa? Let it fly, baby! Quote
Phil Meloy Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 (edited) frank m said: HAGGIS- Scot national dish --sheep stomach stuffed with intestines and who knows what and boiled--Single malt scotch poured liberally over it. Toasts to Bobby Burns. Lawzy. Nonsense - haggis is fantastic. Some of the best ones are made by Charles MacSween in Edinburgh. They don't have intestines in them but rather are a mixture of minced sheep liver, heart and lungs mixed with oatmeal, onion, suet and spices and sewn up in a sheep's stomach. Yum! Haggis is traditionally served with mashed potatoes and swede. Edited September 16, 2004 by Phil Meloy Quote
7/4 Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 Phil Meloy said: frank m said: HAGGIS- Scot national dish --sheep stomach stuffed with intestines and who knows what and boiled--Single malt scotch poured liberally over it. Toasts to Bobby Burns. Lawzy. Nonsense - haggis is fantastic. Some of the best ones are made by Charles McSween in Edinburgh. They don't have intestines in them but rather are a mixture of minced sheep liver, heart and lungs mixed with oatmeal, suet and spices and sewn up in a sheep's stomach. Yum! Hagis is traditionally served with mashed potatoes and swede. What is swede? Quote
DTMX Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 RDK said: ... any foreign city I may travel to will be assured to have a Denny's and KFC... The little podunk town of Honjo (big shoutout to Saitama Prefecture!) in Japan had three restaurants in which I could order by merely pointing to a picture of the food. One was a McD's, the other two were a Denny's and KFC, side-by-side. I used to walk a couple of miles to Denny's for breakfast, then walk a couple more over to McD's for lunch, then back to KFC for dinner - weekends only (for 9 weeks). Weekdays were the company cafeteria and 7-11. Quote
Phil Meloy Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 7/4 said: What is swede? It's a bit like a big turnip... PS. Haggis is really filling so it's hard to eat a whole one in one sitting. Leftover haggis is great the next morning fried and eaten with toast for breakfast. Quote
DTMX Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 RDK said: Why do you guys eat this stuff? When visiting the boss' house, you eat whatever his wife puts in front of you (no matter how many eyes are looking back at you from the bowl). And in Japan, you don't get a napkin to spit into (so carry many hankerchiefs and fake a cold so you can always have one in your hand). Another tip: Japanese meals usually consist of small servings of many different foods and/or atrocities. When served a dish of squid entrails, fake taking a bite (everyone else will be too busy digging in to notice the food never actually left the chopsticks). Then hog the conversation by telling stories or something so everyone else will eat while you talk. With luck, they'll eat the gross stuff and not leave you any. But when something edible hits the table, shut up and eat. Sometimes this works, sometimes not. More than a few nights nothing decent came around and I had to finish a 3 hour meal by filling up on Ritz crackers in my hotel. Still, wouldn't have missed the experience for anything. And love Japanese food, just not crazy about eyeballs on the plate. Quote
Phil Meloy Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 I was once eating something in Nepal (I don't know exactly what it was) when I noticed something a bit odd looking in the bowl. When I plucked it out I realised it was a chicken's head complete with beak and comb. Fortunately no one was looking so I was able to sling it through the open door. Quote
fent99 Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 I'm scottish so love haggis though my girlfriend will only eat a vegetarian one, (nut roast in a bag). How about grits, chitlin's and the ultimate in grim food... Macdonalds Quote
Brad Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 I don't know if this counts as disgusting and I haven't tried but want to but there's a Chinese delicacy called drunk shrimp. What you do is stick a live shrimp in beer batter, hence "drunk", and then when it's drunk, bite its head off and eat it. It's supposed to be really good. Quote
Chrome Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 Has anyone actually stopped to think about what honey is? Isn't it pretty much bee cud? Quote
Upright Bill Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 Chrome said: Has anyone actually stopped to think about what honey is? Isn't it pretty much bee cud? My daughter would always gag when I'd ask her to "pass the bee poop." Quote
Jazzmoose Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 I certainly hope none of you who are grossed out by all of this ever consumed the ultimate American gross out food: Potted Meat. Try reading the label of that can and not feeling a quiver in your tummy! Quote
DTMX Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 Jazzmoose said: I certainly hope none of you who are grossed out by all of this ever consumed the ultimate American gross out food: Potted Meat. Try reading the label of that can and not feeling a quiver in your tummy! From the movie Sling Blade: Frank Wheatley: I don't like potted meat. Daddy used to say they was made out of lips, peckers and intestines. Quote
tonym Posted September 16, 2004 Report Posted September 16, 2004 This thread is fascinating. I remember in a geography class a video showing the Fray Bentos factory in Argentina(???) making Corned Beef. Everything apart from nipples and eyelids I believe. Tame in comaprison maybe to some of the stuff mentioned earlier. Quote
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