[Misc] Just eaten a spleen and lung roll in Palermo.
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The Clamp
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More likely a baguette
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Monkeys brains Morocco 4/10 hard to get in/down did it for a bet.
Butterflied BBQ Junglefrog Thailand 8/10 a curious crossover of chicken/rabbit/fish flavour/texture with the usual outstanding Thai seasoning .
Goats head soup Algeria 6 /10. Surprisingly good once you get past the eyes and teeth.
Deep fried, large insects of different types Thailand 7/10 decent snack with a beer.
Sat round a fire camp fire in Zambia with the locals , they were eating cat and rat , I had a bit , tasted odd , asked what it was ......stopped eating it, they laughed , next morning they were having crocodile eggs for breakfast which were surprisingly tasty as was the meat . croc
rat We did a hungi in NZ which one of the guys turned up with a whole sheep just skinned and gutted , wrapped up in Kauri branches and wet sacks and cooked for about 6 hours ...........amazing.
Eaten loads of weird shit in Asia and Africa , street food that you wouldn't know what was in it , never had any issues ....was in Phuket for NY and was pigging out crispy ,fried squid egg sacks which are bloody lovely with the ink sauce but must of had a bad one and I doubt I will eat them again after projecting from both ends for over 24 hrs and ending up on an antibiotic drip in my room for a day .......my stomachs way of telling me to get f***ed , lost 3 kilos though
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I have to confess that your choice of meal wouldn’t be at the top of my menu selection. Did it taste better than it looks? I have however eaten Duck hearts before in SW France as they eat every part of the bird which sounds disgusting but was very rich and tasty.
I had a lovely duck heart salad in Toulouse a few years ago. I eat a lot chicken hearts too; cheap and tasty
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No I did.
Just back from a business trip to Tokyo. Went to a back alley yakitori in Shinjuku one night that did, among many other things, horse sashimi. I told the guys not to bother with it as it was just basically a chewy beef carpaccio they did mainly for the tourists and I knew this because it was a “dare food” when I lived there many years ago. However, I did order myself some pig and chicken heart skewers and crispy fried pig head and all were delicious.
The best thing we had though was this lunch, which is the best thing I’ve eaten since I was last in Asia
So I’m with @Questions and @Herr Tubthumper . Forty years ago raw fish was considered weird here, now it’s on every supermarket shelf. If the locals are eating something it’s not to make themselves ill or because they hate it - it’s because it’s good.
And it’s this attitude that finally earned me an honourable tied first place in my long running eating dare competition with a Pslace fan when we both decked a shot of snake bile in local firewater in Taipei’s snake alley and shook hands on a draw.
The best thing we had though was this lunch, which is the best thing I’ve eaten since I was last in Asia
So I’m with @Questions and @Herr Tubthumper . Forty years ago raw fish was considered weird here, now it’s on every supermarket shelf. If the locals are eating something it’s not to make themselves ill or because they hate it - it’s because it’s good.
And it’s this attitude that finally earned me an honourable tied first place in my long running eating dare competition with a Pslace fan when we both decked a shot of snake bile in local firewater in Taipei’s snake alley and shook hands on a draw.
Had a few delicacies whilst travelling - became a bit of a thing at work for my lot to try to freak me out with local food. They never did 
Crickets in Mexico (several times, as they’re delicious, particularly with guacamole in a tortilla, or as a beer snack)
Mezcal with a worm (Mexico)
Frog porridge (Singapore)
Sheep head stew and sheep’s foot (Saudi Arabia)
Fish eye (Japan)
Wok-fried frogs (China)
Elvers (Spain)
A whole fish head (Malaysia)
Century Egg, Sea slug and cow’s stomach plus a few other ‘specials’ (Hong Kong)
Durian (Singapore)
Crickets in Mexico (several times, as they’re delicious, particularly with guacamole in a tortilla, or as a beer snack)
Mezcal with a worm (Mexico)
Frog porridge (Singapore)
Sheep head stew and sheep’s foot (Saudi Arabia)
Fish eye (Japan)
Wok-fried frogs (China)
Elvers (Spain)
A whole fish head (Malaysia)
Century Egg, Sea slug and cow’s stomach plus a few other ‘specials’ (Hong Kong)
Durian (Singapore)
Agree - both delicious!
But I've never met a nice South African.
The worst part of finding teeth in the stew was how dirty they were sheep clearly have zero dental hygiene
The Clamp
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Had sheep’s head in Berlin. It was made into a schnitzel and was delicious. Mind you, I’d eat my own head if you covered it in deep fried batter and served it up with a decent dark ale.
Algernon
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This thread.
How could you?
Why would you?
I don't even eat vegetables.
How could you?
Why would you?
I don't even eat vegetables.
This is the place I go to in Barcelona
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Can Vilaró
Across from Barcelona's Mercat de Sant Antoni sits Can Vilaró, a third-generation, family-run eatery specializing in traditional Catalan offal preparations.
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When I was a kid, my Mum was a bit old school when it came to food, and what we ate.
Tripe and onions were a regular dinner for us as it was my Dads favourite.
Sweetbreads (Lamb and calves thyroid gland and pancreas gland) wasn’t an unusual meal in our house,
When money was tight, as it often was, bringing up 6 kids on a farmhands wages was tough, we would have Ox heart for Sunday Roast, plonked on the table and my Dad would carve it.
Brawn, homemade from pigs head, was a treat, and thomecooked tongue was a Christmas tea staple.
When my daughter was tricked into trying tongue, she loved it, until she was told what it was, she has never stopped telling us how awful it was since.
Kids today, eh?
Tripe and onions were a regular dinner for us as it was my Dads favourite.
Sweetbreads (Lamb and calves thyroid gland and pancreas gland) wasn’t an unusual meal in our house,
When money was tight, as it often was, bringing up 6 kids on a farmhands wages was tough, we would have Ox heart for Sunday Roast, plonked on the table and my Dad would carve it.
Brawn, homemade from pigs head, was a treat, and thomecooked tongue was a Christmas tea staple.
When my daughter was tricked into trying tongue, she loved it, until she was told what it was, she has never stopped telling us how awful it was since.
Kids today, eh?
This is the place I go to in Barcelona
Can Vilaró
Across from Barcelona's Mercat de Sant Antoni sits Can Vilaró, a third-generation, family-run eatery specializing in traditional Catalan offal preparations.
If you're ever in Madrid, this is the place for you:
The Menu – La Tasquería
latasqueria.com
Anger
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Thanks. There’s no doubting what the last photo is!
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maltaseagull
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Octopus in garlic is wonderful.
Never eaten spleen but remember having lights (is that sheep's lung?)
I think it's just offal myself