I have NEVER tried...

[mfd25wife]

Trust me, you're better off not knowing...

Now, I'm wondering if it's anything like "rooster fries"

 

[Biscuitsmom31]

I've had everything on this thread so far but blood pudding. I won't eat blood sausage either - or head cheese.

 

[vegasnative]

mussels and oysters are like chewing up flavored pencil erasers. You could chew forever and make no progress.


I do happen to be one of those people that will try almost any food one time. I refuse to try blood pudding, though. We had a friend that traveled to some country where they ate that. I would rather eat a bug.

Soooo not true on the mussels. They are nothing like oysters. I don't care for oysters, they are chewy, and not very flavorfull imo, but mussels are the BEST!

They eat blood pudding in England. I have not tried that either. They also eat cockels in England those are disgusting but the Brits love them. They sell them at the seaside, and it's like eating sand.

 

[HunnyPots]

Now, I'm wondering if it's anything like "rooster fries"

OK, you asked for it!

Scrapple is typically made of hog offal, such as the head, heart, liver, and other scraps, which are boiled with any bones attached (often the entire head), to make a broth. Once cooked, bones and fat are discarded, the meat is reserved, and (dry) cornmeal is boiled in the broth to make a mush. The meat, finely minced, is returned, and seasonings, typically sage, thyme, savory, and others are added. The mush is cast into loaves and allowed to cool thoroughly until gelled. The proportions and seasoning are very much a matter of the region and the cook's taste.

 

[fortheluvofpooh]

...sushi. And I have no desire.

Love grits...especially with butter and cheese. nom nom nom.

this reminded me of the commercial for campbells soup where the guys name on his cubicle is num yummy.

 

[mfd25wife]

OK, you asked for it!

Scrapple is typically made of hog offal, such as the head, heart, liver, and other scraps, which are boiled with any bones attached (often the entire head), to make a broth. Once cooked, bones and fat are discarded, the meat is reserved, and (dry) cornmeal is boiled in the broth to make a mush. The meat, finely minced, is returned, and seasonings, typically sage, thyme, savory, and others are added. The mush is cast into loaves and allowed to cool thoroughly until gelled. The proportions and seasoning are very much a matter of the region and the cook's taste.

Nope, not like rooster fries but sounds . I don't really recommend the rooster fries, either. But, yours is just

Maybe my mussels weren't fixed well? They were baked, but I know it's easy to ruin foods like those.

 

[TandT]

OK, you asked for it!

Scrapple is typically made of hog offal, such as the head, heart, liver, and other scraps, which are boiled with any bones attached (often the entire head), to make a broth. Once cooked, bones and fat are discarded, the meat is reserved, and (dry) cornmeal is boiled in the broth to make a mush. The meat, finely minced, is returned, and seasonings, typically sage, thyme, savory, and others are added. The mush is cast into loaves and allowed to cool thoroughly until gelled. The proportions and seasoning are very much a matter of the region and the cook's taste.

 

[vegasnative]

Nope, not like rooster fries but sounds . I don't really recommend the rooster fries, either. But, yours is just

Maybe my mussels weren't fixed well? They were baked, but I know it's easy to ruin foods like those.

I've never had them baked! Mostly they are steamed or cooked in a sauce in a pot on the stove.

 

[mfd25wife]

I've never had them baked! Mostly they are steamed or cooked in a sauce in a pot on the stove.

It was on a buffet. They looked like they were covered with some kind of odd cheese mixture. DH said it was some mayo and cheese concoction. The sign just said baked mussels. I didn't care for them at all, but I had been willing to try.

 

[mickeyfan1]

Hmmmm, scrapple, tripe, sweetbreads are on my never tried and won't if I can help it. Bugs, starfish and sea horses. I know they are considered good eats in other places, but no thanks.

I am pretty adventurous at least to try things, I would have no problems trying blood pudding or sausage, I have eaten several different types of sushi, fish and eel.

There are things I have tried but won't eat again, asparagus, cauliflower, peas, catfish, frogs legs, to name a few. Chilies, another unacquired taste.


Andrew Zimmerman's show on Food TV is a good learning experience.

 

[mfd25wife]

Hmmmm, scrapple, tripe, sweetbreads are on my never tried and won't if I can help it. Bugs, starfish and sea horses. I know they are considered good eats in other places, but no thanks.

I am pretty adventurous at least to try things, I would have no problems trying blood pudding or sausage, I have eaten several different types of sushi, fish and eel.

There are things I have tried but won't eat again, asparagus, cauliflower, peas, catfish, frogs legs, to name a few. Chilies, another unacquired taste.


Andrew Zimmerman's show on Food TV is a good learning experience.

How does a person eat a starfish, anyway? I've been wondering since I saw something about them being eaten in China, I think it was.

Funny, we eat catfish about once a week, Everyone laughs because my DD, who is 16, hates chocolate but loves asparagus and fish. Frog legs were ok, but I'm never going to crave them...

 

[mickeyfan1]

Starfish, deep fried on a stick. Isn't that how all the good stuff is made?

I suppose if I was starving, it would be different, but I think they are not meant to be food for humans.

 

[mfd25wife]

Starfish, deep fried on a stick. Isn't that how all the good stuff is made?

I suppose if I was starving, it would be different, but I think they are not meant to be food for humans.

Of course! I should have guessed since it is the way I first tried alligator.

I always am curious on the first person who ever decided to try certain things. Like, who was the first person that ever looked at a crawdad and thought, "hmm, that sure looks tasty"

 

[mickeyfan1]

True that.

Lobsters, cold water Maine lobstahs, actually, I LOVE. Crawdads, no thanks.
Really, if you think about it, there probably wasn't a lot of thought put into food, way back when people ate what they did to survive. I am grateful that I live in a more civilized age.

 

[Katy Belle]

I'm another whose tried nearly everything mentioned

Had Haggis this summer in Scotland. It is simlar to scrapple, basically sausage. Had Black Pudding there as well, same as blood pudding or blood sausage. All is good. All tastes like sausage.

Crawdads, had them, don't care for them, too much work!

I didn't think I'd had Head Cheese... but after reading the description and seeing the photos, I think I may have. I certainly remeber some lunch meat as a child that was basically meat suspended in aspic. Head cheese is in fact not a cheese, but meat slices in aspic, with onion, black pepper, allspice, bayleaf, salt and or vinegar, from the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow). It may also include meat from the feet, tongue and heart. It is usually eaten cold or at room temperature as a luncheon meat.

I've not had starfish or sea urchins, but I've nearly stepped on both!!

There's a big fruit thing that orangatangs eat, huge with spiky things. The kids have been bugging me to buy one, but they are so expensive! I guess that is something I've never eaten

Katy

 

[wehavesix]

I've eaten a lot of the things mentioned on here.

Love catfish, crawfish, oysters, and grits.

Have never tried and hope not to: chitterlings better know as "chitlins" in my neck of the woods. Just the idea of them makes me shudder.

 

[Sir Robin Hood]

coffee-just never thought it looked good

Glad I'm not the only one on the boards who has never tried coffee. Almost humiliating to tell folks this, since everyone I know drinks the stuff habitually.
No thank you to that.

 

[slo]

How funny - I"ve never had apple cider before either

I can't think of any answers to your question, but I just wanted to let you know that I haven't had that either.

 

[slo]

Oh...Oh....Oh.....I thought of something!!!!!!



I've never had salmon, bass, trout and oysters.



Feeeeew...........I"m so glad I thought of something

 

[justjudy]

Scrapple -- yuk! I lived in Philly for three years and managed to avoid the stuff. It even looks nasty.

Also tripe and sweetbreads -- even thinking about them !!!