What more adventurous food will you not eat for a strange reason...

[Chickenlady]

I can't eat baby animals - veal or lamb.

They're babies, & I can't but help think of their mamas...

You can safely enjoy lamb....to be considered "lamb" not mutton the critter has to be less than sexual mature. Does not mean that they are cute little fluffy things. They look full grown,you would never guess that they were young animals.

 

[Chickenlady]

Oh yes, we have wild turkeys too, although the only feral horses I've ever seen were out west. But those are "wild" turkeys, who were born that way. The point is that I respect their wildness and ability to survive. I know for a fact the genetically engineered turkeys I've chased around farms are not the same sort of animal. That's sort of my whole schtick. Wild pigs and turkeys and buffalo and the like deserve their chance to dodge the hunter's bullet. And if they don't, well, I'm not gonna partake. But those animals we "created" are a different matter. For instance, the turkeys with breasts so large (cause you know, everyone likes the white meat) that the males can't effectively service the females, and would thus be incapable of propagating without artificial insemination...yeah, those I have no problem eating.

Animal science degrees can come in handy for some threads.
Modern commercial turkeys are not genetically engineered....they are selectively bred, very big difference. Breeders select parents that exhibit the traits they want in the next generations. Genetic Engineering involves direct manipulation of the turkey's DNA...not easy and not allowed.
But yes, domestic turkeys are dumber than a box of rocks. When placing young turkeys in a pen, one must dip their beaks in the food and the water, so they get the hint what it is. Even that does not prevent many from perishing due to dehydration or starvation.
If it matters, I don't eat organ meat...yuck.

 

[Luv Bunnies]

Rabbit. I won't go to a restaurant if I know it's on the menu. I don't understand why people in this country still eat rabbit, but not cats and dogs. Rabbits are the third most popular companion animals in the United States, behind cats and dogs. No one eats guinea pigs, hamsters, or parakeets. Why do they consider domesticated rabbits, that were brought to this country to serve as pets, as food?

 

[Mouse House Mama]

Escargot. I don't care what language you use, they're still snails and they still leave slime trails up the side of the fish tank. Snails are just slugs that aren't homeless yet. I've never eaten one, and unless someone is holding a gun on me I'm gonna maintain my escargot virgin status.

I won't eat octopus or squid either, because of how it looks before it's cooked. I just can't wrap my head around something that could wrap itself around my head given the chance.

Blood sausage or blood pudding. 'nuff said about that, thank you very much.

That is the funniest thing I have read in a long time!
I totally agree with you though. I can't even imagine that in my mouth. I want to puke just thinking about it. Chewy and slimy is all I can think of. I have to be honest, if I had a gun to my head and I had to eat a snail/slug I think I would at least try and talk my way out of it or even offer to eat the shooter's shoe instead. Blech!

 

[LuvsDragonflies]

This recent photo of an octopus capturing and eating a seagull might change your view of the octopus as cool and amusing:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/05/03/octopus-seagull-fight-eating-photos.html

I mean, they're still cool, but not cute and amusing. Like polar bears. Dang, if it can stalk a seagull and drag it to its doom, it falls under the "live by the sword, die by the sword" canon of eatable things.

Things I can't eat for weird reasons: Bear meat. I knew a guy who got trichinosis from eating poorly cooked bear meat. The thought of all those encapsulated worms lurking in his muscles for the rest of his life just weirds me out.

Hey, amusing and cool doesn't mean you can't be bad *** too.

 

[skoi]

Shark, because when I met my dh his nickname was Shark.

There are things I won't eat for reasons I don't think are strange-- for example snake, insects, spiders (just creep me out). I'm also not a fan of "insides"/organ meat, but if I were starving... I did try to eat a chicken foot in China because it came with our stir fry, but did pass on the millipedes, whole snakes, giant grubs, and seahorses offered in the Beijing Night Market.

 

[TacoBaco]

I can't eat baby animals - veal or lamb.

They're babies, & I can't but help think of their mamas...

DITTO...

and I too won't eat anything outside of the "traditional" foods. I eat chicken, turkey, cow, pig and some seafood,,, that's about it. I can't really explain my logic on that, but I do have opinions on the subject.

I try not to preach, we each have to have our own values, morels?? I'm not sure if that's the right word... But to each their own, eat what makes you happy,,, but for me its just the basics...

 

[leebee]

Animal science degrees can come in handy for some threads.
Modern commercial turkeys are not genetically engineered....they are selectively bred, very big difference. Breeders select parents that exhibit the traits they want in the next generations. Genetic Engineering involves direct manipulation of the turkey's DNA...not easy and not allowed.
But yes, domestic turkeys are dumber than a box of rocks. When placing young turkeys in a pen, one must dip their beaks in the food and the water, so they get the hint what it is. Even that does not prevent many from perishing due to dehydration or starvation.
If it matters, I don't eat organ meat...yuck.

Hey, I've been down the "animal science degree" route as well and support your premise that domesticated turkeys are dumber than a box of rocks!!

Can't eat sunny-side-up eggs, raw clams or oysters, or sushi; too many food microbiology classes, I guess! Also, after 5 years of doing research on brain disease, I won't eat brains, either; those prion proteins are nasty guys!! Of course, I won't consider the really "out there" stuff like insects, snake, spiders, eels. Oooohhhh gross, I'm feeling all creeped out now

 

[tasha99]

This recent photo of an octopus capturing and eating a seagull might change your view of the octopus as cool and amusing:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/05/03/octopus-seagull-fight-eating-photos.html

I mean, they're still cool, but not cute and amusing. Like polar bears. Dang, if it can stalk a seagull and drag it to its doom, it falls under the "live by the sword, die by the sword" canon of eatable things.

Things I can't eat for weird reasons: Bear meat. I knew a guy who got trichinosis from eating poorly cooked bear meat. The thought of all those encapsulated worms lurking in his muscles for the rest of his life just weirds me out.

Good reminder to be so, so careful with game.

DH feels this way too. However, I like me some tasty octopus.

I have a weird thing about wild game (which obviously does not apply to marine life). I don't like eating things not raised by humans for human consumption. I don't even like to eat things that are traditionally wild (buffalo, goose) but which are usually farm raised for consumption these days. I just tend to think if it could survive in the wild on its own, I should probably let it be. However, I make no compunctions about eating domesticated animals (except horse and dog, for obvious reasons).

I have the exact opposite feeling. I prefer to eat wild caught foods and hopefully after this summer, will eating moose/assorted fish/caribou/bear etc for 80% of my meat meals. I just like the thought that they lived a wild, natural life. I kind of prefer the taste of moose to beef now, too.

My food phobia is things that jiggle too much, like flan.

 

[CurlyJo224]

I wont eat rocky mountain oysters, or lamb fries or anything of that nature. I'm just not going to eat the "family jewels" of any critter.

I also can't eat anything that's looking at me. I can rationalize that it was walking, swimming, or flying yesterday, and on my plate today, but not if it's staring blankly at me.

 

[sasywtch]

Foie gras. In fact, I won't even eat in restaurants that serve it.

This and a lot of other names of foods I had never heard of before the Food Network Channel. Sweetbreads and mountain oysters (or whatever they are called in your neck of the woods). I did not like lamb and won't do veal since it's a baby. Bear was ok but I was tricked and wouldn't eat it agian if I knew what I was eating. Snails.

I like the regular steak, hamburger, hot dogs (and no, I don't want to know what's in them same with bologna), chicken. I'm not adventurous when it comes to trying new foods.

slimey fish is another no.

 

[ILoveToRun]

I would never eat meat from a horse. They're too noble of creatures, I would never eat animals like elephants or lions or whales either, but that's less of a possibility.

 

[Girlfriday17]

They actually do eat Guinea pigs in South America. For me I can't eat anything that still looks like itself cooked like snakes or fish with heads on.

 

[SandrA9810]

I got tilapia on sale at the grocery store. It was like $1.50 for a whole fish, which isn't a bad price. But cutting it's head off was the worst part. I cut the head and tail off before cooking it, I couldn't cook it while it still looked like a fish. I even asked my bf to take the head/tail out to the trash after I got it off. He's like "I'm never doing that again, it stared at me the whole time."

I love fish, but I think I'll stick to fillets so they don't stare at me.