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The world is standing at the brink of disaster! Mayhem! Lego! Pandemonium!! There is a food crisis, and rice is scarce. :eek::eek:

And it reminds me of a song.

But disregarding that, I bought some sausage a little while ago, only to discover that it had horse in it. That made it inedible to my Significant Other - no matter how tasty it was.

And I got to wondering: What kind of food - that is, stuff they eat in some parts of the world - would you never eat? And why?

When I was in China, I stumbled into a restaurant that had dog on the menu. I could never eat dog, nor could I eat cat. The very thought of it disturbs me.

And of course:
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Well?

All depends on how hungry I am. I mean, there are plenty of foods I normally wouldn't choose to eat, but that doesn't mean I couldn't eat them if it was a choice between that or starving.

I've had bug, so ultimately, there's probably little I couldn't get down.

If it comes to that, well, as a line from a favorite book says... "I am very hungry. YOU are packed with usable proteins."

Any food related to dogs, including seals. Too cute and friendly to be killed for food. Almost anything else is fair game.

Thats just cruel! :mad::mad::mad:
:eek::sniper:

But if i was starving then maybe i could consider it :rolleyes:

If large amounts of glass or uranium are included in the recipe, I probably won't eat it. Probably.
Really, I'll eat anything. A live squid stuffed in a dead cat served on a bed of roasted fire ants with a nice goat's blood sauce? Sounds terrible, but if other people are willing to eat it . . .

YOUR SUPPOSED TO EAT FOOD!?

all this time.......

But if i was starving then maybe i could consider it :rolleyes:

Rice?

If it's actually edible I would at least try it. Well maybe not if it's human flesch or something like that. If only because I don't want to be eaten.
Well, when starving that is a different topic. There was this big story with the air crash where the survivors ate the already dead passengers. I think I would also have done that.

I wasn't thinking about extreme situations, more about your dinner for tomorrow.

Also, sheeps eyes and testicles. I'd avoid it.

Three rules.

1. No dogs, cats, or humans.

2. Nothing I knew (Ex. A friend's mouse.)

3. No raw meat.

i'm not a fan of eggplants

I think I'd eat pretty much any kind of meat if I really had to, except eyes and insects/spiders.

I do love the Spanish or Italian salami made from horse or donkey meat even though donkeys are my favourite animals. *shrug*

Edit: Oh, right, this is NSG. So: no human meat, either.

I refuse to eat gross food

I don't eat animals.

If I was starving, there's damn little I wouldn't eat. But in a normal situation?


Mutton of any kind makes me barf. I don't know why, I don't have any particular fuzzy feelings for sheep, there's just something about it that's gross.
Cow tongues are another one (very popular in the huge Basque community in Bakersfield, where I spent many a miserable summer as a child).
Anything with a more than incidental amount of cilantro/Chinese parsley in it.
Cous-cous.
Hummus.
Marzipan, or anything flavored with almond extract, repulses me.


I know there are many more, but those are what I can think of off the top of my head. I was even fussier as a kid.

I used to not like eating venison because I always thought of Bambi. When I think about it though, the animals we hunt to eat have much better lives than the ones we shove into cages and feed bad food. I would never eat any bugs, humans, or animals that could be pets. I also won't eat anything from the water, like lobster (which is like an underwater bug) except fish. No tongues, brains, liver, lungs, ...basically anything from an animal that isn't the muscle, milk, or eggs.

Here's a nice topical link . . .

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php

No tongues, [...] basically anything from an animal that isn't the muscle.
Tongue is a muscle. And a very fine tasting too.

animals that could be pets
I guess most of you are townspeople? I was rised in the countryside, and rather regularly in a situation like "Yes, that is the animal you played with yesterday." Never had any problems with that. Maybe that is, why these days I'm prepared to eat more different things, than most people I know.

I don't get why some animals are considered food and some are considered pets. They're all pretty much equal. I have never even tasted most types of meat.

I guess the most disgusting edible thing I can think of is vomit.

Tongue is a muscle. And a very fine tasting too.


I guess most of you are townspeople? I was rised in the countryside, and rather regularly in a situation like "Yes, that is the animal you played with yesterday." Never had any problems with that. Maybe that is, why these days I'm prepared to eat more different things, than most people I know.


Well not necessarily. My wifes father was born and raised on a farm in the Philippines. They had pigs and chickens. He had a particular chicken that he really loved as a kid and one day they killed it and ate it. He hasn't eaten chicken since.

Anything featured on "Bizzare Foods"

I'll try anything once.

The only thing I've found I can't eat so far is lemon grass.

I wouldn't eat lots of things, but things which i would never touch would be:
eyes, brains, sexual organs, bones, hooves, and some certain deadly critters (as in poisonous).

Hmm, well, if you don't tell me what it is, I'll try not to ask until after I've made an unbiased opinion on it. With that in mind, if I know beforehand (say, reading off a menu), I will stay away from various organs, radishes, and pretty much any mammal-based meat that isn't sheep, cow, pig, deer, moose (though I've yet to try that), and probably a couple others (along similar lines) that I'm not thinking of at the moment.

Human, excrement, and human excrement are outside of my comfort zone, as well.

Dairy products and meat are things I refrain from ingesting.

Human flesh. :eek:

Human flesh. :eek:

Why?

Why?

Probably because it would be like imitating eating yourself, which probably wouldn't be very nice, because you know where you've been and what you've done.
animals are different for some reason.

I'll try anything once.

The only thing I've found I can't eat so far is lemon grass.

why's that?

i can't eat lemon grass either - but it's cos my throat swells up inside which is pretty scarey!

why's that?

i can't eat lemon grass either - but it's cos my throat swells up inside which is pretty scarey!

I just can't stand the taste. It makes me gag.

organ meats
horses, dogs, cats
baby cows :(

I think that might be all.

I'm not so fussy, though I admit I have to be fairly drunk to eat blute-bird fetus sand-baked in it's egg before the bones have hardened-and no matter what I do with dolphin, it always tastes like wax. As far as human flesh goes, I understand it tastes like veal or young pork. My only fear with trying it would be developing a taste for it.

It would all depend on how desperate I am, I suppose, but my list would include, organ meat, aside from liver and heart, anything that still has a head attached, bugs, shellfish I tend to stay away from, mostly because of my 'head attached' rule (which, oddly enough, doesn't phase me when it comes to actual fish).

Other than that, I think I'm pretty open. I think some foods like dog/cat/horse/snake might cause a raised eyebrow, but the thought of eating them doesn't bring any feelings of repulsion liike the above does.

Not... HORSE?!

My Kentucky heritage will not allow me to consume the flesh of horse. The very idea is practically tantamount to cannibalism. Almost, but not quite. Anyway, we love our horses; those beautiful, powerful animals. The damn Japs with their damn horsemeat ice-cream can keep it far away from me. (That's really one of the few aspects of Japanese Culture I despise, and the only one that drives me to use racial epithets.)

EDIT: I forgot to put the other foods I wouldn't eat. Well, anything my mom likes (because the mystery foods normally smell bad), squid (it's akin to chewing rubber), beans, exotic/endangered animals (like Bison, which isn't quite so endangered anymore, but I still wouldn't find a desire to consume it), gravy, mayo, heads, brains, organ meats, typical pets, bodily fluids, SPAM, insects... the list goes on.

I wouldn't eat any insects or arachnids that are still alive at the moment of eating. Other than that, I'm not only open-minded, but very curious. I've been trying to find a restaurant that served dog meat for a long time, and I wouldn't even mind having some human (assuming that the person in question died for an unrelated cause, and wasn't killed just to fill my plate).

Last summer, my parents' cat had kittens. One day, my sister accidentally drove over one of them so that it broke its hip, and it couldn't walk properly anymore. It seemed that I'd have to shoot it to put it out of its misery, and I seriously contemplated eating its flesh just to see what it's like. (The fur I would have used to make a glove for erotic massage.) I still kind of regret that I didn't go through with my plan.

Other people tell me that I'm sick and/or disgusting, but I'm convinced that the problem is with them, not me.

Liver. I can't even stand being in the same house where it is being cooked.

I also won't eat crab,lobster,shrimp,clams..or any other ocean-faring seafood.

Or ketchup.

Insects, of any kind. Although I´ve heard extremely good things about chocolate covered grasshoppers. Maybe if there´s nothing else to eat, I might give them a try. Not at the moment, though.

I believe in trying just about anything once (people being the exception). I do highly recommend termites, they taste like honey...

I just can't stand the taste. It makes me gag.
That's because it's obviously disgusting and tastes the way toilet bowl freshener smells. -_-

Any sort of salad. And by that, I mean the lettuce, cabbage, and other nasty shit on it. I hate dressing just as badly and don't see how it's good. (I thought stuff was either fattening, or good, but never both or neither?). That, and I can't stand the crunching sound in my mouth like that.

If I'm hungry enough (starving), I'd probably eat (almost) anything else. Free for all.

I'm pretty open to most foods.

I caught the end of some travel show on discovery last night, where the host, Ian Wright, ate ptarmigan feces mixed with raw seal fat. That'd be a strong no for me. No feces.

I refuse to eat gross food

That actually sounds rather healthy. Eating 144 doughnuts at a sitting can't be good for one's health.

Why?

Health issues. Cannibalism is a disease vector, especially for prions.

As far as human flesh goes, I understand it tastes like veal or young pork.

Indeed, that's what the urban legends say. (Note that's also the urban legendy explanation of the popularity of SPAM in South Pacific cultures.)

Here's a nice topical link . . .

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php

Oooh, I've seen that before!

...and hoped to never see it again :p

I won't eat any animal that I can purchase clothes for at the mall. *nod*

I won't eat any animal that I can purchase clothes for at the mall. *nod*

You won't eat cows? :eek:

I won't eat any animal that I can purchase clothes for at the mall. *nod*

That reminds me of what a friend of mine told me while in college. She said that she won't ever eat anything that runs for its life.

You won't eat cows? :eek:

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/traurig/sad-smiley-028.gif

Exactly what kind of mall do you shop at?

Casu Marzu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu), for reasons I think are obvious, I'm not partial to risking my life for cheese.

Kidneys, ever since I had to disect on in biology (did you know there are numerous disgusting things you do with a kidney?)

Nerve tissue, eg brain, eye and such. I believe in France it is mixed up and called "fromage de tête." Gross.

Ketchup is horrible, so are baked beans, I cannot bare to be near them.



Though I like to think I'm an adventurous eater. I even have ordered off... the Chinese menu :)

(and eaten it)

The only animals I won't eat because they're so cool are squidd, calamaries, or octopuses.

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Exactly what kind of mall do you shop at?

Malls with stores that sell leather.

A bovine in a leather jacket... You don't get anything more bad-ass! :p

No cockroaches, no feces, no balut.

Shellfish.

I'd try almost anything, as long as it was non-harmful and prepared well. I don't understand the thing against eating cats and dogs. Sure, they might not be as tasty as other meats, but why elevate them to some moral status above other animals?

No onions, or oysters, for sure. I am sure many other things would be bad, but those are the two things I can think of.

Casu Marzu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu), for reasons I think are obvious, I'm not partial to risking my life for cheese.

You have made me crave that now.

OK, I'm willing to revise my earlier statement, and change "I won't eat any insects or arachnids that are still alive at the moment of eating" to "I won't eat most insects or arachnids that are still alive at the moment of eating".

As my SO stated, no horse. Also, no dogs or cats. None of the great apes. No monkeys. No dolpin. No humans.

Casu Marzu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu), for reasons I think are obvious, I'm not partial to risking my life for cheese.


Oh hell!

"Risk of enteric myiasis: intestinal larval infection. Piophila casei larvae can pass through the stomach alive (human stomach acids do not usually kill them) and take up residency for some period of time in the intestines, where they can cause serious lesions as they attempt to bore through the intestinal walls. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhoea.
Because of these health threats, or simply because it is considered a contaminated product, casu marzu cannot be legally sold in Italy."

Providing it's dead, I'd probably eat most things.

Eyes, liver, kidney, bugs, testicles, brain, horse, dog, cat, mouse, shellfish I'd all probably be okay with.

I suppose it depends on how cooked it is, but I'd be happy to eat some things raw.

Still thinking about that cheese...daaaamn

I doubt there are any plant parts - ie vegetables, fruits, tubers, rhizomes, etc that I wouldn't eat, y'know, providing they weren't toxic.

I'd try almost anything, as long as it was non-harmful and prepared well. I don't understand the thing against eating cats and dogs. Sure, they might not be as tasty as other meats, but why elevate them to some moral status above other animals?

Yeah, it seems weird to me too, it's the fact we have them as pets I suppose.

If it was normal to keep chickens as loved pets many people would baulk at the thought of eating them like they do cats and dogs.

None of the great apes. No monkeys. No dolpin. No humans.

Yeah, I'd feel guilty about eating what is considered to be the more intelligent animals. Whales too, I'd feel guilty about eating whales. They're just so old and wise. I'd feel like I was eating grandpa.

I won't eat things that are still alive.

Rather like liver and kidneys, will eat tripe but I would have a problem with brains.

Have eaten horse but not keen on the idea of eating a cat, prefer to eat things that are vegetarians rather than predators or scavengers.

Those duck eggs that have been allowed to develop that they eat in the Philiippines - balut - no way I would even consider trying that.

I prefer not to eat things that will kill me(glass, cyanide, grenades, etc) and things that don't taste good(cyanide, grenades. Glass is actually kind of nice).

Oh, and what Rambhutan said about things that are still alive. I don't want my food to fight back.

As my SO stated, no horse. Also, no dogs or cats. None of the great apes. No monkeys. No dolpin. No humans.

What about baby humans? Maybe not one you made yourself, just a stray.

I would not rule out any food, if my choice was between that and starvation.

I'd eat human if necessary, if I wasn't taking responsibility for their killing (ie battle cannibalism.)

If it was just a matter of "would I try it" then I wouldn't draw the line at much. Cetacian or primates. Endangered species which I would be endorsing the killing of by eating. Humans.

If it was fresh roadkill and in no way my fault, I'd try anything but human (diseases.)

... Oh, and what Rambhutan said about things that are still alive. I don't want my food to fight back.

It gives a certain relish and enthusiasm to the diner, to have to be the one to bite first. You don't just put it in your mouth and chew ... you bloody BITE it right on its most dangerous part. Cat style.

I'm thinking of witchity-grub, the only live thing I can remember eating. I think I had fish that was still moving, but it wasn't in any condition to bite me.

It gives a certain relish and enthusiasm to the diner, to have to be the one to bite first. You don't just put it in your mouth and chew ... you bloody BITE it right on its most dangerous part. Cat style.

I'm thinking of witchity-grub, the only live thing I can remember eating. I think I had fish that was still moving, but it wasn't in any condition to bite me.

It might be interesting, though a bit much effort for dinner.

Animal flesh/carcass.

Animal flesh/carcass.

Unconditionally? You would rather starve?

Unconditionally?

I don't know what that's supposed to mean.

You would rather starve?

Why would I starve?

What about baby humans? Maybe not one you made yourself, just a stray.
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They're a lot tastier than you'd think. :)

Animal flesh/carcass.
I'm a human, not a rabbit/cow/gorrila/horse/whatever.

Anyway, for me it would be emmm, those living little squids.
For all the people who sad bugs: most of them, the one's who cán be eaten, aren't that bad. I've tasted a bunch, some ar pretty good, like fried maggots with a pinch of salt. Low of fat, high on protein and tastes like crisps, good stuff.

I'm a human, not a rabbit/cow/gorrila/horse/whatever.

Word is that Fass is too. I for one don't believe a word of it.

I'm a human, not a rabbit/cow/gorrila/horse/whatever.

Well, I for one am glad that that is sorted out.

I'm a human, not a rabbit/cow/gorrila/horse/whatever.

It's flattering that a lot of guys want me to taste their man meat, and are apparently rarely remiss in pointing it out, but that's not really suitable for this thread or has anything to do with what I wrote, so I ask that all your future references thereto, including photographic specimens, be directed to my TG box. :)

I'm a human, not a rabbit/cow/gorilla/horse/whatever.

Anyway, for me it would be emmm, those living little squids.
For all the people who sad bugs: most of them, the one's who cán be eaten, aren't that bad. I've tasted a bunch, some ar pretty good, like fried maggots with a pinch of salt. Low of fat, high on protein and tastes like crisps, good stuff.

The argument could be made, though, that we eat FAR far more meat than any of our primate relatives. Gorillas are completely vegetarian, chimpanzees eat small and large game but it composes only 5-10% of their diet, and bonobos are frugivorous, eating very small game and bugs very occasionally.

I'm a vegetarian and to be honest I find it awfully hypocritical that people find something wrong with eating horses but pigs and cows are okay.

That being said, I obviously wouldn't hesitate to eat meat in a survival situation.

The argument could be made, though, that we eat FAR far more meat than any of our primate relatives. Gorillas are completely vegetarian, chimpanzees eat small and large game but it composes only 5-10% of their diet, and bonobos are frugivorous, eating very small game and bugs very occasionally.

We probably have far more meat in our diet than we have evolved to be able to handle - hence all the obesity/heart disease/cancer. We just have an instinct to eat meat when we can get it - nowadays that just means all the time. Chimps would too if they were smart enough to earn money and go to the meat section of a supermarket.

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php

I feel "Steve, Don't Eat It" gives us a good insight into what not to eat and what is surprisingly tasteful.

i'm not a fan of eggplants

Me either! I also avoid organ meats in my everyday life.
In a desperate hunger situation, though, I'd quicker eat an already dead human than kill a cat or dog.
Also, what is NSG? someone cited that as a reason to include humans in the list of things they wouldn't eat...

Me either! I also avoid organ meats in my everyday life.
In a desperate hunger situation, though, I'd quicker eat an already dead human than kill a cat or dog.
Also, what is NSG? someone cited that as a reason to include humans in the list of things they wouldn't eat...

That means that said person wouldn't dare eat NationStates Generailtes. Maybe...:p

Also, some cheeses and fungi scare the bejeezus outta me! :eek:

I wouldn't eat anything I wouldn't eat.
Trust me, you don't want me to get any more specific than that.

Also, what is NSG? someone cited that as a reason to include humans in the list of things they wouldn't eat...:p
That was me realizing that since this is NationStates General including the caveat about human flesh suddenly became necessary. Normal people wouldn't even think of that but here it's par for the course.

That means that said person wouldn't dare eat NationStates Generailtes. Maybe...:p

I think they'd taste nice and juicy from all that thinking they do.
yuuum
*eats NSG*
*vomits*
eeeewwww trolls! and it's far too hot!
starts freezing remains of NSG for later.

I think they'd taste nice and juicy from all that thinking they do.
yuuum
*eats NSG*
*vomits*
eeeewwww trolls! and it's far too hot!
starts freezing remains of NSG for later.

Ewwww, MHiJ, you ate NSGers!
Oops, you vomit.
Here, maybe if you cure them first with lemon and add some salt, the taste may improve. But do watch out for trolls. Those are spoiled.

LOL at the rest!:D

As most responses are rather meat-related, I'll add that I'm grossed out by organs such as kidney, liver or brains (those are garbage filters! this probably even goes for the brain as well. Or something). Mammals in general are okay with me - including horses or kangaroos, excluding humans. I'd eat dog or cat rather than insects.

Any sort of salad.

I've found that the thing that actually makes salad gross is just the dressing. The rest is mostly just vegetables, or tasteless grass stuff. But salad dressing, yuck!


Have eaten horse but not keen on the idea of eating a cat, prefer to eat things that are vegetarians rather than predators or scavengers.


You're right about the predator thing, though... then again, I've heard bear paw is considered a delicacy.

We probably have far more meat in our diet than we have evolved to be able to handle - hence all the obesity/heart disease/cancer. We just have an instinct to eat meat when we can get it - nowadays that just means all the time. Chimps would too if they were smart enough to earn money and go to the meat section of a supermarket.

That's an image which will stick in my mind. For better or worse.

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You're right about the predator thing, though... then again, I've heard bear paw is considered a delicacy.

Well, they're omnivores, not pure predators. I wouldn't eat bear (except of course to keep from starving) but mainly because they're threatened or endangered.

I think they'd taste nice and juicy from all that thinking they do.
yuuum
*eats NSG*
*vomits*
eeeewwww trolls! and it's far too hot!
starts freezing remains of NSG for later.

Do I taste funny?

Do I taste funny?

You certainly sound funny.

"Lunatic Goofball" novelty confection. May contain traces of nut.

There are some things I wouldn't eat by choice, and that list gets shorter and shorter, the hungrier I get.

Pumpkin & brussels sprouts. They're disgusting.

I wouldn't eat anything from the orders Primates, Carnivora, or Cetacea, on moral grounds (that is, I would also have disgust for anyone who does), or from order Rodentia or class Insecta on squeamish grounds (that is, I wouldn't care who else does).

Ewwww, MHiJ, you ate NSGers!
Oops, you vomit.
Here, maybe if you cure them first with lemon and add some salt, the taste may improve. But do watch out for trolls. Those are spoiled.

LOL at the rest!:D
yeah
*looks forlornly at remains of NSG*
It keeps talking about George bush and Wiccan religion, how do i make it stop?
Do I taste funny?
thanks for that awful pun.
you tasted of muddy tacos actually.
You certainly sound funny.

"Lunatic Goofball" novelty confection. May contain traces of nut.
responding to a pun with another pun, is a dangerous offence.
may you be forgiven.