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The concept of 'insect sushi (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/3526527/Insect-sushi-creepy-crawly-cuisine.html)' got me wondering what crazy ass food you'd be willing to masticate, and what you simply wouldn't be willing to ingest in any form.

Barring starvation, I really don't think I could bring myself to eat an insect. I have this atavistic revulsion towards insects. I've eaten guinea pig, horse, crocodile and I'm pretty sure I had dog meat (though I'm still not 100% sure)...fermented whale blubber and so forth. I'm more likely to eat the flesh of various animals I note. Insects simply won't be on the 'to try list' even though I hear they can have a very pleasing texture and taste.

How about you?

I wouldn't try anything that has feces, urine, that is still alive upon consumption, insects, reptiles, amphibians, salt water fish, exotic animals, anything poisonous or potentially deadly, and Homo sapien is not on the menu either.

I wouldn't try anything that has feces, urine, that is still alive upon consumption, insects, reptiles, amphibians, salt water fish, exotic animals, anything poisonous or potentially deadly, and Homo sapien is not on the menu either.

Ah so yoghurt is off the menu?

What's wrong with salt water fish?

YOGURT IS ALIVE???

Yogurt has now been banned. Idk. I was excluding all the exotic fish in the sea that I would not like to see on my plate.

YOGURT IS ALIVE???


My thoughts exactly...

I don't eat organs or blood sausage. I've eaten a worm on a dare and a cricket for charity.....but I won't do either ever again.

I'll eat anything once, disregarding things like Panda Paw or Shark Fin, which I won't eat for other reasons.

I'd be interested in brain, I suspect I'd have issues eating it, it's possibly one thing where'd I'd draw the line but I couldn't really say why.

I'm good with anything, so long as it isn't from an animal's digestive or excretory systems and/or isn't decomposing (dairy being the exception, smartasses)

I remember throwing up in my mouth a little bit every time Fear Factor had people eating cow rectums and shit*. (Shudder)\

*NOTE: They weren't eating feces. I'm using the word to say "And such things".

My thoughts exactly...

Various kinds of yoghurt contain live cultures which can include L. bulgaricus, S. thermophilus etc. They are still growing when you consume them, so yes, they are alive.

It also contains BIFIDUS REGULARIS, which sounds totally made-up.

DAMN YOU, DANNON! Or whoever makes it.

I don't eat organs or blood sausage. I've eaten a worm on a dare and a cricket for charity.....but I won't do either ever again.

I can't make myself eat blood sausage even though the taste is generally good...it's the texture that kills me. I'll eat some organ meat, but I won't go near tripe. Gods how I hate tripe.

im not particularly adventurous with food but my husband has prospered in business by being willing to eat anything.

he has eaten monkey brains, dog that he chose when it was alive, and live lobster-like crustaceans.

My main rule is no bugs. So, that program I watched about how to prepare a tarantula? Interesting and informative, but information I'll never use.

Obviously, this rules out locusts, ants, snails, lobster, crab, shrimp.... I just don't eat bugs.

Almost anything else might make it on the menu.

Oh - except amphibians. Never seen the appeal of frogs, even though loads of people eat them around here.

Someone mentioned they wouldn't eat panda.... I might. They also mentioned eating shark - which I already have done.

Some of the other posters have mentioned eating/not eating organs. I've eaten pretty much every part of an animal that can be eaten, and no longer have interest in some parts. Eyeballs hold no appeal to me, and neither do testicles/ovaries so those recipes are out. I don't like tripe. I don't like brain tissue, but that could be because the only brains I've eaten are pig - it's possible some other brain flavour might be nice. Maybe.

I'd try whale.

I'dn't try eel.

I'll try anything once

Someone mentioned they wouldn't eat panda.... I might. They also mentioned eating shark - which I already have done.

That was me, reason being that Pandas are very rare and sharks, just the way they're harvested is appalling.

That said, I'm seriously considering vegetarianism simply because I'm unable to justify eating any animal anymore beyond 'I like it and it's easily available'.

Beyond things like dog, cat, and human which I'm opposed to on principle, I'll try almost anything once. I don't think I'm brave enough to try tripe, though - it just looks far too jiggly and chewy and nausea-inducing. As a general rule, if it jiggles and is not Jell-O, I don't want it. :tongue:

I think I'd eat just about anything outside of insects (including most emphatically technically-not-insects like spiders) and eyeballs, as long as it's not raw. I wouldn't necessarily like it, but I'd eat it.

Insects and eyeballs are out, though.

human
That, too. I never think to include it because it's, well, generally really unnecessary. But of course this is the internet.

Wow, you lot have strong stomachs. I'd never eat bugs, except, of course if I were on the brink of starvation.

I don't even really like steak that much.

I slept most of the day trying to stop being so sick...I made myself some chicken broth to nourish myself with but I find I'm really seriously craving a steak. So I think I'll pop out for a nice filet mignon tomorrow. Although instead of rare, how I usually get it, I'm going to order it blue. I don't like blood per se, but right now I want a really raw, bloody hunk of meat. Clearly my body is craving certain nutrients.

That was me, reason being that Pandas are very rare and sharks, just the way they're harvested is appalling.

That said, I'm seriously considering vegetarianism simply because I'm unable to justify eating any animal anymore beyond 'I like it and it's easily available'.

I'd like to be vegetarian too. The only meat I ever really eat is chicken when I get Indian or Thai food simply because it tastes pretty good, is cheap and easy and has a little iron in it.

I don't know what it is, but chicken is my least favourite meat. It sort of grosses me out. Maybe the texture? I don't know...it's not so different than the texture of pork. But yeah. In order of preference I'd have to say wild game, fish, beef, pork, then chicken.

Someone mentioned shark harvesting...

This made me so sad:

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/shark-filet.jpg

There really isn't much I'd say no to except human. Alot of the things mentioned on here, I'm actually looking forward to trying (dog, cat).

I also eat bugs pretty regularly on dares and the like.

I used to love liver (and onion) when I was a kid. And then I found out what a liver was, and what it did. I haven't eaten liver since.

I think I'm fairly adventurous about food, but I don't think I'd care to try fugu. It's not that I have a problem with raw fish, I've eaten sushi and sashimi, but there's a risk return trade-off with fugu that isn't worth the effort.

Someone mentioned shark harvesting...

This made me so sad:

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/shark-filet.jpg

If you really want to see something tragic, try and find Sharkwater - http://www.sharkwater.com/

There's a trailer there, the photography is just visually stunning, the guy himself is a bit of a narcissist but the story is just...

I live in HK, where Shark Fin soup is very popular but everyone I've shown this to has sworn off it for good.

I'll eat just about anything once just to try it.

Ptamigan feces mixed with seal fat, as experienced by Ian Wright on his travel show (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040214/WRIGHT14), is a no can do.

Whale I avoid due to the high levels of mercury and PCBs.

That, too. I never think to include it because it's, well, generally really unnecessary. But of course this is the internet.

Heh, indeed. I also figure I should include it with dog and cat because it's in there for basically the same reason - if it has an actual personality and I'd enjoy spending time with it socially, I don't feel comfortable eating it. :tongue:

If you really want to see something tragic, try and find Sharkwater - http://www.sharkwater.com/

There's a trailer there, the photography is just visually stunning, the guy himself is a bit of a narcissist but the story is just...

I live in HK, where Shark Fin soup is very popular but everyone I've shown this to has sworn off it for good.

To get sharkfins for sharkfin soup they just cut off the fin and throw the rest of the shark into the ocean. Amor Pulch, do they eat that entire fillet of whaleshark in your pic?

I am a pesca-vegetarian. I don't eat all types of fish though. and I don't think Iwould eat all types of plants either.

I'll eat anything if you put enough hot sauce on it.
Otherwise, I refuse to eat things which involve "waste" (feces, urine, vomit, semen), poisons (fugu), disease (raw pork, 3rd world water, raw chicken), or foods that are the result of chronic, national stupidity (casu marzu (seriously, Sardinia, what the fucking fuck?)).
There are the occasional exceptions. Once, I tried snake wine, which violated poisons (snake venom), waste (the snake apparently enters the wine container alive and full of urine/shit before it drowns), and chronic, national stupidity (although it is, at least, a cool form of stupidity).

I slept most of the day trying to stop being so sick...I made myself some chicken broth to nourish myself with but I find I'm really seriously craving a steak. So I think I'll pop out for a nice filet mignon tomorrow. Although instead of rare, how I usually get it, I'm going to order it blue. I don't like blood per se, but right now I want a really raw, bloody hunk of meat. Clearly my body is craving certain nutrients.

That's how I normally order mine. :)

And if I do it myself, it's lightly fried for just a few seconds each side, in pepper, and then perfected with a blue-cheese sauce.

*le sigh*

That's how I normally order mine. :)

And if I do it myself, it's lightly fried for just a few seconds each side, in pepper, and then perfected with a blue-cheese sauce.

*le sigh*
*ears perk up*
Blue cheese sauce you say?

I've been going with a really great cream sauce...but do elaborate on this blue cheese sauce thing.

*ears perk up*
Blue cheese sauce you say?

I've been going with a really great cream sauce...but do elaborate on this blue cheese sauce thing.

Blue cheese sauce sounds good, coating one side of the aforesaid steak with a lovely grated parmegiano regiano is good too.

Blue cheese sauce sounds good, coating one side of the aforesaid steak with a lovely grated parmegiano regiano is good too.

...I hate you all. I'm starving and not allowed to touch any food in the house.

...I hate you all. I'm starving and not allowed to touch any food in the house.

*gives a chocolate chip cookie.*

I'll eat anything I can get my hands on. I've eaten illegally shot lion flesh. I've eaten alligator, kangaroo, ostrich, crickets, ants, just about every internal organ and more. I've shot my own dinner. I've trained as a butcher and know how to gut a pig. Animals are delicious.

*gives a chocolate chip cookie.*

:eek:

:fluffle:

...I hate you all. I'm starving and not allowed to touch any food in the house.

I was going to pick at food tonight, but they hid it all.

I was going to pick at food tonight, but they hid it all.

I got hit with a fork earlier.

Various kinds of yoghurt contain live cultures which can include L. bulgaricus, S. thermophilus etc. They are still growing when you consume them, so yes, they are alive.

I was under the impression that not only are they still growing when you eat them they continue to grow afterwords. They've essentially moved in and that's rather the point.

Generally speaking, I will eat anything that a 90 year old with a virtually non-existent immune system can eat without requiring hospitalization.

Anything else is to be carefully investigated and approved or denied on a case-by-case basis. *nod*

Someone mentioned they wouldn't eat panda.... I might. They also mentioned eating shark - which I already have done.

They said shark fin, which is a different story. I've eaten shark steaks. Shark fin they catch the shark, cut off the fins, and throw it back where it dies and is wasted.

I got hit with a fork earlier.Story of my life, dude. Story of my life.

I doubt I'll ever eat insects regardless of whether or not I might get used to the idea, simply because if they're anything like shellfish they're probably loaded with iodine and I'm allergic to that shit.

They said shark fin, which is a different story. I've eaten shark steaks. Shark fin they catch the shark, cut off the fins, and throw it back where it dies and is wasted.

Pain is chemically delicious.

They said shark fin, which is a different story. I've eaten shark steaks. Shark fin they catch the shark, cut off the fins, and throw it back where it dies and is wasted.

Not only does the shark die, in pain, and is wasted, but I have it on good authority that shark fin soup is vile.

No Mexican seafood for me.


I've always wanted to try Indian food.

I'll eat anything once, disregarding things like Panda Paw or Shark Fin, which I won't eat for other reasons.

I'd be interested in brain, I suspect I'd have issues eating it, it's possibly one thing where'd I'd draw the line but I couldn't really say why.

Well... Fried Brains are very good indeed.
Unluckly since the start of the BSE panic you cannot buy raw brains anymore so though luck.

I'd try whale.

I'dn't try eel.

But eel is so tasty!

Won't eat anything too high on the food chain so I eat only free-range chicken and pork (lamb/mutton, beef & venison etc are grassfed where I come from). Am not at all comforatble with the idea of eating something that ate offal or another of it's own kind eg chickens being fed chicken or cattle being fed cattle brains (remember mad cow disease?). If I'm going to eat meat I want the meat I eat to be vegetarian.

It would probably be easier to list the things I would eat. I don't have the strongest stomach. I won't eat mutton, because for some reason it's just vile to me. No veal or lamb. I'd eat insects, but nothing even RESEMBLING a spider; I've eaten a cricket and ants. No rodents, no dogs, cats, horses, anything endangered, and absolutely, positively NO primates. People usually list humans under the no-eat rule, but I think I'd actually be more revolted to eat a chimpanzee.

Eel is indeed tasty. Try it as ...is it Una Don? Or cooked on sushi rolls

Eel is indeed tasty. Try it as ...is it Una Don? Or cooked on sushi rolls
Unagi (/FRIENDS)

Unagi (/FRIENDS)

Yes, I am always in a state of....unagi!

The concept of insect sushi...

Yeuch.
I don't think that I would be ever able to stomach insects and spiders (unless I'm EXTREMELY hungry). Also snakes and lizards... urgh. I know I hate oysters (tried two and almost vomited). I also eat flower parts prechewed by insects (I call it honey).

As for somewhat uncommon things that I usually eat: eels, snails, frogs, cow brains. I know some people also refrain from eating rabbits, and tripe.

How about you?
Generally, if I haven't had it before, I probably won't try it. =D

I would try all endangered animals, in special the very rare ones.

But I'm not in the mood for human flesh.

Someone mentioned shark harvesting...

This made me so sad:

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2007-03/shark-filet.jpg

Jesus Christ that's a big fish!

I would try all endangered animals, in special the very rare ones.
If that's what you want, start with the poison dart frogs.

If that's what you want, start with the poison dart frogs.

Why not? Japanese like to eat Fuji Fish.

When I was in China, I ended up eating pretty much everything and anything. You don't really have much choice there. Some was fantastic, others downright stomach-turning - like boiled pigs intestines. I feel ill just thinking about it.
Thailand was downright crazy. They have food stalls that sell nothing but insects, including fried cockroaches (http://www.abestweb.com/smilies/crazy.gif).
No, I didn't try any of them. I'd have had to have been a lot closer to starving to death to even consider it. And even then, probably would have chosen death over a plate of 'roaches.

Not only does the shark die, in pain, and is wasted, but I have it on good authority that shark fin soup is vile.
It's not vile, but nothing special. I was served it in China, didn't know what it was until someone told me. Had to eat it as I was at a work do and the boss would have lost face (and me likely lost my job) if I had refused. Pissed me off no end, as I'd already read about how the shark is harvested and had made a vow never to eat it.
Likewise Turtle soup, which fortunately I did manage to avoid whilst in China.

It’s all cultural depended. And due circumstances we change the dish.

Some folks like to eat dogs and cats. In other countries they would go insane when they knew they have eaten pork or horse.

In my country, we don’t eat cat and dogs, but at World War II it was on the menu.

Jesus Christ that's a big fish!

"I think we're gonna need a bigger can."

Not only does the shark die, in pain, and is wasted, but I have it on good authority that shark fin soup is vile.

The 'pain' part is enough. I've eaten some pretty vile things (I happen to think pigeon and rabbit pretty vile), but I'm not big on inhumane treatment (so, no shark fin for me, unless there's space in the freezer for the whole shark.)

Jesus Christ that's a big fish!

Whale shark, the biggest fish there is. Not even a predator, either; it feeds on plankton.

I will try anything that moves, provided it has been washed and cooked to a medium rare, provided it can be eaten like that.
As for food I would not eat, not sure, but there are some tv shows with people eating raw sewage, I wouldn't want to try that.

I won't eat carnivores or scavengers, brains, anything endangered, snails, worms, or any kind of insect/beetle/bug except maybe ants.

I've already eaten a lot of strange things... chicken hearts, jelly fish, sea cucumber, beef tripe, tendon, possibly spleen (I dont know what it was, but it was part of my 'various beef' and smelled like wet dog) some king of strange, inside out octopus, shark fin soup (which incidentally was quite tastey, though I felt bad after someone told me what it was) not to mention all manner of fish and crustations, if you count those as strange.

I generally dont like eating things that have a head still attached. It's disconcerting. I don't think I could eat bugs.... though... that could be because I raise them and they aren't a particularilly clean item.... though, I might eat a silkworm. They are guaranteed to be clean... They're so delicate, if you don't clean your hands in rubbing alcohol before touching them, they get sick and liquify within a week.

I won't ever eat meatloaf. I'd eat anything for food, but I won't eat that.

I won't ever eat meatloaf. I'd eat anything for food, but I won't eat that.

*pained sigh*

I would try eating bat, as they do it in the Amazon.

I would never eat uni sushi. I did once and it was nasty. Never ever again.

I been thinking about it... and the only thing I can think of is foods involving live insects and/or feces.

There is no food I wouldn't try. If someone else is eating it, I want to know what the deal is.

Uni is delicious. But it has to be in good condition. Bad Uni is disgusting. (A bit like all shellfish).

Oh and Asparagus I would never eat anything with Asparagus

*pained sigh*

I lol'd. <<

Food I'll never dare eat:
-Mee Krob
-Borscht
-The Baconator
-Faux furkey (for the tofu intolerant)
-The Megaburger (a burger wrapped in bacon and deep fried inside another burger served with a stick of butter on two giant chocolate chip cookies)
-The deep fried stick of butter
-The deep fried candy bar

Oh and Asparagus I would never eat anything with Asparagus

Philistine. Asparagus is the food of the gods.

Philistine. Asparagus is the food of the gods.

Let them eat it then...

The concept of 'insect sushi (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/3526527/Insect-sushi-creepy-crawly-cuisine.html)' got me wondering what crazy ass food you'd be willing to masticate, and what you simply wouldn't be willing to ingest in any form.

Barring starvation, I really don't think I could bring myself to eat an insect. I have this atavistic revulsion towards insects. I've eaten guinea pig, horse, crocodile and I'm pretty sure I had dog meat (though I'm still not 100% sure)...fermented whale blubber and so forth. I'm more likely to eat the flesh of various animals I note. Insects simply won't be on the 'to try list' even though I hear they can have a very pleasing texture and taste.

How about you?

I will not try lutefisk. Ever

I'm willing to try most things that don't smell repulsive to me (with me it's a pretty safe bet that if I don't like the way it smells, I won't like the way it tastes; this might be due to me having an unusually strong sense of smell). Once, that is. If I don't like something the first time, chances are I'm not trying it again. Unless it's booze, in which case I will try it multiple times. I want to like wine someday.

I wouldn't eat other carnivores except under dire circumstances (professional courtesy I suppose). Oddly enough, I'd be more willing to eat the flesh of humans (to avoid starving) than of canines. Maybe that's because I've met way more people than dogs that I didn't like. I also will not eat the eyeballs of anything. That's just gross to me. I have no idea why, it just is.

Philistine. Asparagus is the food of the gods.

No thanks. I have heard that it makes my cum taste worse.

To get sharkfins for sharkfin soup they just cut off the fin and throw the rest of the shark into the ocean. Amor Pulch, do they eat that entire fillet of whaleshark in your pic?

I am a pesca-vegetarian. I don't eat all types of fish though. and I don't think Iwould eat all types of plants either.

I assume they eat the whole fillet, the way they've cut it.
I want to be vegetarian. In fact, I want to be vegan.

I'll eat anything if you put enough hot sauce on it.
Otherwise, I refuse to eat things which involve "waste" (feces, urine, vomit, semen), poisons (fugu), disease (raw pork, 3rd world water, raw chicken), or foods that are the result of chronic, national stupidity (casu marzu (seriously, Sardinia, what the fucking fuck?)).
There are the occasional exceptions. Once, I tried snake wine, which violated poisons (snake venom), waste (the snake apparently enters the wine container alive and full of urine/shit before it drowns), and chronic, national stupidity (although it is, at least, a cool form of stupidity).

I didn't realise that there were dishes that have semen in them. I'm not generally opposed to semen, but in food... it wouldn't be pleasing.

No Mexican seafood for me.


I've always wanted to try Indian food.

I eat heaps of Indian food. It's great. Thai and Indian food is what I live off.

Jesus Christ that's a big fish!

Whale shark.



I won't eat carnivores or scavengers, brains, anything endangered, snails, worms, or any kind of insect/beetle/bug except maybe ants.

I've already eaten a lot of strange things... chicken hearts, jelly fish, sea cucumber, beef tripe, tendon, possibly spleen (I dont know what it was, but it was part of my 'various beef' and smelled like wet dog) some king of strange, inside out octopus, shark fin soup (which incidentally was quite tastey, though I felt bad after someone told me what it was) not to mention all manner of fish and crustations, if you count those as strange.

I generally dont like eating things that have a head still attached. It's disconcerting. I don't think I could eat bugs.... though... that could be because I raise them and they aren't a particularilly clean item.... though, I might eat a silkworm. They are guaranteed to be clean... They're so delicate, if you don't clean your hands in rubbing alcohol before touching them, they get sick and liquify within a week.

Wow, neither of you would eat prawns...

Oh and Asparagus I would never eat anything with Asparagus

Asparagus is SO good!

Wow, neither of you would eat prawns...


Argh you found a flaw - I do eat prawns, but I tend to give the rules a bit more slack with seafood - so predatory fish I will eat but a cat I wouldn't, prawns I will eat but not a vulture.

Would anyone eat human meat?

Would anyone eat human meat?

No.

Would anyone eat human meat?

No, and not just for moral reasons. I would assume it is also a very good way to pick up diseases and parasites.

I've already eaten a lot of strange things... chicken hearts, jelly fish, sea cucumber, beef tripe, tendon, possibly spleen (I dont know what it was, but it was part of my 'various beef' and smelled like wet dog) some king of strange, inside out octopus, shark fin soup (which incidentally was quite tastey, though I felt bad after someone told me what it was) not to mention all manner of fish and crustations, if you count those as strange.

As for bolds #1 and #2, I find them quite standard - well, maybe the jellyfish and the sea cucumber aren't exactly typical of my cuisine. Chicken hearts and spleen are quite common in ragout, beef tripe soup (or beef tripe in tomato sauce) is quite commonly served, beef tendons are wonderful - steam-cooked, with onions, garlic and beans; octopus salad and octopus alla livornese (with chili peppers and garlic) are some of the most common things in the mediterranean.
As for bold #3, crustations are strange. Crustaceans, on the other hand...;)

Would anyone eat human meat?

Nyet. Unless the choice is between eating human meat and death by starvation.

I want to be vegetarian. In fact, I want to be vegan.

Another bloody alien invasor. Beware, son:
...Prince Duke Fleed, manages to steal the Grendizer, the robotic embodiment of the Fleedian God of War, from the Vegan invaders who plan to use it to spearhead their invasion fleet...


Wow, neither of you would eat prawns...

More for me! YAY!:D

Asparagus is SO good!Yes they are. There's just that small thing about that smell in urine...

I didn't realise that there were dishes that have semen in them.
animal testicles are considered a delicacy in many parts of the world, and they presumably contain a great deal of semen.
I read in NZ, one town has a Wildfoods Festival and one 'delicacy' is shots of bull semen.
I had a quick google and found this blog about it:
http://valleyboyabroad.blog-city.com/hokitika_wildfoods_festival__not_for_the_squeamish.htm

bull semen, bull and deer penis, rabbit, bull and sheep testicles. Pretty much anything that contains semen other than a submarine.

yeah that's right I went there. I did a seamen joke

Insects, no.
Mammals? Yes.
Reptiles? Yes.
Crustaceans? Yes.
Fishes? Yes.
Some invertebrates? Yes.
Birds? Yes.
Veggies? Bring 'em on.
Some amphibians? Yes.

eel is YUMMY!
(orders eel sushi)

No thanks. I have heard that it makes my cum taste worse.

Why would that be an issue?

Philistine. Asparagus is the food of the gods.


Let them eat it then...

What he said!

Asparagus is SO good!

And you may have it all to yourself my dear.

Wow, neither of you would eat prawns...



Asparagus is SO good!

Yeah, i don't care for prawns much. It's not something I'd never eat, but it's not something I'd chose over a burger. And if it's still got a head, I can't bring myself to eat it.

And yes, asparagus is awesome... until you leave it in the fridge to long and it liquifies.

Would anyone eat human meat?

Probably not for preference. Allegedly, it tastes like pork, so - if I was hungry enough...

I didn't realise that there were dishes that have semen in them. I'm not generally opposed to semen, but in food... it wouldn't be pleasing.
There's a show called Bizarre Foods with Pretentious Jack-off Andrew "I'm an Internationalist, You're a Filthy Middle-class Pleb Watching My Show" Zimmern on the Travel Channel. I've only seen three episodes, but in two of them the host ate food that was specifically advertised as being made with semen (bull or fish). He also ate testicles in each episode.
I'm not a prude or homophobe. I've swallowed cum before, but that was in a specific sexual context and it was human, goddammit.

Probably not for preference. Allegedly, it tastes like pork, so - if I was hungry enough...
The only cannibal I've ever heard going on the record about the taste of human said it tasted like veal. I imagine, like a lot of foods, the exact nature of the taste depends on how it is cooked, seasoned and presented.

Insects, no.
Mammals? Yes.
Reptiles? Yes.
Crustaceans? Yes.
Fishes? Yes.
Some invertebrates? Yes.
Birds? Yes.
Veggies? Bring 'em on.
Some amphibians? Yes.

Kat is the first person willing to try "long pig". Congrats.

The only cannibal I've ever heard going on the record about the taste of human said it tasted like veal. I imagine, like a lot of foods, the exact nature of the taste depends on how it is cooked, seasoned and presented.

I think you're thinking of chicken, which tends to acquire the taste of whatever it is cooked with. You can pick out the taste of beef, you can definitely pick out the taste of pork, and the difference between goat and lamb, for example.

Yes they are. There's just that small thing about that smell in urine...

I don't really think it makes a difference, to be honest.

Unfortunately, I would only try food that I would like, which I say because the list of things I would eat would be shorter than the list of things I wouldn't. And anyways, I only know what I won't eat when it's right there in front of me so I can judge it based on a number of unknown criteria. That's probably the main problem I have with my autism; probably my ENTIRE life, I've only reliably eaten: PBJ (creamy JIF and Smucker's grape jelly on white bread), grilled cheese (with ketchup), mashed potatoes (no skin or gravy), mac & cheese (only homemade Kraft, and no Easy Mac), an assortment of breakfast cereals, and Skim milk. A fast-food meal for me means some fries and a shake, no exception.
If I was on an island and had to choose whether to kill something to eat or die, I would quite probably die.
So in a nutshell, I'm a vegetarian that doesn't eat fruits or vegetables. So for anything meeting that criteria, no thank you.

Would anyone eat human meat?

I would, if I was presented with a medium rare steak, and the waiter said it was human, then I would tuck in straight away. After all its just meat, if I dont have it, then the city rats will.

Unfortunately, I would only try food that I would like, which I say because the list of things I would eat would be shorter than the list of things I wouldn't. And anyways, I only know what I won't eat when it's right there in front of me so I can judge it based on a number of unknown criteria. That's probably the main problem I have with my autism; probably my ENTIRE life, I've only reliably eaten: PBJ (creamy JIF and Smucker's grape jelly on white bread), grilled cheese (with ketchup), mashed potatoes (no skin or gravy), mac & cheese (only homemade Kraft, and no Easy Mac), an assortment of breakfast cereals, and Skim milk. A fast-food meal for me means some fries and a shake, no exception.
If I was on an island and had to choose whether to kill something to eat or die, I would quite probably die.
So in a nutshell, I'm a vegetarian that doesn't eat fruits or vegetables. So for anything meeting that criteria, no thank you.

That kind of reminds me of how Kurt Cobain ate.

(Yes, I'm creepy. I know what Kurt Cobain ate.)

That kind of reminds me of how Kurt Cobain ate.

(Yes, I'm creepy. I know what Kurt Cobain ate.)

Me too...
He ate food
:p

Me too...
He ate food
:p

He lived pretty much off mac and cheese.

I would, if I was presented with a medium rare steak, and the waiter said it was human, then I would tuck in straight away. After all its just meat, if I dont have it, then the city rats will.

You have to be kidding me.
If a restaurant served you human meat when you ordered steak, you would run.

He lived pretty much off mac and cheese.

OK, didn't really care, just felt like being a smart-ass...

I'll try anything once
Even delicious cock? You must eat it!

Would anyone eat human meat?
Only if I was starving.

Why would that be an issue?

Because it would make my ladyfriend less eager to do some things.

Probably not for preference. Allegedly, it tastes like pork, so - if I was hungry enough...

In the only confirmed test of its taste when cooked in a western fashion, it apparently tasted like veal.

Unfortunately, I would only try food that I would like, which I say because the list of things I would eat would be shorter than the list of things I wouldn't. And anyways, I only know what I won't eat when it's right there in front of me so I can judge it based on a number of unknown criteria. That's probably the main problem I have with my autism; probably my ENTIRE life, I've only reliably eaten: PBJ (creamy JIF and Smucker's grape jelly on white bread), grilled cheese (with ketchup), mashed potatoes (no skin or gravy), mac & cheese (only homemade Kraft, and no Easy Mac), an assortment of breakfast cereals, and Skim milk. A fast-food meal for me means some fries and a shake, no exception.
If I was on an island and had to choose whether to kill something to eat or die, I would quite probably die.
So in a nutshell, I'm a vegetarian that doesn't eat fruits or vegetables. So for anything meeting that criteria, no thank you.

Kraft doesn't count as "homemade" mac & cheese. Sorry.

Oh, also, I'd not eat an endangered species. Barring starvation, of course.

Unfortunately, I would only try food that I would like, which I say because the list of things I would eat would be shorter than the list of things I wouldn't. And anyways, I only know what I won't eat when it's right there in front of me so I can judge it based on a number of unknown criteria. That's probably the main problem I have with my autism; probably my ENTIRE life, I've only reliably eaten: PBJ (creamy JIF and Smucker's grape jelly on white bread), grilled cheese (with ketchup), mashed potatoes (no skin or gravy), mac & cheese (only homemade Kraft, and no Easy Mac), an assortment of breakfast cereals, and Skim milk. A fast-food meal for me means some fries and a shake, no exception.
If I was on an island and had to choose whether to kill something to eat or die, I would quite probably die.
So in a nutshell, I'm a vegetarian that doesn't eat fruits or vegetables. So for anything meeting that criteria, no thank you.

Don't you just love the OCD's that come with autism? I know I absolutely adore to despise mine...

I would try eating bat, as they do it in the Amazon.

I would never eat uni sushi. I did once and it was nasty. Never ever again.

Ugh, agreed. It's just vile. I am not at all fond of mirugai either.

Probably not for preference. Allegedly, it tastes like pork, so - if I was hungry enough...

Have you ever accidentally burned yourself, or worse, been near someone else who burned himself, and smelled that smell? Like, that split second before you realize it's burning human flesh? It smells pretty good.

You have to be kidding me.
If a restaurant served you human meat when you ordered steak, you would run.

Maybe I would run, but not before getting at least 4 bites of it, just for clarity of taste.

Anyone want to try this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut)?

Anyone want to try this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut)?

Not really, no.

Because it would make my ladyfriend less eager to do some things.
unless you get blown every single day its nothing to worry about.

In the only confirmed test of its taste when cooked in a western fashion, it apparently tasted like veal.

Poppycock.

Armin Meiwes said: "The flesh tastes like pork, a little bit more bitter, stronger. It tastes quite good."

Karl Denke a: "devout, peaceful, generally respected citizen of Ziębice, turned out to be a cannibal who killed 40 people before his arrest (and immediate suicide) in 1924. He pickled their flesh in jars and sold it on the Wrocław market as... 'pork'."

Fritz Haarmann: "a German who killed at least 24 people in Hanover, generally male prostitutes who's throats he bit while sodomizing them. Rumours suggest he too sold his victims as pork on the black market."

According to the "Codex Magliabecchiano (http://www.famsi.org/research/loubat/Magliabecchiano/page_72v.jpg)", Aztecs involved in ritual cannibalism prized pork because of it's similarity in taste to human meat.


One account claiming a taste like veal seems to fly in the face of the consensus.

Kat is the first person willing to try "long pig". Congrats.
I did not say I wanted to eat humans.
I like cow, goat, pig, rabbit, boar, deer, buffalo, sheep. I'd be willing to try 'roo, guinea pig, dog or cat if it was the only choice left to me.

People do eat whale, seal, and other aquatic mammals, too.
For me, though, primates are right out. Too close to human.

But you're incorrect -- there are others who said flat out they'd eat human.

Because it would make my ladyfriend less eager to do some things.
drink lots of pineapple juice before hand then.

Ugh, agreed. It's just vile. I am not at all fond of mirugai either.

Or the tamago rolls. I mean, I like my egg, but the one served in sushi bars looks... just... wrong.

No dog, pls. Also insects, blech.

No dog, pls. Also insects, blech.

Chocolate covered grasshoppers are good.

Chocolate covered grasshoppers are good.
Ah you backwards Spanish people and your peasanty tastes.

Ah you backwards Spanish people and your peasanty tastes.

Excuse me, you English brute, but you were saying what...


:p

VIRGIN meat is good. :D

What? Someone had to say it... :p