Gross Things We Love to (ugh!) Eat!

[samvt]

Boudin!!! And what happened to Head Cheese? Where did it go? Is it now illegal or something?

[kuan]

At dim sum, chicken feet.

In Pho, tendon, tripe.

[cookingwithfat]

Mary Kitchen canned Roast Beef Hash with four slices of american cheese and a splash of soy sauce.

[Blade55440]

Originally Posted by Stewey

Agreed with mredikop...tripe in menudo.

Also, the green shiz inside of a lobster--what is that stuff anyway? the pooh? Try it with fresh sourdough.

that would be the tamale. it's the liver, and it's quite the delicacy depending on who you talk to.

[Mezzaluna]

And what happened to Head Cheese? Where did it go? Is it now illegal or something?

Man, not in Wisconsin! We have enough Germans and other Europeans who eat it (suelze, souse, head cheese). For some unaccountable reason I loved it as a child, begged my mom to buy it. Now I just don't think of buying it.

[allie]

Well, Les (my SO) says my pineapple, mayo or banana, mayo sandwiches are gross. I've also eaten fried catfish eggs as a child and they were good! I'll try almost anything so I'm sure I've eaten quite a few things other people would think are gross.

[TomBrooklyn]

Anchovies......hmmm good.

[bluedogz]

My wife loves her Icelandic hardfiskur with butter (dehydrated fish filets, usually cod or halibut), and gets mad when I call it fish jerky.

I don't love it, though- I have a policy against any food I have to fight the cat for.

[pupon]

gotta go with chicken's feet. Just thinking of those guys stepping in their own crap makes me never want to eat them again, but in the heat of the moment...i cave in.

[nofifi]

Jacaranda, your hubby should come here in May, we actually have a Testicle Festival!!! It's a big deal here and it's really alot of fun although I still (being a transplant to this area) find it alittle strange, lol.

I don't know where you live but if you find a greek restuarant, they can tell you where to find sweetbreads....there use to be a Greek restuarant in St. Louis that made the best! They were breaded, lots of garlic, butter and lemon, and lit brandy....I can still taste them in my dreams, lol.

[castironchef]

Originally Posted by nofifi

Jacaranda, your hubby should come here in May, we actually have a Testicle Festival!!!

Heck, you could all dress up, hire a dance band and make it a "Balls' Ball."

[Dinengurth]

LOL if that's as bad as ya'll get, ya'll might be "intrigued" to see what we cook in our cast iron down here in south louisiana

[akila001]

Yeah, but not that gross compared to brain and veal liver.

[akila001]

Boudin is so so good, even though it is made out of pig's blood

[Dinengurth]

Originally Posted by akila001

Boudin is so so good, even though it is made out of pig's blood

Not all boudin has pig blood in it. As far as brain and veal liver, we do eat calf liver, brain i've never had. What we eat isn't gross at all, it's really good, just some people, including my instructors, don't always see themselves tasting pig tails, stuffed ponce/chaudin, calf heart/kidney/liver/tripe, hocks, neckbone, turkey/chicken necks, chitterlings, gizzards, chicken feet and other stuff like that.