The Food Thread
09-09-2025
, 03:36 PM
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Among supposedly weird meat/fish, I would say:
Pig ears -- Meh. Can be good as part of spicy thai salad but that's about the only way I eat them.
Pig tails -- Delicious, but I've only had them prepared like oxtail or off the bone and shredded in tacos.
Pig's feet and cow's feet -- Too much work to prepare (I've never done it) or eat.
Sisig--Not weird in my opinion. Just delicious.
Oxtail--Not weird imo. Very delicious.
Sweetbreads-- I don't want to eat a carload of them, as they are very rich to me. But delicious.
Lengua -- see above
Chicken hearts and chicken liver --- See above
Lambneck and pig neck -- Very tasty if prepared properly but not worth my time to source and cook.
Tripe --Decent if prepared well, but I would never go out of my way to order it.
Beef tendon--Fine/good in chinese food if prepared well but really just a texture.
Blood sausages -- Tasty as long as I don't give too much thought to what I am eating.
Chicken feet -- Fine but I don't search them out.
Cockscomb-- Zero out of ten. Would never eat again. Just tasted like a bland piece of fat.
Duck tongue-- I used to go to a place that served duck tongue sandwich. It was tasty but I wouldn't search out duck tongue on my own.
Sea cucumber -- Oof. A difficult texture.
Snails--Delicious
Conch -- similar texture to snails but harder to prepare and can be very chewy.
Balut -- Very tangy. OK, but I don't search it out.
Elk--Fine, but I don't search it out.
Ostrich -- See elk.
Monkfish liver -- Tastes very strongly of liver to me. Wife loves it. I don't.
Uni--Not exotic imo. Just delicious.
Eel -- Not exotic imo. Just delicious in Japanese food. I've only made it once at home, and I would not bother to try and do it again.
Jellyfish -- Whatever. Just a texture.
Soups that are thickened with blood -- I have to admit that this skeves me out.
Alligator -- Whatever. It's just a mild thing that you can eat fried. I don't search it out.
Pig ears -- Meh. Can be good as part of spicy thai salad but that's about the only way I eat them.
Pig tails -- Delicious, but I've only had them prepared like oxtail or off the bone and shredded in tacos.
Pig's feet and cow's feet -- Too much work to prepare (I've never done it) or eat.
Sisig--Not weird in my opinion. Just delicious.
Oxtail--Not weird imo. Very delicious.
Sweetbreads-- I don't want to eat a carload of them, as they are very rich to me. But delicious.
Lengua -- see above
Chicken hearts and chicken liver --- See above
Lambneck and pig neck -- Very tasty if prepared properly but not worth my time to source and cook.
Tripe --Decent if prepared well, but I would never go out of my way to order it.
Beef tendon--Fine/good in chinese food if prepared well but really just a texture.
Blood sausages -- Tasty as long as I don't give too much thought to what I am eating.
Chicken feet -- Fine but I don't search them out.
Cockscomb-- Zero out of ten. Would never eat again. Just tasted like a bland piece of fat.
Duck tongue-- I used to go to a place that served duck tongue sandwich. It was tasty but I wouldn't search out duck tongue on my own.
Sea cucumber -- Oof. A difficult texture.
Snails--Delicious
Conch -- similar texture to snails but harder to prepare and can be very chewy.
Balut -- Very tangy. OK, but I don't search it out.
Elk--Fine, but I don't search it out.
Ostrich -- See elk.
Monkfish liver -- Tastes very strongly of liver to me. Wife loves it. I don't.
Uni--Not exotic imo. Just delicious.
Eel -- Not exotic imo. Just delicious in Japanese food. I've only made it once at home, and I would not bother to try and do it again.
Jellyfish -- Whatever. Just a texture.
Soups that are thickened with blood -- I have to admit that this skeves me out.
Alligator -- Whatever. It's just a mild thing that you can eat fried. I don't search it out.
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