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The most interesting food

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What is the most interesting food (to you) that you have eaten? If you are from the States or Canada or some other non-Spanish speaking country, maybe it's squid or something. But if you are from a Hispanic country, maybe for you it's pizza!

Cómo es la comida más interesante comiste? Si usted es de Estados Unidos, o Canadá, o algunos otros pais, quizás el calamar or algo. Pero si usted es de pais hispano, quizás para ti la pizza!

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updated Apr 14, 2014
posted by actorgirl

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I finally had some molé .It was good.

updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by heliotropeman
I love molé. - gringojrf, Feb 27, 2014
what is that? Like that little tiny critter? - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
I love mole! You should try my recipe! - 00e46f15, Feb 27, 2014
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Tripe or tripa as they call it here. I had never tasted it until I moved to Mexico. Now I eat it almost every week in tacos. Very tasty.

Tripas de Chucheman

updated Feb 27, 2014
edited by gringojrf
posted by gringojrf
This is in menudo right? - heliotropeman, Feb 27, 2014
El menudo tiene un olor bien fastidioso. Me choca! - 00e46f15, Feb 27, 2014
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When I was in Turkey I had half of a roasted lambs head. The eye was tasty but the brain is an acquired taste, ate it anyway.

updated Feb 27, 2014
edited by 00551866
posted by 00551866
Oh. well, that certainly is interesting. - actorgirl, Feb 26, 2014
Very brave. - heliotropeman, Feb 27, 2014
Sort of like "head cheese", a product of the flesh and brains of slaughtered hog. - GaryT, Feb 27, 2014
You must have been very hungry, or maybe just very polite.. - annierats, Feb 27, 2014
I posted a photo, not like head cheese. Also, I can't stand to throw away food, if it is on my plate I it. - 00551866, Feb 27, 2014
good for you...the picture does not make it look very appetizing. :) - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
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I think one of the more interesting foods I've tried has been escargot. It's basically nails in special seasoning... :3 It was certainly very interesting...

updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by baysofblue
I like them in garlic butter. P.S. Typo on (s)nails. - 00551866, Feb 26, 2014
Hmm. how do you get it out of the shell? and how big are they? they actually sound pretty good! - actorgirl, Feb 26, 2014
Delicious. - gringojrf, Feb 27, 2014
I've had escargots. They have the consistency if erasor heads. (But I love the garlic butter - GaryT, Feb 27, 2014
To get them out of the shell, one uses an especially made thin fork. - GaryT, Feb 27, 2014
They hardly taste of anything but the garlic butter is excellent. - annierats, Feb 27, 2014
Hmm. I have had mussels before. - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
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Have you ever tried "Machito"? enter image description here

Once I knew what I was eating, I started gagging.

Here is the description of "machito": The ingredients in machito include the internal organs of the kid goat and the goat's intestines used to wrap and tie the resulting mixture. The finished product resembles a large sausage. Machito, which is a traditional Mexican dish, is similar to haggis, a dish of Scottish origins made from calf or sheep liver, heart and lungs boiled in the animal's stomach.

My dad is a cattleman, so he used to bring all the ingredients, so my mother could make "machito".

I prefer regular "cabrito" (Monterrey style).

updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by 00e46f15
Hmm. I had heard of haggis and thought it sounded interesting...the picture is not appealing though. :) - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
I never had the opportunity but it is probably good. - 00551866, Feb 27, 2014
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The most interesting food, or the most disgusting?

I lived in India for an extended period of time, so I've eaten my share of oddness. I'd say the most interesting thing I've ever eaten was an Ultra-Spicy-Indian curry recipe.

Imagine stuffing your face with jalapeños, and then pouring acid in your mouth. That's about what eating that stuff tastes like. It's actually quite tasty!

updated Feb 28, 2014
posted by 00ffada9
sounds like it would be entertaing to watch you eat it if you are stuffing your face! I can imagine that you would eat some strange things there. :) - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
And I have liked all the curry dishes that I have eaten too. Actually quite a few. - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
jajajaja I cannot stand Indian food. I tried it once and I almost died that night. I learned the difference between spicy (from spices) and spicy (hot). I prefer the second one. :D - 00e46f15, Feb 27, 2014
Haha, sorry, I shouldn't laugh, but that sounds funny. But its true. I think I only had "real" curry once, when some Malaysian and Nepalise girls made it for us. - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
Indian food is definitely an acquired taste. Some of the stuff is REALLY nasty! - 00ffada9, Feb 27, 2014
I used to eat regularly at an "authentic" Indian restaurant in the US. I am sure not as good as the real thing. - 00551866, Feb 28, 2014
I can't speak from experience (I've never been to an Indian restaurant here) but I don't think it has the same flavor. In India, meat is normally only a few hours old! - 00ffada9, Feb 28, 2014
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Para mí, es una soupa Filipina hecho con el carne de perro. Es delicioso!

updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by GaryT
Dog meat? I might have a little trouble with that...but I would be willing to try it! - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
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I like liver pate. Me gusta paté de higado.

updated Feb 27, 2014
edited by 00551866
posted by mollprov356
También yo. I added [1]: so your photo would show. - 00551866, Feb 27, 2014
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Moronga in nicaragua is quite good, it is a type of blood sausage.

updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by 00551866
oohh. looks good sounds interesting. - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
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Sea turtle eggs are different but tasty. Some are sold on the streets warmed but not cooked and spicy.

Huevos de tortuga de mar son diferentes pero ricos. Algunas se venden en los calles tibios pero no cocinadas y picantes.

updated Apr 14, 2014
posted by 00551866
Are they anything like chicken eggs? what are they like on the inside? - actorgirl, Feb 27, 2014
A leathery shell, 50/50 white and yolk and a greasy texture with more flavor than a chicken egg. - 00551866, Feb 28, 2014
Rip a little hole with your teeth and squeeze. - 00551866, Feb 28, 2014
Don't they have baby turtles in them? I'm sorry, I don't think I could ever eat a turtle egg. Imagining those cute little critters...and then thinking about killing them when so few live to begin with... :( - Ghosthawk, Apr 14, 2014
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Queso de chancho, head cheese. Maybe this is normal for you, but not for me. It looked disgusting and I actually didn't want to eat it, but I was kind of forced to do it. I didn't like it!

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updated Apr 14, 2014
posted by matias-v
If spiced correctly it is very good. - 00551866, Feb 27, 2014
Qué asco!!!!!!! - 00e46f15, Mar 1, 2014
If you have to watch and smell someone make it, you'd never eat it again. Mi abuelo made it at our house a few years back...The smell was horrendous and stuck around for days. - Ghosthawk, Apr 14, 2014
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I have eaten moose, which is not interesting really to me, but maybe to some of you. And Kim Chi. If you have never eaten that I would highly recommend it. enter image description here

updated Feb 27, 2014
posted by actorgirl