Strangest Dinner You Ever Made - Or Ate

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DiO'Bolic

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DiO reminds me. I've had what he's had, if by "slugs" he means escargot, but not wild boar that I can remember. And I'm thinking I must've had snake at some point, but I can't place it, so no credit there.

Never tried vegemite. There was stuff written about it when Men At War Men Of Peace Men At Work sang their song in the '80s, and when I saw one reviewer write that vegemite tasted like "rancid prune whip," I decided not to go seek it out.

A lot of Americans in Korea didn't like kimchi. I did. But not enough to get addicted to it, like some of the Koreans are. They also served up porridge as a breakfast option. I tried it in several different flavors, and they were all horrible. Goldilocks was nuts. It's not good at any temperature.



Y'know, if you go to shake hands with a homicidal maniac, you can expect bad things to happen. Bison are homicidal maniacs, except they have sharp hooves, sharp horns, weigh a ton, can run faster than us, and turn on a dime. I love bison (both to watch and to eat). But there's no way I'd be in range for one to charge me. I saw a motorcyclist once just barely escape an irate bison, and that made me determined not to ride motorcycles through buffalo country either.

Yup, escargot wrapped in bacon.

I once worked with a homicidal maniac on a clean up crew. After one week I told management that I refused to work with him after he kept telling me about his sick fantasies. I even reported it to the police who worked security for the beer festival. Unfortunately they didn't take me seriously. Months later he took a hammer to an old lady, and who knows what else that was never solved. I knew it would happen some day. Hard living with that.

I was a kid visiting the local Trexler Park Game Preserve. I somehow got inside the fence (which wasn't more than reinforced chicken wire at the time... and animals often escaped), and the bison charge me sending me into a pile of smelly hay. The Bison were pretty tame, but the staff got me out quickly, crying and a few minor bruises, hosed me down, and I went on my way with the family. Later that day an Ostrich reached over the fence and bit me on my hand. I did have Ostrich burgers later in life at Knoebels Amusement Park... considered that payback also. :)
 
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Grandpa

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Yup, escargot wrapped in bacon.

I was a kid visiting the local Trexler Park Game Preserve. I somehow got inside the fence (which wasn't more than reinforced chicken wire at the time... and animals often escaped), and the bison charge me sending me into a pile of smelly hay. The Bison were pretty tame, but the staff got me out quickly crying and a few minor bruises, hosed me down, and I went on my way with the family. Later that day an Ostrich reached over the fence and bit me on my hand. I did have Ostrich burgers later in life at Knoebels Amusement Park... considered that payback also. :)

I remember reading about a man who raised a buffalo from birth. He said the buffalo was domesticated. But he was wrong. After the beast achieved adulthood, the man turned his back one day, and the bison killed him. They and wolves are two of my very favorite animals, but I wouldn't make either one a pet.

I had some red deer in NZ. To Flake, that's nothing special. Red deer is like their meat animal. But it sure is tasty.
 

Kurben

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I have just remembered a very strange dish that i have eaten. Don't know the english name. In swedish it is called Kalvdans (approximately calfdance in english) and you can make it whenever a cow gives birth. I have never made it so dont know the procedure. But i know it is made out of thefirst milk the cow produces after the birth. That milk is different than any other milk. The result you can eat as a kind of different tasting pancake with jam. You can also spice it if you like with ginger or canel. I think the milk is much more rich in protein than the ordinary milk and it tastes different. At least for me, as man normally living in a city, thats a strange dish. During the summers as a kid we had a house in the country and the farmers wife used to give us this dish on occasion.
 

Grandpa

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I have just remembered a very strange dish that i have eaten. Don't know the english name. In swedish it is called Kalvdans (approximately calfdance in english) and you can make it whenever a cow gives birth. I have never made it so dont know the procedure. But i know it is made out of thefirst milk the cow produces after the birth. That milk is different than any other milk. The result you can eat as a kind of different tasting pancake with jam. You can also spice it if you like with ginger or canel. I think the milk is much more rich in protein than the ordinary milk and it tastes different. At least for me, as man normally living in a city, thats a strange dish. During the summers as a kid we had a house in the country and the farmers wife used to give us this dish on occasion.

Humans do that too. I assume it's a mammalian thing. Colostrum is enriched mother's milk in the first few post-natal days that's particularly good for the newborn.
 

Walter Oobleck

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Not so much strange though it was strange as it was...a goof...screwed up. Down in Florida this was, this once I decide to make some pasties that some have read me post about...pasties, a meal the Cornish miners brought to the U.P. and down into the mines here, a meal that has since caught on and you can now visit a pasty shop as easily as a hamburger joint. Ingredients include chopped spuds, Idahos....chopped carrots, rutabaga, onion, a ground beef or venison with some ground pork, "pasty meat"...salt and pepper...baked inside a dough shell. I had all the other hallmarks down pat, the veggies and the meat...we even made these things as a senior year project to help finance a trip to...yep, Florida...200" average snowfall each winter and we'll follow the sun...anyway, I had the stuffin down...but I was completely clueless about the dough. The internet was not a tool at the time so...I winged it. Heh!

Flour, right? Sure, must be flour in there...probably some eggs, dash of milk...butter maybe. I think I had those ingredients close to the mark, or not too far off...but...something happened. Could smell them cooking, baking...friends are all chomping at the bitt...I pull them out of the oven and they look marvelous. I can't remember if I dished them out, one to a plate...and we all sat down...about six or seven of us...and I could hear numerous thunk! twang! ooomph! Ummm, umm, umm, Walter Walter Walter...guy who used to bust down doors with a 12-guage (and he wasn't the law), big guy, but probably the nicest guy you could meet...he breaks the ice, Walter, they taste great but this crust? By then everyone was laughing as I sat down and thumped my pasty with a fork...sounded like a bass drum...then I picked it up and broke it open like an egg and proceeded to rake out the ingredients, all those veggies and meat. The pasty shells were pushed aside...not commented on...but I suspect they're still true to form in some Florida landfill, little pockets of air inside awaiting the day someone trapped under a dome needing air digs deep to breathe. So...I don't bother with a crust anymore...the stuffin in a pot baked is just as good.
 

Neesy

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I have just remembered a very strange dish that i have eaten. Don't know the english name. In swedish it is called Kalvdans (approximately calfdance in english) and you can make it whenever a cow gives birth. I have never made it so dont know the procedure. But i know it is made out of the first milk the cow produces after the birth. That milk is different than any other milk. The result you can eat as a kind of different tasting pancake with jam. You can also spice it if you like with ginger or canel. I think the milk is much more rich in protein than the ordinary milk and it tastes different. At least for me, as man normally living in a city, thats a strange dish. During the summers as a kid we had a house in the country and the farmers wife used to give us this dish on occasion.

That is called 'colustrum' - it is what is first produced after the birth of a baby (or a cow!)

One of the major purposes of colostrum is to aid in the formation of the "good" bacteria, or Bifidus flora, in the GI tract. It also eases the movement of meconium. Colostrum is abundant in antibodies to protect the baby against bacteria and viruses in the birth canal and from human contact.

I am not sure if I would want pancakes made with that stuff!
 

Kurben

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That is called 'colustrum' - it is what is first produced after the birth of a baby (or a cow!)

One of the major purposes of colostrum is to aid in the formation of the "good" bacteria, or Bifidus flora, in the GI tract. It also eases the movement of meconium. Colostrum is abundant in antibodies to protect the baby against bacteria and viruses in the birth canal and from human contact.

I am not sure if I would want pancakes made with that stuff!
It is considered a delicatess!! Not something you get in the stores. But i must admit it was never one of my fave dishes. I preferred my grandmothers pancakes. They were the best that any human ever made in my opinion.
 

ghost19

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Long ago, I went to dinner at an ex-girlfriend's parent's house. Her mom served us something called "Lebanese potato soup", served cold, weirdest tasting soup I've ever had....and actual non-pasteurized cow's milk to drink...served at room temperature.......nastiest meal I've ever tried to eat.
 

GNTLGNT

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Long ago, I went to dinner at an ex-girlfriend's parent's house. Her mom served us something called "Lebanese potato soup", served cold, weirdest tasting soup I've ever had....and actual non-pasteurized cow's milk to drink...served at room temperature.......nastiest meal I've ever tried to eat.
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Grandpa

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Long ago, I went to dinner at an ex-girlfriend's parent's house. Her mom served us something called "Lebanese potato soup", served cold, weirdest tasting soup I've ever had....and actual non-pasteurized cow's milk to drink...served at room temperature.......nastiest meal I've ever tried to eat.

Vichyssoise. I've had it. It tasted like leftover potato soup that you didn't heat up to eat. It wasn't bad for me, although I have a pretty broad range for what goes down my gullet - but I wouldn't order it, or gazpacho for that matter, if i had other choices on the menu.
 

ghost19

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Vichyssoise. I've had it. It tasted like leftover potato soup that you didn't heat up to eat. It wasn't bad for me, although I have a pretty broad range for what goes down my gullet - but I wouldn't order it, or gazpacho for that matter, if i had other choices on the menu.
That's pretty much exactly what it tasted like. There I was, trying to make a good impression on mom, dad, and big brother, so I ate it, but literally had to concentrate on keeping my face neutral and swallowing the soup. I took one drink of the milk and didn't touch it after that. The milk was just funky tasting as all get out. That meal should have been an omen of the overall relationship...lol
 

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When I was in my late teens my parents and I lived in the boonies 3 hours east of Toronto. Most evenings after work we would go fishing and one of our go to spots was the Black River. It was great way to unwind and maybe catch supper. We mainly caught bass and perch. But one night as dusk turned to dark my father latched on to something BIG! And as any fisherman knows you don't leave until you've brought it in. After some minutes of struggle he lifted the rod high into the air and hanging down into the water was a 6 foot long eel. Well naturally he insisted on bringing it home and my horrified mother was adamant it was not being brought anywhere near her kitchen. Some discussion ensued and soon there were some cut up sections of eel frying up in butter. I cannot describe the taste, but it was the texture and the ooglyness it left in my mouth that I recall. And no it didn't taste like chicken.
 

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Did it coil itself around your Dad's arm, like a snake, when he was getting the hook out? Had one do that to me one time. Freaked me out!
I think one of the reasons I don't particularly enjoy fishing is because when I was a kid I always used to catch eels and hornpouts and they scared the crap out of me. I usually ended up screaming and dropping the pole as soon as I saw what was coming out of the water. For those who don't know what a hornpout is, I guess that would be the closest thing we have to a catfish

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I think one of the reasons I don't particularly enjoy fishing is because when I was a kid I always used to catch eels and hornpouts and they scared the crap out of me. I usually ended up screaming and dropping the pole as soon as I saw what was coming out of the water. For those who don't know what a hornpout is, I guess that would be the closest thing we have to a catfish

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I've been on the receiving end of those little brutes more than once. Ever had one "bark" at you?