For those who don’t know, Escargot are snails that people eat. I’ve never tried and I don’t really want to. This is the main food I think of when I think of ‘gross’ things people eat. I know I shouldn’t judge, but it’s hard here. Then again, people judge me for eating calamari because they think squid is gross. There are other ‘gross’ foods in my mind as well:
- Frog legs
- Cow tongue
- Liver
- Haggis
- Tarantulas
- Ants
- Monkey brain
- Cavier
- Gefilte fish
The list can keep going. Yet, I know there are big audiences for all of what I mentioned here. Otherwise, people would know that they’re edible. They would have disappeared from the global menu long ago. It all got me thinking too.
- What is a food that you find gross and others love?
- What is the strangest food you have ever heard of?
- What food do you love that others find gross?
Legends of Windemere 
Don’t forget chicken feet.
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Have trouble wrapping my head around those. No meat from what I can tell.
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I do agree that gefilte is gross. 🐠 🫙
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It’s like they combined the parts of the fish nobody likes, put it in jelly, and tried an entire culture into thinking it’s good. 🤢
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Clearly the taste testers had a bit too much Shabbat wine.
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I would hope. Hate to meet the person who decided on this while sober.
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I have had snails a few times in the south of Spain, a bit tricky to eat with like a toothpick to get the out of the shell, covered with garlic butter. I have to confess I have tried most of the things on your list, including frogs legs, and yes they do taste like chicken.
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It is funny how people say so many things taste like chicken. I had gator once. Definitely tasted like sour chicken. Didn’t sit well either.
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Yes gator was a bit funny. Not quite chicken. Horse is definitely not chicken either.
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Never had horse. That one always sounds odd. Ostrich, wild boar, and elk were good ones.
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And bison, don’t forget the bison. Wiggly sea snails that are moving but get ‘cooked’ by the lemon juice you squeeze on them. They were interesting.
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I forgot about bison, but only because I’ve cooked with it so often. Guess it isn’t exotic to me. I can’t bring myself to eat anything that is wriggling. Took me months to get over the odd texture of boba bubbles, but I think a snail or eel that is moving would make me pass out. Texture with food has always been a major hurdle for me.
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Whipped yellow squash I find very gross. Most love it but even the smell starts a gag reflex.
The Chinese eat some weird things but I guess the most unusal is the Century egg. (Aged a month or more till the white is like jelly and the yolk is dark green- no thanks)
I love caviar.
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Whipped squash in general sounds gross. I like baked squash with cinnamon sugar on it though.
Century egg is definitely up there. Feels like a lot of foods and condiments involve waiting until the food is rotten. Isn’t Worcestershire sauce made in that way?
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I’m grossly allergic to Worcestershire sauce so I don’t know.
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I do like snails, haggis, and caviar. Not a fan of liver since my Mom used to cook liver and onions for us when I was growing up. Have not tried ants, but do like fried grasshoppers. The one thing I can’t eat is cilantro – I have the gene which makes it taste like soap. Yuck. I’m pretty much an omnivore and will try anything at least once!
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I can eat cilantro, but other foods give me that reaction. Never had the chance to try haggis, but I don’t think I would if I had to pay. Caviar . . . Seen it offered, but never had an interest in trying.
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Haggis sounds horrible in its preparation but I’ve never had it in a restaurant where it wasn’t delicious. I ate it (along with smoked salmon) all over Scotland. Caviar is very salty, maybe an acquired taste? But not overwhelmingly fishy. Great with some cream cheese – if you can afford the caviar.
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Not a fan of cream cheese either. Guess I’m double out.
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That pizza combo made my stomach jerk. I used to eat spicy peppers back when I had a stronger digestive system.
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I’ve never had occasion to eat insects or land born arachnids, but a lot of the other stuff is on my list. I kind of like escargot, and la lingua tacos are amazing.
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Never heard of the tacos. I’ve seen tongue in various sandwiches here. They always look gross and too much like a tongue.
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