Very interesting article!!  It really made my mouth water....NOT!!  Soooo many other comments I could make  LMAO

Yeah, I don't think it's something I'll be eating anytime soon.  So what it the weirdest thing you've ever eaten?  I have to think about that for a few minutes before I answer my own question.... 

This is a restaurant that caters mostly to male Communist party members.

So you're saying that the Deer, Dogs, Buffalo, Bulls and Goats are all Communists?

Either that or the Communist "members" party...

Well I am a very picky eater so I haven't ever tried anything too weird.  I would have to say I'm more of a meat and potatoes type of girl.  IF I was to try some type of delicacy it would NOT be "penis roasted, steamed or boiled".  I did try oysters one time but they were cooked and I didn't really care for them and I think I was drunk when I tried them  LOL

I thought pickled tongue was the strangest thing in the world.  I love it now.  Especially from Caesar's Deli.  I've never had Rocky Mountain Oysters, has anyone else, and how did they taste?

EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!

Venison steaks is as wild as I get!!!!!

I've eaten Rocky Mtn. oysters. (Just like chicken.) I eat menudo every chance I get. (Tripe. Just like chicken.) Oyster on a half-shell. (Raw. Just like chicken.) Rattlesnake. (Also just like chicken.) Penis? Not that I know of. But next time I'm in my usual Chinese restaurant, I'll take a closer look at that egg roll. (Strange, it also tastes just like chicken.) : )

Catpaw:

LOL  I say if they all taste like chicken...I will just eat chicken!!!  I do love Chinese food so I will have to keep an eye out next time as well.

I've forgotten, that as a little girl growin' up in West Texas, I've HAD rattlesnake.  Yep, tastes just like chicken.

Vanityfair:

That's where I tried my first oyster!   It was a pretty cool place and I just sat back and watched them as well.  It was always a packed house and I watched people eat those oysters one after another...ewwwww

I am sure there will be many penis' devoured, in not only China, but also in California, this coming Tuesday... 

Funny OB, is it peni or penis'?  Not that I really care.  Really.

New Orleans and people watching go hand in hand.  I seriously saw things there that I will never forget as long as I live.  I have some very good memories of New Orleans!!!  I have been back since Katrina and it's not the same but there are still alot of people that visit.

Octopus or octopy, who knows.... And don't everyone jump all over me, I was only making a funny....

Vanity - I did not go to any of the "voodoo" shops because i've heard too many stories of the strange people that are there and have been told that you need to be very careful.   What I thought was so cool was the people that put on the little side shows or that paint themselves and act like statues.   What else did you see while you were there?

Favorite food in New Orleans:  Shrimp Remoulade

Fifteen years ago, hubby and I spent some time in New Orleans on our trip, we like to call, "Our Honeymoon across America"  We got married in Virginia Beach and made our way across to his next duty station in San Diego.  We started it off when we went to the Jack Daniels Distillery, next, to Elvis' House - Graceland,.  Then a little history in Vicksburg, then New Orleans (love drinking in the streets).  Off to LaPorte to see the battleship Texas, then to San Antonio, to see, of course The Alamo.  We even went to Bracketville where the Duke filmed the Alamo movie.  We hit the Grand Canyon...wow what great memories, and we did this all in about twelve days.

Also had octopus and squid. (Tastes like chicken.)

 Wonder if they also serve Yak Sack?

Just askin' lol! Too gross!

Catpaw, EVERYTHING strange tastes like chicken....

This is sort of in the strange food catagory.  A co-worker was suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration one time and I gave him some cool water and some raisens I found in either a MRE or a C-ration.  After he ate almost half he looked at the snack and it was mostly maggots.  That did not help his dehydration or do much for his faith in me.

I've had rattlesnake.  It wasn't all that bad, really.  The texture was not what I expected, but the flavor was okay.   When I was a kid, our hispanic neighbors made tacos with cow brains (I think?).  I liked it until I found out what it was and then I politely excused myself to go up-chuck.

Anglo, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. 

PM cow brains are actually one of the most nutritionally-dense organs found in any animal. From a nutritional standpoint, the brain is the best source of healthy oils in all land animals. In fact, human children who grew up eating the brains of animals have healthier brains and nervous systems than those who didn't.   Who knew?

woof: I used to think the brain is the most fascinating, complicated, most important organ. Until I asked myself, what's telling me this? Maybe Einstien ate brains when he was a child. Hmmm

With fava beans and a nice chianti, or is that paired with liver?  Nite..

Cesos......woof........ It is one of the turth of lfe's.......mysteries.................

I would find steers with head gone............ nothing else touched

TV would say -- aleins

I would say -- head cheese -- they were in a hurry == rural cime comin dowon, who knows?

But he head is easy to extricate, and the tongue, cesos (brains), meat on the skull...........

It is a delicacy...........

Queso de Puerco?

Vanity

"Hurricanes at Pat O'Briens. Umm ... scary!! I have some before and after pictures. Yuck!"

Yep, those hurricanes will kick your butt for sure!!  I can't remember the names of the places we went to on Bourbon Street but we stayed out until about 6 a.m. dancing and drinking!    If you don't have a good time in New Orleans then you don't know how to have a good time!

Yup those hurricanes will kick your booty, huh?  Good times, good times....I remember Antoines, but that was back in the '80's.  Gawd, I feel old.

Good nite.

Catpaw:  How about oysters?  Those DO NOT taste like chicken  LOL

OB:  NOT EVERYTHING  LMAO

Well, it tasted like chicken to me. Also ate cavier. (Fish eggs. Tasted like chicken.) And once upon a time ate escargot. (Snails. Those taste like chicken, too.)

Now that I think of it, the only strange food I've eaten lately that didn't taste like chicken was that awful grease from KFC. Geez, what a waste of God's creatures.

As far as eating strange food,  I'm gonna stick with my banana moon pies with V8 juice thank you very much!

Since I am Basque, I must confess I have eaten and have witnessed the cooking of many strange foods.  LOL.  I have been at Christmas dinner with Rocky Mountaint Oysters on table right in front of me.  Also have been around head cheese and did try a little.  My grandfather used to make sausage right in his own kitchen.  One more popular sausage he made was blood sausage -- I did try this one too.  Actually this was very good with lots of garlic and spice.  I did not really care for the head cheese too much. 

I have never tried rocky Mt. Oysters -- rather revolting in my opinion.  I have eaten pickled tongue, which I do like.  Also because of hunting going on in family, I have eaten venison, quail, pheasant (birds).  Also have tried fried rabbit and squirrel.  Rabbit tasted just like chicken.   Guess that is why I am more adventurous when it comes to trying lots of different kinds of food.   I mean what is normal when you are from a Basque family???   LOL. 

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