No "this one time..." stories about eating something repulsive on a dare, but rather, what sorts of things to you like to snack on while at home that you feel might be... unconventional.

Example: I love to crack a raw egg in my beer. Not unheard of, no, but not exactly a conventional snack. When I'm feeling a little hungry and I'm having a beer (if I'm not working then I'm generally having a beer) I like to crack a raw egg or two into a mug of brew. Instant protein rich snack!

How 'bout you? Raisins in Miracle Whip? Celery and chocolate sauce?

Tell us about the weird shit you snack on. Go on, amuse us. Or repulse us. Or turn us on to something we've never thought about trying before.

theres a taco joint up the street that makes cactus tacos and they are fucking awesome. that is all.

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The other night I made southern fried turtle.
The panko crusted python sucked.
I snack on all sorts of things- I pickle eggs, I pickle garlic... all to snack on.

Called nopales and it's not weird at all.

It's not weird but I love chicken pho with hearts, liver, and kidneys in it.

A friend in Thailand wanted a bag of these and she chowed em down like Pringles.

I was going to said the same thing, here in Mexico are a regular vegetable that you can find or eat in any supermarket/farmers market/mexican restaurant and street tacos stands
grilled nopales salad is one of may favorites

had some nopales for lunch today... leftovers from this past weekend carne asada
delicious

Fried bologna and peanut butter sandwiches

I'm probably an idiot for listing this, buuuut I suppose nothing can be said to bring as much shame to me as this did, ha, anyway.

So when I was still living in New York, we'd spend some occasional drunk nights @ this neat Japanese eatery in the village. Never could remember the name of that place. I'm sure some of you will know it. They'd play WWII Japanese propaganda over these loudspeakers that sounded like tin cans & you could make your own cone of cotton candy on the way out. Ring any bells? ..

Well 1 night, my friend, Difan, the bastard , duped everyone but him (6 or so people, including myself) into eating bull penis.. I said that, yes. Curse me for not knowing all species of Japanese squid. Thank Godzilla he didn't tell us in the restaurant! Ha, knowing some of those guys, it would've been a night not to remember for everyone else there. Yeah, we all got the same cock slurping text the next day. Uhgg! Haha.

So anyone interested in pulling this on any of their friends, or enemies, they apparently keep it on hand as a party prank at this place w'out a name. I think it had a panda statue out front?

All true

it's been a while since i've had them because they're impossible to find in the states, buy my favorite snack is silkworm pupae, otherwise known as beondegi. perfect street vendor food.

I'm Australian, we eat Vegemite. No one else will. 'Nuff said.
However, I've eaten snake, crocodile, kangaroo, bugs, ants, softshell crabs, lizard feet, eyeballs, cowballs, worms-in-toffee, ants-in-icecream, black pudding....I'll try anythng once as long as I'm assured it's edible.
Brains I'll eat but only if they're battered and you tell me they're nuggets.

Ahem...


I've got nothing to share.
But raw eggs in beer sounds disgusting! Do you break the yolks/whip 'em up? I'd imagine if not that they'd stay fairly separate from the beer and you'd just get a big mouthful of raw egg.

I am sure there are some regions where eating nopales is common. here in the north east US, it is not. The taqueria also make tripe, tongue, and pork skin tacos. I'll stick to cactus.

yowza. I guess it's either eat those, or eat...what? they must be good if you choose that over...well ANYTHING ELSE. What are they called?

Wasabi Peas . . . they make me fart like a buffalo though!

I don't really think of anything that I eat as being weird although some of it would certainly be unusual in much of suburban America. But as an anecdote, I once went to a lecture/demonstration on the subject of "Edible Bugs" at SF's Exploratorium. We sampled things like oatmeal cookies with larvae in them, candied scorpion, etc. The amusing thing is that the kids in the audience were super-eager to try everything. They thought it was hilarious that they were eating bugs. By contrast the adults were reluctant ... "ewwww!"

Did you know that the red coloring in commercial cranberry juice doesn't come from cranberries, but rather from beetles? It's true!

I've been to that place, in St. Marks.
There's a big Tanooki out front with the typically large set of Tanooki balls.
I forget the name too.
Granted, I ate the bull penis on purpose, but.... yeah. Been there.
All of our Asian markets here in Philly carry bull penis, too. And our Italian Market butchers by and large all carry testes.

I'm right there with you man. Cept I'll eat it twice, just in case it wasn't cooked right the first time.

Ha, I'm going to enjoy passing this one on
Hey, Mom! Guess what?
Haha, Thanks!

As part of wilderness survival training we were taught in the field about bugs that could be eaten for quick protein. At the time we were just hungry & really didn't think much of it (probably the point of making us hungry). I still remember these certain black ants that tasted almost just like lemonheads (due to their high acidic content apparently). The creepy part only really clicked when their heads would come off while chewing & bite onto your tongue.

Vombie, that is basically a type of water roach. Toasted with soy sauce.

yeah, it's weird the shit kind of additives found in processed foods... even though chicken mcnuggets claim (and actually DO) use all white meat chicken,
there are a few too many steps between the chicken and the nugget for my liking. but the thing with beets, i 've found, is that there's still that really beety
flavor if you try to use it just for coloring... unless you process the hell out of that, which rather defeats the point.

i don't really eat anything i'd consider weird on a regular basis... unless of course you think octopus is weird.

(needed to requote you, pf... let me know if you want me to pull it.)

No problem.

I think if you eat fast food you probably eat the weirdest shit. You just might not know it.

that scares me

beaver anal gland in Ice cream

http://www.metro.co.uk/tv/860150-jamie-olivers-ice-cream-revelation-leaves-letterman-open-mouthed

http://www.restlesschipotle.com/2011/04/all-the-stuff-you-dont-want-to-eat-but-you-do-anyway/

I don't really eat anything weird on a regular basis, but something wierd I will not eat is chicken and waffles... only in the south could someone in a kitchen get so confused syrup on poultry? oh wait skullbrain doesn't have a puking emoticon so just use your imagination