I've eaten a crapload of weird food in my travels. I had dog in Korea. It wasn't the best thing I've ever eaten--and I'd assume most of that was the mental aspect. Funny story on that.....a buddy of mine was there with me, and he's chewing and chewing and chewing on this bit....he asks the korean co-worker that brought us to the place what he was eating...he kind of flipped a piece of this chewy stuff around with his fork and asked..."Mushrooms?"...Mr Yi says, "no you eat skin, buddy!" Dude didn't eat much after that. None of us did.
I love venison, pretty much any way you can prepare it. Jerky and venison bologna are the cat's ass.
I've had horse. It is big over in France. I was at this restaurant with an AF buddy and some of his Parisian family, and I decided I'd order a cheeseburger. I knew I should have ordered something else when all the Parisians looked at me like "are you sure?". I took one bit of that burger and let the rest sit. It was really...odd. Of course, after the fact they tell me what I just ate.
I've had gator and thought it was really fatty. That said, I have some gator sausage in my freezer that I need to prepare one of these days. For some reason I don't think I'm going to just put that on a bun and call it a sammich.
I'm thinking in a soup.
FWIW, I'd take a breast of chicken (BBQ'd or hop smoked, or whatever) over a steak. And that is coming from someone who can cook a mean steak.
the_bird said:
Get a copy of his books - lots better than the show. Kitchen Confidential and Cooks Tour, both highly recommended.
I've read all of them--great books, I agree. I think he has another coming out soon....I have a c-load of the Cooks Tour episodes on DVD. Cobra heart. Awesome.