Weird foods - third and final poll

[chickenfeet2003]

Poll taboo3

Comments

[gillo]

I am so stupid. Immediately after clicking I realised that I have eaten several different sorts of seaweed, from Japanese varieties to laverbread. Sorry.

[owlfish]

Polls can be re-filled out. Here's the link for this one. Click on Poll#####, then "Fill out Poll".

[ceruleanblue3]

I ate seagull eggs once; does that count?

[oursin]

I've even cooked ostrich (though I haven't seen it lately in Waitrose)

[chickenfeet2003]

I've cooked kangaroo. Makes a decent daube.

[pyroclasticgrub]

How did the shithawk taste?

[chickenfeet2003]

If you mean seagull, like string soaked in rotting fish.

[bopeepsheep]

It is quite possible that I've eaten donkey, but I suspect I'd never know for sure. (Time spent in pre-re-unification/glasnost Eastern Europe being served some distinctly non-specific 'meat', at least some of which was recognisable to me as horse from other experiences, although I didn't enlighten my somewhat squeamish companions at the time...)

[chickenfeet2003]

t'lemur has the same concern about monkey, aka mystery meat in Africa.

[rhythmaning]

Apparently, mortadella ("bologna"? and hence "baloney" in the US, I belive - could be wrong) is traditionally made with donkey rather than pork in Italy. This could be a myth (in which case, disregard my submission for donkey!)

[chickenfeet2003]

I don't think "traditionally" is the right word. I do know that donkey meat has wound up in fairly low grade mortadella but the references to it that I have come across were in the context of post WW2 food shortages.