I ate my first pansy today, and I have to tell you, from now on nobody's flower garden will be safe from me. Who knew nasturtiums, pansies, carnations and roses were edible? Mel and I had them in our salad tonight, along with sheep and goat cheese, mint leaves, spinach, olive oil, garlic, beef and chicken.Labels: diets, edible flowers, Foods
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Living in Japan and Turkey--and traveling many other places--I've had my share of interesting, exotic foods and drinks. Worst? Fermented mare's milk in Kyrgyzstan. Best? Loved eel in Japan. (Squid, not so much. You're right--octopus is rubbery.) Yummy, buttery-garlic snails in France. Fondue in Switzerland. A wonderful chocolate drink in Spain. Yum!
The most unusual food I've eaten is fried alligator tail. It was cooked very well so it was chewy-tender and tasted like slightly gamey chicken. If it had been overcooked, it would have been really tough. I've also eaten abalone, squid, clams...belly and all, though I could do without the belly portion. I didn't like eel or rattlesnake so just had a bite of each. I think I'll just settle for a good old American burger! LOL
I love edible flowers. One of my favorites is Fiddleheads. Those are ferns when they first peek out of the ground. They're rare and delicious! I first tried those when living in upstate NY.
I love lamb, but I was raised eating it. My mom loved it too. So we have lamb often.
The weirdest thing I've eaten was a fish head. You don't eat the whole thing, It was cooked and had a wonderful sweet & sour sauce over it. You pick out the meat from small pockets.
We used to go to a Sushi bar near our home in SoCal. We went so often the owner started to give us different dishes to try without charging us.
The fish head was very rich. I liked it, but I doubt I'll ever order it.
Oh, Pam, tell us what the mare's milk really tasted like! Was it like buttermilk? I love buttermilk. Can't do snails. Did them, swallowed them with the garlic butter, just couldn't get past the thought of them. I'm a wimp. What kind of fondue? How fun that must have been.
Ruthie, when did you eat the alligator? I think we had it at Hemingway's in Bass Pro. Never had rattlesnake. Did have abalone and used to eat fried clams. My favorite food is king crab, but we don't get that often because it's so expensive. I love tasting new things, don't you?
Ane, I love sushi, but I prefer the cooked meat sushi, though I will, on occasion, eat raw. My favorite is salmon egg. And to think we used to fish with them when I was growing up in...SoCal. We didn't have sushi in CA, though. We didn't try weird foods when I was growing up, but I can remember where I was when I ate my first steak that wasn't country fried, my first chinese food, my first crab legs. I'd love to try fiddleheads!
A turtle burger in the Caymans. I was a teenager and brave.
I've eaten rattlesnake and frog legs. The snake was at a restaurant at the Grand Canyon and I thought it was very bony. The frog legs, I sheepishly admit, were fried up by my dad who had to show us what the older people used to eat as a treat a long time ago. They were pretty good!
Kristin, I've never had turtle...to my knowledge. As a teen, I'd have tried it, too. We were braver as teens, weren't we?
Oh, Tina, that reminded me that I've also eaten frog legs. And I really did think they tasted like chicken. Now, I've had ostrich, which tastes nothing like chicken. I hated it both times I've tried it.
I'd love to know where you were at the Grand Canyon. I thought I'd been to every restaurant at the Grand Canyon, but I haven't been there in years.
My father fried up something when I was a teenager that I didn't have the nerve to eat. Okay, I may have tasted it on a dare, but they stunk when he was frying them. Ever had mountain oysters? I was pretty freaked about that.
Pansy. Oh my. LOL I've eaten rattlesnake, poi, fried dandelion heads (taste just like mushrooms!) frog legs and snails. I like trying new things.
Colleen, did you like the poi? I didn't like it mashed, but isn't it taro root? I love taro chips. The dandelion heads sound wonderful, and our yard is filled with them in the spring. That's the next thing I'm trying.
Yes, the pansies were good. Altogether in a salad, all the flowers I ate were delicious.
Fermented mare's milk tastes like, um, ...well, it's pretty awful. Like bar-b-que sauce mixed with horse droppings. It smells bad, too. I drank it politely (so I wouldn't offend the host)--without making a face or saying a word. :)
The fondue was a yummy cheese served with crusty bread. It was incredible.
Okay then, Pam, you have my everlasting admiration. And I will never travel to Kyrgystan for any reason whatsoever. Ugh.
You can travel there, just don't drink the mare's milk! :)
That's the best advice I've had in a long time.
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