Mair ( @Mair@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English11•7 months agoI used to compulsively rip chunks out of my fingers using my teeth as a form of anxiety driven self harm. I’d say it’s close to pork, but I haven’t tasted raw pork
That’s enough Internet for me today, but hope you are doing better now.
I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) 4•7 months agoLong pig, they called it
rhythmisaprancer ( @rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social ) 11•7 months agoI don’t know if you are looking for meat analogues, but I got to eat hand made seitan once. Really great texture. It isn’t something I see anywhere in places I tend to be so it was exotic to me. It was pretty labor intensitto make, I thought. It took a lot of water!
That’s very interesting. I had no idea this existed.
CurlyWurlies4All ( @CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net ) English1•7 months agoSeitan is soooo good. I had it in a curry in London and loved it. Haven’t had anything as good since.
It’s essentially just pure Gluten right?
rhythmisaprancer ( @rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social ) 1•7 months agoI think l so, the two people making it referred to “vital wheat gluten” and it was the primary ingredient by far. There were other ingredients, too. I think they used some nooch and tamari. Unsure on seasoning.
morganth ( @morganth@discuss.tchncs.de ) 10•7 months agoOstrich is delicious. I’ve eaten it in a restaurant once and cooked it myself two or three times. It tastes like a red meat, but cooks like white meat, so you have to be careful because it can overlook in a snap.
The Bard in Green ( @thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz ) 3•7 months agoI had a roommate who used to make ostrich chili all the time. It was pretty good. Still prefer beef though.
magnetosphere ( @magnetosphere@kbin.social ) 3•7 months ago100% agree. I was at a festival, saw a stand selling “ostrich steak” sandwiches, which I’d never heard of before. I figured I’d try it. The meat, which was served on a hoagie roll, looked and tasted like London broil. Good stuff! I’m surprised it’s not more common!
DLSantini ( @DLSantini@lemmy.ml ) 1•7 months agoYears ago, we got a huge case of Slim Jim’s that said they were made with ostrich, instead of the usual beef and pork. Tasted like Slim Jim’s. So there’s that.
Redhotkurt ( @Redhotkurt@kbin.social ) 9•7 months agoAlligator. Chewier than chicken. Tasted kinda like chicken. Would try again, I guess.
Also had ostrich burgers a couple of times. I’m told I was shitfaced and enjoyed them immensely, but I couldn’t tell you for sure, for I was shitfaced.
baseless_discourse ( @baseless_discourse@mander.xyz ) 4•7 months agoIs it just me or is this diet sounds extremely australian?
Dem Bosain ( @DemBoSain@midwest.social ) English3•7 months agoOstrich burgers are excellent. There used to be a sports store near here that served burgers (bison, elk, ostrich) and the ostrich was the best. Also deep fried alligator nuggets, but honestly once you bread and deep fry something they’re pretty much all the same.
wombatula ( @wombatula@lemm.ee ) English8•7 months agoRattlesnake in the wild, thanks to an insane ex-military Scout leader I had that was trying to prove a point to us (his Scout troop).
It was actually a lot better than I expected, but I wouldn’t recommend it for a number of (hopefully) obvious reasons.
LilB0kChoy ( @LilB0kChoy@lemm.ee ) 8•7 months agoI can get you exotic meats. Hippo steaks, giraffe burgers…
It’ll all be goat.
Jeena ( @jeena@jemmy.jeena.net ) 7•7 months agoDog, it was chewie and not tasty at all, no wonder most people don’t eat it.
I wonder if it’s because it’s a carnivore. Are there any other carnivores people generally eat? Hmm…
juliebean ( @juliebean@lemm.ee ) 7•7 months agolots of kinds of fish. most other carnivores are not cost effective to be eaten regularly.
Jeena ( @jeena@jemmy.jeena.net ) 3•7 months agoI heard something somilar about why cat doesn’t taste good.
DragonTypeWyvern ( @DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ) 4•7 months agoBears supposedly have very distinct tastes depending on whether they’ve been eating meat and fish or fruits and honey.
Tacostrange ( @tacostrange@lemmy.ml ) 1•7 months agoChicken
Lorindól ( @Lorindol@sopuli.xyz ) 7•7 months agoI’ve eaten a rat.
In my youth I was trekking in Thailand and we arrived to our next destination late at night and we were starving. The only option to get food was a street grill which served only two foods: rat-on-a-stick and some kind of a fried jellyfish-on-a-stick.
The rat was actually pretty good. My friend chose the jellyfish and regretted this instantly.
cannibalia ( @cannibalia@slrpnk.net ) 7•7 months agoThe love and respect we give horses vs. other farm animals kind of makes me sad.
Gargleblaster ( @Gargleblaster@kbin.social ) 6•7 months agoAte a platter of 3 different fried insects. I think it was wood worms, bees, and crickets. The bees were the best.
None of them were horrible. Would do it again.
Kusimulkku ( @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ) 6•7 months agoAte ostrich and kangaroo. Were alright.
For some rabbit and horse is exotic, or even deer, elk, reindeer, but I wouldn’t count that.
magnetosphere ( @magnetosphere@kbin.social ) 6•7 months agoRattlesnake. Not bad, but totally unremarkable - tasted like chicken. Still, I’d recommend it, because the best thing about it is getting to say you’ve eaten rattlesnake.
Chozo ( @Chozo@kbin.social ) 8•7 months agoNot bad, but totally unremarkable
Pretty much sums up my experience with rattlesnake, as well. The novelty of it was the most interesting part, really.
Though that really applies to just about every “exotic” meat I’ve had. They all taste like a slightly worse version of other, more conventional meats, and it’s immediately made clear why it’s not more popular in the first place.
0ops ( @0ops@lemm.ee ) 2•7 months agoI think I had grilled blow snake once. I was camping with a bunch of other kids and somebody caught the thing. You’re right it tasted like chicken.
BlueÆther ( @BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ) 6•7 months agoAll sorts:
- Cat & Dog in SE Asia
- Horse, Donkey, Zebra, Crocodile, Sheep’s brain in Europe
- Kangaroo, Emu, Ostrich, Possom, Rabbit, Cricket, Goat, Huhu grub, almost all offal? etc in New Zealand
- Something I have no idea what it was in Russia
Edit:
- Moose and reindeer in Northern Europe
- Lots of seafood at home in NZ, both raw and cooked
DragonTypeWyvern ( @DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe ) 5•7 months agoRussia was probably just pork offal. It tends to be most of their mystery meat.
pescetarian ( @pescetarian@lemmy.ml ) 2•7 months agoAgain corny
pescetarian ( @pescetarian@lemmy.ml ) 1•7 months agoSomething I have no idea what it was in Russia
Here in Russia we eat very simple food because… because of the climate. I don’t even remember anything unusual; the rest is imported from abroad, countries with a favorable climate.
BlueÆther ( @BlueEther@no.lastname.nz ) 1•7 months agoAs the other poster said it may have been pork offal, It was from a street vender in one of the large markets
Toribor ( @Toribor@corndog.social ) English6•7 months agoWhen I served in the King’s African Rifles, the local Zambezi tribesman called human flesh “long pig.”
Never much cared for it.
Nath ( @Nath@aussie.zone ) 5•7 months agoIt’s not really exotic here, as you just get it at the supermarket with the other meats, but people find it fascinating that Kangaroo meat is widely eaten in Australia. It’s a lovely and rich ted meat. Very lean.
Thisfox ( @Thisfox@sopuli.xyz ) 2•7 months agoYep, tastes like venison. I eat kangaroo all the time too, but I suspect a lit of overseas people would find it peculiar.