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07-18-2007, 07:29 AM
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Soft Crab: Usually deep-fried. Only crab i know that you eat *with* the shell. It's actually really nice. The shell taste a bit like fried chicken skin. [/ QUOTE ] I don't consider softshell crab exotic. Its pretty standard actually 
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#52
07-18-2007, 08:34 AM
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Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan...many of the restaurants as well as the big supermarket feature raw horsemeat. I couldn't bring myself to try it, but even the American expats who work here swear by it.
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#54
07-18-2007, 09:04 AM
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Sausage stuff you were talking about might be black pudding. It is a blood sausage which is literally congealed blood with filler. It is a pretty standard part of an English breakfast. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, the spanish eat this as well. It's called morcilla here. I recently had some at an argentinean restaurant, it was flavoured with cinammon and some other spices and tasted almost sweet. Really good stuff.
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#55
07-18-2007, 10:16 AM
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Re: exotic meats
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[ QUOTE ] Soft Crab: Usually deep-fried. Only crab i know that you eat *with* the shell. It's actually really nice. The shell taste a bit like fried chicken skin. [/ QUOTE ] I don't consider softshell crab exotic. Its pretty standard actually [/ QUOTE ] I guess exotism is relative to where you live.
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#56
07-18-2007, 10:53 AM
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Re: exotic meats
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Soft Crab: Usually deep-fried. Only crab i know that you eat *with* the shell. It's actually really nice. The shell taste a bit like fried chicken skin. [/ QUOTE ] I don't consider softshell crab exotic. Its pretty standard actually [/ QUOTE ] I guess exotism is relative to where you live. [/ QUOTE ] ya, there is a lot fo stuff that in this thread that i dont think is to exotic (softshell crab, quail, frog legs, venison, even bison is commn here), but I guess if you cant find it, its exotic to you.
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#57
07-18-2007, 10:54 AM
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Re: exotic meats
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[ QUOTE ] Sausage stuff you were talking about might be black pudding. It is a blood sausage which is literally congealed blood with filler. It is a pretty standard part of an English breakfast. [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, the spanish eat this as well. It's called morcilla here. I recently had some at an argentinean restaurant, it was flavoured with cinammon and some other spices and tasted almost sweet. Really good stuff. [/ QUOTE ] maybe I guess. I think she might have mentioned something about blood when I asked "WTF?" I swear it tasted like rubber and motor-oil though.
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#58
07-18-2007, 12:04 PM
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Re: exotic meats
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ya, there is a lot fo stuff that in this thread that i dont think is to exotic (softshell crab, quail, frog legs, venison, even bison is commn here), but I guess if you cant find it, its exotic to you. [/ QUOTE ] 1) Exotic certainly depends on locale. Like MicroBob said, guinea pig is a big part of the diet in Peru. If you saw it on a menu in the U.S. it would certainly be a surprise. 2) OP laid out a very narrow group as not exotic. Specifically, OP named "beef, lamb, chicken and the occasional other poultry" before "wondering if I miss out on anything." So while the suggestions may seem not so exotic, they certainly expand OP's range.
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#59
07-18-2007, 12:41 PM
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Re: exotic meats
Frog legs :taste great! a bit "complicated" to eat though, not much meat there, also take a while to prepare the food. eat it with butter, garlic and parsley sauce and bread.
Escargot (Snails): I love it [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]). with garlic butter and bread. Can taste like [censored] if you get the cheap low quality ones though. "need" special tong to eat it. you smell like crap afterward because of the garlic though Mussel : not a big fan. so many seafood products are much better Rabbit (does that count as exotic??): taste great! but usually fairly complicated recipes, I don't know how to cook it. Moose & Elk: only had as dry sausage, like it it's very lean, taste a bit gamey Whale: eaten as a steak. the weirdest, basically it's like a beef steak with a fish taste. I'm not a big fan. Had it in Norway, it's the Minke Whale species they catch and eat iirc, they're plentiful in their waters. Still pretty non standard, I had it at a fish market, you don't find whale in supermarket usually. that's all I can remember for now....
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#60
07-24-2007, 05:29 PM
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Re: exotic meats
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Frog legs :taste great! a bit "complicated" to eat though, not much meat there, also take a while to prepare the food. eat it with butter, garlic and parsley sauce and bread. [/ QUOTE ] A bar down the street offers a lb. of frog legs for just under $5. I'm thinking of trying it. Not sure how they are prepared however. Alligator is pretty good. I've had it a few times. My favorite was Alligator Buffalo Wings at the Taste of Chicago a few years ago. So good, best thing I had there.
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