What's The Strangest Thing You've Ever Eaten?

I've eaten some really weird things.

It wasn't always on purpose. But it happened none-the-less.

I blame traveling for that. It all started when I studied abroad, and I was told "you're not allowed to reject any food that a local gives you, because it's rude."

And that's how I got fat in Mexico (but that's a different story).

This one time, though, I unknowingly ate cow tongue.

It didn't taste bad, but you definitely have to chew it... ironically almost the same way a cow chews on it's cud for roughly 18.489 hours.

Cow tongue is some chewy stuff!

I think that's the first "strange" thing I ate.

And then somehow, eating weird things became this sort of badge of honor for my sick demented mind to somehow find fulfillment and meaning in life through proving what a brave weirdo I can be (I probably need help, but ain't nobody got time for therapy, so...)

So, in an effort to feel like I could be proud of myself for something, I started being "brave," eating weird foods, lying to myself and believing that I was a badass.

Okay, honestly, it's just kind of fun to try different food when you're traveling and you come across some foods that you would never in a million years think of eating... until suddenly you see "everyone else doing it."

I can hear my Dad now saying "If everybody else jumped off a bridge would you do it too? If everyone else ate guinea pig would you do it, too? "

Um, yeah, Dad, I would.

And I did. In Peru...because it's a thing you can do there!!!

So that's the first thing on my list of weird things I've eaten.

1. Guinea Pig

I was under the impression that guinea pig, or "cuy" as it's called, was a typical Peruvian dish.

And it IS typical, but it seemed like more of a delicacy for upper echelon Peruvians... because that rodent was expensive!! Vegans, please don't be mad at me. It was dead already when I found it.

2. Turtle

When I was about 10 years old, I spent the night at my friend's house in Iowa. I remember going to the bathroom to take a shower.

I pulled back the shower curtain, and was about to step in...

...when I saw a GIANT turtle in the bathtub!!!

I freaked out and ran to tell my friend's mom and she said oh yeah, we're going to have that for dinner but for now I put it in the bathtub.

Last time I spent the night over at their house.

That's actually not true. I came back because it was never boring over there. Ever.

3. Sheep Brain

It was cold, and that was weird for me. Brains seem like they should be warm. I think that's why zombies go after people who are still alive, so their brains are nice and toasty.

I tried it in Istanbul... apparently with pickled fish, which I totally forgot about.

4. Scorpion

I had a lil' tiny piece of scorpion in Thailand. It was hard on my teeth though, so I didn't continue eating it. The spices that they put on it to flavor it were good but ummm the scorpion itself, not my fave. I think they honestly just have it there for the tourists. I didn't see any locals eating it!

5. Tarantula

I can't even pretend I liked this just for the cool points.

I could feel his hairy little hairs in my mouth, and nobody wants that. I tried this in Oregon, of all places, because some weirdo off the internet thought it would be fun to eat an imported tarantula from Thailand on a first date.

Did you know that humans supposedly eat an average of 8 spiders per year in their sleep?

If that's true, then you've probably eaten a spider, too. And you didn't even know it!

6. Raw Buffalo Covered In Blood

I did NOT know it was buffalo, or blood, or raw meat. It looked like beets. Somehow I survived. I actually thought it tasted good! But also didn't eat much because I was afraid I'd get sick. If you were following me a couple of months a go, I actually wrote a post about it because this happened in Thailand.

@persevero on the other hand didn't give a crap at all. He just ate it, like a boss.

7. Crickets

I actually really like crickets, because they taste just like potato chips.

I tried these in Charleston, SC, but I can't find the photo evidence because my life's a mess.

8. Fried Bull Testicles

I think I thought it was fried bread or something, until my friend told me the truth haha. They were actually pretty yummy...never thought I'd say that.

9. Ants

They're fine, if you swallow them in a drink you hardly even notice. I was drinking ants on the daily in Costa Rica. If they're covered in chocolate then they're great! Chocolate makes everything great again.

That brings me to the weird food that I REALLY want to eat, so badly!!!

I want to eat an ant's butt.

There's an ant that lives in Australia, and it has a green butt. The butt is apparently full of more vitamin c than an orange.

Legend says that the butt tastes like juicy fruit. I'm dying to find out for myself!!!!

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Would you ever eat an ant's butt?!??