49181 Wed Jan 23 09:59:09 -0800 2002 10 2 Los Angeles Area 0 246297 What's the strangest, most bizarre food you have ever eaten? The other nite I was watching Ripley's "Believe It Or Not" and there was this guy who would eat anything. He ate live leaches, maggots and some cow dung which he described as, "dry". I guess for me it would have to be the cow brain (Russian style) I had at my sister-in-law's wedding. How about you? Wed Jan 23 09:59:09 -0800 2002 0 Grog 1 246301 Bugs. Not necessarily that tasty but I guess they are classified as weird. Duck tongues. One of the reasons to go to Tung Lai Shun restaurant in San Gabriel. Offal and related products are no biggy for me anymore. Beef pizzle and Rocky Mountain Oysters are de rigeur... Wed Jan 23 10:33:36 -0800 2002 246297 0 Renee 1 246304 i am pround to say that oatmeal & haddock is my strangest! had a lot of dog in asia, but never quite got the nerve to try cat or rat. and what is strange about duck tongue or "offal"? that post in reply seems to miss the "weird" part. Wed Jan 23 11:28:34 -0800 2002 246297 0 basil 2 246305 and what does any of this have to do with LA, btw? isn't this why there is a "general" board? Wed Jan 23 11:32:53 -0800 2002 246304 0 basil 3 246322 They have a small living room -den off the lobby.>> Maybe we've bought in to the stereotype that we are a little (or a lot) weird here, therefore, greater possibilities for weird eating. Wed Jan 23 12:39:14 -0800 2002 246305 0 michael (mea culpa) 4 246323 Talk about weird, that was a paste in from another thread. Wed Jan 23 12:47:57 -0800 2002 246322 0 michael (mea culpa) 1 246341 Second hand, but comes to mind...friends of mine were served, in Italy, a dish which was a type of live larva feeding on a particular type of cheese which gives the larva its unique flavor.This is both the weird food and moving food winner for me. Can anyone verify this item, or were they just really gullible Americans?? Wed Jan 23 14:59:59 -0800 2002 246297 0 ciaolette 2 246343 i recall reading a thread on this very subject right here. try doing a search on the general board/archives. it seemed to be a legitimate story, IIRC. and NO, that wasn't quite the type of "fusion" food i had in mind in my own thread (seattle board)!! Wed Jan 23 15:06:37 -0800 2002 246341 0 basil 3 246344 I searched and you are correct , a previous post does discuss "cheese with maggots in it ("Casu Marzu") eaten in Sardinia as a delicacy" Yummm Wed Jan 23 15:20:25 -0800 2002 246343 0 ciaolette 1 246464 You'll want to check out "Man Eating Bugs" by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio. Link: http://menzelphoto.com/gallery/meb.htm Thu Jan 24 12:08:28 -0800 2002 246297 0 Phil Agre 1 246874 Typhoon at the Santa Monica airport has many bug dishes including scorpions on toast Tue Jan 29 19:21:35 -0800 2002 246297 0 DR. R