Canuck said:My wife has had sea urchin sushi which she said was foul,
Does that mean it tasted like chicken?
I had Reindeer thinly sliced and barely cooked - very strong taste compared to other red meats and not something I'd try again.
Canuck said:My wife has had sea urchin sushi which she said was foul,
johant1968 said:Insects only are a weird idea the first time you eat them.
Miyamae-ku said:In the early 1970s whilst in the Army,my unit did an exercise near Lake Jasper in Alberta Canada. Several of us were selected to do survival training. The scenario was have everything removed that might encourage you to cheat, give you an axe and some wire and say goodbye for the week.
Squirrel stew was a staple part of our diet, they are so easy to catch, dont taste of much but does turn boiled water into a slightly meaty soup.
One day we ran into a Beaver trapper called Billy Beaverbones, and he gave us the skinned carcass of a Beaver. We built a good fire and let the flames die down to grey embers and grilled this thing on a forked stick. The taste was slightly beefy with a definite fish tang, but when you are hungry everything tastes like grilled chicken. I dont think its popularity would get it on a gourmet menu.
With regard to an earlier post that mentioned chitterlings, they were very common in my boyhood in Bristol..... Thursdays only if I recall, lovely with malt vinegar and pepper. I am living in Japan at the moment and one local delicacy that I will avoid like the plague is Fugu, it is puffer fish,certain parts of which are deadly poison.