Do you like to try new food ? Have you tried anything unusual ?

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I love trying new food ! I used to be a bit of a fussy eater when I was a kid ...now I'm like Mikey - I'll eat anything (or at least try it ) My hubby is the exact opposite --- he decides he doesn't like something even before he tries it. Drives me nuts !!!!! He's just your meat & potatoes guy. :( Every place we go ,he just eats steak & baked potatoes. ggggrrrrr.........

My son just took us to a cajun restaurant for my birthday . The food was to die for ! I tried blackened duck breast - yum ! They ran out of alligator ,darn it - I've always wanted to try it. I've eaten goat sausage, bear burgers ( yuck , but at least I tried it ) octopus, squid,venison and I even like liver !

Are you adventurous when it comes to trying new food ?
 

That's hard to answer. What may be exotic or unusual to me, may be standard fare for you. Unfortunately, a lot of us never grew very far away from what we ate as children.

Some people cringe at shellfish but I love it. I like steak tartare, Indian and Middle Eastern food among others.

Where people grew up has a lot to do with their tastes. I think if someone grew up and lived in an area with only a few nationalities of immigrants, tastes might be limited. Growing up in New England/New York/New Jersey gave us tastes of many, many types of cuisines as the waves of immigrants from Europe and parts of Asia flooded into harbors there.

I stop at insects, however.
 

I will try anything once. There are so many ethnic and cultural things to sample.

In will be trying out a meal this weekend at a Ethiopean Restruant that recently opened.
 
I ate a lot of things growing up that many others didn't even know about because my grandmother lived on a farm and made stuff from everything she could. Headcheese, dandelion salad, pickled watermelon rind, green tomato pie... She grew and made horseradish, and boy was it strong!!
There were hunters in my extended family, so I've eaten quite a bit of game. Beaver was the worst.
Then I joined the Air Force and traveled around the world for 15 yrs. I've eaten things I couldn't pronounce and now can't remember.
I was stationed in Japan for 3 yrs. I was a bit worried about what I'd eat for 3 yrs, as I didn't like rice. Once I got there, I realized that the only rice my mom made was minute rice. I learned there are many types of rice and they are good for different dishes. Now I eat brown rice for the health aspects. I will never eat minute rice again.
At any military base, business around the base cater to the 'G.I's'. There was a 'taco' shop outside the base in Japan. So I went there and got a taco. It looked like a taco, but sure didn't taste like one. Every single ingredient tasted 'off'. I deduced that someone showed them a picture of a taco and said "make this".
I ate bugs in survival training - I don't like the ones with legs on them.
I will eat anything that is smoked. Smoked turkey is my fav meat. I have smoked turkeys - and made AWESOME spaghetti with the left overs.
So, yea, I've tried unusual food.
 
jujube said:
Yes and yes. I ate roasted grubs in Ecuador but drew the line at roasted guinea pig (too many pet guinea pigs as a child to eat one). I've eaten bear (tastes like veal), snake, turtle, fried worms, and lemon ants.
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Bear tastes like veal? I'll try it for sure if I ever get the chance. Moose is great as well as bison. Not crazy about rabbit or venison, though.
 
Was just "chatting " with a FB friend and he was talking about pickled cactus.
He is a born and raised NYer who has relocated to Oklahoma and I seriously thought he was joking...
 
I will try anything once. I love to eat at my sister's house as her husband is a big game hunter and a fab outside cook. Nobody can cook game like he can and its so tender. He gets an alligator permit every year and its delicious the way he cooks it. I don't ask what I am eating until the meal is over most times. I do miss the crawfish boils as he sold his ponds a few years ago.
 
I will try new foods if I can sample them in small quantities.

I've also found that I have to try unfamiliar foods a few times before I can make up my mind if I have a problem with the food or with the way it was prepared.

I'm always fascinated by romanesco when I see it in the market, I need to give it a try!

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I like to try new foods ,Costco opened in South Australia 2 years ago ,and they have hot samples of foods , that I've never tasted ,some are nice some way to oily for my tastes ..I'm not a real lover of curries but some of their ready made curries are quite nice ...but I'd never buy them being Costco the packs are way to big for just the two of us ,without having to freeze some

I used to cook a traditional roast chicken most weeks ,but one day I just happened to be sitting watching TV and a cooking show was on showing how to,make Piri Piri spatchcock chicken I tried it by cutting the backbone completely out of the chicken, marinating it partly cooking on the stove top and finishing it in the oven ..well it takes away the greasy taste of a ( some ) whole cooked chickens and it's so moist cooking it that "modern way" it's my way of trying different tastes because of different cooking methods
 
One of the joys of traveling was sampling local foods in other countries. When confronted with a menu that I could not read or understand, I'd ask the server to choose for me. Never disappointed. Discovered calamari that way. When in Australia, I found the names of some of the dishes a little off-putting but food always good.

Most unusual food came from the galley of a passenger-carrying freighter on a trip from U.S. to Australia and New Zealand. British ship with American passengers and Philippine crew which included the cook. He tried his best to imitate standard American dishes with ingredients/prep styles on board for his Philippine crew. There was grilled steak once a week but other dinners were a true adventure. Breakfast was standard fare (cereal, eggs, etc.) and lunch was cold cuts and cheeses with soup and freshly made bread so even if dinner was unusual, no one went hungry. Return trip totally different matter. The Captain enjoyed good food and had a cook who catered to him. Gourmet all the way back across the Pacific.

I'm not traveling any more but live where there are ethnic restaurants on every corner ... There's a Peruvian-Latin restaurant, a Middle-Eastern, a Cuban, an Ethiopian and an authentic Jewish delicatessen just between here and my doctor's office. Sampled Thai for the first time last week. More adventurous eating coming up.
 
I have found that in recent years, I am more apt to try new or different things than before. I love sushi, which my husband refuses to eat. More unusual stuff I have had is wild game such as moose, beaver, and octopus. Did not like the octopus at all. Too rubbery tasting.
What has peaked my interest in new stuff is watching Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. I would love to try some of the things he has.
 
I can't BELIEVE some of the stuff that Zimmern shoves in his mouth !

I'd rather have some simple Mac 'an cheese.....or a hot dog.
 

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