Which of these foods have you eaten

I'll try anything, and then decide if it's worth the money and the trouble!
 

SeaBreeze said:
Ozarkgal, I've had elk, venison and quail. Steve, I've tried frog's legs and hated them, not like chicken at all IMO, lol! :p Anyone every eat Halvah? Just bought some from a European deli near me.
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I've eaten it and it is yummy and super fattening, I'm sure....haven't had it in a long time though.

Has anyone eaten fried brains?
they kind of taste like fried oysters.
 
I used to kill for halvah, especially the marbled kind. It was always a treat for us as kids, but I haven't seen it in the local stores so haven't had any in a long time.
 

What is halvah?...Phil I've heard scrapple mentioned in some books. It seems to be a thing from around the east coast...do you know what it is? Any kosher eaters here..not sure what qualifies things to be kosher, maybe someone could explain.
 
Rk's list:

grits (occasionally)
collards (love 'em!!!)
sweet potatoes (at Thanksgiving)
okra (Very lightly battered fried okra is as good as it gets! Hate the frozen kind some serve where if you removed the okra, the corn meal breading would stand on its own!)
purple hull, crowder or black eye peas (not a fan of many beans...but sometimes eat pintos and baby limas)

With the exception of crawdads (which I've never been offered) and yams, that I would eat but think what I've had are sweet potatoes, that's it. The items listed below are just not me...:eeew:


chicken liver
pork liver
hog jow
 
It's usually a sesame paste or sunflower seed-based candy with sugar added. It's fairly soft and crumbly and is flavored with vanilla or chocolate.

And it's delicious.

Scrapple? We used to joke that scrapple is the stuff they sweep up from the slaughterhouse floors and press into a firm cake.

I still don't think we were far from the truth, despite what the people around here claim.

Basically it's pork "trimmings" ground up and mixed with flour and cornmeal, and is prepared by frying or broiling. Many of the natives here swear by it, especially for breakfast.

I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole.
 
OH's list...

Chantrelle mushrooms....don't think I've heard of this type, but I never met a m'room I didn't love
Razor Clams....never heard of them, but not a clam fan
Butter Clams...same
Dungeness Crab.... love 'em
King Crab ...really, really love 'em
Sock-eye salmon...good stuff
King Salmon...not familiar w/this type or the Copper River and the rest of the list I've never heard of
Copper River Salmon
Coho
Chinook
Steelhead
Smelt
 
rkunsaw said:
On Old Hipster's list I've had clams and salmon. I have no idea what variety they were.

I was sure a lot of you folks wouldn't be familiar with things like okra and grits.:lol: I had sausage, egg and grits this morning.
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When I eat breakfast out, which is a rare thing, I usually always get grits. And when I have a stomach bug, they are so easy to get down.
 
Ozarkgal said:
Everything on all the lists, except crawdads...nope, nope nope...I prefer OH's list, being from the Pacific NW and raised on seafood.
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Pizza and bread and butter are high on my list too, Phil...just not exclusively.

Hog Jowls only ground in with the venison to make burgers...venison is so lean you have to add fat to make burgers or it wouldn't hold together.


I don't do grits, black eyed peas, okra or crawdads.

Anyone up for:

Elk
Venison
Moose
Rabbit
Quail
Pheasant
Wild Turkey...the bird, not the whiskey
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I'll have to pass on your list, OG, but you can have my part. :)
 
I eat everything on my list except the yams and would like to try them. I've had many kinds of wild game too, My list was made of things I know aren't available in a lot of places or a lot of people don't like.

Rainee, grits are just ground up hominy. They weren't common where I grew up. I first had them on a trip to Birmingham, Alabama in the 60s. I ordered bacon and eggs and the grits came automatically. I liked them. I don't eat them often but I'd rather have then than potatoes for breakfast.
 
Dammit Rky, it got the better of me and I finally had to give up and Wiki Hominy. Wish I hadn't.
That seems a very strange way to treat corn, have to wonder how that trick was invented and by who.
"Today I Learned..."

For other Aussies who don't have a clue... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominy


Potatoes.
For breakfast. ?
Never happened here until we were corrupted by hash browns.

... unless Bubble and Squeak occasionally counts.
 
Might as well teach them about grits too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits

Growing up we never had potatoes for breakfast and I never got corrupted by hash browns though most restaurants around here serve them automatically unless you specify grits, which some have and some don't.

In northern states they have potatoes for breakfast they call "home fries". Years ago a relative from the Chicago area was visiting. We went out for breakfast and he ordered "home fries". The waitress said "what"? He repeated "home fries" She gave him a dirty look and said "how in hell am I supposed to know what kind of fries you eat at home .Do you want grits or hash browns?"
 
SifuPhil said:
Potatoes for breakfast is just one of the reasons 36% of Americans are overweight ...
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Grits were once a big thing in the south, but not so much anymore. Many of us in the south didn't grow up on them -- my mom hated them -- and almost everyone I know is watching their weight. Those who have relocated here from the north (LOTS OF THEM, lol) hate grits, so they're losing the appeal they once knew.

But OMG and LOL, quoting you on what you have for breakfast .....usually a sesame paste or sunflower seed-based candy with sugar added. It's fairly soft and crumbly and is flavored with vanilla or chocolate. :eeew: You and your eating habits are just one huge & hilarious mess, buddy.
 
Talk about two, or three countries separated by a common language.
i have eaten sweet potato; but most of the rest I haven't even heard of! I don't think they sell them in Marks and Spencer's!
 
rkunsaw said:
With people here from so many places I was just wondering about different foods people eat. Which foods from this list have you eaten before?

crawdads
grits
collards
sweet potatoes
yams
chicken liver
pork liver
okra
purple hull, crowder or black eye peas
hog jowl

These are a few things that I like to eat except the yams. I've never seen a yam but I put them here because lots of people think they are the same as sweet potatoes and some of you might live in countries where they are available.
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No crawdads or hog jowl. I like everything else on the list except for blackeyed peas. I had never eaten grits before I came to this state, except I like mine with sugar!
 
Rkunsaw, at one time or another I've 'tasted' everything on your list. Not saying I liked it or ate it again.

Curious to know if Rkunsaw or anyone else ever ate Scrapple? I grew up on it. It's delicious. Outside Philadelphia nobody seems to want to touch it. I keep hearing it's an acquired taste. I don't get it. It's so delicious. How is that an acquired taste? That's like saying pizza or a hamburger is an acquired taste.

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To me grits are very bland. They are served in restaurants around here with breakfast. I don't understand why. After I first tasted them, I added butter and sugar and to me, they tasted good. Seems to me, that without anything added they are just a vegetable, after all they are made of corn.
 
Have had most of the things on the list at least once. Born and raised 10 miles south of San Francisco,California so Dungeness crab was a staple growing up-and still is! I know I have never had a real yam as they are not what we have always known as "yams" but I do eat those all the time. Had crawdads several times-we have a large pond two properties down from us and just saw a couple of kids with a strainer full of them today when we drove past. My foster daughters are dying to go down there "crawdadding" :) Grew up coming up all weekends and vacations to our cabin here at the lake where I now live year `round so had plenty of my dad`s fresh caught catfish and bass.

Had a close friend who grew up in Virginia who grew up on and loved grits and scrapple. Have had grits and liked it (like Cream of Wheat to me) but haven`t tried scrapple.

I`m sure many of you have had Spotted Dick! That`s very funny to us Americans :)
 
Oh,and Black eyed peas we used to make every New Year`s Day. My inlaws were from Oklahoma and my MIL always insisted we make a pot for "good luck" on that day. We did for a couple of years,then didn`t for a few and then did again one year. It was the worst year of our lives. Lost my mom,my FIL,our first grandbaby and my grandma that year. Hubby decided no more black eyed peas EVER AGAIN!
 
rkunsaw said:
With people here from so many places I was just wondering about different foods people eat. Which foods from this list have you eaten before?

crawdads
grits
collards
sweet potatoes
yams
chicken liver
pork liver
okra
purple hull, crowder or black eye peas
hog jowl

These are a few things that I like to eat except the yams. I've never seen a yam but I put them here because lots of people think they are the same as sweet potatoes and some of you might live in countries where they are available.
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You're listing a lot of items popular in the US south. I've had some of them as my mother was from Georgia but I doubt those in other states might have as much.

Here in Ireland are some foods not so known in the US such as:

dulce
black pudding
champ (which is actually mashed potatoes with scallions boiled in milk)
 

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