Craziest foods you've ever tried

66Mustang · July 24

What's the craziest individual foods/meals you've had?

I've eaten a French cheese called Mimolette or "cannonball cheese". It's very hard and round (hence the nickname)

When it's maturing it's covered with thousands of tiny mites which eat holes into the cheese and benefit the aging

They are brushed off but never completely removed so the finished cheese looks to have a sort of dusting. If you look closely you'll see the movement because the individual particles are cheese mites

While you don't eat the rind, it's not vegetarian because as you can see in the picture the "dust" is spread along the inside when you cut the cheese so it's near impossible to eat without breaking a vegetarian diet

Most importantly it was a very nice cheese but I'd struggle to eat it again

Amberpearl · July 24

I'm. A very fussy eater

Not had anything unusual

I'm. A vegetarian

Have any of you trued the fruit kumquat?

I love sour things

It's very sour

Albus_Scope · July 24

Mmm, delicious bug cheese! What was the taste like though @66Mustang?

Though I must say, I'd probably try it as the mites are so small. As long as I could disinfect myself afterwards, I'd not want any hitchikers!

I'm not sure if it's really crazy, but I really liked Kentucky Fried Gator when I visited the Everglades.

66Mustang · July 24

@Amberpearl I love sour stuff… didn't know kumquat was sour, I never really knew what it tasted like at all haha, maybe I will try to find some 😊

@Albus_Scope it's actually really nice. It's like a really strong/mature Edam (it was actually invented to copy Edam when the French and Dutch weren't on speaking terms 🥲 it's strooong and has those little crystals you often get in strong aged cheese

Amberpearl · July 24

Oh yes it's extremely sour 😍

I also love extremely strong cheese

Albus_Scope · July 24

Oooh, yeah Kumquats are lovely! I've not had one in years though.

Amberpearl · July 24

Sure are different

Ranald · July 24

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/137033/craziest-foods-youve-ever-tried

A Bushtucker Trial, surely?

Ranald · July 24

Purified shark - Hákarl.

Those masochistic Icelanders consider this a delicacy!

JessieJ · July 25

Had Mimolette & it is a decent tasting cheese, turned my nose & stomach up at trying Casu Marzu, that crawls with maggots!! 🤢 Had a brie left out under a cheese net once & that came alive…🤮 Many moons ago at school, in science we looked at cheese mites under a microscope & they were on Cheddar, never put me off cheese though.

I've also had gator, in Florida, quite liked it. Had jellyfish in a Thai restaurant, I'd rather just watch them in the sea, better off chewing a laccy band, have more flavour & less heat. Chicken feet & duck webs in a Chinese resto, they were okay, but with garlic & ginger anything tastes good. Had duck hearts in a resto in France, they were delish.

Ranald · July 26

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1052014#Comment_1052014

Putrefied shark, not 'purified'!

Rosie_Scope · July 26

I've eaten salted licorice but that's about it for adventurous eats. I'm a licorice fan so it wasn't really a stretch for me either.

Sometimes I think I should try some more exciting things, but then hearing about mite cheese and maggot cheese I think I'll stick to my Tesco cheddar 😁