Unusual things wot I have had to eat....

[Kit-Ginevra]

Today I decided to treat myself to lunch at Marks & Sparks' finest caff and on the menu they had 'shakshouka'. Well it sounded more interesting than the usual cod'n'chips or pie.Always adventurous I gave it a try.
Turns out it's a tomato and red pepper thick soup with feta on top and a couple of poached eggs floating in it.
Oh and last year I got to sample fried alligator. Tastes like chicken

So what unusual culinary delights have you tried?

[Ironclad Alibi]

My brother used to hunt alligators. He lives in Florida. Only the tail is eaten, and it does taste like chicken.

[XCashier]

...on the menu they had 'shakshouka'....Turns out it's a tomato and red pepper thick soup with feta on top and a couple of poached eggs floating in it.

That actually sounds quite good.

Probably the strangest thing I've eaten is squid, which really is not all that strange.

[Slave to the Phone]

I agree, I'd happily eat that soup. Did it come with some nice crusty bread?

Rattlesnake used to be popular out this way. It wasn't bad, but had a lot of bones. They are protected nowadays so no more buying it at the grocery store.

I like to send folks Prickly Pear treats as stocking stuffers. I'm too cheap to send Saguaro fruit treats, but they taste much like Prickly Pear treats.

I once made camel's milk cheese. It was expensive and a real PITA, but I can say that I have had camel milk as well as camel milk cheese.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I live in a far-away place that has little for 'adventurous' cuisine... so the last 'exotic' thing I've tried would have to be Vegemite.

I actually quite like it.

[csquared]

Had Vegemite and Marmite. Didn't care for either.

Last week I had brisket of Buffalo.

Kangaroo would have to be at the top of the list.

[Kit-Ginevra]

Behold the shavshu...shashu... tomato soup with floaty eggs

[EricKei]

I've had gator tail and can confirm on the taste.

While it's more just uncommon than "exotic" in the US, I've had one restaurant's take on Osso Bucco -- theirs was veal in a creamy mushroom sauce. Similarly, an aunt's version of Salisbury Steak was essentially beef patties slow-cooked in cream of mushroom soup. Both were heavenly, and I normally can't stand mushrooms.

[Arcus]

I've had Kangaroo (tasted a lot like elk to me), Vegemite, Rattlesnake, alligator, ostrich, and a few other things that are not coming to mind. I don't count Buffalo because it's easy to get.

Strangely enough, I've never had lamb.

[Nunavut Pants]

I thought that alligator tasted like chicken, but was tougher.

I've eaten Cui. (That's guinea pig to those of us not in South America.) I had it in a taco. Tasted a little like chicken and a little like pork, actually.

Someone in our tour group (in Ecuador) later got a whole fried Cui--you could tell what it was. No way could I eat that. Also not going to eat Cui again.

Many years before that, at the instigation of one of my co-workers, I had "calf fries" on a work trip to Texas. It tasted like chicken-fried steak, and you dipped it in country gravy (or "sausage bechamel" for non-US folks). Very tender. It is, in fact, beef, but only one specific part. From calfs who grow up to be steers, instead of bulls.