Rattlesnake in the wild, thanks to an insane ex-military Scout leader I had that was trying to prove a point to us (his Scout troop).
It was actually a lot better than I expected, but I wouldn’t recommend it for a number of (hopefully) obvious reasons.
Same, reminded me of somewhat greasy chicken.
I’ve eaten a rat.
In my youth I was trekking in Thailand and we arrived to our next destination late at night and we were starving. The only option to get food was a street grill which served only two foods: rat-on-a-stick and some kind of a fried jellyfish-on-a-stick.
The rat was actually pretty good. My friend chose the jellyfish and regretted this instantly.
LOL, I’m getting Discworld vibes. The vendor wasn’t Disembowel-Meself-Honourably Dibhala by chance?
Things were pretty crazy, but not Ankh-Morpok-level crazy ;)
The love and respect we give horses vs. other farm animals kind of makes me sad.
I used to compulsively rip chunks out of my fingers using my teeth as a form of anxiety driven self harm. I’d say it’s close to pork, but I haven’t tasted raw pork
That’s enough Internet for me today, but hope you are doing better now.
Long pig, they called it
You win my favorite internet comment of the day.
My personal cuticles need more seasoning.
Alligator - oddly enough as fritters at a Margaritaville in New Orleans. Like most say, flaky like fish, tastes like chicken.
Horseneat served and packaged like baloney in Sweden, eating with crisp bead and breakfast cheese. Was not a fan.
Moose in Sweden. Like beef, only the “grains” of the meat were really large.
Reindeer in Sweden. Like venison, but I am told “less gamey.” I say I am told, because apparently I cannot taste the “gamey” in meat. That is, I have had gamey venison and non-gamey venison and can’t taste whatever gameyness is.
Cicada - tastes like weak shrimp.
I had some moose that was given to me by my friend who was present at his friends moose hunt. They had to break the animal down at the location and make multiple meat sack trips to the game warden for tagging. The warden said they hadn’t seen someone do it like that for a century.
Fun facts, back in the day people would often move their entire camps to the site of a moose kill rather than trying to transport the body any distance, it was easier to pack up and move everyone than drag a moose through the forest and brush
I believe it. Once big work horses were more available, people stopped tearing down the moose on-location and just dragged it home. In more modern times, they’ll use a 4x4. This particular area was extremely rutted so they couldn’t get anything wheeled back there, and where do you even find a Clydesdale rental service this day and age?
Sawagani - Japanese river crab. They’re tiny; about the size of a US nickel and you eat them fried whole, shell and all. Apparently they aren’t exported any more, but I had them at a sushi restaurant in Austin around 2000. They were delicious, like extra-crunchy crab-flavored popcorn.
Horse, I think. It’s quite delicious, and quite common place here too
Where is here…asking for a friend
Italy lol
Reindeer in a restaurant in Helsinki. It was good, a lot like beef. The reindeer were farmed, so it wasn’t too tough or gamey.
Bear, when travelling in Sweden. It was smoked, I believe, and served on a sandwich. No particularly distinguishable taste, but it was very lean and easily fell apart when bitten. Turned vegetarian not long after, lol.
Lol a meat so exotic it turned you vegetarian.
Green sea turtle. Apparently the the conservation organization that was breeding them was allowed to serve them on site only. I had it in a sandwich. The meat was green and tasted like turkey
I live in Vietnam. So, many things we eat would be unusual from the standpoint of someone on a North American or European diet. Mouse, alligator (called ‘ugly fish’), frog, duck embryo, organ meats, and various insects are just ‘normal food’. They’re all quite good.
I suppose weasel comes to mind? That’s something I’ve had that’s not common locally. It’s boiled with ginger until it just tastes like… mostly bones with ginger and very little meat. Not impressed.
A lot of people turn away from duck embryo, but it actually tastes pretty normal.
We used to eat a fair amount of dog here, especially in the North, but the new generation considers this fairly old-fashioned. I’ve had what’s called “fake dog dish”, which is the same dish made with pork. It’s good. I’ve never bothered with actual dog meat as I’m concerned it might not be fresh – it’s expensive and not common anymore. So I’m worried someone might try to sell me meat that’s spoiled to recover losses or something.
In neighboring Cambodia, you can get large roasted spiders. They look like black crabs, and people seem to eat them that way. It didn’t look that good so I passed.
I once ate a baby camel. Had some rice with it as well.
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Whale can really go both ways, you have to prepare it right, then it’s really good, but if you’re not careful it’s very easy to make it dry and chewy, which it shouldn’t be.
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Crocodile. It was fine. A bit like seaweed wrapped chicken.