WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE RUSSIANS TO STOP MINCING AROUND. WHAT'S THE MOST DISGUSTING DISH YOU'VE EVER EATEN?

[CatmanV2]

This fish served in Porto tasted lovely but was as ugly as ****
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The first mouthful is with the eye

Horse meat was on the menu most days. As was sheep's brains, in a pale
sauce of some kind. I tried the former. Tasted a bit like bland roast beef.

Not much wrong with horse IME. Not knowingly had brains, certainly enjoyed sweetbreads, though

C

 

[Marco07]

I thought that was banned now?

I hope so.

 

[doodlebug]

This is meant to be very nasty. Certainly I have no intention of trying.

I like steak tartare, sorry.

Durian. This is all

C

I think durian actually tastes quite nice, although it does smell absolutely disgusting.

Steak tartare is lovely.

 

[Devonboy]

Stuffed conga eel, served cold in jelly. Revolting. A local speciality in Croatia

 

[Swedish Paul]

At risk of offending my mate Rune,
‘Lutefisk’ was pretty savage…..gelatinous fish shouldn’t be on anyones wish list.
I think the Swedes do something similar…. Swedish Paul?

A close second are some of the French cheeses that smell like death and taste (I assume) similar. Chianti anyone?

Surströmming.

 

[safrane]

Casu marzu... Looks disgusting, but the taste is nice.

 

[Marco07]

Casu marzu... Looks disgusting, but the taste is nice.

I’m happy to take your word for it. Personally, once maggots are wriggling around in food it loses its appeal.

 

[CatmanV2]

I think durian actually tastes quite nice, although it does smell absolutely disgusting.

Steak tartare is lovely.

I can actually handle the smell.....Mostly

C

 

[Ewan]

The biggest jellied eel dealer in the UK delivers them in his Diablo. (Well, he used to, when I had a Diablo also. I imagine he now uses as an Aventador.)

Most horrible thing I’ve (nearly) eaten was a rotten gumbo in a rugby club in the outskirts of New Orleans. But on the upside, we won the tournament, so I carried the trophy triumphantly through Heathrow on our return.

 

[MrPea]

I agree that those French sausages where the 'quality' 'improves' with the number of "AAAAAAAAA" in a string. Vile!
Icelandic smoked trout. There I was having had some delicious unsmoked lox and I thought I'd bring some of their smoked fish back. Remember, they don't have (native) trees in Iceland, so what do they use to smoke? This trout was opened and smelt of stale ashtrays. It tasted like licking a stale ash tray. We promptly wrapped it up three times, froze it (to help abate the stench) and it was put out for St. Bin in its frozen state.

In contrast, something I thought would be vile, but that I found delicious... I came down to breakfast in Sri Lanka at our family home, and there was quite the spread on the table. One bowl contained a bobbing white mass in a creamy yellow sauce. It was cow brain in saffron milk. Texture of poached egg and a delicious delicate beefy flavour - genuinely loved it!

 

[Andyk]

This fish served in Porto tasted lovely but was as ugly as ****
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Jesus, I couldn’t eat something that was looking at you.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Troyes 1998. Still makes me shudder to think about it.

Troyes 2013 sat with on same table as Benny...I've learnt my lesson.

 

[Scaf]

Troyes 2013 sat with on same table as Benny...I've learnt my lesson.

The question was …..
“what was the most disgusting thing you have eaten” I had to read your answer twice coz first time I thought you were saying you had eaten Benny

 

[midlifecrisis]

The question was …..
“what was the most disgusting thing you have eaten” I had to read your answer twice coz first time I thought you were saying you had eaten Benny

I think Benny would be more palatable than Andouille...maybe a bit too bitter...

 

[BennyD]

Jesus, I could eat something that was looking at you.

I take it your Mrs looks at the ceiling. Fyi, she doesn't always.

 

[conaero]

God, drinking resumes already

 

[Ryandoc]

Steak tartare is gorgeous!!

You can stick your shrimps and prawns up your hole though

Eat shark once in a Mongolian restaurant in Chester, was a bit weird lol

 

[Nayf]

A burger from a van at any race circuit. Disgusting, but without onions inedible.

I swear I saw one wriggling at Silverstone BTCC circa 1996

 

[Nayf]

I also have a strong aversion to chicken hearts. My wife’s Brazilian and she was introducing me to one of her fellow country people who lived in London. She cooked chicken hearts, something I’d never had before. The texture was awful, a bit like eating the rubber bungs for test tubes.
Thing was, this was the start of our relationship, and being very English and thus polite, I kept on making the right noises and taking another plate, and another…
After my sixth plate I was about to wretch, my wife asked I was even paler than normal, told her.
The laughter and the pisstaking hasn’t really ended, seven years later.

 

[BennyD]

I swear I saw one wriggling at Silverstone BTCC circa 1996

Look on the bright side, there is no animal cruelty involved in the production ofburger-van burgers. Whatever it is died of old age a long time ago.