I ate a fish eye once. TN and I ordered a whole fish from this great place in Mexico. He told me to eat the eye and I did, without thinking about (one too many beers i believe). As soon as it hit my tongue i regretted it. It left a fish flavored slug like film on my tongue and the inside of the eye was hard, like cartilage. I almost hurled all over the beach.
Stinkheads are probably the only thing I wouldn't try
STINKHEADS (Alaska) A fish delicacy invented by the Yup'ik Eskimos.
Just cut the heads off several fish (traditionally salmon), bury them in the ground for the summer, then dig them up and have a chewy treat! Getting it past your nose is a serious problem, but the result is reportedly somewhat hallucinogenic.
Given that there are no natural substances that grow in the northerly parts of Alaska that can be made to produce alcohol or other mind-altering substances, it was the best they could do.
Stinkheads are often used as a rite of passage to test "gussaks" (foreigners) who claim to want know more about native culture.
Few pass the test, but the natives have a lot of fun administering it.
When in Brazil I was eating a stew that seemed a little funny, tasted fine but seemed to have large amounts of bone and cartilage in it. I knew I shouldn't have asked what is was but I did, it was pig spine soup. I nearly puked right there.
I knew an old 7th generation British African who grew up in Kenya. One day his help cooked him what they considered an honorable meal. A stew made from one of their dead family member's legs
I knew an old 7th generation British African who grew up in Kenya. One day his help cooked him what they considered an honorable meal. A stew made from one of their dead family member's legs
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