• Question: What is the weirdest thing you have every eaten?

    Asked by LovelyLeo on 29 Jun 2023.
    • Photo: Alexander De Bruin

      Alexander De Bruin answered on 29 Jun 2023:

      A whole small octopus, though I’m aware that “weird” is a relative term and there’s probably plenty that we eat in the UK that people in other parts of the world will find weird!

    • Photo: John Grasmeder

      John Grasmeder answered on 30 Jun 2023:

      Jellyfish. Kind of rubbery and crunchy at the same time.

    • Photo: Amy Stockwell

      Amy Stockwell answered on 30 Jun 2023:

      Kopi Luwak coffee. there is a type of cat in asia that likes eating coffee fruit (it is a cherry – the stone in the middle is what we roast to make coffee). It poos out the coffee bean, which is then collected, cleaned and roasted.
      The coffee tasted really chocolatey, becuase whilst the coffee bean is in the cat’s stomach it slightly ferments.

    • Photo: Tom Price

      Tom Price answered on 30 Jun 2023:

      Snails! They’re actually quite tasty cooked with olive oil and garlic.

      Either that or giant ants from Colombia. They were a bit too weird for me!

    • Photo: Ferran Brosa Planella

      Ferran Brosa Planella answered on 30 Jun 2023:

      Snails or whale, not sure which one is weirder… I come from Barcelona, so eating snails is not that weird there.

    • Photo: Paul Waldron

      Paul Waldron answered on 30 Jun 2023:

      Fried Caterpillars in Zambia. in case you are wondering, they taste exactly how you would think they taste. Quite leafy! 🙂

    • Photo: Cat Cowie

      Cat Cowie answered on 3 Jul 2023:

      Deep fried locust and crickets, in Cambodia. Like crisps, but with legs that get stuck between your teeth…! Tasty though! The curiosity that got me into science goes much further than just my research 🙂

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