"I don't eat invertebrates for pleasure, Baldrick" -- Edmund Blackadder II
I've had neither escargot nor oysters, although I'd expected escargot to be decent on the theory that there's only so far wrong you can go with something that's cooked with that much garlic and butter.
The most disgusting thing I remember eating is veal bone marrow. The flavor was pretty good actually, but the texture (buttery and gritty) was jarringly inconsistant with the flavor, and I found the concept of eating marrow inherently weird.
Overall, though, I think that has to be beat by the dried-out earthworm my mother claimed she caught me eating off the ground when I was 3. I have no recollection of this, and am tempted to insist that she must be making it up.
Just this year I went to a sushi place that I highly recommend. However one time I felt the need to satisfy my curiosity regarding a rare variety of squid sushi. I don't remember the name, but it wasn't the common local variety.
Basically it tasted somewhat like grade-school paste, except slimier. Not only that but the squid itself was at its core so tough that I could not chew through it. So yeah, it was kind of like eating a piece of leather that had been soaked and softened by paste (but only on the outside). The more I chewed it the more it spread around and stuck to everything in my mouth. I tried a couple times, but I just could not eat it all.
Comments 3
-- Edmund Blackadder II
I've had neither escargot nor oysters, although I'd expected escargot to be decent on the theory that there's only so far wrong you can go with something that's cooked with that much garlic and butter.
The most disgusting thing I remember eating is veal bone marrow. The flavor was pretty good actually, but the texture (buttery and gritty) was jarringly inconsistant with the flavor, and I found the concept of eating marrow inherently weird.
Overall, though, I think that has to be beat by the dried-out earthworm my mother claimed she caught me eating off the ground when I was 3. I have no recollection of this, and am tempted to insist that she must be making it up.
Reply
Garlic and butter can't fix escargot.
Marrow, yeah, I can see that. I'm learning I'm a bit of a picky eater; Becky eats the cartilage off chicken, and I can't even countenance that.
Reply
Basically it tasted somewhat like grade-school paste, except slimier. Not only that but the squid itself was at its core so tough that I could not chew through it. So yeah, it was kind of like eating a piece of leather that had been soaked and softened by paste (but only on the outside). The more I chewed it the more it spread around and stuck to everything in my mouth. I tried a couple times, but I just could not eat it all.
Reply
Leave a comment