The Strangest Thing You've Eaten... And ENJOYED

[ChaShu]

OK, I'll start...

Dinuguan - Filipino blood stew with all the nice inside parts of the pig
Haggis - Sheep's stomach filled with sheep's blood, heart, and other sheeps insides chopped up and mixed with onions and oats, then steamed
Morcilla - Spanish blood sausage with rice or onion stuffing
Jellyfish - well, not so strange but good anyways
Balut - Boiled duck egg with fetal duckling, with sea salt
Rabbit - oven roasted with peppers and potatoes. Maybe not so strange, but this is sure to get the goat of all those people who love the cuddly-wuddly widdle wabbits...
Roasted Fetal Pig (I believe that's what Cochinillon is, right?)- mmm... more tender than veal...
Durian - an extremely smelly fruit that tastes of a sweet creamy onion custard, mmm, mmm, good...
Fish Cheeks, and Tongues - battered and fried or in soup

Various other pig, cow, goat, and sheep parts... Then the usual East Asian sort of stuff such as uni, sea cucumber (a jelly like animal, NOT a vegetable), century egg, deep fried pigeons, birds' nest soup, shark's fins, stinky tofu, etc... Something my mother had described to me once that she's had as a child, I'd love to try is pigs' brains, sliced and dipped in egg, then pan-fried and sprinkled with sugar. One thing I absolutely did not like is natto. Had it once and hated it! My wife and brother-in-law both eat it and when they do, the house smells of gnarly feet. So how 'bout you guys? :D

[binni]

Boiled silkworm larvae, sold by street vendors as a snack in Korea. Didn't know what it was at the time (was just a kid), but liked it. I wouldn't eat it now, though.

[Musha]

Haggis is great! I have it all the time with nice English mustard.. hmm yum yum!

Much better than black pudding ;).

[ChaShu]

Haggis is great! I have it all the time with nice English mustard.. hmm yum yum!

Much better than black pudding ;).

Ever tried day old haggis fried up in patties with eggs over easy and hash browns? Day after Robbie Burns breakfast. Mmmm.... :happy:

[ChaShu]

BTW, do baby eels count?

[TylerY]

stinky tofu and live, drunk shrimp

[Musha]

Ever tried day old haggis fried up in patties with eggs over easy and hash browns? Day after Robbie Burns breakfast. Mmmm.... :happy:

Don't make me hungry for low quolity English/Scotch food :D! I'm still trying to find polk-scratchings here in Japan. There is some thing called sage they put in soup and things which is some kind of rind but not hard and salty like pork scratchings :D.

http://www.nibblers.org.uk/press_pics/pork_scratchings.jpg

[Andoru]

I've had fish stomach salad in a thai restaurant in Wollongong. It's not actually the stomach, I believe that it's the air ballast lining which fishes use to store air for ballast. It's yummy!

By the way, durian is normal food for south-east asians. Heck it doesn't even contain innards for crying out loud. :D

Other food I've tried: chicken feet at yum cha. I couldn't stand the stuff. Beef innards like tripe and all that. Yuck! I've even tried turtle stew whilst in Malaysia! *shudder*

Has anyone tried snake meat/blood/bile in Thailand or Hong Kong?

[TylerY]

Has anyone tried snake meat/blood/bile in Thailand or Hong Kong?

I've had snake meat and blood. The snake was alrite, fried and soup. The blood was...not.

[KhawMengLee]

OK, I'll start...

Dinuguan - Filipino blood stew with all the nice inside parts of the pig
Haggis - Sheep's stomach filled with sheep's blood, heart, and other sheeps insides chopped up and mixed with onions and oats, then steamed
Morcilla - Spanish blood sausage with rice or onion stuffing
Jellyfish - well, not so strange but good anyways
Balut - Boiled duck egg with fetal duckling, with sea salt
Rabbit - oven roasted with peppers and potatoes. Maybe not so strange, but this is sure to get the goat of all those people who love the cuddly-wuddly widdle wabbits...
Roasted Fetal Pig (I believe that's what Cochinillon is, right?)- mmm... more tender than veal...
Durian - an extremely smelly fruit that tastes of a sweet creamy onion custard, mmm, mmm, good...
Fish Cheeks, and Tongues - battered and fried or in soup

Various other pig, cow, goat, and sheep parts... Then the usual East Asian sort of stuff such as uni, sea cucumber (a jelly like animal, NOT a vegetable), century egg, deep fried pigeons, birds' nest soup, shark's fins, stinky tofu, etc... Something my mother had described to me once that she's had as a child, I'd love to try is pigs' brains, sliced and dipped in egg, then pan-fried and sprinkled with sugar. One thing I absolutely did not like is natto. Had it once and hated it! My wife and brother-in-law both eat it and when they do, the house smells of gnarly feet. So how 'bout you guys? :D


mmmmm...durians...haha, my japanese client described durians (in his own words) as "some kind of devil!".

Weird food:

To Foreigners-

Durians- The Akuma of Fruits

Beef tripe at Yum Cha

Chicken Feet

Goose Tongue

Monitor Lizard...mmmm tasty.

Petai- a type of pungent bean in sambal(chilli & Onian paste). It smells a lot worse coming out...sorta like mustard gas.

Fish Head Curry-yes...it was such a waste watching them throw 'em away in Oz

Fugu...nice but never again

Musang- Civit Cat

Pig blood, heart, etc etc

Weird to me:

Natto----no didn't enjoy this one.

Grubs (roasted)...not bad

Haggis....mmmmm

Black Pudding...mmmm

Lamb fries-Testicles...never again...tho' at the time they were real good till I realised what they were.

[Twobitmage]

I love natto..

the weirdest would have ot be alligator (or was it crocodile?)

well anyway it was a humongous lizard.

[Andoru]

For those not in the know, durian is a fruit! It's also the King of Fruits, (or Akuma of Fruits as Meng said).

I've had squirrels and emu meat as well.

When I first tried unagi, I was kinda freaked out at first but got better since. Unagi-don is one of my favourite food.

[Andoru]

Oh yeah:

Frog legs
Escargot i.e. garden snails

[drizzt]

Oh yeah:

Frog legs
Escargot i.e. garden snails

nothin wrong with frog legs. there better when there still moving when you drop em in the pot(yes im serious.......)

hmmm some of the best(and strangest )food comes out of SE texas and louisiana:)

lemme see

fresh boiled crawfish-those are only good if they go in the pot live
fresh boiled crabs-same way
etoufe(i misspelled that i beleive)great stuff-usualy made wrong by yankees :)
took a bit of pig jowls and hogs feet once(not again....not ever again)
real boudain(ie made with real pig intestine wrapping :))

[mingshi]

No one mentioned it yet. But "Shark Fin" and "Bird's Nest with Rock Sugar" are *expensive* delicacies...

Uhmm there are some other strange Chinese "Medicines for Men" :rolleyes: I wonder who enjoys those!!

[Commander]

Sushi, enjoyed it :) although its not strange.

Blackpudding i like that with chips :)

Horrible thing i tried was Squid in Sorrento (Italy) when i was visiting my family, it was lying in the kitchen sink!! :confused2

[KhawMengLee]

For those not in the know, durian is a fruit! It's also the King of Fruits, (or Akuma of Fruits as Meng said).

I've had squirrels and emu meat as well.

When I first tried unagi, I was kinda freaked out at first but got better since. Unagi-don is one of my favourite food.


mmmm...emu...

its funny how in the west rabbit is fine but in the east everyone goes "noooo! they are so cute! How can you eat them!"

hahahahaa

Unagi...I don't mind but I think its a bit muddy for my taste.


escargot....mmmm

Frog Legs?!?!? Wait till you try jungle bull frog. The bloody things are about 2 feet in lenght (nose to feet stretched out). Its like eating a chicken!

hahaha...its like when i was in Bath and my colleague says to me "you gotta try these king prawns! they are like this big!" *demonstrates by showing about 3 inches lenght* and then I pointed out that back in Malaysia where most of UK's seafood come from a king prawn is about 3/4 of a foot in lenght.

[Nazo]

Boiled silkworm larvae, sold by street vendors as a snack in Korea. Didn't know what it was at the time (was just a kid), but liked it. I wouldn't eat it now, though.

I believe your talking about 뻔데기 roughly can be spelled like pon-degi in english, yeah cooked silk worms in korea, they even sell it cans at minimarts and markets in Korea, but the freshly cooked ones by vendors on the streets are better, really like it sadly I'm allergic too it! ^^;

[Hisham]

Asside from different insects that i tasted at the Montreal insectarium a coupla years ago, i'd say "gumy sweet frog eggs in a fruit drink i guess (forgot to ask my taiwanese friend what it was called) which i had at a taiwanese restaurant, i loved it.

[mingshi]

Uhmm.. Those are balls of corn starch me thinks. In Chinese it's Zhenzhu Naicha (sp?) or "Pearl Milk Tea"... Or is that something else you are talking about?

[Andoru]

Hisham - I know which drink you're talking about. Somebody told me very recently that they are frog's ovaries!!!! Can someone corroborate?

[Commander]

Hisham - I know which drink you're talking about. Somebody told me very recently that they are frog's ovaries!!!! Can someone corroborate?

uurghhh that is disgusting, what posesses you guys to eat/drink that stuff?! *throws up*

[mushinman]

McDonald's Super Size. I did hear that all Scottish food was invented on a dare.

[KhawMengLee]

A Peach :wink:

[ChaShu]

uurghhh that is disgusting, what posesses you guys to eat/drink that stuff?! *throws up*

Because it's there, and it's goo...od...Mmmm... Your earlier post about the squid reminded me of arroz negro, which is rice cooked in a paella pan with sea food and (get this squeamish ones) squid ink, not that it's very strange at all really.

[Berugijin]

This one time at bandcamp I ate this long, orange vegetable/fruit, which tasted really odd... I think it's called 'kerhhut' (sp?) or something... Very weird!

[samurai999]

while on this subject, anybody try mountain oysters(buffalo testicles IIRC) ? I know that there is an eating contest for this in Colorado. Its pretty gross to me..

Also, I'm Japanese and I hate Natto. Stinks like the heavens. My mom eats it all the time.

Tim

[fighting mochi]

i had horsemeat, didn't know what it was until somoene told me.
goatmeat
froglegs, snail, crickets, grasshopper, don't mind them but wouldn't really look for them. sea urchins, didn't care for it. hated natto but tried it since my sensei asked me to. he loves that stuff. laughed at me as he watched the many faces i made eating it.

[Kirsty]

I haven't enjoyed anything strange that I've eaten.

[Paikea]

Birria - stewed goat, the head's in there somewhere
Poi - mashed taro root, looks like papier mache'
Chorizo - don't ask, you don't really want to know
Fried chicken feet - it's the visual that was moderately disturbing. All those little feet standing on a nice platter.
Fried jellyfish
Haggis - Aye, haggis...

Chinese "Medicines for Men" are concocted by women who like to laugh about what they got this stupid man to eat when we're not around to hear.

[ChaShu]

Speaking of "Medicines For Men" and the such... Anyone ever eat at a Chinese restaurant in Singapore that specializes in food that mixes elements of CHinese herbal medicine? Saw it on "A Cook's Tour" with Tony Bourdain.

[Ric Flinn]

Hot dogs. You know what's in those things?

[ChaShu]

Hot dogs. You know what's in those things?

Snouts and a$$holes, mmm... Hey, with piggies you can eat everything but the squeal... :D

[Andoru]

I so want to try haggis and black pudding.

Has anyone tried whale blubber? :D

[Darkefaerie]

*sits in her corner quietly retching*

Im not good with insides and other strange things..

The only straneg things I have ever eaten are emu, crocodile and kangaroo.
So I am a p[roud Aussie whos even prouder to enjoy eating her National Emblem ..
http://mzsrv.zoo.org.au/emblems/images/1912coat.gif

[TylerY]

what's so bad about natto!??

[kanyil]

I have had the chance to eat most of the things that have been listed so far, and with the exception of those boiled half-hatched duck eggs, I really don't mind most food, as long as it's tasty.

The Taiwanese specialty "Pearl Milk Tea" is made from milk tea and tapioca or yam-powder balls (aka "pearls"). No frogs were harmed in the process. They were sometimes named "frogs' eggs" as a way of branding, (the same thing about them being named "pearls" now).

When I was in kindergarten, for the longest time I thought they were either frogs' eggs or rabbit poo (it looks very similar!).

The drink go for an arm-and-a-leg overseas, but you can buy 500ccs for less than 1 USD here in Taiwan and they are absolutely EVERYWHERE! Be warned though, the "pearls" are extremely fattening.

The frogs' ovaries Andoru mentioned is a separate Cantonese dessert, namely "Shui-Ha". It's actually quite good.

[Nanbanjin]

Would have to be dog-food.

[Lucien]

Having lived in Sheffield, I would have to say chips and mushy peas.

[The great I AM]

When I was in Kumamoto-ken, I had a plateful of horse sashimi (basashi), which yes, means it was raw.....

Had alligator steak, and ostrich. Oh, and had a kangaroo steak in a pub recently as well.

[drizzt]

mmmm...emu...

its funny how in the west rabbit is fine but in the east everyone goes "noooo! they are so cute! How can you eat them!"

We used to breed them for butcher.....that was fun to explain.....


"Frog Legs?!?!? Wait till you try jungle bull frog. The bloody things are about 2 feet in lenght (nose to feet stretched out). Its like eating a chicken!"

youve never been to louisiana have you? yeah that get that big over here to :)

"hahaha...its like when i was in Bath and my colleague says to me "you gotta try these king prawns! they are like this big!" *demonstrates by showing about 3 inches lenght* and then I pointed out that back in Malaysia where most of UK's seafood come from a king prawn is about 3/4 of a foot in lenght."

biggest shrimp ive ever had i pulled out of a bay with a cast net myself. they werent quite that long, but oh my lord they were SOOOO good. dropped em in a big old deep fryer and ate till i was so fat and full i was almost reaady to puke.......digested a while and went back. we had four guys there with nets and filled a huge cooler with shrimp :)



hehehehe it got mad cause everything was in a quote and wouldnt let me post that........oh well this little blurb should make it happy

[mingshi]

The frogs' ovaries Andoru mentioned is a separate Cantonese dessert, namely "Shui-Ha". It's actually quite good.
Are we talking about ³·µð»I ?... It's not frog's ovaries, but their oviducts... :D

Chinese "Medicines for Men" are concocted by women who like to laugh about what they got this stupid man to eat when we're not around to hear.
...Not! A little bit of google returns the following:-
http://www.sims-tech.com/medic/images/endangered_1_tiger1.jpg
From
http://www.sims-tech.com/medic/endangered_en.htm
See also
http://www.afcd.gov.hk/conservation/eng/claim.htm
and
http://www.afcd.gov.hk/conservation/eng/medicines.htm

Not everything is "for men" but they are disgusting enough... Arrrgh I just had dinner :ko:

[Ryan213]

the strangest thing i have ever eaten.... and enjoyed....

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[mingshi]

Randomly flipping through that ancient copy of "Chinese Medicine Dictionary" at home, I found the following... Some of them quite commonly known, but see if you can guess what they are:

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"Human" "inside" "white"
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"Violet" "river" "vehicle(?)"
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"ox" "yellow"

...:rolleyes:

[senki-kendo-jos]

fried octopus was out there with the strangest, although that's a bit of a delicacy in Japan!!

[Peegee]

dutch raw haring (herrings)- same as sashimi but better

[KhawMengLee]

Not everything is "for men" but they are disgusting enough... Arrrgh I just had dinner :ko:


Hehehe...man I miss the exploding beef balls(get your mind out of the gutter guys) in Mongkok. Its like beef ball with a hollow centre filled with fish maw...omg, you gotta either put hte whole thing in yer mouth or bite really slowly...lest your want a spray of juice showering the people around you.

You can see it in the movie "God of Cookery" by Stephen Chow(Kung Fu Hustle).

Ooooooooooo...for you Aussies out there! Have you tried the pie floaters in Adelaide? Basically you place a meat pie upside down in a bowl and then pour pea soup around it...sorta looks like a island in a green sea...

Weird sounding but pretty good after a night of booze...

[Hai_hai]

Used to be sashimi and sushi. I was turned off to raw fish when I was young.

[Paikea]

I so want to try haggis and black pudding.

Has anyone tried whale blubber? :DGuiness and peer pressure can work wonders...

[Richmond-san]

I hear that. When I was in Canada with friends this last summer thats how they got mt to eat haggis and I have to say it is not something I would willingly do again... It's the smell.

Weirdest things I have eaten... Again I was in Canada, Would have to be tripe(omg, never again) and the dog dumplings, dumplings are not to bad if you can get over the smell of wet dead dog.

Richmond-san

[Jacynth]

In Syria I did eat Sheep Testicles....but they were soo good.

[Kaoru]

mmmm...emu...

its funny how in the west rabbit is fine but in the east everyone goes "noooo! they are so cute! How can you eat them!"

hahahahaa



I live in the West and I won't eat a cute little bunny. No way!! :( I like bunnies and they are for playing with, not eating!

IMHO...

Kaoru

[Light Samurai]

I live in the West and I won't eat a cute little bunny. No way!! :( I like bunnies and they are for playing with, not eating!

IMHO...

Kaoru
I won a bunny. Well, mys sister does. He(The bunny) is awesome. Bunnehs=The best pet. ever.

[Kaoru]

I won a bunny. Well, mys sister does. He(The bunny) is awesome. Bunnehs=The best pet. ever.

Cool!! How did you guys win it? What did you name it?

I love bunnies! One time, when I lived in San Diego, CA about 10 years ago, my friend and I went to this place called Seaport Village by the SD Harbour which is an open air mall by the ocean, I saw this lady walking her two pet lop ear bunnies on leashes. I got to walk them around and then hold one of them. It promptly fell asleep on my lap. I didn't have my camera, darn it! It was soooo cute!!! I never saw a bunny walk on a leash until then. Too cute!! :D They were really soft, too.

Kaoru

[Light Samurai]

Cool!! How did you guys win it? What did you name it?

I love bunnies! One time, when I lived in San Diego, CA about 10 years ago, my friend and I went to this place called Seaport Village by the SD Harbour which is an open air mall by the ocean, I saw this lady walking her two pet lop ear bunnies on leashes. I got to walk them around and then hold one of them. It promptly fell asleep on my lap. I didn't have my camera, darn it! It was soooo cute!!! I never saw a bunny walk on a leash until then. Too cute!! :D They were really soft, too.

Kaoru
I meant own ^^; sorry for the confusion. But, that does sound so cute. The name so far is Mr.Bunny XD But yeah. he likes to lick me. =3.

[Hisham]

Uhmm.. Those are balls of corn starch me thinks. In Chinese it's Zhenzhu Naicha (sp?) or "Pearl Milk Tea"... Or is that something else you are talking about?

I just know that it tasted good :silly: ,but i'll ask my friend about it that's if she still remembers.

[Hisham]

Hisham - I know which drink you're talking about. Somebody told me very recently that they are frog's ovaries!!!! Can someone corroborate?

Sorry for the double post,
Mingshi can you ask about some drink with frog's ovaries since Andoru heard about it two?

[Lloromannic]

Chorizo - don't ask, you don't really want to know

What's wrong with chorizo? It's just really greasy pork meat chopped up, spiced, cooked and stuffed in a cellophane tube (years ago it was intestine lining but not anymore) which you then fried and ate. It contains ungodly amounts of fat but nothing really revolting there.

[Lloromannic]

For all you bunny lovers out there you can visit this site (www.savetoby.com). Brilliant
Anyway bunny tastes nice and can be cooked in a lot of different ways. YUM Yum cute little bunnies

[Kaoru]

I meant own ^^; sorry for the confusion. But, that does sound so cute. The name so far is Mr.Bunny XD But yeah. he likes to lick me. =3.

Oh, I see! Sorry I didn't see that. :) Yeah, it was cute! haha, Mr. Bunny huh? Bet he's cute!

Kaoru

[lost_kendoka]

For all you bunny lovers out there you can visit this site (http://www.savetoby.com/). Brilliant
Is this guy serious?- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7406483/ I quite agree wtih the people in the "hate mail" section.

Talking about all this yummy food makes me hungry .... (durian, octopus, sashimi, sushi, sea urchin etc.) No not the rabbits (although there does seems to be too many of them nowdays)

The most disgusting food I ate and HAD actually enjoyed is...the Big Mac which contains: 510 calories, 26 grams of fat (about 40 percent of the recommended daily intake) and 930 grams of sodium (39 percent RDI). :ko: ewww....

I hear that you can get haggis in cans nowdays - interesting:rolleyes:

[Kaoru]

For all you bunny lovers out there you can visit this site (http://www.savetoby.com). Brilliant
Anyway bunny tastes nice and can be cooked in a lot of different ways. YUM Yum cute little bunnies

Where EVER did you FIND that??? GEEZ!!! I was laughing but was REALLY disgusted at the same time! What is that heartless person doing... trying to get money for COLLEGE?!?! That is just about the, the, most HORRIBLE sad thing!!! He wants to eat the little cute bunny. I want to get the bunny and find him a nice home. I can't have a bunny myself. My poodle puppy would drive the poor thing to distraction chasing it thinking it's a toy.

He just wants to make money off the poor little thing. I really hope he doesn't actually EAT it. He saved it so the bunny probably LOVES him. How cruel can a person get?? :( I hope it's a joke.

*gets off rant box* *sniff!* :(

Poor little bunny...

Kaoru

[Lloromannic]

Is this guy serious?- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7406483/ I quite agree wtih the people in the "hate mail" section.
there is really nothing bad about eating your rabbit. Just because it is cute it doesn't mean he is any better than pigs or cows. Personally I want them to get the 50 thousand. It would be scientific proof of human idiocy. Personally I'm doing my bit, I bought a t-shirt, a cap and some thongs (NO THEY ARE NOT FOR ME).
How cruel can a person be? He can be horrified at the death of a rabbit while human killings abound.

[Kaoru]

Is this guy serious?- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7406483/ I quite agree wtih the people in the "hate mail" section.



ARGHHHHHH!!! IT'S TRUE!!! Mean kids!!!
:( :( :(

Kaoru

[Lloromannic]

Questions on legality from the site:
Isn't this extortion?



Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to his person, reputation, or property.

Take notice to the line that says “to HIS person, reputation, or property”. This is a key phrase because yes, I am threatening Toby’s life, but Toby is MY property. There is no law against threatening your own property. Would it be illegal for me to tell someone I’m going to bash my car windshield in if they don’t give me 50 bucks? Nope.
Hey, this is animal cruelty!!

Wrong again, chief. I am doing nothing cruel to Toby. In fact, I am trying to give him the best life of any rabbit in the world. That is exactly why I need your help. Toby has not been tortured or abused in anyway. I am taking Toby to a butcher (hopefully not and you have the power to help prevent this by donating!) so that if he has to die, it will happen in the most humane way possible.

This is animal cruelty as defined by the ASPCA: 1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no justifiable purpose, he or she intentionally causes serious physical injury to a companion animal with aggravated cruelty. For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean conduct which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.
Grr, this is fraud!

No, this website is quite real. I have Toby in my possession and I will in fact eat him if I do not receive 50 thousand dollars. This of course is the worst possible outcome and one I desperately want to avoid. I love that little fella!
Are these donations tax exempt?

I know alot of people out there are saying to themselves... "This site is awesome, and I want to help save toby. That being said, are these donations Tax exempt?"

The person out there saying this is obviously a smart, well educated member of the upper echelon of society. Unfortunately no donations can be written off against your taxes. I am not a non-profit organization. Sorry, but Uncle Sam needs his too.

[lost_kendoka]

there is really nothing bad about eating your rabbit. Just because it is cute it doesn't mean he is any better than pigs or cows. Personally I want them to get the 50 thousand. It would be scientific proof of human idiocy.
Yes, I quite agree, as I come from an asian country we eat nearly all the parts of cows and pigs. Rabbits breed amazingly fast and the average life span of a rabbit is 5 to 8 years. Some can have up to 8 baby rabbits in a litter; so by 2050 how many rabbits will we have on earth? :ko:

another thought ~why don't we just all become vegeterians to stop all this animal cruelty :wink:

[Kaoru]

Questions on legality from the site:
Isn't this extortion?




Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behaviour, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to his person, reputation, or property.
Take notice to the line that says “to HIS person, reputation, or property”. This is a key phrase because yes, I am threatening Toby’s life, but Toby is MY property. There is no law against threatening your own property. Would it be illegal for me to tell someone I’m going to bash my car windshield in if they don’t give me 50 bucks? Nope.
Hey, this is animal cruelty!!

Wrong again, chief. I am doing nothing cruel to Toby. In fact, I am trying to give him the best life of any rabbit in the world. That is exactly why I need your help. Toby has not been tortured or abused in anyway. I am taking Toby to a butcher (hopefully not and you have the power to help prevent this by donating!) so that if he has to die, it will happen in the most humane way possible.

This is animal cruelty as defined by the ASPCA: 1. A person is guilty of aggravated cruelty to animals when, with no justifiable purpose, he or she intentionally causes serious physical injury to a companion animal with aggravated cruelty. For purposes of this section, "aggravated cruelty" shall mean conduct which: (i) is intended to cause extreme physical pain; or (ii) is done or carried out in an especially depraved or sadistic manner.
Grr, this is fraud!

No, this website is quite real. I have Toby in my possession and I will in fact eat him if I do not receive 50 thousand dollars. This of course is the worst possible outcome and one I desperately want to avoid. I love that little fella!
Are these donations tax exempt?

I know alot of people out there are saying to themselves... "This site is awesome, and I want to help save toby. That being said, are these donations Tax exempt?"

The person out there saying this is obviously a smart, well educated member of the upper echelon of society. Unfortunately no donations can be written off against your taxes. I am not a non-profit organization. Sorry, but Uncle Sam needs his too.


>_< !!! Wanna take the bunny home!



It's mean. Therefore, they are WRONG.

Kaoru

[Kaoru]

Yes, I quite agree, as I come from an asian country we eat nearly all the parts of cows and pigs. Rabbits breed amazingly fast and the average life span of a rabbit is 5 to 8 years. Some can have up to 8 baby rabbits in a litter; so by 2050 how many rabbits will we have on earth? :ko:

another thought ~why don't we just all become vegeterians to stop all this animal cruelty :wink:

Oh, I agree with you both on that point. What I DO NOT agree with, is the way those two are holding the bunny hostage and using it as a way to get money. They are cruel. They saved a living creature and were nice to it, and now they want to EAT it? I have a HUGE problem with that. They don't deserve to EVER have pets of ANY kind due to this sordid thing.

Eating rabbit is one thing. This is an entirely different matter. Therefore, I am totally against it. If I was in person, I'd take that bunny from them so quick they wouldn't have a chance to BLINK! Grrrrr!!! :mad:

I don't know how I feel about breeding them to eat, but eating wild ones does keep the population down. Just like deer. I hate hunting, and would never hunt, but they'll starve if they become too numurous. :( What a confusing issue...

Kaoru

[Lloromannic]

another thought ~why don't we just all become vegeterians to stop all this animal cruelty :wink:

Have you no concern for the plants?????, several tests have provided results which indicate that plants do feel pain. Besides, unlike rabbits whose main function is to be cute and die silly deaths, they provide us with oxygen, essential for our living.

VEGGIES ARE MURDER
The Tomato that you fancifully slice
Is not succulent, tasty or nice
It's death for no reason
And death for no reason is MURDER

It's not natural normal or kind
The plant that you festively slice
The leaves in your mouth
As you savour the flavour
Of MURDER
NO, NO, NO, IT'S MURDER
NO, NO, NO, IT'S MURDER
Who hears when plants cry?

[Lloromannic]

They saved a living creature and were nice to it, and now they want to EAT it? I have a HUGE problem with that. They don't deserve to EVER have pets of ANY kind due to this sordid thing.

They do not want to eat it. That's why they ask for money.

[lost_kendoka]

What they say ->
The brains behind savetoby.com are two college students:
"We've been getting tremendously varied responses," says one of the partners. "Many of which include death threats almost on a daily basis."
Asked whether the Web site was a joke, he responded, "No, not at all. As a matter of fact, it's very serious. If we don't get $50,000, we are going to eat the rabbit.":ogre:

They should use their intelligence and effort on something "useful" instead of messing with our minds ( which is actually making them rich) $_$


Have you no concern for the plants?????, several tests have provided results which indicate that plants do feel pain. Besides, unlike rabbits whose main function is to be cute and die silly deaths, they provide us with oxygen, essential for our living.

VEGGIES ARE MURDER
The Tomato that you fancifully slice
Is not succulent, tasty or nice
It's death for no reason
And death for no reason is MURDER

It's not natural normal or kind
The plant that you festively slice
The leaves in your mouth
As you savour the flavour
Of MURDER
NO, NO, NO, IT'S MURDER
NO, NO, NO, IT'S MURDER
Who hears when plants cry? The BFG does hehe, no i do agree with you but this is a human controlled world and we are at the top of the food chain. But they suffer less than animals as they have weaker sensitivity (irritability / respond to stimuli)

[Lloromannic]

Tulips beat Bunnies any day

[Andoru]

savetoby.com is one of the best internet idea I've ever seen.

*signs up saveshinai.com*

[Kaoru]

Tulips beat Bunnies any day

Do not. Tulips are very pretty but bunnies are cute and fluffy. You can't compare them because they are too different. :D

Kaoru

[Andoru]

savetoby is fake? See this: http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/savetoby.asp

[lost_kendoka]

I think its GoDaddy.com (an Arizona company that hosts the site whom refuses to pull the plug) who are responsible for this messing with our minds act- Bob Parsons, GoDaddy founder and president says, "There's nothing illegal about the Web site. It's perfectly legal to eat a rabbit." - How unthoughtful of him to say

Also on the site that Andoru-san found for us said that there had been many cases like these - one called savefluffy.com which was also hosted by GoDaddy.

Still too many rabbits won't do us any good.

[taganahan]

most of the strangest foods i've enjoyed are filipino delicacies. duh, i'm filipino. ok here's my list:

dinuguan: blood soup with inards or something.
isaw: bbq-ed chicken intestines
adidas: bbq-ed chicken feet
frogs: to be more specific, fried frogs
lenggua: i'm pretty sure it's a cow's tongue
kilawin: pig's ear
balut: little ducks with embryo....i think

that's all my list. i haven't tried most of those fear factor foods though, like those testicles and something in those likes.

~taganahan

[D'Artagnan]

savetoby is fake? See this: http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/savetoby.asp

Gutted!!!!! I was just about to go and try my hand with "savefriskythepoodle.com"

oh well i'll have to make my million some other way,

unless...

[ChaShu]

Ooooooooooo...for you Aussies out there! Have you tried the pie floaters in Adelaide? Basically you place a meat pie upside down in a bowl and then pour pea soup around it...sorta looks like a island in a green sea...

Weird sounding but pretty good after a night of booze...

Sounds pretty good sober! I'll try that sometime this week!

[Hai_hai]

balut: little ducks with embryo....i think
That's been an item on Fear Factor. Ducks still in the shell, not fully developed but the beak and feet are there.

[mingshi]

Savetoby.com is one of the most brilliant internet marketing ideas out there - I would rank it right next to realultimatepower.net - good enough to earn more than enough attention from innocent girls with an average IQ!! "Owww so cruel to a cute bunny!!" Right. If that's a piggy you'd say the same thing, or a chicken, or the baby T-rex in Jurassic Park II, or whatever baby animal you find. Too much sentiments from you fellow carnivores!!

__________

Answers to my question (translated by me):


¤H¤¤¥Õ
(furikana for those who knows: hito-naka-shiro)
Solid residue naturally formed on the surface of human urine containers - turning white when it is dry.

µµªe¨® (shi-ka-sha)
After the birth of a new born baby, the placenta that is left - of three colours: red, white or purple, depending on the amount of blood present; for medical use reddish-purple is preferrable.

¤û¶À (gyu-ou)
Rhino's gall stone!!

_________

Ever wonder who started cutting up frogs, taking their oviducts out, and think, "uhmm, this would taste really good for a dessert"!! :confused:

...And the rest is history! This is widely available in where I live - together with that turtle jelly dessert ... Àt¹s»I... urgh...

[Kaoru]

savetoby is fake? See this: http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/savetoby.asp

Hmmmm... I read that. I hope they are right. Seems like they are, which is good.

Kaoru

[Kaoru]

Gutted!!!!! I was just about to go and try my hand with "savefriskythepoodle.com"

oh well i'll have to make my million some other way,

unless...

You said that on purpose! >_< :D hehehe!

Kaoru

[Kaoru]

Savetoby.com is one of the most brilliant internet marketing ideas out there - I would rank it right next to realultimatepower.net - good enough to earn more than enough attention from innocent girls with an average IQ!! "Owww so cruel to a cute bunny!!" Right. If that's a piggy you'd say the same thing, or a chicken, or the baby T-rex in Jurassic Park II, or whatever baby animal you find. Too much sentiments from you fellow carnivores!!


Yes, it is quite brilliant, but also is very base and thoughtless, though it seems to be untrue now. Eating rabbit is one thing. Holding a poor rabbit hostage after saving it and nuturing it and threatening to eat it if you don't get money is entirely another situation. Real or fake, it's wrong.

It has nothing to do with intelligence, Mingshi. RUP.com is quite fake, and it is quite obvious that it is. I know you don't like me(Who knows why. I never did anything to you.), but you don't have to always insult me. There is nothing wrong with feeling sorry for a bunny. At least I'm not mean.

Kaoru

[ChaShu]

What's wrong with chorizo? It's just really greasy pork meat chopped up, spiced, cooked and stuffed in a cellophane tube (years ago it was intestine lining but not anymore) which you then fried and ate. It contains ungodly amounts of fat but nothing really revolting there.

I agree! Not only are chorizo great, but all different kinds of chorizo from the different parts of the Hispanic/Portugese diaspora are wonderful! One kind I love are form Pamplona called chistora. Really wonderful on crusty bread with idiazabal cheese! Great but makes me gassy. :o

[mingshi]

...Holding a poor rabbit hostage after saving it and nuturing it and threatening to eat it if you don't get money is entirely another situation...
Speaking of nuturing animals, the Wagyu cattles at Kobe get a better treatment!

Money or not, they are going to have Hasenpfeffer anyway. Fake or not.

Besides, don't victimize yourself... You are not Toby afterall.

[JSchmidt]

Yes, it is quite brilliant, but also is very base and thoughtless, though it seems to be untrue now. Eating rabbit is one thing. Holding a poor rabbit hostage after saving it and nuturing it and threatening to eat it if you don't get money is entirely another situation. Real or fake, it's wrong.

So what about nurturing cows?..pigs?..lambs?. (name you farmhouse animal)..whats the difference?...heck, If I ever get to Korea, I most certainly plan to try eating dog. (And yeah, I've had rabbit meat as well before).

Jakob

[Hisham]

If you do go to Korea, try eating an "octopus" which is still alive, it's a delicacy out there, i don't know if it was that alive but it did seem to move:D. I saw that on a traveling show. Oh there's a meal based on fried fish where the freshness of the latter is prooved when it's served cuse it's still moving, i think it's a chinese specialty if i'm not mistaken.

Hey Mingshi i'm still waiting for the name of that "frog ovaries/gummy in a sweet fluid" drink

[mingshi]

The tea with chewy marbles from Taiwan gains foothold - The Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20001031c2.htm)

So it is Bubble / Boba / Pearl tea in English... Something to try next year in Taiwan!

[Andoru]

That's not the frog ovaries drink that I had. The one that I tried has 2 chinese characters, first one is "snow". In cantonese, the pronounciation is "shweet kap", or something like that.

[kanyil]

Shweet Hap? (Snow-something in cantonese). That's frog ovaries, I think served chilled in milk/coconut milk? Quite nice.

[mingshi]

I said...!!! It's the fat around OVIDUCT from northern chinese frogs ...not ovaries..!!

[pics] Shu-gap Soup for Beauty with Chinese Jujube (http://www.tchaa.org.tw/u4/u42-12.htm)

[kanyil]

I said...!!! It's the fat around OVIDUCT from northern chinese frogs ...not ovaries..!!

[pics] Shu-gap Soup for Beauty with Chinese Jujube (http://www.tchaa.org.tw/u4/u42-12.htm)

My apologies Mingshi. The fat around frog oviducts? Not the oviduct itself?

[Andoru]

Phew! Thought I had ovaries!! :D

Thanks mingshi for the clarification!

[D'Artagnan]

Phew! Thought I had ovaries!! :D




That's an interesting confession! LOL :wink:

[Paikea]

What's wrong with chorizo? It's just really greasy pork meat chopped up, spiced, cooked and stuffed in a cellophane tube (years ago it was intestine lining but not anymore) which you then fried and ate. It contains ungodly amounts of fat but nothing really revolting there.Nothing wrong, oh no! Some may find the description of lymph nodes, salivary glands and Head-Cheek-Paten (?) meat a little intense.

Huevos con Chorizo with a stack of fresh-made tortillas is God's Own Breakfast. Only your cardiologist knows for sure.

[Hisham]

lol i'm confused by your last post Mingshi, i didn't have a soup, anyway my taiwanese friend answered me with a question of her own:" why do you wana know ?" hehe had to insist as if it was some national secret or something , waiting for her answer again.

Hey Kanyl i do think that the "juice" was coconut milk.
to be continued i guess

[Lloromannic]

Nothing wrong, oh no! Some may find the description of lymph nodes, salivary glands and Head-Cheek-Paten (?) meat a little intense.

Sissies :smoker:

Although the same thing happens when people here find out what are "tacos de Nana". Apparently they think cow udder is disgusting. I personally didn't like the taste but I didn't vomit them.

BTW in Mexico there is the running joke that street places who sell really cheap tacos make them out of stray dogs. It's probably true but, hey, in Korea that's gourmet food.

[GoldenShinai]

ok guys, i know wierd foods are kool and all, but nothing that i have ever eaten has come to match that of a 15 cents pack of Ramen! The man who invented Ramen was probably the greatest man ever to live. Ramen has to be the hight of our civilization. It is the best thing ever!

BTW anyone eaten crocodile?

[ChaShu]

ok guys, i know wierd foods are kool and all, but nothing that i have ever eaten has come to match that of a 15 cents pack of Ramen! The man who invented Ramen was probably the greatest man ever to live. Ramen has to be the hight of our civilization. It is the best thing ever!

BTW anyone eaten crocodile?

Crocodile? Sure, the generic deep-fried Casey's version. Texture like shark or swordfish. Not much taste though. It was probably a farm raised croc', which is probably why. Not sure how wild croc' or 'gator tastes like...

[Andoru]

That's an interesting confession! LOL :wink:

BAM!! shh don't tell anybody!

[Paikea]

Sissies :smoker:
Ha! The best Birria in the world is sold by a little old man with a pushcart on Avenida Los Ninos Heroicos in Ensenada. I was (fairly) sure it wasn't dogmeat because billy's head was bobbing in the pot. Sort of a guarantee of authenticity...

[geeunit000]

iv had a traditinal greek pizza

[don quixote]

Tulips beat Bunnies any day

Dude, have you tasted tulips? There is no way they beat bunnies.

I Norway we eat raw fish, just like in Japan. Difference is, the japanese prefer it fresh, while no norwegian would eat raw fish unless it is well smelly. Smoked, marinated, pickeled (sometimes in it's own blood), fermented or just left too long in a nonspecific process of stinkyfication. :ko:

[nikolaj]

The tea with chewy marbles from Taiwan gains foothold - The Japan Times (http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20001031c2.htm)

So it is Bubble / Boba / Pearl tea in English... Something to try next year in Taiwan!

sounds yummy to me....
And I haven't eaten that many things others might find weird....
escargots maybe? I have eaten maggots once though...

[ryuu]

MAGOTS!!!!???? wow........ well, mine looks pretty stupid next to yours, but i'd have to say that the wierdest things that i have eaten are probably:

* Kangaroo
* Alligator
* A tree .... yes, i did say a TREE!!!:)

[tattooedasshole]

Crocodile? Sure, the generic deep-fried Casey's version. Texture like shark or swordfish. Not much taste though. It was probably a farm raised croc', which is probably why. Not sure how wild croc' or 'gator tastes like...
Gator is just a very bland meat. The only time I've had it, it was, shall we say, "fresh", and without the proper spices, had almost no taste what-so-ever (kinda like shark, but tastes different).

[nikolaj]

MAGOTS!!!!???? wow........ well, mine looks pretty stupid next to yours, but i'd have to say that the wierdest things that i have eaten are probably:

* Kangaroo
* Alligator
* A tree .... yes, i did say a TREE!!!:)

forgot about that, I've eaten kangaroo and crocodile as well...
both weren't spectacular in taste

[Solinde]

I Norway we eat raw fish, just like in Japan. Difference is, the japanese prefer it fresh, while no norwegian would eat raw fish unless it is well smelly. Smoked, marinated, pickeled (sometimes in it's own blood), fermented or just left too long in a nonspecific process of stinkyfication. :ko:

These things are only eaten in Scandinavia because it takes true viking blood in your veins to survive the experience. :wink:

Although, I'm pretty convinced that the Icelanders are the masters of disgusting food...but on the other hand my idea of Iceland is based mainly on working in a slaughter-house. :D

[kanyil]

Although, I'm pretty convinced that the Icelanders are the masters of disgusting food...but on the other hand my idea of Iceland is based mainly on working in a slaughter-house. :D

Are you referring to the Icelandic national dish of "shark fermented in dirt"? :D

I personally find kangaroo meat to be too gamey for my taste. Personally I find emu meat to be slightly better tasting, but only slightly.

Amazing how we feel fine butchering some animals for food, but cry "animal cruelty" the instant another culture wants to eat a different type of animal.

[Solinde]

Are you referring to the Icelandic national dish of "shark fermented in dirt"? :D

Well, yeah, that kind of thing. Many people seem more disgusted by eating lamb testicles though, which I don't really understand. They taste good. :)

The (visually) grossest Icelandic food I have seen is svíđasylta, which is like a jelly made from a sheeps face... I doesn't taste as bad as one would think though.

[gabro]

Dude, have you tasted tulips? There is no way they beat bunnies.

I Norway we eat raw fish, just like in Japan. Difference is, the japanese prefer it fresh, while no norwegian would eat raw fish unless it is well smelly. Smoked, marinated, pickeled (sometimes in it's own blood), fermented or just left too long in a nonspecific process of stinkyfication. :ko:

I wondered when this abomination of the food world would pop up..... ;)

Joking. Being Norwegian I was raised on lutefisk and rakfisk. The procedures are quite simple: Lutefisk:
Take one cod and dry for ages (stockfish). Soak in Sodium Hydroxide for 72 hours. Make D*mn sure you rinse it for long enough. Steam and eat with a helping of bacon fat, mushy peas, mustard, brown goat cheese (another Norwegian specialyt) and whatever else you can get your hands on. Copius amounts of alcohol in the form of beer and Akevitt (Norwegian booze).

Rakfisk. Bury one fish in the ground until suitably fermented. Serve as above. Avoid botulism, and always have one sober driver in case of emergency :)

Mads

[ChaShu]

I wondered when this abomination of the food world would pop up..... ;)

Joking. Being Norwegian I was raised on lutefisk and rakfisk. The procedures are quite simple: Lutefisk:
Take one cod and dry for ages (stockfish). Soak in Sodium Hydroxide for 72 hours. Make D*mn sure you rinse it for long enough. Steam and eat with a helping of bacon fat, mushy peas, mustard, brown goat cheese (another Norwegian specialyt) and whatever else you can get your hands on. Copius amounts of alcohol in the form of beer and Akevitt (Norwegian booze).

Rakfisk. Bury one fish in the ground until suitably fermented. Serve as above. Avoid botulism, and always have one sober driver in case of emergency :)

Mads

Mmmm... the first one sounds pretty good. The second one sounds like a bit of a risk though (although probably also good in its own way), but reminds me of a Native Canadian dish in BC where they bury a salmon head in dirt to ferment. Speaking of fermented fish, Filipino bagoong, which is fermented fish and/or shrimp paste is quite good. Filipino patis, or fermented fish sauce is also quite good, but is also eaten all over SE Asia, and probably much like Roman garum. BTW, isn't the process for kimchi similar (i.e., the burying part)?

[SkippyDaStudent]

I honestly think the weirdest thing I've ever eaten and enjoyed was takoyaki (for those who don't know, boiled octupus inside wheat flour ball)... which makes me the least interesting poster so far on this thread.

WHOOO! *sighs*

EDIT: I take that back. I think eating ants, dandelions, worms, and slugs for a "wilderness survival class" in junior high school was the weirdest because I liked all of them.

[Stimpson J. Cat]

Ever wonder who started cutting up frogs, taking their oviducts out, and think, "uhmm, this would taste really good for a dessert"!!

My theory is that it was the same person who said "See those things hanging down under that cow over there? I'm going to go squeeze one and drink what comes out"

[Andou]

Hmm. I'd have to say Jellyfish and squid ink soup...At least I think I enjoyed squid ink soup...Oh yeah. That and the arm of a human man.

[Lloromannic]

The most bizarre thing I've eaten is definitely vegan food. I also found it quite alright, not alright enough to become vegan but enough to get me to eat less meat

[Alicia]

we have an annual event in a town near me called the
"hokitika Wild Foods festival" where crazy people get together and pay to go and eat many of the things that have been mentioned, and more.
i went one year, found it funnier to watch everyone else gagging on everything, but i did try seagull, the verdict being that it is very gamey, and not particularly nice, but definitely edible.

i had a friend who has been trakking in the amazon many years ago, and their tour came across a tribe that lived there that had been out hunting and were smoking their monkeys to eat. when he was offered a whole monkey arm, skin, fur, hands and all, he had no choice but to eat it, what with all the spears and dangerous looking implements lying around.... he lived.

yukyukyuk

[KhawMengLee]

The most bizarre thing I've eaten is definitely vegan food. I also found it quite alright, not alright enough to become vegan but enough to get me to eat less meat

vegans need to be put into concentration camps with no food and a kobe beefburger sitting on the otherside of the electric fence.

LONG LIVE STEAKS!
LONG LIVE PORK CHOPS!!
LONG LIVE BACON DOUBLE CHEESEBURGERS!!!

[nikolaj]

I honestly think the weirdest thing I've ever eaten and enjoyed was takoyaki (for those who don't know, boiled octupus inside wheat flour ball)... which makes me the least interesting poster so far on this thread.

takoyaki might not be very shocking, but they do sound yummy to me^^

[Berugijin]

I like to eat near-extinct animals.