Foods you've never had but wanted to try.

[Tabasco_Dave]

I always wanted to try Puerto Rican food.

[ZombieHorde]

1. The whale-horse-dog-cat cassarole at Olive Garden.

I hear that it comes with a fantastic circumcision coupon.

[Denninmi]

2. Sea Urchin

Always thought it looked interesting ever since I saw Martha Stewart on her show diving for them off Maine and eating them fresh out of the water.

[NV Whino]

7. You can try this at most sushi restaurants

And just for the record, I wouldn't recommend it, but then I'm not Martha Stewart.

[HopeHoops]

3. I can't think of any. I'm pretty happy with what I've sampled and still eat.

[Incitatus]

5. ostrich, snake, nt

[OriginalGeek]

6. When you say Puerto Rican

do you mean specifically Puerto Rican or will general vicinity latin/island type food do?

I ask because I can go outside and get in my car and drive to 10 different cuban restaurants within 20 minutes (that I know of - there are probably more). And then on the way to those I will pass at least 5 places that just call themselves Latin/South American. But I don't think I can think of any time I've seen a place that called itself just Puerto Rican.

I LOVE Cuban/latin/south american food though and I have been to eat at quite a few Puerto Rican friends' homes and I honestly couldn't tell you if there was a difference. Once you get into black beans and rice and fried plantains and meat stewed in a variety of tomato based gravies it's all pretty similar to me.

At any rate, go out and getcha some! It's all good.

UPDATE! I did a quick google for Puerto Rican food in my city and found that I have been eating at some all along. They either didn't specify or I never noticed them saying they were Puerto Rican but they came up in the search. One of them has these incredible breaded pork cutlets. Other than the side items and a few spices, it would be hard to tell the difference between that and a schnitzel from my favorite German place. That and boliche' are my two favorite latin meals. Throw in lots of yellow rice and black beans fried plantains and I am a happy happy guy.


also, to answer the OP: I would still like to try foie gras.

[femmocrat]

8. Caviar, truffles and chocolate dipped in gold.

Like that's going to happen. LOL

[loli phabay]

22. love the first two never had the third. can see you keeping your poop for the gold though.

[femmocrat]

23. LOL

Nah.... not that valuable!

[gstxdem4445ex]

9. kangaroo meat

heard it tastes pretty good

[u4ic]

34. I had a kangaroo burger last year

a very strong tasting meat, stronger than bison. Very good though; the burger toppings (onion, avocado, tomato, etc) were needed, in my mind, to tone down the flavour.

[edbermac]

10. Liver.

With some fava beans and a nice Chianti.

[Populist_Prole]

11. Tripe

[MiddleFingerMom]

16. Look for Mexican places that serve a stew called menudo.

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Often, they will only have it Saturday & Sunday (it's considered a hangover remedy).
Tripe is an ingredient.
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Often Vietnamese restaurants will offer tripe as one of the meat options in their
ubiquitous and heavenly beef noodle soup pho (though I choose other options
and also avoid their meatballs).
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[Populist_Prole]

18. Thanks for the suggestions

I never knew how to go about trying it.

[sammytko]

26. I love menudo! Its delicious.

[blueamy66]

25. IMO

YUCKY, YUCKY AND MORE YUCKY!!

[Xyzse]

12. An Iron Chef Japan dish... Any of them.

If we're talking about meats, I've had a lot of the ones I am willing to try.

I've had snake, turtle, rabbit and so forth.
I've even had things I didn't want like snail, frog and if I am going to trust my father's word... Dog. Granted, I don't believe him.

Ethnicity:

I have no idea what I haven't tried in some form.

Oh! One thing that I know I don't want to try is Haggis.

[loli phabay]

21. haggis when done right is fantastic.

[Taverner]

13. Brontosaurus Burgers, Mastadon Carnitas and Synapsid Milk

[PoliticalBiker]

14. Bulgarian

Saw an episode of Triple D.... wow it looks good!

Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives for the uninitiated...

[vanlassie]

15. Fried soft shell crabs. We get the dungeness here in Cali.

[HeiressofBickworth]

17. The only time I've had soft shell crab

was in Cali -- there is (or was a number of years ago) an Indian restaurant right by the water in Santa Barbara that served soft shell crab. It was delish and I'd have it again if I ever saw it anywhere. Here in the PNW we also have Dungeness.

[vanlassie]

19. Mmmm! Some day I will go to the East Coast at the right time of year. Which reminds me.

I would love to have one of those east coast lobster rolls. I've had lobster. But the rolls always look great to me.

[femmocrat]

24. I ordered those once at the MD shore.

I couldn't eat them... they have shells and eyes. I like crab, but not soft-shell. No thanks.

[MrScorpio]

20. Smorgasbord.

[Major Nikon]

27. Cat shit coffee

[kurtzapril4]

28. Beets

[loli phabay]

32. picklpickled beets yummy

[pipi_k]

29. Breaded and fried

crab cakes.

Also...Bubble and Squeak.

Poi.

[riderinthestorm]

30. Borscht soup. So many people rave about it but I've never had it nt

[loli phabay]

33. borscht when made fresh with russian black bread and vodka rocks

[u4ic]

35. I've never tasted a really good borscht

that wasn't homemade. My ethnic background is Ukrainian, and while there are a few variations within my family, they are all excellent. I've never tasted anything that came close, in a restaurant.

[felix_numinous]

31. Good mole,

and the rose petal infused chicken like in the movie 'Water for Chocolate' ....

[Art_from_Ark]

36. Truffles

I want to see if they are worth the expense, or are merely overpriced mushrooms.

[MyNameGoesHere]

37. One of everything Andrew Zimmern has ever eaten.

I would die for his "job"