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50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Literal bull s**t, straight from a bull. It's not what you think. I mean, it's not what I would think, with that first sentence, but it's every bit true.

I was riding in a pasture of heifers, looking for why they'd been freaking out, when I saw one in the middle stand up, suddenly half again the size of every other bovine in the area. Oh.

One of the young bulls somehow got out of a nearby barn and paddock overnight. So I nudged my horse forward to see if I'd lead him out, or chase him out, or maybe I'd need another cowboy if he was feeling obstinant. He wasn't.

He turned and ran, so it was the chase option, then. No big deal, we do that all the time. So I let my horse do work while I hang out on top and basically just minimize my awkward mass-offset. I was riding a trained horse, so it already knew exactly what to do.

It's called "cutting" when you herd one animal away from the others. None of this aside from the chase is germaine to the story, but it's interesting.

As we were following the bull, who was sprinting away, I watched a giant, healthy looking s**t erupt from this idiot's a**s just as he bucked and kicked both feet back in a young bull's expression of primal joy. He kicked directly through his own massive s**t, launching chunks of it directly into my face. It blasted my hat clean off.

My mouth had been open. My eyes had been open. My shirt collar was open. Everything had s**t in it. Everything I had. I found s**t in my pants pockets. My horse was covered in it.

That's one of the rare times I was unhorsed. Completely thrown. In my shock, I just lost focus and ended up on my back, retching up toward the sky. Pretty sure I swallowed some. I had to f*****g chew it just to spit it out.

Had to walk back about 1/4 mile, too. The horse just kept after the bull. They were grazing near each other when I got back to paddock.

Disturbingly sweet. I didn't expect that. Highly unpleasant.

I've never before or since heard my Dad laugh like that. I thought he was going to die from it. It's the only time I ever saw the man cry.

Eclectophile , Gabriela Palai Report

Final score:

123points

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Deannamite 1 month ago

That was a beautifully told story!

73points

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident A ladybug flew into my mouth when I was riding my bike as a kid. Ladybugs secrete a yellow bitter goop when they get eaten as a "f**k you, don't eat me" mechanism, so that happened. Had to run inside and rinse out my mouth, which didn't really help.

Edit: Wow, there are a lot of ladybug tasters in here. My people ✊️.

Hellspark08 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

94points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

They are called ladybirds in the UK. Is ladybugs the US term?

29points

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Bronze Age cremated human bones.
Had my coffee cup standing right next to the tub I was cleaning them after excavation. Scrubbed the sediment off of it with a toothbrush and it sputtered together with tiny fractions of the bones all around and also in that coffee.
The last sip felt a little coarse and on the bottom of the cup were still white particles between the sand and coffee grounds.

Spearofaesir , Yunus Emre Ilıca Report

Final score:

65points

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Fishpanda (fish/panda/it) 1 month ago

... I am kind of regreting reading this thread

55points

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Moose burgers. I was a little kid, and my god, it was delicious. We were guests, and I embarrassed my parents by asking if I could have another. (They thought people would think they were starving me. Not so … it was just a damn tasty burger.).

seaboardist , Pixabay Report

Final score:

64points

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JohnGalt 1 month ago

Moose is hands down the best game meat out there, followed closely by Elk, then Bison.

38points

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Used a glass of water to put cig butts in when I smoked. Woke up in the middle of the night desperate for a drink and swallowed 2 chuggs before I realised what was going on. It tastes even worse than you might expect.

Edit it seems from the comments many more people than I expected have drunk cig butt juice!

Serberou5 , Basil MK Report

Final score:

63points

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Castles 1 month ago

Done this also but with canned juice 🤢

14points

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident 18 Molar Sulphuric Acid

Back in the day you sucked things into a pipet. Sometime I sucked too hard. This time I got a mouth full of acid. I tasted sweet for two weeks.

No_Ground7568 , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

62points

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Fishpanda (fish/panda/it) 1 month ago

Thank goodness we have different protocols now

30points

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Inside of my mouth got burned so bad it blistered my gums and tongue so bad everything boiled up and shed eventually. Healing sucked because when I talked, I’d accidentally bite down and pop a blister…. tasted like pus. Hated that time of my life lol.

Dontknoworcaretbh , Luz Fuertes Report

Final score:

51points

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Ovata Acronicta 1 month ago

GROSS ALERT. One of my relationships, my partner was Rather Greasy, and he let me just pop all his gross lil pimples. Probably one of the best pops of my life was getting a dilated pore of winer out from behind his ear. The worst was probably when I absentmindedly went to do things to his earlobe with my mouth because we were making out and I felt a series of his pimples pop. In my mouth. Do not recommend.

34points

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Rat s**t. I used to have pet rats when I was in the uni, and I was one carrying one of them from one dorm to another. He left a few droppings in my jacket pocket he was in (it was short walk so I just put him in my roomy pocket).

I didn't notice, and few weeks later I forgot about it at all, put some nuts in the same pocket and started eating them, until one of them tasted really weird.

yurri , Nikolett Emmert Report

Final score:

50points

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Li’l E. 1 month ago

😬

17points

#10

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident The asphalt on the crosswalk in front of the Flatiron building in NYC. Potholes are a b***h.

karaokechameleon Report

Final score:

41points

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Nancy Bourque 1 month ago

I imagine it tastes like a**

8points

#11

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident My own breast milk.

Fabulousmo , freepik Report

Final score:

41points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

I mean it is just milk? Wouldn't anyone be curious?

37points

#12

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident My pet fox peed on my face/mouth while I was asleep, so I've tasted fox pee.

I could taste it for over an hour even after rinsing my mouth. 0/10 would not recommend.

laptopaccount , Pixabay Report

Final score:

40points

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Marti J 1 month ago

That's cool you had a pet fox though.

24points

#13

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Probably Rattlesnake. Not much flavor, very stringy, and has a lot of bones.

Extension_Cress_2084 , Pixabay Report

Final score:

38points

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ShyWahine 1 month ago

No fang you, I'll pass...

27points

#14

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident I licked a glacier.

majeresdj02 , Simon Berger Report

Final score:

38points

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Nancy Bourque 1 month ago

That's what she said (?)

10points

Any-Difficulty-8694 , Jennifer Uppendahl Report

#15

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Possum was really common in rural nz back in the 70s/80s it’s disgusting I was 4 and still remember the taste.

Final score:

37points

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Coral 1 month ago

Unsurprisingly, the photo does not depict the type of possum you'd find in New Zealand.

54points

#16

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Elephant🐘

For context, it wasn't hunted. It was already dead. Got hit by a train☹️

So technically, it was roadkill. So that's 2 things I guess..

Woodland-Wench , Pixabay Report

Final score:

36points

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Panda Pandemic 1 month ago

Are they saying they tasted an elephant as in ate it? I couldn't imagine willingly eating an elephant. That just feels wrong. Which is super hypocritical because I am a meat eater.

23points

#17

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident I was about 1 week into a 2-month stint in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, when some of the soldiers we were with dragged half of an elk into camp. By the time I left the project, I'd eaten deer, boar, elk and poultry from the Zone.

Several years on and I still have the normal amount of appendages. Don't think many people have eaten slightly-irradiated game.

notatadbad , Gundula Vogel Report

Final score:

36points

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Kangaroo 1 month ago

When I was in the Exclusion Zone, we saw quite a few dogs who looked very normal (some we weren’t allowed to pet due to radiation though 😢). We also fed bread and cookies to some of the most massive catfish I’ve ever seen in my life who were just chilling in the river right next to the CPP.

18points

#18

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Witchetty grub. It looks like a fat shiny white caterpillar, an aboriginal elder came to our school when I was little (1989?ish) so we tasted bush tucker.

Thackham , harveyandfriends Report

Final score:

36points

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Kangaroo 1 month ago

“Bush tucker, also called bush food, is any food native to Australia and historically eaten by Indigenous Australians, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, but it can also describe any native flora, fauna, or fungi used for culinary or medicinal purposes, regardless of the continent or culture.” Had to Google it

32points

#19

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident A 10'000 Dollar Whisky.

SirShortarm , Mister Mister Report

Final score:

35points

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XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧 1 month ago (edited)

Idk, before my father passed, he was a huge connoisseur of whiskey/whisky and scotch. He has several labels that are in the high dollar range, and I can't say that I've been overly impressed trying them out. They're good mind you, but not *the cost of a house* good imho. I will say that the only whisky that stood out was a very old Japanese Yamazaki & a vintage Glengoyne. I've got some collector's Macallan-- the ones in the Lalique decanters--that I want to try, but I haven't found the right occasion. Maybe I'll break them out when Trump loses. Again.

21points

#20

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Jesus water: water taken from a 2km well at the south pole. Ice is millions of years old, so drinking water from a time never lived.

sureptitiouscasanova , wirestock Report

Final score:

34points

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BeesEelsAndPups 1 month ago

What does that have to do with Jesus?

38points

#21

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Actual battery acid, stupid I was I thought the stickyness I suddenly had on my finger was from the candy I just ate NOPE it was from the TV remote I used.

Kaffekjerring Report

Final score:

33points

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Ru Bee 1 month ago

Yeah I've tasted that multiple times I apparently never learn.

8points

#22

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Not me but someone i knew tasted radiation. It sounds weird but high intensity radiation apparently leaves a metallic taste in your mouth, as if you just licked a penny after holding it for a while. He was a chernobyl liquidator.

LoginPuppy , Romeo Delos Santos Report

Final score:

33points

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Kangaroo 1 month ago

Huh. Interesting.

7points

#23

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Welp, I had a pidgeon die inside my place's water tank (it had a hole) and I drank that water for months... So I guess I had dead pidgeon tea.

First-Ravioli-Sauce , wirestock Report

Final score:

33points

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DEW 1 month ago

I think of the poor girl who died and they found her in their Hotel water tanks. Guests had been complaining the water tasted bad. If I remember it was a few weeks before they found her. Sad because nobody knows what happened to her or how she got into the water tank and close the heavy lid.

35points

#24

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Well, not me, but my daughter ate a stinkt bug once... That was an intense experience... Stank on the way in...and on the way out...

ChampionshipAlarmed , Pixabay Report

Final score:

31points

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Daniel Atkins 1 month ago

Those tastes bad i have eaten fruit that one had rested on and left some of that smell on it.

11points

#25

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Pig s**t. I’m not proud of it, but sooner or later in every livestock farmers career you’re going to get some floor s**t splash about. And someday some of that splash will unfortunately hit your open mouth. And you will internally cry. God I wish I didn’t know this. It’s kinda like the smell of death tho I’ve found that to be somewhat more common.

Slight_Respond6160 , Colin Lloyd Report

Final score:

31points

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David 1 month ago

Cow s**t for me because we raised dairy / beef cattle, not pigs.

9points

#26

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Jellyfish salad. I wasn't convinced when I first saw the dish, but I ended up liking it.

Izniss , Jenssen R Report

Final score:

31points

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Kangaroo 1 month ago

I wish people would describe what things tasted like a little more

39points

#27

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Armadillo. Never meant to have it, but was staying on a farm and the dog brought it. Owner wouldn't leave it to waste. Tastes like chicken.

bad_mech , Victor Miyata Report

Final score:

30points

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Phendrena 1 month ago

anyone for a Dime Bar........

20points

PuzzledWildebeest , Kathy Shiptenko Report

#28

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Yew berries. The only nonpoisonous part of a tree that every other part is deadly. Including the seed inside.

Do not recommend.

Final score:

29points

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Roxy222uk 1 month ago

Yew berries are **not** poisonous but the seeds are. So you can eat the berries but must spit out the seeds. Then berries are absolutely delicious, I kid you not. I wish someone would make a jam or something from them. I eat them while out walking the dog, and spit the seeds out.

12points

Scary_Course9686 , Marek Piwnicki Report

#29

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident A prickly pear. They’re native to my country so we eat then regularly, but whenever I’ve seen someone react to it (that’s not Mexican), they just act like it’s something from another planet.

Final score:

27points

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Kim Karlotta 1 month ago

You can buy them in grocery stores or at markets in many european countries. Didn't think it was uncommon.

22points

#30

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Termites, and it was surprisingly good. Minty if I recall correctly, was many years ago.

MehhRobot , Jimmy Chan Report

Final score:

25points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

Common practice for lots of indigenous tribal people around the world?

13points

#31

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident We grew up on a farm and my brother watched some survival TV show where they were hunting for their own food and cooking it after. He was able to catch a toad, created a fire and cooked and sliced it up afterwards. Me, as the little girl looking up to her older brother (me: 6, him: 8), of course had to taste it. I don’t think it’s really common….

klausmarcel44 , Pille Kirsi Report

Final score:

24points

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BeesEelsAndPups 1 month ago

I've eaten frog, but not cooked by an 8 year old. That's a brave girl

18points

#32

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Dunno if this counts but I know a guy who ate a paper cup, just straight up ate a paper cup.

Chaosdemond , Ann H Report

Final score:

23points

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Fishpanda (fish/panda/it) 1 month ago

I would like more context

11points

#33

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident A bat slow-cooked whole, skin, guts, and all, tossed right into the pot.

atzizi , Frida Lannerström Report

Final score:

22points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 1 month ago

I wonder if they were in Wuhan when they had it.

11points

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#34

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Raw plantain. It's worse than petrol.

Ormidale , balouriarajesh Report

Final score:

22points

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ZuriLovesYou 1 month ago

You ate petrol too?

19points

#35

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Cuy or so called "guinea pig" delicious and a delicacy in Colombia.

Big-Hawk8126 , Anjie Qiu Report

Final score:

22points

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ShyWahine 1 month ago

Had it in Peru - also known as Cuy al Horno. Served with potatoes and salsa - very tasty, enjoyed every bite (didn't know what I had eaten until I finished my plate... )

12points

#36

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Reindeer.

It was when I was younger, very similar to other red meat.

Polz34 , Jean-Daniel Francoeur Report

Final score:

21points

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Chonky Panda 1 month ago

It's strange seeing something that's really common for you in this list. Same with the moose meat.

25points

elasmonut , www.mayernikkitchen.com Report

#37

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Callamus root, a quasi psychadelic akin to nutmeg kind of, terrible experience all round do not reccomend.

Final score:

21points

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Zaach 1 month ago

Montana state prison system had to lock up nutmeg b/c the inmates were consuming it to get high

6points

#38

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Denso tape. Health and safety be damned! I was not climbing back down that mast just for a knife.

Either_Cow_7 , www.canzac.com Report

Final score:

21points

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Edward Loopyderm 1 month ago

Horrible stuff, either tape or putty. Not recommended at all.

3points

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#39

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Possibly horse sashimi.

HoppokoHappokoGhost , ArtHouse Studio Report

Final score:

20points

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Dan Flo 1 month ago

Some IKEA customers could be in this list after the horse meatball scandal.

9points

#40

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Squirrel milk.

monkeysexriot , Pixabay Report

Final score:

20points

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Random Jackass 1 month ago (edited)

Thanks. Part of me wants to know how one properly milks a squirrel but the other part doesn't want that in my search history because I'm concerned with what ads I might be bombarded with.

53points

Suspicious-Clock-292 , didesign021 Report

#41

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Paraffin. (Edit to add: liquid Parrafin, not wax. Lamp oil in the US? Please correct me if wrong)

Not as bad as you'd expect.. still don't recommend it.

Final score:

19points

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WindySwede 1 month ago

Something a fire spraying person would do? (Not right word, but I could not find a wikipedia page for it), but this: 0ed46d8ec5...edf16e.jpg

4points

#42

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Camel hump stew in egypt.

MotherSpinach9280 , Julia Volk Report

Final score:

19points

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ShyWahine 1 month ago

Also chicken stuffed with rice and hard-boiled eggs, stuffed inside a lamb, stuffed inside a camel - then broiled in a charcoal pit and covered with nuts and dates.

12points

#43

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Cow s**t.
I was explaining something to fresher farm workers when the cow decided to stomp into a pile of it.

Cucumberneck , Matthias Zomer Report

Final score:

18points

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Ovata Acronicta 1 month ago

For what it's worth, cow s**t is some of the least offensive stuff, but my experience is also limited to getting some on me. I guess if I was forced to eat the poo poo, I'd choose cow first. Or I would die, that would also be preferable.

6points

#44

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Cougar and bear. Used to go hunting in Wyoming every year with my dad. The hunting guide did everything from Bears, cougars, elk, deer, bison, turkeys, prairie dogs, etc. He was one of those people who had an industrial meat grinder in the back, and his wife used most of their kills for meals in the house. He joked that he hadn’t bought beef in 20 years. Made the mistake of asking him what the weirdest meat was in his fridge. He Got the most wicked smile and came back with some homemade summer sausages. he gave me a slice and asked me if I could guess what it was. It was incredibly gamy, only thing that made it palatable was the spices he’d mixed with it. It had a very odd aftertaste that kind of reminded me of the flavor you get in your mouth after drinking diet cola. Never in 1 million years would’ve guessed it was cougar and he was dying of laughter at the look on my face when he told me. He also had some sausage made out of bear. That one was also gamy and had a very strange “butter” flavor to it, but it was not delicious like butter…
Still, it was good to know he wasn’t putting the animals to waste.

Warrior_White , Lucas Pezeta Report

Final score:

18points

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Almost sunny 1 month ago

The meat grinder dude and his wife sound like future serial killers

21points

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#45

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Cow brains. My family in Mexico considered it a special treat. The texture was like scrambled eggs and the flavor was pretty mild.

stdio-lib , Pixabay Report

Final score:

18points

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G A 1 month ago

CJD on a plate. You can't even kill it by cooking.

31points

#46

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Chicken dipped in chocolate .

hughsboner , Alexas Fotos Report

Final score:

17points

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Kangaroo 1 month ago

I’ve had chocolate mole chicken tacos before, they were amazing

14points

SpecialistTry2262 , SuckerPunch Gourmet Report

#47

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Peanut butter and pickle sandwiches.

Final score:

17points

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Prince of Darkness 1 month ago (edited)

Peanut butter, mayo, and lettuce on white or wheat, or peanut butter and onion on sourdough. Peanut butter goes with damn near anything.

6points

#48

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident I drank out of the top of a skull during a Buddhist celebration.

Cannelope , Andrea Piacquadio Report

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17points

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Kat 1 month ago

You know what's wrong with the world today? Nobody drinks from the skull of their enemies anymore. 🙃 Not my joke; but it makes me chuckle.

17points

#49

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Raw "chicken of the woods mushroom" when hiking as well as raw wild gooseberries, asparagus, morel mushroom, dandelion leaves. Snapping Turtle Tenderloins. on a double dog dare, a nightcrawler worm. lol.

pwrslide2 , Em Hopper Report

Final score:

14points

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Coral 1 month ago

Don't eat morels raw.

8points

S Bow 1 month ago

Oh but, fresh morels sautéed in butter are heavenly

2points

Zaach 1 month ago

Dandelions were brought to the US b/c their leaves made a good salad and the roots were a coffee substitute (one of the most invasive species in the country)

3points

Sven Grammersdorf 1 month ago

My wife and I found a whole bunch of chicken of the woods last weekend. Delicious!

0points

BarfyCat 1 month ago

We ate a huge Lion's Mane mushroom that was growing on the tree in our front yard. It was delicious, kind of like scallops!

0points

Giraffy Window 1 month ago

Why is raw wild gooseberries listed like it's weird?

0points

Beth Wheeler 1 month ago

Do you have a death wish?

0points

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#50

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Turtle, dugong, jellyfish, crocodile would probably be the most exotic.

willthisgetkarma , Maria Isabella Bernotti Report

Final score:

12points

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 month ago

Aren't turtle and dugong endangered?

14points

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#51

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Barium, I had a barium meal due to stomach issues.

Final score:

10points

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leendadll 1 month ago (edited)

I've had bariumm enough to recommend varities to people. The clear warm one is gross. I know different ones are for different procedures but try to get the chilled chocolate one - tastes like a shake!

8points

#52

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Red sumac. It's good for you and makes an excellent tea. I also eat the wild lettuce greens that can grow in every person's yard, including spring onions, dandelions and young pine cone syrup.

AnUnknownCreature , TIVASEE Report

Final score:

8points

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Kangaroo 1 month ago

I used to have a roommate who would go into the backyard and pick ingredients for salad (we lived by the woods) and they were always very good. Dandelion, clover flowers, random green bits, spring onions, garlic greens…

9points

#53

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Squirrel.

DucktapeCorkfeet , Maddie Franz Report

Final score:

8points

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Rebekah Fuentes 1 month ago

Cousin Eddie?

3points

MobileTill9764 , Sruju.photography Report

#54

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Fried grasshoppers.

Final score:

7points

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eric p 1 month ago

This is 0% strange. It's on probably half of the Mexican restaurants near me. They are usually labeled with their Spanish name, chapulines, but very very common in California

7points

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#55

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Had raw horse in Tokyo.

Dyingdaze89 , Helena Lopes Report

Final score:

7points

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Kiyoko_tanaka 1 month ago

Of course it was in Tokyo, just of course

1point

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#56

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Rice cooked in chicken blood.

theultimateattack , Rachel Claire Report

Final score:

7points

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Kangaroo 1 month ago

I don’t know why but blood grosses me out so much, I couldn’t eat it. I’d rather eat brains.

4points

#57

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Monkey brains (I didn't know until after I'd tried them).

Medieval-Mind , DSD Report

Final score:

6points

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whineygingercat 1 month ago

Monkey brains, while popular in Cantonese cuisine, aren't often found in the Washington, D.C. area. --Wadsworth, Clue 1985

4points

#58

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Bite of a cooked veal heart (only a bite because it was being passed around and shared).

Scrabulon , Protocultura Report

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5points

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eric p 1 month ago (edited)

How is that weird? Corazon is very common. The taco truck by my work even offers it right alongside carne asada

5points

#59

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Petrol, not sure if it was av-gas which may have had tetraethyl lead in it (not from a road legal car).. akin to what I’d expect plastic to taste like.

WRfleete , Skitterphoto Report

Final score:

5points

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Brian Droste 1 month ago

I tasted gas before. I siphon some gas out of my gas tank before and got gas in my mouth. Not a good taste.

3points

Ok-Paramedic8197 , ippakorn Yamkasikorn Report

#60

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident Dried worms.

Final score:

5points

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Phendrena 1 month ago

fried worms are like bacon rind. quite tasty.

1point

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Final score:

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#62

50 Times People Tasted Something Unusual Whether On Purpose Or By Accident I've eaten turtle, it was nasty. Reminded me of brawn, or pigs face, jelly, gritty, bit like organ meats.

SithLordRising , Vlad Chețan Report

Final score:

4points

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The Redhead 1 month ago

I tried turtle once NOT by choice. My ex-husbands uncle shot a turtle and cooked it. Among other meals he made soup. He said try this I asked is there turtle in it, he assured me there was not. After I ate it he started laughing & told me that it was turtle soup. I have a rule about food if you won't tell me what it is I wont eat it I should be able to make the desision about what I choose to eat. I should have know better they were the same people who told a story about a friend of theirs who claimed a food allergy and they believed the person simply didn't like thee particular food (I can't remember what it was) anyway they slipped it into whatever meal they made and he ate it and loved it. Luckly in that case their friend didn't have an actual allergy to it; (seriously you can kill a person by doing that, but they were idiots). Guess I was lucky it was "just" turtle & not rabbit. I tried rabbit once as a child my friends dad was an avid hunter; I knowingly ate it & had a reaction.

2points

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 month ago

This needs two categories: exotic dishes and accidents. There are several entries that are not unusual for certain countries or places.

14points

G A 1 month ago

Exotic Meats-Wild Boar, Ostrich, Catfish, Shark, Reindeer, Horse, Donkey, Deer, Crocodile, Kangaroo. And my Mum. She cut her finger and took a sliver out when making my sandwiches when I was still at school. When I got home, she asked me if my sandwiches had tasted funny and told me what had happened. So I am an accidental cannibal.

9points

Justin Tyme 1 month ago

What!? When did catfish become exotic?

2points

Widdershins66 1 month ago

My 2 year old niece's vomit🤮 She was sick eating her lunch at the table. I cleaned her up and settled to eat my salad but the dressing was disgusting. Yup I ate her sick 🤢🤢🤢

3points

Castles 1 month ago

Worse for me that I can remember was dirty turtle tank water. Had to siphon it out with a hose and sucked a bit too hard. Not a great experience

3points

Tempest 1 month ago (edited)

Dust. For some reason I loved tasting dust as a kid (maybe I had pica). There would be a fine line of dust between the window sill and wall and I used to run a finger and then plop the finger in my mouth. I knew it was weird/wrong so I would make sure no one was in sight before doing it. So strange and later when I learnt that dust in an occupied house probably has human skin cells, I was so disgusted. But to date I feel tempted to taste it again. It just tastes… dusty.. like just a powder of something but I think I like that texture. Also dog slobber recently. She licked me in the face when I was talking to her.

2points

Carl Roberts 1 month ago

Someone else's chewing tobacco spit. I was drinking a can of Coke. He was using an empty can as a spittoon. I grabbed the wrong can. It was as disgusting as you'd expect.

2points

Heir of Durin 1 month ago

🤢🤢

1point

Leoninus Fate 1 month ago

2 I ate that was good and I recommend it, but elk jerky, and emu jerky! I bought 2 bags of each on my way to Lake Pleasant in Arizona, and a few people were selling them on the side of the street from their own lil pop-up shop/car, it was like 5 bucks each and it was so good, I ate them all before leaving the lake

1point

Diolla 1 month ago

Sun cream. When I was a child, someone held out a finger with it in front of me. Greedy always hungry little bugger that I was, I thought it was whipped cream and licked it. Nasty chemical bitter taste, too bad nobody took a picture of my face at that moment LOL.

1point

Sky Render 1 month ago

When I was very young, I accidentally stumbled upon the ability to mess with my senses at will while half-asleep. I had fun with it (forcing myself to feel like I was falling, generating smells I liked, etc.), but one of the strangest things I did was mess with flavors. I don't even know if this flavor exists in real life, but it was kind of rubber-like, vaguely sweet, and had a smooth texture. My brain decided that it was blue, for unknown reasons. So I've tasted something of what REM hallucinations can generate.

1point

Kim Bailey 1 month ago

Synesthesia :)

0points

Jay 1 month ago

When I was a child, I used to eat toilet paper. Literally, just snack on it right off of the roll. I I don't know why, I just know for some reason, we used to eat it. Lol Fun times...

1point

Brenda 1 month ago

Actually tried chocolate covered ants. Taste like raisinettes, but a bit of crunch. Texture was weird but it tasted really good. Tried snails. 🤮 Slimey, nasty, chewy. Yuck !

1point

KazzaHazza 1 month ago

Cat food juice. I opened a pouch, some gravy squirted into my hand and for some bizarre reason my brain thought it would be a good idea to lick it.

1point

Dan Flo 1 month ago

I opened a back of snacks, thinking it was caramel fudge sticks. Bit into it and it was not... Looked at the bag and it said "Salmon sticks, a treat for your cat".

1point

Lissa Wattenbarger Premium 1 month ago

I couldn't even get past the first few in the list.

1point

Justin Tyme 1 month ago

Probably not a complete list - this is all I can think of at this moment. I have consumed snake (two species), dog, sea urchin, bear, turtle, squirrel meat and squirrel brain, barbecued octopus, bovine testîcles, sautéed locusts, bullfrog legs, dandelions (leaves and flowers), clover, sweet potato ice cream, and fried cow brain sandwich.

1point

Widdershins66 1 month ago

🏆

2points

Daniel Atkins 1 month ago

Auto antifreeze it tastes sweet. Some got in my mouth while working on a vehicle.

1point

WindySwede 1 month ago

The deadly version or the modern version?

0points

Traveling Lady Railfan 1 month ago

Not so uncommon (it's on a lot of ""Western" bar menus) but bull testicles. Cooked right, they're not bad at all. Like a strip of breaded fried chewy meatball with a bit of a liver/iron taste. Good with ranch dipping sauce

1point

Kim Bailey 1 month ago

My dogs nose...he went in for a sniff while I was yawning...equally unpleasant experience for us both...we don't talk about it and 10/10 don't recommend!! :D

0points

Arsena McIntire 1 month ago

I was sick one day and couldn't get out of bed so every time I cough I'd spit a loogie into my empty water bottle then in the middle of the night I went to take a drink of water and drink it

0points

Stacy Ricco 1 month ago

I've had ostrich, zebra, kangaroo, caribou, reindeer, crocodile, camel, alpaca

0points

Mad McQueen 1 month ago

Alligator once in Florida at a road side place. Gamy. Tough. No flavor. Thing it was deep fried and battered. Even that wasn't tasty. So I tried it but. Eh. Although I'll Give the secret to the best beef stew. Add deer meat. 3/4 beef 1/4 deer/venison. It's richer and old family trick

0points

Foxglove🇮🇪 1 month ago

Soup/stew made from Danube water, catfish, pike and carp. Gave everyone diahorroea because we weren't used to the water. Shark, very dry meat. Crocodile. Ostrich. Snake. In a restaurant in Namibia, five meats including zebra and kudu, can't remember the other 3. Zebra very strong flavour, I guess horsey. The antelopes were more like venison. Reindeer. In Iceland, puffin - very dark meat, tastes like liver, and smoked blackbird (tasty). Pig testicles. Sheep brains. There might be more but I can't remember right now!

0points

DC 1 month ago

Cobweb. I don't remember how I got to know their taste, but that, I still remember. Doesn't taste any good at all, and isn't very intensive either ... good, the latter, is.

0points

IamMe 1 month ago

I've eaten a lot of wild plants and animals, so I can't say which is the weirdest. Maybe, bearded moss. The kind that hangs from trees. I boiled it, as tea, because it's supposed to be very good for you. Lots of vitamins and minerals. The iron taste was especially strong, like blood.

0points

Pam 1 month ago

Some of you people are hysterically gross!!

0points

DC 1 month ago

Shut up and eat your fried tarantula toetips!

0points

Petra Schaap 1 month ago

ah thank you PB for making me get out of my chair and go do something usefull. For those of you who read the comments first: go do something usefull and/or skip this one.

0points

leendadll 1 month ago

No mention of "Rocky Mountain Oysters"?? (fried bull testicles)

0points

Fishpanda (fish/panda/it) 1 month ago

A lot of people in this thread have had unfortunate experiences

0points

Kangaroo 1 month ago

I’ve locked banana slugs multiple times, as a party trick. They make your tongue go numb.

0points

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 month ago

This needs two categories: exotic dishes and accidents. There are several entries that are not unusual for certain countries or places.

14points

G A 1 month ago

9points

Justin Tyme 1 month ago

What!? When did catfish become exotic?

2points

Widdershins66 1 month ago

My 2 year old niece's vomit🤮 She was sick eating her lunch at the table. I cleaned her up and settled to eat my salad but the dressing was disgusting. Yup I ate her sick 🤢🤢🤢

3points

Castles 1 month ago

Worse for me that I can remember was dirty turtle tank water. Had to siphon it out with a hose and sucked a bit too hard. Not a great experience

3points

Tempest 1 month ago (edited)

2points

Carl Roberts 1 month ago

Someone else's chewing tobacco spit. I was drinking a can of Coke. He was using an empty can as a spittoon. I grabbed the wrong can. It was as disgusting as you'd expect.

2points

Heir of Durin 1 month ago

🤢🤢

1point

Leoninus Fate 1 month ago

1point

Diolla 1 month ago

1point

Sky Render 1 month ago

1point

Kim Bailey 1 month ago

Synesthesia :)

0points

Jay 1 month ago

When I was a child, I used to eat toilet paper. Literally, just snack on it right off of the roll. I I don't know why, I just know for some reason, we used to eat it. Lol Fun times...

1point

Brenda 1 month ago

Actually tried chocolate covered ants. Taste like raisinettes, but a bit of crunch. Texture was weird but it tasted really good. Tried snails. 🤮 Slimey, nasty, chewy. Yuck !

1point

KazzaHazza 1 month ago

Cat food juice. I opened a pouch, some gravy squirted into my hand and for some bizarre reason my brain thought it would be a good idea to lick it.

1point

Dan Flo 1 month ago

I opened a back of snacks, thinking it was caramel fudge sticks. Bit into it and it was not... Looked at the bag and it said "Salmon sticks, a treat for your cat".

1point

Lissa Wattenbarger Premium 1 month ago

I couldn't even get past the first few in the list.

1point

Justin Tyme 1 month ago

1point

Widdershins66 1 month ago

🏆

2points

Daniel Atkins 1 month ago

Auto antifreeze it tastes sweet. Some got in my mouth while working on a vehicle.

1point

WindySwede 1 month ago

The deadly version or the modern version?

0points

Traveling Lady Railfan 1 month ago

1point

Kim Bailey 1 month ago

My dogs nose...he went in for a sniff while I was yawning...equally unpleasant experience for us both...we don't talk about it and 10/10 don't recommend!! :D

0points

Arsena McIntire 1 month ago

I was sick one day and couldn't get out of bed so every time I cough I'd spit a loogie into my empty water bottle then in the middle of the night I went to take a drink of water and drink it

0points

Stacy Ricco 1 month ago

I've had ostrich, zebra, kangaroo, caribou, reindeer, crocodile, camel, alpaca

0points

Mad McQueen 1 month ago

0points

Foxglove🇮🇪 1 month ago

0points

DC 1 month ago

Cobweb. I don't remember how I got to know their taste, but that, I still remember. Doesn't taste any good at all, and isn't very intensive either ... good, the latter, is.

0points

IamMe 1 month ago

0points

Pam 1 month ago

Some of you people are hysterically gross!!

0points

DC 1 month ago

Shut up and eat your fried tarantula toetips!

0points