What's the grossest thing you've ever eaten, intentionally or unintentionally?

[Anonymous]

To freak out the kids, I picked 2 cicadas off a tree and put them in my mouth--but I spit them out, so that doesn't really count.

I grew up poor and we had major pest issue in our house. Remember getting half-way through meals and too often finding whole or parts of roaches in the food.

[Anonymous]

I know it's a delicacy in south america but my wife swore I had a bad one.

It was anticucho. The taste was bad enough but then when my wife told me what it was, I almost threw up.

[Anonymous]

I can’t think of anything but that’s really funny about the cicadas. Love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know it's a delicacy in south america but my wife swore I had a bad one.

It was anticucho. The taste was bad enough but then when my wife told me what it was, I almost threw up.

What is anticucho?

[Anonymous]

silkworm larvae (brown pic). Good source of protein.

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/silkworm-larvae.html

[Anonymous]

intentionally: tripe. unintentionally: bugs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:silkworm larvae (brown pic). Good source of protein.

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/silkworm-larvae.html

Ok, I just saw these pics -- maybe the roaches I ate weren't that bad!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:intentionally: tripe. unintentionally: bugs.

[Anonymous]

Unintentionally- freshmen in college, took swig of a drink every one was using as an ashtray. Got a mouth full of ash. Remember it very vividly to this day because it was so gross. Couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth.

[Anonymous]

You mean when my preschooler said “what are those white things moving in my plate?” and I realized the fish had LIVE WRIGGLING WORMS in it? And that her brother and I had just eaten our first mouthfuls of it?

Fresh, never-frozen salmon from Whole Foods. Always buy the frozen on board, people! It kills the worms so you don’t notice them and don’t get sick from them - they just become another source of protein…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
You mean when my preschooler said “what are those white things moving in my plate?” and I realized the fish had LIVE WRIGGLING WORMS in it? And that her brother and I had just eaten our first mouthfuls of it?

Fresh, never-frozen salmon from Whole Foods. Always buy the frozen on board, people! It kills the worms so you don’t notice them and don’t get sick from them - they just become another source of protein…

Surprised that cooking the fish didn't kill the worms. Still gross, but at least the worms would be dead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You mean when my preschooler said “what are those white things moving in my plate?” and I realized the fish had LIVE WRIGGLING WORMS in it? And that her brother and I had just eaten our first mouthfuls of it?

Fresh, never-frozen salmon from Whole Foods. Always buy the frozen on board, people! It kills the worms so you don’t notice them and don’t get sick from them - they just become another source of protein…

Surprised that cooking the fish didn't kill the worms. Still gross, but at least the worms would be dead.

I know, right! I baked the salmon in foil like I always do. It wasn’t undercooked or anything.

[Anonymous]

Intentional.....durian fruit. NEVER again. I immediately vomited. It tastes just as bad as it smells and the only reason I could bring myself to try it is that I said that I would and didn't want to go back on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Intentional.....durian fruit. NEVER again. I immediately vomited. It tastes just as bad as it smells and the only reason I could bring myself to try it is that I said that I would and didn't want to go back on it.

Had to google durian fruit. Here goes...Grown in many countries across tropical South East Asia, the spiky, stinky durian is an acquired taste. The fruit is loved and loathed in equal measure. Eating durian is banned in many outdoor spaces throughout Singapore and carrying it is prohibited on public transport because of its smell. The pulp of a ripe durian emits an unusually potent and very persistent smell that is reminiscent of rotten onions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Intentional.....durian fruit. NEVER again. I immediately vomited. It tastes just as bad as it smells and the only reason I could bring myself to try it is that I said that I would and didn't want to go back on it.

Had to google durian fruit. Here goes...Grown in many countries across tropical South East Asia, the spiky, stinky durian is an acquired taste. The fruit is loved and loathed in equal measure. Eating durian is banned in many outdoor spaces throughout Singapore and carrying it is prohibited on public transport because of its smell. The pulp of a ripe durian emits an unusually potent and very persistent smell that is reminiscent of rotten onions.

I wouldn't call it rotten onions. That would be tolerable. More like raw sewage. Hours after we threw it out and took it to the trash my oldest son came home and asked if the dog had pooped in the house . Before we cracked into it though, the outside kind of smelled like a pineapple. I was like.....how bad can it really be? BAD!