When it comes to fruit, vegetables, grains and pulses I can't think of anything I wouldn't eat.
Which food or dish in your travel that you are afraid to try?
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SoCalZone10
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I can’t stand quinoa, I had a friend at work and she ate all kind of quinoa dishes every single day. She’s a health nut of some sort.
When I lived in Egypt, I once ordered pigeon dish. It came in an earthenware pot with grain (freekah, I think). It tasted great until I dug out a whole pigeon head complete with eyes and beak.
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I always make a conscious choice to give Madrid a very wide berth, even though it adds an extra day to the itinerary I’ll do that extra days riding so I can get far enough away from it 
I’m trying to think of something I wouldn’t eat again. Probably Fugu. I was in my early twenties and clueless and up a mountain in Canada where there was a posh Japanese restaurant, didn’t know what I was ordering, don’t remember much about how it tasted and certainly wouldn’t eat it again. That’s a dish I am afraid of.
I’m trying to think of something I wouldn’t eat again. Probably Fugu. I was in my early twenties and clueless and up a mountain in Canada where there was a posh Japanese restaurant, didn’t know what I was ordering, don’t remember much about how it tasted and certainly wouldn’t eat it again. That’s a dish I am afraid of.
Have had (and cooked) the goat version - we were given a whole goat and I decided to try them. Actually surprisingly tasty
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I take your word for it 
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Yep, that's the pufferfish thing...I always make a conscious choice to give Madrid a very wide berth, even though it adds an extra day to the itinerary I’ll do that extra days riding so I can get far enough away from it
I’m trying to think of something I wouldn’t eat again. Probably Fugu. I was in my early twenties and clueless and up a mountain in Canada where there was a posh Japanese restaurant, didn’t know what I was ordering, don’t remember much about how it tasted and certainly wouldn’t eat it again. That’s a dish I am afraid of.
Yep. The pufferfish thing. As the OP is which food or dish you'd be afraid to eat, that would be it for me
The rest are mainly the ick factor or ethics We eat oysters tho ...
Pufferfish I wouldn't risk.
Edit. Technically its alive for a few minutes after shucking.
Oysters don't have brains. Once you shuck an oyster it is dead in any case I believe.
Edit. Technically its alive for a few minutes after shucking.
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Yep. The pufferfish thing. As the OP is which food or dish you'd be afraid to eat, that would be it for me
We eat oysters tho ...
I don’t unless they’re cooked
Bit of a difference between an extremely strong animal and a mollusc.
I can’t think I’ve ever heard of a bivalve ripping someone’s face off
SoCalZone10
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I just bake them, they very tasty. Same with lobsters, I throw them in a hot pot and walk away. My husband is too chicken to stand around.
Should anyone wish to continue chatting about oysters, I started a new post about oysters here:
Oysters and how you serve them
Oysters and how you serve them
We seem to have a wide range of foods people wouldn't want to eat or would be afraid to eat!
One more general thing to mention might be hygiene and health and safety laws which are different across various countries.
One more general thing to mention might be hygiene and health and safety laws which are different across various countries.
SoCalZone10
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Plus some religious beliefs. Bottom feeders are shunned on in some circles. I know when I mentioned cat fish, people at the senior center said they are bottom feeder so I now stop eating it. It’s not like I eat a lot of catfish before, I only bought one catfish because my sister likes eating it.
Barriehie
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Catfish are good! No scales, few bones, it's all protein at the end of the day. Used to catch them a lot in Cross Lake in Shreveport, LA.
