unique foods I've eaten
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I'm always curious when people go somewhere about what they ate.
In case you are too, I'm recording only the odd stuff, or the stuff I've never had before (that isn't necessarily odd) here in this list.
Hawaiian Wahoo (Ono) fish                    Robbie & Ann's, Grilled

Swiss cheese fondue, w/wine,garlic&mushrooms   restaurant in Zurich

Herring sandwich w/onions                       Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany

Fried Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich       B.B. King's Blues Cafe - southern specialty

Grilled Sliced Artichoke Tapas w/Garlic    Spanish Tapas Restaurant in SF

New Orleans Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce     French Quarter Restaurant,  Atlanta

Kangaroo Loins                                      Red Gum Restaurant, Sydney

Crocodile Spring Rolls                            Red Gum Restaurant, Sydney

Marmite (gross yeast spread like Vegemite)  Glow Worm Cottages,  Franz Joseph, South Island, NZ

Ostrich Burgers                                       Palmerston North, Medieval Faire, NZ

Ostrich Medallions                                  Crown Odyssey Cruise Ship, outside Fiji

Pheasant, Venison, and Partridge Pie       Crown Odyssey Ship, Pacific Ocean

New Zealand Venison                              Cruise ship - Bay of Islands, NZ

New Zealand Greenlip Mussels               Cruise ship - Pacific Ocean

Escargot in Bourbon/Mushroom Sauce    Cruise Ship - Pacific Ocean

Dragonfruit                                                Singapore

Starfruit                                                     Singapore

Jackfruit                                                     Ubud, Bali, Indonesia

Durians!!                                                   Singapore

fresh longans and rambutans                     Singapore, Bali, Australia, New Zealand

nasi campur nasi goreng mie goreng           Bali

various forms of Tempeh, fried for instance Bali

Oxtail                                                          Cruise Ship, Pacific Ocean

L&P Soda, Lemon & Paeroa                       Punakaki, South Island, New Zealand

Mint Soda                                                   Christchurch, New Zealand

Elk Jerky                                                     New Zealand raised, Oklahoma jerked, bought in Flagstaff AZ!

Suckling pig                                                 Cruise Ship outside French Polynesia

Fried seaweed                                              Neech's, Thai Food restaurant in SF

Turnip Greens                                             Cracker Barrel Restaurant, Phoenix, AZ

Palacsinta                                                     Hungarian Dessert Attilla made me in Arvada, CO

Pickled Okra                                                 Grocery store item in Colorado Springs, from TX, also have in Atlanta

Gold Kili Brand Instant ginger Honey Drink   From Singapore, got in Atlanta

Anchovy stuffed Spanish Green olives         Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

Salamanca Ground  Red Pepper                     The best in the world! Wonderful smoky aroma! Tenerife, Canary Islands

Gofio                                                               A toasted corn and wheat flour hand milled in the Canaries added to stews

Moray Eel (Spanish Morena)                         La Punta Hildalgo Tenerife Canary Islands many many small bones in this!

Pulpo (boiled whole purple octopus)              various restaurants Tenerife Canary Islands

Bero                                                                  green leafy vegetable eaten like lettuce Tenerife Canary Islands

Mero                                                                a local large orange salt water fish Tenerife Canary Islands

Pantana (no English translation, endeminc vegetable like a squash but sweeter) Cenary Islands

Bubango - a green spotted zucchini                  Canary Islands

Pisto Manchero                                                A wonderful vegetable dish spiced with pimento roja Canaris & Valdelavilla

Calamari con tinta                                            Calamari (Squid) cooked in squid ink, Plaza Santo Domingo, Madrid, Spain

La Caseta                                                          A really good Spanish soda, like 7Up with more citrius taste  

Cardo, Thistle, cooked stems                          cooked stems of thistle, tastes like artichoke hearts! Guadalajara, Spain

Cebollitos & Roquefort, little onions, Roquefort Cheese and a Maraschino cherry           Tapas in Zaragoza, Spain

Chufa                                                               a small brown root used to make Horchata, Catalyud, Spain

Fried Chorizo                                                   amazing Spanish sausage made even better by Frying it! Tapas bar, Bilbao

Prickly Pear Cactus Leaf                                  Red, tasty, Sunday brunch in Staten Island

Cow Udder                                                       Fried Argentian BBQ in Atlanta





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