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Why is rabbit on that list though?



There are some other things on that list that I don't see as all that adventurous either. Though I suppose it can depend on what age you were when you first tasted them and what you knew about those types of food.

The day my daughter was born, my uncle turned up at the house with two dead rabbits ...I was like
Thankfully my brother was staying with us at the time...he would eat anything

slimfern

The only times we had rabbit were years ago when we were primary school pupils and it came skinned and boned from the butcher.  I never really liked it much, but my mum kept dishing it up to us fairly regularly. I was quite happy when it vanished from the menu.

There are many things I wouldn't even try...young or older .......rabbit is one of those things
I blame it on Thumper

slimfern
@Yogi19 posted:

Never will I eat a snail!πŸ˜‚

Mr Y was eating mussels during the tiddlers visit. We’ve finally found something BB won’t eat πŸ˜‚but to be fair, he did try one.πŸ˜„

I've eaten snails before and quite liked them: not to everyone's taste, but if you've tried shellfish like cockles and whelks (which are really just sea snails anyway), you'll be fine.

Mussels are an interesting one: they're potentially one of the next "wonder foods" as - pound-for-pound - they're the most ecologically-friendly source of protein available. Personally, though, I just love moulles et frittes!

Eugene's Lair

I've eaten snails before and quite liked them: not to everyone's taste, but if you've tried shellfish like cockles and whelks (which are really just sea snails anyway), you'll be fine.

Mussels are an interesting one: they're potentially one of the next "wonder foods" as - pound-for-pound - they're the most ecologically-friendly source of protein available. Personally, though, I just love moulles et frittes!

Posh fish & chips

I have had cockles as a child...we dug them up on the beach and Mum would boil them, winkles too.....I wouldn't eat them now
Mussels are dangerous if not cooked properly so I believe...so maybe not such a wonder food for some Eugene

slimfern

I reckon I score 21!

Might even be higher, actually: not sure if I've ever eaten quail's eggs, for example.

Liked most of the ones I've tried, although I last had tripe when I was a child and it would take a lot for me to try it again!

Of the ones I haven't tried: I've mentioned before that I had the chance to try brains in Bulgaria - in theory, although in truth it was never going to happen.   "Creamy" or "fried": they're very big on offal in the Balkans...

Probably the most surprising omission for me is oysters. I'd like to try them, and have had the opportunity two or three times, but let's just say that I wasn't fully convinced of the quality at the time...

Eugene's Lair

I reckon I score 21!

Might even be higher, actually: not sure if I've ever eaten quail's eggs, for example.

Liked most of the ones I've tried, although I last had tripe when I was a child and it would take a lot for me to try it again!

Of the ones I haven't tried: I've mentioned before that I had the chance to try brains in Bulgaria - in theory, although in truth it was never going to happen.   "Creamy" or "fried": they're very big on offal in the Balkans...

Probably the most surprising omission for me is oysters. I'd like to try them, and have had the opportunity two or three times, but let's just say that I wasn't fully convinced of the quality at the time...

Wow ….you’re brave Eugene

Baz
@slimfern posted:

There are many things I wouldn't even try...young or older .......rabbit is one of those things
I blame it on Thumper

Funny how tastes can change quickly, isn't it? Rabbit used to be big in the UK, but I remember seeing a programme some years back where a French cook was teaching middle-class French women who were moving to the UK what to serve at dinner parties, etc., and it was the one thing she warned them the Brits wouldn't touch. However the reason she gave was that the Brits had a romanticized attitude towards bunnies, when in fact it's a taste that died out - quite literally - due to myxomatosis. I just about remember seeing it in the shops when I was very young, but even by then it wasn't something you'd see on the menu very often, and Mum never cooked it. I did however eat it quite a few times in Malta, where it's the national dish.

My neighbours keep rabbits as pets and have hutches in the garden, but I think they'd be horrified if I pointed out to them that until fairly recently the main reason people kept rabbits was to provide a source of  fresh meat in the winter!

Eugene's Lair

Funny how tastes can change quickly, isn't it? Rabbit used to be big in the UK, but I remember seeing a programme some years back where a French cook was teaching middle-class French women who were moving to the UK what to serve at dinner parties, etc., and it was the one thing she warned them the Brits wouldn't touch. However the reason she gave was that the Brits had a romanticized attitude towards bunnies, when in fact it's a taste that died out - quite literally - due to myxomatosis. I just about remember seeing it in the shops when I was very young, but even by then it wasn't something you'd see on the menu very often, and Mum never cooked it. I did however eat it quite a few times in Malta, where it's the national dish.

My neighbours keep rabbits as pets and have hutches in the garden, but I think they'd be horrified if I pointed out to them that until fairly recently the main reason people kept rabbits was to provide a source of  fresh meat in the winter!

Seeing pictures of rabbits with that awful disease is distressing, those poor animals. Farmers at the time weren't so saddened though, as it rid them of what they believed were pests.
A lot of foods do the rounds like fashion, one minute it's top of the menu, the next it's yesterdays leftovers. Like on GBM, where certain foods were in nearly every episode

In all honesty, I tend to eat with my mind first....if I don't like the thought of it...then I won't

slimfern

Funny how tastes can change quickly, isn't it? Rabbit used to be big in the UK, but I remember seeing a programme some years back where a French cook was teaching middle-class French women who were moving to the UK what to serve at dinner parties, etc., and it was the one thing she warned them the Brits wouldn't touch. However the reason she gave was that the Brits had a romanticized attitude towards bunnies, when in fact it's a taste that died out - quite literally - due to myxomatosis. I just about remember seeing it in the shops when I was very young, but even by then it wasn't something you'd see on the menu very often, and Mum never cooked it. I did however eat it quite a few times in Malta, where it's the national dish.

My neighbours keep rabbits as pets and have hutches in the garden, but I think they'd be horrified if I pointed out to them that until fairly recently the main reason people kept rabbits was to provide a source of  fresh meat in the winter!

Yes

Baz

I've eaten snails before and quite liked them: not to everyone's taste, but if you've tried shellfish like cockles and whelks (which are really just sea snails anyway), you'll be fine.

Mussels are an interesting one: they're potentially one of the next "wonder foods" as - pound-for-pound - they're the most ecologically-friendly source of protein available. Personally, though, I just love moulles et frittes!

Mr Yogi loves Moulles MariniΓ¨re but somehow I don’t think my little grandson is going to be convinced that mussels are the next wonder food.

Yogi19

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