The most disgusting?

[TheViking]

Hi...

Wondering: what is the most disgusting you have ever been eating, when in the woods, practicing bushcraft?? I mean... you do eat natural plants you find don't you?

[Adi007]

Sprouts. Honest. I hate them. Really hate them.

[Gary]

Tomato - the devils fruit! :***:

[Kath]

Plants? Sloes
Critters? Limpets

[grumit]

horse raddish yuk :***:

[Stuart]

Um hedgehogs in mauritius taste bad, fried wasp larve or locusts are nice and crunchy but are like eating chips that have been stuck in the fryer for far too long

I havent found a plant that really tastes bad yet most that I'm not fussed on are those that just taste like leaves

[RovingArcher]

Big ol grub that was living in a dead fall in the Sierra Nevada Mtns. I figured if a bear could eat them, then I could. I needed a couple :uu: after that one.

[Tvividr]

Mopani worms may look pretty bad, but fried they are surpricing acceptable....

[stuart f]

The worst thing has got to be Tripe with Onions in a white sauce.

OOH! I think i,m gonna Barf just thinking about it. CHEERS STUART F.

[MagiKelly]

Sprouts, no contest, simply the work of SATAN!

[Wayne]

Cheese in all its foul incarnations. why anyone would choose to eat the stuff is beyond me.

The smell makes me violently sick. What's worse my wife loves the stuff.

[Martyn]

Aren't slugs supposed to be edible? That would disgust me - I dunno why, but snails sound OK - but slugs - yuck.

[Lithril]

Sprouts no contest. Texture wise though it has to be Jews Ear. Fairly tasty in a stew (as long as the stew is reasonable) but the texture is awful.

[Adi007]

Aren't slugs supposed to be edible? That would disgust me - I dunno why, but snails sound OK - but slugs - yuck.

Sprouts are worse!

[Martyn]

Sprouts are worse!

I like sprouts - but then I like tripe too (only the bleached stuff, nice with vinegar).

[Adi007]

I like sprouts - but then I like tripe too (only the bleached stuff, nice with vinegar).

Then I'm certain you'd like slugs too! ;-)

[RovingArcher]

Mopani worms may look pretty bad, but fried they are surpricing acceptable....

If they are like the smallish grubs that live under the bark of a tree, I've eaten similar and they can be quite tasty fried up. Not too bad raw, but I eat berries or other foods to help with the flavor.

This one was very different in taste, appearance and texture. They are quite large, being around 12cm long and 3cm thick and look like a big ugly marshmallow that are very soft and mushy feeling. They taste very bitter and my auto rejection mode kicked in, so it didn't make it into my stomach. I'd rather chase down a PO'd rattle snake and swallow it head first, than eat another one.

[C_Claycomb]

I like sprouts well, as long as not over cooked.

I have heard that there is nothing you can do with slugs that make them worth eating, they are just too slimey to fool with. Can't say that I have tried though.

Texture wise, boiled tendon, as in soup or stew, that gelatinous crunch just turns my stomach.

I reckon that as far as contents goes, tinned sausage is probably the nastiest thing you could eat while in the field. Mechanically separated chicken is a lot worse than almost any grub you could find!

[TheViking]

Hi...

I've heard that if you want to eat slugs (then ) you must boil them in water and thereafter let them dry.... This should remove most of the slimy stuff!? :-D Never tried though!

[MartiniDave]

Kath,

You're not supposed to eat the sloes until after they come out of the gin and you've covered them with melted chocolate! Trust me, they're good like that! Don't think it works on sprouts though.

Not natural food, but I'm not at all keen on Quorn.
I've gone off rabbit lately too, shame cos theres loads about.

Dave

[jamesdevine]

I don't like sprouts or cabagge and I am not a huge fan of chesse but if it's mild I will eat it.

I absolutly hate Liver . From any animal the smell of cooking and fell of it when I am eating just turns my stomach.

I have eaten it but would reserve it for emergances.

James

[Tvividr]

If they are like the smallish grubs that live under the bark of a tree, I've eaten similar and they can be quite tasty fried up.

No, they're not small at all - average size is about 8 cm or so, although I've seen some as big as 10 - 11 cm. We used to collect them in the bush when I was a kid running about learning bushcraft in southern Africa. Flying ants was eaten the same way (mostly fried, sometimes boiled) - average size of a flying ant is about 4,5 cm or so.
This is a live one

And you may see a closeup of a dried one here http://www.nfi.org.za/Displays/Worm.jpg

You may read more about them here
http://www.nfi.org.za/inverts/BIG12/mopani.html
http://www.scienceinafrica.co.za/2003/june/mopane.htm

[Lithril]

Kath,

You're not supposed to eat the sloes until after they come out of the gin and you've covered them with melted chocolate! Trust me, they're good like that! Don't think it works on sprouts though.

Not natural food, but I'm not at all keen on Quorn.
I've gone off rabbit lately too, shame cos theres loads about.

Dave

hmmm I've still got about a gallon of sloe gin here with the sloes still in.....

[MartiniDave]

Forgot to say you should remove the stones from the sloes before covering with choccy.

Dave

[RovingArcher]

No, they're not small at all - average size is about 8 cm or so, although I've seen some as big as 10 - 11 cm.

Nope, different species. I hope that they are able to protect them better than they do some of their other protected species. Otherwise, the poachers will be on them and as we all know, they don't care about the environment or leaving the trees undesturbed for future generations of worms. They only care about the money they get when done with the job.

[Strider]

Hmmmn....
would have to be Guinea Pig-the national 'delecacy' of Ecuador.
Appearance wise was(the first taste is with the eye...), we were off to a bad start, as the thing had been panned, shaved(mostly) and then deep fried. Served in all its oily glory with little squinting eyes and splayed out claws What was disturbing was the fact that their faces seemed rather more point that a guinea pig's which led us to the possability that we were eating rats...
I took one bite of some of the ''meat'' off of a hind leg- tasted like bland, Very chewy and oily chicken. That was my first bite, and after finding something hard-ish in it, my last also.
Our guides were happily noshing away, laughing at our faces of horror.
Worse though was when i cracked open the poor little blighter's skull and had a taste of the brain. This was absolutley rank, tasting slightly of egg(slightly!!!), but it was a dare from a mate and consequently I had all of my drinks bought by him later on(Needless to say, I drank rather alot )

Cheers.
PS Simple rules of survival eating:
Do not eat anything the name of which you cannot spell or pronounce; which is larger than your head... or tomatos!!!!

[maddave]

Plants? Sloes
Critters? Limpets

Kath... I agree about the Limpets

However they make excellent bait fer a crab line

[TheViking]

Hi...

Could one of you deepen what a limpet is? :roll: I'm dane and sometimes have to look up the dictionary... :wink:

Cheers :uu:

[Adi007]

Hi...

Could one of you deepen what a limpet is? :roll: I'm dane and sometimes have to look up the dictionary... :wink:

Cheers :uu:

Here are some pictures ... http://www.woodbridge.tased.edu.au/m...er/limpets.htm

As has been said before, better fishing bait really but because they are grazers rather than filter feeders they tend to be safer to eat.

[Ed]

I've heard that if you want to eat slugs (then ) you must boil them in water and thereafter let them dry.... This should remove most of the slimy stuff!? Never tried though!

I steer clear of slugs.... they can feed on some nasty toxic stuff thats builds up in their bodies, not really good for you if you know what I mean.... snails on the other hand are another story ;-)

Worst wild food..... ummmm.... Has to be rosehip.... a nice cup of that soon made me oraly shed my daily calorie intake.... not a pretty sight....

Ed