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10 Years Ago
Every body has certain thing that seem really gross or just odd. Have you ever found out what's in you food and say that's tatsy? We eat really weird stuff everyday day that's in our food. In fact we literally eat trees!! So here is some list
Some Macroni and Cheese contains saw dust
All asprin cantains Willow tree bark
All Salad dressing contains Fungus ( forgot the name , but look it up next time).
gum acacia is a sap that can be found in you can foods..
So anyways just want to let you know the fancy names on the ingridents might as well be some part of a tree and who says we don't recycle trees..So Post up you story of what you found about your favorite foods.
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10 Years Ago
A mushroom is a fungus. I cannot put one in my mouth but love the taste they bring to dishes.
Lobster is an insect, but you won't catch me eating an ant.
10 Years Ago
I plan to actually eat today, at some point, so will now run, screaming, from this thread. ;-)
10 Years Ago
they do call it a sea cockroach for a reason.
all you need to do is paint them red, jack up the price and convince people its a delicacy.
many odd things are in foods, like carnoba wax is made of a type of fly i believe, and that wax shines candy and the like. many odd herbs come from strange places. eye drops used to come from the bella donna plant, it's used to make your eyes dilate, and they used to use them in the old days, girls thought they looked prettier with big open pupils. problem was they had to use it all the time, couldn't see a thing because of too much light. and since that stuff was made from the deadly nightshade plant, it totally destroyed their vision. but it didn't matter once you married rich. they mimic the properties now.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
Sausage casing is intestine. I love sausage but if the casing falls off, I won't eat it. I know, that's weird...
10 Years Ago
Some things that taste like beef are made of yeast extract... Like Marmite and Vegimite.
10 Years Ago
Mikey D's McNuggets have an defoaming agent in them. 50% of a McNugget is chicken the rest are things like Dimethylpolysiloxane, a type of silicone, is used in caulks and sealants, as a filler for breast implants, and as key ingredient in Silly Putty and TBHQ, a petroleum derivative, used as a stabilizer in perfumes, resins, varnishes and oil field chemicals. Mickey D's hamburger buns have been embalmed. They can sit around for many years and never grow mold. So if anyone was planning on going to McD's for lunch today....sorry for this post. lol!
10 Years Ago
Don't get me started on HFC ;O( Nasty what it does to you. HFC = High Fructose Cornsyrup
10 Years Ago
Peanut butter is allowed by the FDA to have one mouse hair per 100 grams of product. Bon Appetit!
10 Years Ago
Another little tid bit about everyones favorite hamburger place is that they are the #1 purchaser of cow eyes in the united states. beef is beef :-)
10 Years Ago
Snopes claims that is not true. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/coweyes.asp
10 Years Ago
hubba bubba gum (not sure if they still make that), has spider eggs in it... and that's what made it taste so good.
there are places that do eat the eyes. they say it's a delicacy, it has a nice salty taste to them. some weirdo show on history channel showed guys eating weird things. it was the most disgusting thing i ever saw people eat, and yet the way he described it made me almost want to taste it.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
Mike! I thought you were more up on things like that? http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/bubbleyum.asp
Who REALLY purchases all the eyeballs? http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2000/may/25/mcdonalds-really-largest-purchaser-cow-eyeballs/
10 Years Ago
Glad I already had my lunch (an Amy's bean and rice organic gluten-free burrito). Yuck, you guys....
10 Years Ago
They used to serve something in school when I was a kid called Jiffy Pizza. It was some sort of bland colored spread that tasted nothing like pizza. It was spread on an English muffin and everyone just loved it. Kids (myself included) would trade our cookie with kids who wouldn't eat the jiffy pizza just so we could get doubles. Who knows what it really was...
10 Years Ago
is that why? because it was soft. when i was a kid it was hubba bubba... it would be really expensive to use spider eggs anyway.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
Google and read about the pink slime that McDonalds uses in their burgers.
-Roz Barron Abellera
Wingsdomain Art and Photography
10 Years Ago
The water you drink, the toothpaste you use, all have fluoride, all containing "super-phosphate", the same chemical component used for industrial strength fertilizers, and in cockroach and rat killers.
-W
10 Years Ago
No, "super phosphate" and phosphate are not the same thing at all. Only "super phosphate" is in fertilizers. It is calcium phosphate and/or sodium phosphate that is in toothpaste.
10 Years Ago
and acid is found in coke, but people drink that. flouride is good for your teeth. in small amounts it's safe, though still don't swallow the toothpaste.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
"Escargot" is slugs. Slugs leave slimy trails on my sidewalks. I pour salt on them and watch them shrivel but I will never put salt on them and eat them.
10 Years Ago
but if you pay 50 bucks a pop, and a snooty french waiter serves it to you on a silver platter, bet you would... not me of course, there better be a burger on that platter.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
I don't care if Sam Elliott served them to me (and mostly he could serve anything and I would eat it), they would remain on the table untouched. Ditto on the burger. Or a lobster. I'll eat a lobster.
10 Years Ago
at least you have that.
i don't care for lobsters, they don't have much taste, but they look adorable. unlike a crab which is ugly, i'll eat those. same with shrimp as long as i don't imagine them swimming. their like giant sea-monkies.
---Mike Savad
Wingsdomain Art and Photography
10 Years Ago
I don't mind eating slugs, but they are not very tasty, and as I recall, they are very rubbery when cooked. -W
10 Years Ago
Love crab, love shrimp, but, alas, shrimp makes me blow up and get itchy. The allergy has not totally hindered me-at a wedding this summer it took me an hour, but I ate the jumbo shrimp that adorned my crabmeat salad. Face, such as it is, remained intact. /thumbs up
10 Years Ago
The same oxygen in the water you drink is also in the oxycontin drug that is abused by so many people. Come, on folks. Get a grip. Phosphates are chemicals. They help make soda pop fizz, and laundry soap soapy, and paint stripper strippy, and phosphorus is necessary for life. Likewise with many of the other things necessary for life. We are made of only chemicals, and we eat only chemicals, and we breath only chemicals.
Escargot is snails, not slugs. I'm a proud omnivore, but the best thing about escargot is the garlic and the butter, in my opinion. (Tastes vary). I've never tried slugs, and don't like them. I have tried sea urchin, and it's not for me. Most things with tentacles are yummy. (Shrimp, squid, lobster, ...)
Correction: Marmite and Vegimite do not taste like beef.
Anybody heard of potted meat product? Ground up nasty bits are as old or older in civilization than sausage, and come in many, many forms.
Mouse hair in peanut butter? Doesn't bother me to know that. You know that there are certainly whole mice, including all their parts ground up in there. Cause where there's a mouse, there's a hair, and where there's a mouse hair, there's the rest of the mouse also, in a large enough sample. Yeah, feces too. No s__t? Yes, s__t. Do you know that you swallow your own nasal discharge continually all day? Do you know that there are more microbes in your body, by count, than your own human body cells? (That's a fact!)
Contamination happens. Nothing is totally pure, except perhaps an idea.
10 Years Ago
There is a heavy population of old German immigrants in my area. Most of them have passed away now. But 40 years ago you could walk into any grocery store or deli and buy head cheese, which isn't cheese but a jellied meat by product made from some parts of a pigs or cows head. I think this similar to what Gregory is referring to as potted meat product.
Google and read about the pink slime that McDonalds uses in their burgers.
Not true anymore. While all that was going on, the big surprise was that McDonalds was one of the first to stop using it. More over, thankfully no one is selling pink slime anymore.
10 Years Ago
I LOVE escargot. If the ones you ate were rubbery, they were waaayy overcooked. Cooked in the shell with parsley a little garlic and butter, mmmmmm. I married into a French family. First Christmas dinner I ate a few snails and forced down a raw oyster. The next Christmas, I made sure to get in the kitchen before all the oysters were gone and I made sure I got my fair share of snails...mmmmm.
I'm leaving work now. Maybe I'll stop for some snails on the way home. Oh, wait, this is Michigan. Never mind.
10 Years Ago
Thank you Gregory for the (tiny) voice of reason!
One can always grow their own food if they are REALLY concerned about what they are eating. Based on our national waistline, doesn't seem many of us care.
Washington State just shot down a measure to list gmo's on the label.
There is also naturally occurring arsenic in the soil.
Greg, I heard that the bacteria on our body weighs more than we do!
10 Years Ago
Yes, shrimp have tentacles. I think some oriental dishes with shrimp are prepared with the tentacles on.
10 Years Ago
I used to buy half a pig and then give my German neighbors the organs and feet and they made their own headcheese and bloodloaf out of it. Bleh! And they would stink up the block when she made saurbrauten. I hear it's good but the smell makes me think it isn't.
Slugs are snails sans shell, so they are escargot and I won't touch'em, shell or no shell. Same with octopus, squid (calamari, etc.)
Speaking of disgusting smells, I can't stomach cooked spinach. But raw in a salad, I eat it most days of the week.
10 Years Ago
they must be really small, or i only saw the piece that i can eat. i can eat any kind of shrimp - as long at it has no face. i don't eat anything with a face.
slugs are nudist snails. maybe they are moister because they lived in a shell. while the naked one tanned too much and aren't as yummy? or maybe that the snails in france dine on wine and pick up flavors.
calamari when done right is good. but most times i've eaten it, it was done very wrong.
i can eat spinach if you disguise the horrible flavor in a thick dressing, usually thousand island, but then i don't like the taste of that dressing after a bit. spinach taste just awful most of the time. but the worst flavor is cilantro. for those that can't taste that horrible weed, it's like a soapy flavor and destroys any meal. my cafeteria would put it in everything. don't know why they do it either, some describe it as heavenly and tasting like air. same with celery, they say it's like eating crunchy water, but it's not it has a nasty flavor. and the though of mixing it with peanut butter and raisins is a total gross out.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
I pick the celery out of anything it's in. But (yea, another but), I chop celery leaves for my stuffing. The leaves have the real taste, the stalks are just a conduit to them. It's getting harder and harder to find celery leaves every year.
Another no-no: Venison. I don't care how you disguise it, it's nasty. My brother in law was a hunter and he'd have a freezer full of venison. One year his wife served up meatballs and didn't tell us it was deer meat. Didn't matter since I could tell at first bite.
If you have to disguise things with seasonings, butter, garlic, whatever, it's not worth eating. Seasonings should enhance or add to the taste, not cover it up.
10 Years Ago
Mike.. you are probably a super taster... Supertasters HATE Cilantro.
check here.. http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=super-tasting-science-find-out-if-youre-a-supertaster
bob
Wingsdomain Art and Photography
10 Years Ago
Pig belly and other internal organs are delicious and a delicacy. The tongue in most livestocks are to die for! -W
Wingsdomain Art and Photography
10 Years Ago
...and don't forget Rocky Mountain Oysters! lol -W
10 Years Ago
i am and then some. in fact me and my tongue dress up with a cape and help knock gross foods from people's hands.
---Mike Savad
Wingsdomain Art and Photography
10 Years Ago
Your avatar is a turkey (at least as of this writing), Mike, turkey tongues are super-delicacies just by their minute volume to turkey ratio. -W
10 Years Ago
Hog head cheese or Souse= yum yum yum!!
Directions:
1. Split hog head. Clean thoroughly, removing eyes and brains. Scald. Scrape clean.
2. Place hog head, feet and ears in large stockpot. Simmer about 4 hours or until tender.
3. Remove meat from bone. Place meat in large bowl. Mash. Drain off any fat. Add vinegar, peppers, salt and sage. Stir to combine. Transfer to bowl or dish. Refrigerate 24 hours. Slice. Serve with crackers.
Read more: http://www.food.com/recipe/hog-head-souse-389812?oc=linkback
10 Years Ago
My favorite foods( prepared and ready to serve) are loaded with sodium!
I was raised on organ meats..so healthy!!
10 Years Ago
What is Carbon Monoxide Doing in Your Tilapia Filet? I couldn't believe it when I read the ingredients on the package.
http://blog.fooducate.com/2013/05/19/what-is-carbon-monoxide-doing-in-your-tilapia-filet/
10 Years Ago
I do not like tilapia. It has no taste at all. And if I want some carbon monoxide, I'll just light a cigarette. :P
10 Years Ago
i think they use certain gases to keep things from either turning color or keep it from spoiling.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
No wonder people tell me I don't look as old as I am, it's the cigs LOL
Look at it this way, Lori-every time we want to over eat, we can just read this thread LOL
10 Years Ago
4 more states are adding pink slime back into the ground beef? Horrible.......how can this be? http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/pink-slime-school-lunches-96502.html
and @ Mary Bedy, do you have to eat gluten free? I have celiac disease, I have absolute fits buying food without hidden gluten as more and more of it is processed and over processed......
10 Years Ago
the problem with the super taster test is - they don't show you what each type of taster should look like. like when i count, it's off the charts. but i don't know what i'm counting. they say, only count the pink dots - but they are all pink, except the center of my tongue, which looks blue enough that i was sucking on smurf brains. i don't like the taste of the dye so i don't do this all that often. i've photographed my tongue to make it easier.
the better test to use is the saccharine test
get two thirds of a cup of water, and mix one pack of sweet and low. take a taste of it.
if you taste sweet only or mostly, then your an under taster, if you get a it 50-50, then your a normal taster, and if you taste mostly bitter, your a super taster. in my case, it's so bitter it lasts for hours. i can't get it out of my mouth. it's like the flavor is really tiny and it's falling back on parts of my tongue that no other flavor as the ability to remove. but worse after the test, i can taste it strongly in everything, toothpaste, mouthwash, etc. all has saccharine in it. those things never tasted sweet to me, but it's far worse now. oddly though when the liquid was under my tongue - i tasted the sweet.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
They all have bitter taste... specially the aftertaste.
That sounds like a super power.... I'm calling the X-Men HQ.
I like cilantro. I don't like fennel in sausages. I like fennel in cookies.
10 Years Ago
if anyone lives near a joes crab shack (don't know if that's just a NJ thing), they claim sweet crabs. now i don't know if this count is mostly for the sides, i think we determined it was not but
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/calories-in-seafood-bucket-of-crab-snow-crab-with-sides-without-butter_f-ZmlkPTE5MzY3Ng.html this shows 68carbs - for crabs. something that shouldn't have any at all. we assumed they boil them in sugar. they refused to answer our email and we never ate there. red lobster on the other hand shows the right amount of carbs.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
the fennel and myrrh toothpaste i got at trader joe's is as disgusting as it sounds.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
Mike, the bucket includes red potatoes and an ear of corn along with the crab legs, so there's your carbs. LOVE Joe's Crab Shack but it's a bit pricey.
10 Years Ago
i think we narrowed down the actual crabs, and they were high.
i'd like to know for certain because i'd like to go there, but the research is conflicting. they show one page 1 leg having zero. 2 legs in having 10
http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-joes-crab-snow-bucket-i325942 this one doesn't say there are sides and it shows 68 carbs.
http://chubbygrub.com/food/snow-crab-excluding-side-of-butter/ same thing.
http://chubbygrub.com/food/add-snow-crab/ as a side, it shows zero, so it's a bit confusing.
---Mike Savad
10 Years Ago
Any time it says "bucket", there's other food, usually corn on the cob and roasted red potatoes. There are several flavors and combos but always starches included in the bucket.
10 Years Ago
Louise, to keep celery from getting limp, you keep it in water. Like a flower. It will grow leaves if you leave it there to grow.
10 Years Ago
Those "BBQ" crabs are deep fat fried, I believe. Of course they are low carb, excluding the other starchy stuff. They're also high in fat and cholesterol, I would guess.
My theory is that escargot snails have a shell for protection, so escargot is fairly edible.
Slugs on the other hand have no shells, and I infer, without doing any scientific test, that slugs have toxins and a bad taste to protect them from predators.
10 Years Ago
Crabs are extremly tasty, but yet angain it's in the insect family.. pink slime in hamburger meat? * skims through*
10 Years Ago
Louise, yes tilapia, very bland. But that's why its popular. Its never "fishy" tasting.
Leek soup. Why do people eat leek soup? I have a theory that the reason the Irish invented Guiness is because their food has no flavor so they needed something they could taste.
10 Years Ago
Crabs and lobsters are not insects (spiders aren't either, they are arachnids).
Crabs and lobsters are crustaceans
10 Years Ago
They are related at the level of arthropods, that is that they all have exoskeletons. Insects all stem from that level as well.
10 Years Ago
And we're all related to spiders, lobsters, snails, slugs, prawns and crabs in a very distant sort of way.....
10 Years Ago
I didnt think they were actually insects. That threw me. Yes spiders are not insects either. I had to study them to overcome my fear. NOT going to eat them either
10 Years Ago
A few years back, when I had a vegetable garden, I was growing corn, but then it started coming in as a fungus instead of husks. I asked the local garden place about how to stop that from happening but the guy there said I should just fry that gross stuff up-it's a delicacy in South America. I stopped planting corn...It's called "corn smut".
http://mexicanfood.about.com/od/faqandglossaries/g/huitlacoche.htm
10 Years Ago
Haven't been in this thread for a while. I see it's still delicious.
@Peggy - have not been diagnosed with celiacs disease, but I know I was getting sicker and sicker until I stopped eating wheat. Felt tired and had the chills when it got bad.
The good news is I love all fruits and veggies (although I'm also allergic to corn), and they are selling a lot more gluten-free stuff in the grocery stores.
And you guys were discussing Joe's Crab Shack. Last time we went to visit our son's family, we stopped at one on the way there and had crabs, which were delicious, but on the way back, I ordered salmon at the same restaurant. It was way over cooked and dry. I was peeved. They know how to cook crabs, but at least at this place ordering something different threw them off.
10 Years Ago
I like the crabs boiled in blacken seasoning. Anything with blacken seasoning is good..love some crawfish..
Another one to add is oysters. They are a natural filter of the ocean. Meaning whatever they eat last stays in their bellies like fish poo..
10 Years Ago
The best thing is to cook for yourself rather than going to restaurants or fast-food joints. That way, you know what you're getting. If I want burgers I buy steak and have it minced and make the patties myself. It costs more than getting one from a fast food joint, but there's a very good reason for that. When Britain was getting fed on burgers full of dodgy horse meat, the price people were paying for a burger was below the wholesale price of the equivalent amount of lowest grade beef. Sometimes, you get what you pay for. With most foods, it's cheaper to buy top-quality ingredients and cook it than it is to buy from a restaurant and it tastes better, too.
I put a few of my recipes here, but I haven't bothered updating it http://gourmetlens.com/