Mystery food (substances, chinese, recipes, meat)

[Weatherfan2]

Once ate a steak in a foreign country, turned out to be Ostrich.

[Annuvin]

I have eaten pretty much every type of wild game... Venison, moose, caribou, elk, rabbit, grouse, wild turkey, Canada goose and pretty much any duck you can shoot. Once in Florida I tried alligator and was not impressed. It was like a grisly porkchop, kinda chewy and not very appealing. I ate it anyways, but would never do so again! Cod tongues was another "delicacy" that was served to me in Newfoundland. I ate them out of politeness but I can't say I enjoyed the experience.

[jlawrence01]

Originally Posted by OpenD

I read that citation front to back, twice, and never saw a word about wild game being illegal.

Now I'll have to dig out that authentic old burgoo recipe I have in my archives, from an ancient cookbook, that has a list of ingredients that starts out with something like a dozen squirrels, half a dozen smoked raccoons, and an old sheep.

Rural chick is correct. In a number of states, you cannot serve wild game in a commercial kitchen.

And fortunately, in others, no game goes wasted.

[rural chick]

Originally Posted by OpenD

I read that citation front to back, twice, and never saw a word about wild game being illegal.

Now I'll have to dig out that authentic old burgoo recipe I have in my archives, from an ancient cookbook, that has a list of ingredients that starts out with something like a dozen squirrels, half a dozen smoked raccoons, and an old sheep.

Jlawrence is right. I simply put the quote in my previous post to show that traditionally burgoo was made with wild game, but now it's made with other meat. I didn't include it to show the state law as at least one of my other attachments already stated the law requirment. Also not sure why it's so important if it's wild game or tame meat at this point and why I can't call tame burgoo as burgoo. I'm certainly confused.

I'm sure most people have never tasted nor cooked (which I have done both) burgoo either with wild game or tame meat. I used to go to burgoo festivals before the law in Illinois and ate burgoo with mystery meats which included squirrel, dove, pheasant, rabbit, and just about any other game in the area. Being a person who ate wild game all the their life and one who knows that some game is bitter and gamey tasting and needs to be soaked or otherwise treated to reduce the gaminess, I know for a fact, after eating game and burgoo for years, that the burgoo with the wild game was not as palatable as the burgoo made today with no game as required by state law because it's being served to the public. Burgoo is a mystery food any way you look at it.

[Mooseketeer]

Originally Posted by rural chick

Jlawrence is right. I simply put the quote in my previous post to show that traditionally burgoo was made with wild game, but now it's made with other meat. I didn't include it to show the state law as at least one of my other attachments already stated the law requirment. Also not sure why it's so important if it's wild game or tame meat at this point and why I can't call tame burgoo as burgoo. I'm certainly confused.

I'm sure most people have never tasted nor cooked (which I have done both) burgoo either with wild game or tame meat. I used to go to burgoo festivals before the law in Illinois and ate burgoo with mystery meats which included squirrel, dove, pheasant, rabbit, and just about any other game in the area. Being a person who ate wild game all the their life and one who knows that some game is bitter and gamey tasting and needs to be soaked or otherwise treated to reduce the gaminess, I know for a fact, after eating game and burgoo for years, that the burgoo with the wild game was not as palatable as the burgoo made today with no game as required by state law because it's being served to the public. Burgoo is a mystery food any way you look at it.

So what exactly is Burgoo ? I am getting a little confused now. It is a stew but all kinds of meat can go into it, is that right ? Is there an actual recipe or does that vary from one person to another ?

[rural chick]

Mouseketeer: Most communities, which have burgoo festivals, have their own individual recipes. If you look at the attachment I put in an earlier post on this thread...look at Arenzeville and on the left side at the bottom there is a recipe for burgoo if you want to make some. Let me know so I can come get a bowl - make sure you use a huge old kettle.
http://www.burgoo.org/burgoo/recipes.html

[Mooseketeer]

Originally Posted by rural chick

Mouseketeer: Most communities, which have burgoo festivals, have their own individual recipes. If you look at the attachment I put in an earlier post on this thread...look at Arenzeville and on the left side at the bottom there is a recipe for burgoo if you want to make some. Let me know so I can come get a bowl - make sure you use a huge old kettle.
Arenzville, IL - Home of the World's Best Burgoo

Thanks, those recipes actually sound really nice so I might give it a go. I can do stews !

[Bmateo]

Originally Posted by elnina

Often, especially when I go eat ethnic food, and their menu is written in their language. I am adventurous... I like to try all kinds of food.
No, I don't remember "spitting it out" but there is food that I put on " not my favorite" list.

This pretty much sums up my thoughts.

Once when in Japan, I challenged my host to find something I wouldn't eat. They failed. But I still laugh when I think about the night we went to a Korean Hibachi type place, and we had some grilled meat. I asked, but they would only say it was "chewy". And it was. It wasn't bad though, just "chewy".

(Sea Urchin Sushi is something I'd eat again, but I sure wouldn't volunteer to...)

[tulips4you2]

I can't say I've eaten anything that was mystery food. I would always want to know whats going in my mouth.

[Mikala43]

Pig ears. They were good. It was a dare, so I had too.

I've eaten stranger stuff in Thailand and Hong Kong.