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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Jun 05 2013 : 06:39:57 AM
My honey and I love to try new (to us) foods. Recently we discovered Membrillo (quince paste), Yak, Lychees, Quinoa and more. Oh, and I tried using roasted, ground cacoa nibs in my french press in place of regular cocoa, wow, great cocoa flavor. :)
How about you?
Or, what have you always wanted to try?
For years I wanted to try persimmons but there is such a small window of availability. Two years ago I finally got to try them and absolutely LOVE them!
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| vintagejenta |
Posted - Aug 10 2013 : 7:11:13 PM
I'm super into old-school European and American foods, so I particularly enjoy spelt berries, steel cut oats, millet, kamut, and barley on the whole grain front. Kasha I can't do - the toasted flavor is just too bitter for me. Celeriac is not half bad and rutabagas and parsnips are delicious. I haven't yet tried cardoons (look like a cross between aloe vera and celery stalks, supposedly taste like artichokes) and I've tried jicama and I'm not a huge fan. And it's not particularly "new," but green/white cabbage (NOT Savoy, which I dislike) is just about my favorite green vegetable in the wintertime (try it sauteed in a little butter until tender and seasoned with salt and pepper - it's fabulous). I love ramps also, but since they're so popular I try not to eat them too often as unscrupulous harvesters can destroy wild stock. In the past year I've also fallen in love with plain ol' manzanilla/Spanish/green olives (with pimento). They are great in salads, on pizzas, and lovely with oranges and red onion as a wintertime salad.
I want to branch out into organ meats, but I fear them. Heart I could do (it's just a muscle with tubes in it), but the others maybe not so much. I'm not a big fan of strong, earthy flavors (I hate beets and raw green peppers), but we'll see. Probably the weirdest meat I've ever had was deep-fried alligator poppers at a Cajun restaurant (a favorite of ours). They're actually pretty good, but I wouldn't eat them on a regular basis. I prefer the fried okra with remoulade sauce anyway. ;)
I'm on a hunt for new heirloom apples in the orchards near me and darn it I will try quince this year!
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| hudsonsinaf |
Posted - Jul 21 2013 : 6:49:25 PM
I'm definitely going to have to try the quinoa flakes - our family is GF as well. And we LOVE buffalo!!!
I don't know that our family really tries any weird foods.... however, we do try different "authentic foods" from whatever country we are studying at the time for geography for school. Last year we focused on the countries of Europe. This year we are focusing on Asia and Africa. |
| chickenmom |
Posted - Jul 04 2013 : 4:03:10 PM
Glad to see so many trying quinoa, really good for you. I love the flakes also, lately I've been using quinoa flour. I also love buffalo, however my favorite "exotic" meat is alligator. Really good fried. The only turtle I've had is turtle soup which is wonderful. Never tried brain, but had a coworker who loved it (she was from New York) I have tried sweetbreads (glands of a cow) they were really good, I probably wouldn't have eaten them had I known what they were. Tried menudo once (made with stomach) liked the flavor of the soup, but the "meat" was chewy. Probably would not have tried that either had I known. Also love calimari. I've been braver about trying unusual things then I used to be. I'm a little timid with meats but love to try any produce.
Have a great day
Toni |
| Ninibini |
Posted - Jul 02 2013 : 6:44:41 PM
Some of the best food I've ever eaten is Lebanese food! Kibbeh naya (raw lamb kibbeh) and cooked kibbeh (kind of a lamb meatball with pine nuts inside), Lahm-shawarmeh (ooh - so good! My mother-in-law pronounced it, "l-a-ah-mishwah," and she really made the best!), halvah, fattoush, tabbouleh, hummus, fuul, baba ghanouj, falafel with tahini sauce, manaeesh, lamb stuffed grape leaves (Wara'Enab...rolled tight like your finger!), and labneh. Oh man... whenever we eat good food like that, all is right with the world. I always feel so healthy afterwards! Thankfully, I've been able to collect a few recipes from my in-laws and a good friend's mother over the years. I'm going to have to pull them out now! LOL! There's also an awesome Lebanese restaurant in Pittsburgh called Khalil's that makes the most delicious authentic Lebanese food - right down to the bread. It's a wonderful place - all decorated with silk tablecloths under glass, filigree gold lanterns, beautiful paintings.. and the music and the aromas! Oh! It's like being transported to another time and place! I just love it there! Hmmm... not I'm going to have to re-think where we're taking my parents this weekend!!! LOL!
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Nini
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Jul 02 2013 : 6:20:07 PM
I'm very fond of buffalo and find a buffalo burger to be top notch.
And, while it's not new . . . because of our Scottish heritage, we've tried Haggis and, YES, we do like it! My hubby has come up with his own recipe and it is totally yummy!!
CJ
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| farmmilkmama |
Posted - Jul 02 2013 : 12:05:59 PM
Okay, now that you've made me so hungry (I LOVE Buffalo and also ground cacao beans instead of coffee for a treat)...we eat a lot of wild game here so we've had a lot of "different" things that most think we are strange for eating but I guess the two most different were snapping turtle and beaver. The beaver was delicious, the snapping turtle...way too much work for what we got out of it. :) Thanks for all the wild food ideas, ladies!
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| texdane |
Posted - Jun 29 2013 : 08:02:49 AM
I love trying new foods, and with my dh being Danish, love international ones, too. This year, we have been eating garlic mustard from our yard, a weed here in CT, but has a great flavor. I always ate hummus, but have DH eating it now, too. I love to try international imported cheeses, and different veggies and fruits, although now I only do so if they are organic.
The weirdest thing I think I was ever served was at a banquet in Manhattan before we had dd. It was formal and we had been invited through the Danish American Society, to a ball thrown by the Italian American Society. We wouldn't know too many people at these things, and we'd dance and eat, and it was good to meet corporate people there as we had owned our own business at the time. Not my favorite way to spend an evening, I'd rather be home but that's a different story. Anyway...this one was catered by a swanky NY restaurant and Mayor Giuliani was there, among a few other celebrities. Guess what the main course was?! SHEEP BRAIN! Supposedly it's a delicacy, but ugh. I couldn't even try it. We ended up leaving and driving through a drive-through on the way home! It was one thing I just couldn't try. I mean it was boiled and put on a plate just like that. It wasn't pureed or chopped, just there. On the plate. I never forgot that. Ugh.
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| Marie_Angelique |
Posted - Jun 26 2013 : 12:49:24 PM
I have been on a quinoa kick lately. But I think the most different food I've tried was pickled herring. My boyfriend is of Norwegian descent and loves this stuff. Turns out it is pretty good! |
| CindyG |
Posted - Jun 24 2013 : 1:55:42 PM
Ceejay48 - buffalo prices have gone through the roof in the past 12 months, and I went a little nuts at the grocery store recently when they had a sale. It was $6.99 a pound, marked down from $9.99. I bought so much the clerk asked if I was going build my own buffalo at home! We make great burgers by mixing in a little cheese and a lot of horseradish before grilling them.
prariehwak - I love those wasabi seaweed snacks. I'm trying to lose a little weight after a period of reduced mobility before and after surgery, and those little guys have a huge amount of flavor and very low calories - a combo that is almost impossible to find.
Not a different food per se, but a different combination: in researching high-fiber snacks there was a suggestion to tuck a bite of feta cheese in a slice made in an "orange essence" prune. Wow! |
| prariehawk |
Posted - Jun 23 2013 : 7:40:48 PM
I like to eat these wasabi seaweed snacks available at the natural foods store. I also like dry-roasted edamame (soybeans) and recently fixed some soba (buckwheat) noodles with a little soy sauce over them. I like to explore Asian and Indian cuisine, especially now that I'm eating vegetarian.
Cindy
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Jun 23 2013 : 6:58:23 PM
Quinoa is a relatively new addition to our meals . . . wonderful!
Had my second buffalo burger on our road trip at the cafe at Cabelas . . . yummmmmmmy!!! Would eat more but it is so pricey and we have our own beef!
CJ
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| FieldsofThyme |
Posted - Jun 16 2013 : 06:37:47 AM
We try new foods every year, and post them on my blog too. This year I tried hemp seeds in a kale salad. They are all posted in the sidebar if you are interested in reading on my "Pioneer Woman at Heart" blogspot.
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| Calicogirl |
Posted - Jun 11 2013 : 4:28:43 PM
Judy, I'll have to try Quinoa Flakes now :)
Arttie, How fun is that? Mapping out foods like that. I haven't tried shark or Octopus yet :)
Cindy, we tried Ostrich right after we got married about 16 years ago. I never would have guessed that Ostrich would taste more like beef :)
I LOVE Chopped. I don't usually watch TV but enjoy that show, that is one of the reasons that we tried Membrillo :) I do want to try Mirin and Black Garlic.
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~Sharon
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| CindyG |
Posted - Jun 11 2013 : 1:55:10 PM
I don't know how different they are any more, but our family often eats buffalo and ostrich meat to satisfy our carnivorous habits.
I eat several different kinds of seaweeds in a cold salad form with sesame and rice vinegar dressing like most Japanese restaurants serve. They are really rich in good nutritional elements.
We eat a lot of quinoa and love, love, love the recipes in MJB's "Outpost" a especially adding powdered coconut milk.
I wish I could tell you some of the things I ate when we were in Singapore, but more often than not I did not ask! I just smiled and ate it and was happiest when it was not looking back me. Incredible food, amazing spices, even more amazing heat and it was a fabulous experience. I regret not finding out what some of the dishes were, but it was the right decision at the time.
If I could throw a slight twist in to this question, what are some foods you've recently learned about and are planning to try? I love watching The Food Channel's show "Chopped" and every once in a while see something I've never heard of but am interested in trying. Sea beans are #1 on my list, and living in the DC area, I can probably find them. |
| princesspatches |
Posted - Jun 06 2013 : 03:45:23 AM
When I was married to my Ex-husband, we travelled a lot for his job. So we tried a lot of different food that I would have never tried living in my area. We would map out the foods we wanted to try according to the area we were going. It was so much fun. I got to try shark, octopus, authentic thai and Mexican, fish tacos.
It truly branched out my taste palette.....
My husband now lOOOOVES food, so we try all sorts of things. He had Asian stepmothers, so he was raised on different types of food. So we will take off for a weekend just to go try a restaurant that we heard about.
My kids will try anything too. Our daughter is planning culinary school and my son just loves to eat.
food is a big part of our lives, and that is why I spend time at the gym everyday.
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| patchworkpeace |
Posted - Jun 05 2013 : 5:14:01 PM
Great idea for a thread, Sharon.
I'm a big fan of quinoa flakes. Since we eat gluten-free, we have found that quinoa flakes are great as a substitute for bread crumbs in meatloaf, bread coatings, etc.
Judy
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