Pike..it was nice and I don;t really like fish

A tad more info wud be good Croc - thanx

FROGS LEGS, SNAILS, SQUID,CROCODILE..BUT WORST OFF ALL (flippin caps sorry bout that)   beetroot, tomato sauce and pear sandwich.

What were they like then?

snails were weird

Tried crocodile, ostrich and kangaroo which are unusual, but I liked them

Alligator - it was okay

I couldn't entertain the idea of eating snails Saz ... or oysters

Oh yeah - and ostrich too, we used to have an ostrich farm near here - it was a great day out, take the kids to the farm, ride the tractor round the field to see the ostriches, visit the farm shop, buy the meat, then go home and eat them.

No wonder my kids are weird sometimes

Well not really odd as such but surprising. We ended up in a French cafe/restaurant in the arse end of nowhere one wet Sunday afternoon starving and wanting our dinner. The whole village was in there eating- rather Royston Vasey with garlic tbh.

I ordered snails in garlic to start and luvverly they were too. One thing on the menu we couldn't figure out - even the two bona fide chefs we had with us were stumped. Madame's English was even worse than our French but she gamely flapped her arms and shouted "Beeeg cheeeken". We nodded in understanding and ordered the turkey.

When it arrived turkey it certainly wasn't. A beautifully cooked loin of rich dark meat, rare and juicy. We hadn't a clue what it was but it was divine. When we got home a few days later we learned we'd had ostrich - "beeg cheeeken" my arse!  

Can I have yours then?
Mind you - the thought of offal makes me

And another odd one from France ... jeez they eat everything!!

We were on holiday and got chatting to the French woman next door. She brought round this plate filled with the smallest shells cooked in garlic and butter and onions - those tiny pink and fawn butterfly shells you see strewn across every beach which they'd picked for free obviously and cooked. Like tiny tiny mussels ....

ewwww - yes you can

The ostrich was okay though, wasn't it? A bit like a beefy chicken I thought!!

oh i've had oysters too... wasn't keen on the texture really. I was in a restaurant with a friend, and they were having snails, so i tried one just to see what they were like. I was not impressed

stuffed hearts...not sure what animal they were from, but my aunt cooked them in the oven for about 4 hours,

The ostrich we had was very, very dark meat. Venison dark. Goodness knows what the locals had fed them on. Tourists is my guess.  But it was more than OK...probably one of the best meals I've had.

I liked it too

I love snails.
I've tried kangaroo, very nice, and chicken and duck feet are rather nice.

I've never tried anything odd....though fatty duck gie's me the boak!

I love oysters! Admittedly, I was extremely hesitant the first time I tried them a couple of years ago, but anytime I go to a seafood restaurant I order them now. Caviar is something else I love.

I have been offered to try snails and frogs legs before but couldn't bring myself to do it

I love oysters too!  Sadly, they don't love me a lot... but I still try and persuade them... 
Mussels are other fish that I have a difficult relationship with...

And I've still got a pot of caviar in the fridge I was given a good few years ago...

I was dragged to a local Spanish restaurant where we had a communal paella. It was ages before I realised that it had sea-filth in it.   I know absolutely nothing about Spain or it's culture. Thank Bog! The place closed many years ago.

i read the thread title as Oldest Food you've eaten and thought it was a thread about sell by dates

I'll get my coat

There's only one winner in a  thread like that.  :smug:

oooh do tell

I don't believe in sell by dates and on a forum elsewhere, but with a slight link to this one, I have horrified people with tales of tins, cans, cakes, and other items discovered at the back of our pantry, some several decades old. I'm still here and in robust physical and mental health.

you arent my OH are you

you sound just like him ... except for the robust physical health bit ... cos he reckons he has IBS - i am not surprised

Are you upstairs on the other PC? I thought that it was you who had IBS.

nope - thats just wind

 OMG it is the OH.

I'm off to Le Cafe Anglais again soon and it reminded me of when I went before and had parmesan custard with anchovy toast. It was absolutely friggin delicious!

Seriously?

Or are you just torturing Joe?

No! Seriously! Here ya go!

http://www.lecafeanglais.co.uk...A%20CARTE%20MENU.pdf

http://www.lecafeanglais.co.uk/menus.asp


I thoroughly recommend that if you are ever in NW London (Bayswater) you try this place out. It's bloody lovely

I shall advise them to call it a sauce. 

I keep seeing the title of this thread and reading it as 'Oldest food you've eaten'

There's only one winner in a  thread like that.  :smug:

oh B lives over that way Menus wont work for me though

Click on the website Saz, menu PDF is available on there (see A la carte).

It's a beautiful room, all art deco and just lovely. And the food is amazing, especially the parmesan custard!