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I watched this video about Americans eating some of the more out there (?) Asian foods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lK475dxZds

And was wondering what kind of foreign foods you guys have tried and what you thought of them?

Where the hell did they find those people? Weak-ass motherfuckers. I mean, not that you have to like everything, but the reactions are a little... a little over the top.

Personally, out of things on that list that I've tried, chicken feet are tasty as hell, but durian and balut were pretty eh. Not something I would necessarily pursue.

I like the taste of chicken feet too, but they're too bony to get any real enjoyment out of.

Another fan of chicken feet here. Not much meat on 'em, but if you get them done properly they're delicious.

I tried chicken feet in a Chinese restaurant and liked them. The Chinese lady who worked there was shocked by a white person liking chicken feet.

I will basically try anything that is a) not alive and b) doesn't smell like it will poison me and c) I already know I don't like. So that might rule out some of them.

But then, I do think people make such a big deal of it and they just demonize or are scared of foreign food. I spend almost a month in India, I ate local, I never had something that tasted bad or made me sick. I was brought up with my grandma's and mom's Czech cooking, and I know some of my friends looked at that funny, too. It's just food, most of the time.

Hilariously, the live dismembered cephalopod was one of the few things in the video that I would have little trouble eating. I would try the durian and the fermented soy beans, but I'm leery of chicken feet and duck embryos.

Well, if it's dismembered it's technically not alive...just twitching. I've had squid sandwich before.

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For me the twitching would get to me - but that's because it would annoy the hell out of me while I chewed it [and also make it impossible not to squeak the squid while eating it and that just gets all my "Hell noes".]

Yeah, same as far as not being easy to scare off food. Though I do live in part of the US that's...um...well known for being willing to fry [and eat] anything that doesn't kill them first so that's not saying a whole lot. ^^;;

That said, I'm not sure I'd touch the squid. Not because I won't try it, or even that I don't like the taste. I just can't stand how it always seems to squeak on my teeth when I try to chew it. >

Lutefisk. Not that good, but not nearly as bad as advertised.

Fried alligator. Very rubbery white meat, not really any taste.

Alligator sausage is yummy.

I love that video -- and all the Buzzfeed "people try food..." videos, actually. But I'm a giant food wimp, and I don't think I could stomach a test of any of those. Maybe natto. Possibly durian. Definitely nothing alive and nothing whose face I could still see.

Haha, I have big issues with texture so there's a lot of foods (foreign and not) that I've never tried/am afraid to try just because they LOOK like the texture will send me running for the hills.

Plus the face thing. I can't even eat eggs sunny side up. :< It's looking at me...

I had kimchi once while in South Korea after being tricked by a friend into eating it. I died inside a little bit. Fortunately my resentment towards Korean food didn't last long because I also ate things like Soondubu Jiggae (a stew with tofu in it) and it was very good.

There's a lot of different types of kimchi! If it's the spiciness you didn't like, there are mild ones (but in my limited experience, it's hard to tell w/o trying; redness doesn't seem to necessarily equate to spicy). Same with the fermentation/salty taste. Though if it's a general aversion to pickles, that's different.

I hate to break it to you, but soondobu has kimchi in it usually.

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I currently live in South Korea, and I wouldn't eat bondaeggi (silk worms) if you offered me $500. They smell FOUL.

And I'm not a picky eater, love spicy things, etc.

From the video I've had chicken feet (delicious but depends on the sauce it's cooked in), and durian (okay, not my favorite). I've eaten and liked raw octopus, jellyfish, sea urchin, salmon roe, raw shrimp... and a bunch of other stuff I can't remember.

Didn't like: sea cucumber (bland), intestines, kidneys

I'm not sure what qualifies as foreign, so of the things I can't get in my country, I liked camel and Vegemite, but disliked durian cupcakes.

I have tried so many. That's the best thing about being a Navy kid and living in military cities. So many people from overseas or you overseas. And people always want you to try their food.

Off the top of my head I've tried;

Mexican: I love the street food style cooking to anything else. There's a hole in the wall mom and pop place around my home that serves that. (I adore gorditas.) After trying that style, I can never go back to what the average American knows as Mexican food.

French: Way too much cream, cheese and sauce. Though their desserts are delicious. And Ratatouille is so good during Lent season. One can only eat so many fish sandwiches.

Greek: One of my favorite. I'll eat anything Greek you put in front of me. Especially Spanakopita.

Italian: Another one of my favorite. I prefer the simple country cooking to the fancier meals. Pasta, garlic and olive oil and I am good to go.

Filipino: Oh, so good. Lumpia is one of my favorite things in the world.

Chinese: I like the American version and the Chinese real McCoy. Mad about dumplings.

Japanese: Sushi, tempura, a simple bowl of rice with an egg on it, it's all good.

German: Give me a bowl of spatzle on a cold winter's day and I am happy. Other people have mac and cheese as their comfort food, spatzle is mine.

Spanish: Paella is a wonder. Freakin' good ham.

Puerto Rican: Don't like bacalao. But that's because my relatives would come over to cook it and the smell would stink up the house. But empanadas? Yes, please.

Vietnamese: My neighbors were Vietnamese and owned a restaurant. They were always giving me food because I would help out their daughter with her English homework. Man, the mom could cook. The food was spicy as all out but I loved it. I went to her place once stuffed with a sinus infection. Left completely clear after a bowl of her Pho.

Hungarian: The food looks like depression on a plate. But don't let looks fool you. It's delicious. Simple cooking that feels like something you would get at home. And it turned me on to the wonders of paprika.

Indian: I love anything with paneer in it. One of these days, I am going to try my hand at making some. I tend to stay clear of the hotter dishes. But their are plenty of mild ones.

Peruvian: Simple. Rustic. It's a good meal when you just want to relax. It kind of reminds me of Hungarian food.

I am scottish.

I have tried:
American, indian, new mexican, mexican, korean, chinese, japanese, french, italian and probably a lot of others.

I actually prefer foreign food most of the time. Scottish food is alright, british food tends to be bland.
I was raised on spicy food.

I simply must ask (stereotypes, hooray!): Have you ever eaten Haggis (and are they actually commonly served in Scotland or is it more of "that thing all those tourists want to eat but Scottish people don't really eat it a lot"?)

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I don't think I've disliked most "foreign" food that I've eaten, and I have had a lot of it.

Just off the top of my head: chicken feet, horse tongue tataki, natto, umeboshi, durian, tripe stews (Mexican, Korean, and Chinese style), century eggs, blood pudding, vegemite, scorpion, haggis, jellyfish, birds nest fungi, escargot, raw sea urchin, crab brain, frog's legs, guinea pig, huitaloche, bitter gourd... a shitload of other things I'm forgetting right now.

The only things I didn't like were natto, umeboshi, and sea urchin. Everything else I would be way more likely to eat again than I would be to eat at fucking McDonald's (or any fast food chain for that matter).

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