Gobble, gobble—it’s the first Friday in November. This of course means it’s giveaway time at The Mailbox Blog. The winner of this month’s giveaway will receive the mystery bag pictured and all of its contents. To enter for a chance to win this month’s bag of thankfulness, simply leave your answer to the question below in the comment section before midnight on November 12, 2017.
What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever gobbled?
So what’s in the bag? Well, if I told you it wouldn’t be a mystery would it? Ha, ha! Here are a few clues: There’s something sticky, there’s something foamy, there’s something fuzzy. Two items are fun to look at and read. Another item is totally for students and another item is mostly for the teacher. Oh, and there’s something crafty inside too! (On November 13, be sure to check your inbox for the email address you used to submit your comment. That’s how the winner will be notified.)
Good luck!
Diane
PS: I recently ate a burger topped with a fried egg. I thought it was strange, yet tasty!
The strangest thing was fresh pork, straight from the butchered hog and cooked.
It would be deer meat that I did not know that it was deer meat until after I ate it. I took one taste and spit it out. I knew it was not something I would eat. My husband said it was beef.
Raw Unpasteurized Milk, still warm from the cow. :/
Kidney stew. Most horrible thing ever!!!!!!
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled was Frog’s Legs.
Too Much Turkey Dinner because it tasted so goooood!
Rooster stew… thought it was chicken.
The strangest thing I have ever gobbled is turtle soup. I did not know what it was until after I ate it!
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled was goat’s milk straight from the goat!
Buffalo burger
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled was octopus and it was horrible!
Rattlesnake
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled would be Natto – a Japanese dish that is generally served for breakfast. It is fermented soybeans – sometimes with mustard or other seasonings added. It is definitely strange. Second strangest …. Vegemite – from Australia. Leftover brewers yeast …. spread on toast or bread. Our Aussie friends love it. I am not a fan.
Steak tat-tar(I think that’s how you spell it) turned out to be raw hamburger meat!
Mushrooms picked in the forest.
Calamari and having no idea what it was. This is not on my favorite list.
A cricket with ranch seasoning; it was for a Hunger Games challenge my school was doing!
The strangest thing I have ever gobbled is a dish made with sheep brain.
I was thankful to not know before I tasted it, but it would have been disrespectful to the host if I did not try it.
The strangest thing I ever gobbled was a whole octopus! But it was yummy!
Escargot and calamari. I liked them both!!
Tofu
I have eaten liver as a child, hated it,; and just last week I ate both deer and lamb in a taco salad. My palate is very simple. I still would like to try buffalo.
A parent recently sent dried kale for snack (it was vegetable day). I ate some. It was okay, but certainly not my preferred vegetable. My pre-K students would not even try it.
try Kale chips, they are raosted with sea salt, yummy, even kids love them.
Goat, it wasn’t bad either.
Orsters wan they were gross thank you
Snapping turtle
The strangest thing I have ever gobbled was flan. The texture made me gag!
I would have to say Sushi.
As a child I was given a persimmon by a family friend who thought it was hilarious to watch me react to it. My mouth was drawing up, puckering…not funny.
Peanut butter and jelly with a slice of cheese, it’s delicious!
I have had goat – very strange indeed. It was actually quite tasty though!
Alligator sandwich! Tasted just like popcorn chicken.
Pickled Pigs Feet
The strangest thing I gobbled was cottage cheese mustard dip. It was actually pretty tasty.
The strangest thing I gobbled was pickled eggs. Totally gross.
I once ate BBQed ostrich. It’s a red meat by the way.
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled is a peanut butter and pickle sandwich. It was actually pretty good!
If would have to be Bison Bacon. Oh the texture was scary in my mouth lo,
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled up was octopus. ????
Rattlesnake
I was in college and swallowed a live goldfish.
I had jellyfish while I was visiting Beijing
I ate monkfish at Victoria and Albert’s at Disney World. It was weird.
Calamari. It was good, but the thought of it was just weird to me.
Frog legs
When l was 14 l ate some hocolate covered grasshoppers. They tasted good but once l found out what is was l hit the restroom and threw
Muskrat and it was disgusting. It’s a French dish. Since then I only gobble chocolate cake
Rocky Mountain Oyster
I ate a pimento burger…a burger topped with pimento cheese
Tripe. We were at an Italian Restaurant in NYC where it was offered
as a dinner item. It was soft and chewy an not to my liking.
Gerber Chicken Noodle baby food (firsts). Yes, the totally strained and to many stinky baby food. I can eat it as a meal, snack, and any time of the day. It’s kind of like pudding to me. YUMMY IN MY TUMMY!!!! ????Lol
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled is frog legs!
I ate a fried grasshopper someone had carefully caught and cooked for me.
Cow tongue when I was a kid.
Octopus. I can still see my Aunt Fumiko coming at me with chopsticks….
As a kid, I remember on a hot summer day making myself a “float. . .” a large glass of cold lemonade with a scoop of chocolate chip ice cream floating in it. I should try it again as an adult and see what I think of it now!
A cheeseburger on a square glazed donut. It was amazing. Chocolate covered bacon. Also delicious. Fish eggs or caviar , also delicious. Liver and onions, not so delicious. Lol
The strangest thing I have ever “gobbled” was a little zebra fish.
Alligator bites
Oysters on the half shell
I gobbled up alligator. It okay.
I am not one to be adventurous when it comes to eating. I’ve had beefalo burgers before and it was tasty. Beefalo is a cross between a cow and a buffalo.
Mussels…tastes like sand! Yuck!
Salt and vinegar crickets…gross
Rabbit
I’m a vegetarian, so I think the strangest thing I’ve gobbled is barbecued Jackfruit. Not terrible.
Chocolate covered ants
Gizzards – gross!
The strangest thing I ever gobbled was Escargot…. yuck!!
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled is escargot while on vacation!
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled was a Moose-meat enchilada. I was invited to dinner and had just put the first bite into my mouth. Oh, my heavens! I truly thought the enchiladas had gone bad! I ran to the kitchen sink to spit it out and then ran back to the table and warned my hostess not to eat any of hers! Not knowing that I didn’t know Moose-meat was supposed to taste that way, I convinced her to throw the enchiladas away! Oops!
Clam Casserole, yuck!
Raw quail egg… Love sushi!!!
Chocolate Chirp Cookies- made with- grounded up crickets for protein.
Cow’s tongue!
Hot baked potato filled with melted butter and chocolate chips and topped with sour cream. Delicious!
Alligator meat & ostrich meat
Another raw goat’s milk person. Blech.
EMU meatballs ????
One time I was caring for a 2 yr old and she wanted what I had (Skittles gum) thinking it was just a piece of gum. She popped one in her mouth, and chewed a couple times before spitting it out and declaring that it was nasty. I took it, and not wanting to throw it away (I LOVED Skittles gum) I popped it in my mouth…once i got over the toddler slobber it was fine. Lol
Sushi
I haven’t really gobbled anything strange but I have become more willing to try new foods at school with the kids.
The strangest thing I have eaten is reindeer meat. It tasted like beef.
I would have to say insects. I have tried many different kinds – usually as a challenge from my kids who have no problem eating bugs like grasshoppers and crickets whenever they visit the science museum gift shop.
Bear meatballs
Bison and elk nachos. They both turned out to be good but especially liked the elk ones.
Cow tongue. ????
The strangest thing I’ve ever gobbled was duck that I tried while I was on a cruise. Always like trying new things.
My kids left over food when they were younger. I swore I’d NEVER do it before I had kids…
Cow brains— gross!!
Fried fish eggs & frog legs! When I was s kid, my dad had my mom cook them up after a fishing/gigging trip. One time I remember the fish eggs exploding in the skillet & splattering all over the kitchen, even the ceiling! ????
Buffalo Burger when In Georgia
Squid in a Malaysian dish from a restaurant in Philly Chinatown.
I’m sort of gullible so when my husband of one day told me on our honeymoon that frog legs taste like chicken I gave them a try. They weren’t too bad. Then I found out he had never eaten them and he wouldn’t try them ha ha! Ever sense then we have tried something new on our anniversary. We have had shark and swordfish, and alligator and rattlesnake, etc. But the frog legs have to have been the most impressive in my mind because it started it all!
Goat ???? while in Jamaica ????????. Didn’t know it was goat ????, at the time. I have to admit it was pretty good. Lol.
Goat ???? while in Jamaica ????????. Didn’t know it was goat ????, at the time. I have to admit it was pretty good. Lol.
A green persimmon! It was by accident, but I never repeated that again!
Honestly one of the strangest thing I have ate (I have not clue on the name) But i had a friend from Vietnam and he told me it was a fruit.. But then confessed after I ate it, it was a mix of fruit and a meat product.. (I’m a vegetarian :-/ )
I don’t think I have tried many unusual foods. I would have to say buffalo chili.
Rattlesnake cheese dip, with pieces of rattlesnake too dip your chip in.
Dog meat (while teaching in South Korea). I covered it in spicy sauce and ate my piece very quickly. Also ate bondaegi while there and it tasted like squishy dirt (it was silkworm larva)
Cow tognue
Deer meat
Cricket brownies
Caribou hot dogs (boo dogs) with prickly pear cactus jelly! (Yum)
The strangest thing I have ever gobbled was something that was served in the school cafeteria. I am not even sure what it was. 🙂
Reddi Whip on balogna. Yummy!
Coon, was the strangest (& most untasteful) thing I have gobbled. Like so many others, I am thankful that I did not know what it was until after it was swallowed. When I finally saw it cooking, it actually looked like a dog (yes, a dog..woof, woof). I was sick all over again!
A dill pickle covered in chocolate. Actually very tasty at the time…
Gluten free bread when it first came out 17 years ago. It was terrible! It has come a long way!
The strangest things I’ve eaten are cold marrow from inside goat bones and raw Linnie. – ground lamb with burgle or cracked wheat. The kibble is yummy, the marrow not so much.
That should say kibbie not linnie
rattlesnake, rabbit, and (did I eat them or not/) brains
My dad thought we needed to to try everything.
I think beef tongue in France for the first time was a gourmet experience. Tasted like delicious tender roast beef.
Ketchup and hot sauce mixed and then dipped potato chips in the mixture.
Strangest was shark!
The strangest thing I have ever gobbled is a deep sea fish called munge.
Blood sausage
Seaweed right out of the water
The strangest things I have ever gobbled were on a cruise about twenty years ago. We ate oxtail soup and escargot for dinner one evening. They tasted good, but now I am a vegan, so the weirdest thing I have eaten recently was jackfruit – not that good.
I didn’t exactly “gobble it up”, but I tried octopus. It was a bit too chewy for my liking.
Buffalo burgers, deer steak, and wild hog meat.
Ostrich on the grill
To me it’s not strange they’re delicious, crickets!
The strangest thing I’ve ever eaten was chicken while in Jamaica. My husband had me convinced it was one of the goats on the other side of the resort that we could see through the fence, when we left our room. All-inclusive resort, so there may have been several alcoholic beverages involved. Hahahaha
We were invited to a chicken stew. I thought I was getting chicken stew but, come to find out it was turtle stew. It wasn’t bad, it was just the thoughts of eating it. I also have ate squirrel.
Bear sausage
Fried rabbit and squirrel when I was a child.
The strangest thing I have ever gobbled is haggis while I was visiting Scotland.
French fries and mayo!
The strangest thing I ever gobbled was raccoon.
Fries dipped in Oreo mcflurry
People say the way I eat my pancakes is strange 🙂 Peanut butter, Velveeta cheese, & syrup….Yummy!!!
Expired milk… yuck! On accident of course!
Parts! I lived in Asia and often have ones at work he market was only able to buy animal parts???? I would simply call them chicken or beef but was honestly never sure.
Topanade (sp?) Made with all things I don’t like but mixed together is delicious.
A buffalo burger, and it wasn’t too bad.
I don’t know. I’m not very adventurous when it comes to eating weird things. Maybe crawfish?
The strangest thing I gobbled on was fried rabbit when I was a child and I was told it was chicken! ????
Tripe, my mother made tripe every now and then!
Ostrich and elk from Saskatoons!
Fish eyes
Crocodile soup. It did NOT taste just like chicken
I am a very picky eater, so I tried brussel sprouts for the first time a few weeks ago and I liked them! They were smothered in lemon and garlic though, so maybe that’s why lol ????
The annual Thanksgiving… Raccoon.
Spaghetti squash is really weird to me. I can’t get over the texture… It’s definitely not a good replacement for the real thing!
Raw chicken wings (on a trip to Japan once…) Ate some (a teeny teeny amount) to be polite but that was it… Not sure I’ll be trying to ever replicate that meal.
it would have to be alligator. It was ok tho..