"We're having hot dogs? Thanks, but I'll take the arsenic."
 

I forget where or why, but I once saw a post where someone stated that the last thing they'd eat is hot dogs.

So, I pose this fine question to you. Out of the many foods you know of, what is the last one you'd eat? As in, if it were the only food left on the planet, you'd still be unsure about eating it.

Y'know, I don't know if there's anything quite that extreme for me. Thousand-year-old eggs come to mind, but though they're hardly palatable I would still eat them if it came down to it (which it has, in the past, not for survival but for politeness). Balut, perhaps (the one-day-before-hatching egg that is a Vietnamese...delicacy?), because I'd be weirded out by the near-bones and feathers and such.

Hot dogs are great, though, don't know why I'd cut those out. =D

Salisbury steak, without a doubt. Questionable meat topped with questionable gravy is too uncertain a proposition for me.

The last thing on the planet I would eat is mushy peas. I can't even bring them close to my mouth without retching.

Balut Balut Balut Balut Balut Balut Balut.

I dunno how that's not everyone's last choice.

Just the smell of canned tuna fish makes me gag.

But tuna with miracle whip and celery is yummy, especially with potato chips. ;_;

Avocado, damn awful thing. I'm not even sure if it is meant to be a fruit or vegetable. The last time I had one of these my lunch nearly ended up on the floor, and that would have been very bad seeing as how I was in school at the time.

Ya know, I never even heard of that nasty shit until today, but it's pretty high on the list of foods to avoid. Mushy Peas are pretty nasty though.

Yeah, but balut wins. Seeing it only seals the deal.

Canned tuna rocks. Mix it with mayo and you've got a great ingredient for sushi. The last thing I'd ever eat would probably be liver. I mean, come on! Who actually likes liver?

You know, I'd never heard of that balut business before today, but it's completely beyond me how anyone could enjoy eating that.

So much for eating lunch today...

Yeah, that balut stuff is definitely my most hated meal after seeing it. That duck fetus is just unsettling to look at.

Hot dogs, salisbury steak, avocados? I love this shit. Someone needs to try those Hebrew links (forget the name) as far as hotdogs go. There's another great brand that hosts those competitions for most hotdogs you can eat in ten minutes or whatever. Forgot the name. Some New York brand.

I'd have to say certain forms of seafood. Like squid or octopus. I mean, there's obvious shit like that sick crap posted above and lots of Filipino dishes.

I've had a squid and octopus casserole before. And it was actually really good. No joke. I don't even typically like the stuff.

Plus, calimari at Macaroni Grill is quite nice.

Sausage was going to be my answer, but after seeing balut...

Hebrew.. Are you talking about Hebrew National? They make some pretty good hot dogs.

I cannot eat bananas. I just can't do it. I've tried but the smell, the and the texture is just too disgusting. I honestly don't know if I would be able to eat them if they were the last food on earth.

Haha dude. I eat a good 30 bananas a week. And yeah, that's it. Though I thought it was Hebrew Nation. The other brand I was thinking about was Nathan's.

Hebrew National are the best hot dogs for boiling; Ballpark franks are the best for grilling; Nathan's are the best from a hot dog stand; Costco is best for the buck. These are the facts of life.

I couldn't live without bananas, and I'm allergic to them. Hot dogs are ok in a pinch, but you have to have some good chili to put on top.

Brightleaf is just the best all around. ;_; Of course, I think that's probably only a Carolina-brand hot dog. :(

After seeing Balut, I'm pretty sure I'll never be hungry enough to eat that. If I hadn't known about that I'd still say I'd rather die than eat onions and peppers.

Any of the abominations on this page: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=15001

Well, I guess the cereals and the milk aren't that bad, and I suppose that if I was in jail the wine might be... ah, fuck it, I'm not enough of a drunkard.

Balut can be added to the list.

Yeah dude, I can tell you from experience that "Pruno" is not something you want to try if you can avoid it.

Er... I don't think I want to have my midnight snack now. I kinda feel like throwing up now. I think balut wins this thread.

The funny thing about Balut is that once there was a Cardassian on Star Trek who offered Picard something like that, as a delicacy from his home world. I remember thinking that it was too gross to be based on anything real.

Truth really is far stranger than fiction.

Yeah, balut is definitely up there. ;_;

I cringe at some other things too. I doubt I'd eat insects or snails. There might even be some exotic seafood I'd stay away from. There's also some vegetables I wouldn't eat just because I'm not a fan of the greens.

I think if it came down to it I could eat insects. Expect shit like roaches, waterbugs, beetles, centi/milipedes or anything resembling those. Spiders might be tough, but I can take down some scorpions.

I hear fried scorpion is pretty good, actually. I don't have any plans to try it myself, but I'm under the impression that it's something people do eat.

Yeah, pure protein or some shit? I'd seriously consider blending a few in my post-workout shake. =O

Well, maybe not.

Seconding this, I can say you're absolutely correct ;__;

I can't stand anything that tastes of aniseed. That and blue cheese. As for insects, I guess if I was really desperate I could bite the bullet but if there was any possible way out of it I would never ever eat them.

OH SO TRUE <3. Especially the Costco being the best for the buck part.

I'm actually willing to try Balut, as I've never had it before. I'd probably eat ants, scorpions and live fish of somesort as well... hmmm. XD I'm sorry, coming from a culinary culture that likes fermented soy beans (hey, even the Koreans stay clear of this stuff) and pickled squid guts (nothing better to accompliment a bowl of rice and a pint of Sapporo beer), I can't say there's nothing on the planet I'd be willing to try before I die.

I'm the kind of person that gives everything at least one try, so probably not the best kind of poster in this thread. :tpg:

I have heard of culinary experiences that included leeches, slugs and roaches though. THAT I probably will decline the first try even if that's the last thing to eat on the planet.

How did you come across it?

Balut. What.

I realize the Asians and Pacific islanders are all about eating all manner of animal in all manner of gross, silly manner, but ugh. I guess we know why shit like that is good; if it's considered an aphrodisiac...

Balut. I never thought I'd have to hear of that stuff again once I left my parent's house.

Regardless, it's not that bad. I've eaten worse things. And maybe my family's a buncha pussies, or our Balut has been of poor quality, but I've never chowed down on stuff as developed as this.

That aside, the one thing I'd rather choke on than swallow would have to be... horseradish. Stuff makes me retch.

No way. Overdone Hebrew Nationals grilled are possibly the best food ever. They start to taste ultra salty, then just throw on a little bit of cheese and a strip of bacon and you've got the most delicious (and healthy, of course) meal ever. No hotdog should ever have the misfortune of being boiled (unless it's from a street vendor or at a baseball game, in which case it's fine). :(

And, yeah, that balut stuff looks pretty rough. And I thought it was bad when I'd see a little bit of red in my yolks. :gonk:

I think hot dogs done on the George Foreman rule all. Man, that George Foreman... what a genius.

I still have yet to try balut, but I don't have the balls to go and indulge myself in one. My parents get it all the time, they love this stuff, but I can't come to terms eating an unborn duck... I swear, Filipinos would do great on Fear Factor and Survivor. If they ever had to eat balut, the first thing they would say is, "Is there any salt?"

And if you say fuck being healthy every here and now you shred some chaddar cheese (a lot of it) and bust open a can of meat (no beans) chili, a ton of it. Fuck yeah chili-cheese dogs. I miss Tommy's in LA.

Mayonaise and anything involving noticeable quantities of it. Calling out a condiment is a little broad, but this stuff just makes me gag.

Yeah, I'm funny with mayo. I see people put nothing but that on a fucking burger or hotdog and it's just foul. Or having that shit swamped on salad or pasta. The few occasions I do like it though are when it's not too much and mixed with lots of mustand on a good burger.

That balut looks horrid. I'd have to say I would never eat another person (does that count?) and I'd never eat the penis of ANY animal. Anthing else, just don't tell me what it is and smother it in gravy.

Haha, those are aesome points I can understand only because of my present condition.

What exactly is balut?

Well, that's almost exactly what I was going to say. I'll jump on the BALUT? NO WAY! bandwagon, ESPECIALLY after the last picture.

Hot Dogs - yes
Grilling - yes
Hebrew National - YES

It's a duck egg which has been fertilised, and allowed to partly develop, so in other words, people eat duck abortions.

sweet merciful Jesus

...and I'd like to know who got up one day and decided,"Hey, I wonder what that tastes like?"

Eggs are my most hated food so eggs. Any touch of it in my mouth makes me instantly throw up. Even the smell does.

Even though Drex posted it already. Here's the wiki-link. :|

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut

I still have yet to grow balls to eat this thing... My parents said they'll shove it down my throat one way or another. T_T

Why should this shit be forcehead? Does it have miraculous healing properties or what?

No +150 HP capabilities. Apparently, it's just a good delicacy in the Filipino culture. I still don't see how.

Also, add this to my list.

Dinoguan (or however the hell you spell it... Naz, help me. T_T) Apparently us Filipinos love to eat meat with Pork Blood all over. Probably the nastiest thing i've eaten... Also, if your Filipino best friend's mom or dad asks you if you want to try the Chocolate Meat, politely decline. I'm warning you now. T_T

Let's not bad mouth the noble hot dog for it is a delicious handheld food. Sure, it's made out of mostly raccoon entrails, horse hooves, and old newspapers, but at least it's... well... at least they fit in your pocket, right? Anyway, eggs and beans repulse me to no end. Why? Who knows, it's just one of those grand mysteries of life, I suppose. But the mere smell of those foods make my stomach feel like it has been put through a centrifuge.

Haha, over the summer I shared a kitchen with this asian girl that got a lot of food from her mom since she didn't live really far away. One time she gave me this really spicy soup and asked me if I wanted this little cube of something. I was like, "What's that?" "Oh, it's just some pork blood." she replied. I started worrying about all the other food she had given me over the summer after that. :(

At least she was blunt with you.

Although I'm slightly intrigued by it, a Chinese friend recently mentioned eating chicken feet. I just can't understand that one. A chicken's foot is essentially scales, bone, talons, and a tiny amount of meat. Why would you ever eat that? Supposedly it makes for a hearty soup too, but again, why go through all that other crap for such a small amount of meat?

My girlfriend is half-Chinese, and her mother considers chicken feet to be quite the delicious snack. This attitude is not shared by my girlfriend or her brother, who apparently had much the same reaction as you the first time their mother offered them a delicious box of chicken feet.

Mind you, this same mother also once ate strawberries with ketchup. I believe that being Chinese is only partly responsible for her culinary peculiarities. I seriously dread the thought that we might ever go to their house for dinner. I also now understand why my girlfriend is such a great cook. She had to be.

I dunno, strawberries with ketchup doesn't sound too bad. Then again, I've only found a few foods that ketchup didn't either improve or at least not clash badly with.

Chicken feet cooked in the right sauce isn't bad - the skin picks up the flavor of the sauce, and sticking the whole thing in your mouth and spitting out the joint bones is fun. =D I've only had it dim sum style, though, never fried like many from Hong Kong have it.

Also, I've had pork blood (it's like tofu - they congeal it and cut it up into cubes like RR stated) in a really spicy Shanghai style dish. The sauce covered most of the taste, but the iron flavor was still pretty apparent. Not my favorite experience, but more palatable than balut.

Swiss rotten cheese. Odorous as hell. Ugh!

Scrambled eggs and ketchup. Jesus Christ, its so disgusting that it pisses me off. Something that also gives me reason to sigh...("sigh") is how people are so passionate about it that they are willing to start a half an hour argument defending their disgusting food choice.

Casu Marzu, anyone? I'd rank it right up there with Balut in the looks-so-gross-that-I'd-never-go-near-it category. Heck.. I'd probably call it worse. It's basically rotten cheese that's eaten in Sardinia - so rotten that insect larvae are present in the cheese. Eye protection is mandatory when eating it, unless you remove the larvae manually. Don't want the insects to get in your eyes! :tpg:

On the topic of foods that I've actually tasted, blue cheese makes me want to vomit. I cannot stand the taste at all. I was at Disneyland one summer and bought a bleu cheese burger for the first time, which could have ruined the rest of my day there if I actually ate all of it. Fortunately, I had the sense to throw it away and head for the next loooong line for a classic ride.

Casu Marzu? Insect larva in your eyes? Who sees this stuff and decides, screw McDonald's, I'm eating THIS for dinner?

Well considering McDonalds isn't remarkably more quality and/or sanitary to begin with, I am guessing more than you might think.

Casu Marzu, eh? I don't rank it up with balut, but it's something I'd rather not ever encounter in real life. Never heard of it before and never want to hear of it again. :p

Ja ja...When I clicked the link for Casu Marzu and saw the picture, I thought it was bread. :tpg:
"Ooh! Yummy!! Brea-CHEESE?!" :twitch:

At least if I find maggots in my food at McDonalds, I can sue the pants off them and be rich for the rest of my life.

True, but then theres the risk of McDonalds having you secretly killed to protect their investments. Do you think those Ronald statues are just for show? No, they are there to make sure that the customers leave "happy", with no complaints. If anything comes up, Ronald sees to it that the "problem" is neutralized.

Weapons of choice: Scolding hot coffee and rock hard sausage egg and cheese biscuits which crack the skull upon impact.

Ronald McDonald's a gangsta!

http://www.stayfreemagazine.org/images/19/ronald1.jpg

:eye:

I've heard Birds nest soup is an interesting dish.

Birds nest soup is quite yummy. Most of the flavor comes from sources other than the birds' spit, but I liked birds nest soup even when I was a little kid, and I was a picky eater back then.

Something I wouldve posted in here as a kid was any sort of fish and turtle soup. If anything but for my loyalty to my TMNT.

I like to think that I'm an overly-adventurous eater, but I don't think I could bring myself to eat rotten maggoty cheese. Or blood sausage either. Eating giant blood clots mixed with lard is, uh, unappealing. Also, fugu is right out for being laced with poison unless prepared perfectly...I don't think I trust any chef that much.

Balut is pretty weird too, but, while I wouldn't go out and buy it at a restaurant, I don't find it completely unappetizing. I guess that if I was hanging out with someone and they insisted on eating it, I could be prodded into trying it.

Fugu's toxin has got to be one of the coolest poisons on earth. More or less complete paralysis and full consciousness with death by asphixiation ensuing typically within 4-24 hours? Amazing. I know how I'm offing people next time I get crossed.

oh man thats a burtal poison. are there news stories about someone that dies from this dish?

I heard once that some bosses make the chef eat a piece before serving him. thats shits supposed to be really tasty.

omg blood clots that is so fucking foul

I AGREE!! even if i were starving and that was last thing on earth to eat, i'd rather die of starvation! :><:

hmm. I can't say that balut would be gross, cause I've never tried it. I'm one to judge food by looks or smell. Bananas. THOSE are more disgusting than balut in my opinion.

Oh, I perfectly understand why someone would take arsenic over hot dogs any day.

I grew up in a lower middle class family. Need I say more? Growing up, because they were so fast, and so easy to cook, and you could prepare them in different ways, like in buns, in sammiches, or cut up into pieces, we had hot dogs almost EVERY DAMN NIGHT.

In fact, the only foods I can remember eating before age 10 were hamburgers, hot dogs, and cereal. Then after branching out into an entire new world of food, by age 14 I could not even look at a hot dog.

Yet, I still love BBQ hot dogs. Which kind of renders my hate of hot dogs void. :eagletear:

A small part of me died after seeing that. But I think that's the totally extreme version though. There are others were the bones and stuff haven't developed yet like before you can really consider it a fetus, but not quite an egg, so it's like eating a really yokey chunky egg. I wouldn't mind eating one of those but no, i won't eat that thing you showed just now.

I personally won't eat anything live, or part of a reproductive organ. Liver is O.K. just don't like how dry it is.

You mean no Rocky Mountain Oysters?

http://www.steveklotz.com/blog/wp-co...09/Oysters.jpg

No, the only balls going into this mouth are fish balls. The bouncy things you put in noodle soup.

*looks down* is that really what it looks like on the other side of the screwdom??

Chicken feet win my vote. At my first ever dim sum with my asian friend, his dad ordered four plates of it as a joke. Feeling adventerous, I tried it. I just couldn't stop thinking about how the chicken tramples it's own fecal matter every day. Also, the fact that they were cold, pale and slimy didn't help my appetite either.

Peanuts would be second on my list, only because I'm deathly allergic to them. But if I was going to die anyways, I might as well make it interesting.