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o.k., we've all eaten disgusting food in different places....but just to throw a little humour into the mix, i'm wondering, has anyone ever eaten anything totally disgusting in Mexico. By that, I mean, something you've come across that you cannot aptly describe with reference to your previously known palate (sp)?. For me, it was at a birthday party of a sister's friend from a small town, and the "snack" was some kind of pork dish that tasted like poo and had the texture of mucous, but i was hungry doused it with salsa and ate a few in order to not offend the hostess who obviously went to pains to put the party together. Any other grisly experiences. Again, not an attempt to diss mexico, a country I love, just an attempt to inject some levity into the cultural integration experience. I'm not a culinary sissy by any means but really, that experience was memorable, especially before the tequila materialised. Very Happy

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Pancita...pig stomach. Worse, it was served to me by my future mother-in-law, the very first time I'd met her and my future father-in-law. Even worse yet, I couldn't get the first bite down, and had to excuse myself to the washroom to expel it.

Looking back, it might have been a test...

mapache · Joined: 12 Oct 2006 Posts: 202 Location: Villahermosa

nucu - big black flying ants. Chiapenecos like them fried with a little lemon. They smell like urine.

Samantha · Joined: 25 Oct 2003 Posts: 2038 Location: Mexican Riviera

Guy wrote:

J Sevigny · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 161

Pork broiled in its own blood. With eggs. This was in Tamaulipas.

dixie · Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 644 Location: D.F

Sangre...went to a cantina with a couple of friends and it was the dish of the day. I'm veggie but still willing to taste a bit to check new things out. It tasted like meat.....beef I guess....but not great beef! And really..it was more the thought of eating blood then the overall taste!

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

Chicharron - deep-fried pork rind. How can anyone eat that stuff? This site needs a 'vomit' emoticon.

A really greasy 'tlayuda' (in name only) fried in a pan with a lot of grease. Horrible. Two bites and I threw it away.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Chicharron...served mucous wet (as what I think Chola may have eaten) or the crispy type? I must admit having grown fond of the crispy version, after initially being grossed out by it.

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

Not the puffy, crispy kind - that's okay if you don't think about what you're actually eating.

No, the school cafeteria serves the soggy, boiled in oil version, which I made the mistake of buying - once.

saraswati · Joined: 30 Mar 2004 Posts: 200

Moronga-pig's blood sausage....ewwwwww

MamaOaxaca · Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 201 Location: Mixteca, Oaxaca

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Ben Round de Bloc · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 1946

thelmadatter · Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: stuff

Never ate it but saw it once (which was more than enough) - sesos (brains) I agree, we need a vomit emoticon.

Anyone have the ahem "balls" to try kran? (pun intended)

Ditto on the chicharron. Ill eat it fried and crispy (dont tell my southerner ex-husband this as he eats pork rinds) but soft and icky... I dont think so.

Cant wrap my head around eating chapulines either.

Similar vein... something that looked gross but turned out to be good .... zapotes (the fruit with the black insides)

Aabra · Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 64

I've got to agree with the Chicharon comments. The dried, crispy kind aren't really that bad - however the moist ones make me want to vomit. The winner however has to be Menudo. According to my students it depends on how it's made, but the version I tried smelled like the inside of a barn. It was truly disgusting.