Previously: “The 25 most popular icebreaker questions based on four years of data”
Currently: The Only List of Icebreaker Questions You’ll Ever Need (Not all of which will be used, since some are either/or questions, which are boring.)
Your mission: answer the question in the comments with a good story.
If you don’t have a good story, you are encouraged to make one up.
What’s the weirdest food you’ve ever eaten?
Toss up between stewed goat, fried okra, and chocolate-covered coffee beans.
Oddly, considering how many times I was in the Philippines during my stint in the Navy, I was never drunk enough to try balut.
UPDATE: I forgot about this: ham and cheese omlet inside a toasted peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Sounds horrible, but it actually works because:
Fruit and ham works
Fruit and cheese works
Egg and peanut butter are not a normal combination, but they’re both proteins, so they work
Peanut butter and jelly works
Giving the matter due consideration, I’ve probably lived as long as I have by not trying weird foods.
It would have to be alligator gumbo.
Mmmmmmm. Gumbo.
Awesome.
Mushrooms. But only certain ones.
Snails…but my wife loves them. OK…now a question about the fried okra Harv. You’re kidding right? I’m a Southerner, well, if you want to call West Texans southerners. We were raised on fried breaded okra and it’s one of my favorite fried things that are bad for a person to eat…lol. I even like to put ketchup on it and a Waiter at the Black-Eyed-Pea freaked out once.
My first and only experience with okra was in a Navy chow hall, so that might explain my disappointment
That explains it…carry on Sailor!
Anything labeled as food after about 2 weeks at sea on deployment would answer that question.
I was served deep-fried worms (“gusanos”) in Mexico once. Add lots and lots of guacamole and salsa verde, wrap it all in a tortilla or two, and the worm burrito goes down with only a few spasms of the gag reflex. Yum!
Yea but virtually anything fried is good..even twinkies.
Fried okra is weird? It is one of my favorite side dishes, though, come to think of it, I don’t think I ever ate okra before my 30th birthday.
Most exotic was the camel. It was pretty tough and would probably be best served in a stew. I have also eaten gator tail on omelet my trips to Florida.