Food & Drink Local Delicacies

I've never actually eaten steak du cheval... any good?

 

ROFFLE! Im just thinking of Homer Simpson with the Nacho hat.

 

Horse tastes really good woof.
Had it last time I was in france and it was rather tasty.

I'm with spec, my local delicacy would be haggis neeps and tatties.
Recently I've tried experimenting with haggis.
Haggis pizza is awesome as is haggis risotto (seriously).

Other local delicacies I've tried recently are Queenies when I was on the Isle of Man.

We had the marinaded in garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, parsley and a little ginger and cooked on the bbq.
Pretty damn good tbh.

Another local delicacy I've tried was dog meat in Korea.
I couldn't tell you what it tastes like as it was in a spicy sauce.
I enjoyed it though, enough to order seconds.
Kimchi is another Korean food I tried but wasn't too keen on it.

I suppose, since I live in Aberdeen, I could list Aberdeen Angus beef as a local delicacy.
Damn, I'm starving now...

 

You've only gone and forgotten the sausages!

 

Staffodshire Oatcakes Cheesecake!



EDIT: Damn you wordfilter!

 

Fried pork, taters and parsley sauce..
Pork has to be a bit crispy.
And the sauce very thick.
My grandmother used to use smoked pork (heaven)

 

As someone who despises potatoes with a long developed passion, and is almost certainly alergic to at least one ingredient in that sauce I can say: that looks delicious

 

Haggis neeps and tatties here, minus the neeps though

 

Yes! Neeps are the devil's work

Near where I live, there's a place that does spinach and brie pakora, it's excellent

 

New potatoes with an awesome parsley sauce is ****ing divine I prefer Smoked Salmon though rather than pr0k ;D

 

We don't really have anything around here but I guess one thing that Portsmouth (the nearest city to me) has is a lot of chavs


Usually best served splattered across windscreen/road or in court

 

Neeps on their own can be a bit nasty.
Apparently the trick is, as well as adding the usual salt and pepper during mashing, add some butter and a spoon of sugar.

 

The meat's too tough unless you stew it

 

That reminds me, there a place in Aberdeen that does Haggis pakoras!
They're pretty tasty too.

 

giz yer bike dik ed

 

FROM RATTLESNAKE TO BUFFALO: OUT OF THE ORDINARY FOOD IN COLORADO

“Tastes like chicken” is an all-to-often used phrase when describing a new venture placed upon the palate. This is far from the norm in Colorado, where each bite of our delicacies — out of the ordinary or not — have diners adding these meals to the echelon of their favorites. Each of these distinct foods listed below has gained popularity among both the adventurous diner and the discerning critic. If you can get past the name, you’ll find that challenging yourself to out-of-the ordinary food is just plain fun.

Buffalo Burgers
Buffalo burgers, once a fringe food, have now found their place in everyday fare. Leaner than beef and a bit sweeter, buffalo meat has spurred a large and growing following. No longer roaming the vast eastern plains, the buffalo of today are ranch-raised and well-taken care of, providing some of the best-tasting meat around. Talk to a local grocer for a pound or two of prime bison cuts, and grill them at your condo after a day on the slopes. Or get yourself seated at a restaurant that specializes in perfectly seasoned and prepared buffalo meat. If burgers aren’t your forte, choose from buffalo fajitas, steaks or roasts.

Rocky Mountain Oysters
Plainly told, these are bovine testicles. No use hiding the fact, or beating ‘round the bush about it. But don’t let this anatomical fact dissuade you from ordering it off the menu. When prepared by a knowledgeable chef, Rocky Mountain oysters are first-rate delicacies.

Most preparations are straightforward. They’re cut into thin strips, battered in flower and herbs, and pan or deep-fried. And the taste? Well, it usually depends on the seasoning used in the batter, but it has often been likened to fried oysters — hence it’s apropos name.

Rattlesnake
You can prepare “rattler” in just about every way imaginable — add it to a stew, bake it, fry it or roast it. A local favorite is rattlesnake cakes, which are akin to crab cakes, only sweeter and sans the fishy taste. Since snake is all muscle, it can be a bit gamey, but with a proper marinade to tenderize it, it takes on the light and subtle taste of white meat. It’s an interesting way to add an exotic Western flair to any dish. After all, once you get past the name, rattlesnake meat is no more intimidating than your run-of-the-mill chicken.

Link to original article: http://www.colorado.com/article208

Buffalo burgers, etc. are great. I won't touch the other two... ewww

 

Nope, not spinach. It's laverbread - seaweed. And the stuff at the bottom is cockles (a small rock-dwelling mollusc)

Got it in one. I live about 20 miles from Swansea, the spiritual home of laverbread and cockles (some say they originated on the Mumbles). Swansea market has about half a dozen stalls selling nothing but laverbread and cockles. Yum

 

There's no wonder you Scots are such miserable bastards. (And yes, I've tried haggis. It's like faggots aka savoury ducks minus the flavour and the crunchy bits.)

 

A delicacy that's local to this 'ere branch of the Internets

Bl00 berry Cheesecake!

 

Ahh, but did you catch the haggis yourself? That's half the fun