Posted on Nov 9, 2014
SGT Michael Glenn
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I have eaten some weird things while on active duty and would like to see who else has done the same.
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PO3 Robert Gunderson
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I have eaten some seriously weird stuff while on survival training like grub worms, skunk and sugar ants with a cattail used as a potato, just to name something and beaver meat. While on ship I had octopus, squid and crawfish in a stew type meal.
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SPC George Long
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Beating Cobra Heart and blood in Viet Nam. My counterparts thought it was a big deal. Rat on a stick, Monkey also.
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PFC Donnie Harold Harris
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Dog... I suppose. In Korea in 72.
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PO1 Jotham Anderson
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Dog in Thailand
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I'd say the Monkey on a Stick we had in Egypt...at least that's what we called it. Who knows what it actually was, but I think the weirdest I've personally had is Escargot in France...that is some nasty stuff right there. And i'm the kind of guy who will eat and relish anything as long as I've got hot sauce.
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SGT Michael Glenn
SGT Michael Glenn
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I guess it depends on how it is prepared, I ate some in a Italian restaurant in Germany and it was to die for!
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SGT Michael Glenn
SGT Michael Glenn
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I was in a Restaurant in Japan where they lock a live monkey'shead through a hole in the table, every one has little hammers and beat it to death as it runs in circles screaming for its life and then once the head is bashed in the brain is ate raw... I never touched the hammer and left in disgust, my friends followed suit and never went back.
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SPC Christopher Busby
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Goat is the only thing i know of, but when Iraq who knows, right?
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TSgt Cyber Systems Operations
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Curried Fruit Bat...Yummy! Tough as boot leather....
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SrA Jay Strauser
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Edited 10 y ago
Silk worm cocoons and chicken feet in Korea. Unknown mystery meat sandwich in Desert Storm. Looked similar to head cheese.
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PO3 Machinist's Mate
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When I was in the Navy on Submarines, I was fortunate enough to travel around the world (literally). Every port we stopped in I tried something local and a local take on something American (like McDonald's).

Some of the strangest/exotic things that come to mind are the reindeer I had in Norway, the goat in Bahrain, the octopus in Crete, the McTeriaki burger at a McDonald's in Japan, and just being in the restaurant at all when we ate at a Hooters in Singapore.
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SGT Journeyman Plumber
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An Afghan local national shared some cooked goat with my platoon while we were conducting a KLE. It was surprisingly tasty, but qualifies as weird being that it's a meat that isn't commonly served in America.
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SPC George Long
SPC George Long
10 y
Come to Oregon . The Hippies love Goat .
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Lt Col Stephen Petzold
Lt Col Stephen Petzold
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We made a lot of goat sausage last weekend. Good stuff!
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SSgt Michael Cox
SSgt Michael Cox
8 y
Come to Spokane Washington we have several farmers that also raise goats for food.
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