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Wed Feb 18, 2026, 12:49 AM

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My dad took us to a French restaurant decades ago. Had frog legs. Tasted like (heh) chicken.

Taramasalata "Greek Caviar". I first had this at a Greek restaurant with relatives when I was a teen.
It's salted & cured (not sturgeon) fish roe. Blended with bread or potatoes, olive oil, lemon juice. Sometimes onion, garlic, dill.
Didn't have it for a long time. Then in my 30's onward off & on.

Possibly foie gras. I was in Western (French) Switzerland; a vacy w my relatives. Went to their friends for dinner.
Had some kind of dark colored dip before the wondeful fondue!

(Fried) Chicken feet. Chinese restaurant a few times.

No to the rest. Especially no to octopi, balut (just saw a photo! Omg! Ewwww!!!), the insects, and worms!

A Mexican restaurant in one of my old nabes had ?chocolate covered crickets. Uh...no.

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