Weirdest food you’ve tried:

I ate bear in 1986 in state run "business hotel" in the then Czechoslovakia. Strong tasting meat but miles ahead of the usual fare there then that was basically nothing more than scrawny chicken, eggs, rice and fatty sausages. On the plus side drink was dirt cheap and the original Budweiser beer was way superior to the muck the Yanks turned it into.

I was there for a trade exhibition curtesy of Prago-exports in Brno. A few of us ate together in the hotel in the evenings and went drinking afterwards. From talking to the staff we knew they were poorly paid and always left a good tip. Near the end of our stay our waiter told us the chef had another dish that night that was not on the menu if we wanted to try it, bear. A few of us did, and although it had a strong flavour I enjoyed it.

Aftrwards asking our waiter how it was available but not on the menu, he told us the bear had been killed by a train on a trainline that ran close to the hotel that morning, and the hotel bought some of the meat from railway workers.

Octopus is the worst thing I’ve ever tried. The texture was revolting, I literally could not swallow it and had to spit it into a napkin. Ugh. Had Alpacca in Peru. Not vile, but fairly bland.

Tripe is ok if cleaned and cooked properly, I had it in an Italian restaurant in Dublin one time, along with Cave Aged Lardo, absolutely delicious.

I've also had the Kangaroo, Ostrich and Crocodile from Superquinn back in the day, and I'm sure Aldi at one time had season offerings of Ostrich steaks.

I'll try anything really.

Many people had pigs trotters? I was in a local butchers one time, had my kid with me, it would have been about 4 years ago, and I spotted them. Started explaining to my kid what they were and that my da used to eat them all the time. The butcher was earwigging, and told me he'd give me a couple for nothing to take to my da. My da was delighted and cooked them up for himself. I like to think it was one of the last truly nice things he had in his life, as not long afterwards he developed pretty fast moving Dementia and has ended up in a home.

yeah there was still hair and shite on the ones I got, my da was delighted with himself.

Posted it here, but recently had sheep's balls, brains and tiny whole little birds - bones and all.

I've had bull's balls, tripe, tongue and tendons. Sweetbreads. Frog legs, snails. Jellyfish. Chicken hearts. Beef heart. Alligator. Ostrich. Kid goat. Pigs head. Octopus.

I don't consider a lot of those things, "weird", really - just food. Of all those things the one we eat pretty regularly is beef tendon. Love it slowly poached until it's tender tendon, then served in Chinese style broth.

Least favourite of all those was sheep's brain - didn't like that at all.

I suppose you could say he was as happy as a pig in shite?

Travelling around Washington State we stopped off at a rural roadside tavern for a bite. Saw deep fried breaded turkey gizzards on the menu and ordered some. Chewy beyond belief but the batter was delish.

I like natto gohan, even though I don't particularly like the texture. Works well in miso soup.

Cheap Irish sausages. Definitely an acquired taste.

I also like the fact that sausages use up the bits of an animal that wouldn't otherwise be eaten. I've no problem eating pig eyelids, lips and penis as long as I like the taste and texture. I find very cheap sausages tend to be too mushy, though.

I think mace is the predominant flavour in Irish sausages (which is connected to nutmeg).

I had dog in China...didn't know it was a dog till I finished the plate...have to say it was tasty but not sure would I tried it if I'd known...also had shark fin soup which I would highly recommend...foie gras also is beautiful if a little unethical