What's the worst tasting thing you've eaten?

[pianoman9701]

I'll try anything (insert disclaimer) and typically eat everything that's put in front of me.

Except eggplant.  Just the thought causes the urge for my stomach content to increase in elevation. 
I have had it served clearly recognizable and heavily masqueraded as something looking extremely tasty.  I can always smell an eggplant rat. 

I consider myself a pretty good cook.  However, when I am cooking egg plant I might have to agree with you.  I've never made it as enjoyable table fare.  My mother on the other hand is a horrible cook of most everything.  Burnt is her favored level of doneness, fire alarms are her favored cooking timer, dry her favorite texture and mint her favorite seafood seasoning    But I have to give her kudos for her egg plant lasagna.  I'll take it over any restaurant lasagna I have ever had.  It's pretty dang good!  Maybe the secret is to ramble on about nothing while family hopes death will be short and quick.  All the while forgetting you have food in the oven until the smoke alarms go off.  Then it seems to be just about perfect

battered eggplant rocks as eggplant parmesana.

[NRA4LIFE]

We peel, slice and grill the eggplant first and then use it like pasta in lasagna.  It is really tasty.

[Ebell]

I overcooked a merganser and it was so nasty that my beagle wouldn't even touch it.  This beagle can often be found eating his own feces, along with those from other dogs, but he wouldn't touch the overcooked western Washington fish duck.

[kentrek]

One cup of mayo in a hot dog bun was also a lose lose situation

20$ is 20$........only if they pay up tho

Life lesson #156....never take bets with broke college kids

[Curly]

I ate a nightcrawler on a dare while in college but it didn't even rank up there as one of the worst things I've eaten.........although the memory of it is rather blurry. 

[Becky]

Completely a newb question, but those of you that keep saying "fish eating ducks!" - is it certain species that eat fish so you now avoid that species, or how do you tell if a duck is eating fish? 

[DOUBLELUNG]

I love sushi and tolerate uni because my sushi snob friend insists it is the defining dish in ranking sushi quality; I rate it from mediocre to mildly bad.  Not a liver fan.  But the worst was a tie between merganser (the only one I've ever shot, after 2 bites the guilt was gone and it went into the garbage), and a grilled shark sandwich in Florida - it was like tuna soaked in ammonia.  I've heard that was because it wasn't prepared right, but that was enough for me.  Poi is a close runner-up ...

Then there was the bone-sour T-bone at Jake's Café in Ritzville last year ...

[flatbkman]

Brussel Sprouts....not only do they taste bad but you really should have your house sprayed after cooking them.

Worst thing ever offered to me to eat was back in the 70's I was invited to attend a placenta party. I said thanks but no thanks.

[KenPCPilot]

Sea snail.  Taste and texture made me gag and I ate some weird things in Korea. 

[Curly]

Completely a newb question, but those of you that keep saying "fish eating ducks!" - is it certain species that eat fish so you now avoid that species, or how do you tell if a duck is eating fish? 

Diving ducks with the sharp pointy bill.  i.e. - mergansers  (I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them right now)  A lot of diving ducks actually just eat vegetation under the water so they probably taste like puddle ducks, but back when I duck hunted, we only shot puddle ducks (teal, wood duck, pintail, mallards, etc.)............we actually referred to all diving ducks as $h!_ ducks.  Hard to type the word that was used for them due to the sensor, but I think you get the point.    It is just what my dad called all diver ducks because of what he assumed they tasted like; I don't think he ever ate a diving duck.

Not many people have probably tried cormorants since they are illegal to shoot, but they would likely taste the same as merganser.

[RadSav]

Worst thing ever offered to me to eat was back in the 70's I was invited to attend a placenta party. I said thanks but no thanks.

  Oh H&ll No! and 

Your friends must be seriously messed in the head!

[pianoman9701]

Brussel Sprouts....not only do they taste bad but you really should have your house sprayed after cooking them.

Worst thing ever offered to me to eat was back in the 70's I was invited to attend a placenta party. I said thanks but no thanks.

This one takes the prize. Someone has to be seriously screwed up in the head to eat a placenta. 

[RadSav]

We have a very nice german customer who brings us fine German chocolates each year at the ATA show.  They look great!  Though I'm not sure what they were thinking putting champagne and vodka in a good chocolate.  I find the gesture pleasing and the chocolates horrifying!

[floatinghat]

sea urchin was nasty, also not a fan of tripe and liver.

[pianoman9701]

Russian desserts. If you ever shop at a Russian deli, the meats, cheeses, and breads are all great and usually priced about $3-4 less than an American store. But, the desserts are all made out of air and sugar. Disgusting.