I love beef tongue. I like it in Mexican food, like in tacos off the cart or in burritos. I like it Spanish-style in a tomato sauce. I like it Chinese-style with a curry gravy over rice. I would eat it on a boat, I would eat it with the goat (and then I'd eat the goat).

That sounds fancy. I eat it as a cold cut. With my basterma.

Also, headcheese.

I used to bring home burritos de lengua once in a while but some of my kids told me that they didn't want to taste anything that could taste them back. ;-)

My cousin used to shoot squirrels and make squirrel brain pudding. I never tried it. I'd have to say the most ... rare food I've ever eaten was calamari. Not really rare, but kinda tasty. My favorite food by far is my Mom's homemade lasagna with homemade bread. Uuuoooaaauhhuuugg. *drools*

Poor Squirrels.. Calamari is ok, how does sushi rank on the exotic food scale?

Black(or blood) pudding.

I'd say most typical sushi (california rolls, maguro, hamachi, sake, ebi, unagi, etc.) is pretty non-exotic, unless you're from a backwater where they eat squirrel brain pudding and consider calamari to be rare. Your sushi might be a little more exciting if it's something like shirako (fish sperm sacs) or fugu (blowfish).

Insalata tricolore with basil and olive oil

Yeah I go for the pretty typical stuff. Though one of the Chinese buffets near by does serve things like chicken feet, stomach of beef I think and things like that.

Yeah, I like chicken feet. Dim sum places usually have fish stomach. I like tripe too, though. I don't really consider any of that weird or exotic. I've had albacore and shark fin, I guess that's literally rare.

I think I'd draw the line when it came to rodents. It's possible if I were in Peru and everybody was eating roasted guinea pig (cuy) I might partake, but it sounds gross. One of my friends ate with the locals in Vietnam and had some kind of water rat fetus. I wouldn't go there.

The place I'm talking about is huge. They have a decent sushi bar, a stir fry bar thingy, and a lot of traditional Vietnamese stuff. One of my fav places to go have lunch.

Oh oh oh, San Diego Mexican fast food, a la Roberto's and all the similar names. :-)

I've had moose, bear, caribou, elk, venison, but my favorite of all of those is venison jerky.

+1 Mujus for the venison jerky.

Rattlesnake is the best food this planet has ever had.

"bullshit" ... the domesticated Aurochs gets that rank