What Would You Eat for $1000?

[Derf]

Yeah, it's gross. I woke up this morning and the question was there (and no, it wasn't because I was thinking about breakfast  ). I tried to stick with organic matter that wouldn't actually kill you (I hope no one would eat something potentially deadly for a measly $1000, but you never know), but that would be challenging for you to actually consume.

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[odinn7]

Nice question...it's hard to answer though because I am not hungry at the moment...lol

[Trevor]

I went for "fried snake", Derf, because I believe that snake meat tastes good and also because it is 16h30 where I am and I am hungry. 

[Derf]

I went for "fried snake", Derf, because I believe that snake meat tastes good and also because it is 16h30 where I am and I am hungry. 

There is a town about 20 miles away from me that has an annual Rattlesnake Roundup, where they have rattlesnake races, music, crafts, and rattlesnake-related food booths. I'd like to try fried rattlesnake, but I've just never gotten around to it.

[Trevor]

 

It is now almost 17h00 here in Pretoria and I am now so hungry that I could eat all the snakes in Snakes on A Plane. 

[Mofo Rising]

I'd eat pretty much anything that can be termed "food". So, on your list I think the cut-off point would be excrement, especially considering one of my barometers for psychological health is the ability not to play with poo.

Naturally, I'd want the food prepared. No reason to eat raw maggots when you could sautée them in oil instead. I've also had deep-fried rattlesnake. They offer it at a restaurant at the Rawhide Ranch. It tastes like fried chicken, just with more bones.

[odinn7]

Hmmm....I don't know...the excrement part of it...it depends on who's it is. I mean, if it was Kate Beckinsales, sure, I'd eat it for free! 

[ulthar]

A nice T-bone smothered in sauteeed mushrooms....

Money is not that important to me...so, I dont "do things for money."  Yeah, I guess I work, but that's not what I mean - I mean stuff I would NOT do not for money.

From your list, I have eaten snake and MRE's.  No problem with anything on the list if I were hungry enough;  except excrement.   No Way, no how for any amout of money (and actually, it is NOT good for you - lots of bad bacteria could be present); there's a reason it smells bad - so we stay away from it.

[Killer Bees]

Oh man, that's just gross!        
You couldn't pay me enough money to eat things like snakes and poo.

[RCMerchant]

I actually ate raw earthworms before...and not for money. 

[Patient7]

Nothing like a Klondike Bar, I REFUSE to go farther than that without at the very least, one more zero at the end.  As for excrement, there is NO amount of money that I will take to eat that.

[Dennis]

I've had snake, MRE's, raw muscles right off the pier pilings and once grasshoppers by mistake, they were battered and fried I had chewed up a couple and swallowed before I realised what they were. I have to say that you never know what you'll eat until you're really hungry. For a $1000 I would eat snake, MRE's and of course the Klondike bar, the rest would have to wait till I was starving, the excrement would only be at gunpoint.

[Killer Bees]

In my younger and naive days, I went to a champagne breakfast with my work colleagues.  The hotel buffet was magnificent and being the innocent that I was at the time, I just dug in and ate everything I could get my hands on.

I found these deep fried, breadcrumb coated things and thought, "oooo! potato croquettes!" and I piled six onto my plate.  The croquettes were delicious and creamy and I went back to the buffet to partake of some more.  I loaded up another six (they were only quite small) and work colleague said, "wow, you must really like lamb brains."

                                                    

I nearly threw up right there.  I put the uneaten "croquettes" back and didn't eat another thing for about 2 days. *lol*

Lesson learned is:  don't assume what foods are, even in a posh hotel breakfast buffet.  ALWAYS ask if you're not sure.  But that was the grossest thing I'd ever eaten. 

[moman]

Fried snake sounds like it COULD be quite nice. I'd have to look at it first though.

[ulthar]

Fried snake sounds like it COULD be quite nice. I'd have to look at it first though.

It is...it's about like eating fish.

We were in the woods, and my friend killed a copperhead lying next to the trail.  Battered her in some cornmeal we just "happened to have," and voila, LUNCH.

Actually, I liked THAT better than the one time I had frog legs.