Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Crazy Foods in the Calorie Counter

Not the ones on this list, however.


So I was browsing through my Calorie Counter book and started to come across the weirdest, most vile foods (IMO) in existence. I didn't realize some people actually eat this stuff, I thought it was just in movies or for dares on reality shows. Felt like I was in the Ozark mountains or something, reading a menu from the Clampett's version of a restaurant. But hey, I guess even hillbillys need to eat...

ALLIGATOR, cooked, 3oz: 126 cal
ANTELOPE, roasted, 4oz: 215 cal
BEAR, simmered, 3oz: 220 cal
BEAVER, roasted, 4oz: 240 cal
BRAINS, beef pan-fried, 3oz: 167 cal; beef simmered, 3oz: 123 cal; lamb braised, 3oz: 123 cal; lamb fried, 3oz: 232 cal, pork braised, 3oz: 117 cal; veal braised, 3oz: 116 cal; veal fried, 3 oz: 181 cal
CACTUS, fresh cooked w/fat, 1 pad: 11 cal; fresh cooked w/o fat, 1 cup: 22 cal; pricklypear, 1: 42 cal, pricklypear fresh, 1 cup: 61 cal
CARIBOU, roasted, 3oz: 142 cal
CROCODILE, cooked, 3oz: 78 cal
DANDELION GREENS, fresh cooked, 1/2 cup: 17 cal; raw chopped, 1/2 cup: 13 cal
EEL, fresh cooked, 1 fillet: 375 cal; raw, 3oz: 156 cal; smoked, 3.5oz: 330 cal
FIDDLEHEAD FERNS, fresh, 3.5oz: 34 cal
FIREWEED, leaves chopped, 1 cup: 24 cal
FOOD COLORING, all colors, 1 tsp, 0 cal
FROG LEGS, 3oz: 175 cal; Take-Out as prep w/seasoned flour & fried, 1: 70 cal
GOAT, roasted, 3oz: 122 cal
HIBISCUS FLOWERS, dried sweetened, 1/3 cup: 100 cal
HORSE, roasted, 3oz: 122 cal
MUSKRAT, roasted, 3oz: 199 cal
OPOSSUM, roasted, 3oz: 188 cal
PANCREAS (SWEETBREAD), beef braised, 3oz: 230 cal; lamb braised, 3oz: 199 cal; pork braised, 3oz: 186 cal; veal braised, 3oz: 218 cal
PIG'S FEET, cooked, 1: 201 cal; pickled, 1: 177 cal
PUFFERFISH, raw, 3oz: 72 cal
RABBIT, domestic w/o bone, roasted, 3oz: 167 cal; wild w/o bone, stewed, 3oz: 147 cal
RACCOON, roasted, 3oz: 217 cal
SEA CUCUMBER, dried, 1oz: 74 cal; fresh, 1oz: 20 cal
SEA URCHIN, canned, 1oz: 39 cal; fresh, 1oz: 36 cal; roe paste, 1 tbsp: 19 cal
SNAKE, fresh, 3oz: 78 cal
SPOT, baked, 3oz: 134 cal
SQUIRREL, roasted, 3oz: 147 cal
SUCKER, white, baked, 3oz: 101 cal
SWAMP CABBAGE, chopped cooked w/o salt, 1 cup: 20 cal
TESTICLES (PRAIRIE OYSTERS), cooked, 1 pair (tee hee): 241 cal
TREE FERN, chopped cooked, 1/2 cup: 28 cal
TRIPE, beef simmered, 3oz: 80 cal
TURTLE, raw, 3.5oz: 85 cal
TUSK FISH, raw, 3.5oz: 79 cal
WHALE, beluga, 3.5oz: 97 cal; beluga dried, 1oz: 92 cal
YACON, Navitas Naturals (brand), slices dried, 1oz: 90 cal

I don't even know what some of this stuff IS! What is Spot? And Yacon? People eat ferns?? SUCKER FISH?!?! But hey, it could be worse. There's probably an Asian Calorie Counter out there somewhere with chihuahua, rat, spiders and crickets on it. EWW!

1 comment:

Amber said...

Levi believes I am the a very fusssy person and as such I would likely die as I can't imagine eating any of these things...gross:)