Animals Used in Food

We give you the food, you name the animal that is used to make it.
In some cases, we also give you the place of origin
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First submittedDecember 3, 2013
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Food
Animal
Bacon
Pig
Hamburger
Cow
Venison
Deer
Lox
Salmon
Calamari
Squid
Buffalo Wings
Chicken
Food
Location
Animal
Ahi Poke
Hawaii
Tuna
Cuy
South America
Guinea Pig
Escamoles
Mexico
Ant
Escargot
France
Snail
Foie Gras
France
Duck/Goose
Cuisse
de Grenouille
France
Frog
Viande de Cheval
France
Horse
Haggis
Scotland
Sheep
Hasenpfeffer
Germany
Rabbit
Kiviak
Greenland
Auk
Takoyaki
Japan
Octopus
Moules-frites
Belgium
Mussel
Hákarl
Iceland
Shark
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Level 82
Jan 28, 2014
Buffalo is a reasonable healthy alternative to beef when making burgers, though ostrich meat is even healthier and tastes a lot better in my opinion, too.
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Level 30
Jan 28, 2014
Yes but I don't eat ostrich since I try to avoid fast food.
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Level 68
Jan 28, 2014
Like!
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Level 59
Jan 28, 2014
A+
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Level 79
Jan 28, 2014
YAY...
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Level 28
Jan 28, 2014
Fantastic!
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Level 65
Aug 16, 2017
Funny!
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Level 65
Aug 16, 2017
to be honest i can't see ostrich ever taking off
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Level 60
Sep 16, 2020
I had some last year, it was interesting! Also, one would never expect my state to have ostrich farms...(Iowa)
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Level 60
Jan 28, 2014
You know, they say ostrich has less fat, but you eat more of it.
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Level 54
May 11, 2014
Ostrich tastes too much like emu.
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Level 72
Apr 19, 2016
Ostrich is great, first time I had it was at a restaurant, and they asked how I would like it done. I was surprised because I was expecting something more like chicken or turkey. But it's actually red meat, and what I got was more like a steak. not what I expected but definitely a good meal, I've had it a few times since then.
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Level 82
Oct 29, 2022
I used to get ostrich burgers a lot at Murder Burger back when I lived in Davis, CA. I really miss those and their chili dogs were great, too.
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Level 79
Apr 13, 2023
Tried buffalo three times while I was in Wyoming and could NOT acquire a taste for it. Blech.
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Level 21
Jan 28, 2014
I only knew Hassenpfeffer due to the Looney Tunes Episode. In case you do not remember, Yosemite Sam is a chef to German king sick of his meals and wants Hassenpfeffer. When Yosemite sees the ingredients, he sees a RABBIT as one of the ingredients, and Bugs Bunny fits the bill. The rest is just Bugs Bunny outsmarting him.
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Level 22
Dec 29, 2015
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Level 55
Dec 29, 2015
"If I didn't know this was Hasenpfeffer, I could have sworn it was carrots!"

The punchline.

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Level 72
Apr 19, 2016
only reason I knew what that was
+9
Level 75
Jun 10, 2014
I was just guessing random animals at the last and tried to type antelope, got ant instead. Yay!
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Level 46
Oct 13, 2015
Same!
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Level 27
Jul 10, 2014
Couldn't figure out how to spell guinea pig. Dang.
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Level 78
Aug 26, 2015
People eat Guinea Pig?!?
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Level 83
Nov 12, 2015
That was why they were first domesticated. I don't imagine you get much meat off them, but there are plenty of them in Peru, so it's probably quite a good source of meat.
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Level 39
Aug 16, 2017
Theirs are really big IIRC, so my guess you get about the same type and amount of meat as if you were eating rabbit (i.e. less than on a chicken, and drier meat too)
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Level 39
Aug 6, 2020
*Gag*
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Level 75
Oct 5, 2021
Peruvian immigrant here... Guinea pigs have way less meat than a rabbit, there's really not much to them at all. They're very fatty so the meat is genuinely tasty, but they're a bit of a pain to eat for not a lot of reward.
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Level 44
Aug 16, 2017
Gross. And cruel.
+20
Level 40
Aug 18, 2017
No more so than any other animal being eaten.
+9
Level 66
Dec 13, 2018
Seriously... how is that more gross and cruel than killing and eating any other animal?
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Level 57
Dec 1, 2020
"Cruel" :D
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Level 27
Oct 6, 2021
what makes it different than a chicken being eaten? Have you ever tried it ?
+2
Level 80
Sep 3, 2017
It is on virtually every menu in Peru. Not much meat on them and tastes unpleasant.
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Level 41
Feb 17, 2019
RIP
+8
Level 22
Dec 29, 2015
6/19.. but I'm a vegetarian. What animal is slaughtered for a hamburger? *types "beef"* Clever girl!
+7
Level 59
Jul 21, 2017
Surely being vegetarian doesn't make you ignorant of common food types, even if you don't eat them?
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Level 18
Aug 16, 2017
Im vegetarian. Never even heard of half of these... lol...
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Level 82
Sep 23, 2019
Not having heard of kiviak or escamoles, okay. But hamburgers?
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Level 60
Sep 23, 2019
In fairness, I feel like ranchers call their future meat cows "beef."
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Level 75
Jan 27, 2023
It's true, and the plural is beeves.
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Level 65
Feb 19, 2016
Hamburgers can be made from many different types of meat, including beef, pork, turkey, and even veggie. I recommend that you change the food to steak to make it more specific.
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Level ∞
Apr 11, 2017
Steak can be made from many different types of meat including beef, pork, and even squid. I recommend you stop nitpicking.
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Level 39
Aug 6, 2020
Oop-
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Level 90
Oct 6, 2016
Can't believe that cabrito is not in the list.
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Level 67
Sep 16, 2020
especially as it is the most eaten meat on the planet
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Level 82
Jan 6, 2017
Hashi is Arabic for camel meat. Very popular in Saudi Arabia: hashi kabsa.

I've also eaten whale bacon in Japan. Not sure what the Japanese name for it is.

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Level 62
Jan 26, 2017
Bacon is "Beekon". Anglicized word in entirety (spelled in katakana, there's no kanji or hiragana of it) since the Japanese didn't traditionally eat pork products for most of their history. Whale in Japanese is kujira, so I'm guessing it would be something like "beekon no kujira".
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Level 82
Apr 27, 2019
did you say beekon no gojira?
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Level 65
Jan 7, 2017
Surströmming should be on this, for a laugh :)
+2
Level 60
Mar 12, 2018
Only if people try after ;)
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Level 58
Jul 21, 2017
I suggest you use "Sfilacci di Cavallo" it's more specific than just Horse Meat. It's from Italy
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Level 70
Jul 21, 2017
People eat ant?! Ugh, my least favourite insect
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Level 39
Aug 16, 2017
... Then why are you not happy that people eat them? That's fewer ants on the planet for you to worry about :P
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Level 82
Aug 16, 2017
Ants are very cool and very smart.
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Level 44
Aug 16, 2017
Ants taste terrible. Once they crawled into my drink and I drank them.
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Level 86
Sep 23, 2019
Don't knock it until you try it. I had it in a bar in Mexico City. It has a nutty taste and tastes great on tortillas with guacamole. Also, fried larvae in the same bar tasted like French fries.
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Level 82
Aug 16, 2017
Man... I missed the Mussels from Brussels. I tried clams and oysters and shellfish. oh well.
+4
Level 81
Mar 12, 2018
I thought it was Muscles from Brussels - Jean Claude Van Damme
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Level 71
Dec 13, 2018
After a lovely meal of mussels in Ostend I noticed a large truck delivering great bags of mussels to the restaurant. I asked the driver unloading the bags where they came from ........ "West Wales" was his answer.
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Level 82
Apr 27, 2019
It's such a shame they cancelled Jean Claude Van Johnson. That was a great show.
+2
Level 65
Sep 23, 2019
I met a man from brussels
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Level 40
Jan 8, 2021
He said he had really big muscles

He showed me his chest

I started to jest

And he smacked me all the way back to brussels

+2
Level 65
Aug 16, 2017
nice one. make it harder: yellow box it!?!
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Level 66
Aug 16, 2017
In Vietnam they have a saying; if it walks, swims, crawls or flies, you can eat it. And they do.
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Level 39
Aug 16, 2017
Fun fact: Cambodia has at least one whole market dedicated to insect-based food product. (Plus things with more legs than insects)
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Level 39
Aug 16, 2017
I knew escamoles were made with insects but couldn't remember which...
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Level 62
Aug 16, 2017
How many got ant 🐜 by trying antelope !!
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Level 67
Sep 16, 2020
me
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Level 75
Oct 5, 2021
I got it from Antananarivo - thought this was African capitals.
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Level 60
Oct 29, 2022
I got it from Antigua and Barbuda - thought this was Countries of the World.
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Level 77
Aug 17, 2017
Cow would be an answer for dairy products. For hamburger cattle or oxen is more appropriate. Beef most often comes from steers as the cows are needed to produce more calves.
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Level 74
Dec 14, 2018
Most hamburger in fact does come from old cows, often mixed in with fat or trimmings from fat steers to get the fat/protein proportions right
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Level 80
Aug 17, 2017
14 isn't bad for a vegetarian. :P
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Level 83
Sep 16, 2020
I recently got 18/20 on a name that vegetable quiz . Not bad for a carnivore.
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Level 69
Aug 19, 2017
Couldn't come up with squid, tried cuttlefish to no avail. Are they actually the same, and if so, could it be a type-in please?
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Level 62
Dec 18, 2017
They are not the same, though pretty closely related. Cuttlefish and squid are two separate groups of decapods
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Level 35
Aug 19, 2017
uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh

I'm horrible

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Level 63
Oct 22, 2017
You should have had "Skippy" on the list, because that's what us Aussies call it when we eat kangaroo. Skippy The Bush Kangaroo was a very well known tv show in the 80s and 90s here in Australia.
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Level 78
Mar 12, 2018
Skippy was popular here in the UK too, although I remember watching it in the 70s ...didnt Kylie start on Skippy ?
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Level 71
Dec 13, 2018
Never heard anyone call Kangaroo meat 'skippy' anywhere in Australia. maybe a local or family term.
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Level 47
Dec 14, 2018
Isn't seal also used in making kaviak?
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Level 69
Nov 23, 2020
It is. You open a seal, place an auk in it and leave it to ferment underground for several months
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Level 89
Jan 29, 2022
100s of whole auks apparently, so you get a slimy, feathered roadkill delicacy.
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Level 50
Apr 27, 2019
Some of that food now sounds disgusting. I should have never took this quiz. And now I know why I don't like the sound of Cuy.
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Level 49
May 7, 2019
Fooking GUINEA PIGS!!!
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Level 60
Sep 16, 2020
What is Auk??
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Level 86
Sep 16, 2020
It's a bird.
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Level 66
May 17, 2023
Looks like a puffin or blue footed booby.
+2
Level 67
Sep 16, 2020
asocena or balut?
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Level 89
Jan 29, 2022
I was expecting to see you on this quiz.
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Level 40
Mar 5, 2021
My cousin dared meh to do this

because I'm vegetarian

;0;

+1
Level 67
May 25, 2021
Got mussel and shark, ant is interesting
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Level 76
Nov 10, 2021
Not to be too nit-picky, but "Hasenpfeffer" is made of hare and not rabbit specifically. There is a big difference too, hare is red meat whereas rabbit is white meat (so probably a bigger difference than beef vs. venison).
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Level 84
Nov 10, 2021
Auk isn't a species but a family which includes murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets. I tried puffin but didn't think to try auk. Since a puffin is an auk, it seems like it should work.
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Level 89
Jan 29, 2022
Presumably you'd get ox right for beef, but I would've never guessed auks.
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Level 78
Aug 9, 2022
Suggest adding 'Soylent Green' to the list.
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Level 83
Oct 24, 2022
Squab would have been a fun one. At least to say.
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Level 60
Oct 29, 2022
I guessed buffalo for buffalo wings...
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Level 32
Jan 27, 2023
TECHNICALLY MADE A 100 LOL
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Level 67
Feb 6, 2023
Can you accept puffin for auk?