I've had eel, which I'm not too fond of, but I must confess I've never actually had lamprey.
I think the weirdest things I've had are lamb's brain (as a kid in Greece), snake, alligator, and canned quail's eggs. Brain was as grey in its taste as it is in its looks, snake and alligator were rather on the fishy side of chicken, and the quail's eggs were filthy awful. I blame the canning process. They can't possibly be that bad fresh.
Our family had a can of haggis which went from stocking to stocking to stocking every Christmas for some 15 years, but in spite of beeing a family of foodies, no one ever got up the gumption to open it and try it. My uncle had had it fresh in Scotland, and his highly negative reviews are part of the reason we all chickened out.
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I think the weirdest things I've had are lamb's brain (as a kid in Greece), snake, alligator, and canned quail's eggs. Brain was as grey in its taste as it is in its looks, snake and alligator were rather on the fishy side of chicken, and the quail's eggs were filthy awful. I blame the canning process. They can't possibly be that bad fresh.
Our family had a can of haggis which went from stocking to stocking to stocking every Christmas for some 15 years, but in spite of beeing a family of foodies, no one ever got up the gumption to open it and try it. My uncle had had it fresh in Scotland, and his highly negative reviews are part of the reason we all chickened out.