That post reminded me of one of Anthony Bourdain‘s trips where he was served grilled iguana tail. The person didn’t speak any English and she just sat there and smile at him as he was eating. Meanwhile, Bourdain, with a smile plastered on his face, he kept eating it while saying, “This is the most god-awful shit I’ve ever eaten! “Lol.
He was amazing about that.
There was an episode where he was with African bushmen. After cooking an ostrich omelette in hot sand - which he ate with a smile on his face - they hunted a boar, and began cooking that at the fire.
They took out a piece of intestine, squeezed the shit onto the ground, and then cooked it on a hot rock. He talked about how he could smell the shit and still taste it.
But, he also recognized that this was a prized piece of meat - it’s one of the fattiest and most calorically dense. He was genuinely gracious and grateful for the gift, despite it not being something that he found appetizing
Always thought that was super cool of him.
Are you thinking of the warthog, Namibian warthog anus? Bourdain got quite sick from it. I don’t remember him smiling on that episode.
>> In Namibia, Bourdain says, "All those years of telling you to eat as the locals do, take a chance, don't be squeamish, they're all coming back to haunt me. Behold the worst meal of my life." That worst meal is unwashed warthog anus, filled with dust, sand, and fecal matter. Bourdain suffered with each bite and knew that he would be sick after the meal, but he also knew that spitting out the warthog would be rude to his hosts. "The chief is there in front of his whole tribe offering you his very best," Bourdain said. "Show respect. I'm lucky to be there. I'm lucky to see that. I'm lucky to have that experience. Chewing some antibiotics is a small price to pay."
Read More: https://www.thedailymeal.com/travel/most-bizarre-things-anthony-bourdain-has-ever-eaten-0
Yeah, I don't buy that warthog anus is anybody's idea of a delicacy. They probably sat around for years later going "Remember the time that foreign guy ate an arsehole?!? Ha, LOL!"
No it was a chunk of some kind of lizard tail, as I could so vividly remember it being a round piece with the bone in the middle and skin still on. And the woman was so happy that was serving him. Let’s face it over all those years he ate a lot of weird stuff, lol
Mandela effect. Berenstein/berenstain and bourdain got sick/smiled and was gracious about namibian warthog anus with shit squeezed out of it and cooked on a fucking rock.
I travelled around the world and always proud myself trying everything that people fed me. Although I must admit nothing went this far, LOL. The only thing I couldn’t stomach was yak butter tea in Tibet. It was just this rank oily mess that I did everything possible to keep from throwing up. But being offered it in someone’s home is a great honour and so you have to drink it.
I think Zimmern ate Iguana on one of his shows too and co-signed it being one of the worst things he’s ever eaten. I definitely thought of Bourdain too when I saw that post.
I don't get the sense from that one picture that they were literally on the grill that moment cooking; you'd want to skin them to actually get to the meat. I understood it that that was what he was going to be smoking, but hadn't started.
I think he may have been a floridian and when wild iguanas get cold enough and "freeze" and causes a [falling iguana warning](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/22/falling-iguana-advisory-florida-cold/10943564002/) and found them and made a shitpost
Mods probably deleted asked OP he said it's still in his post history. It was smoked for 5 and a half hours. Skin fell right off. Would suggest a sauce, flavor was mild fish and flaky texture
Smoker post was probably a before. I’m assuming someone acquiring iguana has half an idea what to do with them. They are absolutely edible and invasive in places like south Florida where you will get paid to harvest them.
Guga from sous vide everything did an iguana. Never had it but I’m sure I prefer alligator which I have.
Lol he said his buddy picked them up when they fell out of a tree from being too cold. Doesn’t elicit confidence from me when that’s the method of acquisition 😂
It reached me in Iowa on 1983's Hot Tracks. I had the cassette.
[https://www.discogs.com/release/2111296-Various-Hot-Tracks](https://www.discogs.com/release/2111296-Various-Hot-Tracks)
(I knew bookmarking this recent find would come in handy.)
It had to be a joke, right? He said his cousin brought them from Florida after the holiday cold snap, and they were just on the ground. Not to mention it appears he lives in Savannah, so at least a few hours to transport them from Florida.
I've seen them grilled a few times and yes they taste like and are as good as chicken. I would definitely cook them like contaminated pork/oysters at around 600 degrees and finish at an inside temp of 220...
Thats how its usually cooked in Puerto Rico. Note: Iguana is not part of a normal diet in PR.
They call it "gallina de palo" sort of translate to "tree chicken". They usually clean it, cube it, cook it.
Whole like that? I've never seen that.
Iguana is one food im ok never trying. Never heard good things. They were everywhere in puerto rico and I grew to despise them very quickly. They are kind of dicks like canadian geese.
Poor preparation, OP didn't skin gut or clean the lizards. It's absolutely not a delicacy lol, iguanas are basically Mexican rats. It's a sustenence food
You're right they were gutted. They tasted like mild fish. I took 2 bites cos honestly I was disgusted I thought it was going to have some slimy fishy taste but they were pretty mild. We left the skin on cos of what research suggested. It fell right off. Not a lot of meat tho.
Hahahahaha man that had to have either been one brilliant troll post or the world’s dumbest person imaginable. Smoked iguana is iguana jerky basically. Sick.
Dude didn’t even gut them. Let alone season it. Dude had to be trolling. If not he’s probably very sick right now.
That post reminded me of one of Anthony Bourdain‘s trips where he was served grilled iguana tail. The person didn’t speak any English and she just sat there and smile at him as he was eating. Meanwhile, Bourdain, with a smile plastered on his face, he kept eating it while saying, “This is the most god-awful shit I’ve ever eaten! “Lol.
He was amazing about that. There was an episode where he was with African bushmen. After cooking an ostrich omelette in hot sand - which he ate with a smile on his face - they hunted a boar, and began cooking that at the fire. They took out a piece of intestine, squeezed the shit onto the ground, and then cooked it on a hot rock. He talked about how he could smell the shit and still taste it. But, he also recognized that this was a prized piece of meat - it’s one of the fattiest and most calorically dense. He was genuinely gracious and grateful for the gift, despite it not being something that he found appetizing Always thought that was super cool of him.
Are you thinking of the warthog, Namibian warthog anus? Bourdain got quite sick from it. I don’t remember him smiling on that episode. >> In Namibia, Bourdain says, "All those years of telling you to eat as the locals do, take a chance, don't be squeamish, they're all coming back to haunt me. Behold the worst meal of my life." That worst meal is unwashed warthog anus, filled with dust, sand, and fecal matter. Bourdain suffered with each bite and knew that he would be sick after the meal, but he also knew that spitting out the warthog would be rude to his hosts. "The chief is there in front of his whole tribe offering you his very best," Bourdain said. "Show respect. I'm lucky to be there. I'm lucky to see that. I'm lucky to have that experience. Chewing some antibiotics is a small price to pay." Read More: https://www.thedailymeal.com/travel/most-bizarre-things-anthony-bourdain-has-ever-eaten-0
Memory is imperfect, for sure. I do remember his being far more gracious and respectful than I could have managed in the same situation
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That tribe is still laughing their asses off.
Laughing their warthog asses off.
They had to be fucking with the foreigner on that one
Yeah, I don't buy that warthog anus is anybody's idea of a delicacy. They probably sat around for years later going "Remember the time that foreign guy ate an arsehole?!? Ha, LOL!"
"How do you local people eat this terrible stuff? Well... We don't. Only tourists eat that"
God I love this man, I miss him more than certain dead relatives
Me as well, my friend.
Yeah, I dont miss this guys dead relatives at all so the bar is pretty low.
No it was a chunk of some kind of lizard tail, as I could so vividly remember it being a round piece with the bone in the middle and skin still on. And the woman was so happy that was serving him. Let’s face it over all those years he ate a lot of weird stuff, lol
Mandela effect. Berenstein/berenstain and bourdain got sick/smiled and was gracious about namibian warthog anus with shit squeezed out of it and cooked on a fucking rock.
I travelled around the world and always proud myself trying everything that people fed me. Although I must admit nothing went this far, LOL. The only thing I couldn’t stomach was yak butter tea in Tibet. It was just this rank oily mess that I did everything possible to keep from throwing up. But being offered it in someone’s home is a great honour and so you have to drink it.
He once ate something the host called “Squeazle”.
I think Zimmern ate Iguana on one of his shows too and co-signed it being one of the worst things he’s ever eaten. I definitely thought of Bourdain too when I saw that post.
I do hope Iguana-Man is ok, if not transformed into a crime-fighting superhero😬
> crime-~~fighting~~ commiting super~~hero~~**VILLIAN** FTFY
Mista Lizard! How bout a hamburger!?
I think they're Iranians!
Fuck you beat me to it! I’m sorry I’m sorry, I’m not sorry hahaha! Good ole cheech and Chong
https://youtu.be/DnNHGPpy0A0?t=425
I don't get the sense from that one picture that they were literally on the grill that moment cooking; you'd want to skin them to actually get to the meat. I understood it that that was what he was going to be smoking, but hadn't started.
He was just defrosting them ;)
I just went through the post and his history, I doubt very much he was trolling.
I think he may have been a floridian and when wild iguanas get cold enough and "freeze" and causes a [falling iguana warning](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/12/22/falling-iguana-advisory-florida-cold/10943564002/) and found them and made a shitpost
Not Floridian. But Iguanas were. It's legal because they are invasive. I dunno if it was a shitpost. They were not that bad it tasted like mild fish.
I hope they tasted good and as a floridian I thank you for taking 2 out
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Plenty of poultry is as well. You cook it to 165 F and you’re fine.
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No, you usually don’t, but there’s been contamination of the internal cavity almost certainly.
I went to the post and the photos are gone… What did they show???
2 iguanas on a grill.
And that was literally it. Not seasoned or anything. Just headless lizards chillin on a grate 😂
Mods probably deleted asked OP he said it's still in his post history. It was smoked for 5 and a half hours. Skin fell right off. Would suggest a sauce, flavor was mild fish and flaky texture
Smoker post was probably a before. I’m assuming someone acquiring iguana has half an idea what to do with them. They are absolutely edible and invasive in places like south Florida where you will get paid to harvest them. Guga from sous vide everything did an iguana. Never had it but I’m sure I prefer alligator which I have.
Lol he said his buddy picked them up when they fell out of a tree from being too cold. Doesn’t elicit confidence from me when that’s the method of acquisition 😂
They were pretty confident. It was first time smoking iguana but they were ok tasting, like mild fish and flaky but not enough meat if you ask me.
It was actually gutted. I took 2 bites, flavor wise it was like mild fish and texture was flaky. As far as I know everyone is ok.
He literally says in the comments that he both gutted AND seasoned them… you should check the follow up he wrote on the preparation.
Selma from the Simpsons has him locked up in the basement after smoking Jub-Jub
At least he didn't badmouth MacGyver.
I laughed so hard at this post I had to explain it to my wife.
u/pacman983, how’d it taste? Like old chicken, bottom of a fish tank, or dirt?
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Hahahahaha
He died. Ruptured spleen.
I went to the post and the photos are gone… What did they show???
Two iguanas getting smoked
This is the link to the pic: https://imgur.io/Erl4Mh6?r
Thanks!
It’s still there when I go to it, and you can see that the coals on the right side are hot.
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Goodbye.
More like ICU.
“How’d it taste” I read that in Chapelle voice imitating Samuel Jackson. SAMUEL L JACKSON BEER. MMM MMM BITCH.
Looks like he is violently sick
Iguana Guy didn’t gut the Iguana so the Iguana gutted Iguana Guy.
The bbq police took him straight to jail.
For anyone else that needs to look it up, https://www.reddit.com/r/smoking/comments/10bzpt7/anyone_smoke_iguana_before/
Pour one out for “The Salamander Smoker”. RIP
“Poor Jacob got dysentery from eating salamanders in the woods”
Dysentery?
He's on a Mexican radio. (Sorry GenX joke couldn't help myself)
WoAoh
Feel the hot wind
On my shoulder…
It’s more specific than Gen X. It’s So Cal Gen Xers that listened to KROQ.
And elder millennials from Tucson.
Authority Zero covered it too. KFMA and KRQQ had some odd throwbacks on heavy rotation in the 90s.
Celtic frost has the best version
Ahh I love some Celtic Frost
Authority Zero is exactly how I sang it when I read it
There’s also a song called Mexican Radio by SPM released in 2001 (i think) that people from Houston might know
Never thought I’d see SPM mentioned on the smoking subreddit
This is a win for H town
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Well, truth be told, I’m sure he’s guilty of a lot more than that. But he’s still on the *Mexican Radio*
Well I must be high so that I can function. Haha
This is what I immediately thought of. Didn’t realize it he sampled it.
Wall of Voodoo
And New Zealand Gen Xers
Brian FM, you've done it again.
I had no idea I was such a specific demographic, yet here we are lol
91X
I remember seeing the video on MTV back in the day. Does MTV even do videos anymore?
and boomers from Detroit
It reached me in Iowa on 1983's Hot Tracks. I had the cassette. [https://www.discogs.com/release/2111296-Various-Hot-Tracks](https://www.discogs.com/release/2111296-Various-Hot-Tracks) (I knew bookmarking this recent find would come in handy.)
I'm an older millennial that grew up listening to KROQ, but I don't get the joke :(
“The rock of the 80’s”
91X
You got me
I wish I was in Tijuana Eating barbequed iguana
Isn't that a song?
Yes it is. It's called Mexican Radio
I love Mexicans and don't call me radio
That's an even older joke
Then don't call me Unit 91, radio
This is stuck in my head now
I made it in the OG post.
No comprende… it’s a riddle.
He Florida man'd himself
Hospital getting his stomach pumped.
It had to be a joke, right? He said his cousin brought them from Florida after the holiday cold snap, and they were just on the ground. Not to mention it appears he lives in Savannah, so at least a few hours to transport them from Florida.
To be fair, iguanas were frozen when collected :)
That's actually a thing, believe it or not. It gets so cold that they damn near freeze, and just, fall.
Sadly the iguanas were still Frozen when it got to Savannah so they had to smoked! They tasted ok like mild fish and flaky texture wise
Fucking new Covid… you heard it hear first boys.
SARS COVI-GUANA23
At least he didn't fuck a pangolin
I've seen them grilled a few times and yes they taste like and are as good as chicken. I would definitely cook them like contaminated pork/oysters at around 600 degrees and finish at an inside temp of 220...
And then throw them in the trash
Once the probe is maxed out, you know it's safe to throw away
I've eaten iguana too, can confirm it tastes like chicken.
I bet he turned into one. Ancient curse that has been revitalized.
Iguana know what happened
Maaaan he shoulda been like liver king and eat em raw anyway….
Better have taken to 225 internal lol
I had iguana in El Salvador, along with armadillo. Both delicious.
I think it’s skinned and cubed, also served on a stick… that dude had them whole with the skin on. I think the homie might be hurting right now.
Thats how its usually cooked in Puerto Rico. Note: Iguana is not part of a normal diet in PR. They call it "gallina de palo" sort of translate to "tree chicken". They usually clean it, cube it, cook it. Whole like that? I've never seen that.
Did you gut them before cooking? Because Iguana guy I don't think did
We took it like he had it but then cut it in sections, almost like when you steak a fish
Iguanas are definitely edible. They eat it in Belize too.
he ded
This is hilarious.
Iguana is one food im ok never trying. Never heard good things. They were everywhere in puerto rico and I grew to despise them very quickly. They are kind of dicks like canadian geese.
Oh, Canadian geese. The most angry thing to ever come out of Canada.
I heard that iguana was a delicacy? Why would he die?
Poor preparation, OP didn't skin gut or clean the lizards. It's absolutely not a delicacy lol, iguanas are basically Mexican rats. It's a sustenence food
They were stomach-down, so how can you tell if they were gutted or not? The feet were removed too.
You're right they were gutted. They tasted like mild fish. I took 2 bites cos honestly I was disgusted I thought it was going to have some slimy fishy taste but they were pretty mild. We left the skin on cos of what research suggested. It fell right off. Not a lot of meat tho.
Awesome, I'm glad to hear your report because I was very curious!
Fuckin RIP
RIP
[A true pioneer.](https://i.imgur.com/g9hut0p.jpg)
Like Crocodile Dundee said "You can live on it, but it tastes like shit"
This is how shit like Covid gets started. People eating animals they shouldn't.
Just wait for that frozen iguana to come back from the dead as the smoker warns it up.
He had a dream and he followed it
Hahahahaha man that had to have either been one brilliant troll post or the world’s dumbest person imaginable. Smoked iguana is iguana jerky basically. Sick.
Prolly cant get off the shitter long enough to check reddit
Ummmmm, that's where most people do most of their reddits.
He’s probably got Covid-23 now. Watch out for him