I like to try new foods, but there are some that I won’t try (mostly seafood) and some that I’m not sure about because they’re just not something I’ve ever contemplated. A meal in Ronhshui (Rongshui Miao Autonomous County) north of Laibin gave me one of those once in a lifetime opportunities to try something new. I’d heard about this local ‘delicacy’ on the way to Rongshui but didn’t think I’d get to see it.
The title is a little misleading, the delicacy isn’t actually made from goat’s poo, although it is from a goat and is composed of what the goat has eaten. Strictly speaking it should be called ‘goat cud soup’ because it’s from the cud rather than having been excreted. It would be wrong to say it looks appetising, it doesn’t. It would be wrong to say it smells good, it doesn’t.
Did I try it? I did have a spoonful, but that was all. So, does it taste good? Can you guess the answer? It’s delicious! Only joking, it tasted like it looked and smelled, like goat’s poo. I’ve never actually tasted goat poo…honestly…but it definitely tastes like how I would imagine goat poo would taste. Sort of part-digested vegetation with a poo aftertaste.
Would I have this again? No!