Martha Says She'd Never Eat This Unusual Food at a Dinner Party—See the Clip Here

Martha has a diverse palate, but there is one thing she recently revealed she will not eat—raccoon.

On Monday, Martha visited Late Night with Seth Meyers to talk about her new cooking competition show with José Andrés, Yes, Chef!, which premiered this week on NBC.

The show follows a dozen chefs who compete against each other in culinary challenges to win $250,000. Throughout the show, Martha and Andrés mentor the accomplished chefs and judge their culinary creations.

While filming, Martha told Meyers that raccoons often lingered around the set. "You can hear them walking on the roof," she said. "We actually have some security pictures of raccoons in the pantry prior to the show."

While the raccoons were eventually chased off set, Martha told Meyers that their appearance is included in Yes Chef!. "Everything is about raccoons. And you’ll hear it on the show. It’s very, very funny," she said. When Meyers clarified that the raccoons weren't used as "ingredients," Martha assured him they were not.

However, this exchange led Martha to share a story about attending an unusual dinner party where she refused to eat raccoon, even though the other guests loved it. "I don't like to eat rare things," she said. When Meyers pointed out that the animal isn't that rare, Martha clarified that they're "rare on the table."

Martha and Meyers also talked about Martha's 101st book, decorvow's Gardening Handbook: The Essential Guide to Designing, Planting, and Growing, which includes tips for people of all skill levels with detailed explanations of the gardening knowledge she's learned throughout her life.

Meyers said it must be a "full-time job" tending to her extensive gardens. Martha agreed, saying, "It's early morning 'till late at night," adding that you can't neglect your plants or you risk losing them. "You can build a garden in five years and you can kill it in about a year," she said.