Top 17 Bizarre Foods
Here are some Bizarre Foods I have found from around the world:
- Cuitlacoche:
Huitlacoche is the fungal, culinary delicacy Ustilago maydisthat grows on ears of corn. Another word its Nasty corn fungas that people call the Mexican Truffle. It is used in tamales and as a seasoner used like garlic. It has a rich, earthy flavor. Put that one in your mouth!
- Balut:
This is a duck or chicken fertalized egg. While its growing inside these are eaten like its a hard boiled egg. I remember Anthony Zimmern said the worst part is the liquid inside the egg. Little bones and feathers mmmm.
- Ortolan:
For centuries, a rite of passage for French gourmets has been the eating of the Ortolan. These tiny birds—captured alive, force-fed then drowned in Armagnec—were roasted whole and eaten that way, bones and all, while the diner draped his head with a linen napkin to preserve the precious aromas and, some believe, to hide from God.– The Wine Spectator
- Hákarl:
Icelandic delicacy that is basically shark that is buried for 6 weeks to rot then eaten. Anthony Bourdaine said its “the single worst, most disgusting and terrible tasting thing” Who by the way is my idol!
- Durian:
”Its odor is best described as pig-shit, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia.” is the quote from food writer Richard Sterling. Need we say more?
- Kegogi:
Is a dish of rice and shredded DOG meat. That is right DOG meat! Need I say more! It is said to taste like what a wet dog smells like.
- Criadillas:
They (bulls balls) are sliced first and then cooked with garlic and parsley or in the USA deep fried called Rocky Mountain Oysters. They are said to taste good but I will take their word for it.
- Taco Sesos:
These are simply put Cow Brains. With mad cow disease how can these not be popular? It is said it taste like organ meat and are very soft. I will take their word on it. What the hell does organ meat taste like anyway?
- Haggis:
sheep’s heart, liver and lungs, minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal’s stomach for approximately three hours. Holy Cow who came up with that recipe?
- Vegemite:
is a dark brown savoury food paste made from yeast extract, used mainly as a spread on sandwiches, toast and cracker biscuits. I know this is popular out in Australia but again who thought of trying this? If you want to know go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegemite. I don’t care what you to say to me its bizarre.
- Sago Worms:
These worms are eaten raw or fried. Its innards is creamy and tastes like rich toffee. Right……
- Kumis:
OK hear me on this. Its mares milk that is basically turned into beer. Yes milk beer! Drink that for breakfast. I can see the advertisements now. During the fermentation, Lactobacilli bacteria acidify the milk, and yeasts turn it into a carbonated and mildly alcoholic drink.
- Casu Marzu:
is a cheese found in Sardinia, Italy, notable for being riddled with live insect larvae. Casu marzumeans “rotten cheese” in Sardinian and is known colloquially as maggot cheese.
- Stinkheads:( need a Picture) fermented salmon heads, are a traditional food of the Yupik peoples in southwest Alaska. A customary way of preparing them was to place salmon heads and salmon guts in a wooden barrel, cover it with burlap, and bury it in the ground for about a week.
- Dinuguan:
is a Filipino savory stew of blood and meat simmered in a rich, spicy gravy of pig blood, garlic, chili and vinegar.
- Pickled Baby Octopus:
I saw this in a sushi restaurant. I couldn’t do it. Just think of eating the insides of the fat head!
- Gefilte Fish:
are poached fish patties or balls made from a mixture of ground deboned fish, mostly carp (common carp). They are popular in the Ashkenazi Jewish community. Oh yeah and it comes in some kind of sick thick liquid. This picture makes it look edible but its nasty if you don’t believe me go buy a jar.
And as always if you want to find out more information about allot of these items like I did go to Wikipedia.org. If you have any you want to add send them to me!
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I must say that if I want to curb my appetite, all I have to do is read this post…Works wonders!
Below are some other bizarre food (and example of places serving them)
- sheep’s eyes direct from the head eaten without any seasoning (Middle East)
- Moose Nose Jelly (Eskimos)
- rats including baby rats (India)
- calf embroyos, household geckos/lizards, various insects (Thailand)
- bat, including drinking the blood (Thailand/Indonesia)
- elephant, monkeys & apes (Africa)
- rancid yak butter in barley tea (Nepal/Tibet)
- phia (digested grass extracted from 2nd ruminant sac of cattle before going into intestines, it’s an extremely bitter dark green fluid; Thailand)
- cattle gums/lips (Laos)
- Animal penis soup/wine (deer, tiger, bull etc), seahorses in wine or soup, monkey brains from still living monkey, bear’s paw chopped from live bear, live fish held by the head & quickly deep-fried in oil to be still alive when served (China)
- Drinking urine (India)
- Eating human placenta (hippies in 60s/70s and yuppies in the late 90s; England, USA)
- Snake blood for medicinal purposes, including believed good for complexion (Indonesia, Taiwan)
- Snakes including poisonous ones (very big business in Hong Kong & Guangdong-China)
- Iguana eggs taken from a live female iguana (Columbia)
- toad wine (Cambodia)
- fugu or poisonous pufferfish, live octopus sashimi, natto or fermented black soybeans (Japan)
- Live lobster sashimi, taken apart, sliced & reassembled very fast so lobster is still alive & moving when dish reaches the table (Japan)
- live goldfish in the 1920s, earthworms (USA)
- large ant eggs (Laos)
- tarantula spiders (Laos, Cambodia, Amazon Indians)
- Scorpion candy and sugarfree Cricket Lick-It lollipop with real cricket inside (USA)
- Sugarfree tequila flavored lollipop with real maguay worm (Mexico)
- Maggot fried rice (common in Asia)
- Tom praedt or ghost soup (live mullet fry & hollow stems of water convolvulus are slowly heated in water, the fry rush into the cooler hollow stems which are eventually stuffed with cooked fish; Thailand)
- Baby eels or loaches with tofu, same cooking method as for ghost soup (China)
- Cattle blood & milk (Masai diet, Kenya)
- Live shrimp sushi (Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Three Screams (newborn mice who scream 3 times when dipped in spicy condiment, stabbed with a fork & finally bitten by the diner; China)
- geophagy or eating dirt (India, Africa, Amazon)
I just threw up reading DJL’s post. UGH !!!
I’ll stick to Ribeye and fries.
Okay, my rule has always been I won’t eat anything that swims or crawls, or I’ve had as a pet. Apparently I need to add a few more limitations.
Gefilte Fish are fish “burgers”, but they aren’t nasty.Although I don’t personally like it, it’s just a fish burger.And the sick liquid is common, average and normal soup. I don’t know what they’ve been selling you, but it’s nothing more than fish and soup
Cuitlacoche is quite delicious actually. I had it a restaurant served with slices of bread and seasoned with cumin and pepper. It tastes very earthy, not unlike some mushrooms.
mmmmmm dinuguan whats wrong with that? its really good with a plateful of rice mmmmmmmmmmmm
being an american this is just discuting but everyone has a diffrent culture and things that seems wierd to us is not wierd to them dont get me wrong some things are never to be eaten
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You forgot to add aborted fetus soup to your list:
http://notsafeforkids.com/?page_id=765
add up these two. good
“kilawen” (uncooked goat meat and brain in spicy vinegar )
marinade) “papaitan” (sautéed beef or goat meat with innards and bile).
Does anyone know where I can find an aphrodisiac made with stallion semen that is found in some far East countries?
Vegemite made the list? Honestly? It’s just a bitter savoury spread kinda like Marmite, compared to some of the other stuff on this list it’s not really bizarre. Quite tasty actually if you like savoury food.
Vegimite is normal for a start and although i love it will have to say that it is just an Ozzy rip off of Marmite! I have a mate who gets candied jellyfish on a stick from Japan man, try harder!swampy
Well, I’d say score 3 for the Filipinos! Balut is my favorite. Can’t get enough of it. Dinuguan is an everyday viand here. And there is an entire industry thriving from the sale of Durian! By the way I’m eating raw goat’s balls and brain dipped in spicy vinegar with my uncles right now. Add that to your list! I dunno why fear factor is such a hit when its just oh so common here in my country.
love the foods
i have eat kegogi and it doesnt taste like wet dog or smell like 1 neither, but it feels wierd even more knowing is dog and that i own 1 lol
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