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- kylescousin, on 10/28/2009, -1/+33Blood sausage is actually pretty good... not so abnormal here to eat.
- Stevosaurous, on 10/29/2009, -0/+27yeah blood sausage is called black pudding in ireland...its awesome
- Boogalou007, on 10/29/2009, -1/+22Maggot cheese should have been #1, enjoy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu - thelastknowngod, on 10/29/2009, -1/+19there nothing on that list i would not try once..
also, forgot hakarl. aka rotting shark meat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl - ultranovae, on 10/29/2009, -0/+17I actually ate the live squid once (I live in South Korea). It was horrible. I had only a small leg, but I know people who eat the whole deal, still alive, writhing and sticking to your face with its tentacles on the way down your gullet. Disgusting!
- gerryk, on 10/29/2009, -4/+20How squeamish are some people... black pudding, aka blood sausage, is yum.
Other things squeamish people should avoid...
flower juice chewed up and spat out by insects - honey
grass digested, reprocessed and squeezed from the mammary glands of cows - milk
pretty much all meat
TBH, I'd sooner stay the hell away from the over-processed, lab created mess that some people call food. - krazykayaker, on 10/29/2009, -0/+15I remember going into Chinatown as a little kid and seeing a box of frogs. The sign on the front of the box said, "Not for Pets". I didn't understand the sign until years later.
- alan617, on 10/29/2009, -0/+15Because the larvae in the cheese can launch themselves for distances up to 15 centimetres (6 in) when disturbed,[1][8] diners hold their hands above the sandwich to prevent the maggots from leaping into their eyes.[4] Those who do not wish to eat live maggots place the cheese in a sealed paper bag. The maggots, starved for oxygen, writhe and jump in the bag, creating a "pitter-patter" sound. When the sounds subside, the maggots are dead and the cheese can be eaten.[9]
Whoa! - sd2001, on 10/29/2009, -0/+10DAMN FOOD! YOU SCARY!
- FaithclubDotNet, on 10/29/2009, -0/+10FUGU ME
- Kensai7, on 10/29/2009, -3/+12What, are you kidding me?!
Apart from the formed bird embryo, which is really gross, all the rest is "almost" normal. What's wrong with eating bats if you eat other birds and scorpions and spiders if you eat their sea-equivalents, such as shrimps. You want a real shocking delicacy from the heart of the Mediterranean?
CASU MARZU from Sardinia. All the best!! :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu - Princeamor, on 10/29/2009, -0/+9Wait... Jello-O is made from bones and ligaments??? :S
- urtocool, on 10/29/2009, -0/+9No surprise there for #1. Balut makes every damn list.
- sildude, on 10/29/2009, -0/+8That and "In addition, there is some risk of enteric myaisis, or intestinal larval infection... The larvae have powerful mouthhooks which can lacerate stomach linings or intestinal walls as the maggots attempt to bore through internal organs."
I'm not eating anything that afterwards eats me in return. - agbullet, on 10/29/2009, -0/+8Frog legs are yum. Seriously.
//tastes like chicken. - Canadian007, on 10/29/2009, -0/+7Either that or Whale-Eye http://img28.yfrog.com/img28/9666/whaleeye.jpg
- Foochan, on 10/29/2009, -0/+7I agree. I have black pudding quite often. Can't understand why it's listed as 'scary'. Defo not as scary as seeing how a McChicken nugget or whatever its called is made.
As for haggis? Watery? Clearly they've never even seen one, never mid eaten one. It's fluffy, dark and spicy.
Also, "One wonders, however, whether the venerable bard ever actually consumed haggis while not ragingly drunk. ", oh thanks, just brand an entire nation huh, yeah all us Scots are permanently pissed. - Skalizar, on 10/29/2009, -0/+7Scrapple, It's delicious. The only reason you would not like it (assuming you eat pork), is that you found out what its made of before trying it. Also, is sometimes cooked poorly in restaurants, it has to be fried up crispy brown on the outside, and that takes a little time to do without burning it. The stuff in sausage is not that much different, not to mention hot dogs. Brand is important too, if you ever decide to try it, get Rapa brand regular scrapple, not one of the flavored varieties. It's generally only available in central Atlantic states.
There's even a festival dedicated to it:
http://www.applescrapple.com/ - AdventureBum, on 10/29/2009, -1/+8Where are you getting your biology information from, the Bible? Bats aren't birds...they're mammals. It's much closer to eating rats (whatever your take on that would be). Sea crustaceans and arachnids (spiders and scorpions) are not nearly as closely related as you might thing. Yes, arachnids evolved from sea crustaceans once upon time, but you may as well say that eating a chicken would be the same thing as eating a T-Rex. Also, spiders are an everyday threat to us due to their venom. When was the last time you were afraid of getting bitten by a shrimp? This surely plays into the psychology of eating arachnids.
- Awwzm, on 10/29/2009, -0/+6Sannakji (baby octopus) is the most annoying food you'll ever eat. It doesn't really taste like anything but it's a battle to chew and swallow it.
- steviesteveo, on 10/29/2009, -1/+7They really didn't do a good job on the Robert Burns poem for the haggis there. They're quoting out of context worse than a Birther.
- Crimeodial, on 10/29/2009, -0/+5Nice impersonation of a crazy person!
- WhiskeyLemur, on 10/29/2009, -0/+5I don't know, something about chewing on chitin makes me think of that one scene from "Lion King" (piquant, with a very pleasant crunch) - *not* what I had in mind for breakfast.
As for the eggs - there's a very large difference between eating an undefined mess of protein and fat and actually chewing through beaks, bones, and feathers. I guess to someone who is grossed out by eating animal bits in general it's all one, but trust me, makes a big difference to the rest of us.
You're right in one regard, of course - what's considered to be "acceptable food" is highly cultural, and processed food only serves to obscure crud that most of us would never eat in its pure form. - crackshot91, on 10/29/2009, -0/+5lol, 17 pages.
- askantik, on 10/29/2009, -2/+6It's annoying that there's ***** like this and and Andrew Zimmerman and 95% of the "weird" foods is just animals that we find taboo to eat. Yet we eat plenty of other animals.
People always seem surprised and then grossed out when I tell them that as a vegan I can't eat Jell-O or marshmallows or Pop Tarts. I mean... it's not really any more gross than eating any other part of the animal, save for maybe the part where you think you're just eating sugar. But still. And the eggs? I mean I guess it's a little grosser that a partially developed embryo can be seen, but in reality, even with regular eggs, you are still eating the chicken's (or other bird's) ovulation product. - SniTT, on 10/29/2009, -0/+4yea, it's great, I actually had one yesterday. ( it's called 'zwarte pens' here ).
An other thing that seems normal in Belgium is horse meat, not that many countries eat it. - Tarkaan, on 10/29/2009, -1/+5Blood Sausage is called soondae (순대) in Korea. A far more scary concoction is budae chiggae (부대찌개), or Army Base Stew, that was originally made from the scraps of spam and processed cheese and other things found in the dumpsters behind the US Military bases after the war. These days, you can get it in any Kimbap Cheonguk (a fast food place) here. It's spam, American cheese slices, and some vegetables, served in the crock it was all boiled in. I've never heard anyone order it. I've never seen anyone eat it. I would personally rather eat bull testicles.
- bcassner, on 10/29/2009, -0/+4Scrapple does take some getting used to. Probably why most people put syrup on it. But yes it is good!
- WombleSlayer, on 10/29/2009, -0/+4If you think Haggis sounds disgusting and bad, it's pretty much just what goes into good sausages.
- CBKBAMF, on 10/29/2009, -0/+4So it's more of a game than a meal, right?
- cinch123, on 10/29/2009, -1/+5Oh man I have to admit - I love me some scrapple! Not every week, but with some fried mush, and drizzled in syrup it makes for a delicious weekend breakfast once in a while!
- sildude, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3Oscar-worthy performance. He really made me feel like I was reading the ramblings of a complete idiot and an *****.
- Skaistrendy, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3I live in the Philippines, and i love Balut (i am a American) its delicious, it taste like liver and egg. just put some vinegar and salt on it, drink the juice and then eat the whole egg. I eat about 4 a week (usually on one night when i drink with buddies)
- jerrykew, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3And we all eat this one...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochineal - MrX8503, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3These foods don't scare me one bit. They forgot the most disgusting food of all, Coagulated Blood. When I was a kid, I remember my parents eating this stuff like Jello. They now admit that it probably wasn't the best idea, so they stopped eating it many years ago.
Here's what it is.
http://www.uglyfood.com/2008/03/03/vietnamese-duck ... - DancingPaul, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3Blood Sausage is call Kiszka in polish, as in "who stold the Kiszka..." song which you may or may not have heard. My parents always have a link in the fridge. As well as a bow of Czarnina. (Ducks blood soup) things like this never seemed wierd to me till I went on the internet, and someone told me they were weird.
- smurfjoe, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3I'm an American-Filipino. I can understand why balut is more of a delicacy than a regular egg after trying one. I only ate the yolk and drank the juices, which was the bare minimum I could have of it as per my relatives who forced me to eat it.
It tastes like a regular hardboiled egg except saltier and fattier. And to a lot of people, fattier tastes better. - Jordan117, on 10/29/2009, -0/+3Reminds me of "Steve, Don't Eat It!":
http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_don ... - KingGorilla, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Even if you say it like that Milk is still common to all cultures since Humans are mammals and we all drink it in infancy
- StyngerSmash, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Dugg for the Philippines' balut! You guys should really try it. Yum! Filipinos also have a version of black pudding called "dinuguan", which is a stew of pig's blood. Fantastic, too, truly.
- mintedmeadow, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2In one Asian country (I can't recall which -- Laos or Vietnam, perhaps?), they eat cow dung soup and live red ants. How common a cuisine this is, I'm not sure.
Sannakji is nowhere near as repulsive as beondegi (silkworm pupa). - CPeanutG, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Forgot McDonalds
- zombiecarlin, on 10/29/2009, -1/+3This article lost total credibility with the first entry. The writers name is Siobhan and she's scared of Black Pudding? Her old man obviously didn't beat her enough with his shillelagh or hurling stick.
- Lalaki, on 10/29/2009, -1/+3None of these foods scare me. Buried as inaccurate.
- skate3214, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2....it's staring at me.....
- sildude, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Articles like this piss me off.
- AdventureBum, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2I think the worst for me is Balut.
- smurfjoe, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Dugg for McChicken nugget.
- Foochan, on 10/29/2009, -3/+5This is the most ***** article I have ever read.
What about the fat filled processed crap that most Amricans eat daily? That's much worse than freshly prepared black pudding, delicious fugu or anything else on that list. - Wakkyweed, on 10/29/2009, -0/+2Cheech: Hey whats in this ***** we're drinking, man?
Chong: Mostly Kona, man.
Cheech: Yeah?
Chong: But it's got some Asian Palm Civet in it.
Cheech: What's Asian Palm Civet?
Chong: It's cat *****.
Cheech: What?
Chong: Yeah, my civet ate my coffee beans, man. I had them on my table and the little ***** ate it.
Cheech: Yeah?
Chong: So I had to follow him around with a little baggy for 3 days before I got it back. It really blew the civet's mind.
Cheech: You mean we're drinking cat *****, man?
Chong: I think it's even better than before!
Cheech: I wonder what Bengal Tiger tastes like... -
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