Strangest Food in the World

7/27/2019 Strangest Food in the World

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Do you have the stomach for it? They say one mans trash is another mans treasure.The same could be said aboutfood: one mans nightmare may just be another mans delicacy.The cuisines around the world offer a variety of foods,which may or may not taste good to everyone. If youve been indulging lately and need a reason to diet, take a look,you may just lose that appetite.Some of these foods are cooked from some of the strangest ingredients, whichinclude animal brain, minced heart, bugs, buffalo testicles and a poisonous fish.

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brain sandwichesA sandwich made from fried calves brain, thinly sliced on white bread was a common item on the menus in St. Louis,Missouri, USA. The sandwich is still available in the Ohio River Valley.

9. Haggis

A traditional Scottish dish, haggis is made with the minced heart, liver and lung of a sheep mixed with onion, spices,

oatmeal, salt and stock, and boiled in the sheeps stomach for a few hours.


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8. Bugs

The practice of eating insects for food is called entomophagy and is fairly common in many parts of the world, withthe exceptions of Europe and North America. It is not uncommon to find vendors selling fried grasshoppers, crickets,scorpions, spiders and worms on the streets of Bangkok, Thailand.


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7. Rocky Mountain Oysters

Theyre not the kind you find at the bottom of the ocean, but rather a fancy name given to deep -fried testicles of abuffalo, bull or boar. Rocky Mountain oysters (also called Prairie Oysters) are well-known and regularly enjoyed, incertain parts of the United States and Canada, generally where cattle ranching is prevalent.


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6.Fried Scorpion from Cambodia

In Skuon district in Cambodia, big tarantula spiders are fried whole and eaten with relish. The dish was inventedduring the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge, when people were forced to starve to death. The dish invented undertrying circumstances has now become a tourist attraction with people visiting Skuon from far and wide to taste thisfrightening delicacy.


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5. Fugu from Japan

Fugu is the name for a poisonous puffer fish, found in the oceans near Japan. The fish contains the poisontetrodotoxin, which is considerably lethal. However, that did not deter the Japanese chefs from delving into theunknown and cooking a delicious dish out of it. The only requirement to handle the Fugu is that the chefs must bespecially-trained with at least 2-3 years of training behind them.


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4.Hakarl

Anthony Bourdain, known for eating some of the strangest foods in the world, claims that hakarl is the mostdisgusting thing he has ever eaten. Made by gutting a Greenland or Basking shark and then fermenting it for two tofour months, hakarl is an Icelandic food that reeks with the smell of ammonia. It is available all year round in Icelandicstores and often served in cubes on toothpicks.


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3. Casu Marzu

Casu marzu is a cheese that is home to live insect larvae. These larvae are deliberately added to the cheese topromote a level of fermentation that is close to decomposition, at which point the cheeses fats are broken down. Thetiny, translucent worms can jump up to half a foot if disturbed, which explains why some people prefer to brush off theinsects before enjoying a spoonful of the pungent cheese.


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2. Sannakji

With sashimi and sushi readily available the world over, eating raw seafood is no longer considered a diningadventure. The Korean delicacy sannakji however, is something quite different, as the seafood isnt quite dead. Livebaby octopus are sliced up and seasoned with sesame oil. The tentacles are still squirming when this dish is servedand, if not chewed carefully, the tiny suction cups can stick to the mouth and throat. This is not a dish for thefainthearted.


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1. Balut

The fertilized duck or chicken egg with a nearly-developed embryo that is boiled and eaten in the shell is easily one ofthe strangest foods in the world. Balut is very common in the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam and usually sold bystreet vendors.


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