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Let's be honest - we all love delicious food. But the very definition of "delicious," as it turns out, varies greatly among different cultures around the globe. Some may consider their national dishes the height of culinary perfection, while others may very well regard these same foods as true culinary crime.

Today, we present a collection of stories that once again prove how diverse and incredible our world actually is. A collection of tales in which people from all over the world share the national foods that even they themselves consider weird. So, bon appettit, and let's go reading!

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#1

Fermented local delicacy with crumbly texture, showcasing one of the most disgusting foods from various countries. Casu Marzu.

It's cheese... with insect larva in it.

Cervelli Fritti. Fried brains.

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Ravenkbh
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of my cheese has that in it anyway

Billo66
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23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Try Milbenkäse. The spider mites give it a nutty flavor. Delicious.

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BrunoVI
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16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OP missed the kicker: Live, jumping maggots.

Billo66
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3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh no! I've been stripped of my Premium title. Now I have to look at a white webpage. I can't take it. "Dejectedly kicking stones around in the drive"

Remi (He/Him)
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5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The insect larvae are live and can sometimes survive stomach acids to wreak havoc on your intestines. Be careful especially if you're on antacids

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    #2

    Pink cotton candy wrapped hot dog topped with colorful candy sprinkles, an unusual disgusting local delicacy food item. A lot of food for sale at state fairs and ballparks should be considered international war crimes. I present the cotton candy hotdog.

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    UnclePanda
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My eyes rolled so hard I heard them.

    Julie S
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You don't even need to ask what country.

    Billo66
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have dill pickle flavored cotton candy so whatever I guess.

    Jaya
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love how over the top ridiculous it is. I kinda wanna try it now 😄

    #3

    Close-up of a large container filled with a brown, mushy local delicacy representing disgusting food from around the world. Maniçoba, a dish local to the Amazon region. Basically a stew made with manioc leaves, but because the leaves a poisonous, you have to keep boiling it 24/7 for a week until the poison disintegrates .

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    John Dilligaf
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wonder about how they found out 7 days was the magic number. "OK, we boiled that last batch for 5 days and poor old Sam did the taste test and didn't make it. Moment of silence for Sam please. Now this batch we've boiled for 6 days, - John, I believe you drew the short straw today?"

    Billo66
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wash it down with Ayahuasca tea. You'll be fine.

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    PeepPeep the duck
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had to google - it’s a rubber tree. So I’m guessing famine or drought was why the is even became a thing

    Naiara Taborda
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's most definitly not a rubber tree, your information is so wrong. Maniçoba comes from the leaves of the bitter cassava (maniva), a tuber, like a potato or sweet potato. Cassava is a very important food for all Brazilian tribes. The recipe is from our original people (indigenous). I don't know where you got your information, but I'm Brazilian and I decided to give you the correct information.

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    Serena Myers
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There must have been a few unfortunate errors in the early days.

    Kelly H. Wilder
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a similar dish in the southern US--poke salad.

    Billo66
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is this? Shut up, just poke your feet under the table and eat it.

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    Trillian
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This must be either very very tasty or there is nothing else to eat for them to have found this out

    Scott Rackley
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have poke sallet in the US. Edible, but you have to boil it 3 times.

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    It all started, as often happens in such cases, in the AskReddit community, where the user u/imadgalaxyx once asked the netizens: "What's the most bizarre dish from your country?" The original poster is American, so they offered their own take on the dish for the US: the Rocky Mountain Oysters.

    In fact, “these aren't oysters, but rather deep-fried bull testicles,” the thread starter noted, along with a photo of the dish itself, which actually looks quite appetizing. Well, it seems the author has opened a true Pandora's box, because the thread currently has over 2.4K upvotes and around 2.6K various comments featuring the most insane foods from all over the world, as well as the debate about these meals.

    #4

    Person holding a plate of fried local delicacies, showcasing unusual and controversial food from various countries. Fried courgette (zucchini) flowers. So good! 🇮🇹🇮🇹.

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    Kelly H. Wilder
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think this sounds terrible at all.

    Nikole
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup the chefs make this all of the time on cooking shows

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    Ace
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have actually eaten these, somewhere on a Greek Island, yes, quite nice. (Crete, I think).

    Lee Gilliland
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fried flowers are wonderful. So are candied ones.

    George Costanza
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    20 hours ago

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    Not gross at all. Really delicious and often filled with a ricotta cheese mixture.

    Jaya
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That sounds very nice and not weird at all.

    Cathy Jo Baker
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've not had them fried but I have eaten them in quesadillas in Mexico. Yum!

    Barbara Wilcock
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Amazing dish. Sometimes stuffed with ricotta

    Billo66
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We used to eat Pumpkin blossoms. Tastes sort of like fried mushrooms.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They are delicious, though I hate deep frying things myself. I was so proud when I had my first lot of zucchini in blossom so I could make them.

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    #5

    Open can of fermented herring on stone outdoors, representing disgusting local delicacies featured in unusual foods. So … we have this rather famous ”rotten” fish in a tin thing.

    There are a TON of youtube videos of idiots eating an entire fish straight from the tin. Don’t do that, that’s a self-setup for misery and regret.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Surströmming. You eat it in small quantities.

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    Irish people try surstromming. Well worth the watch.https://youtu.be/nJZYieU6Cgw?si=TvBmpQ3zlsQyiFpe

    Skogsrået
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You always open the can outdoors, eat it with potatoes, flat bread, onion and sour cream. If you are new to this start with small quantities.

    L.V
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The videos are funny though.

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    #6

    Raw minced pork spread thick on a bread roll, an example of disgusting local delicacies from around the world. Mett. Minced, almost paste-like raw pork with salt, black pepper, and slices of onions...

    It sounds like a crime against anything culinary, but it tastes amazing when you smear it on bread (especially on bread rolls).

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    Lee Gilliland
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be worried about trichinosis.

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    Definitely depends on local food safety standards. I think I recall a post about Chinese(?) tourists in the US who were horrified at the sight of rare/medium rare steak, because to them that was basically súicide on a platter. In Germany "Mettbrötchen" is a regular breakfast staple, found in just about every bakery, and unless you develop a habit of waiting a day or two to eat it you're safe.

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    Trillian
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even though I don't eat it (don't eat meat), German food standards are incredibly high for this and the risk is very small. Just don't try this anywhere else.

    Bored Birgit
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    2 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Mettbrötchen" in Germany. They are delicious, but have to be very fresh, of course. Personally never heard of someone who got sick from them.

    Karen B
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is delicious! Have to stock up next time i go to Germany.

    zatrisha
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think you can stock (freeze) it, but it has to be very very fresh - like same day fresh. But there are also non-perishable products in stores that you can use for a few days - you can find them in the refrigerated section instead of at the butcher section. And fresh onions are a MUST.

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    Fat Harry (Oi / You)
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The idea doesn't repulse me, but there are dangers associated with raw pork that would mean I wouldn't try it.

    Toni Ahlgren
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    18 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    10000 Trichinosis cases worldwide annually, mostly from undercooked game like bears or boars. Crossing the street sounds more dangerous than eating raw pork.

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    The selection we've put together for you includes both tried-and-true "veterans" of similar lists, like surströmming, pemmican, and fried insects, and something completely unexpected, like deep-fried pizza from Scotland. Well, if you're Italian and consider pineapple on pizza absolutely barbaric, how about this?

    In fact, globalization in recent decades has accomplished at least one great, unobvious thing. It has blended the cultural traditions of many countries, taken culinary recipes seemingly hopelessly lost in history, and brought them to the surface. Along the way, it has transformed them in ways that even the natives wouldn't recognize.

    #7

    Two slices of bread with butter and chocolate sprinkles, an example of unusual local delicacies in food culture.
    A sandwich with chocolate sprinkles. To others it’s a warcrime, to the Dutch it’s a delicacy. Runner up: raw herring with chopped raw onion.

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    Cathy Jo Baker
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Australians call it fairy bread! White buttered bread with sprinkles! I made it and it is yummy!

    Mari
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's wrong with that? Everyone loves a chocolate brioche, so why not chocolate sprinkles on bread?

    Jaya
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guess it's because I'm Dutch, but I can't imagine why anyone would have a problem with this?

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    I wouldn't have hit upon that combination because I don't like chocolate. But I would try it with rainbow sprinkles. My friends had never had hot buttered cheerios until I invented it and it's delicious. :)

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have fairy bread in Australia, and I much prefer it with sprinkles (chocolate or otherwise) than 100s & 1000s.

    Jan Rosier
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Belgium these chocolate sprinkles are called 'mouse droppings'. And everyone likes them, including myself.

    Blue Bunny of Happiness
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember being introduced to these at breakfast on a school trip to Amsterdam. Not as nice as 10 year old me expected. What 10 year old me didn’t expect was the evening walk led by our headteacher that went through the red light district. My education was definitely broadened on that trip!

    zatrisha
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Germany this is also done, but here "Esszett-Schnitten" are better known, which are simply very thin slices of chocolate for bread or rolls.

    Bored Birgit
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or chocolate kisses (with marshmallow in them) in breadrolls. Fed generations of school kids in Germany.

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    Vincent Bevort
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alt combo: a slice with peanut butter topped of wit chocolade sprinkels. It's like angels peeing on your tongue

    Daisydaisy
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oi, leave our fairy bread alone! Nothing wrong with that. It's the mainstay of little kids' birthday parties. We call the sprinkles "hundreds and thousands"

    Francois
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is not a delicacy for the Dutch, it is staple. Especially for young ones.

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    #8

    Baked local delicacy served with rice and salad, showcasing one of the disgusting local delicacies from around the world. I've seen people say surströmming but that's actually not it. Our weirdest dish is called "Flygande jakob"

    It's bacon, whipped cream, chili sauce, peanuts and chicken seasoned with italian seasoning. This is supposed to be served with rice
    Personally I call this dish "white man went to Asia and tried to recreate their food". It's kind of like a weird chicken curry
    Honorable mention to our Hawaii pizza with pineapples, bananas, curry and ham. Sometimes served with garlic sauce.

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    Jaya
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it just me or does it not sound very weird or outrageous at all?

    Billo66
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm assuming real whipping cream. Not Cool Whip. I hope. It looks good.

    Pernille
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is cool whip? If it , as I suspect, is canned whipped cream I can assure you that no sane person would use that for a sauce. The only canned whipped cream I know of has vanille and sugar in it.

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would try it. Most of the Asian food I had when I was younger could pretty much be described the same way :)

    Lee Gilliland
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently a fairly new dish.

    #9

    Fried local delicacy on a plate, showcasing one of the most unusual and disgusting local delicacies worldwide. Deep fried pizza. Surprisingly good and probably worth the 5 years of your life you take off.

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    Skogsrået
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    Oh, the italians must LOVE this abomination. Just cause you can doesn't mean you should.

    UnclePanda
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It'd be so greasy it'd gust right through you.

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    Billo66
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    23 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Check out my "hack" I make my own dough, so. I use the thin corelle bowls that are oven safe. Oil it good and put your toppings on the bottom, then cheese, then sauce, then cover the bowl with a disk of crust, like a pie. A cook it at hot, until it's done lol. Use a thermometer I guess. Anyway, individual upside down pizzas, just pop them over on your plate. :) This is in response to 3 children who can't agree on toppings. Edit: If you like your cheese on top of everything, too bad. If you put the cheese in first it will stay there till you scrub it out.

    Rosecrucian Roeth
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doesn't sound too bad, other than the loss of years :)

    OneHappyPuppy
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Totally... Reminds me of the time my great aunt made pizza for us kids, but the power went out before she managed to get it in the oven. So, naturally, she cut the pizza up, folded the pieces (into a calzone so to say) and fried them in a pan (gas stove). It was awesome

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If anyone ever made a gluten free version, I'd try it, but probably only once. I liked the deep fried mars bar I had once, though I couldn't eat it all in one sitting.

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    On the other hand, our selection largely consists of dishes from nations for whom it was originally more of a kind of survival food. For example, surströmming or pemmican were once a way for people of the Far North to preserve food for the future. After all, catching, say, a walrus was a rare luck for them, so preserving meat in such an exotic way became a matter of survival for the entire tribe.

    Over time, the digestive system and the entire body of people in these tribes and nations adapted to the regular consumption of toxins, making them less poisonous. At the same time, many Arctic explorers wrote in their memoirs about how even a small morsel of these northern "delicacies" could prove tragically for reckless Europeans or Americans.

    And today, what was once a matter of human survival has become, in many ways, simply a bizarre gastronomic whim. We marvel at strange recipes, sometimes forgetting that these "weird foods" actually saved thousands of lives during cold, snowy winters...

    #10

    Cluster of unusual wild mushrooms growing in grass, representing disgusting local delicacies and strange food choices. From my region there is a rare dish which is literally called the pig snout mushrooms, it's served as a salad, very refreshing and delicious, but after a white your lips will swollen up since the mushroom is slightly toxic, that's where the mushroom get its name, your swollen mouth reminds people of the pig's snout

    Edit: couldn't find a picture of it :((.

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    Mari
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perfect replacement for lip fillers. Just eat pig snout mushrooms twice a day.

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    #11

    Sea urchin delicacies displayed on ice, highlighting unusual and disgusting local delicacies from various countries. Kina. Sea urchin eaten raw. Oh, and Huhu grubs, also eaten raw and alive. They say they taste a bit like peanut butter.

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Raw I could deal with, but alive, no thanks!

    Barbara Wilcock
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sea urchin is amazing in a sashimi plater

    Hippopotamuses
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When he visited my uncle used to go down to the (Hutt) river to harvest huhu grubs from rotting timber. Definitely not for me. As for kina, no way. It's the texture.

    George Costanza
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn't sea urchin almost always eaten raw?

    #12

    Close-up of raw octopus tentacles showcasing one of the disgusting local delicacies in unusual global cuisines. Live octopus probably.

    It's pretty mainstream for a dish of its level of weirdness.

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    George Costanza
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah this was in many of the big markets I went to in Korea. Not cool.

    Mari
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is very dangeroys to eat because the suction cups on the tentacles are still active. If you don't chew properly or don't chew enough it is a choking hazard.

    Barbara Wilcock
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love seafood. But this is too much

    Andrew Cryne
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I watched a tv show where a woman in Korea was eating live Octopus and one of the legs got stuck in her throat. She couldn't remove it because the legs have suckers on them and attach themselves to objects. She died in the Restaurant!

    Spittnimage
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    There's a Chinese all you can eat buffet in my town that has baby octopus dipped in chocolate. No thank you.

    Der Kommissar
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I ate tiny live shrimp in N.E. Thailand. Its called koong dten (dancing shrimp)

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    In general, the very concept of "strange food," according to many researchers, emerged only in the 19th century, when cultures across the globe began to actively interpenetrate. And, of course, the role of literature in this process should not be underestimated.

    While previously, a traveler visiting, say, France, wouldn't have been particularly surprised to find snails or frogs' legs being eaten there, the widespread availability of cookbooks and travelogues in the 19th century popularized an ironic appreciation of what the authors considered "strange."

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    For example, one only needs to read Mark Twain's "The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress" to begin to realize why we perceive other people's oddities with such irony. After all, the great American writer was simply describing a journey through Europe, while far greater cultural and culinary discoveries and surprises would've awaited him in Asia or Africa!

    #13

    Plate of escargot with garlic butter and herbs on salt bed, representing disgusting local delicacies from around the world. I have to go with snails. Still the sauce is incredibly good.

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    George Costanza
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing crazy about eating snails. Not really any different than eating mussels, oysters, clams, etc.

    Barbara Wilcock
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Love the texture and the garlic and parsley

    General Anaesthesia
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unless the snail was a Michelin Man in a former life. No amount of garlic butter can mask the texture.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You could put that sauce on anything and I'd eat it.

    Crystal M
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The sauce is so very good.

    Unicorn
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One could just eat the sauce without the pieces of rubber.

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    #14

    37 Bizarre National Dishes That Might Make Your Stomach Churn Just Looking At Them Aspic /meat jelly/ I hate it but my grandma swears it’s delicious

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    Der Kommissar
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Add lark's tongue and you might have a good name for an album

    Laserleader
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Historically, all gelatin was from animals, and was savory. It wasnt until the protein flavor could be reduced and fruit gelatin was developed that sweet jello came out. So, its a matter of the mind, not the actual flavor.

    Billo66
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can bury my comments, but the truth has a way of digging itself back up. And it remembers who held the shovel.

    Billo66
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    3 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or you can strip my premium from me. Whatever dudes. dgaf. Now stop my invisible no space hyphen that remains invisible unless it is needed to break the word at the end of a line. Very useful. Superscript. alt+0173 in the middle of a word and the filter sees it but you can't and it's ignored. Then, like me, you can write a simple script, add whatever words you want it to apply to, then type naturally and it inserts when needed. or you can just type the command in every word you wish to obscure. Like fu­ck, sh­it, c­um guzzling gutter wh­ore. all that. Edit: If you're gonna try to beat me, you have to buy me dinner first.

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    Debby Keir
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love 'meat jelly' - the collagen from a good stew. Aspic is a mimic, but not half as good.

    Jaya
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was something really weird going on in the old days, because I remember this stuff being very popular in the 80s, and I cannot for the life of my understand why people used to eat this voluntarily.

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    Meat jelly is perfectly normal. Ours usually has more meat tho and ideally the jelly is formed naturally from the meat juices. So its just your normal meat, just in its own juice - nothing gross. Now jellied moose nasal passages - THAT is a bizarre thing. First you shoot a moose, that you skin its snout and cut off the nose until bone (moose have huge noses) then you boil the nose once to get rid of snot and whatnot, cut it into chunks, add salt pepper and a bay leaf and boil it until soft, then pour into a jar and let it set. Looks absolutely vile. Is supposed to taste good but I refused to touch it

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    Not to long ago I wouldn't eat that. Now, with no teeth, I think I would enjoy it. It's surprisingly hard to get all your nutrients when you cant bite.

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    #15

    Bizarre local delicacy pie with fish heads poking out, showcasing unusual and disgusting food from different countries. Stargazy pie. Basically, a fish pie with the heads looking up

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    UnclePanda
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you think that's bad, wait until you see the vole-au-vent with their tiny singed whiskers smoldering in the air.

    Norfolk and good
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is not something that is commonly eaten throughout the UK. It's only really a thing in parts of Cornwall. I've never eaten it, and I'm willing to bet the vast majority of people in the UK have never eaten it either.

    Julie S
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope never eaten it. Never even seen it on a menu but I have heard of it.

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    #16

    Close-up of person eating watermelon with a fork, illustrating unusual local delicacies and bizarre food choices. Indigenous people in the north eat raw seal heart. I remember seeing a video of Canada’s Governor General eating it when she travelled there. That’s pretty hardcore.

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    #17

    Glass of red local delicacy sauce with a spoon and fresh strawberry on a rustic wooden bench outdoors Kissel. Fruit juice (or puree) thickened with cornstarch or potato starch. It be thickened either to a fully jello-like consistency, or can be still drinkable; the drinkable one is probably more common in Ukraine. Another variation, less common in Ukraine, and usually found in Poland and... Finland, is made with milk and starch, with added sugar and vanilla, sometimes cocoa powder.

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So, drinkable ooblek? Might be nice.

    Ai
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They had Poland wrong. Milk one is budyń and fruit one is kisiel. Totally different things. Kisiel made of milk doesn't exist in Poland. And honestly nothing repulsive in any of them. I saw plenty of foreigners eating them without any issue.

    Remi (He/Him)
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can get it in the same containers as milk in Finland. The blueberry version (mustikkakiisseli) is the most common and people like to use it with porridge and as a stomach flu cure

    Barbara Słania
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In Poland we have kisiel, which is fruit juice/puree thickened with potato starch, served usually hot. And budyń, which is milk with spices, like vaniila, thickened with potato starch, sweetened, sometimes served with some friut sauce/sirup.

    Nicole Weymann
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Finnish version sounds like a runny(?) pudding made from scratch. I think I might eat it, but for some reason drinking it sounds unappetising - but then I'm not a fan of smoothies either. I prefer my drinks on the liquid side.

    #18

    Bowl of unusual local delicacy soup with tripe and spices, showcasing a disgusting food found in some countries. Tripe soup, made from cow belly, sounds bad but it's delicious. You need to try it thrice to like it, best things in life don't come easy. Idk how to put my flag at username.

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    Debby Keir
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The smell of it cooking is awful. Used to be a diet food for people with stomach ulcers before they discovered helicobacter pylorii and appropriate antibiotics.

    Skogsrået
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I absolutely HATE tripe, the smell, the taste and the texture. As a kid i could sit with my plate of tripe until bedtime and i still refused to eat it, would rather have no food at all and go to bed on a empty stomach.

    Barbara Wilcock
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tripe is a super food. Little fat, pure protein

    Laszlo Larthlanc
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you want to try a decent tripe soup, go to a Mexican restaurant on a Sunday morning and order menudo. I like it, but if you absolutely can't tolerate the smell or flavor of tripe don't bother. (It's a Sunday morning dish because it's supposed to cure hangovers.)

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never tried tripe (would be willing to once, if I knew someone who knew how to cook it well) but my mum had it a lot growing up. Apparently my uncle hated it (and still does!) and would have to sit at the table for ages because he wasn't allowed to leave until he ate it. He said the white sauce that it was in made it worse, so maybe in soup it would be better.

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    #19

    37 Bizarre National Dishes That Might Make Your Stomach Churn Just Looking At Them Witchetty Grubs have been a staple for Aboriginal Australians for a long time. They can be fried or eaten raw.

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    Toni Ahlgren
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always wondered why I keep "sea insects" like shrimp, prawns or lobster a delicacy but would still struggle with grubs and stuff.

    Laserleader
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Water creatures are large, and the meat is cooked and removed from the shells. Insects are small and you are supposed to eat the shell. I hate eating shells and exoskeletons... thats the mental block most people have.

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have always wanted to try them, at least once. When I went to central Australia with school, we didn't get the chance, which was disappointing. I would also like to try honey ants. Many Aboriginal traditional foods are delicious and pretty good for you. I used to eat kangaroo steak a lot, until the weekly bbqs my mum and stepdad insisted on led to me turning off all bbq meat (prawns, eggplant & zucchini are my go-to now). It's a more earthy flavour than beef and is higher in iron. Also, wattleseed (has to be from a specific wattle) damper with honey is amazing.

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    #20

    Grilled unusual local delicacy on a wooden plate with apricot halves and herbs, showcasing exotic food culture. Chicken breast with cheese and pickled peach.

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    Kelly H. Wilder
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do i think this will be one of the tamer items on this list?

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So similar to apricot chicken? I wouldn't eat it, but only because stone fruits don't agree with me.

    Bored Birgit
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would totally like to eat this now.

    Barbara Wilcock
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never heard of this. Where is it from

    Al Lexicon
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, preserved peaches and a soft or cottage cheese is a nice dessert...I can imagine cooking chicken with it wouldn't be bad.

    #21

    Close-up of a traditional dish with insects and spices, showcasing disgusting local delicacies from around the world. Deep fried ants...

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    highwaycrossingfrog
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've eaten a few types of insect before, including live termites. All unobjectionable. This isn't so bad

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never heard of them being deep fried, but I would prefer that than live ones.

    #22

    Plate of unusual local delicacy featuring cooked animal parts served in broth, showcasing disgusting local delicacies from various countries. Kalleh pacheh, basically a boiled sheep.

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    UnclePanda
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mutton to write home about.

    Daisydaisy
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    I can understand eating this stuff if you were literally starving to death. No other reason

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    #23

    Two jars filled with colorful pickled vegetables and vibrant liquids, highlighting unusual local delicacies and exotic foods. Kool Aid Pickles are pretty weird.

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    Billo66
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had pretty good cinnamon pickles. They were bright red. Pickled watermelon rind is surprisingly good too.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like sweet & spicy pickles best, but this seems like it would be all sweet and not appetising. Does it get a jelly consistency?

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    #24

    Fried local delicacy on a white plate with oil, illustrating one of the disgusting foods featured in international cuisine. Deep fried butter.

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    James Twong
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This must be an American thing.

    Alecto76
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a novelty sold at fairs/carnivals. I wouldn't call it an American dish.

    Billo66
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    13 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds awful. I have deep fried Twinkies before and they were awesome. Hear me out. Freeze them, then roll them in cornstarch, then dip it in a pancake like batter but a little sweeter. When you fry it like that, the grease/cream on the inside melts into the cake. Sprinkle some powdered sugar on and drizzle a little chocolate syrup. Tastes just like an eclair. Changes the whole molecular structure of the Twinkie lol.

    Rob D
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can do the exact same thing with Oreos and Snickers as well. They're money.

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    zatrisha
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here we say "still better than fried butter" to very fatty food - but I didn't know that it really existed. 😱

    Miki
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This must be murica. And with their healthcare?!?!

    Daisydaisy
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Healthy eating! 🤪

    Jaya
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am so curious what it's like, I can't really imagine what it would be like.

    amy lee
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I imagine it tastes like a heart attack

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    Jeanbore Dilford
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This dish clearly encapsulates the finesse of American cuisine.

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    #25

    Traditional Dutch soup served in a bowl with noodles and beans, representing unusual local delicacies from around the world. Not the most bizzare out of them all (other poles would say czernina which is a blood soup, however no one actually eats that), but when you think about it it's weird and you won't find it anywhere else. pickle soup.

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    Sara Frazer
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've actually tried this! At a Polish restaurant in Chicago. I loved it. My partner wants to learn how to make it, he brought me to that restaurant specifically to try the pickle soup, and cabbage rolls. His maternal grandmother left Poland after being imprisoned in a work camp in WW2 and settled in Chicago. When his family all met up in Chicago each year they all went to this restaurant

    Barbara Słania
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Polish pickle soup? What do you mean, cucumber soup? Well, those cucumber technically aren't pickles (we do have vinegary cucumber pickles, but eat them raw), but they are fermented with salt & garlic, it's lactic acid fermentation.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds reasonably nice to me

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    #26

    Sliced local delicacy with visible chunks and spices, illustrating unusual and disgusting food from different countries. Souse gets my vote.

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    Fat Harry (Oi / You)
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pickled various parts of pig. Sounds OK, actually.

    Unicorn
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Google reveals: " a popular Caribbean dish of pickled meat (often pig's feet, head, or cow's foot) served cold in a seasoned broth with lime, peppers, and cucumbers, sometimes resembling a soup or ceviche, enjoyed with breadfruit or Johnny cakes". So now I have to look up ceviche and Johnny cakes.

    Kelly H. Wilder
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a deli worker, I concur. Although it is consistently one of my best sellers, I can not bring myself to try it. Customers tell me I am missing out. They say it tastes similar to cold breakfast sausage. 🤷‍♀️

    #27

    Person holding spoon with local delicacy soup showing unusual meat in a bowl surrounded by side dishes on a wooden table Wild rat soup
    Fresnillo Zac. Mexico

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    Der Kommissar
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Field rats are also eaten in Vietnam

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How does rat taste, in comparison to other meats?

    Bart De Wachter
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    in Belgium some restaurants used to serve muskrat (not anymore to my knowledge). I ate some back in the day and the meat is best compared to that of rabbit (hence the nickname "water rabbit" or "waterkonijn" in flemish)

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    #28

    Disgusting local delicacies showing a molded, gelatinous food with unusual texture on a white plate. Jellied eels.

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    Norfolk and good
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    UK. These were an East London thing. They became popular during the Victorian times when food was scarce but the River Thames was right there with an abundance of eels. They're an expensive delicacy only really eaten by poshos and tourists these days.

    Unicorn
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't eat anything caught in the Thames in London. Just think how much sewage gets discharged into that river on its way from the Cotswolds.

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    dean tirmizi
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love fatty / rubbery food like squid/octopus/tripe. Was expecting the same when i tried these, but nope. like eating hard jelly sea water, and never knew eels were so bony

    Debby Keir
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nope. Problem is the bones. Pure eel 'meat' would be OK, but no no with the bones. Meat with bones ok, but you can't do a good chomp without hitting a bone.

    Spittnimage
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saw a video clip a few years ago of David Beckham eating them.

    Fat Harry (Oi / You)
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't mind the eels, it's the thought of the cold jelly that puts me off.

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    #29

    Sourtoe Cocktail

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    Remi (He/Him)
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An actual human toe? Uh, no thanks!

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read about this when preparing to travel to Canada, and if I had been offered it, I would not have drunk it, though I wouldn't put it past my sister!

    #30

    A bag of Lay’s Ketchup flavored chips on a blue wooden picnic table, representing unusual local delicacies. Americans think our ketchup chips are pretty weird.

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    Ace
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm guessing from the two languages that this is in Canada, but they've been around in the UK (where they're branded as Walkers, but it's the same company) for 30+ years. Really good.

    PeepPeep the duck
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sisters fave in aus ‘atomic tomato’ is what samboy chips calls them

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    zatrisha
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    4 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guess they didn‘t try the Prawn Cocktail Lays (wich I love tbh)

    David
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ketchup Chips have been in the US since the 80s, and I see it all the time here, grew up with them. Only in the US South is it considered a weird flavor, but the North East, Midwest, West, and Pacific North West, its a common enough flavor

    Nikole
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think I've seen them...? But I would eat them.

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    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I tried these when I was in Canada (if they were gluten free). Not that different to burger rings in Australia, except not with the onion powder, iirc.

    #31

    Blood sausage on a clay plate showcasing one of the disgusting local delicacies from various countries around the world. Pearl barley mixed with pig blood and stuffed in pig's intestines, also known as kraujiniai vėdarai.

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    James Twong
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not much different to black pudding

    Kristiina Männiste
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Verivorst (blood sausage)! Traditional Yule fare here! And yummy!

    Nicole Weymann
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "stuffed in pigs' intestines" is a bit of a yuck bait. Every traditional sausage is stuffed into intestines.

    Fellfromthemoon
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Add a bit of marjoram, and you get the traditional Hungarian véres hurka. Unstead of barley, you can add rice too, both are common. Change blood to liver, and you get májas hurka. Our ancestors did not waste anything that is edible, and I like the results.

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't eat it, but more because of the barley

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    #32

    Blackened food pieces served with white sauce on a plate, an example of disgusting local delicacies globally. Mämmi. Looks like chocolate or poo, not sweet, served with cream and sugar. People eat it only during Easter.

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    Serena Myers
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rye flour, powdered malted rye, orange zest, salt.

    Jaya
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thanks for the info. I hope I'll get to try it sometime, it sounds very interesting!

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    Nicole Weymann
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    German Wikipedia tells an interesting WW2 anecdote on this one. Apparently US president Truman sent a delegation to see how the Finnish were doing in the aftermath of the war. Taking their survey around Easter time they were horrified to see the Finnish eating what they took for excrements, triggering a pretty much immediate response in humanitarian aid.

    Nicole Weymann
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In a similar vein Germany allegedly experienced a bewildering influx of corn for sowing after an inquiry on what people needed most after WW2. They said they needed "Korn", which means "grain" in German. Expecting wheat and rye for flour to make bread the farmers were reportedly somewhat lost on what to do with all the corn they received. AFAIK they of course did sow, reap and eat it (people were hungry, and anything is better than nothing), but it never was and never became a standard stable.

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    Kristiina Männiste
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I usually like Finnish food but not mämmi, no dear neighbors, you can keep that one

    #33

    Close-up of a sliced local delicacy showing coarse grain and meat texture, highlighting unusual food choices. * Cheese with mould in.
    * Inside out sheep (haggis)
    * StarryGazy pie
    * Blood pudding (Black, White, Mealy).

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    Nicole Weymann
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Cheese with mould in" includes Gorgonzola and Roquefort. The aroma is an aquired taste, but not that uncommon.

    Francois
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haggis is great! As a matter of fact, Burns night is upon us, I think I'll have some with whisky. No I am not Scottish; not even British or an American claiming they are Scottish.

    Fat Harry (Oi / You)
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never tried stargazy pie, but I like all the others.

    #34

    Majority of fair food

    Rocky Mountain oyster are definitely up there in weird I agree with your choice.

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    Coffeetime2
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rocky Mountain oysters at Bruce's Bar in Severance CO!

    Debby Keir
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since mad cow disease you can't seem to get 'sweetbreads' in the uk.

    David
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sweet breads are the thymus, rocky mountain oysters are the testicles

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    #35

    Pemmican

    Though it's technically a survival food and ingredient

    basically fat and dried meat.

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    Kelly H. Wilder
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is pemmican similar to beef jerky? If so, why is that weird?

    JenC
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kind of like beef jerky energy bar. Dried meat and berries, held together with fat.

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    #36


    Black pudding is the one that springs to my mind. It is delicious but just don’t think about what it is in it.

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    Ban-One
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Morcilla - the Spanish counterpart - is the one I love the most. I enjoy all varieties though.

    Nicole Weymann
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have similar dishes in Germany. "Blutwurst" both for sandwiches (cold cut) and pan fried, served with mashed potatoes and apple sauce, is one. Where I live it's "Punkebrot" or "Wurstebrot", pan fried in slices from a "loaf" and served with potatoes and apple sauce.

    Francois
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So eating leg or shoulder of an animal is fine, but eating its blood is not??? I don't understand this reasoning.

    Jan Rosier
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    errr... pigsblood, bread, spices and and possibly some added bacon fat. Then cooked and chilled before you bake it. What is wrong with this? LOVELY with lumpy apple sauce !

    Fat Harry (Oi / You)
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm quite happy thinking about what's in it. I'm not sure why people get so funny about it.

    #37

    Dublin coddle Delicious.

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    Norfolk and good
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not a weird dish. It's a stew with bacon and sausage in.

    Con O Cuinn
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something really unsettling about boiled sausages

    Huddo's sister
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not sure if you are being sarcastic or not :) The only way I will eat sausages is boiled, as curried sausages.

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