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Food is a pretty subjective notion, we all have cultural biases, different eating habits, dietary restrictions, and just plain old personal taste. But there are some culinary concoctions that manage to really unite us all in bone-chilling horror. 

These dishes could even be considered “cursed” in the parlance of our time, and the “Cursed Food” Facebook gathers the best (or worst) examples out there. So get comfortable, make sure your stomach is at ease, and scroll through. Be sure to upvote the best submissions and comment if you see some you disagree with or just add your own cooking horror stories.

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Em
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd feel bad for the lizards, but not particularly bothered about the lizardrice. I've probably eaten worse.

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There is a school of thought that we eat with our eyes, which I believe is just a way to say you are a visually picky eater. What exactly is visually appealing is also deeply subjective, but here are a few examples from history of people who may have taken it so far that it entered “cursed” territory. For example, the Romans, reportedly, at feasts pickled mackerels live, so they could watch the silvery fish thrash about in the vessel. 

Medieval feasts would often involve live animals, primarily birds, inside of dishes, which would fly out when, for example, a pie was cut. While this was perhaps an interesting spectacle, one has to imagine the mess of feathers and other droppings inside the dish. One presumes the panicked animals then would simply fly around the hall for the rest of the feast, probably adding some unsanitary aspects to the proceedings.

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"It better f**king stay there"

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Our medieval ancestors had other strange predilections when it comes to food. Obviously, they did not have the benefit of abundant produce like we have today, so they would find protein wherever was convenient. As a result, hedgehogs and porcupines can be found in a number of recipes, as well as the entirety of a pig. This would include ears, snout, tail, tongue, and womb, some of which you can still find on the menu in certain countries today.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call BS. I have never seen a Full English look like that. No eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tomato or black pudding. It would never have a baguette, would be toast or fried bread.

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Jamie Walker
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

no where in London would serve that unless you specifically asked

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BaoYen AJ
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where in London did they go?? Even a bad greasy spoon wouldn't miss the bacon and eggs.

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Mi So
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh. Dear. God. Until you said this, I thought it was a pickle. I regret the closer look. What have they done to it?!

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kissmychakram
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call bollocks. No way would you get served that in London unless you specifically asked for it.

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Id row
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I'd puke if someone put that plate in front of me.

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nanny28innc
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Irish breakfast is eggs, rashers,beans, white sausage, black sausage, toast and maybe some fruit in the side. Irish or English, THAT'S just wrong!!

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10 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, English food sucks. My dad was born in England and when we went to Grandma's it was either ham or roast beef, love Yorkshire pudding though.

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Michelle Smith
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tried Bangerz and I have to pee banged on the head to eat whenever again

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Joseph Gelfo
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The UK eats like the Germans are still flying overhead (no offense to British people)

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Nezuko_Chan
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would still eat it (unless there’s something I’m missing)

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Christine Packard Didier
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm a picky eater, I've been to England, their food looks and tastes better than this picture.

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April Pickett
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did you ask for a full English breakfast without the black pudding, mushrooms, etc.?

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Hi doctor, I need to ask you something...my, ehem, thing down there, looks weird. I am not sending you this picture, and it kind of looks like this long thing...oh and by the way I have to ask you about my shite, such a coincidence that the samepicture shows how my morning toilet visit looks like..."

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this is a 'prison meal' - I believe there's an attraction in London where you can experience being an inmate for a day

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Tuesday's child
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mmmm everyone's favorite lunch, canned beans,dry bread, and a shriveled up sausage.

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Reinaldo Fuentes
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perhaps you were in a really touristy area. I’ve found that “touristy spot” is the same everywhere around the globe. Whatever you were expecting, the touristy version is garbage. I have friends in Reading, UK who told me their story of “terrible American food, how can they eat that way?” and then it turned out they never left the tourist ghetto of Orlando and only ate at Denny’s and other similar locations, which is pretty much all there is in that hub. I had a good laugh, to say the least.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the bread looks good. The sausage looks like s**t and the beans are a no.

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Janet Graham
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Beans for breakfast is one thing I would not be able to get used to eating. Mostly because I am not very fond of those beans. Mostly because breakfast has to be either a yogurt, an apple, or a donut!

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Michael Largey
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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why did the British go to the ends of the earth to found their empire? To get away from the food at home.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An Italian or Japanese being critical of food in the UK is valid, but an American? That's simply hypocritical and delusional.

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I've been to England four times and never had a satisfactory meal unless it was Italian or curry. I'm apologizing for that food debacle. Just be glad it wasn't a full breakfast with kidneys. What a vile odor! However, in their defense, the people and countryside are lovely.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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Similarly, almost any bird you can think of was also eaten. Exactly how much meat one can get from a sparrow is questionable, particularly since it seems like they would be pretty annoying to catch, but hunger makes people do unusual things. Modern humans would probably balk at the idea of eating a pigeon, for good reason, it’s hard to imagine that meat looking, smelling, or tasting enjoyable in almost any scenario. 

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The Leaning Pasta of Pisa

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Ultimately, we have always let hunger dictate what we do. Food poisoning has been recognized since the times of ancient Greece, but this has not stopped us from consuming everything that moves, dairy in a time where preservation was not fully understood and any digestible root and berry from the forest. But it’s easy to be judgmental, they didn’t really know any better and had to eat one way or another.

But, we shouldn’t disregard our senses, they exist primarily to protect us from, as mentioned above, foodborne illnesses and poisoning ourselves. Hence our inherent distrust of mold which has evolved to the point of feeling repulsed by situations that might lead to mold. Images of cheese left out in the sun make us uncomfortable, even if the cheese seems perfectly fine because we know, internally, that some items need to be stored properly. 

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

cooking on prnhub? i don't think so. ugh reminds of that one post where that guy said that he wanted to take the eggs out of a women and then cook them in a omelette. *pukes*

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here we go again with big brands trying to make more money than they already have 🙄 I only paid $1.99 for my Kroger Microplastic and it tasted just the same as the $5.99 McCormick Microplastic!

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha, reminds me of the time I made someone a red velvet cheesecake. It came out awesome, except it was multiple layers annnd I left the parchment paper in between two of 'em. (It was fairly easy to pull out, and this was a reasonably close friend, so it wasn't a big deal, mostly just hilarious.)

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"My lungs feel funny"

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Foe discretely poisoning your loved one. Chill before serving.

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11 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

perhaps spotted on the post about p**n hub? Edit: I wrote P**N not THAT... why censor

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So this is just a butterfly cut steak.... probably a Valentine's Day special in the supermarket

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