Bizarre Meals People Actually Love To Eat Around The Globe
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Published
01/06/2015
From bugs to blood, these unique choices definitely require a brave palette and strong gag reflex. You might think them disgusting, but some people love this stuff...
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Dragonfly, Served in Indonesia and China, usually boiled or fried and apparently taste like soft shell crab -
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Starfish, Served in China, the hard shell is broken and the meat inside is said to have the texture of something between toothpaste and ground beef -
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Kangaroo Meat, Served in, you guessed it, Australia this is said to taste like a mixture of venison and buffalo meat -
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Jellied Moose Nose, Served in Canada, of course, the nose is boiled in onion, garlic, spices and vinegar -
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Wasp Crackers, Served in Japan, they're exclusively found 100 miles outside of Tokyo in a town called Omachi -
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Stargazy Pie, Served in England, the traditional pie comes from Cornwall and is said to honor a fisherman who went out alone to provide fish despite particularly stormy weather -
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Lutefisk, Served in Norway, they ferment aged whitefish in lye -
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Haggis, Served in Scotland, this meal consists of sheep's stomach stuffed with sheep's liver, lungs and heart, onions, oatmeal, and various spices -
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Stink Bugs, Served in Africa, they can be eaten raw or cooked and are said to have an apple flavor as well as a tranquilizing effect -
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Akutaq Eskimo Ice Cream, Served in Alaska, this not-so-sweet treat is made of reindeer fat, seal oil, freshly fallen snow, berries and ground fish -
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Casu Marzu, Served in Mexico, you know this cheese is ready to eat once its full of thousands of yummy maggots -
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Beondegi, Served in Korea, the silkworm pupae are served as a snack either steamed or boiled -
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Nsenene, Served in Uganda, this long-horned grasshopper is a delicacy fried, sun-dried, or boiled. Goes great with onions -
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Witchetty Grub, Served in Australia, this buggy grub can be eaten raw or sauted and is said to taste similar to a friend egg with a touch of nutty flavor -
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Cherry Blossom Meat, Served in Japan, it gets its name from being sold during cherry blossom season and is actually raw horse meat -
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Jumiles, Served in Mexico, the stink bugs give an extra dash of intense spice to your salsa -
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Shirako, Served in Japan, this delicacy is made from male fish sperm sacs -
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Bird's Nest Soup, Served in Southeast Asia, the nest is created using bird saliva -
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Deep Fried Trantula, Served in Cambodia, they supposedly taste like spare ribs and include the eggs and excrement inside -
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Soup Number Five, Served in the Philippines, this broth gets its flavor from bull penis and testacles -
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Khash, Served in Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the Middle East, this soup is made with boiled cow feet -
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Tong Zi Dan, Served in China, it is also aptly known as virgin boy eggs because the eggs are boiled in young men's urine -
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Scorpions, Served in Thailand and China, frying them is said to neutralize the venom in their tails and apparently has a buttery popcorn taste -
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Blodplattar, Served in Sweden and Finland, it's similar to blood pudding only this time the pork blood is put into crispy pancake form -
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Cicada, Served in Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, and the United States these noisy night bugs are usually deep-fried with a mixture of spices -
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Muktuk, Served in Greenland, the frozen whale skin and blubber is sliced, salted, and consumed raw -
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Shiokara, Served in Japan, fermented squid guts are mixed with the squid's gastric juices and seasoned with a bit of miso, salt, soy sauce, sake, red pepper, and yuzu peel -
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Waxworms, Sauteed or roasted, the creepy crawlies are said to taste like a cross between a pine nut and an enoki mushroom -
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Snake Wine, Served in China and Vietnam, the snake's venom is neutralized by the ethanol in rice wine and it is believed to boost one's virility -
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Guinea Pig, Served in South America, they can be fried or grilled and apparently taste like a combination of pork, rabbit, and probably the tears of your childhood pet memories -
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Southern Fried Rattlesnake, Served here in the good old United States, it is said to have a unique light flavor -
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Mosquito Eggs, Served in Mexico, they start by drying them out then roasting them up -
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Salmiakki, Found in the Netherlands, Denmark, and Finland, these gummies are perfect for anyone who thinks black licorice doesn't have quite enough salt taste to it
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