The World's Weirdest Food

[Premium Parrots]

yea yea yea......but whats really in a Jackinthebox taco???

[sgreger1]

He disappeared, and next thing we know he is running full speed in his field with a net on a pole, like for fishing

Damn, at least it was fresh. Doesn't it weird you out that people eat shit like this? Sometimes I wonder about it, because there are plenty of other things to eat, but some cultures really enjoy the things that my culture would never even touch. My grandma-in-law will take eating a fish head over a freshly cooked salmon cutlet any day, and would rather eat pork blood than ranch dressing. It blows my mind.

[chainsnuser]

What's so weird about blood? Have you guys never sucked the blood out of a fresh wound. Do you always have a first-aid-kit on-hand, when you injure yourself? Sausage made from pig-blood has a very similar taste. Very meat-like, slighty sweet and with a slight metallic undertone.

In case blood-sausages are uncommon in the U.S. (I doubt that, you probably should have a closer look at some lists of ingredients, next time you buy meat-products in the supermarket), I'm sure your slaughterhouses have found a way to make use of it. You'll probably find it, e.g., in your wine gums and other "non-vegetarian, non-kosher sweets" instead.

Yeah, fish heads, insects and some other foods are a totally different topic. I personally don't find it shocking to hear that people in other parts of the world eat them, but I probably would only eat such stuff in case I was close to starvation. Some other "delicacies" that are usually considered as horrible, like the fermented yak-milk in Mongolia, even sound interesting to me. I don't doubt that it would need some getting used to it, but I don't think that it's a totally different animal from the yoghurt and kefir that we are used to drink.

Now, that I think about the whole topic, the day when my first snus-oder arrived, comes to my mind again. I took a sniff from the package and thought: "what the hell have I ordered there? Those 25 Euros (my first snus-order was rather small) will hopefully not end in the garbage can!". I didn't find snus disgusting in the beginning, but it took several weeks of getting used to it for me, before I was able to fully savour the taste (even though I always liked salty food and even though I'm used to licorice and salmiak-candies, which share some similarities with the typical snus-flavor). I guess we all needed to get used to snus (more or less) and we certainly all agree, that snus is a delicacy.

Cheers!

[Roo]

Fermented mare's milk is pretty bad, I've had my fair share of it. If you are curious about the taste, imagine a bowl of buttermilk that has been sitting out a few days, add some mineral water for mild carbonation, a dash of vodka for the low alcohol content, a few lumpy curds for good measure, and there you have it.

[chainsnuser]

Well, that sounds like something I probably would order only one glass of in a bar.

Cheers!

[Mayhart]

I never tried it and don't intend to but I heard some people eat it.



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Yep, seems legit.

[sgreger1]

Yep, seems legit.

I'll one up you:



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