does it start i don't feel so good faint of heart then beware as we list down the top 10
grossest foods ever the world has created some of the most delicious foods ever
but there's always the other side of the coin jellied moose nose
as you will see from our list of the grossest foods ever some dishes names
can be very misleading unfortunately this is one of them jellied moose nose sounds like something
sweet you would want to spread on a piece of toast or some kind of sweet jelly dessert
and alas it's nothing like that at all the jellied part of the name is just how the food is prepared
the rest is pretty straightforward basically it's moose's nose jellied moose nose is a northern
american delicacy served especially in places like alaska and northern canada where there's a large
population of the animals to make it the nose of the moose is removed and then boiled until the
hair easily comes off then it's cooked in a broth of onions and spices for a while before the meat
is left to cool once it jellifies the concoction is thinly sliced and well yes spread on a piece
of toast or crackers just not the kind of spread you were expecting we understand that there was a
time in which no food could go to waste and every part of the animal was used but still moose knows
it's a bit much no no balut i offer you a nice egg in this trying time we have mentioned that
sometimes a name can be deceiving sometimes a name can make something disgusting sound quite tasty
well not only can a name do that but so can the look of the food if you were to find yourself
in the philippines or vietnam and you fancied some street food you may well be tempted to
order balut at first glance balut looks just like a hard-boiled egg and if you are not used to the
site of asian street food then a hard-boiled egg might seem like a safe and good choice
however if you're not the adventurous type you would be very wrong i'm sorry i i can't eat this
balut is actually a fully intact duck embryo inside an eggshell while the eggs we are used
to eating are unfertilized this egg is prepared in such a way that the embryo is not only fertilized
but actually growing the egg is placed in the warm for about a week until the embryo is ready then
the egg is cooked and served with salt when you peel back the shell the regular boiled egg forms
around the small duck body with feathers beak the whole nine yards i'd say each more like a duck
casu marzu damn it are you sucking on a block of cheese no oh my god if there is one food
group that has the potential to gross people out it has to be cheese many people love a
good chunk of cheese and even have the stinkier the better as their philosophy but for a lot of
other people the thought of eating congealed milk isn't very appetizing if you fall into the latter
then you may want to look away now as the next entry on our list will have even the most die
hard cheese fans running for the hills nope nope nope nope nope casu marzu literally translates to
rotten slash putrid cheese however it is more affectionately referred to as maggot cheese
which is a food from sardinia yeah not much better while the mediterranean is known for its delicious
cheeses according to many kasu marzu isn't one of them this cheese is made from goat's milk
which isn't unusual for cheese but what gives it its edge is the other part of the process
during the early part of the fermenting process the larvae of cheese flies are introduced into
the cheese off to a great start so far i think i'm gonna be sick after a few weeks the larvae
hatch and begin to feed inside the cheese this is supposed to advance the cheese to a higher level
of fermentation by breaking down the cheese's fats then the cheese is ready to eat larvae and
all if the thought of maggot-filled cheese doesn't excite you don't worry you're not
alone in recent years health authorities have put their foot down on this cheese as it doesn't meet
modern sanitation requirements and it is now actually illegal to make in many countries
phew oh thank god god stink heads fish sticks and tater tots and strawberry quick throughout history
many cultures and countries have built their food habits based on what is local to them this
makes sense of course as it wasn't always easy to transport food from one country to another
up in the colder regions of north america alaska and certain parts of coastal canada to be exact
they used to rely mostly on the sea salmon became a staple food for the natives that inhabit those
areas as it was very common as with a lot of other cultures it was normal to use up
every part of the animal so as none of it went to waste and no one goes hungry i'm so hungry
but still sometimes it just looks unnecessary stink heads are yes the heads of salmon that
are lopped off the fish and buried in the ground to ferment the heads are left for a few weeks as
nature takes its course and the heads start to rot just before the heads are completely
rotted away they are dug up and then mashed into a kind of pudding or moose and then served cold
there's got to be a better snack option no oh my god this is disgusting how card shark shark duck
when it comes to gross foods we all rely on our senses to tell us not to eat something if it looks
bad sounds bad and more importantly smells bad then we shouldn't eat it and when food attacks
all the senses before we even put it in our mouths then we should definitely put the food down and
run as far away as possible from it however in iceland there is a dish that does just that
and yet it is still eaten by plenty of people how hard is an icelandic delicacy that is essentially
decomposed shark carcass since it's made using the greenland shark which is very toxic to humans
the shark needs to be buried in the sand and rocks to press away the toxic acids the flesh is
then left for a few months to ferment and is hung up to dry diced and cubed then it's ready to go
not exactly the most appetizing site and well the smell isn't really much better it is said to smell
like a mix of strong urine and bad cheese the taste is also said to resemble that of cheese and
bad fish mixed with urine apparently the vikings used this technique as a way to preserve the flesh
for as long as possible but that was centuries ago we can't help but feel there are better
and more modern ways to have a good urine-free smelling meal he's pissing all over the place
he's pissing on the bar medama yeah i had a frozen fish i had to deliver for a friend of mine
a fish whenever we think of japanese cuisine we all automatically think of fish and not just
any fish but raw fish for decades now the benefits and taste of dishes such as sushi and sashimi have
taken the world by storm as they've quickly become some of the most popular foods out there however
while these delicate dishes use specific parts of the fish what happens to the rest of it well
part of this question can be easily answered it becomes medama a popular japanese dish
this dish uses the eyeballs from tuna and is considered a real delicacy you got a problem
buddy huh huh do you do the eyes can be fried steamed boiled or stewed and are then seasoned
with rice vinegar sugar and soy sauce this dish became popular during the poverty era
of japan when everything had to be eaten while nowadays eating fish eyes may sound
gross the japanese are sticking to their guns and might be onto something fish eyes are after all
rich in omega-3 these tuna eyes contain a high concentration of fatty acid that is extremely
good for you luckily for most of us omega-3 is found in many foods so we don't have to chew on
those squishy eyeballs to get our healthy kick whoa that's good squishy cobra heart
there are many reasons why a culture might have a taste for a particular food item no
matter how gross we might find some of them there is always a need for food need it
sometimes it's because it's the only food that is available and other times it's because people
don't want to waste any part of the animal all of that can be understood however there are
some times when people just want to eat something just for the sake of living on the side of danger
that's what happens when you go to vietnam and order a cobra's heart while originally eating the
heart of a living cobra was done to enhance your male virility nowadays it has become a big tourist
attraction it's now done solely for the kicks it's so popular that most vietnamese restaurants will
serve it so how does it work well you get to pick out your own cobra which is still alive and then
they slice out the heart and drop it into a glass of rice wine and you drink it all down if that's
not enough for you then you can follow this up with a shot made up of the snake's bile and blood
mixed with rice wine and a shot of the venom as long as the venom doesn't enter your bloodstream
you'll be safe as the stomach acid will process it even so this is one gross and potentially
dangerous dinner item are you sure this is safe it's not just safe it's 40 safe rocky mountain
oysters time for a red bull who would have thought that you could find oysters in the mountains
okay no you can't this is another example of gross food trying to sound nicer by giving it a better
name you probably already know what rocky mountain oysters are but just in case you don't here's
the gist they are battered and fried young bull testicles they end up looking a little bit like
onion rings or calamari another way this food is trying to trick us this delicacy came about in
a time when ranchers needed to find a cheap and readily available meat source they experimented
with different cuts of meat but found that the testicles of the bulls were going to waste when
the bulls had their parts removed to prevent aggressive behavior rather than throwing those
bits in the trash the ranchers decided to cook them and eat them and thus rocky mountain oysters
were born unlike the other entries on our list of gross foods the rocky mountain oysters actually
have a lot of people divided some think they are the grossest thing ever and others actually like
them and will happily eat them whatever your views on these cowboy delicacies are they deserve a
place on our list just because of what they are made of what is this charmander black pudding
it's pudding we next turn our attention to the uk at some point in history the british empire
covered a large percentage of the globe and with that came the discovery of many different foods
tea spices herbs just to name a few the uk brought them over to their small island and incorporated
them into their heritage however the british people still love to eat their own gross foods
not exactly known for their culinary delights bangers mash and haggis spring to mind haggis
after all is all the organs and bits we don't want to eat wrapped in a sheep's bladder as gross as
that sounds the winner of the uk's grossest dish has to be black pudding sometimes referred to as
blood pudding this food is essentially a sausage but instead of being made from the animal's meat
it's made from you guessed it the blood mainly made from pig's blood but also from sheep and cows
black pudding is the result of drained blood being left to coagulate it's mixed with oatmeal barley
and sometimes potato then boiled as a skin forms around it to give it the appearance of a thick
sausage the black pudding is then fried and sliced and is traditionally eaten as part of a meal
i am not a happy meal right now usually with a traditional british breakfast which includes eggs
bacon baked beans toast and the infamous black pudding although the breakfast doesn't sound bad
the main star is still sliced blood definitely one for the gross list what's funny is this actually
smells like real blood shirako and the mighty semen it's not semen it's sea man for this next
entry on our list we head back over to japan not content enough with eating all of the fish they
decided to go one step further and eat what's inside it too by that we mean the fish semen
that's right shirako also known as milt is the seminal fluid of fish mollusks and certain other
water dwelling animals shirako is served as a white paste it actually resembles sauces
such as mayonnaise and horseradish and may seem quite appealing but before you start dipping your
fries into this white paste and get shocked by the strong fishy taste be aware of what it is shirako
can be served in a number of ways as a sauce on the side on top of rice it can even be grilled and
battered to make a nice fish semen tempura maybe since it's battered and fried you might be able to
trick yourself into thinking it's something other than what it actually is one little fight another
popular version of this dish is made with octopus milt which can either be milked from a live
octopus or retrieved from the sacks of dead ones i'm dr octopus we've got more just tap or click
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