33 Bizarre Foods That People Actually Eat
While traveling, it's important to sample the local cuisine.
After all, what's a trip to Paris worth without a delicious crêpe?
Or Japan without some super fresh sushi?
Or, if you're more adventurous, you can chow down on some of these stranger options found
around the world.
1.
Dragonfly Served in Indonesia and China, usually boiled
or fried and apparently taste like soft shell crab.
2.
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.
3.
Kangaroo Meat Served in, you guessed it, Australia this
is said to taste like a mixture of venison and buffalo meat.
4.
Jellied Moose Nose Served in Canada, of course, the nose is boiled
in onion, garlic, spices and vinegar.
5.
Wasp Crackers Served in Japan, they're exclusively found
100 miles outside of Tokyo in a town called Omachi.
6.
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.
7.
Lutefisk Served in Norway, they ferment aged whitefish
in lye.
8.
Haggis Served in Scotland, this meal consists of
sheep’s stomach stuffed with sheep’s liver, lungs and heart, onions, oatmeal, and various
spices.
9.
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.
10.
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.
11.
Casu Marzu Served in Mexico, you know this cheese is
ready to eat once its full of thousands of yummy maggots.
12.
Beondegi Served in Korea, the silkworm pupae are served
as a snack either steamed or boiled.
13.
Nsenene Served in Uganda, this long-horned grasshopper
is a delicacy fried, sun-dried, or boiled.
Goes great with onions.
14.
Witchetty Grub Served in Australia, this buggy grub can be
eaten raw or sautéed and is said to taste similar to a friend egg with a touch of nutty
flavor.
15.
Cherry Blossom Meat Served in Japan, it gets its name from being
sold during cherry blossom season and is actually raw horse meat.
16.
Jumiles Served in Mexico, the stink bugs give an extra
dash of intense spice to your salsa.
17.
Shirako Served in Japan, this delicacy is made from
male fish sperm sacs.
18.
Bird's Nest Soup Served in Southeast Asia, the "nest" is created
using bird saliva.
19.
Deep Fried Trantula Served in Cambodia, they supposedly taste
like spare ribs and include the eggs and excrement inside.
20.
Soup Number Five Served in the Philippines, this broth gets
its flavor from bull penis and testacles.
21.
Khash Served in Eastern Europe, Turkey, and the
Middle East, this soup is made with boiled cow feet.
22.
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.
23.
Scorpions Served in Thailand and China, frying them
is said to neutralize the venom in their tails and apparently has a buttery popcorn taste.
24.
Blodplättar Served in Sweden and Finland, it's similar
to blood pudding only this time the pork blood is put into crispy pancake form.
25.
Cicada Served in Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, and the
United States these noisy night bugs are usually deep-fried with a mixture of spices.
26.
Muktuk Served in Greenland, the frozen whale skin
and blubber is sliced, salted, and consumed raw.
27.
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.
28.
Waxworms Sautéed or roasted, the creepy crawlies are
said to taste like a cross between a pine nut and an enoki mushroom.
29.
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.
30.
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.
31.
Southern Fried Rattlesnake Served here in the good old United States,
it is said to have a unique light flavor.
32.
Mosquito Eggs Served in Mexico, they start by drying them
out then roasting them up.
33.
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.