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Bizarre Foods From Around The World
What constitutes typical North American food these days is kind of gross, if you ask me. I'm talking about all the processed junk we put in our bodies. But compared to some other 'regional' cuisines that are mentioned in this article, I guess we're pretty lucky. Need examples?- In Iceland, for instance, Hakarl is made of putrefied shark meat. Sheep's head (served in its entirety) is also popular.
- In Saudi Arabia, camels are a popular item -- camel's feet and sour camel humps in particular.
- Fried grasshoppers, earthworms and locusts are all the rage in Africa.
 Want more info on bizarre foods? Check out The Weird Things People Eat Around the World. Ugh! |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
andrew Jun 16th 2008 8:11PM
for those daring enough then a little delicousy from alaska can be found in the form of Kodiak bear head cheese
Robert Smith Feb 23rd 2010 9:44PM
I'm looking for bizzare foods to sell at my resturant, octapus, squid, bison, ostrich,and others. Just don't know where to buy them.
unclejerry Sep 28th 2007 7:50PM
About as weird as I've gotten is squirel and dumplings.
AK Sep 28th 2007 9:54PM
Brain curry in India (goat brain, not monkey and not a la Temple of Doom).
For those of you who want to try brain, it's not worth it. They taste like mush.
Brett.Atkinson Sep 28th 2007 9:56PM
Goat's balls (kind of nutty actually) in central Turkey, and chilli fried tarantulas in Cambodia (the legs were pretty good with a cold Angkor beer).
Rashid Sep 29th 2007 11:53AM
Trusty me,Camels are so delicious,ant it doesn't taste weird at all. and it's meat is VERY expensive, so its not the thing people eat regularly..it's usually eaten in big celebrations. and its also eaten in my country (Emirates) and Qatar and probably Kuwait and Bahrain Too.
Rashid Sep 29th 2007 12:03PM
the most bizarre thing ive seen eaten is live octopus or some kind of fish that looks like an octopus. I saw this on tv, people in some asian country were buying those live octopus like things and swallowing them directly while there still alive!
Now that's bizarre!
Hester Oct 1st 2007 11:48AM
the post was really bizzare. i came to know about so many strange dishes. some of them were really weird.
Willy Oct 3rd 2007 4:27PM
I ate caterpillars in Zambia. They tasted just like burnt toast.
LNLN33 Oct 4th 2007 6:15AM
It still makes me sick to my stomach to think about someone eating meat from a hog.
John F.C. Taylor Oct 4th 2007 7:27AM
I've never eaten anything really bizarre unless you count Nestle's Crunch bars with Arby's horseradish sauce. For everything else, I watch that tv show.
Kim Oct 4th 2007 7:50AM
Kangroo for me
Felicia Oct 4th 2007 8:32AM
I've eaten camel in Kenya...it was extraordinarily tough, and wasn't delicious at all. Though fresh crocodile is quite tasty. Also there are a couple restaurants there similar to Brazilian churasscurias that serve giraffe, zebra, wild boar, crocodile and some other funky meats. They local people there do not eat this stuff though.
VINCE Oct 4th 2007 8:39AM
I'VE EATEN BEAVER, SOME TASTE GOOD OTHERS A BIT FISHY,DONT KNOW EXACTLY WHY THOUGH.
doug scott Oct 4th 2007 8:51AM
anything from Taco Bell
john Oct 4th 2007 9:24AM
I have had a very nice dinner of camel toe. the taste it very hard to beat
zeke Oct 4th 2007 9:46AM
I TOO LOVE THAT CAMEL TOE DINNER
Gina Oct 4th 2007 9:52AM
A tribal ritual of drinking cow's blood. Also, from a channel 11 film on South Korea, these lovely people are being left to eat cardboard and tree bark, just to fill their stomachs, because the government wants them to starve.
If peoples had enough food to eat, they wouldn't be ingesting waste, like camels' hooves, animal testicles, and bugs. It all comes down to starvation.
Gina Oct 4th 2007 10:00AM
John, Zeke, and everyone else who thinks that this is funny:
You make me as sick as would my attempting to eat this garbage. You are lucky that you have all of the steak and potatoes, and everything else that you chow down on, as much as you want and then some, at your fingertips. Lucky you!
IvyHunter Oct 4th 2007 10:35AM
I ate friend grasshoppers in Oaxaca, Mexico. They are very popular in that part of Mexico. In MExico City or other areas, you don't find them.. They were interesting - crunchy and coated with chili powder. Not being the biggest fan of chili powder, its not something I would go out of the way to eat. They are sold in baskets in the Oaxaca markets by the native people. I got them in the Zocolo, however in Oaxaca City from a restaurant.