5 Of The Most Bizarre Foods In The World

Louise Samson, Intern

March 15, 2017

• Want to try some bizarre foods from our planet? Bet you never heard of these…

  This food article is rated OSS: Only Strong Stomach.

  If you think you have tried almost every exotic or weird food, think again because here are some of the weirdest and glut-turning foods you will ever know. Wanna dig in for some?

  

  Kopi Luwak in Indonesia

  Kopi Luwak is the world’s most expensive coffee mainly produced in Indonesia. The price ranges from 35 – 100 dollars per cup. It is more expensive than a 2 – 5 dollar per cup coffee served in a regular coffee shop. The main factor of its high price is the uncommon method of producing the coffee.

  It has been produced from the coffee beans which have been digested by Indonesian cat-like animal called then palm civet or also called as civet cat. This is the reason Kopi Luwak also called cat poop coffee or civet cat coffee. The feces of this cat will be collected, finished, and sold as Kopi Luwak.

  

  Fermented Skate in Korea

  Hongeo-hoe or fermented skate is a type of fermented fish dish both adored and despised from Korea’s province. Hongeo-hoe is made from skate and emits a very strong characteristic ammonia-like odor that has been described as being “reminiscent of an outhouse”.

  Skates are fish that excrete uric acid through skin, rather than by urinating like as other animals do. As they ferment, ammonia is produced which helps preserve the flesh and gives the fish its distinctive, powerful odor.

  

  Balut in Philippines

  Balut or balot is a 16-to-21-day-old fertilized duck eggs, it’s a boiled egg that contains not only a yolk but a semi-developed duck embryo that tend either fascinate or revolt foreigners when they encounter this. Often hailed as one of our most iconic and exotic delicacy, it is cracked open and eaten with a dash of salt.

  

  Hákarl in Iceland

  Hákarl or “treated shark” is a national dish of Iceland consisting of a Greenland shark or other sleeper shark which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. Hákarl has a strong ammonia-rich smell and fishy taste.

  The meat is poisonous when fresh so in order to eat it, Icelanders let it spoil in the ground for months and then out in the elements for a few more to dry. It’s a revolting fish to many first timers; they are sometimes advised to pinch their nose while taking the first bite, as the smell is much stronger than the taste. It is often served in cubes on toothpicks.

  

  Fried Tarantulas in Cambodia

  Tarantulas are scary and poisonous. Believing that they belong to Halloween decorations, not dinner plates. But in Cambodia it’s their regional delicacy. The vending of fried spiders as a specialty snack is a popular attraction for tourists passing through the streets of Cambodia.

  The spiders are bred in holes in the ground in villages, North of Skuon, or foraged for in nearby forestland, and fried in oil. It is not clear how this practice started, but some have said that the population might have started eating spiders out of desperation during the years of Khmer Rouge rule,when food was in short supply.

   

  Source: http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/bizarre-foods

   

   

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