Some of the most horrifying foods in the world, courtesy of Cracked.

[Danger Mouse]

To be fair, America isn't the only country that eats horrific or unwise food items.
http://www.cracked.com/article_14979_6-most-terrifying-foods-in-world.html
The only thing on there I'd eat is those Zesty Antchero's. :9

[Reverend_Smitty]

1. That cheese...and I hesitate to call it cheese is truly the stuff of nightmares!

"The taste is strong enough to burn the tongue, and the larvae themselves pass through the stomach undigested, sometimes surviving long enough to breed in the intestine, where they attempt to bore through the walls, causing vomiting and bloody diarrhea."

Holy crap! :wow: why would anyone want to ingest that?

[Danger Mouse]

6. I don't know. I used to work with cheeses and can attest that it can get nasty.

I used to have to wash down our wheels of mozzarella that we imported with vinegar because of the thick coating of mold they'd acquired in being shipped.
think about that next time you have a slice of pizza.

[XemaSab]

2. The sheep head is morbid as hell

but the cheese... good God... :puke::puke::puke:

[Danger Mouse]

4. Isn't the image of little worms leaping at you from your nightmare cheese just precious?

[XemaSab]

5. I have learned something really horrifying

The hazards of eating this shit are for real:

Risk of enteric myiasis: intestinal larval infection. Piophila casei larvae can pass through the stomach alive (human stomach acids do not usually kill them) and take up residency for some period of time in the intestines, where they can cause serious lesions as they attempt to bore through the intestinal walls. Symptoms include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and bloody diarrhea.<2>

[Danger Mouse]

7. Why on earth, why woulod anybody eat it?

[XemaSab]

11. I suppose if you were TRULY starving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAoc66T6ZOc&feature=related

:scared:

[Danger Mouse]

15. honest question. do i want to watch ANY of these links you posted?

[XemaSab]

19. Sure!

:D

[Danger Mouse]

23. if you're lying...you're in for a

:spank:

[XemaSab]

12. .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTye_gWhoiA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS8DNJt82ss&NR=1

[Radical Activist]

3. Truly horrifying.

I feel like barfing.

[Danger Mouse]

8. You're welcome.

[LeftyMom]

9. A few more additions to the "reasons I'm glad I'm vegan" list.

:puke:

[Blue-Jay]

17. Try some natto.

[XemaSab]

20. .

:puke:

[stuntcat]

44. right?...

"reasons I'm PROUD I'm vegan", even.

:puke:

[bicentennial_baby]

10. CASU MARZU!!

:D

[Danger Mouse]

14. Have you got a recipe that includes THAT?

[bicentennial_baby]

16. Not yet!

:D

Need goggles first. :rofl:

I love that graphic though. And I love telling people about Casu Marzu. I'm a huge fan of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmerman too.

Funny thing is, I have a weak stomach IRL. But I love love love watching people subject themselves to culinary horror. :D

[Danger Mouse]

22. Have you ever read 'Steve, don't eat it!'?

http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php
if you haven't, it's horrifying and hilarious at the same time.
the best, for me, was the natto and the beggin' strips.

[XemaSab]

28. I'm enjoying the breast milk

:D

[Danger Mouse]

30. Natto was still the biggest LOL for me.

'It also kinda smelled like baked beans. If they were baked in the filthy heat of Satan's asshole.'

Worst, and most hilarious, mental image in history.

[XemaSab]

31. It's the worst, and most hilarious, mental image in history.

IF YOU'VE NEVER EATEN THAT SHIT! :cry:

Seriously, I had to run out on the front porch so that if I vomited, I could at least gasp fresh air between heaves. :puke:

[Danger Mouse]

32. you ate natto?

why?

[XemaSab]

33. I was in college-- it's what we did

Right in between eating WAY too many pot brownies and eating that fried food/wine combo that DESTROYED my stomach for 6 months.

I'd eat the natto again before I'd repeat either of those experiences, for sure.

Memories.

[Danger Mouse]

37. while i surely did some stupid things in college in which lots of booze was involved...

including eating the leaves off of a tree...never once did i look at natto in my worst drunken stupor and proclaim it food.
though i was once a drinker of colt 45, so who am i to judge?

[XemaSab]

13. Here's one not on the list: Goat Fetus

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi6eop4nDhw&feature=related

[XemaSab]

18. Another one: raw bat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImfTlurKDVE&NR=1

[Danger Mouse]

21. do they REALLY eat 'chilled monkey brains' like in that indiana jones movie?

:P

[moriah]

24. That ws an amazingly effective diet aid.

The pictures, that is.

[Fox Mulder]

25. Oh my gosh...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

That balut...makes me scared and angry. I saw Andrew Zimmern eat one on his show Bizarre Foods and it made me disgusted.

[Danger Mouse]

26. If you listen carefully, you can hear it weep...

as you devour it.

[XemaSab]

29. If you want to be TRULY upset

find the National Geographic video I didn't post.

And not the bull penis one, either. :o

[Fox Mulder]

34. The rotten shark one?

:puke:

[XemaSab]

35. NOT the rotten shark one

I promise you, you really don't want to see the one I'm talking about. Seriously.

[Fox Mulder]

36. Goat fetus?

Now that you bought it up, I want to see it.

[XemaSab]

38. Eating dog

:puke:

[Fox Mulder]

39. Oh, I've seen that.

:puke:

[MaggieSwanson]

43. That's done here.

But I have not eaten it.

A dog, sometimes even a pet, is tied and beaten with a heavy stick until it is dead. It is believed that all the adrenaline released during the beatings is transferred to the eater. And the flesh is firmer, as all the blood has filled the muscle.

I am not a species-ist, and I tend not to differentiate between eating a puppy and a cow. But in this instance it is the utter betrayal that would make me refuse. And in my post downthread I said I would try anything once, so I guess I am a more than a little hypocritical. But I forgot about the dog...

I have seen photographs from a friend's camera. Of a child with her arms around a happy young dog. Then the utter confusion in the eyes of the same dog being killed is true horror.

[Lasher]

40. How about cow penis?

Did you see this one?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3818210#3818284

The guy got such a thumping he asked to have his own OP locked.

:rofl:

[XemaSab]

27. Rotten shark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbYqznD0R5M

[Lasher]

41. I laughed till I cried.

Somehow it no longer seems so radical when I ate rattlesnake that time in Denver. :D

[MaggieSwanson]

42. I'll try anything once.

Balut.

[XemaSab]

46. So was it GOOD, or did it taste exactly like you'd expect?

In short, gross? :P

[MaggieSwanson]

47. Honestly?

First you crack the top and slurp out the slurpable stuff which tastes like unsalted chicken stock. The, um, chewy and crunchy bits tasted like a cross between hard-boiled egg and chicken. Even though it was a duck fetus.

Like a McNugget, only not ground up and fried.


Edited to add: Natto was filthy disgusting. Now THAT I could barely stomach. I read about your experience upthread.

[Danger Mouse]

48. You...ate...balut...?

But would you eat casu marzu?

[MaggieSwanson]

51. I would try it.

Yes, I would.

:hi:

[skypilot]

45. kick...

...for later.

[Lil Missy]

49. There is 5 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

Now excuse me while I go puke.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[XemaSab]

50. Beef stick

:9

[sentelle]

52. i cannot believe

There are stores out here that advertise "Lutfisk sold here" particularly in Norwegian areas.

[Mad_Dem_X]

53. Holy crap! I think I'm going to throw up.

:puke:

[billyoc]

54. Thanks! I was starving.

And now I'm not. :scared: