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Bizarre food around the world.

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Travelling to foreign countries is the best way to meet other cultures. It is also the best way to try some uncommon food, bizarre meals which are specialities of local people. I'd like to present some of those gross meals, but even one thought of eating them is taking my appetite away.
Let's start our journey through the continents, beginning with Europe.



  1. Europe
    One of the most popular bizarre meals in Europe is Escargot, which in free translation from French means snail. It is made from  eatable snail, Helix Aspersa, living in vines. After rainins season it is losing its mucus and then it is collected for cooking.
    There is also the fanpage in the Internet, if you'd like to start your own snail farm: http://eatinggardensnails.blogspot.com/
  2. Africa
    If you ever dreamt of eating squirrels, you should go to Uganda. Their specialities is everything what they can find. Roasted grasshoppers, grilled squirrels are meals eaten everyday. Do you even imagine tasting those little red animals? Because I'm not.
    But what if you are thirsty? Then if you are in the Masai village, maybe you will be able to try their favorite drink - milk mixed with blood of their livestock.
  3. Both Americas
    When you are in the Rain forest, you eat everything what's eatable. Native Americans has adapted to this conditions and they have treats that maybe are not great in taste, but gives them energy. They like eating every vegetables and fruit growing, but sometimes they prepare snakes and frogs found in forest. But the strangest meal is made from dangerous tarantulas - Big Goliaths. They are roasted, then their fangs are cut away. The film below shows how it is made in Cambodia.
  4. Asia
    Asia is the place where you can find the strangest food all over the world.
    Beginning with stinky fruit Durian - it smell so strongly that is has been banned in public transport. But it is not the most bizarre meal in Asia.
    Have you ever thought of eating bugs? Well, when you are in Thailand or China, you can eat big spiders and cockroaches, sometimes still living. On the market, there are lots of sheds, where you can buy anything what you want to.
    Green activists are claiming that eating bugs is even healthier for us than any other meat, because it's full of protein and there is no fat. Also growing cattle is much more expensive than growing bugs.

    But my bet for the most strangest meal on the Earth is Balut. It's Philippian meal made of eggs... with growing duck inside it! It is really popular, and by some people it is considered as the aphrodisiac. 


I don't know if I'll ever decide to try any of those meals. And you? Do you know other weird food from other countries?




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Comments

  1. dominik.k15 November 2011 at 10:43

    Nice post Maciek ! Some things that you mentioned here upholstered my ears. But I did not know that in Uganda are grilled squirrel. In total, it's always wondered how foreigners look at some of our delicacies down (such as black pudding). Can this food would be for them bizarre?

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  2. AniaK15 November 2011 at 18:51

    Maciek it is very interesting what are you writing about but I think that I will be really afraid of trying meals you've mentioned;) Tarantulas, stinky fruits, bugs... For sure it can be interesting experience to try something new but I'm not sure if I am so brave;) Have you ever tried such things?

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  3. Aleksandra17 November 2011 at 14:48

    I heard that in other countries eaten worms, spiders, but I'd probably never dared. With this post, we can really learn a lot of interesting and strange things about food from other continents.
    However, I am very picky eating and I think it presented none of the above dishes are not accounted for to my taste;)

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  4. David Szymańczyk17 November 2011 at 15:02

    This blog is awsome. It shows you the variety of different cuisines around the world. I think that i could try some deep fried insects. Food from different places can be a source of adrenaline --> try ghost peppers xD

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  5. K.17 November 2011 at 20:41

    You didn't wrote anything about he most popular asian dinner - pigeons and cats :P I think, that if I don't know what I have got on my plate, I'll be able to eat it. But I'll probably never choose it intentionally.

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  6. Marlena17 November 2011 at 23:17

    Frankly speaking I started read presentation, which you prepared with attention, but in one moment I capitulated.I would never dare to consume something similar. I know that a lot of people in the world are eating this ,,delicacies "and I respect it, I want not to criticize it, but personally I prefer traditional Polish dishes.

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  7. Damian M.17 November 2011 at 23:40

    I'm hungry and I must write about food... I never have ate things described in the presentation. But I would like try snails... I heard that aren't bad. From the cuisine of the world I prefer Italian and Spanish cuisines. I adore spaghetti and paella, but the best food is prepared by my mum! :D

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  8. Ola Bogusz23 November 2011 at 22:57

    It's very, very interesting and controversial presentation. For me the most disgusting is eating tarantulas. I was a patriot and I prefer traditional Polish food. Minced pork chops, potatoes and sauerkraut, this is it! I know I'm not too brave.

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