There is truly something wrong with the world that we live in.  People will eat just about anything as long as other people tell them that it’s a delicacy.  This is a short list of some of the most disgusting dishes that I’ve heard of.   If you know of any others let me know, but as of right now I don’t think that there is anything more absolutely disgusting than the following…

#5.  Scrapple

Where: USA

WTF:

It’s sort of a gelatinous mass made up of the aforementioned strange pig parts (lips, snout, organs, etc.) plus a bit of cornmeal and whatever the hell else you can find lying around. This grayish mash is apparently cooked for a while before being poured into brick-sized molds to solidify! Sliced and fried.  This can be served as a sandwich or as a meat loaf. 

#4. Baby Mice Wine

Where: Korea

WTF:

Baby mice wine is a traditional Chinese and Korean “health tonic”.  This dandy of a drink has been rumored to taste like pure gasoline, but I haven’t found anyone to substantiate that.  It’s made by dropping cute little [innocent] baby mice, eyes still closed, into a bottle of rice wine while still alive (the Chinese think that torturing these little guys adds to the flavor)  To top it off they march the little mice mommys and daddys in front of the bottle to watch their youngins gasp their last mousey breath and then throw them to the cats that they serve as the main course.

#3. Surstromming

Where: Sweden

WTF:

What the Swedes call Surstromming anyone else in their right mind would call rotting fish in a can.  And, that is basicaly what it is. They get fish, can them and leave it to rot for a long time. Then they open it up and eat it as a delicacy. Swedes describe it as sour. Although swedes admit that its not the best smelling food in the world, it definately makes up for its taste.

#2. Black Pudding

Where: England

WTF:

Black pudding or less often blood pudding is a British English term for sausage made by cooking blood with a filler until it is thick enough to congeal when cooled.  This is served as a breakfast dish in most demon infested lairs, but can also be found at small B&B’s all along the UK.

#1.  Balut

Where: Cambodia

WTF:

Most of us enjoy eggs from time to time.  I usually like mine over easy with some hot sauce…the people in Cambodia apparently think differently, as a duck-egg-delicacy called balut is a great treat loved by the locals. The trick of preparing balut is to let the the embryo inside the egg to develop until the bird inside is nearly ready to see the daylight. When the embryo inside is right, the egg is boiled and served with a pich of salt on top.  Balut is usually prepared with several albino children chanting religous tongues in the background.

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