[GSP.FAN]

Casu Marzu..

Found in the city of Sardinia in Italy, casu marzu is a cheese that is home to live insect larvae. These larvae are deliberately added to the cheese to promote a level of fermentation that is close to decomposition, at which point the cheese’s fats are broken down. The tiny, translucent worms can jump up to half a foot if disturbed, which explains why some people prefer to brush off the insects before enjoying a spoonful of the pungent cheese.

[JoeProBono]

[Gamecock]

Considering what is on the list, I'm surprised chitlins ain't.

[bannie]

I understand that these are quite tough unless you peel off an outer "rind." Personally, I like to enjoy my testosterone via pheromones. ;-)

[DBrow]

I’ve never had teh maggoty cheese or fugu, but Rocky Mountain Oysters, oh heck yeah, and in Arkansas I had “turkey fries”, also quite good.

Brain tacos in Mexico, lutefisk, and Icelandic fermented shark. Plus a bug or two. And pigeons, in Hawthorne CA. Hey, if the locals eat it, why not?

Wait until our new food safety act starts to put a crimp in what’s available- we’ll be eating bugs and animal parts we find strange now!

[bannie]

God Bless America.

[bigbob]

Snake blood appetizer, a bowl of monkey brains, and seaming hot cup of Kopi Luwak!

[mnehring]

I’m sad Namako isn’t on the list. Sea Cucumber sushi. It is actually not bad (kind of tasteless) once you get past the texture of slimy gel covering a rubber band.

[Melpomene]

The stuffed camel sounds like the original turducken!

[wjcsux]

I’ll pass.

[mylife]

How about BBQ duck heads?
I have had those. They are tasty.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

Yum Yum! Eat up y'all!

[wjcsux]

This is more to our liking!

[Celtic Cross]

People truly will eat anything.

[mylife]

What about "head cheese"?

You see this stuff in every deli in America.

Does anybody actually eat the stuff?

[andyk]

5. Hakarl

Weird. Hakarl, hot carl, whatever.

[struggle]

My favorite weird Japanese foods: Mozuku - seaweed


Uni - sea urchin


Basashi - raw horse


Natto is pretty disgusting too.

[WoofDog123]

I have had Hakarl in Iceland (#5) and it is so putrifyingly bad as to be difficult to describe. Like the taste you might expect from kissing a corpse. I had it in february 2003 in a hotel in myvatn during what was a food festival week of some sort (traditional foods), and while other items were unappealing, this one has stayed with me ever since. I no longer recall whether I was able to swallow or not. It was definitely something that gave my stomach the immediate urge to hurl.

Haggis can be very tasty. MacSween’s seems to be the best brand in Scotland that I have found. I make a point of having some every time I am there.

[Doomonyou]

Unnngh!

Lots of it!

[screaming eagle2]

Andrew Zimmern,eat you heart out

[Slings and Arrows]

Kiviak is a traditional Christmas dish from Greenland. I have to say I did not find much info about it. It seems to consists of whole small auks birds which are put in a greasy seal skin and buried in the permafrost, under a flat stone, for seven months, then dug up around Christmas. Then they bite the heads off and squeeze out the tart guts, which are slightly toxic...