Hey Tomato heads, welcome back to the channel. Let this be a
warning, this video is going to show you foods that might make you lose your
appetite. From bat soup, to a baby duck embryo in an egg, to cheese with
maggots – there are some disgusting foods that people actually eat around the
world. The weird thing is in some countries, it’s actually considered a
delicacy. In this video, we are going to cover 10 most disgusting foods ever.
Number 10 – Kicking off this list with one of the most
disgusting foods of all time; Bat Soup – how anyone is willing to eat a bat,
just with the way it looks is one of the world’s unsolvable mysteries. This is
the type of food that can give you nightmares, or even possibly be responsible
for creating a worldwide sickness if you know what I mean.
Bats are eaten in various parts of Asia, Africa, and Pacific
Rim countries. But in North Sulawesi, Indonesia - bat soup is a local staple.
In the markets in North Sulawesi, hundreds of bats are sold daily to locals. In
a wild market then sells snakes, rats, and lizards that are hunted from the wild
in Sulawesi island, Bat meat is among the top seller according to the local
vendors. Locals are said to believe that bat meat have medical remedies to
certain health issues such as asthma and are good source of nutrients and
proteins.
The reality of consuming a bat can be risky due to certain dangerous pathogens but I will let you figure this one out for yourself. Personally, I think I lost my appetite for an entire month after watching this.
Number 9 - Casu Marzu also known as (Maggot Cheese). It got
it’s namesake because it is literally infected with live maggots crawling
around in it. Considered a delicacy on the Italian island of Sardina, it is
made from Pecorino cheese which happens to also be a natural breeding ground
for maggots.
Pecorino cheese is a sheep milk cheese which is left to
ferment to a stage of decomposition with cheese fly’s laying eggs on it which
produces the key magic ingredient, maggots. The maggots itself appear as translucent white worms,
roughly 8 mm long.
It should be no surprise that this cheese does not uphold to sanitary standards of foods that are safe for consumption which is why is it considered illegal. Some food scientists believe the maggots can survive a humans stomach acid which allows it remain in the intestine. However this doesn’t stop farmers from producing and consuming their beloved maggot cheese. Personally, I am allergic to maggots so please serve me my cheese maggot free.
Number 8 – Fried Spiders also known as A-Ping. – There’s no
need to kill that spider, just deep fry it. These spiders are from the
tarantula speices and is a delicacy in Cambodia. According to some locals it
didn’t start out as that way. It was said during desperate times especially
during the Khmer Rouge era, many Cambodians were starving so in order to fill
their bellies they had to resort to eat anything they can find, including
spiders. Over time, eating spiders out of necessity has become in fact, a
delicacy. Talk about a bit of irony.
The spiders are bred in holes in the ground near villages and
villagers hunt them out of the ground. The spiders are salted and then deep
fried in hot oil. The spider legs have a crunchy texture and the crunching
noise can be heard when eating it. (show clip gordan eating it). The belly is
the most prized part of the spider and is said to be very bitter and full of
pus. Perhaps you can get spider man like
powers from eating it but don’t bet on it.
Number 7 – Balut it is – a popular street food that is eaten
in parts of south east Asia but is especially a delicacy in the Philippines.
What it is, is basically a duck embryo which is essentially an unborn baby duck
that is still unhatched in a duck egg. It is boiled and eaten straight from the
egg. The surprising thing is, it looks more disgusting then it sounds and that
is already saying a lot.
The incubation period of the egg before consumption is
generally between 2 to 3 weeks. The balut that have been incubated for longer
periods of time have an even better developed embryo where the duckling
features including the beak and wings are recognizably visible. It is served
with garlic, vinegar, and a little bit
of chili on the side. The shell is cracked and the juices are slurped out. Then
the duck embryo itself is eaten last, and while chewing the crunchy noise
coming from the soft bones of the baby duck can be heard. It is said that men
in those parts like to eat a more developed balut because it is supposed to
help improve your “manhood” down there and give men more “power”.
So I guess you can say it is supposed to be like a more
affordable duck egg bedroom super pill.
Number 6 – Rats – The very thing that will make grown men
scream like girls is actually a very popular food in certain parts of the world
such as Africa. It is especially popular in the West African country of Toga
where it is considered a delicacy and some even prefer the meat of a rat over
chicken. In smaller villages, rats are likely hunted in the wild. The giant
African pouch rat can weight up to more than 6 pounds. Prepared as a serious
home cooked meal, the giant rat is cooked with ground pepper, spices, ginger,
and tomatoes.
In Lagos, Nigeria – bushmeat farms are stocked with rats and
they are in high demand. A single rat might cost up to $26 USD while compared
to a chicken that costs around $3USD. The rat meat is cooked with red onions
and seasoned with spices then deep fried.
In rural Malawi – a country in Southeastern Africa, the rats
are smaller and captured on the rice fields. The field rodents are seasoned and
then roasted on a skewer and sold as street food along the roadside.
If you are wondering if it is safe to consume rats, according to the CDC – rats spread over 35 diseases. It is also believed that rats might have been the cause for the spread of the Great plague during the middle ages so I do hope the chef at least cooks them well done and not medium rare.
Number 5 –– Goat Brain – You know the old saying brain food,
well this dish is it, literally. The good thing is no part of the goat is left
wasted and even the brain is fair game for consumption. Certainly not the most appealing
food when looking at it raw, I mean come
on it’s a freaking brain - but it almost seems somewhat normal compared to the
foods we covered in this video so far. Indian goat brain dishes are known as
Maghaz, and are served with gravy. It is a popular street food in Mumbai, India
– the goat brain is seasoned with garlic, curry, spices, red chili powder and
stir fried with onions and tomatoes and normally served in curry gravy sauce.
The goat brain has a fatty, soft, creamy rich texture. You
can imagine it is high in protein but it also has high level of saturated fat
content and high cholorestorul.
Other versions of the goat brain are served deep fried as
well. It is said to have a gooey weird taste when trying it for the first time.
It is often described as a curdled yogurt or lumpy tofu. I guess that’s one way
to have scramble brains – pun intended.
Number 4 – Tamilok aka Woodworm – is another delicacy in the
Philippine’s. Especially, a popular snack in regions of Palawan and Aklan,
these slimy creatures makes its home in tree trunks submerged underwater in
swamps and often in decaying rotten logs. Tamiloks eat the wood digging holes
as they move through the interior of the log. The wood is cracked open to
retrieve the slimy worm that is wiggling inside of it. Tamiloks can measure up
to a foot long!
The interesting thing is, although everything about their
appearance resembles a worm, it actually comes from the same family as clams with
long soft naked bodies.
Tamilok is normally served in two ways, either raw or fried. It
seems that being served raw is the most popular way to consume, almost like a worm
sashimi. It is cleaned, and then marinated with lime juice and vinegar with
onions and chili peppers on the side. The taste has been said to be similar to
raw oysters with a fishy slimy milky texture. Street food vendors serve it raw
in little cups for anyone who is craving a fishy and slimy snack! Bon Nopetite!
Number 3 – Tuna eyeballs – If you ever get the feeling of
something staring at you inside of a Japanese fish market your instincts might
be right. In fact, it might be a pair of large Tuna eyes looking right at you.
As you can guess where this is going, Tuna Eyeballs are a delicacy in Japan.
Tuna eyeballs are about the size of a tennis ball. They are
normally served at Japanese after work pubs as bar snacks or appetizers and
tend to marinated with soysauce and mirin. It is fried, boiled, stewed, or
lightly steamed. It can also be sautéed with ginger and sesame oil.
The cooking process softens the eyes and the inner contents
can be sucked out like bone marrow. The texture has been described as a fatty
soft substance similar to squid and octopus and quite bland with the taste of
hard-boiled egg.
The dish is popular in part due to be nutritious with a high source of omega 3 fatty acids and vitamin B that are good for cholesterol and for the bones. It’s also keto which might also explain why Japanese people are so fit.
Number 2 – Surströmming – one of the all time stinkiest delicacy’s
hails from Sweden. This is Swedish fermented tinned Baltic herring fish.
It is said that its origins began from the need to preserve
freshly caught fish during the 1500’s because Sweden was at war. Salt was in
high demand and expensive so a less costly way of preserving food was needed. The
fishes are sealed in the can raw, with, guts, and bones all included and with a
little bit of salt, just enough to prevent the fish from actually rotting and
allowing it to ferment.
The fermentation process can take up to a year and also is
what gives the Surstromming the infamous stink. The smell itself has been
compared to that of rotting eggs in open sewage drains. Surstromming has a
fishy acidic taste and although it can be eaten by itself but it is normally
eaten with potato, onion, sour cream wrapped with tunnbrod a Swedish flatbread.
Due its pungent strong smell that can get really intense if
indoors, it is recommended to be eaten out doors and there is nothing fishy at
all about that advice.
Number 1 - You knew
China was going to make this list as they are no strangers to disgusting
bizarre foods and if you’re interested in knowing more about China’s foods
watch our other videos about Fake Chinese foods in the box to your right.
Now this rare Chinese delicacy is not food the common diner
and is not easy to find but it is food for the more wealthy connoisseurs. Now
what exactly is this Chinese delicacy? It is bear paw. Although now illegal in
China due bears being an endangered species, there are still many who will go
through great lengths to consume this rare delicacy.
Costing up to potentially $1000 for one bear paw, the bear
paw preparation can take up to two years of just curing the meat before cooking
it. The chef removes the fur and bones on the paw leaving it with just the paw
meat and it is served either as a stew or roasted. The taste has been described
as sweet and fat and claims of it being nutritious. It is believed that the
front paws of a bear are far more nutritious due to when a bear is hibernating
it licks it front paws and because of the salivary secretions it is a lot more
nutrients.
Looks like smokey the bear has more than just forest fires to
watch out for.
There you have it, that is our list of the most disgusting
bizzare foods in the world. Which one do you think is the most uphalling of
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