10 most terrible dishes in the world. The strangest (and scariest) food in the world

From their smell turns back. An unprepared person simply cannot be in the same room with these delicacies. But the taste, according to those who have been eating these delicacies since childhood, they are miraculously good. But only for those who dare to try, holding their nose and closing their eyes. Meet the top 10 stinkiest delicacies in the world.

Durian, Southeast Asia. It is forbidden to be transported on planes and trains. They don't even let him into the hotel. And all because this fruit smells disgusting. Moreover, the earlier the durian was plucked, the stronger the smell. Therefore, if you dare to try it, then you need to look for as fresh as possible. The taste of durian is quite pleasant, although specific to European taste, a bit like sweet fried onions. By the way, in no case should you use durian along with alcohol, there may be an unexpected reaction of the body to alcohol. Moreover, the fruit can not be eaten the day before drinking and the day after.

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Haukarl, Iceland. The polar shark has been a fairly frequent catch by local fishermen for many centuries. But when fresh, it is unsuitable for eating, there is too much urea in its meat, since the fish do not have a urinary tract. But in a rotten-dried form - just right. The carcass of the Greenland shark is cut into pieces, put in containers with holes so that the poisoned juices from the meat flow freely. So the shark "prepares" from 6 to 8 weeks. Then the pieces of fish are dried for 2-4 months. The crust that has formed in the process is cut off and enjoy the amazing taste. But the smell is terrifying, of course.

Drying haukarl. Photo: commons.wikimedia.org

Natto, Japan. The Japanese eat this mass of fermented soybeans for breakfast. It is sticky, viscous and stinks of ammonia. The Japanese love...

Sushi with natto. Photo: www.globallookpress.com

Surströmming, Sweden. The famous dish of Swedish cuisine is salted herring, which has been fermented. They also came up with a dish not from a good life - it is believed that sailors had to eat fermented herring, who, of course, did not have refrigerators, so the food stocks taken in the port deteriorated every second. The cooking process is similar to sauerkraut: the product is fermented, oxidized, and at the same time its qualities, taste, color, smell change. The herring is slightly fermented, and then closed in cans, where the fermentation process is still ongoing. In Sweden, fish is considered an exquisite delicacy, it is even sometimes served at banquets, and every extreme tourist considers himself obliged to try surströmming sandwiches. Swedes eat pickled herring with potatoes, tomatoes, raw onions and bread and butter. And washed down with beer, schnapps or milk.

Surströmming. Photo: wikipedia.org

Centennial eggs, China. Usually these eggs are duck. Fresh eggs are coated with a special mixture of tea, ash, slaked lime, salt and buried in the ground for 3-4 months. After that, the shells are removed from the eggs, aired a little and eaten with soy sauce. The eggs look intimidating: the yolk turns black, they smell like ammonia, but they say they taste quite good.

Centennial eggs. Photo: Flickr.com / Jo del Corro

Stinky Bishop, England. In fact, of course, this is not a priest. That's the name of the cheese. The smell of any aged cheese is not a test for delicate noses. "Smelly Bishop" is considered one of the most repulsive cheeses. Although it has a good taste, creamy, tender.

Stinky Bishop. Photo: Flickr.com / Ryan Snyder

Limburger, Belgium. The cheese is also popular in Germany, Austria and Holland. It has a strong smell of unwashed body. But at the same time, everyone who has tried it notes an excellent creamy taste. Although it is impossible to exist together in the same space with delicious cheese - the smell is simply terrifying.

Cheese Limburger. Photo: www.globallookpress.com

Stinky tofu, China. The Chinese call this delicacy stinky. Its smell extends many meters from the source - a small piece of tofu. To make stinky tofu, vegetables, herbs, and shrimp are mixed together, then left to ferment, in a simple way, to rot together. The process lasts up to several weeks, after which fresh tofu cakes are placed in the resulting fermented brine and marinated for several hours. During this time, tofu acquires the necessary disgusting smell and loose texture. And besides all this - an unexpectedly pleasant sour taste.

Stinky tofu. Photo: Flickr.com / Hsuanya Tsai

Hongeo, Korea. Another scary-smelling marine delicacy. Stingrays do not have kidneys or bladders, so all waste products are excreted through the skin. And, as a result, their skin and meat are saturated with a terrible smell. To make hongeo, stingray carcasses are buried in the ground and left there until they begin to rot and uric acid turns into ammonia. When the delicacy acquires an unbearable stench, it is cut into pieces and eaten immediately. Those who have tried this unearthly dish say that it smells like ammonia condensed a thousand times.

Hongeo. Photo: Flickr.com / Gaël Chardon

Kopalkhem, Chukotka. This dish with a terrible smell can be simply dangerous for an unprepared person. This is a decomposed deer. The animal is not fed for several days in order to cleanse its intestines, then they are killed, drowned in a swamp and pelted with peat. The bookmark remains for several months. After that, the Nenets eat it. It is dangerous to follow their example - the concentration of cadaveric poison can kill a person unprepared for it.

It is hard to imagine that they eat it and pay a considerable amount of money for it.

Asia, as always, breaks records, but Europe does not lag behind either.

10 most terrible dishes in the world. The spectacle is NOT for WEAK nerves!

1. Dish "Balyut". Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China.

A duck egg, but the embryo has already formed cartilage, a beak, and plumage has occurred. The egg is eaten raw, fried or boiled, generously sprinkled with salt and pepper, but first drinking the amniotic fluid. The dish is considered very tasty and healthy.

2. "The brain of a living monkey." Indonesia, China, some African countries.

Yes, it is the living Macaque monkey that is pumped up with drugs or alcohol, the upper part of the skull is cut off, and while the monkey is alive, its brain is brazenly and illegally consumed, paying a tidy sum. I wonder if the psyche of such extreme people is not affected? I do not put a photo of the dish itself because of humane considerations. Who cares - GOOGLE to the rescue.

3. "Eye of a tuna". Japan.

Staying face-to-face with a huge fish eye is already scary. And how can you eat it, with such a trusting look? The eye is eaten boiled, it is expensive.

4. Tiger Penis Soup. China.

Do you want something new? If you accidentally have a tiger penis lying around, you can cook soup out of it. If not, then go to China. Just know that such a “first” of a significant organ will cost five thousand dollars. The penis is dried, then soaked for a week, and then boiled for a day. And how to decide to eat this delicacy, after so many abuses of the body?

5. "Blood Soup". Vietnam.

Refreshing soup made from fresh, chilled, jelly-like goose blood, with the addition of bird giblets, peanuts and aromatic herbs. Just a meal! A prerequisite is that the goose must be warm, just killed, blood is immediately squeezed out of it and they rush to prepare the dish.

6. Surströmming. Rotten herring." Sweden.

Would you like to taste pickled herring? So you are not Swedish. Swedes love rotten fish. The most adored and traditional dish in one of the Scandinavian countries is rotten, fermented herring.

7. “Sannakchi. Live octopus. Korea.

The octopus is served whole or cut into pieces. The dismemberment doesn't quiet his kicks. The dish is served only when the octopus is in active motion. The main thing is to swallow it carefully, as deaths have been recorded when the moving parts cut off the air to a person.

8. “Kiviak. Seal stuffed with birds”. Eskimo cuisine, Greenland.

Dinner is served. Please sit down to eat. From the movie "Gentlemen of Fortune".

About four hundred birds are pushed into a headless seal. At the same time, the organs of the seal remain inseparable from him. Then the seam is closed with bacon and the dish with such a “stuffing” is buried in the ground and covered with a stone. A delicacy is being prepared from a quarter to a year and a half. After extraction, you can safely eat.

9. “Akutak. Ice cream popsicle. Eskimo cuisine, Greenland.

And for dessert, we have ice cream. The recipe is very simple. We take fat (deer, walrus or seal), beat it with berries, sugar, fish or meat (salmon, venison - optional). Dessert is ready.

10. "Wine with mice." Korea, China.

Wine "Drunken mice".

And finally, about drinks. A bottle of wine with mice is a great souvenir for those who stop drinking. The wine is infused on two-day carcasses of dead mice. A drink with exhibits in a test tube is a miraculous cure for many ailments.

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Going on a trip, many tend to try local delicacies, not thinking about the fact that exotic dishes can be extremely dangerous to health. However, we are already accustomed to the fact that everything that is healthy is not always as tasty as we would like. Below is a list of the ten most disgusting and horrible foods in the world.

Tears off the top ten most disgusting dishes in the world seminal fluid and glands of male fish and mollusks - milk. It is considered a delicacy in many cuisines around the world. Milk can be fried or boiled, they are also used as minced meat, for preparing various sauces, etc.

Smalahove is a traditional western Norwegian dish of cooked sheep's head served with mashed rutabagas or potatoes. Initially, this dish was considered the food of the poor, but today it is a delicacy. Since 1998, following a European Union directive, Smalahove has only been made from the heads of lambs.

Sannakji is a Korean dish made from live octopus seasoned with sesame oil. The octopus is cut into small pieces (sometimes served whole) and served immediately, so that the pieces are still moving. However, care should be taken when eating sannakji, because when eating, the octopus muscles still contract and can block the air supply, thereby causing suffocation. In 2008, one such incident occurred in the city of Gwangju.

Seventh place in the list of the most disgusting dishes in the world is occupied by Prairie Oyster - a dish of bull, pig or lamb testicles, widespread in many countries, especially in Asia, North America and North Africa. This delicacy is often served as an appetizer.

Khasma is a dish of dried fallopian tubes of a frog, usually a Far Eastern frog (Rana chensinensis). This is a dessert that is popular in China and Central Asia. Initially, it was prepared only for emperors. Hasma is believed to improve skin color and have a healing effect on the lungs and kidneys.

Bat soup is very popular in Thailand, Palau and some other countries in Southeast Asia. Depending on the region, the cooking recipe may vary, but the main ingredient is always the same - a bat. By the way, the taste of the soup changes every time, as it depends on what the animal ate before death.

Fourth place in the ranking is occupied by a dish called "stinky tofu" - a kind of cheese made from bean curd, which has a very strong specific smell. This disgusting delicacy is popular in the countries of the East and Southeast Asia, especially in China, Malaysia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

In third place in the ranking of the most disgusting delicacies is “nest soup”. This is a nasty dish whose main ingredient is edible nests made from the saliva of some species of salangans. In China, Vietnam and Malaysia, it is considered an expensive delicacy.

Balut is a boiled duck egg, inside of which the embryo of a bird with cartilage, beak, plumage and so on has already fully formed. It is a traditional dish consumed in Southeast Asia, especially in Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, and to a lesser extent China. It is the national dish of the Philippines. He is often credited with healing properties, in particular, it is believed that balut has a positive effect on potency. The taste of this delicacy is reminiscent of boiled beef liver.

What people just don’t eat, even what terrifies them and causes disgust. Introducing the most terrible dishes in the world.

Food varies. Delicious and not very, beautiful and not too, unappetizing, and sometimes completely terrifying. Such that you look at the dish, and the hair on your head moves, and goosebumps run down your back. Or, well, it's just disgusting. On the eve of Halloween, the scariest holiday in the world, we have made a selection of the most, from our point of view, extreme dishes in the world.

Cobra Roast, Vietnam

The village of Le Mat, 7 km from Hanoi, is famous for the fact that snakes are grown and prepared there. Roast cobra is cooked right in front of the client: first, they take the snake out of the cage, pull it so that it gets angry and opens its “hood”. Then, right there, they kill her and butcher her, first of all, they squeeze the poison out of her teeth, then cut off her head, express her blood (then they mix it with alcohol and drink it), and take out her heart. The strongest in spirit people eat the heart, it is believed that it gives a person strength and courage. The impressionable can simply taste the cobra roast.

Fried insects, Thailand

You can taste them throughout Southeast Asia, but the largest selection is in Thailand. For 300 baht, you can collect a mix of ants wrapped in a lettuce leaf, scorpions, frog legs and silkworm larvae. Ants, by the way, are incredibly sharp! Frog legs resemble chicken meat with a crispy fried crust, surprisingly, the scorpion also looks like chicken. So it's quite edible.

Kokorec, Türkiye

This dish is called the king of street food in Istanbul, and it is made from not very pleasant things - lamb giblets wrapped in intestines. It looks like a giant larva. Ready kokorech pepper and put in a crispy bun. It becomes less scary and quite tasty if you dare to try it.

Fried Sparrow, Shanghai

In China, sparrows are not bred for gastronomic purposes, they are simply caught on the streets. The dish became popular in the 60s, when a war was declared in China against sparrows. Then they were massively exterminated and, so that the killed bird would not be wasted, sparrow meat was actively sold in Chinese establishments. A European is unlikely to like this dish, the fried sparrow tastes like burnt chicken skin, and the meat is tough, literally rubber.

Sea urchin, Sicily

A sea urchin appetizer, a healthy dish, but not everyone dares to try it. The fact is that the hedgehog must be eaten while still alive in order to get the maximum of unique nutrients from it. Sea urchin caviar is also popular; outwardly, it resembles either gray snakes or huge leeches. They also eat it raw, served in a porcelain cup.

Durian, Thailand

One of the most unusual, useful and dangerous fruits in the world. The smell of durian resembles the smell of a rotten egg, the pulp of an undercooked rotten mass, the taste is something sweet. The Thais claim that durian is actually sweet in taste and is similar to a sweet cream made from eggs and milk. By the way, durian should not be washed down with strong liquor. It is not compatible with them, but for some reason many tourists neglect this advice and then suffer from severe stomach irritation.
Because of the smell, durian is not allowed into most public places, it is strictly forbidden to carry it on an airplane. Therefore, if you want to treat your loved ones with the treasured fruit or play a joke with them, then take dried or canned durians or sweets from them with you.

Haukarl, Iceland

The fresh polar shark is unsuitable for eating, there is too much urea in its meat, since the fish do not have a urinary tract. But in a rotten-dried form - just right. The carcass of the Greenland shark is cut into pieces, put in containers with holes so that the poisoned juices from the meat flow freely. So the shark is cooked from 6 to 8 weeks. Then the pieces of fish are dried for 2-4 months. The crust that formed in the process is cut off. And enjoy the amazing taste. The smell just blew up...

Casu Marzu, Italy

This sheep's cheese is produced in Sardinia. It is famous for the fact that the larvae of the cheese fly live in it. And the name translates as "rotten cheese." Casu marzu is a kind of Sardinian pecorino, only it is fermented longer, bringing it to the stage of decay. If you look closely at the delicacy, you can really see that worms are teeming with cheese. Daredevils who decide to try this cheese are advised to protect their eyes: the larvae can jump high.

Bird nests. Malaysia

Not all nests are edible, but only the nests of salangans, swifts living in Southeast Asia. They have a special nutritious saliva with which they build their nests. Nests are eaten in Vietnam, Indonesia, China, Singapore, this is a valuable delicacy. Soup is usually made from bird nests, it looks like viscous mucus. A very specific dish that is worth trying for connoisseurs of Asian gastronomy.

mouse wine

Isn't it nice to come to dinner with the woman you love and order a glass of mouse wine? But in Korea and China, they believe that it should be drunk exclusively for medicinal purposes. The recipe for those who want to have mouse wine at home is quite simple: remove wine from rice, put 2-3 day old mice in the same place, and forget about this pleasant drink for a year. And after a year, get it and enjoy it.

"Three Squeaks of a Rat"

Further on our list, again, unfortunate rodents. And a dish called “three squeaks of a rat.” And the Chinese again participate in the same horror for us. Yes, not ordinary, but the Chinese nobility.
They take a pregnant poor rat, sauce for it, the rat becomes a mother, the first squeak is made by her children when they are taken with chopsticks, the second when they, poor fellows, are dipped in sauce, and the third, you know where ...

monkey brain

In southern China, you can easily buy a monkey brain in a store, boil it, and serve it to all your relatives for dinner. And this is considered normal. When a woman’s grocery list says “buy monkey brain.”
Previously, live monkey brains were eaten in China, but this, fortunately, was considered barbaric and banned. However, there are restaurants where you can still find the unfortunate monkey that will suffer this terrible fate.

Octopuses, Korea

In Korea, this delicacy is called sannakji. The dish is a live octopus seasoned with sesame seeds and sesame oil. Immediately before serving, the animal is cut into small pieces, and then the still writhing tentacles are eaten.

The muscles of the cooked octopus retain the ability to contract for some time, therefore, when eating the dish, special attention should be paid to ensure that, in its death throes, the animal does not catch on the tongue or oral cavity with its suckers and does not block the human respiratory tract. There have been cases when gourmets died from suffocation while carelessly eating live octopuses.

Eating live octopuses is not the only Asian food tradition that can seem disgusting. In China, Japan and Vietnam, a dish is quite popular, the main ingredient of which is a live frog. You can admire how the Japanese masterfully cracks down on this gourmet dish, but it's better not to watch the video during your lunch break - you risk ruining your appetite.

Most often, the “delicacy” is prepared from specially grown frogs, the process of its preparation is not complicated - the frog is skinned, gutted, then cut into pieces and laid out on a plate with a side dish, the main decoration of the delicacy is a still living frog head. Sometimes a beating heart is served separately as a "highlight".