The wildest, weirdest and (sometimes) oddly delicious food we’ve seen so far!Did we try everything? Yes we did. Did we survive? Yes. Did we get sick? Well… you’ll have to click in to the gallery to see!
You won’t believe what people eat!
Weird Regional Food Photo Gallery – would you eat it?
The wildest, weirdest and (sometimes) oddly delicious food we’ve seen so far!
Love the vegan donuts at Voodoo Donuts, but the rest isn’t for me. But… I’ve been known to push those I’m with to try the weird stuff. 🙂
It’s fun to try them, loved the bacon and maple.
I grew up eating turtle soup in Maryland at a restaurant called O’Donnell’s (now closed). The University of Maryland sports teams are the Terrapins (turtles) and their motto is Fear The Turtle. That turtle soup was absolutely delicious.
Always thought that was kind of an odd motto. Turtles don’t strike fear in too many people. But love the soup!
I live in Halifax and donairs are amazing especially late at nite after a few pints. Great value for the money at some locations a small donair can be the size of a football.
Could definitely see it as a late night thing.
I love Halifax! Some great restaurants there. I miss it (haven’t been there in 4 years).
Crazy how fancy restaurants get all scientific like that… adding unpronounceable things and injecting stuff and all, it’s like chemistry in the kitchen! I think I would try that though, it doesn’t sound too dangerous…
Makes the super I’m about to prepare seem really boring. Hmm, now, how can I spice it up a little!
Hail you, brave woman. The closest I’ve gotten is haggis, which is delicious, and which I am proud of.
Interesting Who thinks to combine bacon with ice cream, I wonder… Never tried poutine either, but I understand it’s practically the national dish of Canada, so I’d give it a go.
You just had to show us bacon ice cream and coffee flavored pudding cake right when we’re resolving to stay away from that stuff–for the thirtieth time! YES I’d eat it, if it was put in front of me. Let us hope that doesn’t happen!!
Hahaha Terry! You’ve got a few days leeway-just push it to a “resolution”! Isn’t it just a hearty breakfast in a different form?
wow donkey meat, i never thought guys could eat that
It was actually pretty good. Not saying we will run right out and try to find some more, but it wasn’t bad.
Poutine is awesome!! Has to be made the right way though.
I’ve also eaten beef heart, cow’s tongue, and I’ve tried tripe(sp). I’ve also eaten kidneys and liver. When things are cooked right most things taste good. My parents came over from England in the 50’s, during the War nothing from the animals was wasted.
I must admit that I don’t think I would try the chicken feet.
True. We’ve had fancy poutine (like in the picture) and chip truck poutine (not the same at all!) It’s all in the preparation! C’mon – no chicken feet? Not even on a dare?
poutine is da bomb
Rocky Mountain Oysters in Nebraska (Midwest) is also hog testicles. I also ate – without knowing it – “Tiger Meat”. I seriously thought it was ham salad but it is RAW hamburger with a lot of spices. Another Midwest farmers delicacy is Pickled Pigs Feet. If you went into a local pub/bar you would see a huge canning jar on a shelf full of them. So disgusting!
Thanks for the additions Kathleen. Any body else got some strange stuff to add?
OH MY GOSH!!! SVICOVA!!! YEs, yes YES… this is one of my favourite foods in the WORLD… fell in love with it in the CZ… looks horrific… but you have NO IDEA how totally amazing this is… sigh… You don’t know what you’re missing!!!!
I’m Bohemian – so I grew up on dumplings and pork – but we always had sauerkraut with it. We didn’t do the sweet. Though my grandma did make potato pancakes with lots of onions and we put grape jelly on it! – Veronica
@Jennifer – I didn’t know the name! It just said “a special.” And it was enough for 3 people! And about five dollars.
Svicova… “sssveechkohvah” Drool. I love this stuff… add saurkraut and I may just pass into a food coma.
Hey, I’d try almost anything once — and this looks like a very intriguing combination of salty/sweet. Interesting!
No thank you! I will pass on this! xx its a very nice colour, but it would look better as a painted wall! lol xx
We have an area called Czech Village in Cedar Rapids, IA… come czech it out sometime:)
Had friends from the UP who missed them while living here in the Northeast US. Would love to try them !
we eat them in Australia, great with tomato ketchup.
Had pasties in London and Oxford. Quite good actually.
Had ’em when we went to Macinaw Island. Could’ve used some herbs and spices, they were pretty bland- but then, I’m from the Southwest…everything in Michigan tastes bland to me.
Went to a Taiwanese student’s home for dinner, which included smoked pig’s ear. Felt it would be rude to play my kosher card, so I tried it. Smoky, meaty, but with a disconcerting *pop* each time I bit through the cartilage.
@Jason — We’ve found that the texture is always the “trap” when trying weird food.
Home of the Throwed Rolls – ben there and they’re YUMMY!
And Bob — you are correct sir! Gotta love a place where food sails through the air!
I thought rocky mtn oysters was an urban legend. oh, let me eat it before you tell me what it is, please.
Oh yeah. We didn’t ask to see it in its original form until a) we had tried it and b) we had a few beers in us. It was easier that way. David had more trouble than I (Veronica) did for some reason…
I LOVED the Tabasco vanilla ice cream! Only wish I didn’t ahve to go all the way to LA for it! (The runner up was the Tabasco chocolate).
helllll yeah~!! I’d try it!!
ummmm hell no! afraid i would puke!
It’s fabulous if you like the taste of the sea. Be careful though, your teeth are black afterwards. 8)
I have never eaten anything in Italy that wasn’t fabulous. Go for it! But then again, I only ate after drinking an entire bottle of red wine, so do that first ; )
When I was young, living in Hawaii, I loved dried squid. It was like jerky. I think it was in small Chinese grocers.
Sausages in a jar are really popular in Germany too. They taste yummy! Mind you I’ve never tried the above brand ;o)
Oh yeah! We found some similar sausages in the Dutch islands and (despite the label!) they were really good. Or at least the boys claim there were
I have tried the German version but we have something similar in the Vietnamese cuisine, and there’s even weirder ingredients in that one, like pig ear and stuff. i know it looks weird, kinda like jello with fruit but it’s good stuff. there’s much weirder food out there for sure.
My husband is Portugese & family eats BLOOD pudding (Barf-gasp-choke…)
@Kitty – We tried blood pudding in Barcelona – didn’t know what it was until afterward and the waitress mimicked opening a vein as a translation! It’s not as gross as the name is – kind of the same idea as stuffing a turkey (tho we’d guess that some cultures would find THAT gross!).
Not evening knowing what it was … just the appearance would send me running the other way. **LOL**
Well it takes all sorts, some of this is pretty disgusting. the only thing I’d say was good here is poutine!!! Can’t believe people actually still eat turtle soup in America !!!
Those are all gross but I still think Mountain Oysters are the grossest things I could think of eating! Just ask my husband!
There’s no way I could ever eat chicken feet! But I think the bone marrow with “toungue in cheek” is the wierdest.
♫♥☼ Yikes Chicken Feet…lol….xoxo
eew. that’s a heck of a chicken!
ewwww that makes me gag a little.