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SzczerbiakManiac
10-11-2007, 11:31 AM
Kind of in the spirit of Steve, Don't Eat It! (http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php), comes The 6 Most Terrifying Foods in the World (http://www.cracked.com/index.php?name=News&sid=2439).

Neither of those sites are for the weak of stomach and absolutely not for PETA members.A word about Lutefisk. Yes, it is gross-tasting, but after it's been removed from the lye bath, it is thoroughly rinsed in water to remove the lye so it is not toxic.

Well, maybe to your taste buds.... ;)
Alex
10-11-2007, 11:44 AM
Lutefisk isn't so horrible though nothing particularly recommends it. Otherwise I haven't had the others but other than the aesthetics of seeing the food you eat as an animal I don't really see what is wrong with the pacha and balut (I've been in the presence of balut but didn't have the opportunity to try it).
Morrigoon
10-11-2007, 11:56 AM
I can't believe Natto didn't make the list!
Moonliner
10-11-2007, 12:10 PM
And what about Vegemite?
Capt Jack
10-11-2007, 12:27 PM
the wine is by far (IMO) the worst of this set

thanks. I'll be passing that on...then hiding
Morrigoon
10-11-2007, 01:25 PM
And what about Vegemite?

By comparison, downright edible.
SzczerbiakManiac
10-11-2007, 01:32 PM
Vegemite tastes sort of like a cross between creamy peanut butter and old musty drapes. I can guarantee you that unless held at gun point, I will never know what any of those culinary abortions tastes like.
alphabassettgrrl
10-11-2007, 01:46 PM
Sons of Norway in the Valley is holding a lutefisk dinner in November. Anybody want to go with me? I had it as a kid, and kids hate everything, so I want to try it as an adult to see how it really is.

It's a delicacy... just ask a Scandinavian. :) Genetically, I should love it.
alphabassettgrrl
10-11-2007, 01:57 PM
#1- escamoles- not even planning to try this. Deserves its place as terrifying.

#2- casa marzu- oh, hells no. Heard about this on the radio. People say it's not as bad as it sounds. It can't possibly be.... it sounds awful.

#3- Lutefisk - have eaten it. Didn't kill me. It does amuse me that the same chemical is used to make soap, clean drains, and process this stuff.

#4- the wine- WTH???? No. Just no. Nasty to think about, nasty to see how they do it, just no.

#5- sheep's head- not used to my food looking at me. I guess on the bright side it's not alive, but eewww.

#6- duck egg- my dad ate these when he was in the navy. Supposedly it's not bad. He said worse things about kimchi, which I've actually tried. That's its own category of wrong, but it wasn't bad.
Disneyphile
10-11-2007, 02:01 PM
#5- sheep's head- not used to my food looking at me. I guess on the bright side it's not alive, but eewww.Precisely why I have to hide my view if I'm with friends who are eating a full lobster or fish for dinner. ;)
Alex
10-11-2007, 02:18 PM
If kimchee is worse than balut then balut can't be all that bad. Kimchee is good.

What I don't understand about the reaction to lutefisk is that people are appalled it is soaked in lye but then have no problem with hominy which is just corn soaked in lye (though Mexican hominy uses lime -- and I don't mean the citrus fruit).
BarTopDancer
10-11-2007, 02:21 PM
Isn't kimchee just a cabbage or seaweed salad?
Alex
10-11-2007, 02:24 PM
fermented cabbage (usually, like pickles technically it can be different vegetables but cabbage is the most common).

And it is a perfect example of why I don't say a food is gross if I haven't tried it. It should be gross but isn't.
BarTopDancer
10-11-2007, 02:24 PM
fermented cabbage (usually, like pickles technically it can be different vegetables but cabbage is the most common).

And it is a perfect example of why I don't say a food is gross if I haven't tried it. It should be gross but isn't.

That's good stuff!
innerSpaceman
10-11-2007, 02:48 PM
#5- sheep's head- not used to my food looking at me. I guess on the bright side it's not alive, but eewww. (emphasis added)

Hahaha, was that supposed to be a pun about sheep? If not, you got some inadvertent pun-gold going there.
Capt Jack
10-11-2007, 03:04 PM
diggin some good kimchee. havent had any in ages.

as far as the lye...isnt that what they use to make black olives?

(the answer being yup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive) )
BarTopDancer
10-11-2007, 03:07 PM
diggin some good kimchee. havent had any in ages.

as far as the lye...isnt that what they use to make black olives?

(the answer being yup (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive) )

Lye or brine.

The fruit, naturally bitter, typically subjected to fermentation or cured with lye or brine to make it more palatable.

Green olives are allowed to ferment before being packed in a brine solution. American black ("California") olives are not fermented, which is why they taste milder than green olives.
SzczerbiakManiac
10-11-2007, 03:15 PM
And it is a perfect example of why I don't say a food is gross if I haven't tried it.That reminds me of a line from George Carlin's "Fussy Eater" routine. When as a little boy he is asked by his mother why he doesn't like something he hasn't even tried, he has a couple different responses: It came to me in a dream!
I know I don't like it and I know if I tried it, I would like it even less.
LSPoorEeyorick
10-11-2007, 03:37 PM
Lye's also used for real bagels, yo.
blueerica
10-11-2007, 03:39 PM
Word.
Morrigoon
10-11-2007, 03:40 PM
And for Colonists to wash their clothes in.
Gemini Cricket
10-11-2007, 05:55 PM
My friend has family who live in the Phillipines. There is a man that walks around their town every day pushing a metal cart down the street. He rings a bell and hollers, "Balut! Balut!"
Anyone expecting ice cream is in for a freakin' big surprise.
:D
Moonliner
10-12-2007, 05:50 AM
My friend has family who live in the Phillipines. There is a man that walks around their town every day pushing a metal cart down the street. He rings a bell and hollers, "Balut! Balut!"
Anyone expecting ice cream is in for a freakin' big surprise.
:D

Is his name "Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler" by any chance?
3894
10-12-2007, 08:52 AM
My inlaws eat one of the items on that list - lutefisk, a sad example of man's inhumanity to fish.
alphabassettgrrl
10-12-2007, 07:25 PM
I ate lutefisk as a kid. Not willingly, but I did. It was always at Christmastime.
lashbear
10-23-2007, 06:08 PM
I eat Vegemite AND Natto.

....and I made my own Haggis last night. Story to follow.
3894
10-24-2007, 09:00 AM
I eat Vegemite AND Natto.

....and I made my own Haggis last night. Story to follow.


I'm worried that your avatar depicts the toilet bowl the morning after.
Morrigoon
10-24-2007, 10:11 AM
Sadly, I think it depicts the food BEFORE he put it in his mouth...
Sub la Goon
10-24-2007, 12:09 PM
Balut was used as a Survivor eating challenge, no?

I remember Jeffy P describing the stuff and the crunchy bones to get the contestants all grossed out before even touching the stuff.

That's why they need a Survivor in MN during winter. Ice fishing, Lutefisk, and Lutherans...
alphabassettgrrl
10-24-2007, 03:25 PM
That's why they need a Survivor in MN during winter. Ice fishing, Lutefisk, and Lutherans...

Hey, now, I resemble that remark!
lashbear
10-24-2007, 06:33 PM
Hey, now, I resemble that remark!
You're a Lutefisk ??
Disneyphile
10-24-2007, 07:05 PM
No, no. She's just saying that she lyes a lot. ;)
alphabassettgrrl
10-24-2007, 08:06 PM
Well, I guess I am taller than the average fish. I am about that pale though!

Besides, everybody needs a little lye now and then, right?
lashbear
10-28-2007, 08:39 AM
How Base...
JWBear
10-28-2007, 03:16 PM
Lets not get caustic.