Brazil, SOUTH AMERICA
The cassava root are poisonous when eaten raw, well it is not eaten by the Brazilians in the raw form. The manioc or cassava is made edible by pulverizing the root and by pressing it under a weight to extract the poisonous...
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Argentina, SOUTH AMERICA
If you remember my previous post on blood pudding, you will be able to correlate with it better. Morcilla of Argentina is the chorizo version of blood pudding, where the blood of pig is coagulated, seasoned with salt,...
Peru, SOUTH AMERICA
Dogs, snakes, lizards…and even the cute looking guinea pigs. Yes foodies, the cute looking guinea pigs is slaughtered and grilled to honor the guests in Peru…this practice has been taken from the Andean household. Guinea pigs...
Columbia, SOUTH AMERICA
Ants are also edible. If you have any doubts about this read this...In Columbia ants are roasted and fried for snacks. The queen ants are relished at royal banquets in Columbia, I am not joking. These species are quite...
Mexico,U.S, NORTH AMERICA
Chitterlings or chichirrones in the Southern part of the United States is the weirdest food that I have come across in the North American continent. Why call the Japanese cuisine the weirdest, even in Latin America they eat...
New Brunswick,Quebec,Canada, NORTH AMERICA
I am going to tell you a little story...of a weird food. It originated from the very feeling called ‘weird’. It happened in the restaurant of Fernand Lachance at Warwick, Quebec, when a customer wanted to...
Washington,U.S, NORTH AMERICA
A duck by name, but not by looks. Don’t tell me that a rose remains a rose, by any other name. Geoduck is the largest clam with a giant phallus; this clam weighs three pounds at maturity…it doesn’t look like a duck....
Pennsylvania, NORTH AMERICA
Do not ask mama too many questions about scrapple. Do not get your brains while eating scrapple as you are already eating the squashed brain of a pig. Last but not the least do not ask the name of the dish which is...
New Brunswick, NORTH AMERICA
Have you ever tasted ferns? If you were safe even after eating ferns then Foodmall would definitely encourage you to eat more of it, provided you give illustrations of how eating this weird food just for the heck of it...
Japan, ASIA
What about a fermented fish paste? I do not know how it tastes but you can figure it out from the ingredients and the processing of those ingredients. Shiokara is made from squid or the guts of skipjack and other species. The internal...
South India, ASIA
The most typical thing about the South Indian cuisine is the usage of coconut in every dish. It is used to make chutneys, pancakes, gravies or used as a garnish. The weirdest usage of coconut is found in Kerala cuisine. In Kerala,...
Take it straight from the horse’s mouth, I mean from the horse’s flesh and eat this taboo the way you want…as Basashi Aisu in Japan or as Sausage in Kazakhstan.
In the fist place, horse meat is considered as weird by communities, especially the Jewish...
If you think that the cows and buffaloes are the only cheese makers, then you had better think again. Airag, the traditional beverage of Central Asia is made out of fermented mare’s milk. This beverage was formulated by the Tatars and was first made from...
Call it "white gold", "caviar of the east" or a delicious broth, fact remains that the Swiftlet bird’s nest have been harvested at homes and restaurants and wherever they possibly could, since the past two years, for serving them as soups in the...
How many times has your cake fallen off, while baking? The cake might have become hard as a crust, because of adding more than the required amount of sugar. Why only cake…soups, stocks, gravies, might have become a blunder because of inappropriate...
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