What's the worst food you've ever eaten?
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I’ve eaten a lot of pretty crazy stuff by western standards. The most challenging thing I have eaten was a giant water bug. The most challenging thing I haven’t been able to bring myself to eat was balut.
The water bug was definitely not the worst thing I’ve eaten though; it was unbelievably fragrant. Practically like eating perfume.
Balut actually tastes pretty good chicken and egg. Even though it was a duck egg. But yah I could never do it again.
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I dunno, I think the Ethiopian food itself more than makes up for it. Unseasoned polenta on the other hand…
Zil Zil Tibs.
It's been like 20 years since I've had Ethiopian food and I still remember exactly what I will get next time.
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It was pig's ear and other head stuff, but the real problem was that it was about half as fresh as it should have been. I only mentioned sisig in this post as a way of listing all the gnarly stuff I've liked over the years to compare it to the one thing I just can't handle (except as an ingredient in one dish ever apparently). Little quiet karaoke place with no customers that used to be in Seattle, back when I lived stateside. Not surprised to find out that it's gone, they needed a different crowd.
I had a hunch it's the way it's cooked, should always be fresh.
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Probably. I know it’s a pheromone and is much more concentrated in males making them more valuable/desired
My question for folks, though…:
When faced with eating a giant water bug for the first time, would you bite the head side first or the butt side first?I struggled with this decision…
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Is that someone people actually eat?
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Cilantro/coentro/coriander
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Is that someone people actually eat?
Probably, entomophagy is not that uncommon outside of western countries.
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I once went to an Ethiopian restaurant with my family. Never again.
I can't even describe it, but whatever evil concoction they call their version of bread is easily the worst thing I ever attempted to eat.
Whaaaat injera bread is really good. Not even an acquired taste.
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Balut, it tasted good actually but the physiological hurdles I could only eat one and could not do it again.
My neighbor growing up had chickens and would bring us eggs all the time. One day, I was making boiled eggs with them and a couple of them were partially developed. I was around 12 at the time and I don't think I ate eggs again till I lived on my own years later.
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It's not bad as long as you don't think about baby poo while you eat it
I think the most famous description of Durian is "like eating custard in a sewer". I've never tried it, since we don't get it in the UK, but I'm curious. I had a Malaysian friend who loved it, but said many businesses and public transport would have signs up saying no Durian due to the smell.
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A Pizza. It was in Milan. Directly in front of the cathedral. It tasted like a frozen pizza, and I was utterly disappointed.
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Surströmming with mämmi
Would it have been better with papi?
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Probably. I know it’s a pheromone and is much more concentrated in males making them more valuable/desired
My question for folks, though…:
When faced with eating a giant water bug for the first time, would you bite the head side first or the butt side first?I struggled with this decision…
ETA: (for reference)
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Ok...it's not a competition...but you win...
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I once went to an Ethiopian restaurant with my family. Never again.
I can't even describe it, but whatever evil concoction they call their version of bread is easily the worst thing I ever attempted to eat.
Fermented teff flour? I've always wanted to try it with raw kitfo out of curiosity
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Camel fat. It tastes like how a camel smells.
Never smelt one but I assume really sweaty?
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Balut, it tasted good actually but the physiological hurdles I could only eat one and could not do it again.
Anytime I've seen a video of them, they mention the feathers/skull/or juice and I'm thinking "please stfu"
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Cilantro/coentro/coriander
Soap gene eh?
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I think the most famous description of Durian is "like eating custard in a sewer". I've never tried it, since we don't get it in the UK, but I'm curious. I had a Malaysian friend who loved it, but said many businesses and public transport would have signs up saying no Durian due to the smell.
It's honestly not bad after a few tries. For me, the texture and overwhelming smell was a surprise at first but the actual taste isn't that bad.
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A Pizza. It was in Milan. Directly in front of the cathedral. It tasted like a frozen pizza, and I was utterly disappointed.
The only time I don't like pizza is when they use that weird cheap dough that resembles a giant version of what you get in lunchables
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Properly prepared or improperly prepared?
I had a chicken sandwich once that was still pink in the middle... Disgusting!
Chicken sashimi is a thing in Japan, so consider yourself cultured
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Minke whale. I've had hákarl and I prefer that over minke whale.
How was it prepared? Whenever I've seen whale cuisine it's typically a piece of blubber eaten raw.
