FRIED TARANTULA: CAMBODIA
Fried tarantulas are a favourite snack in Cambodia. The eight-legged morsels are fried whole or you can ask for them without the legs on. We're not sure what's worse.
FRIED GUINEA PIG: PERU
Known as Cuy in South America, fired guinea pig is a speciality dish in some parts of Peru. They are usually fried on a stick – or you can go posh and get them with a side of fries.
FERTILISED CHICKEN EGGS: PHILIPPINES
A common snack in the Philippines and other parts of Asia, Balut are fertilised eggs which are boiled just before they are due to hatch. Yum.
BEEF BRAINS: EUROPE, US, ASIA
Beef brains feature in many cuisines around the world, including Europe, Morocco, Indonesia, Pakistan and the US - where they’re mixed with scrambled eggs and eaten for breakfast.
TUNA EYES: JAPAN
Chefs in Japan don’t like waste – and have a special dish just for tuna fish eyes. Fried up with plenty of garlic and soy sauce, they’re said to be very tasty.
WITCHETTY GRUBS: AUSTRALIA
Found generally only in central Australia, the Witchetty grub is the larva of a moth which lives in the root system of the Witchetty Bush. They taste like scrambled eggs, so we’re told.
DEEP FRIED WORMS: MEXICO
Mexico's centuries-old tradition of eating bugs has gone upmarket in recent years and worms and ant eggs can be found on the menus of many top restaurants – usually served with a dollop of guacamole.
BIRD'S NEST SOUP: CHINA
Despite what you might think, bird's nest soup doesn’t contain twigs. Instead, the incredibly expensive Chinese delicacy is made using bird saliva.
MAGGOT CHEESE: SARDINIA
Made using sheep’s milk, Sardinia’s Casu Marzu cheese is left to ferment and decompose – until it’s full of cheese-fly larvae and translucent maggots.
PRAIRIE OYSTERS: AMERICAN MIDWEST
Bull’s testicles - otherwise known as ‘prairie oysters' - are a culinary delicacy in America’s Midwest. The rumoured aphrodisiac is usually just fried, but some devotees cover them in chocolate too.
INSECTS: LAOS
Grasshoppers, ants and other insects are a source of nourishment for people, livestock and pets in Laos and other countries.
WORMS: THAILAND
Who needs sweets when you can have a bag of bugs? Here a Thai mother and her daughter stop to buy fried crickets, worms and grasshoppers at a market in Bangkok.
CAT DUNG COFFEE BEANS: INDONESIA
They may not look (or sound!) very pleasant but these cat excrement coffee beans are prized by gourmets around the world. The Luwak, a cat-like animal, consumes the ripe coffee beans and excretes them whole.
BOILED SHEEP HEAD - SOUTH AFRICA
Boiled sheep heads are enjoyed in many countries around the world, including Iceland, Iraq, Kazakhstan and South Africa. This market stall in Cape Town sells two hundred heads a day.
GRASSHOPPERS: MEXICO
Grasshoppers have been part of the Mexican diet for hundreds of years and are a favourite street food in the country.
SOURCE: http://www.msn.com/en-ph/travel/article/15-weird-foods-eaten-around-the-world/
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