In each new country, we always try to try new dishes and flavor combinations. Usually, gastronomic experiments are successful, and we remain satisfied with previously unknown delicacies. However, in many countries there are flavor combinations of some dishes that are not quite familiar to us, and sometimes even nasty. Products with insects or raw animal entrails are unlikely to be what you would like to eat. And do you agree to try the following delicacies, if they are really tasty? Check out the selection of these unusual flavor combinations and, perhaps, something will interest you.
Fried Spiders, Cambodia
Cambodians from hunger during the bloody reign of the Khmer Rouge began to fry spiders. Traders with trays full of black bird-eating spiders with palm-sized ones are most often found near the town of Skouon on the way from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh.
Wasp Cookies, Japan
A relatively new word in Japanese cooking - wasp biscuits became popular in the 21st century. It is a rice flour crackers filled with pre-boiled wild wasps. From ordinary cookies differs record-breaking content of insect protein.
Blood Pancakes, Sweden, Finland
In general, the usual pancakes, but instead of milk - fresh blood. Sometimes served with fried pork or venison. In fact, this dish is rather unexpected than terrible, in fact, and taste very close to blood sausage.
Tuna eyes, Japan
In Japanese stores, it is often possible to find strange packages that stare at buyers with huge fish eyes. And in many cafes where sushi is served, you will be offered to taste these eyes cooked - stewed or slightly roasted. Under the "rubber" shell lies a soft fatty substance, somewhat reminiscent of the taste of squid or octopus.
Escamoles, Mexico
The basis of this traditional Mexican dish is the eggs of giant black ants. They are eaten both raw and fried - with tacos and guacamole or stewed with onions and chili. Eskamoles is expensive, which is not surprising - eggs are extracted from deep anthills, teeming with aggressive insects that bite very painfully. However, if you are in Mexico, try at least once scamoles is still worth it - the dish is considered a delicacy and is not only not dangerous to health, but also, they say, very good taste.
Maktak, Canada, Greenland
The traditional food of the Inuit is frozen skin and subcutaneous whale, narwhal or beluga whale oil. Most often eaten raw, sometimes fried in breading. From the point of view of survival in the harsh conditions of the far north - a valuable source of vitamins C and D.
Beondegi, South Korea
Cooked or stewed silkworm pupae are a popular Korean snack, which can be found on the stalls of street vendors and on store shelves or in bar menus. Beondegi eaten with sauce and spices, or used to prepare other dishes.
Whitlacoche, Mexico
Whitlacoche or "corn truffle" is a fungus that infects corn kernels. Spores penetrate the cob, grow and change it beyond recognition. It’s hard to imagine who could have imagined the first time to try something so ugly and inedible in appearance, but the fact remains: in Mexico, wheat flakes are considered a valuable product, and numerous dishes with it are a delicacy.
Caterpillars Mopane, Africa
Large green-blue peacock butterfly caterpillars are a valuable, and most importantly, free source of protein for residents of many African countries. Caterpillars are harvested in trees, boiled before eating and dried in the sun. In South Africa, where mopans are considered a delicacy, they are grown on special farms and are often served even in restaurants.
Shikara, Japan
Shyokara is a dish not so popular and widespread as the same sushi. Perhaps because it is a squid (most often), pickled in its own insides and "forgotten" for a month in a sealed container.
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