Balut – not egg, not duck … but inbetween

(also spelled Baloot, Baalut, Baluge, or Balute.) I think this might be the yuckiest looking food I have come across so far in researching for this site. Although we have no hestitation in eating eggs, or even young animals (not usually birds, but still) – this just pushes all of the ‘eww’ buttons in my [...] Read more »

Baby mice wine

Baby what, wine, eh? Yes indeedy, baby mice wine.  It’s wine with, well, baby mice in it. Found in China and Korea, this deliciousness is believed to be a cure-all health tonic.  Koreans in particular believe it can cure anything from asthma to liver disease.  Read more »

Deep fried spiders

The Cambodians are well known for eating a variety of foods that Westerners (myself included) find rather odd.  Then again I imagine that they would find some of the crap we eat rather disgusting! One commonplace food is spider, usually fried and crispy.  Mmmh.  Now spiders in Cambodia aren’t your little coin sized beasts we see [...] Read more »

Live baby octopus

That’s right – you may find eating standard (ie DEAD) octopus a little weird (though I have to admit I think it’s lovely!), but how about live, wriggling, squirming, slimy octopus.  Wait, not just octopus, BABY octopus! Well in Korea it’s a delicacy and they like nothing better than slipping that little sucker (no pun intended) [...] Read more »

Pork Brains in Milk Gravy

Sounds delicious, eh?  It also sounds like something that people must eat in some far flung corner of Asia, right?  Cambodia, Korea, Japan?  Actually, if you are reading this from the US of A, you can head down south and pick yourself up a can of Pork Brains yourself.  This is an Armour product (the [...] Read more »

Advertisment: