This fine wine comes out of south east asia and has to be awarded 5 stars for presentation alone! From cobras and vine snakes being delicately displayed within the bottle to full on battle scenes of snake vs. scorpion every bottle is unique.

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The drink itself is a rice wine or rice spirit that has been infused with a combination of real Cobras, Vine Snakes, Scorpions, ginseng roots and herbal seedpods. The snake wine is steeped for several months so that a truly unique, and somewhat acquired, taste can be achieved. During this period any venom that is present is also neutralised by the alcohol.

The drink is also purported to be a very strong aphrodisiac as well as a treatment for rheumatism and arthritis. If nothing else I’m sure you can claim extra man points whilst supping a fine glass of this beasty stuff.

I’m certain I’d rather drink this stuff than baby mice wine although I’m not sure I’d be able to eat the venomous beasts when I’d finished the bottle. If you gave me triple man points then I’d be tempted.

Guest written by G of My Big Fat Blog.

The breast milk is first pasteurised and then churned together with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest to make ice cream. It is served by a costumed waitress alongside a rusk (popular baby snack) and an optional shot of bonjela or calpol (baby medicines).

The first thing that comes into my head is where do they get the breast milk from? Well the owner posted an advert on mumsnet, a popular online community for mums offering £15 (~$25) per 8 oz of milk and wasn’t short of volunteers, according to the BBC they’ve had 15 mums come forward so far and it’s only just launched. Health checks similar to those that they use to screen blood donors were conducted on the breast milk donors.

So how much does it cost? Well anyone brave enough to try human breast milk ice cream will have to pay £14 (~$23) for the privilege. Let’s be honest, it all seems like a big publicity stunt, but it has obviously worked since it’s been featured in the main stream press as well as here on Junch!

If anyone is visiting London has an appetite for some human breast milk ice cream then head down to Covent Garden and let us know how it tastes.

Update 2nd March 2011: According to the BBC the human breast milk ice cream has been seized by westminster council on health grounds following complaints from members of the public.

Casu marzu is made by infecting a normal pecorino cheese with the larvae of the cheese fly Piophila casei. Why would they want to do this? Well apparently the larvae feed on the cheese and partially break down the fats; this leaves a very soft, almost liquid cheese. I guess that makes it tastier?!

According to The World’s Worst, a book by Mark Frauenfelder, casu marzu was banned for some time by the EU on health grounds. Lucky for us the ban was lifted on the grounds that casu marzu is a traditional food made by traditional methods. That means if any of you weird food fans desperately want to try some casu marzu all it will take is a plane ticket to Sardinia and a brave stomach!

For those who don’t want to make the trip, you can wet your appetite with this short youtube video of a casu marzu, see if you can spot the maggots:

Some cheesey links from amazon:

Yes, their droppings! That’s right. Once the civet has got stuck into their favourite afternoon snack of coffee berries their digestive system goes to work breaking down the beans proteins and creating shorter peptides that carry a more delicate flavour and aroma. The beans are then excreted in clumps that are then collected, washed and roasted and voilá – civet coffee.

The coffee made from these beans has been described as having aromas of ‘fermented plum and dark chocolate with hazelnuts’. Unfortunately, only 500 Kg of this unique blend are produced each year, so not only is it expensive, but you won’t be finding it in you local supermarket any time soon! Only a few specialist retails sell civet coffee helping to keep it as one of Indonesia’s best keep secrets but if you consider yourself a coffee connoisseur then you can get your hands on some of this amazing civet coffee at Amazon. It also makes a great gift for friends and family!

So, what are they?  Well, eels! hah!  Okay, they are eels boiled in a spiced stock and then left to set and ‘jellify’.

Wait, you did get the fact that these are eaten in the UK, not some far flung corner of the world, right?  Jellied eels are an east London thing and can be easily bought at any number of places – most commonly pie and mash shops (that’s a meat pie with mashed potato), but there are speciality shops still operating too.

Oh, and when you are at the seaside, you eat jellied eels out of a polystyrene cup.

Or in a handy plastic pot.

So why do we (I say we, I wouldn’t touch the things) eat such crud?  Well as is often the case, tradition.  Eels were a cheap and readily available source of food, found in plentiful numbers along the River Thames (which flows through London).  Alas, jellied eels aren’t as popular as they once were, but I am sure they will be around for some time to come.

If you fancy buying some, this place is supposed to be one of the best.

Or if you really want to make your own, here’s a recipe!