What food is popular in your country, but unacceptable in other countries?
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Country (Subregion), Food (further info on food and its preparation if needed)
- Australia, various atypical Meats (including Kangaroo, Alpaca, Wombat, Camel, Emu, Crocodile, Possom…)
- Australia, Witchetty grub (a 12 cm long grub, served raw or cooked)
- Australia, Vegemite (a paste made from brewer’s yeast, served spread on toast)
- Bangladesh, Panta Bhaat (rice soaked in water overnight)
- Bangladesh, Beef Tripe (served as a spicy fried curry)
- Bangladesh, Shutki (processed smelly dry fish, cooked into various dishes)
- Bangladesh, Shukna Daal (gram soups, usually lentils or moog, dried on stovetop after they got stale. Eaten with sliced raw onions and mustard oil.)
- Bangladesh, Kaalo Jeera Bhorta (black cumin seed paste.)
- Brazil, PET bottle contaminates (various foods are placed inside a PET bottle, then cooked over an open flame, possibly contaminating the food), abacate (avocado) with sugar, chicken hearts
- British Virgin Islands, peas soup (made with kidney beans, milk, and sugar)
- Chile, Ñachi, coagulated pig or lamb fresh blood, dressed and served in cubes with bread
- Camaroon (Northwest), Palm grubs and grasshoppers
- China, Thousand Year Egg (Egg fermented for several weeks)
- China, cow/bull genital and testicle (stew in Chao Shan beef hot pot)
- China, Virgin Boy Eggs (eggs simmered in the urine of young boys)
- Ecuador (andean region), Guinea Pig, fried or roasted.
- Egypt, AkaWei (cooked cow or buffalo tails with vegetables), Lesan (Cooked cow tongues, Makhasi (cooked calf or buffalo testicles), KawaRee (cooked cow legs).
- Ethiopia, Raw Beef (from newly slaughtered cattle or delivered fresh meat, usually eaten along with spices, and kifto is a popular variant)
- Finland, False Morel (a toxic mushroom)
- France, Mimolette (a cheese that cheese mites are encouraged to run rampant upon)
- France: Rabbit meat (considered a pet in other countries)
- Germany, Blutwurst (a cured sausage made with pig’s blood and fatty bacon)
- Germany, Hackepeter or Mett (finely minced raw meat, eaten on bread, often with raw, chopped onions)
- Germany, Saumagen (a fresh sausage made inside a pigs stomach, incredients can include: potatoes, meat, onions, and more)
- Greece, Kokoretsi, (Sheep or goat intestine stuffed with liver and spleen and roasted
- India (southern), Oorugai (concentrated mix of pickled chillies and vegetables)
- Italy (Sardinia), Casu Marzu (”rotten cheese”, cheese that maggots are encouraged to live and grow in)
- Japan, furikake (anything you sprinkle over rice to add flavor, starting with dried salted vegetables through salted salmon)
- Japan, Natto (fermented soybeans, served mixed with rice and a sauce, has an extremely sticky, stringy texture and a strong smell)
- Japan, Tuna Eyes (unknown)
- Lebenon, Raw Liver (served with pita, mint, pepper and salt in bite sized portions)
- Macau, Fish Balls (made from shaped fish paste, served cooked, sometimes with a sauce, has a gelatinous texture)
- Mexico: Maguey Worm (moth larva, served fried with guacamole), Huitlacoche (aka corn smut, a fungus that parasitizes the kernels, served in quesadillas), tacos de sesos (cow brains tacos), moronga (pig’s blood sausage), tripas de cerdo (grilled pig’s small intestine, taco filling), chapulines (crickets)
- New Zealand, Rotten sweetcorn, (Kanga Wai, a porridge made from sweetcorn kernels soaked in water for months)
- Norway, Smalahove (roasted sheep’s head)
- Philippines, Balut (also balot, cooked duck embryo, boiled in the shell)
- Russia, Kholodets (Meat Jelly)
- Scotland, Haggis (heart, lungs and liver of a sheep cooked inside its own stomach)
- Singapore (also S.E. Asia), Durian (aka the King of Fruits, an extra-ordinarily strong smelling fruit with a creamy texture, many find the smell unpleasant, banned on public transport there)
- South Africa, Biltong (dried meat, rather like jerky)
- South Africa, less typically used parts of Meat (BBQed sheeps head, chicken head and feet, tripe)
- South Korea, Sannakji (small raw octpus, seasoned with sesame oil and seads)
- UK (and others), barbecued hamburgers, (not considered proper to be barbecued in Brazil and maybe other S.A. countries)
- Vietnam, Balut (cooked duck embryo, boiled in the shell) , Dog meat , Cat meat.