The world's grossest food: flight fly cheese, anyone?

Usually, travelling comes with the additional advantage to try delicious new cuisines. But, sometimes, this is simply not the case. Spice in some ports of call, locals as up their dishes with of maggots of eggs of insects, blood or deadly chemicals. But, hey, to each his own, not?

There is no food shortage gross over there. But, here is a list of 10 edible cringe worthy to watch on the road.

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10 durian: this fruit is notoriously gross and smelly in Southeast Asia, it is prohibited to translated in some buildings and on public transport. Durian is a love it or hate kind of food. For some, it is the "King of fruits," to others, it has a taste and a smell similar to garlic, armpits and gym socks - all rolled into one. Hard and pungent outside, inside durians have a pale yellow flesh with a custardy texture.

9 hakarl: this Icelandic speciality is, in essence, rotten meat well cured and fermented shark could be the most preferred description. Sharks gutted and decapitated spend first 6 to 12 weeks buried underground under the weight of the gravel and rock to allow fluid to drain. At this stage, it might be good to mention that fresh, that this shark species is toxic due to high levels of urea acid. After the shark has pumped its poisonous juice, he cut into strips and hung to dry for several months, forming a delicious Brown crust. The crust is removed, however, and the meat is served style cocktail on a toothpick.

8 lutefisk: another kind of faisandés fish, Lutefisk is a popular dish in the Nordic countries. It is made of dried cod which was saturated with lye, of course, which is toxic. But soak a few days in the cold water makes the edible fish. It has a consistency of jello and is usually prepared cooked in the oven or boiled.

7 Century eggs: in this flat Chinese bizarre, eggs are preserved in a combination of salt, tea, lime, wood ash, shells, clay and rice for a few months. This results in a petrified research processes egg, with the white becomes brown and as jelly and greenish yellow egg turning gray and creamy. They can be eaten straight up or as a component in a variety of other dishes.

6 kopi luwak: according to some sources, it is the most expensive coffee in the world. Funny, because a large part of the production is made by an animal called a Civet cat and its digestive system. The Civet eat fresh coffee berries (which are actually fleshy) and then defecated coffee beans not digested. These beans are collected, washed, sun dried and roasted. Supposedly pre-digestion produces a milder beer for human consumers.

5 thiet canh: a bowl of nice, carry you soup, quite normal, non? Yes, if this soup should be based on a broth of blood. Traditional Vietnamese kitchen, this dish can be made in a variety of ways. In one of the simplest preparations, the blood is placed in a bowl, refrigerated and eaten with peanuts crushed on top. Blood can also be served in a style resembling pudding to texture a little more.

4 Fruit Bat soup: speaking of horrible things cooking practice while they are still alive, there are also fruit bat soup, a popular dish in Palau. A simple dish, fruit bat soup is prepared by boiling a live bat of fruits in water or coconut milk. For these totally pushed the animals Asia website encourages people to send letters expressing their rejection. Should mention us that these little guys are also known as the carriers of the disease?

3 escamoles: in a world increasingly globalized today, the idea of eating insects becomes much less strange. But escamoles always get our vote among the most flagrant edible crawly creepy goes. They are eggs Liometopum ants, and these pups are enormous. They have a cottage cheese like consistency with butter, hazelnut flavor. They are often prepared stir-fry with butter and served with guacamole taco style. Therefore, make sure to look more closely next time that you order a taco to the Mexico.
2 balut: Balut takes hard eggs to a new extreme. This delicacy in the Philippines begins with a fertilized duck or chicken eggs. The embryo of the bird is allowed to grow inside, not enough maturity, the date on which the whole eggs are boiled (Yes, the embryo is still alive). The entire contents of the egg is then eaten - goodness brothy on embryo is y and the fetus itself is taken with a pinch of salt or perhaps a little pepper and vinegar.

1 casu marzu: translates the name of this Italian delight by Sardinian cheese fly. OK, not really, but it really is the cheese that is deliberately infested maggots. To produce a casu marzu, a wheel of Pecorino is left outside with a part of the bark removed to allow the "cheese" fly to lay its eggs in the cheese. If the practice of the stinky cheese-making can be several centuries old, modern health problems prompted Italian authorities to actually declare illegal Casu Marzu. The icing on the cake? Maggots little jump in the air, while the cheese is consumed.