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 jorny wrote:

Spoiler:

I am a huge fan of the north Swedish delicacy Surströmming. Surströmming is herring that is fermented for six months, and eaten with barley crisp bread, butter, potatoes and finely chopped onions. To this you drink beer and and a lot of snaps.

It is of course delicious and should not be posted in this thread, but some weakling southeners apparently find the smell of this delicacy a bit to strong to their taste.

/thread

I don't actually eat these, but they deserve mention in any thread about gross food.

Balutes. An almost completely incubated duck egg.


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 Skinnereal wrote:
For anyone thinking that English food is bland:

I always think anyone who think English food is bland should try a spoonful of English mustard. I like strong and spicy condiments but I can only take a light smear of English mustard on whatever I'm eating. Less is definitely more. (American mustard, or what's labelled as American-style mustard and put in McD's quarter-pounders over here, is like tangyer-than-usual salad cream in comparison)

Vermis wrote:
I always think anyone who think English food is bland should try a spoonful of English mustard. I like strong and spicy condiments but I can only take a light smear of English mustard on whatever I'm eating. Less is definitely more. (American mustard, or what's labelled as American-style mustard and put in McD's quarter-pounders over here, is like tangyer-than-usual salad cream in comparison)

Is it an alien yellow and tastes like unfortunateness and sorrow? If so, it's probably American mustard. I didn't actually like mustard at all until I was about 20 or so and tried what we would call a "fancy" spicy brown. I kind of fell in love at that point. I have five different kinds in my fridge right now.

Pancakes with ham and cheese... sounds gross on the paper but OMG they are wonderful when made properly

ThatSwellFella wrote:
Pancakes with ham and cheese... sounds gross on the paper but OMG they are wonderful when made properly

Actually they pretty much do this already with those mc griddles in the USA

Also delicious but disgusting

I found these quite tasty while I was in Thailand



Then someone reminded me of Zimmerman(?) in Thailand eating one who almost puked from the smell. Have to eat them before they ripen (no smell)

 Desubot wrote:

ThatSwellFella wrote:
Pancakes with ham and cheese... sounds gross on the paper but OMG they are wonderful when made properly

Actually they pretty much do this already with those mc griddles in the USA

Also delicious but disgusting

I wasn't even going to count those because I didn't think they were gross. That's the only thing I'll eat from McD. It's a good thing they're only there for breakfast and I only eat breakfast maybe one or twice a month, and those even less, otherwise I'd probably be diabetic.

Scrapple!

And raw oysters.


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And for some reason, probably nostalgia, I love eating MREs (when I can get my hands on them).

Dutch pea soup. It is really thick (almost a stew) and looks gross. A lot of people think it is gross as well, but I like it.

Also, a lot of people seem to hate salty liquorice, but I like that too.

Apart from that I am really picky with food. I just can't understand why people eat stuff like octopus, oysters and peanut butter combined with stuff which it should never ever be combined with (i.e. anything sweet)

The most disgusting, horrible food in the world though has to be Icelandic hákarl.
Hákarl is basically a dead shark that has been buried and left to rot for several months, after which it is dug up again and hung to dry.

Crawfish.

Oh dear go there is no point for the struggle to eat the tinest sliver of small fish food that tastes so bad that its not worth the tremendous amount of effort.

 Asherian Command wrote:
Crawfish.

Oh dear go there is no point for the struggle to eat the tinest sliver of small fish food that tastes so bad that its not worth the tremendous amount of effort.

JRTC rotations to Fort Polk LA we would go get styrofoam(sp) coolers full of those little SoB's

 Jihadin wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
Crawfish.

Oh dear go there is no point for the struggle to eat the tinest sliver of small fish food that tastes so bad that its not worth the tremendous amount of effort.

JRTC rotations to Fort Polk LA we would go get styrofoam(sp) coolers full of those little SoB's

Well Crawfish aren't the best. The best is Calamari and Alligator tales.

Man I feel like during scouts I ate more interesting foods than I have in college.

The food I went for most though was Coconut anything with coconut is basically my favorite.

 Asherian Command wrote:
Crawfish.

Oh dear go there is no point for the struggle to eat the tinest sliver of small fish food that tastes so bad that its not worth the tremendous amount of effort.

They're called crayfish, and they're bait for real fish

 Asherian Command wrote:
Crawfish.

Oh dear go there is no point for the struggle to eat the tinest sliver of small fish food that tastes so bad that its not worth the tremendous amount of effort.

I thought the only way to eat them was to drown them in so much sauce you didn't notice them.

Actually, you catch a bunch of them under rocks, let them boil in the sun until they're rotten and stinky, tie em up in panty hose, chum the river with them, get some beer, come back, and catch some catfish!

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
Crawfish.

Oh dear go there is no point for the struggle to eat the tinest sliver of small fish food that tastes so bad that its not worth the tremendous amount of effort.

I thought the only way to eat them was to drown them in so much sauce you didn't notice them.

It tastes great with Tobasco sauce.

Except everything tastes better tobasco sauce....

Except maybe Chocolate....

 Asherian Command wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
Crawfish.

Oh dear go there is no point for the struggle to eat the tinest sliver of small fish food that tastes so bad that its not worth the tremendous amount of effort.

I thought the only way to eat them was to drown them in so much sauce you didn't notice them.

It tastes great with Tobasco sauce.

Except everything tastes better tobasco sauce....

Except maybe Chocolate....

Never had Mexican Chocolate then I presume

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
Crawfish.

Oh dear go there is no point for the struggle to eat the tinest sliver of small fish food that tastes so bad that its not worth the tremendous amount of effort.

I thought the only way to eat them was to drown them in so much sauce you didn't notice them.

It tastes great with Tobasco sauce.

Except everything tastes better tobasco sauce....

Except maybe Chocolate....

Never had Mexican Chocolate then I presume

Apparently not XD

I'll throw cold Spaghetti-Os in the mix. My wife gags every time she sees me eat em.

 jasper76 wrote:
I'll throw cold Spaghetti-Os in the mix. My wife gags every time she sees me eat em.

I just gagged too. Anything i used to have as a kid just now tastes pretty bad now.

How can you eat that stuff man thats basically torture for your stomach

 Asherian Command wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Asherian Command wrote:
Crawfish.

Oh dear go there is no point for the struggle to eat the tinest sliver of small fish food that tastes so bad that its not worth the tremendous amount of effort.

I thought the only way to eat them was to drown them in so much sauce you didn't notice them.

It tastes great with Tobasco sauce.

Except everything tastes better tobasco sauce....

Except maybe Chocolate....

Never had Mexican Chocolate then I presume

Apparently not XD

Its basically Chocolate with chili pepper zest.

@AC: Doesn't hurt my stomach, plus it's quick, easy and vitamin fortified!

Sometimes I'll still eat raw hamburger too

I cannot stand the sight of Vienna Sausage (someone mention here already)
Also Pop Tarts
Nature bars of whatever brand
Dill Pickles

Sounds like a quick way to get food poisoning :(

but iv always wanted to try beef sashimi.

I also like meat that's burnt to hell...not well done, but burnt. Love it!

Its not dangerous if prepared properly. Fresh meat is completely sterile.

 Desubot wrote:
Sounds like a quick way to get food poisoning :(

38 years and no problems yet! But i don't do it often. I used to eat the hell out of it as a kid, before people worried about such things so much.

I think the grossest sounding thing that I really like is Black Pudding (blood pudding). It was one of those things I liked as a kid, an no one bothered to mention what was in it. Liver pate is another. Though I think you're probably better off not knowing what's in most processed meat, chicken nuggets, hotdogs etc... I imagine those are by far the grossest things I eat (not that gross stuff is really integral to the recipe).

I also like drinking the water out of the tuna can, if no one is watching (even I know that's shameful).

 Smacks wrote:
I think the grossest sounding thing that I really like is Black Pudding (blood pudding). It was one of those things I liked as a kid, an no one bothered to mention what was in it. Liver pate is another. Though I think you're probably better off not knowing what's in most processed meat, chicken nuggets, hotdogs etc... I imagine those are by far the grossest things I eat (not that gross stuff is really integral to the recipe).

I also like drinking the water out of the tuna can, if no one is watching (even I know that's shameful).

Really processed meats are not that gross.

They're the little bits of meat that cling to the bones after a chicken/turkey/whatever has had the large cuts of meat removed.

The carcass is then ground up and forced over a very fine mesh which allows the meat to pass through, but the bone remains behind.

Pink Slime also isn't gross at all. When meat is trimmed, a bunch of excess fat with small slivers of meat is left over. That is then ground up and either used to increase the fat content of other ground meat(such as turkey sausage having pork fat added) or, if its made into Pink Slime, it gets ground up and then heated. The heating cooks the meat portion, thats why its pink, and the fat becomes liquified. It is then put through a centrifuge and the meat and fat are separated. The result is pink slime, which extremely high in protein.

The product needs to be sterilized, usually with Citric Acid, to kill any bacteria which may have grown during the heating process. Ammonia compounds were used previously, and they were NOT the toxic compounds the critics claimed was used, they were a harmless gas which would also be fully removed from the meat before consumption. But they stopped using that because of PR.

Ultimately, Pink Slime is a very high quality protein source which is also extremely low in fat. Its also responsibly using all parts of the animal instead of letting those small bits go to waste.