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I’m always down to eat some weird stuff. I’ve eaten cow’s brain and pig’s brain. I’m chowed down on barnacles that look like dragon’s claws, tarantulas, rattlesnake, fermented shark, and all sorts of insects. I’ve also eaten some of the finest steaks on the planet and rare aged cheeses you can’t even purchase in America.
It’s not that I’m seeking out weird foods to try but I’ll certainly taste them when the opportunity presents itself which is often the case when traveling. Over on Twitter, a bunch of people began sharing the weirdest foods that are commonly eaten in their countries. In some cases, the foods are pretty damn strange. In other instances, it’s not the food that’s weird but it’s when and where they eat the food (seriously, WTF Australia?!).
Let’s check out what people are eating all across the planet…
What country are you from? What's the weirdest food you have there
— 🪬 Caleb 🪬 (@sethpuertoluna) December 5, 2018
Brought to you by State Fair all across America.
https://twitter.com/Hutch2Much2/status/1070425819103838209
This is definitely coming to America. You can buy fried crickets at the Seattle Mariners’ stadium now all season long.
https://twitter.com/HeroeSinEmpleo/status/1070387181817085953
This makes no goddamn sense.
Australia! weirdest is probably a bunnings snag, not because there is something weird about how the hotdog is made or tatses, but simply the fact its expected of you to buy a hotdog whenever you visit a hardware store
— Fractured Clarity (@fractureclarity) December 5, 2018
That's just how it be down under, ur not a true Aussie u till you've helped your school raise money by sellin snags to strangers outside of huge sized shed
— Fractured Clarity (@fractureclarity) December 5, 2018
Doesn’t every culture eat raw meat in some form? Steak tartare or sushi, etc?
Germany & the weirdest food for foreigners probably is Mett.. it's just raw meat and we mostly eat it on bread.
— tabeh (@t_iboe) December 5, 2018
Hard pass on this mayo dish for me.
https://twitter.com/IdiotPlant/status/1070337639688093696
Nothing at all weird about this. All of these dishes are great.
France, and the weirdest normal food we have is eating marrow bones in stews. Or sea snails called bigorneaux. But nobody eats frog legs. That’s a myth
— Ssium (@ssiumcomics) December 5, 2018
I had something similar in Iceland, Hakarl, which is fermented Greenland Shark that’s been left to rot underground.
in sweden we have surströmming (fermented fish), its not as bad as people think it is as long as you know what to do with it. we also have (one of my favorite foods) blood pudding which is exactly what it sounds like
— viola (@harpyerinys) December 5, 2018
I’ve never heard of this. I’d certainly give it a try.
I'm polish and I maybe flaczki? It's basically… Chopped up pieces of cow's stomach… In broth. It's a soup made out of insides. Not my favourite thing. Also kiszone ogórki. It's made probably in the same way sauerkraut is. But I promise, it's fermented but it's the best.
— lu | ia (@taelican) December 5, 2018
In Canada we've got the putting maple syrup on bacon and sausages (for breakfast). It's not *super* common but it definitely is a thing, in particular an Eastern Ontarian thing it seems.
— Brynn 🛡 (@brynndioO) December 5, 2018
You have my interest…
Im black and Dutch, but I have always found it weird that Dutch people eat french fries with chicken and applesauce???
— #1 minecraft and spiderman enjoyer (@punkboifriend) December 5, 2018
singapore, and the entirety of the salted egg craze
— ☆ (@lullabycomet) December 5, 2018
like telur asin, they literally use that as flavour for everything,,,,like,,,,,,,salted egg potato chips and salted egg tarts and salted egg crab im,,,,i hate it but for some reason every lady whos 30+ year old loves it
— ☆ (@lullabycomet) December 5, 2018
Say what now?! This might be the limit for me.
https://twitter.com/mishipiku/status/1070361479583535104
You guys have anything you want to add to this list? I know we have a literal shit ton of international readers here at BroBible. Care to toss your weirdest food into the mix? Hit up the comments down below.