bizarre cuisines people actually enjoy eating

Escamoles are the edible ant larvae from the roots of the Agave tequilana or mescal plant in Mexico and have been a popular dish in the region since the Aztecs. Despite being popular with locals they remain unpopular with the tourists.

In most parts of the world the vast majority of people are either afraid of or disgusted by tarantulas; in Cambodia, however, they are a well known specialty dish. They literally burn them with fireand oil in this case.

Those who have had them claim they have the texture of chicken but taste like fish.

This is not exactly disgusting or repulsing but it is one of the deadliest foods (and yet people continue to eat itWHATS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!). The intestines, ovaries, and liver of fugu, or blowfish as we call it in the United States, contain a poison called tetrodotoxin that is 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide. The toxin is so powerful that a lethal dose is smaller than the head of a pin, and a single fish has enough poison to kill thirty people.

Jing leed is one of the most common insects for snacking in Thailand. They are 1.5 inch long deep fried crickets seasoned in Golden Mountain sauce and pepper. Those who have tried these snacks say theyre delicious! Would you try one?

Kiviak is a traditional wintertime Inuit food from Greenland that is made of auks (a type of bird) preserved in the hollowed out body of a seal for seven months. The bird ferments during this time, after which they are eaten for birthdays and weddings.

The entry title might be misleading as these eggs are not that old. Nevertheless, the so called thousand year old egg from China is still made by preserving eggs in a mixture of ash, salt, quicklime, rice husks, and clay for several weeks or even months. As you can probably imagine, the dishs stench is quite potent.

This bizarre Mongolian dish is made with either a marmot or a goat, cooked in its own skin with hot stones in its stomach.

In Hungary, when a pig is slaughtered the blood is fried with onions and served for breakfast on warm fresh bread.

Sannakji is the ultimate food dare for risk takers wandering through Korea. This delicacy consists of wriggling pieces of live baby octopus drizzled with sesame oil. After minimal preparation, it is served immediately and yep, in case youve wondered, there have been people who have choked to death from it.