Hungry? Try one of these strange menu items from around the world.
I am not what you would call an adventurous eater. I only eat seafood if I am really drunk, and even then I consider shrimp the cockroaches of the sea. It always boggles my mind when I see people eat strange foods because I like to think that I choose very carefully what I put into my body (my mouth, anyway), so to celebrate that I scoured The Internet for the top 5 strangest restaurant menu items I could find.
Bull Testicles (Rocky Mountain Oysters)- Also known as cowboy caviar, this dish is made from the testicles of a young bull, which are removed so the bulls will be less aggressive and more inclined to gain weight, eat ice cream, and shop on the home shopping network. For some reason, bull testicles are actually a delicacy in the Western United States and Canada.
Fried Spider (A-Ping)- In Cambodia, you can get a heaping helping of fried tarantulas, which originated in the 1960s because of massive food shortages. The dish is made by tossing dead spiders in MSG, sugar, and salt, then frying them in garlic oil, and is available on a street corner near you (as long as you are in Cambodia).
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Haggis- Damn you, Scotland. Haggis is a type of sausage made from sheep’s lungs, heart, and liver mixed with oatmeal and beef, then encased in a sheep stomache and boiled. Can somebody please tell me what part of that sounds appetizing at all?
Fried Brain Sandwich- In India, you can order a sandwich made with the fried brain of a cow or pig, served on a bun with ketchup and mustard. I have no idea if it makes you smarter, or not, but I can’t imagine any other reason someone would eat this.
Tuna Eyeballs– Even though my mom is Chinese, I somehow managed to escape the torture of having to watch her eat eyeballs. Available in China and Japan, the dish is made by boiling seasoned eyeballs, and the taste is compared to that of squid. Allegedly, the tastiest part of the dish is the muscle and fat surrounding the actual eyeball, although the only appetizing part of this for me, is that I can stop writing about it, right now.
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