Culinary Shockers:

Five weird dishes from across the globe

May Heasse

Why don’t we take a break from the pasta, the chicken and the pizza—and start with a plate of duck embryos, smelly fish heads and sheep heads? Here’s a list of the weirdest food in the world, guaranteed to get you hungry, or the other way around

Lutefisk

A Norwegian dish made from cod soaked in Lye. First, it is soaked in cold water for five to six days (with the water changed daily), and then soaked into an unchanged solution of cold water and lye for two days (Take note, Lye is used in oven cleaners and drain openers). It is then soaked again in water, steamed and served.

Balut

Balut is a popular street-staple in the Philippines. It is a fertilized duck egg, steamed and eaten straight from the shell.

Stinkheads

This is a dish that was invented by the Yup’ik Eskimos, made as a rite of passage for foreigners who claim to know about their culture. It is made from a salmon head that is buried underground for the summer—it is then dug up and eaten.

Pacha

A dish originating from Iraq, it is the whole head of a sheep boiled in a broth consisting of its own stomach. It is served with pickled vegetables.

Casu Marzu

A dish from Sardinia, It is basically sheep-milk cheese infested with fly larvae. Yes, the maggots are part of the dish—and people claim it to be creamy and tangy.

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