12 Nasty and Disgusting Canned Foods
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Introduction
"Eat what you can, and can what you can't." That's something my grandmother used to say. Well, I certainly CAN'T (and WON'T!) eat these foods, so I guess I'd have to can them. Although, the can that comes to my mind for this food would be a trash can not the types that are used here. Bon appetit!
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Cuitlacoche (also known as Huitlacoche, Corn Truffle, Maize Mushroom, Corn Smut, and Mexican Truffle)
"Cuitlacoche is a black fungus that infects corn fields, making the kernels bulbous and swollen as they fill with spores."
I have lived all my life in an area of the country filled with cornfields. When I was young, my parents grew a garden that included corn every year. I have seen what this fungus looks like, and it is not anything I would EVER put in my mouth.
I have lived all my life in an area of the country filled with cornfields. When I was young, my parents grew a garden that included corn every year. I have seen what this fungus looks like, and it is not anything I would EVER put in my mouth.
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Potted meat
Ingredients include "mechanically separated chicken, beef tripe, beef hearts, and partially de-fatted cooked pork fatty tissue."
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Natto (fermented soybeans)
Gesundheit!
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Pickled pork rinds
mmmmm....extra skin
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Silkworm pupas
Ahh, served on a lace doily and stabbed with fancy toothpicks, of course! It is ALL about presentation, isn't it?
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Birds' Nest Drink
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"The Chinese have served bird's nest soup, considered a delicacy, for hundreds of years. It's made using the nests of swiftlets, or cave swifts. These avian homemakers regurgitate their gelatinous spit, creating a web-like superglue which forms their nests and attaches them to cave walls in Southeast Asia.
The nests are collected by hunters on precariously tall ladders and then dissolved into soup."
Well sure! Regurgitated gelatinous bird spit is just the beverage I'm looking for to quench my thirst.
The nests are collected by hunters on precariously tall ladders and then dissolved into soup."
Well sure! Regurgitated gelatinous bird spit is just the beverage I'm looking for to quench my thirst.
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Surströmming (soured herring)
"How do you know when your surströmming (soured herring) is ready to be devoured? When the cans bulge around the middle, an effect caused by a gassy, bacterial byproduct of its lengthy fermenting process.
To prepare this traditional Swedish meal, herring from the Baltic Sea are gutted and tinned in brine, then stored somewhere (preferably warm) for several months. Its pungent aroma makes dining alfresco an absolute must. Locals recommend opening the can under water whenever possible to contain the tantalizing odor of rotten egg, rancid butter and vinegar that results from the fermentation process."
To prepare this traditional Swedish meal, herring from the Baltic Sea are gutted and tinned in brine, then stored somewhere (preferably warm) for several months. Its pungent aroma makes dining alfresco an absolute must. Locals recommend opening the can under water whenever possible to contain the tantalizing odor of rotten egg, rancid butter and vinegar that results from the fermentation process."
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Balut
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"A popular Filipino street snack, balut is a boiled three-week-old fertilized duck egg, eaten straight out of the shell.
A well-aged balut lacks feathers, beak and claws (all the tasty bits), and instead provides a palatable rich embryonic broth, the creamy yolk (and of course, the fetus), sure to satisfy even the most ambitious appetite. Bottled balut, sold at various Filipino grocers, comes in three flavors: brine and two spicy sauces."
A well-aged balut lacks feathers, beak and claws (all the tasty bits), and instead provides a palatable rich embryonic broth, the creamy yolk (and of course, the fetus), sure to satisfy even the most ambitious appetite. Bottled balut, sold at various Filipino grocers, comes in three flavors: brine and two spicy sauces."
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Jellied eels
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How about a little peanut butter and jellied eels sandwich?
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Reindeer pate (pureed Rudolph?)
www.thefarrs.co.uk/family/assets/images/Reindeer_…
It's ok, it's just Rudolph's cousin.
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Haggis
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"Classic Scottish haggis has several variations, but a common cooking method involves stuffing oatmeal, onions, seasonings and a mixture of minced organ meats (think heart, liver, lungs) into the stomach of a sheep. That succulent sausage concoction is then simmered in water for several hours to produce the traditional treat."
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Russian carpet shark or zebra shark
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Aw come on, just try one "bite"
I'm not going to eat it. You try it.
Let's get Mikhail!
He won't eat it. He hates everything.
He likes it!! Hey Mikhail!
I'm not going to eat it. You try it.
Let's get Mikhail!
He won't eat it. He hates everything.
He likes it!! Hey Mikhail!
Oh, man, I just got up.
I always check 3 things in the morning: Banking at Home, my email and OML.
Maybe the word disgusting in the title should have been a warning to pass until this evening.
Now I get to picture these in my mind all day at work. I'm going to go back to the little girl in the reindeer suit to see if that will help.
Good list for later in the day Miss Daisy - creative as always.
I checked out your blog, good stuff; hope every one else does.
I always check 3 things in the morning: Banking at Home, my email and OML.
Maybe the word disgusting in the title should have been a warning to pass until this evening.
Now I get to picture these in my mind all day at work. I'm going to go back to the little girl in the reindeer suit to see if that will help.
Good list for later in the day Miss Daisy - creative as always.
I checked out your blog, good stuff; hope every one else does.
Thanks, Pam. :)
I'm afraid there probably is no GOOD time of day to read this list. It will either spoil your appetite if you haven't eaten yet, or make you lose your lunch if you already have. It might be a good thing for me to print up and hang on the refrigerator though--help me stick to my diet. One look at this, and I won't want to eat ANYTHING!
Having just finished my breakfast of scrambled baluts and toast with jellied eels, I think I'm done eating for today! 8~p
I'm afraid there probably is no GOOD time of day to read this list. It will either spoil your appetite if you haven't eaten yet, or make you lose your lunch if you already have. It might be a good thing for me to print up and hang on the refrigerator though--help me stick to my diet. One look at this, and I won't want to eat ANYTHING!
Having just finished my breakfast of scrambled baluts and toast with jellied eels, I think I'm done eating for today! 8~p
I logged in just for this list! I am eating lunch right now...broccoli.
These are wonderfully awful.
Please look up 100 year old eggs - I don't think they are canned, maybe buried, but worth looking at!
I LOVE potted meat (Deviled Ham my favorite). Vienna sausage. I try to avoid any thought process when I have it smashed between two pieces of pasty worthless white bread and slathered with the hydrogenated white fat molecules of mayonnaise. Yummmmmmm. I save it for a treat.
:-) Good and gaggy, girl!
These are wonderfully awful.
Please look up 100 year old eggs - I don't think they are canned, maybe buried, but worth looking at!
I LOVE potted meat (Deviled Ham my favorite). Vienna sausage. I try to avoid any thought process when I have it smashed between two pieces of pasty worthless white bread and slathered with the hydrogenated white fat molecules of mayonnaise. Yummmmmmm. I save it for a treat.
:-) Good and gaggy, girl!
A truly disgusting list. I have a feeling that OML may not remain a part of my day for too much longer. If OML should not continue to entertain me, and it seems as though it will not, you should know that even though you no longer have something to be thankful for every day, I believe that you are the real deal, and I have enjoyed sparring with you
Thanks Norm! Hope my list didn't leave you with a bad taste in your mouth. ;-)
Kathybelle, I looked up the 100 year old eggs--downright frightening!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg
Tell you what, any potted meat or 100 year old eggs that come my way, I'll gladly send out to you in the Ozarks. :-D
Ol Hippie, you are mistaken. I still have many, many things to be grateful for every day. I just haven't been making lists about them on this site. I felt that perhaps some of the OML readers were getting a bit bored with my gratefulness. Also, many of the things that I am grateful for are private and probably not of much interest to others, I suppose. I have enjoyed visiting with you, as well, Ol Hippie. (I like that word a little better than sparring.) :-) I hope you'll stick around and keep coming back to OML. However, if you decide to move on, you will definitely be missed. :-(
Kathybelle, I looked up the 100 year old eggs--downright frightening!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg
Tell you what, any potted meat or 100 year old eggs that come my way, I'll gladly send out to you in the Ozarks. :-D
Ol Hippie, you are mistaken. I still have many, many things to be grateful for every day. I just haven't been making lists about them on this site. I felt that perhaps some of the OML readers were getting a bit bored with my gratefulness. Also, many of the things that I am grateful for are private and probably not of much interest to others, I suppose. I have enjoyed visiting with you, as well, Ol Hippie. (I like that word a little better than sparring.) :-) I hope you'll stick around and keep coming back to OML. However, if you decide to move on, you will definitely be missed. :-(
What a nasty, vile list. Although, this is still better than 80% of the menu at taco bell, so go figure.
Well done GD :)
Well done GD :)
Hey, Raant, speaking of being missed...you have been. Glad to see you! :-)
Hope my repulsive list doesn't give you a setback with your health.
Unfortunately, this list brings to my mind the scene from the movie, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
"how are we today?"
"Better."
"Better?"
"Better bring me a bucket...."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Creosote
:-D
Hope my repulsive list doesn't give you a setback with your health.
Unfortunately, this list brings to my mind the scene from the movie, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
"how are we today?"
"Better."
"Better?"
"Better bring me a bucket...."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Creosote
:-D
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