[quote name='vietgurl']Fertilized Chicken/Duck eggs. You crack open the shell and it's like all black and juicy inside. If the egg is older, then you can see the crouching form of a little chick inside the egg. I saw them eat this on Fear Factor once and my stomach growled while my roommates were gagging.
Nuoc Mam...Vietnam's staple food. My aunt owns a factory that makes it and it's basically fish left to rot until it turns to liquid.
Mam...same as above except with shrimp or some other kind of seafood
Dog...one of the nastiest things I've ever tasted. Didn't help that I had a little puppy at home while I was "enjoying" this meal in Asia.
Sad to say, I actually like this stuff except for the dog.[/QUOTE]
The fertilized chicken/duck egg is known as balut in the philippines and I used to have that as a special treat every week when I was a kid in the islands. It's really good w/ some salt sprinkled on it. There's very few things that I haven't tried that most would consider disgusting as I'm pretty adventurous when it comes to exotic cuisine. I've had (in no particular order):
fried dog
roasted cat
fried worms
baby squid sauteed in its blood
haggis
chocolate covered catepillars/ants
fried rattlesnake w/ vinegar dip
raw horsemeat sashimi aka bashimi
live raw baby octopus tentacles (no, it's not live as in 'alive' but live as in 'actual')
blowfish nigiri (fugu)
chitlins
pig feet
pig snout
pig tongue
pig's blood on rice
cow tongue
ground monkey brain stew
turtle soup
sperm whale steaks
alligator
ostrich legmeat
snail (escargo)
deer meat (had a friend who was a hunter and cured/smoked his own meat *place cock joke here* & used almost all parts of the deer )
I've yet to try:
fried/raw cicadas
raw giant hissing beetle
vampire bat meat
ground tiger penis broth (said to give one virility... yeah right!
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bear paws
anything else I haven't tried
I'm surprised ppl find certain common foods in the US disgusting (tomato, banana, etc.). Just about the only things I can't stand are liver & vegemite. They're the 2 most revolting food concoctions ever conceived.