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Disgusting National Dishes

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steven said on October 11, 2003 14:54:

Just for fun...

Name a traditional dish or meal from your country. The more disgusting, the better.

I’ll start...

WALES = LAVERBREAD
It’s not laver and it’s not bread, but rather raw seaweed, boiled until gooey.
http://www.penclawddshellfish.co.uk/laverbread.html

Next...

Yashar said on October 11, 2003 14:59:

Disgusting?

Ok!

Iran : Sirab Shirdoon

Denstandigaresan said on October 11, 2003 15:21:

Nothing I can think of!
http://www.mrbrainsfaggots.com/
I LOVE, adore, crave... but some would probably think they’re revolting. It’s kind of like haggis, but without the gut. ;)

Rich-UK said on October 11, 2003 15:30:

Hmmm, I think it’s safe to say that I could handle no pork faggots...

Denstandigaresan said on October 11, 2003 16:00:

Hehehe! They’re like the most gorgeous thing ever! Especially ones from the local chippy.
I don’t know of any devonian foods, that are discusting! I’ve obviously never tried them!

tevensso (moderator) said on October 11, 2003 16:00:

Sweden - surströmming=fermented herring... Why someone would put something fermented in one’s mouth is beyond me.

Vixzter said on October 11, 2003 16:04:

beer is fermented and so’s wine ;)

MiracleMan said on October 11, 2003 16:24:

US—The very Caifornia FISH TACO.

(I think I just threw up a little in my mouth.)

ally77 said on October 11, 2003 16:33:

Well I live in the North West of England next to a town called Bury.. which is famous for it’s BURY BLACK PUDDING! Talk about yuk! **spews just thinking of it**

http://www.buryblackpuddings.co.uk

Black Puddings are a food made of dried pigs blood... I know disgusting!

DaminehGessle said on October 11, 2003 16:51:

ally: They look disgusting :(

Yashar: But so many people love sirabshirdoon. i myself have never even tried it cause of the smell. I also dislike zaboon which is the brain, tongue and other parts of a I dunno cow or some other animal.

In total, no matter how much I hate some certain foods, no food is disgusting.

Any vegeterians or vegans here?

Denstandigaresan said on October 11, 2003 17:58:

I like black pudding... sure I was a vampire in a previous life! ;)

Vixz, your knowledge is beyond your years. ;)

Yashar said on October 11, 2003 18:25:

@Damineh:Its smell is terrible.But I don’t know about its taste.

DaminehGessle said on October 11, 2003 18:59:

YAshar yeah ikh

Vixzter said on October 11, 2003 19:05:

black pudding is loverly....just don’t think about whats in it when you eat it LOL ....same goes for faggots really ;)

*apoligies for bad spelling, i’ve consumed lots of wine this evening* ;)

Jud (moderator) said on October 11, 2003 19:42:

ewww I almost threw up reading this post!!!

I don’t like anything that contains any part of the body of an animal (besides the flesh) like liver, blood, intestins, brain, eeewwwww just thinking of it makes me wanna puke! I don’t like sausages, hamburgers.. these last ones unless they are home made and I know what is inside..

But I cannot think of any disgusing SPanish dish.. certainly cuz my mum doesn’t cook any disgusting thing :P

I don’t like so much of seafood, oisters and such, eeeeww!

Ah yeah! thinking of this now I came up with a discusting catalan or better from my region (Lleida) dish! the snails!! puke puke puke!

Santi said on October 11, 2003 19:52:

Of course, “Callos”. It’s the stomach of some animal...
If I have to say just a Valencian thing I would probably say “All i pebre”, with those eels they catch in that polluted lake called Albufera :s
I hate eels... they remind me of snakes and I HATE SNAKES... :SSSS

Santi said on October 11, 2003 19:54:

It’s traditional to put snails in paella (Another typical valencian creation...). Basically I don’t eat anything that is not rice and chicken meat in paella :D

wendy said on October 11, 2003 19:56:

brr :s

I think we’re the only country with “normal” food :p

wendy said on October 11, 2003 19:57:

Ohyeah,we have “Moules” :s Bleh :s

sweet_stalker57 said on October 12, 2003 01:07:

pickled pigs feet. my homie from Georgia would say: “mmm mmmm then yous can suck the vinegar out of the hoof all day like a jawbreaker”

ally77 said on October 12, 2003 07:35:

** throws up over PC**

zaine said on October 12, 2003 11:31:

“then yous can suck the vinegar out of the hoof all day like a jawbreaker”

HAHAHAHA! Classic!
nothing I can think of right now, that is manky...

on_a_mission said on October 12, 2003 12:49:

Haggis, man.....

harriej said on October 12, 2003 19:59:

I really hate
Boerenkool met worst
and cheese!
But most dutch people like this, so probably I am just weird!

ROXIROX1998 said on October 13, 2003 01:08:

Can‘t call it traditionnal but i don‘t understand why there still have it in grocery stores here: Pork tongues in vinegar... talk about discusting. I wouldn‘t even give it to my dogs...

True story, i wen‘t fishing in an indian reserve and ate black bear: the discusting part is that it was outside, raw, in summer, for three months...

i‘m good for fear factor...

tcooh said on October 13, 2003 07:16:

In Norway we have Lutefisk - which means dried cod treated with lye. But it does look like gelly-fish, most people get off by the looks of it. It does devide Norway into two, one half that loves Lutefisk, the other hates it! Nothing differs people’s taste more than Lutefisk.

Some info and recipe (if you dare): http://www.sofn.com/norwegianculture/recipes/Lutefisk.html

Anarem said on October 14, 2003 02:08:

Balut from the Philippines, which is basically an unhatched baby chick. That is so messed up!

Denstandigaresan said on October 14, 2003 09:38:

Anarem: I’ve seen that on a travel programme... the guys shining unhatched eggs under a light... the chicks have to be near hatching size... then they’re cooked. I can’t imagine that... but I guess it’s no different to me eating normal chicken? Just less crunchy. ;)

Aaso said on October 14, 2003 12:07:

I agree with Yashar!! I have never tasted it but I can guess the taste from teh smell!!! ughhhhhhhhhhhhh really disgusting. Ya know “Syrab Shirdoon” is a common food between traditional people I think!

piffffff peeefffffffff!

Aaso said on October 14, 2003 12:09:

Damineh, i have tried zaboon. I had never tasted “kale pache” before ... until last month . It’s really amazing ... lolzzz

bleu_argente said on October 15, 2003 00:08:

In Australia we have the Pie Floater...this is probably the closest thing to the national dish, which goes to show that even though the wines are great, Australian cuisine is sadly still developing :)

The Pie Floater is a meat pie which is drowned in a dish of pea soup, then smothered in tomato sauce/ketchup. Revoltingly tasty if you’re brave enough.

http://www.lard.net/piefloat.html

http://www.lard.net/pie1.html

Depends on your view of meat pies as to whether this is grossness...I don’t think any mass manufactured Australian meat pie actually has any of the meat from any animal in it (well, maybe some equine in there).

MiracleMan said on October 15, 2003 02:11:

Pigs feet, black pudding, callos? The odd things people think would are tasty. Just baffles the mind.

MiracleMan said on October 15, 2003 02:11:

I’m green with nausea, Bleu. . .

bleu_argente said on October 15, 2003 02:33:

I think its a regional/state thing, more popular in South Australia (ha ha, I know there are some SAers on this forum), I’ve only ever had one and it was in SA a few years ago :) I would not like to repeat the exercise...my mum is Dutch and makes the best pea soup, and is horrified that I even had the courage to eat one of these things!

I think the pickled {edit - sp} pigs feet is worse, though!

bleu_argente said on October 15, 2003 02:34:

{edit} sorry, submitted twice

Anarem said on October 15, 2003 11:54:

@Denstandigaresan:

Actually, I hear it’s quite crunchy. Little chick bones snapping between your teeth, yum. But maybe a little more squishy. :-) But you’re right, I guess it’s another way of eating poultry. We kill baby chicks anyway by using eggs for brekkie and baking, and we kill the chickens when they’re adults for chicken burgers and KFC– eggs in their embryo stage... it’s all the same difference.

(sorry if I made people lose their lunch :-))

Denstandigaresan said on October 15, 2003 14:44:

@Anarem: I expected as much with the crunchy chick. ;)

@bleu_argente: I would actually eat that pie floater thing! When I have pies from the local fish and chip shop, I always get mushy peas, which from there resemble lumpy pea soup anyways, and pour it over the top of the pie!! And I’m a tomato ketchup freak, I eat it with almost anything!

bleu_argente said on October 15, 2003 23:38:

@Denstandigaresan: you would be right at home in Australia, then! It is actually quite tasty...I think its the visuals that put people off, especially when you start getting into the pie and the meat sauce starts to spill out...then it looks like...well, use your imagination, its not pretty!