Interesting food
If you have a stomach of steel and a craving for cultural experience, make your way around the world from Japan to Spain, sampling the wildest foods we at Perth Woman could find. So if you haven’t yet eaten, read on, or put down your lunch. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Chickens feet
Dim Sum is usually a safe choice; however, the Chinese have a version involving chicken feet. Usually served with the bones in, they come coated in a spicy rich sauce.
Alligator
Mainly eaten in South Louisiana, chunks of deep fried alligator are enjoyed mostly at outdoor festivals. Said to have a chewy consistency like undercooked pork, the meat is battered in corn meal, seasoning and served on a 10 inch skewer.
Spiders
In many parts of the world, certain spiders are considered a special treat. Rich in protein but hard to come by, in Cambodia you can have yourself a deep fried tarantula. Similar in taste to deep fried soft shell crab, it will definitely be your psychological complex that stops you from enjoying this one.
Wasp Cookie
Japan is sure to win the award for most dangerous food products. The rice cracker makers in Japan are creating a buzz about their product by adding wasps to the recipe. Don’t expect world distribution, output is limited as the wasps are caught in the wild for optimum flavour.
Cuttle Fish
Snack like they do in Hawaii with a pack of shredded, dried, cuttle-fish with a dusting of hot red pepper. Its appearance is slightly off-putting; if you can imagine mineral asbestos the colour of hay. Tough, stringy and some say tasty, this seems to be the alternative for potato chips.
Haggis
I’ve heard of Haggis from my Scottish friend, but never bothered asking what it was. Turns out it’s a highly spiced sausage made from offal meats with oatmeal filler, traditionally in a casing made from a sheep’s stomach. Served up with mashed turnip, swede, rutabaga and potatoes, this is a hearty meal for the ultimate carnivore.
Blowfish
If your mantra is ‘everything happens for a reason,’ then you might consider trying blowfish in Japan. The catch is that it contains a toxin so deadly that only specially licensed chefs are allowed to prepare it. Prepared wrong, the poison has the power to kill by paralysing the muscles, including the lungs. Yet, it doesn’t make the victim lose consciousness; meaning you suffocate while wide awake. Apparently it kills about 300 in Japan per year, but is supposedly delicious!
Wasp Cookie
Japan is sure to win the award for most dangerous food products. The rice cracker makers in Japan are creating a buzz about their product by adding wasps to the recipe. Don’t expect world distribution, output is limited as the wasps are caught in the wild for optimum flavour.
Food animation
More wacky then wild, fast food chains in Hong Kong have been creative with their dishes. Constructing images of Peter Pan and Wendy to appeal to their younger customers, the term ‘food for thought’ has been taken to the extreme.
Blood Dumplings
We all know that reindeer is the traditional dish in Finland, but would you dare try blood dumplings in Sweden? Made of flour, reindeer blood and salt, this dish comes complete with bacon, butter and jam; sounds like the breakfast of champions.
Bull testicles
As vile as it sounds, a more conservative name for this dish is ‘prairie oysters’ in America, or ‘criadillas’ in Mexico. Traditionally sliced and cooked with garlic and parsley, if you don’t know what you’re eating, the taste is intense and apparently pleasant.
Rook Pie
Consumed in Wales, this is self-explanatory. A rook is a large black bird in the crow family, slightly smaller than the common crow in our backyard. Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie… That’s got potential to be one ironic nursery rhyme!
Monkey toes
If you’ve got the munchies in Indonesia, be wary of what you select. Eaten straight off the bone, deep fried monkey toes are readily available in the markets.
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