16 foods from around the world that you would definitely qualify as weird! (3 of 3)

Muktuk, Greenland

A traditional food dish made out of whale blubber and frozen skin, Muktuk is sometimes served raw and at other times, as a pickle. It consists of several layers, which are too hard to chew – the outer skin, which is apparently similar to hazelnuts, followed by the protective layer and the fat layer that are chewy. We strongly recommend this to only those who don’t wear a denture!

Hakarl, Iceland

How this came into existence is as weird as the dish itself. To prepare this dish, you first need to take out the gut of a Greenland shark and then put it in a kind of grave and then cover it with pebbles and sand. It is then left for around three months before it is cut into slices and again left for a few months to dry out. The end result is served and it is quite difficult for first-timers, we must admit. It was not a good experience, beware!

Century egg, China

What do you do if you find a rotten egg in your refrigerator? We can safely put a bet on you throwing it away in the trash. Not in China, though! Someone some centuries ago found this rotten egg, ate it and then lived long enough to tell this tale to others around them. Cut to the modern day – it is a delicacy that is a huge hit amongst the Chinese! The eggs (called hundred-year eggs) are stored by covering in a mixture of some clay, a bit of ash and some salt and then left for months before they are finally eaten. The end product is green with the smell of Sulphur!

Salo, Ukraine

The world of food lovers is divided on whether to keep the fat on top of meat or remove it. The people of Ukraine are on a very different level with this – they eat the fat only and leave out the meat! The most usual method to prepare it is to cut it into slabs of fat and then smoke it, before leaving it into a cellar for around a year or so. When it is ready, it is cut into thin slices and served along with bread. The Ukrainians are apparently crazy about this food so much that they even celebrate a festival dedicated to this dish! Woah, that’s some commitment, I must say!

Stargazy Pie, England

English cuisine isn’t known for some fancy stuff and most of it is pretty straightforward. Not with Stargazy Pie, though! A pie with fishes all around that seem like they’re looking at the heavens, this pie has its origins in the Mousehole village in England, which is traditionally served on the 23rd of December (Tom Bawcock’s Eve). According to the local legends, there was this sailor who sailed out one stormy night and came back with a large catch that would feed every starving mouth in the village!

Locusts, Israel

Perhaps the yuckiest of all, this dish deserves the first spot on this list for sure! Israel was suffering one of the worst locusts’ plague. But since this insect is considered as Kosher according to their faith, they decided to get rid of this issue with their own unique take – they started eating them! Eww. Apparently, chocolate-covered, deep-fried locusts are a craze in the Israel now.