Strangest commercialy prepared food

[FR33_MASON]

I was just reminiscing over some of my travels and remembered when I was in traveling through North Africa. I was introduced to a canned product called Mopane which was mopani worms (larvae of a moth) in a tomato and chili (achtar) sauce. Once I got over the stigma of what I was about to eat it turned out to be really good both in taste and nutrition.

I was wondering if anyone else had any experiences similar to mine.

[phatch]

It's not ready to eat like your larvae, but mine would be dried salted jellyfish available at your local Asian grocer in sealed plastic pouches.

Phil

[FR33_MASON]

I had jelly fish one day for dim sum with an asian friend of mine. It was sliced like linguine noodles and finished with sesame oil and chopped garlic. I actually thought it was really al dente linguine until he 'educated' me. I really enjoyed that too. Up here in alberta there is a place called T&T market place which has a shop of everything dried, actually, it has everthing period. I even bought a live king crab there once which is amazing considering my location.

[shel]

Grasshoppers ...

[Mezzaluna]

I'd have to say shrimp chips- the ones you buy in a box ready-to-cook. They look like day-glow colored guitar picks or poker chips before you throw them in hot oil; then they puff up. I amused myself with several boxes of those after I was introduced to them!

The first beef jerky I ever ate was part of a care package received by my college roomate, sent by her aunt back home in Hong Kong. It was slightly sweet and delicous.

[caleb3000]

They sell Balut (Hardboiled egg with baby chicken fetus) in packages at some speciality filipino markets. Balut is a Filipino delicacy. I'm Filipino myself, but I never got into that particular meal.

[crimsonmist308]

i was in a local market in marin (just north of san francisco)
when i came across a can of "pig brains in white sauce".
i should have taken a pix of that one (or bought a can) but
the pix on the label looked kinda disgusting. really.

[RPMcMurphy]

Nothing, and I mean Nothing beats what I saw in a gas station 7-11 in Pennsyltucky......

a cheeseburger hotdog.

yes....it was a cheeseburger, in the shape of a hotdog......in those rollers..for days........and days...



Cheeseburger Big Bite™ Hot Dog
Easy to eat perfection! It looks like a hot dog, but it tastes like a cheeseburger! Fresh from the 7-Eleven grill, beef and cheese combine to create the easy-to-eat one-third-pound Cheeseburger Big Bite Hot Dog. Add your favorite condiments or toppings! Yummy!

[chrose]

In a small bar/deli/grocer in Alaska in the freezer section there was Muktuk and Akutak. Mmmmmm good

Akutaq – Eskimo Ice Cream

[deltadoc]

Blue Diamond Almonds...leftover on a plane back from a trip to Japan. The bag was filled with Blue Diamond Almonds and little whole dried fish, eyes and everything!

I still got the box somewhere, I never opened it. Figured it would make a great conversation piece!

doc

[phatch]

I've got some rice crackers with those fish mixed in. My sister sent them to me from japan with a sticky note saying, "Do you dare?"

Phil

[merriman]

Originally Posted by deltadoc

Blue Diamond Almonds...leftover on a plane back from a trip to Japan. The bag was filled with Blue Diamond Almonds and little whole dried fish, eyes and everything!

Right, that's got my vote. While in Japan, I remember seeing shakers filled with dried cuttlefish. They sprinkled dried cuttlefish on pizza like it was oregano or red-pepper flakes. It tasted ok but I couldn't get past the fact that the thin fish flakes looked like they where twitching when they hit the top of the hot pizza. Yuck yuck yuck!

[bubbamom]

red herring - - I think it's a standard cusine for ice fishermen. Tried it once. The operative word here is "once".

[Chef at Heart]

This is a really funny site I ran across a few years ago. I dug it back up just for you guys!

The author has a blog where he gets weird commercially prepared foods and eats them, then writes about it.

The Sneeze - Half zine. Half blog. Half not good with fractions.

[bluedogz]

Icelandic hakarl- dried unsmoked basking shark. Smells like feet and tastes like...er... I imagine feet taste.