There are certain foods that we claim to hate as opposed to the food we love. Either way, knowing the specific foods that are served around the world without the intention to cook them in the near future or maybe ever is still of great interest, as it provides us with knowledge of various traditions, tastes, and food preferences that exist out there. One is able to compare their own eating habits - finding one’s limits, as well as one’s place in the context of the great variety of meals served in various countries - simply feeding one’s curiosity and maybe even getting inspired! It is here that people answering one Redditor’s question: “What is the worst food in your country” can come in handy.
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#2
Balut.
[Writer's note: Balut is a fertilized developing egg embryo, which is incubated for a period of 14 to 21 days, depending on the local culture, and then boiled or steamed and eaten from the shell. It's a common street food in the Philippines, Cambodia, and Vietnam]
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91points
#3
I’m from Sweden, home of the infamous surströmming.
[Writer's note: According to Wikipedia, Surströmming is "lightly salted fermented Baltic Sea herring traditional to Swedish cuisine since at least the 16th century."]
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81points
#4
czernina - duck's blood soup, served traditionally in Poland to a bachelor by parents who don't want him to marry their daughter
77points
#5
Pickled pigs feet, canned chicken, depression era poverty recipes, 60's jello mold recipes
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72points
#6
Snails 🐌. People love them, they’re supposed to be great. I can’t even try them. Also they’re bought alive and it makes me very sad.
Snails are popular in Andorra, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia.
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71points
#7
Nasi Aking a.k.a. recooked stale rice.
Gather stale rice from food waste, sun dry it, wash it, cook it again. Really showed me how bad life can be.
[Writer's note: It's from Indonesia]
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It’s not a normal recipe, it’s a survival skill.
It’s not a normal recipe, it’s a survival skill.
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69points
#8
Anything that’s super greasy and just doused in fat and melted cheese. You know, those TikTok foods where someone takes hotdogs soaked in bacon grease and cooks them? You guessed it, I’m from ‘mUrIcA
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62points
#9
Lutefisk. Codfish cured in lye. Imagine eating fish filet with the consistency of jelly.
[Writer's note: Lutefisk is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish), or dried and salted cod, cured in lye. The fish adopts a gelatinous texture after being rehydrated for days prior to eating.
Lutefisk is a Scandinavian food tradition that was imported to the United States.]
62points
#10
I‘m from the Netherlands and some people hate on our staple candy Drop. It‘s licorice and we have about 100 varieties of it. I personally like it and what I like even more is people eating it for the first time, because of how utterly discusted they are when they try it.
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62points
#11
Chitterlings
Chitterlings (or Chitlins) are cooked domestic animal intestines.
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57points
#12
We gave the world Hawaiian Pizza.
I like it, as this is a perfect representation of multiculturalism. But I know people have opinions.
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55points
#13
Vegemite 🤮
[Writer's note: Vegemite is a dark brown savory spread invented in Australia in 1922. The paste is made from the leftover yeast extract from beer production. There are no artificial colors or flavors; only salt, vegetable extract, malt extract from barley, and B vitamins.]
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53points
#14
Jellied eels, I would think. Not that I've tried them.
[Writer's note: That's a traditional English dish.]
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51points
#15
Rocky Mountain Oysters
[Writer's note: Rocky Mountain Oysters is a dish made of bull testicles. The organs are often deep-fried after being skinned, coated in flour, pepper and salt, and sometimes pounded flat. The dish is most often served as an appetizer.]
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51points
#16
We calmly eat Kholodets and boiled buckwheat, but foreigners do not like this food.
Hladetina - meat boiled in water like a soup, and everything together eaten when it cools down and turns into jello.
45points
#17
American: I'm going with something I've heard about, but never had. Nutraloaf. It's what prisoners get when they can't leave their cells. I heard it described as "Imagine the worst food you've ever had. Then imagine craving it because at least it's not nutraloaf."
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44points
#18
Surprised I haven't seen [Haggis] on this list yet. Its literally mince and other meats wrapped in a sheep's stomach.
That being said I did try some once. My grandad used to get it with our Friday chippy. It was surprisingly flavorful, but I probably wouldn't order it myself 😂
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44points
#19
Cow stomach soup (Dršťková polévka)
"In Czech cuisine, tripe soup is heavily spiced with paprika, onions and garlic resulting in very distinct spicy goulash-like flavour."
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41points
#20
I'm from Denmark. I think the food we have is kind of boring and mostly inoffensive or maybe I'm just not remembering some of the worst ones.
So instead of a dish I'll go with my favorite candy which is hard candy made of licorice with a spicy filling. I have offered it to people from other parts of the world and I had genuine trouble convincing them that I enjoy it. They thought it was a prank. So if people think it's so bad it's a prank then it has to be considered among the worst foods if you are not from here.
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40points