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Top Eight Weird Foods Eaten Across The Globe by coolhamid(op): 5:31pm On Feb 15, 2016
1. Fruit Bat (Indonesia)

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Fruit bats are used in making a dish known as PANIKI in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This dish is made by boiling a fruit bat in a pot with a coconut milk. After boiling the bat, it will be seasoned with variety of herbs and spices.

2. Balut (Philippines)

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In the Philippines, Balut is served as street food. Balut is a developing duck embryo which is boiled and consumed in a shell. As a tourist in Southeast Asia, eating Balut might appear weird to you.

3. Dhub ( Saudi Arabia)

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Dhub is a spiny tailed lizard which is mostly found in the deserts of Saudi Arabia.A popular delicacy among the Arabian Bedouins in the peninsula.If you find yourself paying a visit to a true Saudi Bedouins , you just might find yourself getting served dhub.

4. Iguana ( Nicaragua)

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Iguanas are a typical Nicaraguan dish eaten year round, it is known to be an important source of food for poor rural families in Nicaragua.Beef and pork are saved for large festivities in Nicaragua while iguanas are consumed often because they can easily be found. Sound weird right ?

5. Locusts (Israel)

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The swarm of locusts flying in from Egypt are being turned to delicacy in Israel.They are tasty and fried in molten chocolate.

6.Dogs (Nigeria)

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Dogs are consumed in many states in Nigeria, including Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Plateau, Ondo, Taraba and Gombe of Nigeria.Some cultures in Africa view the consumption of dog to be part of their way of life while other cultures such as Western culture view is as a taboo.

7. Scorpions ( China)

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There is a popular saying in China that goes like this ‘We eat everything with wings, except airplanes, and everything with legs, except tables’. So don’t be surprised if you find some weird foods on the streets of China.Fried Scorpions can easily be obtained in china , the Scorpion stops being poisonous only after it has been fried.

8. Rats ( Thailand)

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The demand for Rat meat in Thailand has increased exponentially over the years. Rat meat has been eaten in some of Thailand’s poorer regions for years but nowadays it is gradually becoming a delicacy which can cost even more than chicken or beef .
Source : http://chop4naija.com/top-eight-weird-foods-eaten-across-the-globe/
Re: Top Eight Weird Foods Eaten Across The Globe by Eebrahym(m): 5:34pm On Feb 15, 2016
Arrrrrrgggghhh, take it away pls

Makes me sick I'm vomitting right now
Re: Top Eight Weird Foods Eaten Across The Globe by Boybrano(m): 6:09pm On Feb 15, 2016
Iguana meat is a common delicacy here in Ogoja in cross river state. NB the chinese also farm and eat cockroaches.
Re: Top Eight Weird Foods Eaten Across The Globe by mizquote(f): 7:53pm On Feb 15, 2016
hmmm. how about bean soup?
Re: Top Eight Weird Foods Eaten Across The Globe by truborn9ja: 10:30pm On Feb 15, 2016
Interesting.... But how delicious is Balut coz I heard it's a popular meal in southeast Asia.

Let's see if this thread will hit front page..

Cc.: obinoscopy lalasticlala
Re: Top Eight Weird Foods Eaten Across The Globe by Mprex(f): 8:53am On Feb 17, 2016
scorpion rat duck
ewwwww
Re: Top Eight Weird Foods Eaten Across The Globe by Flexherbal(m): 11:49am On Feb 17, 2016
I can only manage number 6
Re: Top Eight Weird Foods Eaten Across The Globe by nuelzy: 12:01pm On Feb 17, 2016
hehehe grin...u didnt add ewedu and Amala...dat food looks like watery poo grin...damn weird grin
Re: Top Eight Weird Foods Eaten Across The Globe by justmenoni: 4:34am On Feb 19, 2016
What's it dat u are high on?


nuelzy:
hehehe grin...u didnt add ewedu and Amala...dat food looks like watery poo grin...damn weird grin
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