Edible "Inedible" Rating: 6 most disgusting delicacies from Asia
The differences between continental cuisines are very great. Sometimes some dishes are considered not just exotic, but completely unacceptable for consumption. What can I say, most of the Asian delicacies disgust every second European. There are also such delicacies that confuse even the most courageous gourmets.
Kiwano is an African cucumber disguised as a melon with thorns. It has a very intimidating appearance, but it tastes like a mixture of cucumber and banana.
This kind of coffee has a special background. Before you get to the table in the form of a fragrant drink, coffee beans go through a difficult path. At first, animals called musangs eat the fruits of the coffee tree. In the process of digesting the product, only the outer soft shell is involved, while the grain comes out with feces. Then they are collected, washed, fried, ground and sold for a very biting price.
This sweetness is not new, but not everyone dares to taste it. Before getting into the candy, these arthropods undergo heat treatment, they also do not contain poison that is fatal to humans.
It turns out that bird nests can serve not only as a "home" for birds, but also be eaten. The nests of swifts are considered a delicacy. The price per kilogram is sky-high - up to $ 2,300. They are used mainly for making soups.
This strange "delicacy" is served mainly in the form of kebabs. It is popular in Asian countries.
If you thought dandelion wine was the height of exoticism, then you were wrong. Snake wine is made in China. During the preparation of this alcoholic beverage, poisonous species of snakes are added to a vessel with bread alcohol or rice wine and left to ferment.