The most extreme food you can eat on this planet
From fresh crispy locusts to piss-poached chicken eggs, every culture has its own idea of a delicacy.
However, the world is getting smaller, and ideas about what is edible and what is not are also changing. The UN recently suggested that people would do well to learn how to eat insects, as they are full of protein and dietary fiber.
Below you will find 18 photos of the most extreme national dishes from different cuisines of our planet.
(Total 18 photos)
Source: mixstuff.ru
1. A Peruvian woman tosses a pre-skinned frog into a blender. In Peru, frog juice (extracto de rana) is believed to be a powerful aphrodisiac.
2. A butcher from Bolivia cuts a sheep's head. Sheep head soup is one of the most favorite dishes of the Bolivians.
3. This woman cuts a baked cat in the back of a restaurant in Côte d'Ivoire. Cat meat is a traditional food for much of Africa and Asia.
4. Turtle meat can always be bought in the market of one of the port cities of Nicaragua at a price of $ 1.10 per pound (454 grams).
5. In the restaurant of the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta, you can try cobra meat. In the vicinity of Yogyakarta, the provinces of Central Java and East Java, about 1,000 cobras are caught every week and sold for $1.15 each.
6. A woman from Sudan prepares a dish of camel liver. Between 1996 and 2002, Sudan harvested between 72,000 and 81,000 tons of camel per year.
7. This person from Vietnam is preparing to sell dogs. Dog meat is a traditional food for many peoples of East Asia.
8. Once upon a time in Vietnam, rats were eaten only during especially famine times. Now they are cooked as part of a special meal at the end of each lunar calendar.
9. This Peruvian woman cooks a guinea pig dish. Guinea pigs are considered a delicacy in many regions of South America.
10. Snake soup is often boiled in China. Snake meat generally occupies a fairly large place in Chinese cuisine, it is considered very beneficial for health.
11. In Taiwan, cobra eggs and embryos are believed to have healing properties.
12. A Chinese woman eats a dish of bull and dog penises. This Chinese restaurant serves penises from 30 different animals stewed with vegetables. In China, the penises of many animals are considered extremely useful.
13. Lemurs are sold to restaurants in Madagascar as "elite forest game." Many species of lemurs, which are found only in Madagascar, are today on the verge of complete extermination due to poachers.
14. In the Chinese province of Zhejiang, chicken eggs boiled in the urine of little boys are considered a special spring delicacy.
15. At a bus station in the Cambodian province of Kampong Cham, street vendors sell crispy garlic-flavoured spiders for $2 a dozen.
16. In Lahore (Pakistan) for breakfast they prefer a dish called "siri paya", made from the heads and legs of a goat.
17. Sauce with a particularly large variety of ants is called “kulonas”. It is served in most restaurants in the city of Barichara (Colombia).
18. This man from Saudi Arabia gnaws on the paws of a thorntail. It is said that the blood of this lizard heals many diseases and strengthens the body. The meat of these reptiles is considered a delicacy in many regions of the Middle East.