Weird Food

Food

1.

Deep fried spiders, Cambodia

This is probably the most unusual food we have seen in all our travels. We didn’t believe it until we saw it with our own eyes. Ladies walk around with a tray full of big black hairy spiders that have been marinated and barbecued. People buy bags full of them. Clare was game enough to try one, but could only manage a leg! A little crunchy and hairy, but not inedible!

2.

Thorny honeycomb, India

One day we saw a young girl selling what looked like a branch off a thorn tree, and in fact it was but with a piece of natural honey comb around it.

3.

Eating a tree, India

We stumbled across this guy selling food in the streets. It was thin slices off the top of a tree trunk approximately 25 cm diameter. It is pale in colour, a little sweet with a very woody texture.

We also saw a similar thing in Mexico, people were sawing sections off a tree trunk at a bus station to eat.

4.

Chicken and the egg, Vietnam

A delicacy of Vietnam is to eat a fertilised chicken egg, with a little baby chicken inside. We were too chicken to try it!

5.

Barbequed frogs on a stick, Laos

We saw this at a market, but were not game to try.

6.

Scottish Haggis

meaty meal made from animal lungs, heart and liver, mixed with oatmeal, onions and barley, salt and spices. This is the basic recipe, and I am sure there are other variations. It is eaten all mushed up like mince meat, and has rather a strong meaty flavour.

7.

Fried insects, Thailand

Another one we did not try - fried insects of every kind – scorpions, grubs, crickets, grasshoppers, wasps (and also even baby chickens!)

8.

Cow parts, Amalfi, Italy

We did not quite work this one out. It looks like it may be the tounge of the cow, which they cut up and served in newspaper with a squeeze of lemon.

9.

Black vegetable, India

We came across a vegetable that we had not seen before, so Clare tried some and regretted it later as she was quiet sick afterwards. We never found out what they were.

10.

Kai pen in Laos

Kai pen is crispy sheets of Mekong river weed, dried flat with sprinkles of sesame seeds, sliced tomato and garlic. Tastes like sushi rolls without the rice!