Results: 35 Weirdest Foods From Around the World (Part Two)

Black Pudding (Blood Sausage) – Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe - Pretty widely available, really. Still, there are a large number of people who find the idea revolting. Congealed blood cooked up with various natural flavorings, thickening agents like suet and breadcrumbs and stuffed into a sausage skin. Have you ever had this food?

Hákarl – Iceland - The rotting carcass of a Greenland or basking shark. It's buried underground in a shallow pit and pressed with stones so the poisonous internal fluids that allow it to live in such cold waters can be drained out making the meat safe to eat. After this it's hung out to dry before being cut into strips and served. With a smell that's described as ammonia-rich and a strong 'fishy-flavor', it was described by Anthony Bourdain as "the single worst, most disgusting and terrible tasting thing" he'd tried. Have you ever had this food?

Surstromming – Sweden - Baltic Sea herring fermented with just enough salt used to prevent it from rotting. Mainly found tinned in brine these days, when opened it releases such a pungent aroma that it usually needs to be eaten outside. Sounds delightful. Have you ever had this food?

Century Egg / 100 Year Old Egg / 1000 Year Old Egg – China - Yeah, OK, it's neither a century nor a millennium old, but this egg is pretty rotten. After being preserved in a mixture of clay, ash and quicklime for a few months, the yolk turns a dark green or even black and slimy while the white turns to a dark brown translucent jelly. Apparently, it smells strongly of sulfur and ammonia, but tastes like a hard boiled egg… until you breathe out that is. Have you ever had this food?

Shiokara – Japan - Now this really does sound bad. A dish made of pieces of meat taken from a selection of sea creatures, served in a brown, viscous paste of their own salted and fermented viscera. Oh, I forgot to say, it's all served raw. You enjoy, I'm going to grab a bucket. Have you ever had this food?