'Orrible things some folks eat.

Reminds me of a scene in the old Amercan TV series All In The Family (which was based upon a British show btw). It's breakfast, and Edith brings Archie his plate. Archie: Edith, what is this? Edith: Tongue. I thought we'd try something new. Archie: Tongue?! Are you out of your mind? I'll never eat anything that came out of a cow's mouth. Now bring my my eggs and crispy bacon! I recall that in Viet Nam, dog meat is popular. In Thailand, various forms of fried insects are popular offerings from the street vendors.

There have been reports that north of Watford people put mushy peas and curry sauce on chips.

they eat a lot of fermented bean paste in Japan which is disgusting.... but then again I like blue cheese which is basically mould, mmm, yummy yummy.

Some places in the far east they eat cats apparently. Just imagine, eating pussy!

Badda Boom Badda Bing ....'tis indeed a fur piece to go for a joke there, Missi....

haggis has to be one of the most disgusting things i've heard of.. and in egypt we have something similar.. 'cept instead of stomach.. it's intestines.. yuk.. but i think every country in the world has its strange tastes.. that seem normal to them.. but to a foreigner they seem awful..

yes dude that is sick

I once ate a fried cockroach. It tasted quite nice, actually.

Deep-fried locust (not bad, nice an' crunchy) Camels balls (rather tough) Camels liver (ditto, very leathery) Sheeps eyeballs (wasn't keen on that, but it would've been VERY rude to refuse) Fermented soya pasta (miso) is delicious and makes a really tasty soup - rich and almost meaty, without the toxins. Marvellous with certain types of seaweed. And it's incredibly healthy, full of protein - yum!

Andrea, your culinary adventures are disgusting.

Disgusting maybe - interesting certainly.

It's what makes life so marvellously ridiculous...

Sheep's brains in the market square in Marrakesh. Slimy and horrible. Haggis - yummy, yummy, yummy. Jellied eels (my Dad's favourite) - spiny and slimy and disgusting. Snails, blue cheese, liver, tongue, all very good! McDonalds - the second most revolting thing I've ever tasted. The worst is KFC - what do they put in it? Why do people eat that disgusting muck?

Muzz, The thing about the monkey brains is that the poor animals are alive while the meal is in progress. The belief is that eating the brains of a living animal has all sorts of properties that promote good health. Sick huh?

Haggis gets such a bad press. Ingredient-wise, it's not a whole lot different to sausage. With haggis-slaggers tend to eat with gusto (Lips 'n' arseholes, etc etc.)

This is a dish just eaten in Scotland I think - A battered Mars Bar! It's when you pour batter like you get on fish on a Mars bar, fry it and eat it. Like biting into a heart attack. Yum yum :b

Several chip shops in my area serve fried Mars bars. Essex has always been a tasteless part of the country.

That's what I thought PaulG - it's only the bit AROUND the...um...dish that's so...er...disturbing. The stomach, like. The actual CONTENT is much like shepherds pie, innit? Without the...ahem...shepherd. Onions, mince (though Gawd knows what actually IS minced), carrots, etc, no? Personally I find tripe 'n' onions a FAR more unappetising prospect. Even worse than sheeps brains, which are actually quite tasty if cooked correctly. Agree totally on the jellied eels though, TC. Very nasty.

Jellied eels are actually tasty if you first scrape or pull the black rubbery skin off and throw it away, douse the remaining white fish liberally with vinegar and pepper, suck the flesh off the bone, dip a chunk of bread in the jelly and eat with the flesh, then spit the bone out in the street by the side of the eel stall. Pie Mash and Liquor anyone? (strange green slimy parsley sauce) best served with...vinegar and pepper of course. Haggis is ok if eaten in the traditional manner - liberally doused with whiskey. Food that's alive, now that's really disgusting.

there's a part of a chicken called Parsons Nose (its bum in fact). Can you imagine a dish of battered bumbits served as a delicacy maybe with roquette?