The scariest dishes in the world

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Traveling and cuisine go fabulously well together, and so does traveling and extreme sports, but what about all three of them together? In some places, eating the local delicacies counts as an extreme sport, especially when your dish can land you in a hospital or even worse.

Fortunately for them, these dangerous dishes are also extremely delicious, and when they are well prepared there is no risk in eating them. Still, you’re likely to get a thrill or two while tasting the scariest dishes in the world, even while your mouth is watering, and here are a few examples.

Fugu, Japan

This highly prized Japanese delicacy can kill you in a matter of hours if it is not prepared as it should be. It takes years of training for a chef to be authorized to prepare fugu, or blowfish, because if the fish’s liver or reproductive organs are not removed properly, it becomes highly poisonous.

Nowadays in Japan you can find prepared and packaged fugu in supermarkets, but the true blowfish eating experience should happen at a traditional restaurant.

Casu Marzu, Sardinia

Food doesn’t have to be deathly to be scary, and the Sardinian casu marzu cheese is the best example. This cheese certainly looks scary, and it has even been banned by the EU, but you can still find it in small markets and eateries. The cheese looks like pecorino and smells like gorgonzola, but it is also crawling with maggots, which are essential for the preparation process, and are still squirming when the cheese is eaten.

Sannakji, South Korea

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Sannakji, or wriggling octopus, is just what it says on the label. The tentacles of a small octopus species are cut off while the animal is still alive, and they are eaten while still wriggling.

In addition to amounting to animal cruelty, the dish can also get stuck in your throat because of the animal’s suction cups which are still functional.

Ackee, Jamaica

The ackee fruit is a staple in Jamaican cuisine, not only because it is very tasty, but also because it is high in protein, vitamin A and fatty acids. However, if you decide to buy your ackee at the market while in Jamaica, be careful to eat only the buttery yellow flesh, but not the black bits or the reddish exterior, because they can be very poisonous, and eating them can result in Jamaican vomiting sickness.

Bullfrog, Namibia

If in France only the frog’s legs are eaten, in Namibia, the whole frog is consumed with relish, and it counts as a national delicacy.

However, eating giant Namibian bullfrogs can be a tricky business, because the frog’s body can be filled with all sorts of toxins. In Namibia, they are harvested after mating season and ‘after the third rain’, when toxin levels are at their lowest.

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