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While most people probably do not consider the contents of their cookbooks to be too strange, to a foreigner your lunch could be the equivalent of a nightmare.

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Created by: marija.horvat

Number of Blossarys: 21

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Usually eaten in Scandinavia this delicacy is made from aged stockfish and lye. The corrosive alkaline substance also known as caustic soda is used to soak the fish for several days. After being ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

Čvarci (sig. čvarak) is a specialty popular in the Balkan cuisine, a variant of pork rinds. They are a kind of pork 'crisps', with fat thermally extracted from the lard.

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

In indonesia they love these little stinkers. Supposedly though, they taste like bitter sunflower seeds without the salt. Chew quickly.

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

One of the worlds most expensive varieties of coffee it can reach up to 150 USD per pound. It is made from coffee berry beans that have been defecated by Civets, small mammals native to Southeast ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

While them might be from the rocky mountains, they are certainly not oysters. They are actually bull-calf testicles – peeled, flattened, and deep fried.

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

Like many eastern foods, this one is served raw. Very raw. Just watch as the chef dismembers a small octopus before your eyes and seasons the pieces with sesame oil, if he can hit them that is, ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

A northern swedish dish that consists of fermented baltic herring, it is usually sold in cans like the one in the picture. While they are being shipped the cans sometimes bulge due to the ongoing ...

Domain: Food (other); Category: International dishes

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