10 of the Weirdest Things You Can Eat in latin America

[thepiranha]

10 of the weirdest things you can eat in Latin America | Matador Network

I think I could eat the Big Butt Ants, Coconut Grubs, Cuy, and Ant Eggs and Worm Tacos, but I'd have a hard time with the other items.

While we're on the subject, what's the weirdest thing you've had to eat or drink while traveling?

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Only thing we tried are the coconut grubs in Ecuador - they really do taste like coconut - however, when we tried them the grubs were still alive and not cooked. It was hard to eat a live grub and I would not do it again! We also tried lemon ants - also alive and they did taste like lemon. Would not really try any of these other things. We did have llama steaks but not llama brains like in the article.

[kyshel]

Durian Fruit is the grossest thing I ate in my life. My husband liked it, but for me, it was "projectiled" at once. UGH.

[bonniejoy03]

We ate a stew of mysteries at Kwadule Lodge with the Kuna Indians in Panama. I don't want to know what was in it but I got very creeped out thinking about it. They did serve jello also....or at least I thought it was jello.....

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there is a local market near us that actually sells durain fruit - evidently you need a special permit to export it into the US and sell it - it does smell even before it is cut up!

[thepiranha]

I had fried crickets in a very authentic Mexican restaurant in Portland, OR. Outside the U.S., the weirdest thing I ever ate was ais kacang, a bizarre mixture of shaved ice, red beans, corn, grass jelly and evaporated milk when I was in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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[lorrainec]

Durian Fruit is the grossest thing I ate in my life. My husband liked it, but for me, it was "projectiled" at once. UGH.

While shopping in my local Asian grocery store I accidentally picked up a packet of wafer cookies that I thought were lemon flavored. In my haste I only glanced at the yellow image on the front and assumed it was lemon because it was yellow. Well, I will never make this mistake again!

When I got around to opening the cookies the first thing that hit me (literally) was the horrific smell that assaulted my nostrils. A cookie should never EVER smell so putrid that you immediately recoil away from it, lol! Thinking I had bought a contaminated product, I took a closer look at the package and discovered that my lemon wafers were actually durian flavored. YUCK!

I find it hard to believe that anyone could eat something so vile. The stench alone was so nauseating that I held the package as far away from my body as I ran to toss it in the trash. I then lite a vanilla scented candle to eradicate the pungent smell from my kitchen. Yes, it really was THAT bad!

As I was looking for a pic of the cookie package to post (you need to see how innocent it looks, lol), I came across this funny blog entry that describes my reactions to a tee! What horror did I bring into my house? « journey to build a creative business

[thepiranha]

Great story and great link!