What is the nastiest thing you've ever eaten?

Lutefisk. (Fish treated in lye) A delicacy in Norway. Anything that looks like a slimy grey lump of jello on your plate and has to have its flavour hidden by peas, bacon, bacon grease, lots of mustard and potatoes just to avoid gagging from it, is best avoided.

I don't think the waitress had spat on it, but honestly it looked so unappetising that it would be hard to notice.

Wife and friends and I went out one night drinking (this was 20+ years ago). We came home late but had stopped and purchased big gulps at the local 7-Eleven before going home and going to bed. I probably drank maybe a 3rd of mine. In the morning I got up, and after a night of drinking I wanted something cold/quick to drink so I grabbed my big gulp and drank a whole bunch of it quickly. Only problem was some *kitten* had emptied the nearest ashtray into it without telling anyone. I was sick as a dog for the rest of the day lol. Beyond that the only two things i ever ate that were actually food that were horrible was black licorice (I hate that flavor), or those little hairy salty fish they put on pizza lol (anchovies).

Salmiak. It's salty licorice candy I had in Iceland. Completely disgusting.

MrStabbems wrote: »

Why on earth would anyone eat a live animal? give the thing at least some dignity before you eat it for *kitten* sake

They just chop it up in front of you and it's still squirming around when you eat it. Muscle motor neurons and such.

Dulse, a favored snack in Nova Scotia of dried seaweed. Blech! Much worse than the dried squid strips a Taiwanese friend loves though similarly salty, dry and unchewable. If I must choose, I prefer the slight seafood flavor of the squid strips to the mineral taste of the dulse. P'tooie!

jessiferrrb wrote: »

live baby octopus in a korean fish market. i got horrible food poisoning, but it wasn't from the octopus, i think it was the other raw fish that they brained on the ground then served us.

eta: the octopus wins because it actually fights on the way down and uses the little suckers to grab onto your tongue and cheeks.

That's just horrifying

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Soft serve that had gone bad. Maybe not the grossest but definitely the largest contrast between reality and expectation.

Gloriam_Sanguinis wrote: »

Oh as a pure breed Viking still living in Iceland I win this game.

I've had:
Fermented sheep testicles
Fermented whale fat
Fermented sheep head with eyes and tongue still attached.. actually the eye is the best part cause it has no taste but don't bite on it cause there'll be a pop when it bursts.
Fermented shark.... don't smell it, just eat it and try not to gag
Fermented sheep jam (jam made of sheep's fat and meat)
Fermented haggis
Fermented blood sausage
Fermented sting ray.. smell of it lingers in your hair and your cloths until you clean them. Dont ever make one at home.
Seaweed

Then we also have something called brain stew.. It's sheep brain.. mashed in a stew. It's not very popular and I've only had it once.. never again.

You win! Thought some of the Norwegian stuff was rank, but you got it covered.

My steamed sheeps head comes nowhere close!

I love kimchi and little hairy fishes (anchovies), and big salty gooey fish balls (caviar), seaweed in any shape or form, and many other things I shouldn't mention so our American born MFPer won't get a heart attack. I
I won't dare to try a lot of things I've seen at an Oriental supermarket (swallow nests, scary looking seaworms and such.)
There are some very yucky stuff at our supermarket as well, e.g. eggnog, sliced bagged bread in the bread isle - the smell only makes me choke, mass made pies and pop-tarts taste like cardboard, but not much.
Orange flavor Mentos taste like laundry detergent

Gloria wins but
Bug larvae in Korea
Shrimp chips in Korea
Cow Stomach in the Czech Republic
White Castle hamburgers

Gloriam_Sanguinis wrote: »

Bonny132 wrote: »

Gloriam_Sanguinis wrote: »

Oh as a pure breed Viking still living in Iceland I win this game.

I've had:
Fermented sheep testicles
Fermented whale fat
Fermented sheep head with eyes and tongue still attached.. actually the eye is the best part cause it has no taste but don't bite on it cause there'll be a pop when it bursts.
Fermented shark.... don't smell it, just eat it and try not to gag
Fermented sheep jam (jam made of sheep's fat and meat)
Fermented haggis
Fermented blood sausage
Fermented sting ray.. smell of it lingers in your hair and your cloths until you clean them. Dont ever make one at home.
Seaweed

Then we also have something called brain stew.. It's sheep brain.. mashed in a stew. It's not very popular and I've only had it once.. never again.

You win! Thought some of the Norwegian stuff was rank, but you got it covered.

My steamed sheeps head comes nowhere close!

I'll take steamed sheep head anytime over the fermented one... you call it Sviđ in Norway too?

Gloriam_Sanguinis wrote: »

Bonny132 wrote: »

Gloriam_Sanguinis wrote: »

Oh as a pure breed Viking still living in Iceland I win this game.

I've had:
Fermented sheep testicles
Fermented whale fat
Fermented sheep head with eyes and tongue still attached.. actually the eye is the best part cause it has no taste but don't bite on it cause there'll be a pop when it bursts.
Fermented shark.... don't smell it, just eat it and try not to gag
Fermented sheep jam (jam made of sheep's fat and meat)
Fermented haggis
Fermented blood sausage
Fermented sting ray.. smell of it lingers in your hair and your cloths until you clean them. Dont ever make one at home.
Seaweed

Then we also have something called brain stew.. It's sheep brain.. mashed in a stew. It's not very popular and I've only had it once.. never again.

You win! Thought some of the Norwegian stuff was rank, but you got it covered.

My steamed sheeps head comes nowhere close!

I'll take steamed sheep head anytime over the fermented one... you call it Sviđ in Norway too?

Smalahovud is the name of the dish in Norway
Sau is sheep. Smalahovud means small head.