Unusual Foods Eaten Around the World

Casu Marzu is basically sheep milk cheese but with a difference. It is different from other cheeses because it contains live insect maggots. The cheese is left outside until thousands of cheese-flies lay their eggs inside. So if you’d like to try Casu Marzu, you’d better think twice!

Would you like to put something in your mouth that can kill you? There aren’t many meals like fugu which involve risking your life. One of Japan’s most notorious dishes fugu, or pufferfish, can really kill a person if its toxic parts are not removed carefully. Over 20 people have died in Japan since 2000.

This Cambodian delicacy is made of tarantulas which are about the size of a human hand. It is served with a lime and black pepper dip in restaurants. Fried spiders is a popular attraction for tourists passing through the town of Skun.

A Balut is a duck embryo that is boiled alive before it hatches. It is then eaten from the shell. It is most commonly found in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia where it is usually served with cold drinks. In the Philippines, a salt and/or a chili, garlic and vinegar mixture is used to season balut.