These delicacies from around the world are served while still alive.
In China, frog sashimi is made by slicing up a fresh frog, eating the still beating heart, and garnishing your dish with the intact frog head.
I have to be honest, I have a pretty weak stomache when it comes to food. Call me a betch if you want, but there are a lot of things I just can’t or won’t eat, and food that is eaten alive is right up there on the list. In many countries around the world, food that is eaten alive (you know, heart beating and all) is considered a delicacy, but in the United States of Gary Randall, I like my food well done– preferably with no distinguishable characteristics like eyeballs and such.
Still, I know not everyone is as picky as me, so here are a few international ‘treats’ that are served alive.
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In Copenhagen, you can order a salad topped with crème fraiche and live ants. I’m trying not to be judgy, but if you pay for this (even 2 cents), you’re an idiot and nobody should ever make out with you.
Everyone knows you can eat sea urchins, but did you know you can pull them right out of the ocean, crack them open, and eat them alive? File under: the entire mainstream is down with this.
I don’t know if you know this, but when you buy yogurt that says ‘live cultures’, that means the bacteria is actually still alive. Those squirmy little bugs are just waiting to help you poop better.
In Guam, fruit bat soup is made by flash frying a whole bat, fur and all, and adding it to a ginger and onion soup. And yes, you are expected to eat the entire bat, bones and all. Also, just so we’re clear, Guam is officially off our 2016 Travel Guide.
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