# What's the most disgusting food? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 2, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129 "2005-05-02T21:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/21 "2005-05-02T22:53:41Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > Hace you Haggis haters actually tried Haggis, it is yummy-nice. Specially with neeps and tatties. I refuse to eat food with silly names. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/22 "2005-05-02T23:06:11Z")
The most revolting-looking food I have ever seen: [Pickled Pork Rinds](http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php) (go to volume 2). Itā€™s a jar of pale, pallid skin. ---
**Author:** ![Cagey\_Drifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/23 "2005-05-02T23:18:17Z")
Oh my God, that shit at the bottom of that page looks absolutely nasty! ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/24 "2005-05-03T00:38:11Z")
Nobody has mention kimchi yet? The smell is enough to make me sick. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/25 "2005-05-03T01:27:35Z")
You guys are all rank amateurs. Last time this thread happened, we discussed such winners as **Lutefisk** , which is basically fish dissolved in Lye, and some mysterious Icelandic items which, from the description, basically consisted of burying an animal carcasse in the ground for 6 months and letting it rot. Also, thereā€™s something called ā€œthousand year old eggsā€ or something. Iā€™ve blocked out mosf of my memories of that thread, fortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/26 "2005-05-03T01:30:07Z")
[Balut](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut) I saw a segment about this on some show about Taboo foods on the National Geographic channel. Basically (from link): _a balut is a fertilized duck egg with a nearly-developed embryo inside that is boiled and eaten in the shell._ I think I could eat anything except for that. And yes, I would even eat Haggis before eating Balut. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/27 "2005-05-03T01:33:21Z")
Dear Og, how could anything be nastier than food that feels like pimples popping in your mouth? Blech! ---
**Author:** ![baronsabato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@baronsabato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/baronsabato)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/28 "2005-05-03T01:39:09Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Nobody has mention kimchi yet? The smell is enough to make me sick. Mm, I love kimchi. But I will admit itā€™s definitely an acquired taste. ---
**Author:** ![Blind\_Guardian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Blind\_Guardian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blind_Guardian)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/29 "2005-05-03T01:42:03Z")
Some good nominees, so Iā€™ll have to take the best one that hasnā€™t been mentioned yet. Four words: [Potted Meat Food Product](http://www.pk.org/pottedmeat.html) ! I spotted a can of this stuff on the shelf in my local supermarket while I was looking for a can of tuna one day. It was the Libbyā€™s variety, and it immediately made me wary because it didnā€™t have any sort of picture on the can. How vile could it be if they canā€™t even create a marginally appetizing image to grace the outside of the can? I wondered why it was called a ā€œmeat food product,ā€ until I read the ingredients. The answer is that it contains meat from several different animals, and it seems to be the parts of animals that couldnā€™t be used for hot dog production. I didnā€™t have the courage to buy a can and see what was inside, much less actually try to eat it. Gives me the creeps just imagining whatā€™s inside that can. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/30 "2005-05-03T01:47:17Z")
> [@Blind Guardian](#): > > Gives me the creeps just imagining whatā€™s inside that can. Butā€¦butā€¦itā€™s nearly rectum free! ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/31 "2005-05-03T01:47:45Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Nato is pretty nasty. > > Itā€™s rotting beans, which, according to my SIL donā€™t taste good, smell good, or have a pleasant texture - and she LIKES it. > > I have no explanation other than she also seems to dig chicken ovaries, so I suppose thereā€™s no accounting for taste. Wanna spoil your evening? Go to an authentic sushi bar and eat the natto sushi!! (Curse you! TODAI) ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/32 "2005-05-03T01:53:57Z")
My nominee is **durian** - an asian fruit that has a smell somewhere between rotting garbage and particularily nasty foot odor. However, it actually tastes pretty good if you can get past the smell. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/33 "2005-05-03T01:54:35Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > You guys are all rank amateurs. Last time this thread happened, we discussed such winners as **Lutefisk** , which is basically fish dissolved in Lye, and some mysterious Icelandic items which, from the description, basically consisted of burying an animal carcasse in the ground for 6 months and letting it rot. > > Also, thereā€™s something called ā€œthousand year old eggsā€ or something. > Iā€™ve blocked out mosf of my memories of that thread, fortunately. Scandinavians love eating rancid foods. A friend of mine was upset that I cleaned up his refrig while housesitting. DUDE, it had black mold on it!! That goat cheese smelled like goat!! PS: Lutefisk looks and smells like something you threw up!! ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/34 "2005-05-03T02:05:32Z")
I happen to LOVE liver, sauerkraut, anchovies, and herring in sour cream sauce! ---
**Author:** ![Domokun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c77e96/32.png) [@Domokun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Domokun)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/35 "2005-05-03T02:10:03Z")
Overgrown sea spider or ā€œcrabā€ as some people call it. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/36 "2005-05-03T02:15:34Z")
Pickled beef tongue sandwiches. Souse (kind of like jello salad with unidentifiable bits of leftover pig). Iā€™ve never tried chitlins, but if they taste as bad as they smell, I donā€™t understand how anyone could eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/37 "2005-05-03T02:18:50Z")
Anything ā€œsolidā€ on the Sonic menu. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/38 "2005-05-03T03:06:07Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > You guys are all rank amateurs. Last time this thread happened, we discussed such winners as **Lutefisk** , which is basically fish dissolved in Lye, and some mysterious Icelandic items which, from the description, basically consisted of burying an animal carcasse in the ground for 6 months and letting it rot. > > Also, thereā€™s something called ā€œthousand year old eggsā€ or something. > Iā€™ve blocked out mosf of my memories of that thread, fortunately. On the topic of rotting Icelandic delicacies: I believe it is shark, but the shark is toxic to eat. They let it rot so that the ammonia can seep out. I think I saw someone onā€¦dangit, that one PBS show, where they travel around, you know the one. Globe Trekker, thatā€™s it. The guy remarked that the smell of the shark ā€˜curingā€™ was an unbearable very strong urine odor. When his host tried to feed him the stuff, he looked quite green. From what I understand it is the only viable source of protein in the Iceland-area ecosystem. (After you found that out, wouldnā€™t you get in your boat and book it back? I sure as hell would.) And deep fried haggis? Good Og. (Insert barf smiley here). ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/39 "2005-05-03T03:08:50Z")
Liver. Scrapple. (my parents think this stuff is a delicacy) Papaya (sorry, but to me it smells exactly like vomit) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/40 "2005-05-03T03:22:13Z")
Headcheese. 'Nuff said. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129.md?page=3)