# Worst Food You've Ever Seen Ordered? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 24, 2005, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236 "2005-05-24T07:02:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/121 "2005-06-15T15:19:07Z")
We’ve discussed “casu marzu” on this Board before. I was curious about it, so I looked for a picture. This is the closest thing I could find – a painting “inspired” by the artist’s meal of the interesting cheese. It doesn’t look that gross, until you remember what’s in it: [http://passmoore.com/picture.php?pic=485](http://passmoore.com/picture.php?pic=485) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/122 "2005-06-15T15:23:17Z")
According to this site, there are other cheeses that can actually give Casu Marzu a run for its money: [http://www.rurou.org/archives/000106.html](http://www.rurou.org/archives/000106.html) I have come to the conclusion that people will eat or drink _anything_ with nonzero taste. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/123 "2005-06-15T17:30:25Z")
So… …can we add _ **casu marzu** _ to the SDMB initiation ritual? The goat, the straw, the calamari, and the cheese. Heh heh heh… ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/124 "2005-06-15T17:36:01Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > We’ve discussed “casu marzu” on this Board before. I was curious about it, so I looked for a picture. This is the closest thing I could find – a painting “inspired” by the artist’s meal of the interesting cheese. It doesn’t look that gross, until you remember what’s in it: > > [http://passmoore.com/picture.php?pic=485](http://passmoore.com/picture.php?pic=485) [http://www.luifilm.com/photo/Cazu.jpg](http://www.luifilm.com/photo/Cazu.jpg) Of course I think you really need an animated version to get the maggot leaping effect… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/125 "2005-06-15T18:01:50Z")
It ain’t as bad as the cheese, but I still think weasel-excreted cofee is pretty gross: [http://organicafe.com/futures.html](http://organicafe.com/futures.html) This site demurely suggests the coffee is “regurgitated”, but we know better =-- it’s been pooped out. > **[FIREBOX® | Shop For The Unusual](https://firebox.com/?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=616)** > > Shop unusual presents and gift ideas with our curated range of personalised gifts, presents for the home, tech and gadget gifts, and more! I think Casu Marzu washed down by Weasel Coffee has the potential to be the ultimate gross-out meal. People will, I swear, eat just about anything. Both these foods are supposed to be “enhanced” by the natural enzymes and secretions of the animals involved – as if this is a _good_ thing. Perhaps I should come out with a line of chewing gum that has been soaked in crocodile bile. I could make the same claims for it. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/126 "2005-06-15T18:09:12Z")
> [@Thirty-Nine](#): > > When I was young and holidaying in Hong Kong, I came across ‘thousand year old eggs’ in the hotel buffet. They had the same texture as a boiled egg, but predominately black with streaks of red and yellow. > > Thanks to a combination of the name and appearance, thousand year old eggs did not make an appearance on my plate that morning. > > I had to Google to make sure that this wasn’t some childish fantasy or woosh. Nope – according to [wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand-year_egg) they’re actually a Chinese delicacy. Naturally, they’re preserved, and far younger than their name suggests: typically around 100 days. Call me culturally insensitive, but… c’mon, _look_ at this [photo](http://img.alibaba.com/photo/50237094/Preserved_Duck_Egg.jpg) – definitely my candidate. I spent three years in Asia, and ate snake, bugs, dog, hog penises, and I don’t even want to think about what else. I’m pretty flexible. Thousand-year eggs are the foulest thing I’ve ever encountered. _By far._ ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/127 "2005-06-15T19:03:49Z")
> [@](#): > > There were quite a few strange flavors, but the only one I remember specifically was rose ice cream - I asked someone what it tasted like, and they said “delicate perfume.” Bleargh! Oh man. Rose is like the greatest flavor ever! If you ever get the chance, try some Rooh-Afza. It’s a sweet Indian syrup that’s a mix of several flavors, with rose predominating. You mix it with some milk and wind up with a truly delicious nectar. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/128 "2005-06-16T04:43:44Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > The one thing I’ve eaten that icks other people out the most is: > a fish, plucked straight out of the water and a towel is wrapped around it’s head. It’s then quickly pan fried and served immediately. When it comes to the table, the fish is still alive and gasping for air while people pick off it’s flesh. It was yummy 😃 In my opinion, you’re winning for the most abhorent food described in this thread :eek: ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/129 "2005-06-16T05:36:12Z")
> [@Kiwi Fruit](#): > > It’s a yeast spread, and I don’t like it. There seem to be country specific versions, for example see [the New Zealand](http://www.sanitarium.co.nz/products/spreads.html) version I looked at the URL very quickly and I could swear it said “santorum.co.nz”. Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/130 "2005-06-18T06:56:20Z")
I just rememberd another one I saw in some dated film posted on the wilds of the interenet somewhere. Link long gone. Take it for what you will. Two men and two women in Western clothing walk into a restaurant in someplace clearly in the Middle East. Waiter brings out a live, small money. The monkey is attached to the table in such a way that the top of it’s head is above the table and the body is dangling below. The waiter demonstrates, and one of the men subsequently gets way enthusiastic about what he’s supposed to do. With a small hammer, the man beats on the top of the monkey’s skull for about 5 minutes. The other people are recoiling in disgust. The monkey eventually dies/blacks out. The waiter uses another tool to remove the broken bone and junk until the brain is exposed. The people dig in. Like I said, the video was old and may have even been staged. Will try to find a link, but no promises. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/131 "2005-06-18T13:58:47Z")
In college, I had a roommate who had no sense of smell, therefore a very limited sense of taste. He would combine foods based on texture alone. I saw him prepare oatmeal with peas, and Ramen noodles with raisins. Now, I know it’s not Casu Marzu, but still, yuck. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2005, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/132 "2005-06-18T18:16:45Z")
> [@Pullet](#): > > I just rememberd another one I saw in some dated film posted on the wilds of the interenet somewhere. Link long gone. Take it for what you will. > > Two men and two women in Western clothing walk into a restaurant in someplace clearly in the Middle East. Waiter brings out a live, small money. The monkey is attached to the table in such a way that the top of it’s head is above the table and the body is dangling below. The waiter demonstrates, and one of the men subsequently gets way enthusiastic about what he’s supposed to do. With a small hammer, the man beats on the top of the monkey’s skull for about 5 minutes. The other people are recoiling in disgust. The monkey eventually dies/blacks out. The waiter uses another tool to remove the broken bone and junk until the brain is exposed. The people dig in. > > Like I said, the video was old and may have even been staged. Will try to find a link, but no promises. That was from the first Faces of Death movie and i’m almost certain it was staged. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/133 "2005-06-19T05:54:27Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > That was from the first Faces of Death movie and i’m almost certain it was staged. Oh Yeah! Now I remember. I was going nuts trying to dig it up on the internet. It was staged? Good. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/134 "2005-06-19T06:05:15Z")
How in the hell do you “stage” that? What do you mean staged? It’d be kind of hard to fake that kind of scene. ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/135 "2005-06-19T06:09:26Z")
> [@Argent Towers](#): > > How in the hell do you “stage” that? What do you mean staged? It’d be kind of hard to fake that kind of scene. Well, yes, but easy to buy a monkey and hire three actors to do it. The film was 1978; PETA was started in 1980. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/136 "2005-06-19T06:26:05Z")
So you are saying that people bought a monkey, hired actors, then had the actors actually tear out and eat the monkey’s brains? How is that staged? It actually happened, didn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/137 "2005-06-19T06:46:44Z")
The old Monkey Bait and Switch. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/138 "2005-06-19T15:22:08Z")
About two years ago my wife and I went to the famous Cantor’s Delicatessen on Fairfax, and she ordered corned beef and cabbage. So what, you say? How bad can that be? What was so bad about it was that it was massive. The plate appeared to be piled 12 inches deep with layers of meat and cabbage. Unfortunately it reminded me of a cartoon by Kliban–whom you may remember as a sort of low rent Gary Larson–the point of said cartoon being “Never eat anything bigger than your head.” The plate they set down in front of my wife looked just like the one in the cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/139 "2005-06-19T20:05:35Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Honestly folks, who here hasn’t consumed bodily fluids of another human being? Well, yeah. But I never ordered it in a restaurant. (mind the OP, please. Lest ye melt, and fall to earth.) ---
**Author:** ![Khampelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236/140 "2005-06-19T20:14:43Z")
I should put in that I often order pizza with Mushrooms, Anchovy, and Pineapple. that squicks some people out, but everyone who’s actually tried it agrees it’s good. The Salt and sweet balance well, the mushrooms are just so you can call the pie “Fish, Fruit and Fungus.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-food-youve-ever-seen-ordered/305236.md?page=6)