Weird canned foods from around the world

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Weird canned foods from around the world

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Thousands of years of human civilisation have brought us to the cheeseburger in a can. It looks pretty good, but we suspect the real thing doesn't look anywhere near as appetising...

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...Yep, just as we suspected

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Here's another one where the picture on the outside of the can doesn't prepare you for the horrors that wait inside

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How do you like your armadillo? Sun dried and road tenderised...?

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Roadrunner meat. As sold by the Acme Corporation, presumably

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Powdered horse milk. 100% horse milk - no ponies

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These are not just crickets. There are roasted crickets, with eggs...

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...and these are not just frogs' legs. These are gourmet frogs' legs, with spicy holy basil...

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...and these are not just scorpions. These are smokey BBQ roasted scorpions

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Preserved black scorpions? We would have thought the best way to preserve black scorpions would be by not killing them and putting them in a jar

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Give your favourite relative a canned relative of Rudolph this Christmas

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Dale's Wild West, purveyors of smoked rattlesnake...

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...elk au jus...

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...buffalo au jus...

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...and alligator, cajun style

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"Road weary" potted potted possum sauce. It's a southern surprise, apparently. We're glad to see it's been improved, too

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Quail eggs in a can? Oh, tasty joy!

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Buzzard gizzard - now that's a mouthful

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Weaver ants' eggs, from the appropriately-named bizarrefood.com

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We can't decide which sounds less alluring: mole crickets or brown curry

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BBQ flavour bamboo worms? Sounds like an item served to D-list celebs in a Bushtucker Trial...

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...and here's another one. Giant bug chili paste? I'm a celebrity, get me out of here

that in chicken in a can looks absolutely disgusting!
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Post by faceless »

mmmm, jelly soaked pure white chicken.

The burger is something else though - ack!
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If the buzzard gizzards are new and improved I would hate to think what they were like before!
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It's amazing what people will eat...
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does anyone know what 'buffalo au jus' means? It can't be buffalo juice like I'm thinking, can it?

'You want crab juice or mountain dew?'

'bleh, gimme the crab juice!'
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This is probably Faceless staple diet :shhh:
Classic Scottish haggis has several variations, but a common cooking method involves stuffing oatmeal, onions, seasonings and a mixture of minced organ meats (think heart, liver, lungs) into the stomach of a sheep. That succulent sausage concoction is then simmered in water for several hours to produce the traditional treat. Pick up a couple of cans for a rainy day, and don't forget the neeps and tatties!
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I think the buffalo au jus is just that...buffalo meat with juice. They eat buffalo out west. It is on alot of menus in Denver, but I haven't tried it yet. Next trip...
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... I know what I'd rather be eating :cunning:

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All of these reminded me of the start of this clip, puffin chunks!
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Fish Assholes?

I was about to make myself some supper, but I don't think I'm hungry anymore after looking at these pictures :lol:
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It's all protein! We are so fussy about which kind of protein we will & will not eat in "the west". It doesn't really make a lot of sense when you think about it. We'll eat lobster, crabs, shrimp etc, just 'cos they come from the sea, but if they crawled onto land and became an insect we are disgusted at the thought. You are still eating it's guts, its poo and its reproductive organs when you tuck into your prawn cocktail. Why not go the whole-hog, and eat the whole hog?

BTW - that canned chicken looked nasty! :p
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there's a digestive tract that runs through a raw prawn - you take that out before cooking.

Did you go to the wrong barby one night? haha
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SquareEyes wrote:It's all protein! We are so fussy about which kind of protein we will & will not eat in "the west". It doesn't really make a lot of sense when you think about it. We'll eat lobster, crabs, shrimp etc, just 'cos they come from the sea, but if they crawled onto land and became an insect we are disgusted at the thought. You are still eating it's guts, its poo and its reproductive organs when you tuck into your prawn cocktail. Why not go the whole-hog, and eat the whole hog?

BTW - that canned chicken looked nasty! :p
I wouldn't eat anything's digestive tract, quite frankly!
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faceless wrote:there's a digestive tract that runs through a raw prawn - you take that out before cooking.

Did you go to the wrong barby one night? haha
Yep. Every shrimp I have ever made I devein. If I have it in a restaurant and see it, I send it back. The reproductive organs are in the same place as well.
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