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CNN选最恶心食物 多种亚洲食物上榜皮蛋居首(图)
【北美在线
NAOL.CA】 2011/07/01 分类：健康
北美在线(NAOL.CA)：
美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)最近选出全球最“恶心”的食物。在他们眼中，多种亚洲食物都是恶心的，其中认为最恶心的是皮蛋。
CNN说，皮蛋的味道吓人，外型也怪异，像是魔鬼生的蛋。其余上榜的亚洲食物，还包括韩国的狗肉与柬埔寨的“炒狼蛛（一种外观毛绒绒的大蜘蛛）”等。
iReport: World's most 'revolting' foods
Everyone likes to tell their friends, and
sometimes the world, about the most
delicious dishes they discover. But not
everything is a tasty delicacy worthy of
letters home.
Or are they? Do gruesome foodstuffs such
as woodworms and fried frogs taste much
better than they sound?
CNNGo iReporters take us through some of
the culinary challenges they’ve been unlucky
(or lucky) enough to chow down on.
1. Century eggs, China
Century eggs -- not as old as they sound, but they
taste like it.Century eggs are popular among the
Chinese as a pungent appetizer served with pickled
ginger, or cooked in congee. But for others, the
idea of feasting on black eggs that have been
preserved in clay for months may not be appetizing.
iReporter Danny Holwerda purchased the notorious
foodstuff from an Asian supermarket in Texas in
April this year and was not impressed with its
taste.
“It’s awful -- it tastes like the devil cooked
eggs for me,” said Holwerda. “It tastes like
something that used to be an egg, but made some
really horrible choices."
“I'm actually in the middle of a month-long
project for my blog. There have been some memorable
ones so far, but none as awful as century eggs.”
Century eggs can be purchased at most Asian
supermarkets in the United States, as well as
grocery stores throughout China.
2. Tamilok, Philippines
How to make woodworm taste good? Smother it in
vinegar, salt and lime.“The tamilok, or woodworm, is
a popular delicacy in Palawan,” says Filipino
iReporter Sherbien Dacalanio. “It tastes, and has
the same texture, as oysters.”
He recommends diners to “dip the fresh woodworm in
lime, vinegar and salt before eating.”
“But be careful not to swallow the head of the
worm,” he adds. “While eating the woodworm you can
feel the head as hard as a tiny stone."
Those who are interested in a taste of tamilok may
want to head to Kinabuchs Grill and Bar (348 Rizal
Ave., Puerto Princesa, Palawan), which, according to
Dacalanio, is famous for serving the dish.
Dacalanio also recommends Kinabuchs for their
crocodile meat, which he describes as “tender, tasty
and tastes like chicken.”
He adds that the tourist hotspot of Taraw Beach is
lined with street vendors selling tamilok.
3. Fermented chips, Indonesia
When you don't want to see what you're eating,
cover it in batter.Tempeh, which is made of
fermented soybeans, and oncom, a fermented food made
from the by-products of tofu, peanut presscake and
cassava, are deep fried as chips in Indonesia.
“Tempeh chips and oncom chips have a soybean-like
taste, only a little bitter and crunchy,” says
iReporter Chiu Huang.
“A well-known chips shop is Oncom Jaya, located at
Gang Sumanta No.3, Pasirkaliki, Bandung,” Chiu says.
The culinary weirdness doesn’t stop there. Chiu
also recommends chips made from deep-fried offal and
animal parts.
“Intestine chips and tendon chips are crunchy and
salty, while lung chips tastes like liver, but less
bitter and springier,” said Chiu.
“Pork rinds chips and chicken feet chips are
savory and crunchy.”
4. Dog meat and offal, South Korea
Dog meat disguises itself as mushroom in
Busan.iReporter Melvin Francisquini recounts his
experience eating dog meat in Busan, South Korea in
April this year.
“I never had an interest in eating dog, but with
recent countries banning the consumption of them, I
figured I might as well eat it before it's illegal,”
Francisquini says.
“Its texture was like tough cow beef,” he says.
“I must say, I very much enjoyed it,” he adds. “I
ate it for lunch. It proved to be quite filling and
I wasn't hungry for the rest of the day.”
He adds that dog’s stomach is “a bit too slimy for
his taste” but that dog soup was his favorite.
5. Fried tarantula, Cambodia
Fried tarantulas -- not quite as nice as
crickets.The story goes that Cambodians, starving
and desperate under the Khmer Rouge rule in the
1970s, started eating fried tarantulas to stave off
their hunger. Locals now consider fried spiders a
moreish snack.
iReporter Lee Edward van Laer sampled fried
tarantulas after purchasing them from roadside
vendors in Cambodia in March this year.
“I’ll tell you honestly that crickets taste better
than spiders,” says Lee.
For fried spiders Lee recommends the street
vendors on Highway 7 in Cambodia, between Phnom Penh
and Kampong Cham.
Read more about fried tarantulas and other deadly
foods in Asia.
6. Stir-fried cicadas, Thailand
Stir fried cicadas -- taste like mini steaks, with
legs.In Chaing Mai, Thailand, stir-fried cicadas are
served in street markets or in the huts jungle
villagers live in, according to iReporter Adam
Lambert-Gorwyn.
“In the villages, larger animals are reserved for
special occasions, so they collect insects to eat
for their protein source,” says Lambert-Gorwyn.
As to what the stir-fried crawlers taste like, he
says "The initial peanut taste from the wok oil was
followed by a full steak flavor. Not too bad.”
7. Fried frog, Philippines
France has nothing on the Philippines.Fried frog
is a popular delicacy in Pampanga, Philippines,
according to iReporter Dacalanio, who also reported
how to eat woodworms earlier in the story.
“Frog taste like chicken,” says Dacalanio. The
white meat and the texture of frog and chicken are
almost the same.”
Not all restaurants that serve frog do it well,
according to Dacalanio, as some places serve the
dish “with an aftertaste of frogs.”
For lip-smacking fried frog, frog legs and stuffed
frog, the gourmand recommends Everybody's Café in
Pampanga (MacArthur Highway, Del Pilar San Fernando,
Pampanga)
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