Unusual Recipes and Weird Food
Livermush It’s hard to persuade anyone from outside North Carolina to try the state’s signature dish with a name like livermush. Livermush is made from pig liver, head parts, and cornmeal, which is then baked into a brick shape. It is prepared by slicing a premade loaf and frying it. It is served with grits …
Koolickle The Koolickle, a Mississippi delicacy made by soaking pickles in Kool-Aid, is one of the most visually shocking dishes. Aside from its appearance, those who have tried the Koolickle rave about its sweet-and-salty combination. These Kool Aid Pickles are tangy, sweet, and sour, and they’re a crazy twist on a normally savory condiment that …
Coda Vaccinara Coda Vaccinara. The vaccinara is traditionally made with cow oxtail, but it can also be made with veal tail, whose meat is more tender and requires less cooking time. With chopped vegetables and peeled tomatoes, the tail is stewed for a long time over low heat and covered.
Hala Fruit or Tahitian screw pine The Hala fruit, like the paste made from the leaves, has a delicate, sweet flavor. It can be consumed raw, cooked, ground into a paste, or squeezed into juice. The fruit, which is found in Southeast Asia, eastern Australia, the Pacific Islands, and Hawaii, is a large edible fruit …
While the idea of eating a giant rodent with big orange teeth may put some people off, chefs and hunters agree that nutria are a tasty addition to the dinner table. In the mid-nineteenth century, the infamous ‘river rat,’ was introduced to the west coast of the United States as a substitute for mink. Although …
East St. Louis was a huge packing town from the mid-1900s to the 1970s, and those packers ended up with a lot of excess things like brains that no one knew what to do with, so the bars around St. Louis started doing fried beef brain sandwiches.The organ is eaten in a variety of cultures, …
Gator tail isn’t a slang term for anything else. The alligator tails are literally alligator tails, and the people of Florida love them. They roast them on spits, use them to garnish burgers, and deep fry them. Cajun Fried Gator Tail is one of those recipes for tender, flavorful Cajun seasoned alligator tail nuggets that …