Real or Fake: Strange World Food

JUNGLE EGGS - Tree-buried lizard eggs marinated in leaf oil

CENTURY EGG - Preserved duck or chicken egg with blackened yolk that has been buried in the ground, from various Asian countries (China, Vietnam, Thailand)

FLAMBEED SPIDER TONGUES - Peruvian delicacy, fried tongues from arboreal spiders

TUMBLEWEED CRACKERS – Prairie-based snack made from ground tumbleweed

CLOUDED BRAIN FRUIT – Rare Himalayan fruit said to resemble brain matte

SAN-NAKJI - Korean raw octopus served still wriggling on the plate

CRICKET LIVER PATE – Fancy French-style pâté allegedly made from cricket organs

SULFUR PLUMS – Pickled plums soaked in volcanic ash brine

MUKTUK - Raw whale blubber and skin, often served frozen

ANGLERFISH SOUP – Luminous broth made from bioluminescent deep-sea fish, with whole fish cooked in it

CASU MARZU - Sardinian cheese infested with live maggots

WICHETY GRUB - Fat white larvae traditionally eaten in Australia

FROZEN FLAMEFRUIT – Arctic fruit said to burn cold on the tongue

TUNA EYEBALLS - Large fish eyes served boiled or raw in Japan

STINKHEADS - Fermented salmon heads buried in the ground from Alaska.

SURSTRöMMING - Fish that has been buried under the ground for months and it STINKS

HAKARL - Fermented Greenland shark

FRIED TARANTULA - Tarantula spiders deep fried and served with spices in Cambodia

SNAIL MILK JELLY – Sweet gelatin dessert said to use snail secretions

MOSS NOODLES - Forest-floor moss rolled into noodles and dried in the sun