42 Utterly Disgusting Facts About Food That You Shouldn’t Put in Your Brain But Probably Will Anyway

Dip these in ketchup and stuff ‘em down your gullet
42 Utterly Disgusting Facts About Food That You Shouldn’t Put in Your Brain But Probably Will Anyway

This is probably one of those 3 a.m. lists for you, isn’t it? It’d be the only socially acceptable time to shovel in these greasy, questionable “meals.” Ha! More like “quease-tionable.” 

Sorry. It’s just that the only thing worse than these rotten, downright criminal foods is the fact that someone, somewhere actually consumed them.

Bon appetit!

Tiet Canh

Tiet Canh, or cold blood soup, is a traditional Vietnamese dish. It's made from raw blood (usually duck) and cooked gizzards, and topped with peanuts and herbs. The recent spread of bird flu throughout Asia has made the dish less popular. CRACKED.COM canh-h7n9-bird-flu-detected-in-goose-meat-sold-in-guangzhou-87204/

Cobras

In fact, a chef In Le Mat, Vietnam, will butcher the cobra and you can eat the serve you the beating heart whole thing, of a cobra. in courses. Be careful when you drink the venom. One cut in your mouth and you're poisoned. Photo Getty Creative GRAGKED.COM Mobile Reference: Travel Vietnam

Drunken Shrimp

In China, Drunken Shrimp isn't a euphemism. It's a dish that contains live shrimp that are bombed out of their minds. They've been hot-tubbing in sake or baiju, sometimes upwards of 100 proof, which goes right into your system when you eat them. GRAGKED.COM http://shanghaiist.com/2013/03/23/off_the_beaten_palate_live_drunken.php

Fake Grill Marks

CRACKED COM Many fast food restaurants' hamburgers and chicken strips are imprinted with fake grill marks.

Escamoles

Enjoying your Escamoles? They're the larvae and pupae of Liometopum ants. They're pretty tricky to harvest, too. The ants are about half an inch long, venomous, and emit a noxious odor when disturbed. CRACKED.COM

Veggie Ice Cream

Haagen-Dazs recently introduced two flavors of vegetable ice cream. Japanese shoppers can now choose between tomato-cherry and carrot-orange SpoonVege. en-Dazs Häagen-Dazs SpoonVege SpoonV - - TAXXY-A en-Dazs Days dish/la-dd-haagen-dazs-new Veg http://www.latimes.co CRACKED.COM japan-20140421-story html vegetable-tomato M

Lutefisk

Lutefisk is fish that has been soaked in lye, a caustic chemical used to clean drains. POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE CORROSIVE 8 HANDLE WITH CARE кон In Wisconsin, Norwegian churches host Lutefisk suppers during the fall and winter. The practice links to a legend that tells of a village attacked by Vikings. When villagers returned to their burned homes, they found Photo Wikimedia Commons that their fish had been bleached white by the lye generated by the ashes. CRACKED.COM http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/LutefiskHistory.htm

Octopops

The Octopop is a lollipop made out of squid. The squid is (it's actually Kind of a misnomer.) slow-cooked, then sliced and arranged into flower shapes, then coated with gelatin. It's flavored with orange and dill. Photo Wikimedia Commons GRAGKED.COM http//owozine.com/heaveny-rollipo

Placenta Soda

Despite its similarity to an old Saturday Night Live routine, Placenta Soda is a real health drink from Japan. Obn Obil Placenta Placenta 400000 400000 It's made RUAHI#X BURRI+X 22027 from pig placenta. GRAGKED.COM http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Q-bit-Placenta-400000mg-Beverage-Beauty_103426278.html

Australia

Australian Aborigines enjoy live, raw witchetty grubs, and will serve them to you if you're in the area. Photo nzbrendan.com/ Not tempted? You're not alone. Prince Charles couldn't bring himself to eat one, and he was on a diplomatic visit. CRACKED.COM http://www. telegraph

Fried Food

What do McNuggets and Wendy's fries have in common? ESTABLISHED 1967 Both use Polydimethylsiloxane or PDMS as an antifoaming agent to prevent oil splatter during cooking. The contraceptive industry is also a huge lover of PDMS, where they use it as a condom lubricant. CRACKED COM

Grated Cheese

How about some wood pulp in your pasta? If that sounds weird, better stop adding cheese to it. According to the FDA, food companies added cellulose to their grated cheese in order to reduce production costs. This cellulose is primarily acquired from wood pulp. CRACKED.COM

Bread

Would you like some potassium bromate to go with your bread? Your answer should be no. It's a commonly used additive to treat flour in bread. It's also a well-known carcinogen, banned in many countries except the US. GRACKED.COM

Sea Urchin

42 Utterly Disgusting Facts About Food That You Shouldn’t Put in Your Brain But Probably Will Anyway

Pears

Pears, on average, contain 50 times more formaldehyde than any commonly used vaccine. Formaldehyde (Formalin) - 37% Formaldehyde Cartiso with 15% Methanol Flammake HCHO+H20+CH30H Toxic ACS Regent Have alread Lab Grade MOUS 500ml (/2 Liter) Distribution Pure Health Discounts GRACKED COM Just more evidence supporting the safety of vaccinations-or a reason to never eat another pear ever again.

Yarsta Gunbu

Yartsa gunbu, the fungus-infested caterpillar in this Tibetan soup, reportedly gives athletes an unfair advantage in competitions! adidas It's not fair for the caterpillar, either. The fungus mummifies it from the 11 inside out, then shoots a fungus stalk through its face. CRACKED COM

The FDA

CRACKED.COM Enjoying your mushroom sandwich? You might be feasting on maggots. The FDA is ok with having maggots in your mushroom can, as long as there are no more than 20 of them per 100 grams. Also, up to 10% can be decomposed.

Honey

Raw honey offers a lot of benefits, but it may contain the bacteria Clostridium Botulinum, which can be lethal to babies. In some rare cases, it could also cause vomiting, diarrhea, and paralysis to adults and children above one year old. CRACKED COM

Cocoa

CRACKED.COM There's doodie in your cocoa. The FDA allows 10 mg of mammalian feces per pound of processed cocoa beans.

Jell-O

JELLO IS MADE FROM BONES. Gelatin, the stuff that puts the jiggle in jello, is derived from collagen, a protein extracted by boiling animal bones and skins. CRACKED.COM

Eel Soda

Eel Soda is a thing. 10km Que BAND E Todos Pu RRAKAL Unagi Nobori, or Surging Eel fizzy pop, contains extracts of eel head and bones. GRAGKED.COM http://ww weirdasianews.com/2008/08/08/theres-something-fishy-in-that-soda/

Meat Glue

Works for Duing plastic, metal Super Glue wood rubber. cardboard, loothes, and other seouls GEL surfaces CHEAP MEAT IS OFTEN GLUED TOGETHER. Transglutaminase, also called meat glue, is a substance used to build steaks and the like from cheap cuts. CRACKED.COM

McDonald’s

MEET HOKI. YOU MAY HAVE EATEN IT WITHOUT KNOWING IT. This ugly fish, also known as blue grenadier, is used by McDonald's in their Filet-O-Fish sandwich. CRACKED.COM

Yogurt

CRACKED.COM YOUR RASPBERRY YOGURT HAS CRUSHED INSECTS. If you're eating something colored red, chances are it's dyed with carmine, a pigment made by crushing little bugs called cochineals.

Beavers

YOU'VE BEEN SWALLOWING BEAVER ASS JUICE. Castoreum comes from sacs near a beaver's anus, and it's used as vanilla or raspberry flavoring in food and drinks. CRACKED.COM

Ranch Dressing

RANCH DRESSING IS MADE WITH SUNSCREEN. Titanium dioxide makes ranch dressing white. The same stuff is used in sunscreens to keep your skin white as well. CRACKED.COM

Worcestershire Sauce

42 Utterly Disgusting Facts About Food That You Shouldn’t Put in Your Brain But Probably Will Anyway

Jelly Beans

JELLY BEANS ARE SHINY BECAUSE OF BUG SECRETIONS. Hard-shelled candies are coated in shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug on trees in Thailand and India. CRACKED.COM

Yoga Mat Bread

YOGA MAT BREAD CRACKED.COM Namaste. Azodicarbonamide is used in yoga mats to turn liquid chemicals into spongy foam, so it just makes sense to use it in spongy bread. Banned in Europe and carcinogenic in lab mice, it is FDA approved and used by Subway, McDonald's, Wendy's, Dunkin' Donuts, and almost 500 foods in the US.

Pink Slime

PINK SLIME CRACKED COM In 2011, Jamie Oliver told us about fast food's leftover beef trimmings treated with ammonium hydroxide, or Pink Slime. The industry lost $400 million in sales, shut down 3 plants, and McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Burger King announced they no longer use pink slime, but the product has been making a comeback in recent years.

Lead-Based Noodles

LEAD BASED NOODLES GRAGKED.COM Maggi Foods' Nestle Instant Noodles are insanely popular in households and restaurants all over India. In 2015, officials discovered the noodles contained 7 times the allowable limit of lead, and was recalled for 5 months until it was safe to eat.

Expired Meat

EXPIRED MEAT KFC CRACKED COM In 2014, undercover reporters filmed an American-owned Shanghai factory changing the dates on expired meat before sending it to McDonald's and KFC locations in China. KFC's parent company, Yum Brands, dropped the supplier, while McDonald's used the same company but a different plant.

Glow in the Dark Pork

GLOW IN THE DARK PORK NIK CRACKED.COM A man in China discovered his pork glowing blue in the dark. Researchers said it was likely the pork was fed a high amount of phosphorus, and that anyone who sees this shouldn't eat the meat.

E. coli

CHIPOTLE E. coli OUTBREAKS CHIPOTLE E-COLI MEXICAN GRILL CRACKED.COM In 2007, Kansas City University food safety professor Dr. Douglas Powell warned that Chipotle was a ticking time bomb for a food borne illness outbreak. Не was proven right in 2015 when 55 people contracted E. coli, and 21 were hospitalized.

Quaker Oats

RADIOACTIVE QUAKER OATS LASTAD DEW - de FIBER NO I NO AT QUAKER ESTY OATS 1877 CRACKED.COM 100 former students of Fernald State School in Waltham, Mass shared $1.85 million settlement after they were fed Quaker oatmeal with radioactive iron and calcium in 1946-53. The students were told it was a science club, then unwittingly used as an experiment.

Horse Meat

BURGER KING'S HORSE MEAT BURGER KING TM CRACKED In 2013, European meat suppliers were caught mixing horse meat with beef. The top company involved was Burger King, and after trace amounts of horse meat were found in their supply chain, they immediately switched suppliers.

Fast Food Buffets

Fast Food Buffets SUPERHAR GARDEN SPOT GRAGKED.COM In the days of the universal salad bar, every fast food restaurant wanted in on the bar ac- tion, and we don't mean hotel mini fridges stashed in PlayPlaces for weary parents. Piz- za Hut, of course, had a buffet to accompany their obsolete dine-in service, KFC offered trays of pudding and chicken gizzards, Taco Bell challenged diners to all-you-can-eat cheap burritos, Burger King's traditional sal- ad bar went largely ignored, but the Wen- dy's Superbar was the true MVP, offering sal- ad, pasta, and a Mexican Fiesta. Honestly, we should bring this

Sizzlean

... TELL US NOW. SIZZLEAN sizzlean 50% Leaner No - and Jennifer C. says, It tasted like rubber and disappointment. If you want health bacon eat turkey bacon or no bacon at all. CRACKED.COM

Steak-Umms

Steak- umms CRACKED COM Arguably the unholiest food to rise to power in the '80s was the Steak-umm, a thin slice of frozen beef that went national when it was acquired by Heinz in 1980. Sure, you could just grill a steak in the time it took to thaw, but the concept of beef doesn't have a sassy Twitter account, now, does it?

Taco Bell

Taco Bell Burgers CRACKED.COM While McDonald's was busy trying to take over the world, Taco Bell used the distraction to weasel in on the burger business with, so help us God, the Bell Beefer. Every- one was trying to be some- thing they weren't.

Lean Cuisine

Lean Cuisine GRACKED COM Likewise, Stouffer's launched their line of healthy frozen dinners in 1981, and within two years, Lean Cui- sine was so popular that grocery stores frequently ran out. It's not clear whether this was because a tiny squirt of reconstituted potatoes and a fistful of salt are so unsatisfy- ing that you had to eat five at a time or people actually liked them.

Oreos

The stuff in Oreos cannot legally be called cream. Gouple The FDA does not allow manufacturers to use the word cream to describe food that contains no actual cream. To get around this, Oreo officially describes their creamy filling as creme. CRACKED.COM

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