On Halloween, October 31, the world’s first exhibition of this kind will open its doors. It will be possible to see, be amazed and wince at the sight and smell in the Swedish city of Malmo. It is there that 80 of the most unappetizing and unpleasant food products will be demonstrated.
Here you can see with your own eyes the most controversial dishes from around the world – haukarl (rotten Icelandic dried shark with the smell of ammonia), surstremming (Swedish pickled herring with an equally disgusting smell), durian fruit, popular in Southeast Asia, known for its repulsive smell, kasu marzu (Sardinian cheese with live fly larvae), raw bovine penis on a cutting board, and more.
Since many exhibits, in addition to a terrible look, have an equally terrible smell, they will be in special flasks.
About half of the products on display are perishable, so they will have to be replaced at least every two days, making the museum a very expensive project.
Museum organizer, Samuel West, believes that a visit to the Museum of Disgusting Food will not only be an interesting and educational event, but will also change the way people think about sustainable sources of protein, such as insects, which today cause disgust to many.
The exhibition will be available for visiting for three months and will last until January 31, 2019.
TOP 5 food museums
Sausage Museum in Italy… Three floors and more than 200 square meters of exhibition space are reserved for images, videos, text descriptions with entertaining stories and anecdotes related to sausage products.
Japan Noodle Museum… The walls are covered with noodle bags from different countries, the shelves display dishes and various tools for eating this dish, and in the store located at the museum you can buy many varieties of ramen.
Cheese Museum in the Netherlands. It was created to preserve the history of local traditions of cheese production, supplanted by the advent of factory-made technologies for the production of the product.
Currywurst Museum Berlin… Currywurst is a popular fast food product in Germany: fried sausage with tomato sauce and curry. All components of this dish are known, but the proportions of the recipe are kept in strict confidence.
Cocoa and Chocolate Museum in Brussels… In it, tourists can get acquainted with the history of Belgian chocolate, see the whole process of its production, as well as try themselves as a pastry chef, followed by tasting of the resulting product.