Do you think you’ve eaten everything, or at least you’ve heard of most food ideas? It turns out that our ancestors had more imagination to diversify their meals. We present some of the weirdest ones.
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Fish urinary bladder jelly
Impossible? And yet. The Victorians came up with this idea. The creation of jellies from sturgeon fish consisted in isolating gelling compounds from their bladder. Before someone had the idea to use them to make sweet jellies (in the XNUMXth century to be precise), these substances were used as glue.
Until now, this method is used in the production of some wines and beers, e.g. Guinness beer.
Muktuk or whale skin and fat
We know perfectly well that people are able to use the available resources to the maximum extent. This was also the case here. Even today, the skin of the Greenland whale with a layer of fat called Manktuk is considered a valuable source of, for example, beneficial fatty acids. People who have tried this ‘product’ describe it as slightly nutty, and the skin – slightly rubbery.
The manktuk is eaten in a variety of ways: from raw, to fried and marinated.
Vinegar cake
Sour dough is no revelation – after all, we eat desserts, e.g. lemon. However, the vinegar-based cake is new (at least for us). It is not known where exactly the tradition of this delicacy arose. It is believed that its creators were ‘economical’ cooks who, in order to save on fruit, started using apple cider vinegar to make the mass sour.
Amber
We associate ambra primarily with perfumes, it is an ingredient, for example, Chanel No. 5. In ancient China, thrown ashore was considered the saliva of the dragon. The truth, however, is more down-to-earth – ambergris is formed when the whale has difficulty digesting food, and it is also believed that it may be the result of constipation. Floating on the surface of the ocean, it hardens and becomes waxed.
In ancient Persia, ambergris was served with lemon sorbet, and the French added it to hot chocolate.
Burnt milk
Milk heated to the point of formation of semi-solid slices was consumed in Japan mainly by people of “high society”. It has become a status symbol rather than common food. It is believed that the main motivation for creating this delicacy was the preservation of milk. The semi-solid milk is said to have a sour, yoghurt-like aftertaste.
What about the strangest food you’ve ever heard of?
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