From Mice Wine To Thousand-Year Eggs, 8 Weird Food Eating Habits From Around The World

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1. Siberia - Magic Mushrooms

In Siberia, magic mushrooms are used in meditation to enhance social activity and improve mood.

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2. China - Don't Clear Your Plate

 In China, leaving a small amount of food on your plate indicates satisfaction and fullness, whereas finishing everything might suggest you’re still hungry.

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 In Korea, mice wine is made by infusing newborn dead mice into wine for 12-14 months. The drink is believed to have medicinal properties.

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3. Korea - Mice Wine

Japanese pufferfish, or fugu, is a luxury delicacy that contains poisonous tetrodotoxin. It requires expert preparation to be safely consumed.

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4. Japan - Pufferfish

The Masai people in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania drink cow blood on special occasions like births and marriages. The blood is extracted through a tube inserted into the cow's jugular vein.

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5. Tanzania/Kenya - Cow Blood

The fermented Greenland shark meat is considered a delicacy, despite its pungent taste. In Iceland, sheep's head jelly is also enjoyed.

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6. Greenland & Iceland - Rotten Shark

 In Egypt, burping after a meal is considered a compliment and a sign that you enjoyed the food. It is seen as a positive dining etiquette.

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7. Egypt - Burping

Century eggs, or thousand-year-old eggs, are a Chinese delicacy made with eggs that have been preserved for an extended period, sometimes using toxic copper sulfate to speed up the process.

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8. China - Thousand Year Eggs

Did you know about these weird eating habits?

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