14 foods too weird to eat. But we do.

July 1, 2016

I am yet to recover from Masterchef’s “savoury ice-cream” episode earlier this week. I was really really really looking forward to Heston week. Heston Blumenthal week. He can always be counted on to challenge the contestants like no other chef can.

Normally I find myself salivating while watching Masterchef. It is my food porn and I enjoy watching the amazing foods that are created and tasted, all the foods I could never be bothered to cook myself but love to imagine eating.

Until the savoury ice-cream episode.

That is when my love affair with Masterchef and Heston Blumenthal died a little. I found myself almost dry-retching at some of the flavour combinations contestants came up such as: Vegemite on toast ice-cream and lemon and pinenut ice-cream with rosemary.

And I’m still in STITCHES over Matt Prestons reaction to trying the worst of the lot, the pea and ham ice-cream.

Video by Ten Network

There have always been strange foods floating around thanks to traditions and culture and heritage, all the good reasons, but now it’s just like some people are trying to be deliberately stupid or revolting.

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Here are 11 foods (and drinks) too weird to eat (or drink) that really take the cake, so to speak.

1. Eggless mustard and bacon ice-cream with potato friesThis savoury ice-cream flavour won the Masterchef savoury ice-cream challenge and almost ruined eggs, bacon and potato fries for me, and ice-cream. Image: Masterchef, TenPlay

2. Maggot CheeseMaggot Cheese, known in classier circles as Casu Marzu, consists of live maggots who wriggle around in your mouth as you eat it and is quite strong in flavour. Image: Cheese Culture Magazine

3. Heston's Frozen Liquid Nitrogen Scrambled EggsHeston Blumenthal is famous for unusual food techniques and while some sound quite delicious (and complicated) this scrambled eggs technique is definitely a step too far. Image: BBC

4. Diet WaterJust when you thought water couldn't get any healthier, diet water has come to the rescue to remove the calories that weren't there in the first place (trick people into parting with their money) and is actually available in Japanese stores. Image: Diet Blog

5. Beet Fluid GelTake a delicious, fresh vegetable, boil it to within an inch of it's life and make it into a gel. Why? Who the heck knows. Revolting. Image: Chef Steps

6. Goat's Cheese FoamGoat's Cheese is already quite a pungent cheese that doesn't smell very appetising and turning it into foam just makes it look pre-eaten, if you know what I mean. Image: Quinten Steffen

7. Cheese CoffeeWe've all heard of Butter Coffee courtesy of the Keto way of eating, because oily coffee is just what your stomach needs first thing in the morning. Why not try Cheese Coffee. The coffee is less oily and then you can enjoy the partially melted wads of cheese conjealed at the bottom of your coffee mug as others look on in horror. Mmmmm. Image: Putting Weird Things In Coffee

8. Deep Fried ButterDeep Fried Butter has a lot to answer for. It began as a novelty at fun fairs and has now become a staple. To make it even worse you are meant to sprinkle it with icing sugar. Image: All Recipes

9. Blood SausageWaste not, want not, even blood. Blood become solid when cooked and can be turned into Blood Sausage and even Blood Pudding. Just in case you've been watching vampire flicks a little too much. Image: Wine Terriors

10. HaggisThis traditional Scottish dish sounds combines lots of offal and is made even worse with the addition of oats and by being served in the stomach lining of the animal it came from. My sister-in-law who originates from Scotland keeps threatening to eat it in front of me. Image: Reddit

11. Fish Eyeball SoupAny child of the eighties remembers Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, the famous dinner scene with disgusting dishes including eyeball soup. Well, fish eyeball soup is actually a delicious delicacy and my mum ate a fish eyeball once. I didn't sleep for a month. Image: Free Republic

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