Kaviak

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Kaviak is a delicacy of Greenlandic Inuits. It consists of approximately 400 Auks, small indigenous birds, sealed whole into the carcass of a seal and stored under a pile of rocks for several months. When food is short in the winter months this is dug out and opened up. The birds have fermented and softened during the storage time and everything but the feathers is edible, raw. There is a clip of cleaning of the birds for consumption at the link.
     Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 17, 2012
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If looking at the picture doesn't gross you out enough check out the clip of them cleaning and eating it.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 02/17/12 at 11:12 PM
This may just hit the top of my list of foods that will NEVER pass my lips!

I get that you have to hang beef for a while to get the flavor up but this is just, seriously, overdone!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/17/12 at 11:17 PM
The world's worst food is from Iceland: Hakari
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbYqznD0R5M
Bury a greenland shark for awhile, let it ferment, then dig it up and eat. My question: in these cold climates, how do you know when it's been buried long enough? Does it resurrect itself? Zombies?
Posted by Roland on 02/18/12 at 12:01 AM
REF my previous post and add Hakari to the list.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/18/12 at 01:12 AM
That looks and sounds too nasty even for me! and I pride myself on trying just about anything! :sick: Cool post Patty!
Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/18/12 at 01:17 AM
Roland just watched your link, that stuff looked better on Bizare foods with Andrew Zimmern and he asked for seconds!
So,how bad could it be?
Posted by Tyrusguy on 02/18/12 at 01:21 AM
Just because some dude with gustatory issues will eat it doesn't mean it tastes good.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/18/12 at 01:27 AM
Expat, wasn't there an ancient Greek festival where they buried sheep and pig carcasses to dig up later and eat? I could try googling for it but without knowing the actual name, I'm scared to see what would come up.
Posted by Mark on 02/18/12 at 10:54 AM
That's a new one on me and I've heard a few. But, there's over 5,000 years of history for this area and a whole flock of cultures that have been in charge so I'll not doubt it.

I do know that 1/2 a lamb's head (eyeball in place) is still a delicacy I don't share in.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 02/18/12 at 11:33 AM
Great, and I just finished dinner. Suddenly I am starting to feel it coming back up again. UGGHH!!
Posted by IA Boy on 02/18/12 at 11:51 PM
That Chinese spit soup doesn't seem so bad now, does it?
Posted by ScoutC on 02/19/12 at 12:20 AM
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