Monkey brains, West Africa (Photo by Jason Hall) Faux ethnic cuisine, like chop suey and taco salad, has inspired us to create our own adventure cooking show. With certain staples like Chex party mix, tuna noodle casserole, bologna, and Jell-O, it didn't take long before we gave up our search for distinctly American foods. The everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach gets old for folks with curious taste buds. Now we're trotting the globe to concoct a delectable menu. For appetizers, we wince before sinking our teeth into cow eyeballs and breaded tarantulas. We slurp a bowl of raw blood soup in Vietnam. And for a light main dish, we can't resist balut, the duck fetus delicacy from the Philippines. We chase this meal down with Thai snake whiskey, which helps us withstand the stench of our durian dessert. One fellow traveler described eating the spiky fruit as just like "sitting on the toilet eating your favorite ice cream." Stay tuned for our breakfast menu, straight from the British Isles. Suggested Sites... Weird Foods From Around the World - from jellied cows feet and haggis to scorpions and witchedy grubs. Weird Meat - and you thought Jell-O was strange. Museum of Food Anomalies - before you slice into that deformed lemon, take a picture and send it to this museum of bizarre food artifacts. Iowa State University's Tasty Insect Recipes - mealworm fried rice for supper and chocolate-covered grasshoppers for dessert. Peter Menzel Photography: Man Eating Bugs Gallery - colorful closeups of sauteed grubs, scorpions being chosen for dinner, and toasted stink bugs about to be chewed.

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