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[[File:huitlacochequesadilla.jpg|frame|That's right, folks, people actually ''pay'' to eat [[wikipedia:Corn smut|disease.]]]] |
[[File:huitlacochequesadilla.jpg|frame|That's right, folks, people actually ''pay'' to eat [[wikipedia:Corn smut|disease.]]]] |
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{{quote|'''Connor Macleod:''' I cannot swim, ye stupid haggis! |
{{quote|'''Connor Macleod:''' I cannot swim, ye stupid haggis! |
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'''Ramirez:''' ... And what do you do with it? |
'''Ramirez:''' ... And what do you do with it? |
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'''Macleod:''' You eat it! |
'''Macleod:''' You eat it! |
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'''Ramirez:''' (bridling) How revolting! |
'''Ramirez:''' (bridling) How revolting! |
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The planet Earth is a very diverse place, with many different cultures, each of which has its own traditions, history, worldview, [[Hollywood Cuisine|and menu]]. For the hapless traveler, encountering a new and very different food can be an unsettling experience of the [[Squick]]-tastic [[Nausea Fuel|variety]]. This is very much [[Truth in Television]], and often finds its way into fiction as well, where it is usually played for laughs. Plus, it's an easy challenge for a [[Reality Show]] to pull off. (For example, pictured here is ''huitlacoche'', corn grains infected with corn smut, a true Mexican delicacy!) |
The planet Earth is a very diverse place, with many different cultures, each of which has its own traditions, history, worldview, [[Hollywood Cuisine|and menu]]. For the hapless traveler, encountering a new and very different food can be an unsettling experience of the [[Squick]]-tastic [[Nausea Fuel|variety]]. This is very much [[Truth in Television]], and often finds its way into fiction as well, where it is usually played for laughs. Plus, it's an easy challenge for a [[Reality Show]] to pull off. (For example, pictured here is ''huitlacoche'', corn grains infected with corn smut, a true Mexican delicacy!) |
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== Anime and Manga == |
== Anime and Manga == |
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* Inverted in the first ''[[Ranma ½]]'' movie. Akane has been taken prisoner by a Chinese clan that eats only rice and pickled vegetables. She asks if she can have some fried eggs, and her kidnapper responds, aghast, "You eat ''bird embryos''?" |
* Inverted in the first ''[[Ranma ½]]'' movie. Akane has been taken prisoner by a Chinese clan that eats only rice and pickled vegetables. She asks if she can have some fried eggs, and her kidnapper responds, aghast, "You eat ''bird embryos''?" |
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* Ganymede Sea Rats of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' are claimed to be a delicacy by various restaurants, allowing it to be sold at exorbitant prices. In fact, the little beasty is dirt-common and tastes horrible. The people of Ganymede only ate it while getting their colony operating and the various companies gathering the Rats had to find new markets once other food sources opened up. |
* Ganymede Sea Rats of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' are claimed to be a delicacy by various restaurants, allowing it to be sold at exorbitant prices. In fact, the little beasty is dirt-common and tastes horrible. The people of Ganymede only ate it while getting their colony operating and the various companies gathering the Rats had to find new markets once other food sources opened up. |
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* In ''[[Slayers|Slayers TRY]]'', there is the Dradora Surprise. The viewers are [[Take Our Word for It|never informed on what actually contains]], but is apparently disgusting enough to make the otherwise [[Extreme Omnivore]] Gourry sick when he is informed of its ingredients. |
* In ''[[Slayers|Slayers TRY]]'', there is the Dradora Surprise. The viewers are [[Take Our Word for It|never informed on what actually contains]], but is apparently disgusting enough to make the otherwise [[Extreme Omnivore]] Gourry sick when he is informed of its ingredients. |
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== Radio == |
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* ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'': Garrison Keillor has opined that Lutherans of Scandinavian ancestry ear lutefisk as a form of penance. |
* ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'': Garrison Keillor has opined that Lutherans of Scandinavian ancestry ear lutefisk as a form of penance. |
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| ⚫ | * Peter Kay has a routine in which he relates an incident from his own life where his father was baffled by discovering ''[[Memetic Mutation|Garlic? Bread?!]]'' on a menu in foreign parts, before said dish became popular in the UK, wondering how those ingredients could possibly go together. The skit culminates in Kay senior trying garlic bread and declaring it to be [[Memetic Mutation|"a taste sensation!"]] |
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== Video Games == |
== Video Games == |
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