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'''Ramirez:''' (bridling) How revolting! |''[[Highlander]]''}}

 

** In an early episode, when Japan is trying to learn about European nations, he sees Italy and Germany eating snails. In the dub, when they ask if he would like some, he turns them down because "I've already had raw fish".

** There's also this conversation, between Japan and Germany:

'''Germany:''' O_o Well, who knew Flipper would taste so gamey? }}

* In ''[[Moyashimon]]'', Professor Itsuki has a fondness for bizarre, and often downright disgusting, fermented foods like ''kiviak'' (a paste made from the innards of auks that have been stuffed inside a seal carcass and buried for several months) and ''hongeohoe'' (a type of sashimi originating in Korea made from stingray fermented in its own digestive juices and ''urea'').

 

* French comedian Jacques Bodoin used to have a famous sketch about haggis.

 

 

** Although he was more concerned that the chef might have mistaken a previous request and cooked Tintin's own dog for the course.

* In a ''[[Doonesbury]]'' strip where Uncle Duke is serving as ambassador to China, he encounters birds-nest soup:

'''Duke:''' ''Did I ask? Did I ask?'' }}

* In ''[[Asterix]]'', Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix are accidentally stranded in pre-Columbian America, and are honored with a feast by the local indians, Obelix asks what they are serving and discovers it is dog heated up ([[Don't Explain the Joke|the translation of hot dog has always been a source of comedy]]). Even a compulsive eater like Obelix is disgusted, putting his dish aside, and has no heart to let Dogmatix know what it's already eating.

* In ''[[Galaxy Quest]]'' Alan Rickman's character is served his characters "native food". It's a bowl full of weird looking bugs. He doesn't eat it.

** The fact that they were still alive and kept jumping off his spoon may have contributed to his disgust.

'''Sir Alexander Dane''': [disgusted] Just like mother used to make. }}

* Referenced in passing in ''[[Brain Donors]]''.

'''Rocco:''' "Know dogs? I used to be a chef in a Korean restaurant!" }}

* The Italian [[I'm a Humanitarian|Cannibal films]] of the late 1970s. Aside from scenes of [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|people being eaten]], many indigenous eating (and to the chagrin of many viewers, hunting and slaughtering) habits are depicted.

* Subverted in [[Grandia II]]. The group comes across a town that is apparently known for Arum Root, which one of the characters had heard was a delicacy in the area. When they sit down and try it, they unanimously agree that it's disgusting. {{spoiler|Then it turns out that the locals hate it just as much, but due to being under a curse that completely robs them of their sense of taste, it's the only thing they can stomach anymore, regardless of how revolting it is.}}

* In ''[[Golden Sun]]'' games, checking out stoves in each new town can net you [[Rare Candy|edible power-ups]] or a brief description of the local specialty. In some cases, it's [[Food Porn|quite appetizing]], while in others, the hero du jour is surprised or disgusted by what's for dinner.

* The Fallout games have, by neccessity, culinary treats like the (in)famous Iguana-on-a-stick and other wasteland cuisine.

 

* [[Harkovast]] runs into this when Sir Miur and Chen-chen visit Shogun and he offers them Tsung-dao food, which consists of rice and beetles.

* ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' has a space station-mall whose food court sells huitlacoche. They also sell fermented soybeans, or "natto". The house specialty is both together. It's corn smut+ natto. Its' Smutto!

** Someone was actually mad enough [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1q_e6dEoWk to try making it in real life].

* [[The Order of the Stick|Elan]] is rather put off his appetite on learning that a delicacy in the Empire of Blood is phoenix pate. Since phoenixes explode when they die, the liver has to be cut out while they're still alive. He decides to wait for the main course, which is unicorn flank. Both of these in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' are good aligned, and are smarter than most humans.

** Also played with, in that Jack gets offered some food by an alien race and, upon seeing it, is delighted to have sushi and sashimi which he is very used to. The aliens look on with startled amazement that anyone else would eat it.

* ''[[Justice League]]:'' Hawkgirl, an alien from Thanagar, enjoys human foods that are every bit as gross as her [[Alien Lunch|Alien Lunches]].

'''Hawkgirl:''' Lightweight. }}

* Used in ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' with Groundskeeper Willie trying to sell haggis at a school fair. Note that there are no stalls anywhere near his.

* ''[[The Weekenders]]'': Carver falls victim to this when he scarfs down a large amount of a foreign dish Tish's parents made, only to later find out that it was stuffed with ostrich meat. Carver is shocked and then disgusted, and Tino can only gasp, [[Running Gag|"JIMMY!"]]

* From an episode of ''[[Space Ghost Coast to Coast]]'',

'''Moltar:''' I just hurled in my helmet! }}

* Used in the first season of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' when the [[Fan Nickname|Gaang]] runs into Sokka and Katara's father's friend, Bato, who makes them stewed sea prunes to Aang's eternal disgust. In the third season, [[Evil Mentor|Hama]] makes ocean kumquats, an equally-gross substitute using ingredients available in the Fire Nation. In the Foggy Swamp, the local waterbenders treated the Gaang to a fine meal of giant roasted bug. Sokka was hungry enough that he didn't care that he was eating a giant roach.