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Food is a pretty subjective notion, we all have cultural biases, different eating habits, dietary restrictions, and just plain old personal taste. But there are some culinary concoctions that manage to really unite us all in bone-chilling horror. 

These dishes could even be considered “cursed” in the parlance of our time, and the “Cursed Food” Facebook gathers the best (or worst) examples out there. So get comfortable, make sure your stomach is at ease, and scroll through. Be sure to upvote the best submissions and comment if you see some you disagree with or just add your own cooking horror stories.

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Em
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd feel bad for the lizards, but not particularly bothered about the lizardrice. I've probably eaten worse.

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There is a school of thought that we eat with our eyes, which I believe is just a way to say you are a visually picky eater. What exactly is visually appealing is also deeply subjective, but here are a few examples from history of people who may have taken it so far that it entered “cursed” territory. For example, the Romans, reportedly, at feasts pickled mackerels live, so they could watch the silvery fish thrash about in the vessel. 

Medieval feasts would often involve live animals, primarily birds, inside of dishes, which would fly out when, for example, a pie was cut. While this was perhaps an interesting spectacle, one has to imagine the mess of feathers and other droppings inside the dish. One presumes the panicked animals then would simply fly around the hall for the rest of the feast, probably adding some unsanitary aspects to the proceedings.

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"It better f**king stay there"

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Our medieval ancestors had other strange predilections when it comes to food. Obviously, they did not have the benefit of abundant produce like we have today, so they would find protein wherever was convenient. As a result, hedgehogs and porcupines can be found in a number of recipes, as well as the entirety of a pig. This would include ears, snout, tail, tongue, and womb, some of which you can still find on the menu in certain countries today.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call BS. I have never seen a Full English look like that. No eggs, bacon, mushrooms, tomato or black pudding. It would never have a baguette, would be toast or fried bread.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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Similarly, almost any bird you can think of was also eaten. Exactly how much meat one can get from a sparrow is questionable, particularly since it seems like they would be pretty annoying to catch, but hunger makes people do unusual things. Modern humans would probably balk at the idea of eating a pigeon, for good reason, it’s hard to imagine that meat looking, smelling, or tasting enjoyable in almost any scenario. 

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The Leaning Pasta of Pisa

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Ultimately, we have always let hunger dictate what we do. Food poisoning has been recognized since the times of ancient Greece, but this has not stopped us from consuming everything that moves, dairy in a time where preservation was not fully understood and any digestible root and berry from the forest. But it’s easy to be judgmental, they didn’t really know any better and had to eat one way or another.

But, we shouldn’t disregard our senses, they exist primarily to protect us from, as mentioned above, foodborne illnesses and poisoning ourselves. Hence our inherent distrust of mold which has evolved to the point of feeling repulsed by situations that might lead to mold. Images of cheese left out in the sun make us uncomfortable, even if the cheese seems perfectly fine because we know, internally, that some items need to be stored properly. 

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Korean Boi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

cooking on prnhub? i don't think so. ugh reminds of that one post where that guy said that he wanted to take the eggs out of a women and then cook them in a omelette. *pukes*

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Susan Robinson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here we go again with big brands trying to make more money than they already have 🙄 I only paid $1.99 for my Kroger Microplastic and it tasted just the same as the $5.99 McCormick Microplastic!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's terrifying to me that the difference between enjoying some tasty wild mushrooms and being dead is a little thing called "accurate assessment". You screw THAT up, and it's all swimmy vision,headaches, and projectile vomit from there on out.

Korean Boi
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

sir, that was growing in your toilet. it was probably growing on something that was rotting. and that is very dangerous cause you don't know what kind of mushrooms those r

Smiley MG
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The nutritious shroom nurished by the discarded nutrients of the bowels

Elina Wachtmeister
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1. EW!!!!!! 2. NOPE. I don't even like mushrooms already and this made it worse for me...

Edward Teague
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I usually don't comment on 'fake or really, but those look like blue or grey Oyster mushrooms - while safe to eat, they wouldn't grow on any toilet material - they grow on cellulose - wood chips, sawdust, straw, etc. The only way they 'could' be growing there is from the wooden underlay that's under the linoleum (plywood), in which case I'd be more nervous about the glue in the plywood that it could have absorbed than fecal material (white button mushrooms grow on manure, and nobody thinks twice - it's no longer feces by the time it's turned into anything edible )

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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Elina Wachtmeister
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh. You. just. gonna eat that now. ok. um. I'm just. I'm gonna leave now. uh. bye.

RL R
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Mmmm, I detect some floral details, parsley and garlic too, and some hint of a smokey/salty/cheesy taste I cannot discern..."

真壁まつり
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one is the safest on the list I reckon? Since this is how mushroom grows in the nature

Sian Edwards
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The thing is, these are oyster mushrooms, so are actually perfectly edible. Just not when they've been growing out of your toilet's U bend...🤢

Wad_Of_bees
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hey my dude those do look to be a kind of oyster mushroom which are (usually) edible (there are always exceptions) but the fact is that that is f*cking disgusting.

René Sauer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How? Don´t you need some spores for mushrooms to grow? Did they blow in from outside?

DiscoqueenJ
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But why are mushrooms growing from a TOILET??? I am so freaked out by this!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ha, reminds me of the time I made someone a red velvet cheesecake. It came out awesome, except it was multiple layers annnd I left the parchment paper in between two of 'em. (It was fairly easy to pull out, and this was a reasonably close friend, so it wasn't a big deal, mostly just hilarious.)

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"My lungs feel funny"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

perhaps spotted on the post about p**n hub? Edit: I wrote P**N not THAT... why censor

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So this is just a butterfly cut steak.... probably a Valentine's Day special in the supermarket

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