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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.

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

Holy muffin cakes. I agree Em, have eaten worse but how the heck did they get there? Were they cold? And how did no one notice.

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

This is the first item in the list, and I’m not sure if I can even scroll down to number two because I am so disgusted.

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

Where does this person live? Why are there so many lizards inside the house? I've lived in tropical countries, and I've never seen so many indoors! Poor little creatures!

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

I live in a tropical country,and there are LOTS of them inside our house. Like, everyone's house😐

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

How do they got in there?? I'm horrified! Poor little babies :(

Roan The Demon Kitty
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is horrifying, the amount of those poor dead lizards. I mean, I don't think I'd be too fussed on finding out that's what I'd been "eating" but.. seeing them all, that's really sad and horrifying :(

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

This is how the lizard people quietly sneak their young on the planet

SheamusFanFrom1987
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lizardwood. For rice with that smoked cold-blooded flavour... XP

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

HOLY MOLY R.I.P lizards, that’s definitely a forbidden cooking technique

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

Several... there's like 30! How? Where do they live I wonder?

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

These appear to be house geckos. Quite common in tropical climates, as are electric rice cookers. These probably entered the cooker when night fell and it got cooler, for warmth. And were fried when next they used the cooker.

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

I once took a bite from a peach. It was delicious. I put it down. When I picked it up later I took a bite from the other side. It was disgusting but it looked fine. When I turned the peach around to look at the nice side, I saw half a worm sticking out.

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

Hey, if you were in the wild and this was all you could get, you would start your fire up, and gut the lizards and roast them over the fire! I would eat them now that you say what you did! Cannot be picky about your protein when there is not much around!

SilverSkyCloud
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

the lizards would bother me but not as much as not knowing how long they had been there for

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

Whatever it takes! Shove a new batch of lizards in that bad boy and rock and roll!

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

Wait, like real lizards??? I thought it was just a reference to how the dirt or whatever is shaped. Real?????

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

I wonder how the rice cooker managed to work after that for such a long time

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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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    Charlie the Cat
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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

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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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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    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.

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

    AHAJHAJHAJHAJHAJHAJHAJHAJAGHAAHGAHGAHGAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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

    $59 still in pocket.. check.. firing up my own grill.. priceless

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

    I'm from the UK and have never heard of this! Please don't believe these lies!!!

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    T5n
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For a moment, I thought that someone made spaghetti fleshlights !

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

    I can’t even tell what I’m looking at. Plain pasta? Pinkie mice? The pieces of dumpling dough left over in the pot after you boil up a batch of em? Bits of that thick skin you peel off of your heel? Fetal hamsters?

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

    ~budget valentines gifts! Dirt cheap! Totally won't get you dumped!!! buy now!~

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    T5n
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think that they have the Wrong meaning of “coffee beans”

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    T5n
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This depends, what type of jelly, and what type of seasonings were used? I’m going through the whole list as picturing what each one tastes like. This one could go either way depending on the ingredients

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