Foreigners Describe Their Local Delicacies That Tourists Would Despise

Not All Dessert Is Good

"mämmi. It's a Finnish dessert that is often eaten with heavy cream, and it looks quite literally like human feces."

– Hakuona

"The first time I tried it I was expecting something chocolatey and I got wet gooey rye bread. Was not prepared and was very disappointed."

– Deny_Everything_21

Why Do It?

"I find a lot of people struggle with the concept of beans on toast"

– Independent-Owl478

"I don't find it disgusting so much as baffling. Like okay, yes, that's a thing you can do. But why?"

– Kat-Sith

"It has to be a relic of war times or something. It has to exist because it’s crazy cheap and at e point was available."

– Atom-the-conqueror

Not Like Regular Soup

"The strained liquid of the contents in the small intestine of a cow, it’s poopy and sort of bitter. It’s added in a meat/organ/stomach soup."

– doodle_y

"I tend to avoid foods explicitly described as "poopy"..."

– nosuchthingasa_

"“This tastes like sh*t.”"

“"Thats because it is”"

– NovaThinksBadly

I Shudder To Think

"Not me, but in Romania we eat clotted duck blood like gelatin with bread it is so disgusting!!"

– Siempre7x3

"What a terrible day to be literate."

– HaithamAlMasri

"*rocks back and forth, hugging self*"

– crusticles

Slimy, Yet Satisfying

"Pan fried wasps"

– cepseudoestdejapris

"Crickets"

– BeautifulEssay8

"MUDBUGS"

– 0ldPainless

"Beondegi. It's silkworm pupae that's been roasted, boiled, or steamed. Yes, the larvae are still in there."

– McMadface

Umm...no

"trứng vịt lộn, it’s duck egg but is half developed into a duck so it has bones and a bit of meat but still has egg yolk and egg white"

– alameperson5623

Enough Said

"Hawaiian pizza"

– victinibel

Yummy Or Yucky

"Halva.

It's very much a love-it-or-hate-it food. I hate it. It tastes like sand cake."

– User Deleted

Not Everything Can Mix

"I mean it disgusts people from here too but.... mac and cheese with ketchup on it."

"Its actually pretty good."

– Additional_Cry_1904

"My brothers always did that. The heathens."

– Ok_Sheepherder_8313

Didn't Need To Know This Was A Thing

"Fermented shark"

– Severe-Town-6105

"Oof, I’m a pretty adventurous eater but hakarl was definitely the worst thing I’ve ever put in my mouth. My husband and I made the mistake of ordering it in a restaurant, so an entire little glass dish full of it came out. I hate food wastage so we ate almost the entire thing. Taste alone wasn’t so bad — surprisingly mild — but as soon as I breathed in, it was just pure, concentrated cat pee filling up my nose, throat, mouth. And it felt like every bite of food I had later that night smelled/tasted vaguely like it because I kept breathing out that aroma…"

– astraelly

Some of these don't sound so bad. Some even sound good. However, it's understandable why tourists end up hating a lot of these dishes.

We all have different tastes, but being so different is what makes life interesting!