Tiny mites infest Mimolette cheese, which helps develop its flavour (Credit: age fotostock/Alamy)
Mexico
Huitlacoche, or corn smut, is a Mexican delicacy grown with fungus (Credit: Marvin Dembinsky Photo Associates/Alamy)
Southeast Asia
Balut is a boiled duck embryo seasoned with salt or vinegar, chilies and onions (Credit: suraark/Getty)
Finland
The false morel mushroom contains a highly toxic chemical (Credit: imageBROKER/Alamy)
United States
Rocky Mountain oysters, or bull testicles, are usually coated in flour and deep fried (Credit: Neil Setchfield/Alamy)
India
Venezuela
England
Opinions on British Marmite vary so widely that even the company that produces it has adopted “Love it or Hate it” as a slogan. The concentrated brewers’ yeast has a strong, salty, umami taste, loved by some (Australia and New Zealand have their own beloved versions) and loathed by others (Denmark briefly banned the savoury spread in 2011).
5 July 2016
BBC Travel