History Main / ForeignQueasine

* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'' after trying to convince his classmates that Japan isn't "weird", Itsuki is asked what he has for [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2014/03/05/cultural-appropriation/ lunch]]. (Although his reaction to their reaction implies he was kidding.)

* One episode of ''Series/PawnStars'' has Old Man order Chumlee to go out and buy the best coffee he can find. He does, and everyone loves it, but when asked what kind it is, the others (except for Old Man) react this way when they find out that it's ''civet'' coffee...[[note]]This is a gourmet kind of coffee that's brewed from beans... [[{{Squick}} eaten and then excreted]] by a kind of Indonesian mammal. Yes, they pick the beans out of civet droppings before cooking them and making cofee from them.[[/note]]

--->Kira: There are varieties of gagh?
--->Ezri: Oh, yes. I can remember what each one tastes like, and the way they feel when you swallow them. ''Torgud gagh'' wiggles. ''Filden gagh'' squirms. ''Meshta gagh'' jumps.

*** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In ''[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E11ProdigalDaughter Prodigal Daughter]]'', Ezri nearly loses her lunch when a shipment of ''Gagh'' Jadzia ordered arrives on the station. The fondness apparently didn't migrate over from her.

*** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine: In ''[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E11ProdigalDaughter Prodigal Daughter]]",Ezri nearly loses her lunch when a shipment of ''Gagh'' Jadzia ordered arrives on the station. The fondness apparently didn't migrate over from her.

** There's a rather serious version of the trope when they're in the village near the start of the film.
** Indy, Willie and Short Round dine with their Indian hosts and are grossed out to find that ''every item on the menu'' is like this. Live eels, served inside a dead python. Eyeball soup. Steamed beetles. And for dessert, chilled monkey brains. Served ''en suite'' in chilled monkey ''heads.'' HilarityEnsues. The idea was that they were trying to get Indy and co. to leave by deliberately serving inedible food (for one thing, live eels are ''toxic'', so no sensible host on Earth would serve them), but it was poorly communicated and the movie was banned in India for spreading racist stereotypes.
* Happens to Film/JamesBond with the sheep's head served in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''. [[JustifiedTrope However, he does think it has]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext a truth serum mixed into the eyeball]].

* In the Mary-Kate and Ashley movie ''Passport to Paris'':

* In Creator/DouglasAdams's text adventure ''Bureaucracy'', you'll end up being served some of this when on an airplane. Actually eating it will kill you, and the plane can't land until you stow your tray, and you can't stow your tray until you get rid of the food...

* {{Implied}} in ''[[Literature/GreenSkyTrilogy Below the Root]]'' using a bit of SugarWiki/GeniusProgramming. Roast lapan (rabbit) is considered a ComfortFood among the Erdlings (descendants of Kindar who were trapped BeneathTheEarth for running afoul of the ruling theocracy). The Kindar (tree dwellers) are vegetarian and (mostly) pacifist. Kindar player characters who eat lapan for food don't get as much nutrition out of it and take a temporary hit to their mana stat.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague:'' Hawkgirl, an alien from Thanagar, enjoys human foods that are every bit as gross as her {{Alien Lunch}}es.

* In a ''Franchise/StarTrekExpandedUniverse'' novel, the crew travels to a planet populated by descendants of Chinese colonists, who have formed their own interstellar [[TheEmpire empire]]. [[TheCaptain Picard's]] task is to convince the Dragon (not [[TheDragon that Dragon]]), the ruler of that empire, to ally with TheFederation in order to fight off an invasion of LizardFolk. To test Picard, the Dragon makes him eat increasingly exotic and vile food. Picard, having strict orders (and having eaten Klingon ''gagh''), bravely tastes the dishes to the Dragon's delight. Eventually, however, the servers bring in a dish that looks and smells so bad that Picard is forced to refuse. The Dragon shrugs and throws it to the dog, who tries it and dies within seconds. The crew determines that someone is trying to kill the Dragon, but he dismisses the notion, assuming the cooks simply messed up. Since the food is prepared on an alien planet using alien ingredients, this could also be considered as AlienLunch.

** It happens again in the New Series. In "Thin Ice" the Doctor's latest companion finds herself in a fair in Regency England. She declares her intention to try everything, then balks at eating sheep's heart and ox cheeks. Ironically when she eats a fish pie, it turns out to be an AlienLunch.

* ''ComicBook/BuckGodotZapGunForHire'' has an odd case, combined with AlienLunch. Poiled slurgs are perfectly edible by hominid, carbon-based life forms, so they ''are'' food, even when they're steamed in wixxel grease -- typically used as an oven cleaner. They just require a lot of antacid.

Foods like this may [[ItTastesLikeFeet taste like feet]] and may appear as a MasochistsMeal, or more rarely, be considered tasty by a character, especially a BigEater. Contrast with IAteWhat, when a person ingests something and then learns what it was. Note that most Foreign Queasine is automatically StockYuck material. Occasionally combined with DinnerOrderFlub. If an animal which the diner's culture considers too gross to eat is consumed out of sheer desperation, rather than because it's acceptable fare among foreigners, that's ReducedToRatburgers.

* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', the cats occasionally consider prey from other Clans' territories disgusting: there's a short story in Code of the Clans where a young One-Eye and Dappletail steal some fish after hearing [=RiverClan=] boast about them, only to realize that they hate the taste, and every other Clan expresses revulsion at the idea of [=ShadowClan=] eating frogs, toads, lizards, and the occasional rat.

* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', the cats occasionally consider prey from other Clans' territories disgusting: there's a short story in Code of the Clans where a young One-Eye and Dappletail steal some fish after hearing [=RiverClan=] boast about them, only to realize that they hate the taste, and every other Clan expresses revulsion at the idea of [=ShadowClan=] eating frogs, toads and lizards.

For the non-culinary equivalent, see AmericansHateTingle. See also HaggisIsHorrible and AsiansEatPets, two {{SubTrope}}s. For the outer space version, see AlienLunch. For when it's just one particular chef's palate that's way out of the norm, see CordonBleughChef. Compare HauteCuisineIsWeird.

The planet Earth is a very diverse place, with many different cultures, each of which has its own traditions, history, worldview, [[HollywoodCuisine and menu]]. For the hapless traveler, encountering a new and very different food can be an unsettling experience of the {{Squick}}-tastic [[NauseaFuel variety]]. This is very much TruthInTelevision and often finds its way into fiction as well, where it is usually played for laughs. Plus, it's an easy challenge for a RealityShow to pull off. For example, referenced in the page image is ''Hákarl'', fermented greenland shark buried in the ground for 6-12 weeks then cut into strips and hung to dry for several months. It's a true delicacy in Iceland.

The planet Earth is a very diverse place, with many different cultures, each of which has its own traditions, history, worldview, [[HollywoodCuisine and menu]]. For the hapless traveler, encountering a new and very different food can be an unsettling experience of the {{Squick}}-tastic [[NauseaFuel variety]]. This is very much TruthInTelevision and often finds its way into fiction as well, where it is usually played for laughs. Plus, it's an easy challenge for a RealityShow to pull off. For example, referenced in the page image is ''Hákarl'', fermented shark buried in the ground for 6-12 weeks then cut into strips and hung to dry for several months. It's a true delicacy in Iceland.

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[[caption-width-right:350:If Denmark wasn't green around the gills before...]]

* The ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' games have, by necessity, culinary treats like the (in)famous Iguana-on-a-stick and other wasteland cuisines. Which are basically a mashup of "[IndestructibleEdible hundred year old yet [mysteriously still edible]] preserved goods" and "various mutant animals & plants", from giant bugs to two-headed cows to [[MixAndMatchCritters coyote/rattlesnake hybrid eggs]].

* In ''Fanfic/LetTheWorldSmile'', the food itself tastes fine, however Hylians use too many spices for Gerudo palettes. They even spice their wines.

* ''{{Anime/Slayers}} TRY'' has the Dradora Surprise. Its recipe is vague, but it's made clear that even the ExtremeOmnivore Gourry felt sick when he learned what it is.

* ''Series/BizarreFoodsWithAndrewZimmern''. [[ExtremeOmnivore That guy will eat]] ''[[ExtremeOmnivore anything]]''. Except for durians, walnuts, and Spam. Inverted for ''Bizarre Foods America''.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaWorldTour'' episode "Chinese Fake-Out", the contestants must eat traditional Chinese dishes, which includes donkey meat, live mealworms, a skewered starfish, and an unknown dish of green slop. If a contestant fails to finish their dish or is the last person to do so, they are out. Most of the contestants, except for Cody, Duncan, and Sierra, vomit; Heather in particular vomits in Chris's face after she's eliminated in the second round.

** In "Bjorken Telephone", one of the challenges involved the teams choosing between finding a fossil and eating a plate of traditional Icelandic delicacies, which included eyeballs and boiled sheep's head. Even [[ExtremeOmnivore Owen]] was disgusted. Rich socialites Kelly and Taylor were so disgusted by the food offerings, they vomited ''twice''.
** In "New Beijinging", the second challenge of the episode required one team member to deep fry a skewer of exotic animals, which may include bats, scorpions, and silkworms, and the other team member must eat said skewer.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaWorldTour'' episode "Chinese Fake-Out", the contestants must eat traditional Chinese dishes, which includes donkey meat, live mealworms, a skewered starfish, and an unknown dish of green slop. Most of the contestants, except for Cody, Duncan, and Sierra, vomit; Heather in particular vomits in Chris's face.

** In "New Beijinging", the second challenge of the episode required one team member cooking a skewer of exotic animals, which may include bats, scorpions, and silkworms, and the other must eat said skewer.

* One of the challenges in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' involved the teams choosing between finding a fossil and eating a plate of traditional Icelandic delicacies, which included eyeballs and boiled sheep's head. Even [[ExtremeOmnivore Owen]] was disgusted.