Bizarre Foods: Coat of Arms Pizza

My husband and I took an epic adventure through the center of Australia, driving from Adelaide in the south all the way through the red center to Darwin up north.  In a crazy little opal mining town, Coober Pedy, we found a "coat of arms pizza" on the menu and naturally, we ordered it straight away.  Australia's Coat of Arms contains a kangaroo and an emu, which is highly symbolic because these two animals can not walk backwards, they can not easily retreat.  Now, during our two years in Sydney, we had tried Kangaroo and Emu separately, but something about the candidness of this pizza seemed bizarre to me.  I had the thought of what might happen to a person who served bald eagle pizza in the United States?  Would they be imprisoned and prosecuted?  The very patriotic side of me had the cringe slightly as I enjoyed my delicious pizza.

Bizarre Foods: Baby Mice Wine

Just when I thought that I couldn't find something more bizarre to consume than a cobra's beating heart, alas, I have found a wine made with tiny mice fetuses.  These itty bitty mice are taken from their mothers while their eyes are still closed!  They are then put into a bottle of rice wine to be fermented.  Some reports indicate that this is actually done to the mice while they are still alive.  Some people in Korean and Chinese traditions view this drink as a health-inducing tonic.  For me, and I think for most Americans, it is vomit-inducing.  I think I'll have to skip my dinner now.....


References: http://www.cracked.com/article_14979_the-6-most-terrifying-foods-in-world.html
http://www.junch.com/baby-mice-wine/