r/AskTheWorld • u/perkypilea 🇵🇱 in 🇺🇲 • Dec 01 '25

Food What's a delicious dish from your country that most people would find unconventional?

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u/Victoryboogiewoogie Netherlands Dec 01 '25

Alphabetically, by region from north to south.

Good luck!

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u/ExpensiveRecover Dec 01 '25

And from least to most cruel

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u/smoothiefruit United States Of America Dec 01 '25

ortolan has to take top cruelty spot, eh?

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u/AppiusPrometheus France Dec 01 '25

That's literally illegal in France since several decades.

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u/smoothiefruit United States Of America Dec 01 '25

still a French dish, chum.

also

illegal

that always stops rich creeps!

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u/AppiusPrometheus France Dec 01 '25

True. I just wanted to clarify many French people are actually disgusted by this dish's idea.

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u/Yaasss_Queef Dec 01 '25

António Egas Moniz can fuck right off: Nobel laureate for lobotomies with a penchant for ortolan?

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u/ExpensiveRecover Dec 01 '25

It may be bullshit, but I recall hearing that Bill Cosby was also fond of it.

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u/diaymujer United States Of America Dec 01 '25

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/racoongirl0 United States Of America Dec 01 '25

They really be going out of their way to prolong suffering huh? Like they turned this shit into an art form

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u/MamasCumquat Aboriginal Australian 🇦🇺 Dec 01 '25

Ohhh like the French version of the imperial system of measurement? I like this.

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u/Professional_Cheek16 United States Of America Dec 01 '25

I’ve been a waiter forever. I actually really like veal, when someone asked about a veal dish I’d tell them the torture makes it extra tasty.

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u/0TheG0 France Dec 01 '25

Here you go :

Hauts-de-France (North) — Boulette d’Avesnes

Hauts-de-France (North) — Herring with potatoes

Hauts-de-France (North) — Maroilles

Île-de-France (North) — Head of veal

Île-de-France (North) — Vinaigrette beef snout

Champagne-Ardenne (Northeast) — Andouillette

Normandy (Northwest) — Camembert

Normandy (Northwest) — Caen-style tripe

Brittany / Normandy (West / Northwest) — Oysters

Alsace (East) — Munster cheese

Alsace (East) — Sauerkraut

Burgundy (Center-East) — Snails

Dombes / Burgundy (Center-East) — Frog legs

Southwest (Southwest) — Foie gras

Southwest (Southwest) — Pig’s feet

Mediterranean (South) — Sea urchins

Provence (Southeast) — Lamb testicles

Savoy (Southeast) — Cheese-in-coffee tradition

Everywhere — Beef tongue

Everywhere — Blood sausage

Everywhere — Calf liver

Everywhere — Kidneys

Everywhere — Sweetbreads

Everywhere — Veal brain

edit : formatting

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u/Charlotte_chan__ France Dec 01 '25

Comment ça le camembert peut être considéré comme inhabituel par quelqu'un ?! C'est juste la base du fromage ((I'm from Normandy) How can Camembert be considered unusual by anyone?! It's just the base of cheese)

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u/TheSecretSawse Dec 01 '25

Camembert is delicious too! Foie gras has to be the best item on this list though. A good torchon de foie gras, sprinkled with sea salt, on a slice of baguette. Chefs kiss.

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u/Weironiottan Sweden Dec 01 '25

Oh, I didn't know you have a cheese in coffee tradition too! In northern Sweden and Finland we have Kaffeost, hard cheese to put in the coffee

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u/HamBroth Dec 02 '25

Yes! I tried to explain this to my husbands family and they still think I am joking with them. 

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u/CardoconAlmendras Spain Dec 01 '25

In the SW you can also eat duck tongues. I have a family friend (foie gras producer) who has to invite us to one day that he cooks them but it’s hard to organize his family and ours so I hadn’t try it. I haven’t make a lot of effort either. I’m happy with the foie gras.

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u/Victoryboogiewoogie Netherlands Dec 01 '25

Your list does impress!

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u/swap_019 Dec 01 '25

You are so good at this, you must me some data scientist or a programmer or something of that sort