Sure, you might say that the Chinese eat some insane stuff (baby mouse wine, tiger penis), or that the Filipinos have some pretty disgusting foods (Balut, Google it if you never want to sleep again). But what about the foods that you eat everyday?

5. Sausages

Think again before you touch that wiener in your hotdog.

Image via Wikipedia

To quote Wikipedia: “Sausage is a result of economical butchery.”

In other words, sausages are what butchers do with the leftovers. Cut the steak meat off a cow, and what do you have left? Blood, guts, fat, various scraps, and a few organs. It would be a shame to waste so much “meat”, wouldn’t it? The butcher’s solution? Grind it all up, and stuff the remains into some entrails.

Do yourself a favour next time you buy some sausages at the local grocery store, and look at the ingredients listed. Chances are that you won’t find entrails or kidneys in the ingredient list. Instead you’ll see things like “30% beef, 10% pork”. 60% don’t want to know.

4. Jelly Beans

Image via Wikipedia

Ah jellybeans. The tasty treat that even your boss loves. Which means he loves beetles.

Beetles?!

Yes. Beetles.

Image via Wikipedia

That is a picture of beetles, enjoying their “happy time”. Did I mention the fact that the male stabs the female in the abdomen and then sprays his “happy juice” randomly inside? I didn’t? Good, cause that is one disgusting fact. Ugh.

So how do beetles have anything to do with jellybeans? Well, the shiny coating of a typical jellybean is composed of shellac. A substance which happens to be derived from, you guessed it, beetles. Enjoy your candy!

3. French Fries

McDonald’s, to be precise. Why are these disgusting?

Well let’s look at the following “study”:

Enjoyed that? Good. If you can’t, or can’t be bothered to, watch that video, the guy essentially shows that french fries can last forever.

Even Idon’t want to know what’s in those things.

2. Mac ‘n’ cheese

Image from Wikipedia. That stuff isn’t even macaroni. It’s cooked banana slugs.

Macaroni and cheese. The classic American “lunch”. How can this slop even be considered food? This “meal” is actually made in some factory in China. And it’s made out of plastic and an artificial “cheese” sauce. Well that’s what it tastes like, anyway.

What did you say? Kurt Cobain ate nothing but Kraft Macaroni and Cheese?

I think I have a new favourite food.

1. Veal

There’s a reason why there was a South Park episode in which they referred to this meat as “tortured little baby cow”. That’s because it is tortured little baby cow.

That is where the cow lives. For it’s entire, short, pathetic life. Image from Wikipedia.

Not exactly a comfortable summer chalet, is it?