Chicken feet are eaten in the Chinese, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaican, South African, Peruvian, and Philippine cuisine. Most of the edible meat on the feet consists of skin and tendons, without much muscle. The feet is largely cartilage, with many small bones which makes it difficult to eat for some.
Kopi Luwak are coffee beans that come from Civet (a cat sized mamal) poo. It is the most expensive coffee in the world, selling for between $120 and $600 USD per pound, and is sold mainly in Japan and United States. Farmers on coffee plantations allow the weasel-like creatures to eat their crop in order to collect their bean-filled droppings for a steamy and surprisingly chocolatey beverage.
These baby octopuses aren’t quite dead. They are eaten alive, which makes it dangerous if they are not chewed carefully, the tiny suction cups can stick to the mouth and throat. Many people have already suffocated while eating this dish.
They might look cute alive, but a guinea pig on a plate looks less adorable. Peruvian families keep guinea pigs as they are a good source of protein for villagers living up in the Andes. Cuy, as they are called, are generally roasted before they are served with all limbs and the head attached.
We have a Chinese friend who has a couple times brought over chicken feet, once they were pickled. She says they are great. The rest of this stuff - I can't imagine how it ever got started! Who would even think of eating live baby octopus? GAG!
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