The Many Disgusting Dishes & Culinary Horrors of Europe

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The Many Disgusting Dishes & Culinary Horrors of Europe

Last Updated: April 10, 2025 49 Comments



Map created by Yanko Tsvetkov
While European food has a very positive international reputation, it’s not all steak frites and pasta. As the map above shows, the continent also has its fair share of disgusting dishes and culinary horrors.

The map is the work of Yanko Tsvetkov and appears in Atlas of Prejudice 2: Chasing Horizons (also be sure to check out his first book Atlas of Prejudice: Mapping Stereotypes, Vol. 1.)

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[Ocelot II]

1. Lutefisk: The Piece Of Cod Which Passeth All Understanding

[rsdsharp]

2. But not my lips!

[The Blue Flower]

3. At one time, every calorie was precious and hard to come by

After the effort and expense of raising a farm animal, you didn't just throw away the blood and organs. Shmaltz, the rendered fat from chicken skin, came about for the same reason.

[Aristus]

4. I once heard schmaltz referred to as Jewish mayonnaise.

n/t

[PufPuf23]

5. Scotland sets the standard with "Deep Fried Pizza".

All the other culinary horrors would not eat.

Like pizza and like deep fried stuff (usually).

Thought never crossed mind to deep fry pizza.

Like left over refrigerator pizza.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Yeah. What happened to haggis?

I think that’s the joke. Everyone was expecting haggis.

And good evening.

[PufPuf23]

8. Would have thought haggis too.

Deep-fried pizza wiki. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_fried_pizza

"Native" to Italy and Scotland.

Thank you for the funny post.

[boonecreek]

9. They say haggis goes great with Scots whisky.

So yeah, I'd have to be pretty hammered to eat that stuff.

[nuxvomica]

7. I can't imagine deep-fried pizza being worse than haggis

I would think haggis is the obvious choice for Scotland.