17 delicious dishes and drinks are prohibited in many countries
Practically have the original culinary habits that are shocking to people from other countries, in each country of the world. Many of the national dishes contain ingredients that can be dangerous to health. For the preparation of other uses meat from animals that are on the verge of extinction, while others simply contradict the foundations of a country. In our review of 17 banned dishes from around the world.
1. Sassafras
From the leaves of sassafras tree, growing in North America, it makes quite harmless spice with a distinctive taste. However, from the roots of the same plant made sassafras essential oil, which once used to flavor beer and other beverages. In the US, this oil was banned in 1960, when it was discovered that one of its ingredients can cause liver cancer.
2. Haggis
Any Scot says that his characters are the country's whiskey, the Loch Ness monster and haggis. Huggies - delicatessen that prepared from twisted with other bodies of ovine lung, which were placed in a specially prepared animal's stomach. In the US, this dish is banned because of the law of commercial distribution of sheep lungs.
3 eggs "Kinder Surprise"
The ones who are going to go to the United States to the supermarket and buy a child a sweet treat with a toy inside, expect a nasty surprise. It turns out, "Kinder Surprise" banned for sale in the United States, as the Ministry of Health of this country does not approve the use of a combination of edible items to inedible.
4. Unpasteurized milk
Unpasteurized milk sold throughout Europe and is considered much tastier and more nutritious than the thermally treated milk. Nevertheless, it is banned in 22 US states and in Canada because of fears of the spread of listeriosis, salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, and E. coli. The law applies not only milk, but also all dairy products made from unpasteurized milk.
5. Samsa
The traditional dish of the Horn of Africa and India is Samsa - spicy triangular pastry of fried dough stuffed with meat or vegetables. However, samsa banned in Somalia, because it was considered "too Christian". Ostensibly triangular shape samsy associated with the Holy Trinity.
6. Olestra
Olestra or Olean, - synthetic fat substitute, which is used in the preparation of potato chips and french fries. This product company Procter & Gamble has been banned in the UK and Canada, because it can cause intestinal cramps and indigestion.
7. Pink slime
Pasta with such a disgusting name is made from meat scraps. It used to be that it is only suitable as feed for dogs. Pasta soaked in ammonia, to give it some "meat" pink. Pink slime still is the main ingredient in the hamburger patties and sausages for the hot dogs in the United States. In the EU, this product is for human consumption forbidden.
8. Bread with potassium bromate
potassium bromate is used as an additive for baking, to make the dough more viscous. Eating bread with potassium bromate can lead to renal failure, disorders of the nervous and digestive systems, thyroid problems and cancer, so it was banned in the European Union, Canada, Brazil and China.
9. Sports drinks and fruit soda
Brominated vegetable oil was originally patented as refractory fluid. The same substance is found in most flavored drinks and sports drinks with citrus flavor that is popular in the United States. Brominated vegetable oil has been banned in more than 100 countries, including the EU, because it has been proven that it can cause thyroid dysfunction, the occurrence of autoimmune diseases, inhibition of the growth process, as well as the cause of schizophrenia.
10. The salmon grown on farms
It is generally believed that the meat of salmon - a useful product. This is only true if the salmon grown in its natural habitat. Fish farms salmon grown on a special menu consisting of grain, mixed with antibiotics and other drugs. This mixture leads to the fact that the fish meat becomes gray, so manufacturers add astaxanthin to make it pink. This substance is very dangerous to humans, but the salmon grown on farms, banned only in Australia and New Zealand.
11. The meat with addition of ractopamine
Ractopamine - synthetic additive that is commonly used to increase muscle mass in animals. The same substance used in the treatment of asthma. Ractopamine can lead to obesity, heart disease, insomnia, headaches, cramps, and so on. D. It is not surprising that it has been banned in 160 countries, including the EU, Russia and China. Nevertheless, in the United States ractopamine is used in the cultivation of more than 45% of pigs and 30% of cattle and turkeys.
12. Chickens with arsenic
If you ask anyone to name the first poison, which will come to him, most will remember arsenic. And in the modern chicken farms arsenic is used to give the meat pink. Arsenic use causes cancer, so add it to the chicken feed has been banned in the EU. Nevertheless, the US Department of Health approves the use of arsenic in chicken feed.
13. Absent
Absinthe - extremely strong alcoholic drink, which is obtained from the leaves of different varieties of sage. According to historical records, the first time he appeared on sale in 1797, but its exact origin remains a mystery. Absinthe stimulates creativity, but it can also cause hallucinations and violent behavior. As is commonly believed, the birthplace of absinthe is France, but in this country it has been banned for more than 100 years. In 2011, the Senate voted in favor of lifting the ban on the sale of absinthe, which is likely to forever remain illegal in the US, New Zealand and Australia.
14. Kasu martsum
Kasu Marzo, which translated means "rotten cheese", is a traditional delicacy in Sardinia. It is made by introducing into pecorino cheese fly larvae. The larvae digest cheese, bringing it to a new level of fermentation. Most often, Casu Marzu maggots eat right from that very dangerous. Stomach acid is not always kills the larvae, which can drill the wall of the stomach and intestines. Therefore rotten cheese was banned in the US and the EU.
15. Fugu
puffer fish - the most poisonous invertebrate in the world. Its meat is considered a delicacy in Japan and Korea. However, in case of the slightest error in the preparation of the puffer it becomes fatally toxic. Even the most experienced cooks need to learn three years, to learn the secrets of cooking a fugue, which contains a dangerous neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin. Inappropriate preparation toxin remains in the fish, resulting in muscle paralysis and death from suffocation. There is no antidote. Not surprisingly, the puffer is banned in the EU.
16. Foie Gras
Foie gras - French name of the famous delicacy, and translates the name as "fatty liver." Make foie gras of duck or goose liver, which are forced to eat 2-3 kg of food per day through a metal tube, which they introduced into the esophagus. The procedure is repeated as long as the liver is increased by 10 times. the liver is then kept in milk and honey to give it a special flavor. It has been banned in 14 countries due to animal cruelty of foie gras.
17. Ortolan
For thousands of years this small songbird (also known as the ortolan) the size of a sparrow was subjected to torture in the course of the present preparing a special delicacy for the nobility of France. Caught birds or locked up in a tiny dark cell, or gouged out their eyes, because in the dark bird eating a lot more food than usual. Garden oatmeal fattened until it became 4 times larger than normal size. Then it was drowned in brandy and roast whole. Ortolan is currently threatened with extinction, and the hunt for him in France are now prohibited. Unfortunately, poachers continue to annually kill about 50,000 birds.