Top 10 Weird Foods You Can Serve This Year

Top 10 Weird Foods You Can Serve This Year

Your dinner plate is going global this year. You’ll be surprised by how easy it is to add these weird foods to your family’s mealtime.

While donuts are still high on our radar and increasingly used as sandwich bread, ethnic flavors and the farm-to-table movement are building momentum in everyday food experiences.

The experts revealed the new flavors and trends (of weird foods) we’ll be experiencing this year.

If you think you’ll have to look beyond your own kitchen to try something new, think again. Some weird foods are holdovers from years past, others are climbing their way to the top of the hot list.

What Weird Foods Do You Know?

With a little experimentation, you can perfect your forbidden rice recipe or fufu dish. Here are 10 weird foods you can add to your dishes:

1. Black Garlic

Black garlic

Black garlic has a sweet and smoky flavor with a texture similar to roasted garlic. This fermented version of traditional garlic makes a great addition to sauces and meats.

2. Emu Eggs

Top 10 Weird Foods You Can Serve This Year

Emu eggs can be prepared just like chicken eggs, but they’re bigger so you’ll have to adjust your recipes. About the size of a small grapefruit, your best bet it to cook up these eggs for breakfast and not try to substitute them in your baking recipes.

3. Percebes

Weird foods: Percebes

Think of gooseneck barnacles, or percebes, as a new kind of octopus that’s common in Spain. Boil them and serve with olive oil and wine.

4. Fufu

Weird foods: Fufu

Fufu sounds precious, but this African staple is a hearty dough ball that’s eaten with dipping sauce or prepared with broth. Add it to your menu as new comfort food for cold days.

5. Liquid-Nitrogen-Made Food

Liquid-nitrogen-made foods

Liquid-nitrogen-made foods, like these Thai snacks, are a big trend in 2014. Working with liquid nitrogen in food preparation is still controversial — best to leave this one to the pros.

6. Broccoflower

Weird foods: Broccoflower

Broccoflower is a hybrid of broccoli and cauliflower that tastes a bit lighter and sweeter than either of those. It can be prepared any way you would prepare broccoli and cauliflower.

7. Rutabega

Weird foods: Rutabega

Rutabega is your new potato. Mash it, turn it into soup, or roast it for dinner.

8. Fruit Hybrids

Fruit hybrids

Half plum, half apricot hybrids — add them to your fruit bowl.

9. Amaranth

Weird foods: Amaranth

Quinoa may still be the queen of the grains, but amaranth is coming on strong for the gluten-free crowd. Sweeten it for breakfast or add it to soups.

10. Black rice

Black rice

The rich indigo color doesn’t look like your average rice grain, but forbidden rice is easily substituted in your favorite recipes. The dark color will also add some visual depth to your meals.

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