In the latest episode of "Dude, what?" there's a small village of about 800 people in Deqing County, just outside of Huzhou, that serves as a breeding area for three million snakes, including hundreds of thousands of venomous cobras and vipers. They're used as food (some commenters on the photos say they've tasted snake and describe it as wet and slimy) and their venom is collected and used as medicine. more ›

That the Cantonese will eat anything that has legs apart from tables is a time-tested truth. And they will travel loooong distances and search high and low for places where they can put weird things into their mouth. Of course it always helps if you've heard from someone who's heard from someone who's heard from someone else about the marvelous nutritious and alimentary effects of this weird stuff that you're about to eat. more ›