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It's a well-known fact that Instagram is the Mecca of food pics. If you don't 'gram it, it never happened, as they say. In a bold act of rebellion, one Instagram account decided to shatter the conventional norms of culinary perfection.
Enter 'Cooking For Bae', a popular Instagram page with 166,000 followers which fearlessly showcases some of the most un-Instagrammable photos ever captured. Whether it's SpaghettiOs tacos or something that looks like bacon-wrapped vomit, it's quite a marvel to look at, however unappetizing. Without further ado, prepare for a journey into the unexpected, where imperfection takes center stage and culinary boundaries are pushed to the garbage bins and back on the very same plates again.
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Extra nutrients and dyes, essential for growing girls and guys
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While tantalizing our tastebuds through visual feasts on Instagram is one thing, experiencing the same dish in person is an entirely different realm. In a similar vein to the audacious 'Cooking For Bae' Instagram account, there exists a place where the line between culinary curiosity and repulsion is daringly blurred. Welcome to the Disgusting Food Museum, which opened its doors in 2018 in the enchanting city of Malmö, Sweden. With an unwavering mission to showcase the most revolting gastronomic creations from across the globe, this peculiar museum pays homage to traditional dishes, no matter how bizarre they may get.
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i don't care how many times the sink has been cleaned this will still make me gag
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In order to learn more about this fascinating museum of culinary horrors - with all due respect to their respective cultures, of course - Bored Panda spoke with Andreas Ahrens, a former I.T. entrepreneur and the museum's director. The idea for such a museum started happening right when his long-time friend Samuel West was about to close his Museum of Failure in 2019. As fate would have it, the timing aligned perfectly, as Ahrens had recently sold his company and was seeking a thrilling new project to sink his teeth into. "I called him up and said, 'Hey, let's do something fun together. Basically, he said, 'I have a little bit of an idea of something that could become something," Ahrens recalled. And so, over the course of six months, he and Sam toiled side by side, shaping the embryonic idea into a one-of-a-kind concept for a museum that would redefine the limits of gastronomic exploration. ADVERTIsem*nT
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Bae Tried Something Different For Lunch. She Needs To Stop
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All the types of canned pasta available from Chef Boyardee served on little flour tortillas arranged artfully on a plate. She tried! Say thank you and fix lunch yourself next time.
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Currently, the Disgusting Food Museum has around 20,000 visitors every year and 80 of the world’s most disgusting foods, ranging from maggot-infested cheese from Sardinia to Durian, infamously stinky fruit from Thailand (which “smelled like socks at the bottom of a gym locker, drizzled with paint thinner,” a food photographer told New Yorker once) - some of which you can try for yourself in their tasting bar which is included in the ticket price.
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Hot Cheeto encrusted cheese-filled turkey carcass? I’m just guessing here. Can anyone else tell what this monstrosity might be?
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man I love gucumole with that acovadaEdit: misspelled gucumole, silly me
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What In The Low Country Boil Is This Supposed To Be?
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An ode to food poisoning
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Of course, we can't say that we're really surprised that the curator of such a museum understands the appeal of stinky, culturally appropriate food. "Disgust is an evolutionary function that every culture in the world has developed. Even cultures that have no connection with the rest of the world - even they feel disgusted because disgust is there to protect us. It's an evolutionary function that makes sure that we don't eat something that can kill us," Ahrens said. ADVERTIsem*nT
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Bacon Wrapped Oreos
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i want it.
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Yes - these all cook for the same duration - including the ham.
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Why are there cat poos on tortilla???
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"I think it's a little bit fascinating to see something disgusting. Like riding a rollercoaster. You feel a sense of danger, but you know you're in safe hands," he added. "That's the appeal of having a strong emotional reaction while knowing that you will not die from trying the things that we have in the tasting bar."
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reverse image search says it is "Oysters, carrots, kiwis, peas, spam and green olives in a gelatin aspic, garnished with easy cheese."
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The Caption Said That These Were Steak Nachos. This Restaurant Should Be Ashamed Of Themselves
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"Shame 🔔 shame 🔔 shame 🔔"
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I Can't Even Lie. I Don't Know What The Hell This Is. Do Y'all Have An Idea?
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Pork knuckle? Tripe? A trip to the emergency room?
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Crafting the menu for the Disgusting Food Museum, however, is quite a challenge with many factors to consider. "It has to be something new that is interesting to taste, interesting to smell - something that people generally haven't tasted already. It also has to taste or smell quite strongly in a way that makes you remember it afterward," Ahrens explained. ADVERTIsem*nT Accommodating practicality, all menu items must be amenable to refrigeration or drying, ensuring ease of preservation and service. "So it is a bit challenging to make sure that we have a tasting bar that checks all of those boxes."
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Babe Is Too Fancy
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It's too something, that's for sure.
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Someone Decided To Put Avocado In The Mac And Cheese. Hell Nawl
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would probably taste fine though
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These Restaurants Gotta Do Better
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I would like to debate the word "restaurant" as a starting point.......
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Bae, What Is This?
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The breakfast of champions.
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It's A No For Me
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the fries look good actually
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The Caption Said "Jerk Chicken"
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rude and unreasonable chicken
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Bae Showed Out
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Scalded the chocolate...
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Bae Might Be On To Something. What Y'all Think?#cookingforbae
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I appreciate the artistic attempt, but next time make it look less like barf.
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Man. What Is This Foolishness?
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You can almost taste the bland by looking at this picture.
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I Won't Be Getting Pizza For Lunch Anytime Soon After This
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You didn't get Pizza for lunch.
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Happy Easter Y'all. Bae Cooked Some Lasagna
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Bae cooked something - not sure it was lasagne.
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Bae Is Tripping
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Seems like something I'd make a 3am while high
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They had already accidentally put the hot cocoa packet into the macaroni, so decided to also try the cheese sauce in hot milk. It might have tasted horrific, might have been surprisingly tasty; who are we to say if we haven’t tried it?
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You tried - you failed.
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This Ain't It Bruh. Bae Is Tripping
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I would try it just to see what it tastes like.
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Bae Tried To Get Fancy For Lunch. I'll Pass
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she tried. it wasnt a success, but she definetely did try.
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Hell Yeah. Babe Got Me Right.#cookingforbae
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Definitely one of the better ones on this list.
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Microwave that and it’ll be fine. Nothing special but it looks like it would taste alright.
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Stop blaming 'Bae' and learn how to cook you useless morons.
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ZuriLovesYou ZuriLovesYou Community Member Follow
How do you know they can't cook? For all you know, maybe the "baes" wanted to try cooking for a change. Stop antagonizing the OPs. They're allowed to not like it. My God! Ya'll give these significant others too much credit!
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Erin E Erin E Community Member Follow
I guess the SOs can cook for themselves 🤷♀️
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Molly Whuppie Molly Whuppie Community Member Follow
With a few exceptions, a lot these dishes are perfectly edible, and they look like how they would look when cooked normally by regular people cooking at home and not home chefs with food blogs who style everything. A lot of people commenting are way too picky about how their food looks. Its good food and healthy in a lot of cases too.
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A shoe is edible too if you're determined enough
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Stop blaming 'Bae' and learn how to cook you useless morons.
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ZuriLovesYou ZuriLovesYou Community Member Follow
How do you know they can't cook? For all you know, maybe the "baes" wanted to try cooking for a change. Stop antagonizing the OPs. They're allowed to not like it. My God! Ya'll give these significant others too much credit!
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Erin E Erin E Community Member Follow
I guess the SOs can cook for themselves 🤷♀️
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Molly Whuppie Molly Whuppie Community Member Follow
With a few exceptions, a lot these dishes are perfectly edible, and they look like how they would look when cooked normally by regular people cooking at home and not home chefs with food blogs who style everything. A lot of people commenting are way too picky about how their food looks. Its good food and healthy in a lot of cases too.
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A shoe is edible too if you're determined enough
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