The disgusting food Museum in Malmö, Sweden, features the usual suspects: fermented shark, durian and surströmming (fermented herring). It also includes a few more esoteric items, such as fruit bats and casu marzu, the maggot-infested cheese from Sardinia. And, in a bit of theater, the tickets are printed on vomit bags.

What is more surprising, however, is the inclusion of root beer, a drink roundly despised in Europe, where locals consider it to taste like mouthwash. The obvious message is...

July-August 2019 | Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street

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The Disgusting Food Museum

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