Pass the maggots please: Here is where America’s most adventrous eaters live
US News Pass the maggots please: Here is where America’s most adventrous eaters live By Jeanne Erickson Published July 25, 2026, 11:44 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google It’s a brave new world in Washington, D.C., home to the most adventurous eaters in the US.
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US News Pass the maggots please: Here is where America’s most adventrous eaters live By Jeanne Erickson Published July 25, 2026, 11:44 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google It’s a brave new world in Washington, D.C., home to the most adventurous eaters in the US. In the nation’s capital, enthusiastic diners seek out stomach-churning eats like the Filipino delicacy balut — a gloopy duck-egg dish with a nearly developed embryo inside; or casu martzu, a stinky bowl of Sardinian sheep milk cheese crawling with live fly maggots; and surströmming, a Swedish fermented herring with a smell so vile it’s been banned on several airlines. 6 Balut is a fertilized duck egg incubated for 14 to 21 days and boiled.
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