Archive for the ‘What the F*CK!?’ category
What the F*ck is Kava?
It’s not just their virgin clean water and powdery sand that keeps Polynesians smiling wide. Kava, a 3,000 year old elixir, is also the secret behind their chill. The crushed root of the kava plant provides a serenity similar to what you find in pill form, but can be enjoyed without a prescription and/or addiction. [...]
Everyone Loves Blood: OTP’s Guide to Eating Blood Around the World
Black pudding, blood pudding or blood sausage – whatever you call it, it’s bloody and the rest of the world thinks it’s crazy tasty. Usually in the form of a coagulated animal-juice filled sausage, its exact origins are up for debate. Rumored to have been invented by some ancient Greek chef around the first centuries [...]
What the F*ck is Bunny Chow?
A heaping serving of slop, Bunny Chow is the South African bread bowl to America’s melting pot and a nod to South Africa’s diversity. Nothing to do with rabbits or Hef’s favorite snack, this cultural mash-up is one part Asian curry, one part Euro-bread and one part apartheid; now that’s some heavy shit. The Dutch [...]
What the F*ck is the Berlin Wall?
Not just another sleeper chapter from your high school history book, the Berlin Wall was the physical form of the so-called “Iron Curtain” and dished out 100+ concrete miles of extreme oppression. The Wall started as an overnight surprise that separated a city, country and seemingly, an entire world, changing the lives of millions and [...]
What the F*ck is AMS?
So, you’ve been lying awake at night, tossing and turning between lucid dreams of getting ridiculously high in Tibet with the local monks and climbing Mount Kilimanjaro barefoot. Well, before you strap on your backpack and take to the sky, learn a thing or three about Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), so your head doesn’t [...]
What the F*ck is Kif?
Morocco has long been a hotbed for spice markets, but they’re also into another herb of sorts, and make a decent killing slinging it around the world. Usually smoked in combination with tobacco, Kif is hashish, a condensed form of marijuana. Moroccans love this lung-clouding “perfect bliss” (the direct Arabic translation), and if you’ve ever [...]
What the F*ck is Ayahuasca?
This isn’t your everyday hallucinogen. But if those aren’t cutting it anymore, up the psychedelic ante and venture into the mysterious world of ayahuasca. Native to Amazonian tribes, locals consider ayahuasca a medicine (don’t call it a drug) that allows them to transcend a multidimensional universe, encounter demons from their past that live within, purge [...]
What the F*ck is Botellón?!
Bar in the car, BYOB, or a hidden flask full of the strong sauce – we’ve all got our own budget boozing tactics. But throw in a little good weather, some strapped-for-cash youth and a culture that likes to knock ‘em back and you’ve got yourself the ultimate outdoor bender-fest: botellón. Where do you sign [...]
What the F*ck is Vegemite!?
Salty to the core, bitter with the texture of grainy margarine and the color of excrement, Vegemite is Australia’s pride and joy. Technically we’re talking “concentrated yeast extract”, but in layman’s terms, it’s just a by-product of another renowned Aussie favorite: beer. That’s right, Aussies love their brew so much, they made a gooey condiment [...]
What the F*ck is Casu Marzu!?
It’s one thing to eat stanky tofu or chomp on a chicken fetus, but Casu Marzu is a living, breathing pile of nastalicious that makes even the most weathered foodie bite his tongue. So outrageous that it’s illegal in its home country of Italy, Casu Marzutranslates to “rotten cheese” and this gnarly loaf makes Limburger [...]
