{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/671683b6c054f53907d2cb8f/67dd59e477bf8b899e553f9d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mandarin Vocab Challenge: Can You Guess These Strange Foods? | Mandarin Monkey Podcast","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/671683b6c054f53907d2cb8f/1742559703090-ca3759af-ec6b-47e2-89ff-b5b5fd39fcb9.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h4><strong>1. Balut</strong> – Fertilized duck embryo (Philippines)</h4><p><strong>鴨仔蛋</strong> | <strong>yā zǐ dàn</strong> | Duck embryo egg</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>2. Surströmming</strong> – Fermented herring (Sweden)</h4><p><strong>瑞典酸鯡魚</strong> | <strong>ruì diǎn suān fèi yú</strong> | Swedish sour herring</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>3. Casu Marzu</strong> – Maggot cheese (Italy)</h4><p><strong>活蛆乳酪</strong> | <strong>huó qū rǔ lào</strong> | Live maggot cheese</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>4. Fried Tarantula</strong> (Cambodia)</h4><p><strong>炸狼蛛</strong> | <strong>zhà láng zhū</strong> | Fried tarantula</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>5. Hákarl</strong> – Fermented shark (Iceland)</h4><p><strong>發酵鯊魚肉</strong> | <strong>fā xiào shā yú ròu</strong> | Fermented shark meat</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>6. Sannakji</strong> – Live baby octopus (Korea)</h4><p><strong>活章魚</strong> | <strong>huó zhāng yú</strong> | Live octopus</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>7. Escamoles</strong> – Ant larvae (Mexico)</h4><p><strong>蟻卵</strong> | <strong>yǐ luǎn</strong> | Ant eggs / larvae</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>8. Century Egg</strong> – Preserved black egg (China)</h4><p><strong>皮蛋</strong> | <strong>pí dàn</strong> | Century egg</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>9. Blood Pancake</strong> (Finland)</h4><p><strong>血煎餅</strong> | <strong>xuè jiān bǐng</strong> | Blood pancake</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>10. Witchetty Grub</strong> (Australia – Aboriginal delicacy)</h4><p><strong>大白蟲</strong> | <strong>dà bái chóng</strong> | Big white grub</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>11. Tuna Eyeball</strong> (Japan)</h4><p><strong>鮪魚眼球</strong> | <strong>wěi yú yǎn qiú</strong> | Tuna eyeball</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>12. Snake Wine</strong> (Vietnam/China)</h4><p><strong>蛇酒</strong> | <strong>shé jiǔ</strong> | Snake wine</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>13. Guinea Pig (Cuy)</strong> (Peru/Ecuador)</h4><p><strong>天竺鼠肉</strong> | <strong>tiān zhú shǔ ròu</strong> | Guinea pig meat</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>14. Mopane Worms</strong> (Southern Africa)</h4><p><strong>莫潘蟲</strong> | <strong>mò pān chóng</strong> | Mopane worms</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>15. Frog Smoothie</strong> (Peru)</h4><p><strong>青蛙果汁</strong> | <strong>qīng wā guǒ zhī</strong> | Frog juice</p>","author_name":"Mandarin Monkey"}