jects ate the whole thing. Drabya stated that the tex- is similar to the Chinese food called ‘Toufu’”. Antho-
ture was weird, but did not taste bad. Anthony also ny also said that the taste was spicy, but not so
said that they taste like normal eggs, and they are strong.
not bad to eat with shells.
Final Rating: 5/10
Final Rating: 6/10
Beef Jerky:
Spicy Steak:
The appearance was red
It was curiously a long
and greasy. Even though
orange stick-like piece
it was red, it did not look
of meat with some chili
too spicy. Kei said that
powder on it. The chili
the taste was spicy and
powder made the food
sweet, but the texture is
look really spicy. All the
disgusting. No one want-
subjects said the steak ed to finish their morsels of processed meat
was spicy and sweet at the same time. They seemed
to tolerate this more than the other meat options.
Final Rating: 6/10
Final Rating: 6/10
Seaweed:
To East Asian students,
this was the most ordi-
This was black and it
nary food in the experi-
looked extremely dry and
ment. People from other
chewy. All the subjects
parts of the world, how-
said it was too salty
ever, generally don’t eat
this. All the subjects no-
Final Rating: 4/10
ticed that the food was seaweed because they ate
it before. Every subject said the taste was good be-
Chicken Feet:
cause the taste was simple and crunchy.
This was the most shock-
ing snack to eat blind- Final Rating: 8/10
folded, even though the
subjects have had this As soon as the subjects uncovered their eyes, they
before. The outer part were shocked at the battlefield of processed snacks
was slimy, but the inner in front of them. One kid screamed in disgust. An-
part was too bony to eat. thony said, “As soon as I saw those ‘things’, I couldn’t
One of the chicken feet was red, and looked spicy. imagine how I could have eaten them.” Kei said that
When the subjects ate the snacks, they really hated he hated the spicy steak the most. Drabya really dis-
the texture because it was hard to chew. Some of liked the gum, and Anthony said the chicken foot
them even gave up eating the food. According to Kei, was a form of culinary torture.
however, it tasted like nothing.
Final Rating: 2/10
Black Pepper Flavored Steak
The steak was glistening,
yellow colored, and some
black dots on the meat.
The food looks not spicy.
The pepper on the steak
made the food a little
spicy. Kei said, “The taste
Marinated Duck Tongue: