It’s a well-known fact that Instagram is the Mecca of food pics. If you don’t ‘gram it, it never happened, as they say. In a bold act of rebellion, one Instagram account decided to shatter the conventional norms of culinary perfection.

Enter ‘Cooking For Bae‘, a popular Instagram page with 166,000 followers which fearlessly showcases some of the most un-Instagrammable photos ever captured. Whether it’s SpaghettiOs tacos or something that looks like bacon-wrapped vomit, it’s quite a marvel to look at, however unappetizing. Without further ado, prepare for a journey into the unexpected, where imperfection takes center stage and culinary boundaries are pushed to the garbage bins and back on the very same plates again.

#1 What In The Hell?

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While tantalizing our tastebuds through visual feasts on Instagram is one thing, experiencing the same dish in person is an entirely different realm. In a similar vein to the audacious ‘Cooking For Bae’ Instagram account, there exists a place where the line between culinary curiosity and repulsion is daringly blurred.

Welcome to the Disgusting Food Museum, which opened its doors in 2018 in the enchanting city of Malmö, Sweden. With an unwavering mission to showcase the most revolting gastronomic creations from across the globe, this peculiar museum pays homage to traditional dishes, no matter how bizarre they may get.

#2 Come On Man

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In order to learn more about this fascinating museum of culinary horrors – with all due respect to their respective cultures, of course – Bored Panda spoke with Andreas Ahrens, a former I.T. entrepreneur and the museum’s director. The idea for such a museum started happening right when his long-time friend Samuel West was about to close his Museum of Failure in 2019.

As fate would have it, the timing aligned perfectly, as Ahrens had recently sold his company and was seeking a thrilling new project to sink his teeth into. “I called him up and said, ‘Hey, let’s do something fun together. Basically, he said, ‘I have a little bit of an idea of something that could become something,” Ahrens recalled. And so, over the course of six months, he and Sam toiled side by side, shaping the embryonic idea into a one-of-a-kind concept for a museum that would redefine the limits of gastronomic exploration.

#3 Merry Christmas You Filthy Animals

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Currently, the Disgusting Food Museum has around 20,000 visitors every year and 80 of the world’s most disgusting foods, ranging from maggot-infested cheese from Sardinia to Durian, infamously stinky fruit from Thailand (which “smelled like socks at the bottom of a gym locker, drizzled with paint thinner,” a food photographer told New Yorker once) – some of which you can try for yourself in their tasting bar which is included in the ticket price.

#4 I’m Straight On This

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#5 What In The Low Country Boil Is This Supposed To Be?

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#6 Bae Tried Something Different For Lunch. She Needs To Stop

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Of course, we can’t say that we’re really surprised that the curator of such a museum understands the appeal of stinky, culturally appropriate food. “Disgust is an evolutionary function that every culture in the world has developed. Even cultures that have no connection with the rest of the world – even they feel disgusted because disgust is there to protect us. It’s an evolutionary function that makes sure that we don’t eat something that can kill us,” Ahrens said.

#7 Bacon Wrapped Oreos

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#8 Bae Is Tripping

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#9 This Ain’t It

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“I think it’s a little bit fascinating to see something disgusting. Like riding a rollercoaster. You feel a sense of danger, but you know you’re in safe hands,” he added. “That’s the appeal of having a strong emotional reaction while knowing that you will not die from trying the things that we have in the tasting bar.”

#10 Bae Tried To Get Fancy For Lunch. I’ll Pass

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#11 Hmm

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#12 Man. What Is This Foolishness?

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Crafting the menu for the Disgusting Food Museum, however, is quite a challenge with many factors to consider. “It has to be something new that is interesting to taste, interesting to smell – something that people generally haven’t tasted already. It also has to taste or smell quite strongly in a way that makes you remember it afterward,” Ahrens explained.

Accommodating practicality, all menu items must be amenable to refrigeration or drying, ensuring ease of preservation and service. “So it is a bit challenging to make sure that we have a tasting bar that checks all of those boxes.”

#13 Bae Showed Out

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#14 Babe Is Too Fancy

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#15 The Caption Said That These Were Steak Nachos. This Restaurant Should Be Ashamed Of Themselves

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#16 Bae, What Is This?

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#17 The Caption Said “Jerk Chicken”

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#18 What The Hell Is This?

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#19 Someone Decided To Put Avocado In The Mac And Cheese. Hell Nawl

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#20 This Ain’t It Bruh. Bae Is Tripping

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#21 Bae Might Be On To Something. What Y’all Think?

#cookingforbae

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#22 It’s A No For Me

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#23 Just Nasty

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#24 Happy Easter Y’all. Bae Cooked Some Lasagna

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#25 Hmm

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#26 Hmm

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#27 These Restaurants Gotta Do Better

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#28 I Won’t Be Getting Pizza For Lunch Anytime Soon After This

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#29 Hell Yeah. Babe Got Me Right.

#cookingforbae

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#30 Bae Hooked Up The Fried Spam And Rice. The Presentation Is Fire

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#31 Hmm

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#32 Pumpkin Spice Cake On Deck

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#33 I Can’t Even Lie. I Don’t Know What The Hell This Is. Do Y’all Have An Idea?

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#34 #struggleslicesunday

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#35 Struggle Slice Back??

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#36 Seafood Pizza. Y’all Got It

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#37 Taco Tuesday

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#38 Happy New Year. I See Bae Is Starting Off With The Same Bs.

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#39 I’m Good…….

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#40 Bae Tried To Come Through With A Pre Valentine’s Day Meal. I’ll Pass

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#41 They Did A Little Too Much At The Tailgate Yesterday. Did Your Nfl Team Win Yesterday?mine Didn’t

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#42 The Caption Said That This Was Meatloaf Made In An Air Fryer. It Looks Like A Muffin To Me. Maybe I’m Tripping

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#43 Day 10 Of Quarantine. Times Are Getting Hard Out Here. Y’all Be Safe

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#44 Bae Never Needs To Try This Recipe Again

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#45 The Caption Said This Was Tater Tot Casserole

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#46 Bae Was Lazy Af Tonight In The Kitchen

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#47 I Can’t Even Make Everything On This Plate

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#48 Sunday Dinner Is Served

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#49 Bae Got Some Takeout From A Popular Restaurant

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#50 Something Is Off With This Macaroni And Cheese

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#51 This Too Much. Not Even Sure What This Is

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#52 The Food At The Super Bowl Party Was Fire

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#53 The Caption Said This Was Turkey Sheppard’s Pie

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#54 Talk About Being Lazy. Omg

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#55 Not Even Sure Exactly What This Is

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#56 This Plate Ain’t It

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#57 Bae Brought Me This For Lunch. Anyone Else Needs A Plate?

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#58 Bae Out Here Tripping

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#59 No You Didn’t

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#60 Happy Sunday Y’all

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#61 What Y’all Think About This Plate?

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#62 Let’s Get This Party Started Early. Bruh

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#63 My Stomach Hurts Just Looking At This

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#64 Y’all Play Too Much. Smh

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#65 Just Lazy

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#66 Bae Just Took These Off The Grill

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#67 Which One Of Y’all Did This?

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#68 Say Something Nice Y’all

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#69 The Original Caption Said This Was Honey Garlic Chicken, Bih Where?

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#70 This Isn’t Even Halfway Done ??

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