You must have seen many things to eat and drink. We remember some dishes because of their taste but some we remember only because they are slightly different in appearance. One such food item is currently going viral on social media, which is from the neighboring country China. The specialty of this dish is that it looks exactly like a tuft of hair.
Generally, if we accidentally see hair in the food, we feel strangely disgusted. However, in the neighboring country China, people are eating whole bunches that look like hair and are also posting its pictures on social media. These strange snacks are being sold in an area called Chengdu of China and people also like to eat them. Have been.
Are people really eating clumps of hair?
According to the report of Oddity Central, this hair-like thing found in China is called Fa Kai and Fat Choy. This is dried cyanobacterium, which has been a part of Chinese food for a long time. It looks like hair, hence it is called hair vegetable. It is usually used as black vermicelli, which is added to soups. However, nowadays in China, to maintain its hair-like texture, people roast it on barbeque and eat it by adding spices and chutney. Looking at it, it seems as if they are eating a tuft of human hair.
Onlookers are left astonished
Earlier in China it was said about fat choy that if it is eaten on New Year’s Eve, it brings good luck for the whole year. In scientific language it is called Nostoc flagelliforme. It is eaten widely in areas like Gansu, Shanxi, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia. However, at present, due to the hair-like texture of its snacks, social media influencers are liking it a lot. It looks exactly like a bunch of hair is being eaten.
Tags: Bizarre news, Viral news, Weird news
FIRST PUBLISHED: November 6, 2024, 11:26 IST
