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Weird and crazy ice cream flavors

So on a hot and sunny summer, you are wandering around with your mind thinking of what to do since you have plenty of time to do. The laidback environment during a hot summer season just induces one to think of doing something very wacky and bizarre to perk up one’s mood.
And what better way to excite that otherwise sleepy disposition than to grab some  weird and crazy ice cream flavors. True, with weirdness and craziness, comes madness all over that will truly perk you up.
Not only this, having weird and ice cream flavors around are a sure gastronomical taste to that picky taste bud of yours. These ice cream flavors are sure to feast that discriminating taste of yours.
Ice cream is a type of frozen dessert manufactured from dairy products, for instance the cream (or substituted ingredients), concocted with flavorings and sweeteners, such as sugar.

In the fifth century BC, old Greeks sold snow cones combined with honey and fruit in the busy markets of Athens. Persians, having been the experts in the storage of ice, ate ice cream well into summer. Roman emperor Nero had ice brought from the cool mountains and splashed with fruit toppings.
Fast forward, the ice cream of today must have originated fro the ice treats with these early ice delicacies.

But at some period, the history of ice cream took a bizarre turn for the worse and gave us the following weird flavors:

The Japanese people have long taken recognition in their capacity to adopt, adapt and improve on customs, practices and styles from other nations. Having succeeded in the manufacturing with cars, gadgets, electronics and even fashion, it was only natural that the Japanese turned their focus to attempting to surpass the West with one of its favorite culinary treats - ice cream.

Here are some of their weird and bizarre ice cream flavors:

1. Fish Ice Cream.
There seems to smell fishy about ice cream topped with saury - a saltwater fish famous in Japan. But there should be no worries about that with this offering from Kimura Shoten as the fishy fumes have been drowned out by generous doses of brandy.

2. Octopus Ice Cream.
Want to savor your taste buds with an interesting tentacle? If so, Octopus Ice Cream is the way to go. The Japanese have been able to concoct with an amazing array of uses for octopus, all ranging from delicacy to pornographic movie prop. It is a wonder then that octopus has found its way into ice cream.

3. Squid Ice Cream.
Not desiring to spice up Octopus Ice Cream a leg-up, Kimura Shoten utilized the extra legs available to move forward with an interesting squid flavored ice cream.

4. Ox Tongue Ice Cream.
What ideal manner to savor your taste buds than with another tongue? Although the interesting Ox Tongue Ice Cream may not really be the first delicacy that may come to mind, its flavor is nothing to have a beef with.

5. Sweet Potato Ice Cream.
Sweet potatoes have recognition in Japan for stirring a lot of flatulence. Mention Sweet Potato Ice Cream though, and it is more likely to induce nausea.

6. Fried Eggplant Ice Cream.
Eggplant is a main ingredient of the Japanese food, appearing usually on such dishes as pizza and in sandwiches. Becoming an ice cream flavor was just a matter of time.

7. Crab Ice Cream.
The city of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost prefecture, is famous for its rich array of seafood, prime among the flood delicacies being crab. Though not everybody’s widely accepted ice cream flavor, this is a dish worth sinking your claws into your discriminating taste buds.