This caviar comes from the wild Beluga sturgeon, but like some other foods on this list, it became so popular that it endangered the sturgeon population. Importing the caviar has been banned since 2005.
A type of Japanese puffer fish, fugu is so difficult to cook that you actually need a license and intense training to do so. If not made properly, it could release a deadly amount of tetrodotoxin that could cause paralysis and asphyxiation.
According to Delish, New Orleans chef Paul Prudhomme started a redfish frenzy when he revealed his recipe for blackened redfish. It became so popular that the species became endangered. Now it’s illegal to sell redfish in every state except Mississippi.
You’ll have to travel across the Atlantic to try this savory pudding native to Scotland. It’s made with sheep lung, and the USDA has banned foods containing lungs since 1971. Don’t miss even more surprising things you never knew were illegal.
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