Birds Nest White Fungus Drink - Weird Stuff In A Can

Possibly the weirdest stuff in a can yet - certainly the weirdest blob drink in this series - it's bird spit, made into a drink, in a can

[@anaximander66]

The cost of being a KZbinr was steep today.

[@danbaseley5268]

All I have to say is, our partner is going to shock the world because - he is none other than: THE SHOCKMASTER!!!!!!!

[@smcdonald9991]

He's a brave man.

[@Careful3890]

U must admire this couragous (spelling?) man! 😂

[@theabyssaldemon]

I damn near died when you cupped your hands and began fishing for the right words to say at 2:50.

[@user-vn7ce5ig1z]

Lumpy bird spit and fungus drink. I don't know what's odder, the product or the marketing. ¬_¬ "Let's have a taste if I must". Must you though? _Must_ you really? 🤨 This wasn't a Patreon-exclusive video, so don't put the blame on us; it was your choice. 😛

[@AtomicShrimp]

I'm now at the point where i start hoping I won't find certain things in a can, because if I find it, I feel obliged to review it

[@enzolong9085]

Wait what theres an atomic shrimp patreon?

[@trlkhai]

i'm Vietnamese and i love this. If you are not enjoying it, i understand.

[@madtitan2174]

Phước Khải Trương Lê shit looks disgusting

[@dsnuts6044]

Have you seen bird nest soup? It looks basically the same lol

[@HaydenX]

I'm American and I love it too.

[@ruaridavies6252]

Wonderfarm coconut juice with bits is great. But I'm really not sure about this one lets have atomic shrimp take one for the team again 😉✌️ .

[@MyHentaiGirl]

@@dsnuts6044 they put the whole fucking bird in, fucking head stare back at me from the coconut xD

[@dantaylor3928]

After watching all of these, I have to say this is the weirdest of the lot. Did not expect it to be a translucent beverage.

[@bryantaylor9115]

thank you for taking one for the team here. now i know not to buy bird spit drinks despite how curious i am

[@6Twisted]

1.2mg per liter aka 0.00012% aka you might as well call it homeopathic birds nest.

[@andersp.1264]

You, sir, are a braver man than most.

[@5x385]

this sounds absolutely disgusting 1:54 gonna stop right there, I don't even want to see you suffer

[@MakunaRGBIC]

From all your videos I have watched so far, this has to be the most unenthusiastic you have ever been. Can't say I blame you a single bit. Bird Spit!

[@Gladiatvra]

What prompted the first one to ingest those ingredients? "Mmm...the nest that bird is sitting it's ass in, sure looks delicious!"

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Main drivers: 1- hunger 2- bordom/experimentation 3-accidents

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Forgot: 4- drunk dare (could maybe go in 3)

[@MotorStorm66]

I think it’s to do with purported medicinal benefits

[@Lady8D]

Oh boy! Think I'd take the bugs over this one LOL

[@queermilkshake9990]

Knowing that you aren't picky REALLY puts this in to perspective 😂 it's a pass from me

[@zidanidane]

0:56 imma be real with you chief, sounds as delicious as eating a bird's saliva

[@Lady8D]

My wife asked me to ask you if this drink or anything you've tried on WSIAC has ever made you ill?

[@AtomicShrimp]

Nothing on this series has ever really made me ill. The canned burger had a weird musty taste that sort of seemed like it infected me - I could sometimes still smell or taste it for days, maybe weeks afterward

[@Lady8D]

Atomic Shrimp She says "That's good, I was concerned with his safety so I'm glad he's ok" I've experienced foods that did that for a day or two but never longer, eek lol

[@roycollins712]

My wife had me try this cause she swears by it to be healthy, I had a similar response and then watched this video… This guys video put words to how I reacted to it, I don’t think I have laughed that hard in a while.

[@MrYournamehere4202]

Shrimp!!! You have out done your self with this one!! I'm glad I didn't eat breakfast yet! blech ...LOL

[@jshicke]

I have actually had this! Sweet vanilla flavor. Good for the libido. Me and a guy from work used to find different drinks for each other to try. This was my entry.

[@jshicke]

Having read this a few days later, I think it did not come out sounding as intended :-) The drink was a dare to see who would drink it. The libido was for my wife, not the guy I work with :-)

[@fourutubez7294]

@@jshicke Chuckle

[@deeherrera2535]

I gagged at your description.

[@johnlittle8975]

I'm sorry too. I couldn't stop laughing at you.

[@_efault]

"If you're a person that really enjoys this and thinks is fantastic, I'm just so sorry, because I think it's vile"

[@lucifer-co2nj]

what is a white fungus? 🤔 Could be anything.

[@wanker6379]

Ur skin a white fungus

[@PeeJay7290]

Yes, each to their own, but I can't imagine that being "my own"!

[@jerb5965]

Fungus....where on earth did you materialize this nightmare?

[@NovaNocturneArt]

Ha! I've had that drink before. It's not necessarily bad. It's the idea really that put me off.

[@3212009a]

Is the idea really that much stranger than drinking cow tit juice?

[@NovaNocturneArt]

@@3212009a Not really, its mainly a matter of what people are familiar with due to cultural/societal norms of where one is raised. Obviously if someone is raised to drink this drink and not milk, then they probably wouldn't think the drink weird, but that milk is weird. Nothing wrong with that.

[@GrandadsOtherChannel]

No no no no no, even squinting my eyes didn't help because I had headphones on so I could still hear. Top man, I am definitely not going to try this at home. Slightly out of date lager was the best I could manage. On the scambaiting (which I see you have another in the pipeline) how about doing one talking to KZbin support? See if you can tell when you are not talking to a bot 😜

[@Bepbo]

I've been binge watching Weird Stuff in a Can today, and I think this is the first time I've seen you use the tab, and not the can opener ;) haha.

[@joelrizzo2786]

I've always heard birds nest soup has a texture just like that drink. And you are correct that the nests are very expensive. Mainly I believe because it's a very dangerous job collecting them.

[@gregorywhatley9659]

The taking of birds nests is a major issue for these birds :( I don't blame you for getting this though, I'd probs buy it once just to try it too in your position

[@jayamilapersson4030]

There are strikt regulations of harvesting birds nests and it takes about 40 days for a bird to make a nest. But that being Said I have never tried it And I dont think Im gonna try anything with overpriced bird spit in it.

[@blurnobody]

Not sure about some harvesters, but the smart and general practice is to wait until the birds have finished hatching their young and leave the nest. They don't reuse the nest, although they will come back to the same location the next year. I say smart because any long-term harvester would not want to do anything to jeapordize future income, and killing baby birds means no adult birds to make nests in future. I'm not a harvester, but it's pretty common in some outskirt villages in my country, and anyone you talk to who has a "bird house" (a building that's been built/converted to encourage swifts to nest there so their used nests can later be harvested) will tell you: always check before you harvest. If there's a baby bird inside, you leave it alone.

[@gregorywhatley9659]

@@blurnobody that's a fair point but i don't know if I would trust everyone to run it ethically. In our history as a species we've shown time and time again that we will exploit another species to extinction if more money can be made. If the birds are not nesting in your barn and are nesting in a cliff top or something like that, I don't trust that people competing with each other to find bird nests will wait until the birds are gone before trying to make their paycheck.

[@blurnobody]

@@gregorywhatley9659 Can't say much for the old practice of cave nest harvesting, but commercial birds nest harvesting has pretty much been the norm for over a decade now in several parts of South East Asia. However, I was told that the old process of harvesting nests from caves is even more niche (and incredibly dangerous) and that the climbers generally do know to wait for the nests to be empty before they harvest them. Whether that's true for everyone or just the folks I spoke to, can't be sure. There wasn't much commercial competition for them, considering how hard and dangerous harvesting nests in caves is, and the commercialised bird houses makes it even less appealing now at any rate. Why bother to risk your neck for a small amount of harvest that might or might not fetch a high price when you could set up a building and waltz in every couple of weeks to have a look around for empty nests? I can understand the worry for the birds and their hatchlings, but, as I said, it's not really something done in common practice. Long term gains over short term idiocy and all that. Birds nest harvesting being commercialised also drove the price down quite a bit, so quantity is definitely required to turn a profit, and jeapordizing the population would mean a harvester dumping money into setting up a bird house only to shoot themself in the foot by reducing the overall population. The birds are also quite hard to attract to the houses sometimes, so once they have a few, you can bet they will want to continue keeping them coming generation after generation.

[@gregorywhatley9659]

@@blurnobody that's really interesting to know, my only exposure to it was through a documentary about cave bird nest harvesting so it's good to know that's not the standard now, thanks for the info

[@Skittenmeow]

Hmmmm nesty!

[@christianfletcher7616]

I balked at the phlegm comment ewwwwwwwww!!!

[@confusedsausagetm871]

I lost you at bird saliva.

[@daveh70gongoozler40]

What can I say frogspawn wallpaper paste wow seriously that was disgusting you need decorating excuse the pun perhaps you could make yourself a medal out of the tin can will there's a fault seriously that was disgusting all the best keep tasting

[@ganainm5113]

Yep. That's definitely weird.

[@mildredpierce4506]

Slime in a can? Yummy! ... just kidding.

[@MrWylis]

Yeah, Bro. I'm not sure I could give that one a go. Wonder who first thought "those solidified bird spit nests look worth a taste!"?

[@WATCHINGTHEWATCHERS]

I know swift flem is supposed to be a delicacy, however I think a bees spit in the form of hunny is the only spit I'll be drinking 😥

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Ever tried freshly extracted cod sperm sushi?

[@jayamilapersson4030]

Honey is bee vomit

[@rzr651]

Great vid 👍

[@ollieb9875]

_ohh_ It's.. *lumpy* .. _ohh_ .. it's l.. lumpy and gelatinous.. *oh my gosh* Too funny mate!

[@christopherpappas7474]

You are a far better man than I 'Gunga Din'. I don't think I could bring myself around to drinking this.... PEACE:)

[@OldskoolK31]

It genuinely looks like a glass of spit

[@ens0246]

Did you drink it chilled? I had a can from a Vietnamese cafe in Newcastle and had no idea what it was. It wasn't too bad but yeah it is a bit too artificial in the vanilla and I couldn't finish a whole can. Definitely wouldn't have tried it of I had known it was made of spit haha

[@HaydenX]

I'm a big fan of this drink...but I really like lumpy drinks. I'm also a big fan of grass jelly drink, boba (bubble tea), and aloe drinks. The flavor to me is like a blend of cream soda and straw/hay...a very sweet dry grass flavor. Every time I go to the Asian market near me, I get a drink...and it's usually a tough call between this, sugar cane, mangosteen, basil seed, white gourd, grass jelly, and Thai iced tea (strongly recommended for everyone on this one, it's just flavored tea, sugar, and cream and it's criminally under-available in the West considering its potential mass appeal). I don't really have an "ick" factor when it comes to food, so something has to be actually dangerous for me to have qualms about it (fugu and casu marzu come to mind). Oh, also the "white fungus" mentioned is a specific species also called snow fungus and silver ear fungus which is widely eaten throughout Asia and has been used medicinally...its mild anti-inflammatory properties actually have some small scientific studies to back up the claim, but that's also a relatively common medicinal effect to find in reasonably healthy foods, including other commonly-eaten fungi.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

:D Beautiful. Turmeric drinks, chia (or basil seeds) fruit or kombucha drinks... The millions of different smoothies one can mix (adding home grown aloes) :D Life is so good.

[@zidanidane]

1:20 woah there sir! please no swearing on this christian site

[@zidanidane]

@@michelj.gaudet5048 r/woosh

[@madtitan2174]

Michel Gaudet r/wooosh

[@redgriffin3923]

10/10 for perserverance

[@Reldain]

Quality content right here. This stuff sounds horrible!

[@Izamen]

10 likes if going forward he must finish all weird items in a can, in their entirety!

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Chug! Chug! Chug! Chug! ...

[@AtomicShrimp]

lol. This is not a democracy

[@RustyTube]

Makes me think of the 1984 _The Karate Kid_ movie, where a girl was surprised her friend liked the protagonist (played by Ralph Macchio) and said she must be into fungus.

[@clintromine802]

You deserve a prize for trying that 🤮

[@beanbag6799]

I salute to you, AtomicShrimp, for your tongues sacrifice

[@benparkinson8314]

Nasty.. I guess kind of... No its nasty

[@gibbo9089]

Wouldn't find it down your local Waitrose!

[@GeorgeNoiseless]

Since fungus is involved this reminded me of kombucha, but I'm guessing there's no actual relation since this is not fermented?

[@anaturalwoman]

You know you can back down from tasting after you open it, right? I don't think I could have even smelled it!

[@AtomicShrimp]

I think I've only ever done that on one episode

[@Aleph-Noll]

thats a no from me dog ahaha

[@doanerific9908]

Asians know this 😬

[@diebesgrab]

We all have stuff that makes us gag, but I’ve noticed people raised with traditional western fare are frequently stymied by mouth feel more than anything else. I’ve never had bird’s nest drinks, because I’m not a big fan of bird’s nest soup, but yeah, that sort of consistency doesn’t strike me as particularly weird.

[@returnofbeaux]

This seems like it would make a great cocktail with some green slime coloring and some minced garlic. Maybe a decorative eyeball garnish.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Your comment is so freakin' weird. But the weirdest thing is that I was thinking of a very similat thing: 1- Great drink ingredient (strong please) 2- This is nothing compared to fermented fish gut soup with a few foloating eyeballs and a side of cod sperm. (!)

[@Snapmare_]

*_w h i t e f u n g u s_*

[@tinyponymuse]

"oh it's lumpy" 😂 such disappointment

[@millenntan12]

Hi atomic shrimp! it is actually a sort of delicacy in the asian culture, it is said to have some health benefits! www.euyansang.com.sg/en/7-things-to-know-about-birds-nest/eysfood2.html thrs a link here if you want to check out its uses, also I highly doubt the drink you had is of authentic bird nest ( or at least it is definitely not high grade bird nest) as it is actually very expensive, and in asia you usually brew the soup yourself instead of it coming from a can. The bird nest used for canned drinks are usually either fake or just the bits and pieces rejected/unused. It is common where i come from to send it as a gift to the elderly but i find it weird as well to eat a bird's spit

[@AtomicShrimp]

I guess it's not objectively any weirder than eating eggs or drinking milk. I'm not sure I could make myself drink any more of this though - I struggle with any of the Asian drinks with blobs in them

[@millenntan12]

@@AtomicShrimp ahahah no worries man, I feel you its actually unique for me to see it in a fizzy drink, usually u just see it in some slightly sweetened drink, but yea it does look abit too sludgy

[@Mambo.Canibal]

its...thicc

[@SmR8008]

Looks like poorly mixed wallpaper paste😄😄

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Watery side... I hear ya

[@grantfraser3156]

The exact same can was in my hotel mini bar in HCMC Vietnam back in 2017. I wasn’t brave enough to try it, well done you! 👏😂

[@TexDrinkwater]

Wow, glad I waited to watch this until *after* I finished my lunch. 🤢I'm going to look for this can of lumpy mucous-y spit to give to someone as a gag (literally!) gift.

[@thesehandsart]

I got flashbacks watching this.. unfortunately I have tried this, sans vanilla. It's not my jam(though it looks like it would be).

[@theprofessor4914]

I've rewatched a bunch of WSIAC vids. And blobby drinks. :-) you are appreciated

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

"Product of Vietnam" Oh, so THAT'S why the Americans pulled out

[@creativemechanic1565]

Creator must have been bored to wanna drink bird spit

[@1kreature]

Thank you for tasting this so I do not have to :)

[@Schoetastic]

Kinda reminds me of almost drinking menstrual blood. You know... from the texturen 😅🤢

[@walwal6449]

Tf why so many dislike this.... I feel like I'm the weird one for liking this 😂 It literally tastes like flavoured coconut drink for me Im vietnamese though so that may be why this doesnt feel or taste that weird as ppl here make it out to be

[@PimpCatTV]

Watching this video as I’m halfway through the can, I found this weird drink at some Asian market, but she doesn’t taste that bad..

[@cipherthedemonlord8057]

I literally just opened one I bought awhile back and after the first small sip no no no...

[@Disc737]

Not surprised you couldn't stomach this, looks like microwaved snot..

[@hatedpotated]

As soon as I saw it come out of the can I said: nope! 🤢

[@therezaloftus]

a cup of phlegm lol nice description shrimp though i would have described it as a cup of snot with bogeys in it. i honestly would throw up though i have reall issues with textures

[@mockingbird9646]

As a big fan of vanilla snot, I'm completely offended by you referring to this drink as vile!

[@S4K4Moto]

*Me as South East Asian: "You will get used to it [Smug Face]"*

[@Lady8D]

Sakamoto 😁

[@kathrynillsley7557]

You do know don’t you that you could just have deleted the first few seconds and thrown the stuff away and we would never have known? You really don’t have to do some things.

[@Byrvurra]

Ha, well I suppose if you're going to sell bird spit in a can, the contents might as well resemble phlegm.

[@chrissylibertyk9]

I would rather eat a half dozen of the canned burgers than get anywhere near this. Talk about texture issues. Good on you for trying

[@illustriouschin]

The gloopiness is from the agar.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

Magnificient

[@7cTube]

Ok

[@ruaridavies6252]

Wonderfarm coconut juice with bits is great.

[@brianartillery]

I do believe Ashens has tried this. Let's just say that it did not please him greatly.

[@beeragainsthumanity1420]

Spit Soda....c'mon, kids... give it a try!

[@2.7petabytes]

Mmmmmmmm bird spittle...

[@2.7petabytes]

And yes, in essence, it is slime

[@KelniusTV]

I'm just curious, what do you do with the stuff you don't like? Obviously, you paid for it, if you want to throw it away, that's fine. But I always hope you try to salvage it - for food, you're a good cook, I imagine you can make the best of something even if it's not the most pleasant. But drinks... it's hard to change the end product of a gross liquid, and it's not like you can pour all those chemicals in the garden. Have you managed to salvage any of the more unpleasant products, or do they just feed the bin?

[@AtomicShrimp]

It doesn't happen all that often - my tastes are pretty broad. I did tip the rest of this away, and for very sugary drinks, I don't always consume the whole lot - there was a can of malt beverage that I reduced down to syrup and used as the sweetener in some homemade ketchup, but generally, I would tip it away, on the rare occasions that I really don't want any more of it.

[@ralfsstuff]

I was wondering wether you already tried this

[@xxzhutkiyxx]

This actually looks pretty good. Maybe I'll order some because now I'm pretty curious.

[@returnofbeaux]

I like the packaging and the slimey visual effect.

[@theobster]

Blobbiest of all the blob drinks😂

[@hashtag_thisguy]

Honey is just bee spit and pollen...

[@taonyaanzu]

I just got 6 cans imported loo

[@jaynadiah5498]

this felt like an Ashens video....

[@KallePalle05]

Yes

[@serioushex3893]

i seem to recall ashens tried the same thing, and had very much the same reaction.

[@rifqi2733]

It's normal here in Indonesia

[@psychospacecadet]

Maybe hold your nose and don't take it out of the can before drinking!!!! Looks like some coconut water with the pulp or aloe. That looks interesting, where did you find this refreshing elixir of delight, may I ask?

[@AtomicShrimp]

I bought it in a local Asian supermarket (Sun Hung Chang in Portsmouth. Honestly, the flavour was OK. The texture was like a mix of every possible consistency of slime

[@psychospacecadet]

@@AtomicShrimp ahhhh, I will look around my Asian markets. I was kidding, but holding my nose and not looking does help (and a lack of options 😄). But cactus is a bit slimy, so I've experienced the blobiness, and this looks rather globby. If I can find something similar, I will give it a try!

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@psychospacecadet But cactus is so delicious, especially in a can (extra slimy) :)

[@psychospacecadet]

@@PandemoniumMeltDown still looking for a canned version. I just go to the bodega and get the plant and eat it raw or cooked up. Wonder if making it in to a puree would give the same feel. Well, I will keep that in mind for the next trip. Toodles.

[@PandemoniumMeltDown]

@@psychospacecadet I usually buy La Costeña Nopalitos Tender Cactus (same brand as the Huitlacoche Atomic Shrimp uncanned in #128 :D but in Canada

[@monotonecthulhu6709]

It's less disgusting if it is hot.