Bizarre foods of Switzerland?

I'm traveling to Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Switzerland in November.  Does anyone know of any bizarre foods for me to try while in the above countries?

German "specials"

I'm from Berlin, Germany, and local specialities include:

- very yummy headcheeses

- Eisbein, which is the enormous boiled lower part of a pickled ham hock in all its succulent and soft glory (served with Sauerkraut of course and pea purree)

- "Berliner Schnitzel" which is basically chicken fried cow's udder

- Fricasee//Haschee made from lungs and tripe

- filled roulades and meat balls made from horse meat

- blood sauages (w/ or w/o pig's or cow's tongue) and liver sausages warm and cold

- raw ground pork with raw onions on a bun is huge in Berlin

- pork or goose schmalz with Grieben (skin crackling pieces)

Specialities from other parts of Germany:

Hessia: maggot cheese

Pommerania: lung sauage and brain sausage

Palatinate: Saumagen (filled pig's stomach)

Baden: Snailsoup (there is a snail farm near Berlin, which supplies the town)

Swabia: Tripe stew (sweet and sour)

I'm sure there a lot of other somewhat bizarre foods around in Germany...

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