Imagine being so bold that you would eat
solidified pigfat. Now imagine something so gross being an actual traditional dish that people eat during Christmas/New Years.
Gentlemen, I present to you, Russian 'сáло [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo_(food)]'. (pronounced "salo")
While this might not look any more unhealthy than the monstrosities already vigorously pasted in this thread - there is a significant difference between salo and everything else - this is
only solidified pig fat peppered and salt.
Nothing else. There's not a trace of anything else - no carbs, no minerals, nothing. It's all solidified pigfat.
It is essentially cured slab of fatback - with nothing else but pepper and salt.
And here you thought American food culture was disgusting...