Every St David's Day (1 March), Welsh people celebrate their home country with traditional dances, dragon parades and classic Welsh food. But considering St David is rumoured to have only eaten leeks, it's perhaps not surprising that some Welsh cuisine is frugal – and slightly strange, from an outsider's point of view. These are the most bizarre Welsh foods to try this St David's Day and beyond.

Click or scroll through our gallery to discover Wales's most peculiar traditional foods – counting down to the most unusual of all.

We've based our ranking on the obscure nature of each dish, and on the opinions of our well-travelled (and well-fed) team. The list is unavoidably subjective.

Ranked: the weirdest traditional British dishes of all time