Would you eat human flesh?

Two Dutch television hosts claim to have eaten each other's flesh in front of a live studio audience to learn what human flesh tastes like.

Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno each had a piece of flesh a few centimetres large surgically removed, Storm told ABCNews.com. Storm had part of his buttock removed; Zeno, part of his abdomen.

A top chef then sautéed the bits in sunflower oil, with no spice or seasoning, before Storm and Zeno sat down to eat each other by candlelight.

"We went to the butcher, the surgeon and the studio, then we looked at each other and just ate it," Storm told ABCNews.

"Nothing is really that special when you're talking about the taste of the meat. But it is weird to look into the eyes of a friend when you are chewing on his belly."

The two are hosts of a new show on the Netherlands' BNN broadcaster called "Proefkonijnen," which translates alternately to "Test Rabbits" or "Guinea Pigs."

"The punchline of the show is to get really simple answers on stupid questions, such as, 'Can you shave with ketchup' or 'can you drive blind?'" Storm told ABC News. "And we wanted to find out how human flesh tasted.

"Now I have a good story about that scar."

The show, which airs Wednesday, has caused a huge stir in the Netherlands.

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