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Contributor: Gardenvy Gardenvy
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Originally posted by El-Jaro
What things do you like the taste of that most people don't?

Last week I was started on a prescription cough syrup with cherry flavor. I don't know why, but I think it tastes awesome. I love the taste of Peptobismol too. French fries ... more
This is a very interesting question. I'm a pastry chef and I love to hear what things people are eating...

I love to death habanero salsa and habanero chilies with almost everything. Lately with all of the deconstructed desserts and dishes coming out of Ferrand Adria at "Il Bulli" I have noticed that many Americans are more willing to try new and exciting foods. I'm half Spanish and half french, so with that combination of cultures you bet your ass I grew up eating the most f*d up foods as a kid. Chicharron.. escargot.. chorizo (blood sausage).. rattle snake is yummy.. donkey meats are always good.. calf brain tacos.. needless to say the delectable sweets like hot chocolate cinnamon and spicy pepper.. and lingonberry jams with braunschweiger pate.

Shit I could go on for years about all of the weird yet incredibly yummy foods I eat.
03/24/2010
Contributor: Red Red
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Originally posted by JEM
Where do I begin! French dressing on my pizza, Blue cheese works too. I too love the ketchup and potato chips. Dip my french fries in Ketchup and Mayo. I LOVE the taste of liquid amoxicillin (bubble gum medicine as I called it as a child). Could put ... more
WOAH WOAH WOAH!!!!! HANG ON!

Can you get these Herr chips in the US????????? I have never heard of them, but I am about to start mad hunting.

(Ketchup is a REALLY common chip flavour in Canada, but I can't find it here in the US and I have been craving that tongue-ripping ketchup flavour....)
03/24/2010
Contributor: Red Red
Salsa and Perogies!!!

Indian Pickles and Kraft Dinner (hot sauce works too)

Pepperoni pizza topped with kraft dinner

rice/grain/beans with italian salad dressing, warmed

Haggis

Stuff like fries and mayo is pretty bad ass too.

and so on.

Fun thread!
03/24/2010
Contributor: Red Red
Quote:
Originally posted by Red
WOAH WOAH WOAH!!!!! HANG ON!

Can you get these Herr chips in the US????????? I have never heard of them, but I am about to start mad hunting.

(Ketchup is a REALLY common chip flavour in Canada, but I can't find it here in the US ... more
answered my own question. They are available in central/east USA.

I has a sad. I was totally ready to make a ketchup trip drive but alas! I would have to cross a few states first.
03/24/2010
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
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Originally posted by Victoria
I dunno - he says he can't think of any.

I am sure regional stuff seems weird to people from other areas. I just don't consider most food weird. I live in such a fabulous food city, in a multicultural neighborhood, so nothing seems ... more
Lucky kids!

I was brought up in a meat and potatoes household. It wasn't until I moved out of the area I grew up in that I got to try REALLY GOOD food. Heck, I didn't even have American-Chinese food until I was 16!
03/24/2010
Contributor: Gary Gary
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Originally posted by TacoODoom
hotsauce in my macaroni cheese
peanut-butter banana and bacon sandwiches
salmiakki (finnish salted black licorice)
"peanut-butter banana and bacon sandwiches"

That sounds good!
03/24/2010
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
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Originally posted by Gary
"peanut-butter banana and bacon sandwiches"

That sounds good!
maybe a slice of tomato too
03/24/2010
Contributor: Gary Gary
I don't know if I can think of anything that is really weird that I like?

I love the way Pepto tastes. I love sushi, calamari, frog, crayfish, roe (s0me kinds). I was born in Gettysburg, and everyone back home hunts so I have eaten a lot of things that people in the city have never eaten: Rabbit, Quail, Deer (meat, heart, liver). I love steak, and as long as it fresh I can handle it bloody raw all the way to the whole way burnt.

When I was a kid, my one grandma used to make waffles with peanut butter and sliced up bananas on them, and every now and then I get hungry for that. I love burnt bacon (especially with a little maple syrup on it).
03/24/2010
Contributor: Carrie Ann Carrie Ann
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Originally posted by J's Alley
OMG, I can seriously just eat cloves of garlic. YUM...Italian, it's all I know really.

Oh, and seaweed...delicious. I also drink pickle juice, I have done it since I was a kid, I will fight to death for the last pickle too.

I ... more
I drink pickle juice, too.

I also munch on great big hunks of feta cheese and grapes.
03/24/2010
Contributor: seaofneptune seaofneptune
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Originally posted by Carrie Ann
I drink pickle juice, too.

I also munch on great big hunks of feta cheese and grapes.
I munch on chunks of feta cheese too - I love it!
03/24/2010
Contributor: Miss Cinnamon Miss Cinnamon
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Originally posted by Red
answered my own question. They are available in central/east USA.

I has a sad. I was totally ready to make a ketchup trip drive but alas! I would have to cross a few states first.
link looks like you can order them online! Now I really want to try some too...
03/24/2010
Contributor: Miss Cinnamon Miss Cinnamon
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Originally posted by Victoria
I dunno - he says he can't think of any.

I am sure regional stuff seems weird to people from other areas. I just don't consider most food weird. I live in such a fabulous food city, in a multicultural neighborhood, so nothing seems ... more
If I ever have kids, that's how I want to raise them in terms of culinary exposure.
03/24/2010
Contributor: Victoria Victoria
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Originally posted by Miss Cinnamon
If I ever have kids, that's how I want to raise them in terms of culinary exposure.
Good! I never agreed with people feeding their kids bland processed foods... always seemed unhealthy as well as poor conditioning to me.
03/24/2010
Contributor: Owl Identified Owl Identified
I eat everything. Probably some of the weirder things I like are tripe, washed rind cheeses, raw milk, pig's feet, etc. I also really love beets, turnips, brussel spouts and all those other highly stigmatized vegetables. These aren't really weird foods but I guess it's not typical for people in the United States to eat them as often as I do.
03/24/2010
Contributor: seaofneptune seaofneptune
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Originally posted by Victoria
Good! I never agreed with people feeding their kids bland processed foods... always seemed unhealthy as well as poor conditioning to me.
My sister's boyfriend is 19 and he seems to have the taste in food of little kid. He's such a picky eater too - she's been trying to figure out how to get him to try other things. He seems to only like things like popcorn, pizza, orange soda, & chocolate milk. I feel that it's because his parents never helped him to branch out.
03/24/2010
Contributor: seaofneptune seaofneptune
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Originally posted by Owl Identified
I eat everything. Probably some of the weirder things I like are tripe, washed rind cheeses, raw milk, pig's feet, etc. I also really love beets, turnips, brussel spouts and all those other highly stigmatized vegetables. These aren't really ... more
I love beets, especially in my salads. You should have seen the look on my partner's face when I got him to try a brussel sprout for the first time. Ha ha! He hated it.
03/24/2010
Contributor: TacoODoom TacoODoom
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Originally posted by Sundae
Oh I have a whole bag of salmiakki in my drawer - you can have it! Eugh, so strong and unpleasant...
it's definitely an acquired taste
03/24/2010
Contributor: TacoODoom TacoODoom
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Originally posted by Red
WOAH WOAH WOAH!!!!! HANG ON!

Can you get these Herr chips in the US????????? I have never heard of them, but I am about to start mad hunting.

(Ketchup is a REALLY common chip flavour in Canada, but I can't find it here in the US ... more
yeah but i can't find a bag of all dressed to save my life...
03/24/2010
Contributor: Red Red
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Originally posted by TacoODoom
yeah but i can't find a bag of all dressed to save my life...
Ah ha! You're very right, I have not seen any bags of All Dressed (= all yum) down here either. And a few others (including dill pickle). So sad.

All the pickle juice swiggers in this thread would love dill pickle chips, I bet.

(Randomly, all these chip flavours can be ordered here: link)
03/24/2010
Contributor: J's Alley J's Alley
Quote:
Originally posted by Gardenvy
This is a very interesting question. I'm a pastry chef and I love to hear what things people are eating...

I love to death habanero salsa and habanero chilies with almost everything. Lately with all of the deconstructed desserts and ... more
We keep the house stocked with Chorizo (spanish, not the icky stuff from our local market)
03/24/2010
Contributor: Luscious Lily Luscious Lily
Quote:
Originally posted by Red
Salsa and Perogies!!!

Indian Pickles and Kraft Dinner (hot sauce works too)

Pepperoni pizza topped with kraft dinner

rice/grain/beans with italian salad dressing, warmed

Haggis

Stuff like fries and mayo is pretty ... more
OMG, I'm not the only Haggis lover here? You have just made my day. I adore haggis, but no one else in my family likes it, so we never have it.

Tamarind chutney. I swear, I could eat that stuff by itself.

Mac'n'cheese with sharp cheddar melted in, peas, and bacon.

Goat curry, but only from this one little Indian restaurant near my university.

Gator meatballs. 'Nuff said.
03/24/2010
Contributor: J's Alley J's Alley
Quote:
Originally posted by Gary
I don't know if I can think of anything that is really weird that I like?I love the way Pepto tastes. I love sushi, calamari, frog, crayfish, roe (s0me kinds). I was born in Gettysburg, and everyone back home hunts so I have eaten a lot of things ... more
HA...I totally eat french toast, peanut butter and banana sandwiches. I don't think they are weird though, the combo is amazing.
03/24/2010
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
Dishes with lots of hot, hot peppers (Jalapeno, Thai chili pepper, etc.) and plenty of spices.

Exotic Durian fruit frozen cold.

Yummy snake soup in winter to keep me warm.

.....It's the Asian in me!
03/24/2010
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
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Originally posted by seaofneptune
My sister's boyfriend is 19 and he seems to have the taste in food of little kid. He's such a picky eater too - she's been trying to figure out how to get him to try other things. He seems to only like things like popcorn, pizza, orange ... more
my room mate is that way too!
03/24/2010
Contributor: TacoODoom TacoODoom
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Originally posted by Luscious Lily
OMG, I'm not the only Haggis lover here? You have just made my day. I adore haggis, but no one else in my family likes it, so we never have it.

Tamarind chutney. I swear, I could eat that stuff by itself.

Mac'n'cheese with ... more
you know they make a vegetarian haggis... that just seems so...wrong
03/24/2010
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
One year, my dad took the heart from the deer he tagged and put it in the brine of pickled bologna. They said it was good...I'm not one for eating internal organs, myself.
03/24/2010
Contributor: Red Red
Quote:
Originally posted by Rossie
Dishes with lots of hot, hot peppers (Jalapeno, Thai chili pepper, etc.) and plenty of spices.

Exotic Durian fruit frozen cold.

Yummy snake soup in winter to keep me warm.

.....It's the Asian in me!
Frozen Durian is soooooo good. It tastes like creamy fruit-meat with a side of funk.
03/24/2010
Contributor: SexyTigerX SexyTigerX
Grilled cheese dipped in katchup.

PB and sliced kiwi instead of banana.

I like to peel a potato, slice it and eat it with salt on it. Raw!
03/24/2010
Contributor: El-Jaro El-Jaro
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Originally posted by SexyTigerX
Grilled cheese dipped in katchup.

PB and sliced kiwi instead of banana.

I like to peel a potato, slice it and eat it with salt on it. Raw!
kiwi? sounds yumful
03/24/2010
Contributor: ToyTimeTim ToyTimeTim
Peanut butter and mayo sandwiches, Vinegar and salt on fries and i have been having frosty-fries since i was a kid.
Nothing beats a good fresh venison back-strap the knight you get it
03/24/2010