I think you might have responded to the wrong comment, but yeah, I like those- but only the chips, not the full dill
Bean dip on pizza. It sounds super weird, and it is, but it's also delicious š¤¤
Pizza with Hollandaise for me. Works until it starts to cool.
That hadn't occurred to me, but dipping pizza crust (and pizza) in garlic butter sauce isn't unusual. Hollandaise is just a lemon butter sauce. Sounds good to me.
This sounds like the bean base for a taco pizza. Not sure how wide spread it is, but where i am from in the Midwest it is pretty popular. Pizza Hut has a Taco Bean and a Taco Beef Pizza. Add cheddar cheese, pop it in the oven, after it's done baking, add lettuce, more cheddar cheese, tomatoes, chushed up Doritos, and some sour cream. So good.
Maybe I'm also crazy, but that sounds kind of good....
I had leftover taco stuff and made a black bean and corn pizza. Beans pair well with it.
As a topping? I've done this and agree, but it's important to get the bean dip spread evenly on the crust.
Yeah, just right on top of everything. Delivery pizza, spread a little bean dip on top.
Seriously.. I couldn't even finish reading that paragraph
My friend recommended eating kiwis with the skin on. It takes a second to get used to the fuzzy skin, but they are SOOOO much easier to eat! Plus you get some extra fiber ;)
I love the pop texture of with them skin on. And it is gives a nice bitter light note to the sweet fruit.
My wife introduced me to Tuna mixed with Mac & Cheese, and now I totally enjoy it myself, other people have found it a little strange.
I personally enjoy baked beans mixed with mac & cheese.
That is not far off of chili-mac, which was a staple quick meal growing up
Hmmm might need to try this.
Have you added sweet peas to it as well? Thats how we eat it at my house and it's my favorite simple meal!
My dad used to make this! I forgot until your comment. I never liked it much myself, but it was okay.
I do this too. My Mac & Cheese usually always has broccoli and hot peppers or other veggies and whatever extra meat I have.... brisket, rotisserie chicken, salami, tuna, chilli, etc
Raw garlic, just once in a while, as a little treat. Sometimes Iāll mash it up in some bread but most oftenā¦ plain, raw garlic.
I have also not met a single thing I wonāt try to pickle at least once, and for some reason people around me think that it is Terrifying hahaha. Personally, I find pickling to be a fantastic way to rescue produce thatās otherwise about to go off. Instead of making food waste, Iām making delicious snacks and toppings. Pickle everything!
Pickle everything! I've come up with some pretty interesting pickles, and also ferments. Worst outcome is food that was going to go bad is bad. Best outcome is delicious surprise!
Ooh, experiments in fermentation are high on my list but I havenāt tried yet. Do you have any good tips for translating oneās pickling skills to fermentation? Or any fermentation tips in general - Iād love to know more about your process if you feel like sharing!
I feel like they're related in technique but have fundamentally different results. Pickling can enhance and sharpen flavours but fermentation, at least the salt anerobic kind, tends to mellow flavours. I found it helped to start with some pretty simple stuff. Just a single ingredient and salt (and water). It's Alive, the old Bon Apetit (booo!) show, has some really helpful starting recipies. Noma's guide to fermentation really emboldened my fermentation choices.
I got one of those fermentation kits of Amazon that has a couple of jar lids with a one-way valve, some glass fermentation weights, and a large syringe to pull air from the jar. I was much less worried about turning something poison with the added help from those tools.
My process is usually when something is going to go bad I put it in a jar I know the weight of, add a spice or something that may taste good then add water. Then weight it and calculate 2.5% salt of the item+spice+water. You can go lower than 2.5% but that's a pretty safe number.
Then I'll look at it and taste it a couple weeks in, decide if it needs more time and keep going. Some things have a tipping point where all of a sudden they taste really different. Other things have a more linear progression.
Experiment and have fun!
Seems like fermentation takes a little more care than I expected, but not in a bad way! I hadnāt realized there were fermentation kits out there and Iām so glad to have gotten that information before I got excited one day and decided to just wing it. Itās also good to know I should probably be thinking of this more like baking than like cooking, since Iām gathering from your description that more precise measurements are called for to get the right result.
Thank you - I really appreciate you taking the time to write out this great advice!
I'm assuming you've had pickled garlic, then? I just picked up 2 jars of it recently. I have to stop myself from eating too much sometimes. Raw garlic is great for me when I have a bad cold and need to clear out my sinuses.
I have, and I'm with you - pickled garlic is so good. I also love that it's super easy to toss in a few (or more than a few) cloves of garlic alongside whatever else is going in the pickle jar, or to put them in some leftover brine after the original batch of pickles is finished.
Since you mentioned liking raw garlic for your sinuses when you have a cold, have you ever tried saving the brine from your pickled garlic for similar purposes? If not, I'd highly recommend it. I've found that sipping or gargling pickle brine works wonders when I need some relief from a sore throat, and if the vinegar is strong enough I've found it helps my sinuses as well.
I happen to be suffering from a sore throat right now from horrible allergies, so I'll have to remember to try this as soon as I get home.
As far as other pickled things, I ironically hate pickled cucumbers, but I love pickled eggs and pickled garlic and have been curious to try some other unconventional pickled foods.
I hope that the brine helped you with your sore throat!
For other non-cucumber pickles, a great way to dip your toes in might be pickled onion (I like red onion best for this, but thatās my personal preference), or pickled carrots. Both of these make excellent toppings for sandwiches of all kinds, tacos, poke, basically anything that could use a little acid or some extra crunch
Iām also quite partial to pickled cauliflower and pickled beets for general snacking
Brewed tea leaves, think they're the best part. There's a good number that are terrible (the cheap CTC blacks especially) but think most green teas and floral oolongs are great.
Weird to brew a cup of tea and then eat the leaves but there's also some legit recipes with tea leaves. Burmese tea leaf salad and longjing shrimp are two. There's also matcha.
My favourite pizza topping is pepperoni and flaked tuna, the good stuff too so it's meaty oily tuna.
Love it but so many people think I'm odd for it. The meaty flavours compliment each other!!!
I'm not even sure I need to read the rest of the thread after this comment. You win by default! I guess it makes as much sense as anchovies on pizza though.
Toasted Cinnamon Raisin bagel with peanut butter, cheddar cheese, and bananas. - the cheese + bananas is what gets me looks.
People put mayo on cheese sandwiches and banana sandwiches, so why not?
I some time thaw frozen dumplings in the fridge, and then eat them cold on hot days.
Like gyÅza dumplings? Those are raw homie
Not gonna lie, that sounds awful. Slimy.
Baked onion with salt. Just a singular baked onion
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bite into it like an apple?
A more general answer: Meals without meat.
For some reason this really confuses people, and often makes them concerned or upset.
Toasted Cinnamon Raisin Bagel with Cheez whiz. Everyone in my family loves it. You will too. š
Cracker, sardine, tomato, cottage cheese, ground black pepper *chefās kiss. The perfect snack.
Pizza with hollandaise sauce base instead of tomato sauce. My father almost disowned me for it.
Have you ever tried French fries in hollandaise? I've had it once and it was the greatest fry topping I've ever had.
Or bearnaise š„¹š¤¤
I've heard of white sauce base, garlic sauce base, hell even bbq sauce base, but hollandaise? The eggs benedict topping?? I'm about to disown you too
eggs benedict
Dude, I'm gonna be super controversial right now, just to tick you off...
Doughy base with toppings and sauce? Remind you of anything? What if eggs benedict are just a type of pizza? Ever think about that?
you monster!
Grasshoppers, they're delicious with lemon.
All the ones I've bought in the West were dry and dank/powdery unlike the fresh and crunch of SEA street food crickets/hoppers.
What brands do you like?
Ah, I have a weird international grocery near where I live that's unique and as a result i'd dox myself if I gave the information to you, and you likely wouldn't be able to obtain them, sorry!
Totally understand.
I love making steamed artichokes stuffed with pecorino cheese, garlic and bread crumbs. A recipe from my grandmother.
Macaroni and cheese, plus shredded ham, plus mustard
It tastes incredible, but nobody else EVER wants to try it. Their loss!
NGL this sounds like it slaps. Imma give this a shot and throw in some diced pickles to boot.
What a great idea! I should try that
I toss some mustard into mac and cheese when I make it, so you might be on to something
If you want to go up a level in your additions, I would recommend you try haggis mac & cheese - it's the best!
Oooo, thanks for the suggestion!
This is the end result...
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Lightly toasted bread, right? I can see how that would be tasty (I already add a bit of mustard to my macaroni cheese) but I bet it would work even better with cut-up bacon in place of ham - you want something that's going to cut through all the creamy richness.
I believe it. If Mac and cheese burgers work, this is just a variation of that!
During a time where I would eat really utilitarian for lunch, this meal was my daily go to:
-half a can of skipjack tuna
-some amount of chopped cabbage
-steamer bag carrots and peas
-rice seasoning from the local Asian market (I don't know which one it's just labelled "rice seasoning")
-hot sauce
I try to not eat like a serial killer anymore
chips + jam
specifically, kettle chips (plain salted or unsalted) with a nice strawberry or blackberry jam to dip them in...
where it really gets controversial is that I like to do this with the bonne maman jams š
I could imagine the sweet and salty goes well together. I like when a charcuterie has a nice jam and brie. A cracker or piece of bread with brie, prosciutto, and jam, I could eat so many of those.
exactly! sweet and salty plus CRUNCHY (the best texture). it's heavenly.
also: hard yes to baguette with brie, prosciutto, and jam. i also love using an apple slice as the base for those toppings.
Taco chips with peanut butter.
I used to eat onion and mustard sandwiches years ago. They're not bad, actually.
I could see this slapping with cooked onions and Dijon on a nice crispy bread
In a similar vein, muffaletta as a bagel topping.
That sounds awesome, actually
Muffaletta is a whole ass sandwich. Do you mean tapenade?
Your not wrong lol! But they sell the preserved veggie stuff that goes on the sandwich in grocery stores, and for some reason that's ALSO called Muffaletta? It's basically giardiniera but diced finer.
I eat prunes daily. some people think it's a laxative for old people. sure, there's fiber in them and fiber helps you stay regular but just the same as eating most fruit. prunes are just dried plums and they're delicious
It's not only the fibre in prunes that helps your digestion -- the 'sorbitol' also acts as a laxative.
I do love prunes and figs
my man
I eat prunes every morning myself. In my defense, I am one of those old people.
It's apparently a Depression era recipe, but I crave it once every two months or so
Are you continuously pregnant?
I actually consume kiwis without peeling them, because I find it much more tasteful.
Also, mealworms. Fried ones. I bought them for my pet rats and ended up gorging on them sometimes.
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I've had fried mealworms, I remember them tasting somewhat of Fritos.
You win.
Why though? Mealworms are part of a human diet since the dawn of time. It's just meat.
I could feel all of the "hairs" in my mouth because of your comment. Thanks I hate it.
Hey, it's a feature. You could also shave them!
The hair is initially tough to get over, but I also eat kiwis this way. There's a tanginess just under the skin that otherwise gets cut off.
Lobsters and crabs are essentially overgrown bugs that live in water. At one point they were only fed to prisoners.
On the way coast of Canada, going to school with lobster in your lunch bag was something to be ashamed of.
A friend once turned me on to peanut butter and tuna sandwiches.
I... do not know why I thought that was good at one point, now that I think about it.
Salt, fat, sugar, protein, your body craves that stuff.
My family all enjoys peanut butter and bacon sandwiches (a habit my English mother picked up in New York in the '50s). They are glorious!
That's revolting. This wins the thread, I think.
Frozen corn.. Straight from the bag.
That actually sounds like a great snack on a hot summer day!
Did this all the time as a kid. ā¦ And as an adult, sort of. I have a recipe for a chilled corn and edamame salad with a soy sauce/sesame dressing. I make it with frozen veggies and sometimes if Iām feeling impatient Iāll eat it without fully thawing them.
This may sound weird, but I like eating sour cream with a spoon sometimes
I always eat the sour cream from off the spoon after I use it for tacos or pierogi.
Oh, I meant I sometimes specifically buy an entire cup of sour cream just to eat it by itself
I loved cream cheese and grape jelly sandwiches when I was a kid! Nobody else was convinced that itād be good, but it certainly works for me
You should try cream cheese with a spicy pepper jelly on crackers! So good.
Potato chips with Ketchup. No shame, no regrets.
When I first saw someone do this, I was disgusted. Then I was like "how is this different from fries?" And I've been sold ever since.
I enjoy ginger beer and will try to cut it into random other alcoholic beverages like red wine.
I love eating a raw potato like an apple, for whatever reason. Any time I'm cooking a dish with potatoes, I'll wash and peel one for me to eat. My boyfriend looked like I had grown a third arm the first time he saw me do it.
It's the perfect mix of crunchy and juicy, but not sweet.
Raw potatoes are like semi toxic. Do you not get any GI upset from doing that?
No, never. AFAIK they aren't toxic, just that the starch is poorly digested. Either way, I've never gotten sick from it, so š¤·
It's odd because I have had digestive issues off and on through the years, but the potatoes have never precipitated it. (It's mostly anything spicy, which sucks as I love spicy food-- it's a price I pay willingly sometimes)
Solanine is a glycoalkaloid poison found in species of the nightshade family within the genus Solanum, such as the potato, the tomato, and the eggplant
Raw potatoes certainly are mildly toxic, it's not just undigestible starches.
Most home processing methods like boiling, cooking, and frying potatoes have been shown to have minimal effects on solanine levels. For example, boiling potatoes reduces the Ī±-chaconine and Ī±-solanine levels by only 3.5% and 1.2% respectively, but microwaving potatoes reduces the alkaloid content by 15%. Deep frying at 150 Ā°C (302 Ā°F) also does not result in any measurable change.
They're no more toxic than cooked potatoes.
This guy raw potatoes
I'm just sick and tired of the "don't you know they're toxic" response to finding out I eat raw ones. My people, if they were toxic I wouldn't be eating them because it would have made me ill. š¤¦ Someone eating a whole bag of potato chips is gonna take in more solanine than I will eating one raw, peeled potato.
Hell, there are places that do baked/fried potato skins as an appetizer, when the skin is where the solanine is concentrated, and often can rise above the safe threshold. It's even suggested to eat a small piece of potato skin raw to determine if the solanine levels of a potato in question are safe, as it tastes very bitter.
I'm also a produce manager at a grocery store for a living, so I have a passable knowledge of most common fruits and veggies and what's safe to do with them.
Pickles and peanut butter
I do pickled chilies with peanut butter!
We should be friends.
Can confirm, this is good. Also, a little peanut butter on a burger with pickles and cheddar is pretty rad.
Make a bowl of chili, make a peanut butter sandwich, drop the peanut butter sandwich in the bowl of chill, eat it. I think this is a midwestern thing and everybody else thinks I'm nuts until they try it.
Plain sour cream.
My husband cringes every time I do it.
Haven't eaten it since I was 16 or so, but I loved toast (white bread) with ketchup and nutella (yes, spread on the same side, not like one half ketchup and the other half nutella)
Edit because it came to my mind: My girlfriend finds it really weird that I like to spread mayonnaise on my meat-bread (like proper bread with salami or other sliced meat sitting on top of mayonnaise)
Sauerkraut.
By itself, out of the jar, with a fork.
I can put down a can of Frank's in one sitting.
peanut butter belongs in curry! even squid curry, I don't care what food wars says
Almond butter is also fantastic in curry. I regularly use it in lentil curries.
Cheez-its dipped in melted chocolate
I love a balogna sandwich.
Probably the most tame one in here, but I love to mix mayo with a little mustard to dip my french fries in. Baked potatoes with butter, sour cream, seasoning salt, and malt vinegar are also really good.
I basically eat all sandwiches on cinnamon raisin bagels if I can. Eggs, bacon/sausage, and cheese for breakfast? Yes. Pastrami and Swiss with mustard and sprouts? Yes. Tuna salad with Swiss? Yes. I get so many weird looks. But whatever. I like it. :)
Tahini as butter on a sandwich. It's delicious and goes with almost any sweet condiment!
When you've been terribly poor, you get creative.
I once got tired of packet ramen and put some free milk I pilfered from a hotel into the broth to make it more like a creamy sauce. Black pepper and peanut butter can also do wonders. It's not 5 star dining, but it was better than you'd think. Especially after the 8th day in a row eating Raman and stolen fruit.
Ive done it again on the rare occasion, even now that I don't have to. My partner goes green when she sees it.
As I've learned more, I do think it could be made really good for cheap. Make your Raman first, and remove your noodles. Make sure to use whole milk.
If you're using peanut butter, you've got your work cut out for you because it doesn't like to mix. I never tested this, bit I think you'd do well to add bit of extra starch (like corn starch, which is cheap) to better emulsify it. Mix the starch with cold water outside of your pot first to make a slurry.
This is a cheap meal built with not a small number of stolen parts. If you have the cash though, use sesame oil (go slow with it. It's expensive and it's easy to overdo it). I've noticed that the combined nuttiness of sesame oil and peanut butter is much stronger than the sum of its parts.
Eggs are pricey still I think? I used to get them at like $1 for those 32 packs though. Add an egg. If its as cheap as it used to be, they're just free calories and always good with Raman. Doesn't matter how you do it really, but if you're feeling lazy, just put it right in there while the Raman cooks. I'd go towards the end, or you get some ugly strands of egg white I don't love, and it doesn't mix well. Maybe try after the starch slurry?
There's nothing weird about those. Ramen may not lend itself to creamy sauces as Italian noodle dishes, but it's not like it would change the flavor immensely. As for peanut butter and pepper, spicy peanut sauces (e.g. satay) are pretty common in Asian cuisine. You're doing nothing unusual, just improving instant ramen.
Finally, vindication after all these years.
One of my favorite foods is piping hot macaroni and cheese topped with cold apple sauce. Everyone I know gives me bad looks, but I quite enjoy it.
Oh man, if you like that, try fish sticks topped with macaroni and cheese and apple sauce. It's heaven. The flavours all go so well together. I normally have to eat my foods one dish at a time, but this is one of the weird mixtures that doesn't make me want to freak out.
Ah, the Dropped TV Dinner, a classic meal
Lmao, basically.
My boyfriend's dad liked putting American cheese on top of apple pie for some reason and this sounds like someone heard of that and decided they wanted the apple on top of their cheese instead.
I think cheddar on top of apple pie is a pretty common thing, but American cheese sounds off.
Both sound revolting to me, but I also have a strong aversion to mixing sweet and savory flavors in general. Cheddar is my favorite cheese and I like apple pie, but I do not want them together.
Maybe I remembered the wrong kind of cheese, but his family did like American cheese a lot.
Peanut butter and jelly (aka jam) with white sandwich bread with a generous amount of Doritos or cheez-its in it. One of my favorite meals!
Toasted sandwich bread with tomato slices, salt, and mayo. I could die just thinking about them. Add corn on the cob as a side.
A slice of sandwich bread with mustard, American cheese, and onion. Stick in the broiler to melt thecl cheese and brown the bread, and serve. RIP grandma.
I've definitely heard of tomato sandwiches before, and I'd go as far as to say I'd love to try one with a perfectly ripe and juicy tomato. I think I've heard of the bread, cheese, and onion combo before? Either 1:1 or something similar? Ploughman's lunch sorta thing, I think.
But I've never heard of the PB&J with Cheez-Its before. I need to hear the scoop and what the appeal is. I think I could see myself doing it with a less sugary PB and a more savory or spicy jam š?
Honestly I dont think cheez-its are super noticable flavor-wise, as with Doritos it's mostly about the crunch!
I do hope you try a tomato sandwich, they are soo good!
Eating a lot of foods with Carolina Reaper or Ghost Pepper. I have carolina reaper infused sauce, salt shaker, chunky shaker, and whole pods and I would mix them with steak, pork chop, ramen, and so forth. I just like how it enhance the taste in different ways, not for everyone though.
Ghost pepper is one of the best tasting peppers.
Highfive My man!
I know it doesn't have much kick, but I gotta say fresh chipolte is the best flavor for me.
Nothing wrong with that! A little smokiness is nice
Bombay Bad Boy Pot Noodle for breakfast when staying in a hotel.
Also being English and not liking English breakfasts.
One of my regular breakfast rotations is toast with creamcheese topped with either canned sardines or canned smoked oysters. Quick and tasty, but admittedly kinda weird.
turns out you can eat citrus fruits peel and all
Especially cumquats
If I find a good bell pepper, I will eat it whole like an apple.
When I get a beverage/food garnished with an herb like a sprig of mint or rosemary, I like to nibble on them. My friends and girlfriend sort of lost their minds when I took a bit out of a cinnamon stick from a cocktail.
microwaved cookies (they're better warm)
My girlfriend and her entire family think I'm an alien for drinking milk whenever I have popcorn. It doesn't even register as a strange combination to me. I think they're very complementary flavors.
Nutella bacon crepes
That sounds good and it's hard to go wrong adding bacon to anything.
That sounds yummy.
Greek yogurt and natural peanut for breakfast. Not really that odd in my opinion but the face of the people I tell that too say otherwise.
I just started doing this, it's sooo goood! The PB cuts the sourness of the greek yoghurt. It's like super creamy PB.
Yes, I've blended peanut butter and plain Greek yogurt in a blender and it almost tastes like peanut butter ice cream
My mom grew up poor and in the south, and one of her comfort "poverty foods" is a bologna and peanut butter sandwich. They're delicious.
Another one that's really good is Ritz crackers in milk.
Boiling up pasta water, throwing in the pasta and pre-cooked meatballs, then letting it cook until the pasta is done.
My wife would say: Kipper Snacks
Stinky fish is delicious.
Pesto on a bagel sounds good as h*ck tho
Iām one of the teeming dozens who like circus peanuts and necco wafers. I may, however, be the only one under fifty years old to do so.
fish heads... they're just so much cheaper than the rest of the fish and delicious in the air fryer. also i'll eat the tails on shrimp.
iāll eat the tails on shrimp.
I thought I was the only one. I've never met anyone else who does this, and everyone thinks I'm a freak when they see me do it.
it's crunchy, and it's so much more convenient than peeling it off every time...
Rice porridge with milk instead of water. Itās a thing where my parents are from but Iāve never heard of anyone else having it before. It goes great with nuts. I prefer bbq flavoured peanuts, but anything sweet and salty will work.
Common enough in Sweden that you can buy it ready-made in grocery stores. We eat it with cinnamon and a bit of sugar.
Ooh, thatās neat! Any chance you remember what itās called?
I like pineapple on pizza, but I think there's only one specific sort of pizza where it's actually good. You need a good barbeque sauce base, jalapenos, and some sort of meat (I prefer chicken and bacon). The usual ham, pineapple and tomato sauce version can get in the sea.
I like it as well, and for me does not need all the extras. Pineapple and pepperoni or salami is such a good combo
I mix Coke and Orange Juice to wake up in the morning sometimes. My wife that dips steak in ranch dressing and friend that eats peanut butter and ham sandwiches hate it.
I used to do that back in the day (Coke & OJ), but both are so revoltingly sweet now I canāt do it anymore. If there was a cola-flavored sparkling water, Iād give that a shot.
OJ (or apple juice) with vanilla oatmilk is pretty amazing though. Just not in large quantities.
I once watched a friend mix soda and milk together and then drink the entire thing like nothing was wrong. I was horrified.
Jesus man what crazy town you come from!
I can see how Coke and OJ could work. Although, I like to mix Coke and eggnog during the holidays so maybe I'm not the most trustworthy source on this topic. Also espresso and root beer on ice is quite good.
Octopus salad; it's a go to in our house since we are Mediterranean mutts - most people I tell (or who have seen me eat this) think its too gross to bear, lol.
Type of sushi called Uni (sea urchin)... more specific, it's gonads, although most people don't even know that piece of info. They just don't like the color, texture or taste.
To me it's more like a creamy raw oyster without the worry of biting a piece of shell.
That reminds me, one of my favorite sushi rolls to make is cucumber and sauerkraut. My wife thought it was really strange when she saw me making them, I don't know why since other pickled veggies are common in vegetable rolls, but when I finally convinced her to try one she really liked it as well.
I love the flavor of uni, but I cannot get over the texture.
Sometimes I'll add a slice of cheese to my bread slice with Nutella.
Having that said, a more normal one that some people find it odd is ham with jelly on my bread.
A dash of yogurt in instant noodles (specifically Indomie). Also, pesto on bagel is indeed reaaaally good. Especially if you add cream cheese, a fried egg, some spinach and make a kind of sandwich out if it.
Oh wow. 9th year my familyās church sponsored a first generation Eastern European-to-our-shakiest m smallish town, USA made Campbells chicken noodle soup for her daughter and me, added plain old Breakstoneās sc or something and Iāll still do it to this day when pressed.
I didn't even know the liquorice + chocolate combo was a thing, and was very irked by it when my Icelandic wife introduced me to it (it's a huge candy trope in Iceland).
I've gotten used to it now, though, and I even enjoy some variants.
Bees
Creamy polenta with head cheese. Yes, the head cheese melts. And yes, it's delicious.
Bagel with a pesto topping actually sounds quite nice.
The entire apple. Ketchup sandwich. Hummus & rice as a meal.
I always eat the whole apple, its getting to the point where i think anyone who doesn't is just being wasteful. Looking at peoples apples cores saying 'Are you not going to eat that?'
Hummus and rice actually sounds like a good easy meal. Do you mix them or just do separate? I'm vaguely horrified by your first 2 so not sure why I'm trusting you for advice I guess...
Itās a chicken embryo still in the egg. I already find eggs to be revolting (itās a nearly-forty-year food aversion) but that pushes it beyond. I get that it might be considered a delicacy in SE Asia (the Philippines specifically, iirc), so I wonāt yuck their yum and just say that it enāt for me.
In the wise words of GradeAUnderA regarding Balut, "but apparently it's pretty tasty... yeah I think I'll pass"
french fries dipped in mayo? 3/4 Coffee w/creamer 1/4 Diet Dr.Pepper mixed?
I've been experimenting with hummus on stuff. My favorite do far was using it in place of salad dressing with some vinaigrette.
This is actually delicious, they sell a lunch item at my local supermarket which consists of salad greens, three (admittedly soggy) falafel, and a small pot of hummus. I love it- I mix the hummus with the greens, it makes an amazing dressing.
@ffmike@beehaw.org what kind of bagels are we talking here? Pesto on a toasted everything sounds amazing.
We make chips out of Plantago major with a little oil, salt, garlic, and pepper. I once got a stern talking to about eating the fruit from a 'Kousa' dogwood from the owner of the landscaping company I was working for. In my defense, they were shared with the owner of the tree, who had never sprayed any -cides there.
Most of the time plain Thomas brand from the supermarket. So barely bagels at all.
I will not-unhappily reheat and eat unrefrigerated two-day-old pizza. But I have the world's lowest standards for food.
Why bother with the reheat step? I'll happily eat refrigerated two-day-old pizza at fridge temperature.
Ah, but they said unrefrigerated 2-day-old pizza. They apparently have an iron stomach.
So they did. Apparently I've eaten enough pizza to impact my reading skills. Sorry about that.
Bread with butter and chocolate powder on top
When you mean chocolate powder do you mean straight cocoa powder or sweetened?
Marinated, grilled chicken hearts
Chicken heart yakitori is fantastic
Shrimp tails, especially on fried shrimp; the crunchy texture is great. Not strange but something that I usually get looks or comments about.
I've gotten my family used to it enough that they will give me the leftover tails from their plates at a restaurant.
Iām with you! Always got strange looks from friends but Iām like āHey, more protein!ā
Shredded cheese crisped up in a skillet.
According to my ex, who politely asked me to stop doing that, it makes the entire house smell like particularly foul body odor.
Nah that's delicious. Ex made "keto nachos"- pork rinds and cheese in toaster oven, now that smells nasty
I know, for fact, that's delicious. Mmmmmmm.
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Chupaqueso
Sometimes I put a tiny bit of mustard on an Oreo to have a sweet and tangy snack.
Angry upvote.
Fried pickles?
I think you might have responded to the wrong comment, but yeah, I like those- but only the chips, not the full dill
Bean dip on pizza. It sounds super weird, and it is, but it's also delicious š¤¤
Pizza with Hollandaise for me. Works until it starts to cool.
That hadn't occurred to me, but dipping pizza crust (and pizza) in garlic butter sauce isn't unusual. Hollandaise is just a lemon butter sauce. Sounds good to me.
This sounds like the bean base for a taco pizza. Not sure how wide spread it is, but where i am from in the Midwest it is pretty popular. Pizza Hut has a Taco Bean and a Taco Beef Pizza. Add cheddar cheese, pop it in the oven, after it's done baking, add lettuce, more cheddar cheese, tomatoes, chushed up Doritos, and some sour cream. So good.
Maybe I'm also crazy, but that sounds kind of good....
I had leftover taco stuff and made a black bean and corn pizza. Beans pair well with it.
As a topping? I've done this and agree, but it's important to get the bean dip spread evenly on the crust.
Yeah, just right on top of everything. Delivery pizza, spread a little bean dip on top.
My partner thinks itās disgusting and my biggest red flag: I make peanut butter sandwiches on white bread and dip them in ranch dressing š© the reason I do this is because of growing up a millennial in NKY where a weekly lunch option was a bowl of chili, served with a peanut butter sandwich, and carrot sticks w a side of ranchā¦.I hate raw carrots, always have lmao but I love all the other itemsā¦.one day I was staring at the sad unused ranch and thinking as I was already keen to dipping the PB sandwich in the chili, that maybe it would be as good as the PB in chili so I tried it and Iāve just done it and liked a PB sandwich dipped in ranch ever since š my partner has even tried it for me and hated it š¤·š¼āāļø at least they loved me enough to try it š„¹
You win
Seriously.. I couldn't even finish reading that paragraph
My friend recommended eating kiwis with the skin on. It takes a second to get used to the fuzzy skin, but they are SOOOO much easier to eat! Plus you get some extra fiber ;)
I love the pop texture of with them skin on. And it is gives a nice bitter light note to the sweet fruit.
My wife introduced me to Tuna mixed with Mac & Cheese, and now I totally enjoy it myself, other people have found it a little strange.
I personally enjoy baked beans mixed with mac & cheese.
That is not far off of chili-mac, which was a staple quick meal growing up
Hmmm might need to try this.
Have you added sweet peas to it as well? Thats how we eat it at my house and it's my favorite simple meal!
My dad used to make this! I forgot until your comment. I never liked it much myself, but it was okay.
I do this too. My Mac & Cheese usually always has broccoli and hot peppers or other veggies and whatever extra meat I have.... brisket, rotisserie chicken, salami, tuna, chilli, etc
Raw garlic, just once in a while, as a little treat. Sometimes Iāll mash it up in some bread but most oftenā¦ plain, raw garlic.
I have also not met a single thing I wonāt try to pickle at least once, and for some reason people around me think that it is Terrifying hahaha. Personally, I find pickling to be a fantastic way to rescue produce thatās otherwise about to go off. Instead of making food waste, Iām making delicious snacks and toppings. Pickle everything!
Pickle everything! I've come up with some pretty interesting pickles, and also ferments. Worst outcome is food that was going to go bad is bad. Best outcome is delicious surprise!
Ooh, experiments in fermentation are high on my list but I havenāt tried yet. Do you have any good tips for translating oneās pickling skills to fermentation? Or any fermentation tips in general - Iād love to know more about your process if you feel like sharing!
I feel like they're related in technique but have fundamentally different results. Pickling can enhance and sharpen flavours but fermentation, at least the salt anerobic kind, tends to mellow flavours. I found it helped to start with some pretty simple stuff. Just a single ingredient and salt (and water). It's Alive, the old Bon Apetit (booo!) show, has some really helpful starting recipies. Noma's guide to fermentation really emboldened my fermentation choices.
I got one of those fermentation kits of Amazon that has a couple of jar lids with a one-way valve, some glass fermentation weights, and a large syringe to pull air from the jar. I was much less worried about turning something poison with the added help from those tools.
My process is usually when something is going to go bad I put it in a jar I know the weight of, add a spice or something that may taste good then add water. Then weight it and calculate 2.5% salt of the item+spice+water. You can go lower than 2.5% but that's a pretty safe number. Then I'll look at it and taste it a couple weeks in, decide if it needs more time and keep going. Some things have a tipping point where all of a sudden they taste really different. Other things have a more linear progression.
Experiment and have fun!
Seems like fermentation takes a little more care than I expected, but not in a bad way! I hadnāt realized there were fermentation kits out there and Iām so glad to have gotten that information before I got excited one day and decided to just wing it. Itās also good to know I should probably be thinking of this more like baking than like cooking, since Iām gathering from your description that more precise measurements are called for to get the right result.
Thank you - I really appreciate you taking the time to write out this great advice!
I'm assuming you've had pickled garlic, then? I just picked up 2 jars of it recently. I have to stop myself from eating too much sometimes. Raw garlic is great for me when I have a bad cold and need to clear out my sinuses.
I have, and I'm with you - pickled garlic is so good. I also love that it's super easy to toss in a few (or more than a few) cloves of garlic alongside whatever else is going in the pickle jar, or to put them in some leftover brine after the original batch of pickles is finished.
Since you mentioned liking raw garlic for your sinuses when you have a cold, have you ever tried saving the brine from your pickled garlic for similar purposes? If not, I'd highly recommend it. I've found that sipping or gargling pickle brine works wonders when I need some relief from a sore throat, and if the vinegar is strong enough I've found it helps my sinuses as well.
I happen to be suffering from a sore throat right now from horrible allergies, so I'll have to remember to try this as soon as I get home.
As far as other pickled things, I ironically hate pickled cucumbers, but I love pickled eggs and pickled garlic and have been curious to try some other unconventional pickled foods.
I hope that the brine helped you with your sore throat!
For other non-cucumber pickles, a great way to dip your toes in might be pickled onion (I like red onion best for this, but thatās my personal preference), or pickled carrots. Both of these make excellent toppings for sandwiches of all kinds, tacos, poke, basically anything that could use a little acid or some extra crunch
Iām also quite partial to pickled cauliflower and pickled beets for general snacking
Brewed tea leaves, think they're the best part. There's a good number that are terrible (the cheap CTC blacks especially) but think most green teas and floral oolongs are great.
Weird to brew a cup of tea and then eat the leaves but there's also some legit recipes with tea leaves. Burmese tea leaf salad and longjing shrimp are two. There's also matcha.
My favourite pizza topping is pepperoni and flaked tuna, the good stuff too so it's meaty oily tuna.
Love it but so many people think I'm odd for it. The meaty flavours compliment each other!!!
I'm not even sure I need to read the rest of the thread after this comment. You win by default! I guess it makes as much sense as anchovies on pizza though.
Toasted Cinnamon Raisin bagel with peanut butter, cheddar cheese, and bananas. - the cheese + bananas is what gets me looks.
People put mayo on cheese sandwiches and banana sandwiches, so why not?
I some time thaw frozen dumplings in the fridge, and then eat them cold on hot days.
Like gyÅza dumplings? Those are raw homie
Not gonna lie, that sounds awful. Slimy.
Baked onion with salt. Just a singular baked onion
...do you erm
bite into it like an apple?
A more general answer: Meals without meat.
For some reason this really confuses people, and often makes them concerned or upset.
Toasted Cinnamon Raisin Bagel with Cheez whiz. Everyone in my family loves it. You will too. š
Cracker, sardine, tomato, cottage cheese, ground black pepper *chefās kiss. The perfect snack.
Pizza with hollandaise sauce base instead of tomato sauce. My father almost disowned me for it.
Have you ever tried French fries in hollandaise? I've had it once and it was the greatest fry topping I've ever had.
Or bearnaise š„¹š¤¤
I've heard of white sauce base, garlic sauce base, hell even bbq sauce base, but hollandaise? The eggs benedict topping?? I'm about to disown you too
Dude, I'm gonna be super controversial right now, just to tick you off...
Doughy base with toppings and sauce? Remind you of anything? What if eggs benedict are just a type of pizza? Ever think about that?
you monster!
Grasshoppers, they're delicious with lemon.
All the ones I've bought in the West were dry and dank/powdery unlike the fresh and crunch of SEA street food crickets/hoppers.
What brands do you like?
Ah, I have a weird international grocery near where I live that's unique and as a result i'd dox myself if I gave the information to you, and you likely wouldn't be able to obtain them, sorry!
Totally understand.
I love making steamed artichokes stuffed with pecorino cheese, garlic and bread crumbs. A recipe from my grandmother.
https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/baked_stuffed_artichokes/
That actually sounds and looks delicious though.
Ham sandamoni and cheesewich
Macaroni and cheese, plus shredded ham, plus mustard
It tastes incredible, but nobody else EVER wants to try it. Their loss!
NGL this sounds like it slaps. Imma give this a shot and throw in some diced pickles to boot.
What a great idea! I should try that
I toss some mustard into mac and cheese when I make it, so you might be on to something
If you want to go up a level in your additions, I would recommend you try haggis mac & cheese - it's the best!
Oooo, thanks for the suggestion!
This is the end result...
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Lightly toasted bread, right? I can see how that would be tasty (I already add a bit of mustard to my macaroni cheese) but I bet it would work even better with cut-up bacon in place of ham - you want something that's going to cut through all the creamy richness.
I believe it. If Mac and cheese burgers work, this is just a variation of that!
During a time where I would eat really utilitarian for lunch, this meal was my daily go to:
-half a can of skipjack tuna
-some amount of chopped cabbage
-steamer bag carrots and peas
-rice seasoning from the local Asian market (I don't know which one it's just labelled "rice seasoning")
-hot sauce
I try to not eat like a serial killer anymore
chips + jam
specifically, kettle chips (plain salted or unsalted) with a nice strawberry or blackberry jam to dip them in...
where it really gets controversial is that I like to do this with the bonne maman jams š
I could imagine the sweet and salty goes well together. I like when a charcuterie has a nice jam and brie. A cracker or piece of bread with brie, prosciutto, and jam, I could eat so many of those.
exactly! sweet and salty plus CRUNCHY (the best texture). it's heavenly.
also: hard yes to baguette with brie, prosciutto, and jam. i also love using an apple slice as the base for those toppings.
Taco chips with peanut butter.
I used to eat onion and mustard sandwiches years ago. They're not bad, actually.
I could see this slapping with cooked onions and Dijon on a nice crispy bread
In a similar vein, muffaletta as a bagel topping.
That sounds awesome, actually
Muffaletta is a whole ass sandwich. Do you mean tapenade?
Your not wrong lol! But they sell the preserved veggie stuff that goes on the sandwich in grocery stores, and for some reason that's ALSO called Muffaletta? It's basically giardiniera but diced finer.
I eat prunes daily. some people think it's a laxative for old people. sure, there's fiber in them and fiber helps you stay regular but just the same as eating most fruit. prunes are just dried plums and they're delicious
It's not only the fibre in prunes that helps your digestion -- the 'sorbitol' also acts as a laxative.
I do love prunes and figs
my man
I eat prunes every morning myself. In my defense, I am one of those old people.
Prunes are sorely under-appreciated in my opinion! I donāt eat them often, but my family has a tradition of making prune pierogi sautĆ©ed in an onion butter sauce for special occasions and it is an absolute sweet-savory delight. I look forward to them all year.
Prune juice is good too
Peanut butter + mayo + pickles on bread.
It's apparently a Depression era recipe, but I crave it once every two months or so
Are you continuously pregnant?
I actually consume kiwis without peeling them, because I find it much more tasteful.
Also, mealworms. Fried ones. I bought them for my pet rats and ended up gorging on them sometimes.
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I've had fried mealworms, I remember them tasting somewhat of Fritos.
You win.
Why though? Mealworms are part of a human diet since the dawn of time. It's just meat.
I could feel all of the "hairs" in my mouth because of your comment. Thanks I hate it.
Hey, it's a feature. You could also shave them!
The hair is initially tough to get over, but I also eat kiwis this way. There's a tanginess just under the skin that otherwise gets cut off.
Lobsters and crabs are essentially overgrown bugs that live in water. At one point they were only fed to prisoners.
On the way coast of Canada, going to school with lobster in your lunch bag was something to be ashamed of.
A friend once turned me on to peanut butter and tuna sandwiches.
I... do not know why I thought that was good at one point, now that I think about it.
Salt, fat, sugar, protein, your body craves that stuff.
My family all enjoys peanut butter and bacon sandwiches (a habit my English mother picked up in New York in the '50s). They are glorious!
That's revolting. This wins the thread, I think.
Frozen corn.. Straight from the bag.
That actually sounds like a great snack on a hot summer day!
Did this all the time as a kid. ā¦ And as an adult, sort of. I have a recipe for a chilled corn and edamame salad with a soy sauce/sesame dressing. I make it with frozen veggies and sometimes if Iām feeling impatient Iāll eat it without fully thawing them.
This may sound weird, but I like eating sour cream with a spoon sometimes
I always eat the sour cream from off the spoon after I use it for tacos or pierogi.
Oh, I meant I sometimes specifically buy an entire cup of sour cream just to eat it by itself
I loved cream cheese and grape jelly sandwiches when I was a kid! Nobody else was convinced that itād be good, but it certainly works for me
You should try cream cheese with a spicy pepper jelly on crackers! So good.
Potato chips with Ketchup. No shame, no regrets.
When I first saw someone do this, I was disgusted. Then I was like "how is this different from fries?" And I've been sold ever since.
I enjoy ginger beer and will try to cut it into random other alcoholic beverages like red wine.
I love eating a raw potato like an apple, for whatever reason. Any time I'm cooking a dish with potatoes, I'll wash and peel one for me to eat. My boyfriend looked like I had grown a third arm the first time he saw me do it.
It's the perfect mix of crunchy and juicy, but not sweet.
Raw potatoes are like semi toxic. Do you not get any GI upset from doing that?
No, never. AFAIK they aren't toxic, just that the starch is poorly digested. Either way, I've never gotten sick from it, so š¤·
It's odd because I have had digestive issues off and on through the years, but the potatoes have never precipitated it. (It's mostly anything spicy, which sucks as I love spicy food-- it's a price I pay willingly sometimes)
Raw potatoes certainly are mildly toxic, it's not just undigestible starches.
They're no more toxic than cooked potatoes.
This guy raw potatoes
I'm just sick and tired of the "don't you know they're toxic" response to finding out I eat raw ones. My people, if they were toxic I wouldn't be eating them because it would have made me ill. š¤¦ Someone eating a whole bag of potato chips is gonna take in more solanine than I will eating one raw, peeled potato.
Hell, there are places that do baked/fried potato skins as an appetizer, when the skin is where the solanine is concentrated, and often can rise above the safe threshold. It's even suggested to eat a small piece of potato skin raw to determine if the solanine levels of a potato in question are safe, as it tastes very bitter.
I'm also a produce manager at a grocery store for a living, so I have a passable knowledge of most common fruits and veggies and what's safe to do with them.
Pickles and peanut butter
I do pickled chilies with peanut butter!
We should be friends.
Can confirm, this is good. Also, a little peanut butter on a burger with pickles and cheddar is pretty rad.
Make a bowl of chili, make a peanut butter sandwich, drop the peanut butter sandwich in the bowl of chill, eat it. I think this is a midwestern thing and everybody else thinks I'm nuts until they try it.
Plain sour cream.
My husband cringes every time I do it.
Haven't eaten it since I was 16 or so, but I loved toast (white bread) with ketchup and nutella (yes, spread on the same side, not like one half ketchup and the other half nutella)
Edit because it came to my mind: My girlfriend finds it really weird that I like to spread mayonnaise on my meat-bread (like proper bread with salami or other sliced meat sitting on top of mayonnaise)
Sauerkraut.
By itself, out of the jar, with a fork.
I can put down a can of Frank's in one sitting.
peanut butter belongs in curry! even squid curry, I don't care what food wars says
Almond butter is also fantastic in curry. I regularly use it in lentil curries.
Cheez-its dipped in melted chocolate
I love a balogna sandwich.
Probably the most tame one in here, but I love to mix mayo with a little mustard to dip my french fries in. Baked potatoes with butter, sour cream, seasoning salt, and malt vinegar are also really good.
I basically eat all sandwiches on cinnamon raisin bagels if I can. Eggs, bacon/sausage, and cheese for breakfast? Yes. Pastrami and Swiss with mustard and sprouts? Yes. Tuna salad with Swiss? Yes. I get so many weird looks. But whatever. I like it. :)
Tahini as butter on a sandwich. It's delicious and goes with almost any sweet condiment!
When you've been terribly poor, you get creative.
I once got tired of packet ramen and put some free milk I pilfered from a hotel into the broth to make it more like a creamy sauce. Black pepper and peanut butter can also do wonders. It's not 5 star dining, but it was better than you'd think. Especially after the 8th day in a row eating Raman and stolen fruit.
Ive done it again on the rare occasion, even now that I don't have to. My partner goes green when she sees it.
As I've learned more, I do think it could be made really good for cheap. Make your Raman first, and remove your noodles. Make sure to use whole milk.
If you're using peanut butter, you've got your work cut out for you because it doesn't like to mix. I never tested this, bit I think you'd do well to add bit of extra starch (like corn starch, which is cheap) to better emulsify it. Mix the starch with cold water outside of your pot first to make a slurry.
This is a cheap meal built with not a small number of stolen parts. If you have the cash though, use sesame oil (go slow with it. It's expensive and it's easy to overdo it). I've noticed that the combined nuttiness of sesame oil and peanut butter is much stronger than the sum of its parts.
Eggs are pricey still I think? I used to get them at like $1 for those 32 packs though. Add an egg. If its as cheap as it used to be, they're just free calories and always good with Raman. Doesn't matter how you do it really, but if you're feeling lazy, just put it right in there while the Raman cooks. I'd go towards the end, or you get some ugly strands of egg white I don't love, and it doesn't mix well. Maybe try after the starch slurry?
There's nothing weird about those. Ramen may not lend itself to creamy sauces as Italian noodle dishes, but it's not like it would change the flavor immensely. As for peanut butter and pepper, spicy peanut sauces (e.g. satay) are pretty common in Asian cuisine. You're doing nothing unusual, just improving instant ramen.
Finally, vindication after all these years.
One of my favorite foods is piping hot macaroni and cheese topped with cold apple sauce. Everyone I know gives me bad looks, but I quite enjoy it.
Oh man, if you like that, try fish sticks topped with macaroni and cheese and apple sauce. It's heaven. The flavours all go so well together. I normally have to eat my foods one dish at a time, but this is one of the weird mixtures that doesn't make me want to freak out.
Ah, the Dropped TV Dinner, a classic meal
Lmao, basically.
My boyfriend's dad liked putting American cheese on top of apple pie for some reason and this sounds like someone heard of that and decided they wanted the apple on top of their cheese instead.
I think cheddar on top of apple pie is a pretty common thing, but American cheese sounds off.
Both sound revolting to me, but I also have a strong aversion to mixing sweet and savory flavors in general. Cheddar is my favorite cheese and I like apple pie, but I do not want them together.
Maybe I remembered the wrong kind of cheese, but his family did like American cheese a lot.
Peanut butter and jelly (aka jam) with white sandwich bread with a generous amount of Doritos or cheez-its in it. One of my favorite meals!
Toasted sandwich bread with tomato slices, salt, and mayo. I could die just thinking about them. Add corn on the cob as a side.
A slice of sandwich bread with mustard, American cheese, and onion. Stick in the broiler to melt thecl cheese and brown the bread, and serve. RIP grandma.
I've definitely heard of tomato sandwiches before, and I'd go as far as to say I'd love to try one with a perfectly ripe and juicy tomato. I think I've heard of the bread, cheese, and onion combo before? Either 1:1 or something similar? Ploughman's lunch sorta thing, I think.
But I've never heard of the PB&J with Cheez-Its before. I need to hear the scoop and what the appeal is. I think I could see myself doing it with a less sugary PB and a more savory or spicy jam š?
Honestly I dont think cheez-its are super noticable flavor-wise, as with Doritos it's mostly about the crunch!
I do hope you try a tomato sandwich, they are soo good!
Eating a lot of foods with Carolina Reaper or Ghost Pepper. I have carolina reaper infused sauce, salt shaker, chunky shaker, and whole pods and I would mix them with steak, pork chop, ramen, and so forth. I just like how it enhance the taste in different ways, not for everyone though.
Ghost pepper is one of the best tasting peppers.
Highfive My man!
I know it doesn't have much kick, but I gotta say fresh chipolte is the best flavor for me.
Nothing wrong with that! A little smokiness is nice
Bombay Bad Boy Pot Noodle for breakfast when staying in a hotel.
Also being English and not liking English breakfasts.
One of my regular breakfast rotations is toast with creamcheese topped with either canned sardines or canned smoked oysters. Quick and tasty, but admittedly kinda weird.
turns out you can eat citrus fruits peel and all
Especially cumquats
If I find a good bell pepper, I will eat it whole like an apple.
When I get a beverage/food garnished with an herb like a sprig of mint or rosemary, I like to nibble on them. My friends and girlfriend sort of lost their minds when I took a bit out of a cinnamon stick from a cocktail.
microwaved cookies (they're better warm)
My girlfriend and her entire family think I'm an alien for drinking milk whenever I have popcorn. It doesn't even register as a strange combination to me. I think they're very complementary flavors.
Nutella bacon crepes
That sounds good and it's hard to go wrong adding bacon to anything.
That sounds yummy.
Greek yogurt and natural peanut for breakfast. Not really that odd in my opinion but the face of the people I tell that too say otherwise.
I just started doing this, it's sooo goood! The PB cuts the sourness of the greek yoghurt. It's like super creamy PB.
Yes, I've blended peanut butter and plain Greek yogurt in a blender and it almost tastes like peanut butter ice cream
My mom grew up poor and in the south, and one of her comfort "poverty foods" is a bologna and peanut butter sandwich. They're delicious.
Another one that's really good is Ritz crackers in milk.
Boiling up pasta water, throwing in the pasta and pre-cooked meatballs, then letting it cook until the pasta is done.
My wife would say: Kipper Snacks
Stinky fish is delicious.
Pesto on a bagel sounds good as h*ck tho
Iām one of the teeming dozens who like circus peanuts and necco wafers. I may, however, be the only one under fifty years old to do so.
fish heads... they're just so much cheaper than the rest of the fish and delicious in the air fryer. also i'll eat the tails on shrimp.
I thought I was the only one. I've never met anyone else who does this, and everyone thinks I'm a freak when they see me do it.
it's crunchy, and it's so much more convenient than peeling it off every time...
Rice porridge with milk instead of water. Itās a thing where my parents are from but Iāve never heard of anyone else having it before. It goes great with nuts. I prefer bbq flavoured peanuts, but anything sweet and salty will work.
Common enough in Sweden that you can buy it ready-made in grocery stores. We eat it with cinnamon and a bit of sugar.
Ooh, thatās neat! Any chance you remember what itās called?
I like pineapple on pizza, but I think there's only one specific sort of pizza where it's actually good. You need a good barbeque sauce base, jalapenos, and some sort of meat (I prefer chicken and bacon). The usual ham, pineapple and tomato sauce version can get in the sea.
I like it as well, and for me does not need all the extras. Pineapple and pepperoni or salami is such a good combo
I mix Coke and Orange Juice to wake up in the morning sometimes. My wife that dips steak in ranch dressing and friend that eats peanut butter and ham sandwiches hate it.
I used to do that back in the day (Coke & OJ), but both are so revoltingly sweet now I canāt do it anymore. If there was a cola-flavored sparkling water, Iād give that a shot.
OJ (or apple juice) with vanilla oatmilk is pretty amazing though. Just not in large quantities.
I once watched a friend mix soda and milk together and then drink the entire thing like nothing was wrong. I was horrified.
Jesus man what crazy town you come from!
I can see how Coke and OJ could work. Although, I like to mix Coke and eggnog during the holidays so maybe I'm not the most trustworthy source on this topic. Also espresso and root beer on ice is quite good.
Octopus salad; it's a go to in our house since we are Mediterranean mutts - most people I tell (or who have seen me eat this) think its too gross to bear, lol.
Type of sushi called Uni (sea urchin)... more specific, it's gonads, although most people don't even know that piece of info. They just don't like the color, texture or taste.
To me it's more like a creamy raw oyster without the worry of biting a piece of shell.
That reminds me, one of my favorite sushi rolls to make is cucumber and sauerkraut. My wife thought it was really strange when she saw me making them, I don't know why since other pickled veggies are common in vegetable rolls, but when I finally convinced her to try one she really liked it as well.
I love the flavor of uni, but I cannot get over the texture.
Sometimes I'll add a slice of cheese to my bread slice with Nutella.
Having that said, a more normal one that some people find it odd is ham with jelly on my bread.
A dash of yogurt in instant noodles (specifically Indomie). Also, pesto on bagel is indeed reaaaally good. Especially if you add cream cheese, a fried egg, some spinach and make a kind of sandwich out if it.
Oh wow. 9th year my familyās church sponsored a first generation Eastern European-to-our-shakiest m smallish town, USA made Campbells chicken noodle soup for her daughter and me, added plain old Breakstoneās sc or something and Iāll still do it to this day when pressed.
I didn't even know the liquorice + chocolate combo was a thing, and was very irked by it when my Icelandic wife introduced me to it (it's a huge candy trope in Iceland).
I've gotten used to it now, though, and I even enjoy some variants.
Bees
Creamy polenta with head cheese. Yes, the head cheese melts. And yes, it's delicious.
Bagel with a pesto topping actually sounds quite nice.
The entire apple. Ketchup sandwich. Hummus & rice as a meal.
I always eat the whole apple, its getting to the point where i think anyone who doesn't is just being wasteful. Looking at peoples apples cores saying 'Are you not going to eat that?'
Hummus and rice actually sounds like a good easy meal. Do you mix them or just do separate? I'm vaguely horrified by your first 2 so not sure why I'm trusting you for advice I guess...
:) I mix them
my fiancĆ© eats this food called balut, itās like a half grown chicken or something.. definitely odd
Itās a chicken embryo still in the egg. I already find eggs to be revolting (itās a nearly-forty-year food aversion) but that pushes it beyond. I get that it might be considered a delicacy in SE Asia (the Philippines specifically, iirc), so I wonāt yuck their yum and just say that it enāt for me.
In the wise words of GradeAUnderA regarding Balut, "but apparently it's pretty tasty... yeah I think I'll pass"
french fries dipped in mayo? 3/4 Coffee w/creamer 1/4 Diet Dr.Pepper mixed?
I've been experimenting with hummus on stuff. My favorite do far was using it in place of salad dressing with some vinaigrette.
This is actually delicious, they sell a lunch item at my local supermarket which consists of salad greens, three (admittedly soggy) falafel, and a small pot of hummus. I love it- I mix the hummus with the greens, it makes an amazing dressing.
@ffmike@beehaw.org what kind of bagels are we talking here? Pesto on a toasted everything sounds amazing.
We make chips out of Plantago major with a little oil, salt, garlic, and pepper. I once got a stern talking to about eating the fruit from a 'Kousa' dogwood from the owner of the landscaping company I was working for. In my defense, they were shared with the owner of the tree, who had never sprayed any -cides there.
Most of the time plain Thomas brand from the supermarket. So barely bagels at all.
I will not-unhappily reheat and eat unrefrigerated two-day-old pizza. But I have the world's lowest standards for food.
Why bother with the reheat step? I'll happily eat refrigerated two-day-old pizza at fridge temperature.
Ah, but they said unrefrigerated 2-day-old pizza. They apparently have an iron stomach.
So they did. Apparently I've eaten enough pizza to impact my reading skills. Sorry about that.
Bread with butter and chocolate powder on top
When you mean chocolate powder do you mean straight cocoa powder or sweetened?
Marinated, grilled chicken hearts
Chicken heart yakitori is fantastic
Shrimp tails, especially on fried shrimp; the crunchy texture is great. Not strange but something that I usually get looks or comments about.
I've gotten my family used to it enough that they will give me the leftover tails from their plates at a restaurant.
Iām with you! Always got strange looks from friends but Iām like āHey, more protein!ā