It was a staple when I lived in Indiana. It wasn't always easy to find when I lived in California. Now I can't get it at all.

But yesterday I was brought six bottles (http://www.bigredltd.com/) , all the way from Texas.

So nice. So nice.

Others find it repugnant and think I'm crazy.

But what do they know.

I sometimes eat lemons. Take big bites of them, like eating an apple. Sometimes I eat two in a row. Some people find it strange.

Big Red is definitely an acquired taste.

I love Fresca and others hate it. Ditto Diet Red Bull.

Foodwise, I have this sick thing for Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

Foodwise, I have this sick thing for Flamin' Hot Cheetos.My oldest daughter loves them too. When she lived in Italy, they didn't have them. I brought 6 bags when I was working in Romania, and lugged them around for two weeks before I saw her.

I drink Naked Juice Green Machine. When we have morning meetings, my assistant gets me a bottle. I get very strange looks, and I love to read the contents to get a rise out of people. Just because it has wheatgrass and broccoli along with pears, bananas and apples doesn't make it bad. :p

I sometimes eat lemons. Take big bites of them, like eating an apple. Sometimes I eat two in a row. Some people find it strange.

In junior high, the cool kids (and at least in this regard, I was one) didn't partake of the cafeteria's lunch offerings, but instead ate lemons for lunch, culled from the iced tea cart. The thing to do was to suck on a thick wedge of lemon, as one might more conventionally suck on an orange. If you were a wuss, you sprinkled some sugar on it first. ("I don't recall" into which category I fell on this matter.) Sadly, eating lemons is really, really bad for one's teeth (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22eating+lemons%22+enamel), and I stopped doing it when I found out.

I have this green barley drink (health drink) that people gawk at, especially when it's in a clear glass...

Calimocho = red wine & coke

Chocolate Twizzlers. I'm not sure they could be farther from actual chocolate, but they're definitely my favorite candy. And I never have to share them. :)

Matilda Bay wine coolers, back when they had them. Also Tab.

Tripe

Also Tab.

Paging kanebear ....

Another lemon sucker here, with salt. And yes, I lack the tooth enamel to prove it ... :(

Dr. Pepper and Poutine.

Throw in a 3 piece white from KFC and you have yourself a date :D

I LOVE these candies

http://store.candywarehouse.com/gummysourcola.html

I could eat them by the pound, but all of my friends think are completely disgusting. (Until they taste them....:) )

They are actually pretty hard to find in the US. I end up with a bunch of them in in my suitcase everytime I go to Europe....

(mmm… lemons - sweetest when just picked off the tree)

Tuna mayonnaise sandwiches with thick sliced pickled beetroot.

Spam.

And milk with sugar.

Spam.
Cue Monty Python...

Ice cold Diet Coke in a can. Nectar of the Gods. Others say wine makes food taste good. I say Diet Coke makes food taste good. And food makes Diet Coke taste better. :)

They are actually pretty hard to find in the US. I end up with a bunch of them in in my suitcase everytime I go to Europe....Bartell's carries something similar regularly in the Pac NW. Those aren't too "sour" just "fizzly".

Twiglets.

Corn tortilla, with a bit of grated cheese under the broiler. Add some hot bbq sauce and shredded cabbage and you are mine for life.

Jalepeno, peanut butter and bacon sandwiches.

yum.

I LOVE big red soda, but sadly can't find it here in the Bay Area. The good news is that Rite Aids sell a 3 liter bottle of their own red pop for 99 cents that tastes almost as good.

Another aquired soda taste is Faygo diet chocolate soda, again, never can find it in these parts but always get it when visiting Florida.

It was a staple when I lived in Indiana. It wasn't always easy to find when I lived in California. Now I can't get it at all.

But yesterday I was brought six bottles (http://www.bigredltd.com/) , all the way from Texas.

So nice. So nice.

Others find it repugnant and think I'm crazy.

But what do they know.

I am an american and actually like vegemite. Really.

(Speaking of that, I used the last of my jar and need to buy more).

When I was a young'un, the best treat ever was to get my mom to dump some of her Dr. Pepper into my milk. I haven't had it in a long time, but it was very good, at least before my taste buds fully developed.

I have tried many different foods, but haven't *hated* anything but vegemite (there is something wrong with you Chobby100 :D ) and stewed collard greens. I think that makes me weird in my own right.

When I was a young'un, the best treat ever was to get my mom to dump some of her Dr. Pepper into my milk....

Even better: put a Dr. Pepper and vanilla ice cream in the blender for about 30 minutes. Dr. Pepper Smoothy. Yum.

And it's yet even better with Big Red. :D

Even better: put a Dr. Pepper and vanilla ice cream in the blender for about 30 minutes. Dr. Pepper Smoothy. Yum.

And it's yet even better with Big Red. :D

30 minutes? Might as well go with the milk, and warm milk. :D

30 minutes? Might as well go with the milk, and warm milk. :D

:D My very bad. That would "seconds." Or kilometres, for the French.

Fresh steamed fish with nothing but scallions and soy sauce. Yes, the whole fish with the head and everything staring at you while you tear it apart with your chopsticks until only the bone is left. :D

Jalepeno, peanut butter and bacon sandwiches.

Axshully, that sounds really FREAKING good! And I just happen to have all the ingredients on hand ... ::high-tails it to the kitchen .... ::

Corn dogs

black pudding

haggis

Corn dogs

Mmmmmmm.......

Axshully, that sounds really FREAKING good! And I just happen to have all the ingredients on hand ... ::high-tails it to the kitchen .... ::How was it? Fresh Japs or pickled?

Peeps. Pickled okra. Sweetbreads.

Fresh steamed fish with nothing but scallions and soy sauce. Yes, the whole fish with the head and everything staring at you while you tear it apart with your chopsticks until only the bone is left. :D

er.... how would you define 'no-one else'?

How was it? Fresh Japs or pickled?

Fresh, o' course! And it was truly yummy, I was shocked actually ... :)

Foods or drinks you love that no one else seems to get....Lox (by the pound, at least). With diced onions, of course.

Corn dogs
I love corn dogs.

head cheese

Around my house:

sweetbreads

shad roe

Both are the most delicious foods in the world but I am the only one who would eat them that I know of.

How was it? Fresh Japs or pickled?

Peeps. Pickled okra. Sweetbreads.

I didn't realize that Peeps were actually edible. I thought they were solely for toothpick fights. :D

er.... how would you define 'no-one else'?

Every American I know. :)

If I eat a hot dog, it has to have sauerkraut on it. Not many people I know like sauerkraut.

-I eat the hot peppers that fall off my hotdog or burger

-Flat pop

-Vernors Ginger Ale (in a Jewish deli of course)

-Lime Jello (no one seems to like it)

-Baked beans on my burger (I tried this last week)

-Poutine, Pepsi and a May West (for da Kaybeckers)

--Lime Jello (no one seems to like it)

With chopped celery and carrots in it? :td:

When visiting folks on the mainland, they often do not greet with the same delight that I have in my gifts of dried smoked octopus or squid.

Marmite.

Beans on toast the English kind, grosses out my American friends.

Cheese and Onion Sandwiches ditto.

Uni (Sea urchin roe) with a quail egg, served as nigiri sushi. I like it very much. Mrs. k. thinks it's disgusting.

.....dried smoked octopus or squid.

AKA "Hawaiian breath mints." ;)

Uni (Sea urchin roe) with a quail egg, served as nigiri sushi. I like it very much. Mrs. k. thinks it's disgusting.

Pssssst..... Mrs. kaukau is right. :D

Pssssst..... Mrs. kaukau is right. :D

LOL! Classic. :D ^

Twiglets.


My Ex LOVED Twiglets. He bought them at a store in NJ that stopped carrying them and years later I found them in a shop at LHR and came home laden with them. He was a finicky and generally grumpy man but THAT was a gift he appreciated. There's a lounge at LHR (AA's?) where I occasionally find them set out and I always have a few in my Ex's honor.

I love raw oysters and my current husband thinks they're disgusting. A couple of weeks ago I found a stand at the Borough Market on the South Bank in London selling them for a pound each. I enjoyed two of them and had someone take my picture just so I could e-mail it back to my husband!

I think a lot of vegetarian food comes under this. I prefer soya products to meat but most people wouldn't.

I also like Twiglets but you don't see them as much now.

Mello Yello a soda product by Coke but it's so hard to find.

Calimocho = red wine & coke

I absolutely LOVE calimocho....just get a bottle of diet coke and a big jug of bad wine...its SOO GOOD.

-W

hot dogs burnt black on the grill! :)

Natto. The fermented soy beans with a raw egg and soy sauce over a hot bowl of rice.

Most of my Canadian friends just think it is disgusting. I love it for breakfast with a hot cup of coffee.

hot dogs burnt black on the grill! :)

Yay. Burnt Weenie Sandwich!

If I was cooking for just myself, I'd tend to burn quite a few items on the grill. I must have a charcoal deficiency. All except marshmallows which I want golden brown - burn 'em and they become bitter.

Taylor Ham... which is commonly known as Pork Roll.

It' s a staple of many breakfasts in the Mid-Atlantic region, especially New Jersey from homes to diners (another NJ creation I believe.)

People look at me funny when I order a "Taylor Ham and Egg" or "Taylor Ham grilled on a roll with spicy mustard (Guldens will do.) YOu can order it through this website:

http://www.jerseyporkroll.com/

It's better than ham or bacon or other high fatty, greasy foods.

Many of my friends also don't understand my love for Chick Fil A. I think their chicken sandwiches and other foods are tastier and more fulfilling than frozen dry allegedly chicken snacks put out by the bigger fast food places like the one with golden arches.

I can't get Chick Fil A in Jersey City or Manhattan so when I travel I stuff myself:

http://www.chickfila.com/Menu.asp

ALso, before the 3 oz liquid rule with the TSA... I used fly home with at least one or two six packs of Shiner Bock back from the nation of Texas as carry one. That's because you can't get it in Yankee NYC land. :( Most at the TSA didn't find it wierd at all but one supervisor asked why waste money carrying beer cross country.

I said "because it's Shiner Bock."

ON a sidetrack/OMNI note: It's not wierd to love In and Out... and in fact when I wear one of my In and Out shirts around NYC or where I live some people say I have "good taste" and they reflect on how they miss this fine fast food instituation.

Jellyfish. Uni. Oyster. Beef tendon.
Veggies that are cooked but still cripsy.

Dave's Ultamite Insanity Sauce on just about anything.

A couple of drops are really good on a mayo, potato chip & tuna sandwich on two slices of crusty Italian bread.

Liverwurst...just every once-in-a-while.

ALso, before the 3 oz liquid rule with the TSA... I used fly home with at least one or two six packs of Shiner Bock back from the nation of Texas as carry one. That's because you can't get it in Yankee NYC land. :( Most at the TSA didn't find it wierd at all but one supervisor asked why waste money carrying beer cross country.

I said "because it's Shiner Bock."

Now that I'm working in TX, I enjoy a frosty Shiner Bock as well. Mmmmm.

Here are some of mine:
1. Steak & Kidney Pie :)
2. Hot tea that one allows to steep for at least 30 minutes and then add some Skim Milk. Trust me, NOBODY wants to get my cup by mistake!:D
3. Hard Cider, nothing like it on a hot day. Far better than beer.^

ALso, before the 3 oz liquid rule with the TSA... I used fly home with at least one or two six packs of Shiner Bock back from the nation of Texas as carry one. That's because you can't get it in Yankee NYC land. :( Most at the TSA didn't find it wierd at all but one supervisor asked why waste money carrying beer cross country.


I miss the good old days when I would pack a couple bottles of wine in my carryon or have a sixpack of Fat Tire boxed up for travel as a carryon.

Grilled cheese and peanut butter. Never met anyone outside of a few family members who would eat this.

Fresh steamed fish with nothing but scallions and soy sauce. Yes, the whole fish with the head and everything staring at you while you tear it apart with your chopsticks until only the bone is left. :D


this is DAMN good...especially in SIN when it is grouper....

Think I'll go try the grilled cheese and PB right now...

And Chobby 100.. you want to try vegemite on toast... topped with a fried egg! :D Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........

(P.S. Can you GET Vegemite over there.... I'll be in DC in a few months... just playing tourist..... want me ta bring ya some?:) )

I absolutely LOVE calimocho....just get a bottle of diet coke and a big jug of bad wine...its SOO GOOD.

-W

Can´t stand calimocho, but I loved "clara" which is beer mixed with carbonated lemon soda...very typical in Spain

Can´t stand calimocho, but I loved "clara" which is beer mixed with carbonated lemon soda...very typical in Spain

Sounds like a shandy to me.

Not quite odd, but none of my circle of friends will join in eating:

Tongue - usually in a deli style sandwich, maybe with chopped liver, however a new place opened up a few blocks away - my favorite menu item so far is lengua tostado. Yumm!

Dr. Brown's Cel-ray soda

Peanut butter & dill pickle sandwiches

And it's getting harder and harder to find a good steak tartare here in the US.

Cheers,
Jeff

OOOOOh I love Big Red myself. My partner and I were shocked to find it at our local corner market here in SF and we've been buying it in bulk ever since. The store had a small amount provided 'as a test' and we've pretty much kept it moving off the shelves since...

Oh and my personal favorite that tends to make others gag is peanut butter and pickle sandwiches... No one I know outside of my family will touch em.

Can´t stand calimocho, but I loved "clara" which is beer mixed with carbonated lemon soda...very typical in Spain

Also very good is beer with Fanta in Chile. It was surprisingly refreshing.

-W

I have never met anyone who likes the black jelly bean. why do they make them?

Fresh steamed fish with nothing but scallions and soy sauce. Yes, the whole fish with the head and everything staring at you while you tear it apart with your chopsticks until only the bone is left. :D

YES, this is the ONLY way to eat steamed fish. Nothing compared. I know how you feel. But I ensure you a billion people agree with you. :)

I have never met anyone who likes the black jelly bean. why do they make them?

Licorice jelly beans? Love them! Send me yours.

Licorice jelly beans? Love them! Send me yours.

Send yours to me when they arrive. Love licorice jelly beans :)

Fresh steamed fish with nothing but scallions and soy sauce. Yes, the whole fish with the head and everything staring at you while you tear it apart with your chopsticks until only the bone is left. :DIf you're ever in Las Vegas (as if!) hit one of the many Filipino fast food restaurants and you'll be tearing into that fish like there is no tomorrow. Try Pinoy Pinay, Nanay Gloria's, DJ Bibinkahan (http://lasvegas.citysearch.com/profile/37392142/?brand=smx_yp-nc)(sp?) and many others I can't remember the name of. Come to think of it, you can get balut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut), as well. I'll eat it, and I don't find it disgusting, but it's not especially appealling, either.

But, I came here to place the second vote for natto (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natto). Yes, at first it had no appeal, but now I double-L LOVE natto.

Send yours to me when they arrive. Love licorice jelly beans :)
You're free to come get mine ;)

:p
:-:

You're free to come get mine ;)

:p
:-:
Just drop them off in the lobby:)

Send yours to me when they arrive. Love licorice jelly beans :)


I'll take some too!! In NY around Easter time you can actually get a whole bag of just black ones. I get them and it's great, no one eats them but me!

I also love peanut butter and cucumbers on nice soft fresh white bread! YUM!

I'll take some too!! In NY around Easter time you can actually get a whole bag of just black ones. I get them and it's great, no one eats them but me!


When I could still eat them, I'd buy just the black bag, and wouldn't touch any of the others. I just like licorice as it's not as sweet as the other JB's.

LOL. what ever happened to it. I remember drinking it when I was younger

Mello Yello a soda product by Coke but it's so hard to find.

Taramosalata. A Greek specialty which is an emulsion of salted fish roe, oil, bread, onion, lemon juice, whipped to a creamy pale pink mayonnaise-like consistency. Sometimes includes ground almonds, potatoes. Delicious with pita bread.

BTW, I hate uni, too. I've been trying to appreciate it for over 20 years but it just makes me gag.

how about the classic Eastern European lumberjack's snack: raw onions and uncooked bacon on dark bread.

Uni (Sea urchin roe) with a quail egg, served as nigiri sushi. I like it very much.

Hai!

Oishii!

^ :D ^ :D ^ :D ^ :D ^


Of course, I also love that party mix of rice crackers, wasabe peas, shredded dried squid, tiny crisp anchovies dipped in honey and sesame, and salted peanuts as the perfect sports or travel snack with beer!

My favorite omelet is chicken livers, carmelized onions, wild mushrooms, and sweet frying peppers.

Beef tounge is good... But Buffalo Tounge slow roasted over a smokey hickory fire is to die for when served with grilled onions in fry bread.

Gribben: which are the crispy bits of rendered chicken fat and onions used to make schmaltz. Think of it as the Jewish answer to bacon or fried pork rinds. Puts the wives of Jewish cadiologists in fur coats.... :p

Roast turkey tails. (...slow rasted until most of the fat is rendered, the bits of meat are falling off the bone, and the skin is absolutely crunchy...) Again, a nightmare for those on diets...

Scraps.
As in fish,chips,mushy peas and scraps.
Scraps are the bits of batter that fall off the fish in the deep-frying process which usually get thrown away but smothered on top of a portion of cod and chips with mushy peas, salt and vinegar are superb.
Absolutely no nutritional value whatsoever but who gives ...

Proper Black Country ......s (not those nasty Brains things) are probably the thing that I like cooking and eating the most that makes my friends go "Ewwwww". Pigs Trotters comes a close second.

Ah,yes ......s.
I love them too.

We're actually talking about f*a*g*g*o*t*s but obviously the site automatically filters out the words because of its more modern abusive meaning.
Anyhow,here's a recipe for them.

25g/1oz unsalted butter
1 medium onion, peeled and finely chopped
175g/6oz minced pigs' liver
2 lamb or pigs' heart, trimmed and cut into chunks
450g/1lb belly of pork, trimmed and rind removed
½ tsp mace
4tbsp freshly chopped chives
1 tsp freshly chopped sage
1 egg, beaten
salt and freshly ground pepper
115g/4oz fresh white bread crumbs
25g/1oz beef dripping or 3 tbsp olive oil

For the gravy
4 red onions, peeled and each onion cut into 8 wedges
4 sprigs of fresh thyme
1 tbsp olive oil
900ml/1½pt fresh beef stock
290ml/½ pint red wine
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method
1. Melt the butter in a small saucepan and add the onions. Cook until soft and transparent. Cool slightly
2. Place the belly pork onto a chopping board and cut into portions.
3. Place the minced pigs' liver into a large glass bowl and place under the blade of a mincer. Using a fine blade of a mincer, mince the pork belly and lambs heart directly into the bowl with the pig s liver. If you do not have a mincer at home ask your butcher to mince all your meat for you.
4. Add the cooled chopped onions, mace, chives, sage, beaten egg and salt and pepper. Stir in the breadcrumbs.
5. Using your hands shape the mixture into 12 patties. Place on a plate and chill for about 1 hour.
6. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6. 7. For the gravy: place the onion wedges into a large roasting pan or ovenproof dish. Add the thyme and drizzle over the olive oil. Place in the oven and roast uncovered for 40 minutes until the onions are caramelised.
8. Meanwhile heat the dripping or olive oil in a large frying pan. Fry the ......s until golden brown on both sides.
9. Place the stock and wine in a small saucepan, bring to the boil and reduce by a third.
10. Remove the roasted onions from the oven and lay the ......s on top. Pour over the gravy liqueur. Reduce the oven temperature to 180C/350F/Gas 4 and cook the ......s for 40 minutes.
11. Place two to three ......s onto a plate. Top with a spoonful of the onions and pour over the gravy. Serve the ......s with mashed potatoes and green vegetables.

Scraps.
As in fish,chips,mushy peas and scraps.
Scraps are the bits of batter that fall off the fish in the deep-frying process which usually get thrown away but smothered on top of a portion of cod and chips with mushy peas, salt and vinegar are superb.
Absolutely no nutritional value whatsoever but who gives ...

Exactly the same stuff is also used in Japanese cuisine where it is called Tenkasu.

If you order Tanuki Soba you'll find them in there (they impart oil/fat to the dashi broth and make it more flavourful), but tenkasu pops up in all kinds of other dishes.

Paging kanebear ....

Another lemon sucker here, with salt. And yes, I lack the tooth enamel to prove it ... :(


LIMES...best in rum/diet coke with lime....or the lemon diet coke with rum..ZERO carbs or calories, too!

A surprisingly high number of common garden weeds are edible, but I'm always amazed by the number of people who won't eat a plant just because it wasn't deliberately grown or has an unpleasant common name. When I lived in Ontario, I used to love cooking up stinging nettles for a cooked vegetable, but could never get any other members of my family to eat it. :D

cartilage, when eating meat with bones

Turkish delight -- and not the "expensive good kind"
The cheapo bars covered in cheap milk chocolate that you get for 29p :)

We're actually talking about f*a*g*g*o*t*s but obviously the site automatically filters out the words because of its more modern abusive meaning.
Anyhow,here's a recipe for them

Wow, that's one for my food anthropology collection. Sounds like a cousin to haggis, which is not bad, by the way.

Roast bone marrow.
Gifilte fish.
Chopped liver with onions.
Rare lamb, roasted garlic, anchovy sandwich with an oil and vinegar vinnegrette.
Chinese bbq duck tongues.

Love uni, monkfish liver, and Natto.

Some others I know some people can't stand=

Raw Beef, not rare, raw.

Snake.

Grilled Porcupine.

Hot dog on a stick...no, not that hot dog.

One of my friends who has seen me eat all of these foods is grossed out, but has no problem wolfing down hot dogs (the ballpark kind) of questionable filling or Fresh Rocky Mountain oysters. *BLEH*

Salt & Vineagar potato chips and string cheese... In the same bite. Proving once again that any two delicious foods when combined still are delicious.

Swedish food that comes in a tub, like Räkost (melted cheese with pieces of shrimps) or Kaviar (cod roe cream, kind of like tarama).

I could eat boatloads of it, spread out on bread, but my friends in CH just don't get it (but then again I'm swedish).

Sandwich or toast - either one - with:
light covering of butter + processed cheese (Laughing Cow works well) + raw, sliced onions (red for an extra kick)..
If feeling adventurous, dash of Tabasco (or other hot sauce)..

Great..except 1) need a vigorous teeth brushing or plenty of mouthwash, or 2) don't open your mouth for around a couple of hours after partaking of said snack....;)

Sandwich or toast - either one - with:
light covering of butter + processed cheese (Laughing Cow works well) + raw, sliced onions (red for an extra kick)..
If feeling adventurous, dash of Tabasco (or other hot sauce)..

Great..except 1) need a vigorous teeth brushing or plenty of mouthwash, or 2) don't open your mouth for around a couple of hours after partaking of said snack....;)

Yeah, I love a thick slab of liverwurst with raw red onion slices on rye. Mustard optional. Nobody understands me .... or wants to get close afterwards.

Some others I know some people can't stand=

Raw Beef, not rare, raw.



I'm with you on that one, (and no-- I don't mean the fancy steak tartare you get served in restaurants, although I do like that as well).

I mean when I am making a roast beef, pot roast etc-- I will slice off chunks to eat. I'll do the same with chopped beef when making meat loaf/hamburgers etc. My husband thinks I'll get sick-- but I've been eating this since I was 4 and haven't had a problem yet.

On the sweet side-- I love http://www.candywarehouse.com/haribopeaches.html - Haribo Peaches as well as those Easter Peeps. But the peeps have to be frozen and a bit stale for them to really taste good!

I'm with you on that one, (and no-- I don't mean the fancy steak tartare you get served in restaurants, although I do like that as well).

I mean when I am making a roast beef, pot roast etc-- I will slice off chunks to eat. I'll do the same with chopped beef when making meat loaf/hamburgers etc. My husband thinks I'll get sick-- but I've been eating this since I was 4 and haven't had a problem yet.


Mrs BamaVol's family had a tradition of steak fondue for birthdays. They ate by candlelight, and I don't have great night vision. All too often I'd find myself eating a piece from the pile of raw meat on my plate. I didn't think it tasted like much.

Do you have some sort of deficiency that makes you do this? You need to be careful eating raw hamburger. E coli kills. And hamburger is full of cowshit.

Do you have some sort of deficiency that makes you do this? You need to be careful eating raw hamburger. E coli kills. And hamburger is full of cowshit.

Ecoli and other bacteria is killed at about 160 degrees. Medium rare burgers have an internal temperature of 135-145. One might as well eat hamburger meat raw as in a medium rare burger.

As for cowshit- my butcher grinds my hamburger meat himself (often in front of me) and butchers his own steaks. Odds are this meat that I eat raw contains far less contaminants then the meat in your medium rare factory meat burger.

Raw beef can be very tasty. Consider the cultures that have raw beef dishes: French, Italian and Japanese. Essentially three cultures with some of the most well developed cuisine.

Mrs BamaVol's family had a tradition of steak fondue for birthdays. They ate by candlelight, and I don't have great night vision. All too often I'd find myself eating a piece from the pile of raw meat on my plate. I didn't think it tasted like much.

Do you have some sort of deficiency that makes you do this? You need to be careful eating raw hamburger. E coli kills. And hamburger is full of cowshit.

This American obsession with killing bacteria in food at the expense of good taste is so incredibly frustrating. I want my cheese unpasteurized, my meat dry aged with a nice coat of mold then barely cooked and dripping red blood.

Im going to go start a new thread - "Best US airports to smuggle unpasturazied european cheese through and ideal tactics."

This American obsession with killing bacteria in food at the expense of good taste is so incredibly frustrating. I want my cheese unpasteurized, my meat dry aged with a nice coat of mold then barely cooked and dripping red blood.

Im going to go start a new thread - "Best US airports to smuggle unpasturazied european cheese through and ideal tactics."

Until the US meatpacking industry cleans up its act, I will not eat raw hamburger. Google "E Coli Deaths" and read some of the stories. Then buy and read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

Until the US meatpacking industry cleans up its act, I will not eat raw hamburger. Google "E Coli Deaths" and read some of the stories. Then buy and read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.

As I pointed out, if you eat meat that is less then well done, you are at the same risk for ecoli as if you eat the meat raw. So its a frivolous stand for all but the most deadened of taste buds.

Also I read fast food nation, talk about scare mongering. Largely irrelevant for those of us who do not live in flyover country and who have access to reputable local butchers.

As I pointed out, if you eat meat that is less then well done, you are at the same risk for ecoli as if you eat the meat raw. So its a frivolous stand for all but the most deadened of taste buds.

Also I read fast food nation, talk about scare mongering. Largely irrelevant for those of us who do not live in flyover country and who have access to reputable local butchers.

By butcher, are you talking about someone who slaughters the animal first? We have those outside of large cities too. In fact, they're all over the place during deer season.

I'm betting that the average US hamburger meat purchaser, regardless of where he or she lives, does not buy directly from an outlet where animals are slaughtered, but from a middleman, and therefore has no idea how careless or careful the process is. I have no first hand knowledge, but I've read enough to know that e coli isn't something to sneer at and kills and sickens people every year, most of whom could have avoided death or illness with a few precautions.

And if you read FFN or half a dozen newpaper stories that crop up every year, you know that hamburger is the prime culprit because the surface bacteria become mixed throughout the meat as it is ground. The cooler center of a steak is relatively safe if the surface has been sufficiently heated. I'll eat a rare filet mignon. I won't touch a rare hamburger.

To the OP: Sorry to have hijacked the thread.

-Lime Jello (no one seems to like it)



Sorry to bump an old reply, but you're just in the wrong state - lime jello is the official snack food of Utah.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jello_Belt

Sorry to bump an old reply, but you're just in the wrong state - lime jello is the official snack food of Utah.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jello_Belt

Lime jello is great! Well, for margarita jello shots ;)

My favorite odd cravings:

Butter, peanut butter & avocado sandwiches
Tuna & pickle pasta salad
Ramen noodles with hot chili peppers and tuna

We're actually talking about f*a*g*g*o*t*s.

I had gorgeous Middlewhite F*a*g*g*o*t*s and Mash at St. John in Spitalfields a couple of weeks back. I think most non-offal eaters would love them, really.

Vienna sausages (those little canned hotdogs)

I am on a diet so can only have them once in a while but I love them.

Foodwise, I have this sick thing for Flamin' Hot Cheetos.
I once was addicted to those as well. Now it is a thing of the past for me.

Vienna sausages (those little canned hotdogs)
Bratwurst for me.

Ramen noodles with hot chili peppers and tuna
Hmmmm........never mixed tunas with noodles before. This something I've got to try. :)

Yeah, I love a thick slab of liverwurst with raw red onion slices on rye. Mustard optional. Nobody understands me .... or wants to get close afterwards.

For me the mustard isn't optional, people think i'm nuts when I say i'm eating Liverwurst. I like anchovies on my pizza too

i too really enjoy lemons. one of the few fruits i like.

ill also take bites out of onions, or eat chunks.

eating raw food is all about storage and preparation. ive had steak tartare, korean style raw beef (both with raw egg) sushi/sashimi, caviar, and rare duck.

i look forward to eventually trying raw japanese kobe (have had rare american kobe) and horse, and perhaps duck and chicken.

Moxie - I look for it whenever I get to Maine or northern New Hampshire.

I am an american and actually like vegemite. Really.

(Speaking of that, I used the last of my jar and need to buy more).

I'm with ya - vegemite is tasty!

I'm with ya - vegemite is tasty!

Another vote for vegemite! ^

Also tripe, raw beef, elderflower cordial and still cider.

Moxie - I look for it whenever I get to Maine or northern New Hampshire.

I grew up in New England and tried it on a few occasions. Yuck. I brought some back from NH this winter for my boys and they felt the same way. I didn't realize anyone under the age of 100 drank it.

Grilled Cheese and jelly sandwich.

I saw it on some TV show where they cooked up different random combos and had people try it. Everybody said theirs tasted good (or at least okay)

I like:
Havarti and apricot jam or blackberry
Pepper jack and apricot or pepper jelly
Cheddar and apple

Haven't tried any with blue cheese yet, but soon!

Limonata !!!!!!!!!!!!!

MmmmmMMmmmmm. So refreshing. So tart. So expensive! ($3.00) ouch!

Still, one of the reasons to like SFO.

-- black licorice or anise anything
-- crystallized ginger chunks (I pop 'em like candy.)

It was a staple when I lived in Indiana. It wasn't always easy to find when I lived in California. Now I can't get it at all.

But yesterday I was brought six bottles (http://www.bigredltd.com/) , all the way from Texas.

So nice. So nice.

Others find it repugnant and think I'm crazy.

But what do they know.


Hi there fellow Hoosier!! Im in Crawfordsville. Glad to send you some sometime.:)

I love anchovies on Italian sandwiches. Slipper bread, capicola, turkey, salami, tomato, lettuce, spicy celery spread, anchovies, and with a little vinegarette. My family always used to make them when I was growing up :D

i drink pickle juice - in fact, a pickletini is a nice alternative to dirty martini's.

Because I am Australian, and because it is a real cliche....

Vegimite.
I was brought up on it.... nothing better than fresh thick sliced bread with fresh butter and a thin layer of Vegimite spread across it.

I admit ,that if not taken from birth, it is an aquired taste.

Maid-Rites, the "loose meat sandwich" popular in Iowa. Best served at Taylor's Maid Rite in Marshalltown. Anybody I'm not related to by blood, or at least not from Iowa, doesn't get it.

Pickled Herring. Open the jar and it won't be long until it is all gone. Best on a saltine cracker.

Shredded Cantelope in a bowl of milk, add sugar -- or ice cream.

Oatmeal w/brown sugar, spooned onto buttered toast. Yum!

Chopped liver
Whitefish Salad

I thought everyone liked chopped liver.

Oh my, such interesting food quirks! I guess I have a few of mine too:


Rare chicken livers in red sauce with pasta (I thought I was quirky, seems it is very alla romana!)
Homemade pimiento cheese on saltine crackers
Spaghetti with garlic, butter, sour cream, wheat germ, parsley and grated parmigiana
Peanut butter, banana and bacon sandwiches grilled in butter...Elvis sammies kicked up a notch :D Anything with peanut butter and bacon is good.
Peach sorbet topped with a pony of gin
Texas-style chili seasoned with a lot of bitter chocolate
Prairie oysters (not Rocky Mountain oysters, not that there's anything wrong with those :p), a shooter made with a raw egg, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce, and other secret spices
Tsukemono: Japanese pickles. Not wierd to Japanese, but hard to get in Boston and I crave them desperately sometimes (especially with sake or beer)
Sliced tomatoes and onions with EVOO and a dash of Vietnamese fish sauce
Head cheese, either on rye with brown mustard or in a burrito de cabeza

i drink pickle juice - in fact, a pickletini is a nice alternative to dirty martini's.

I used to drink vinegar as a kid. Either vinegar from pickling onions or standard table vinegar. Yum.

I haven't had it for a while, but i love cheese and mustard on toast. Its delicious, but nobody else seems to get it. That, and my fried egg, turkey bacon and chilli sandwiches. :D

I used to drink vinegar as a kid. Either vinegar from pickling onions or standard table vinegar. Yum.

I haven't had it for a while, but i love cheese and mustard on toast. Its delicious, but nobody else seems to get it. That, and my fried egg, turkey bacon and chilli sandwiches. :D

Can't say I ever drank it, but in my family growing up, we liberally doused spinach with vinegar. I still like it that way sometimes.

I also grew up eating molasses on brown bread. I can never find brown bread here. I have to go back north to get it (it comes in a can).

Tsukemono: Japanese pickles. Not wierd to Japanese, but hard to get in Boston and I crave them desperately sometimes (especially with sake or beer)

I'll save you mine from my bentos.

I can never find brown bread here. I have to go back north to get it (it comes in a can).

My parents were from Maine and even in Texas we ate the canned brown bread and the baked beans that come in the brown, bean-pot shaped jar, at least a couple of times a month for Saturday night dinner. The brown bread and the beans can be found in the grocery here :)

http://www.famousfoods.com/bmbeans.html

Big Red is definitely an acquired taste.

Living in Waco, the "homeplace" of both Dr. Pepper and Big Red (recently sold to out of town investors), I've been exposed to enough of both, including the infamous "Pink Sombrero", Big Red, White Tequila and a lime over ice in a tall glass.

Unlikely personal desires....

Menudo, the Mexican tripe stew, served with chopped onions, fresh jalapenos and lime segments.

Risotto de pulpo in tinto, octupus, octopus ink and arboreal rice (and in really upscale joints Italy's "Black Rice".

Haven't tried this, but it looks pretty much right:

---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.00

Title: Boston Brown Bread
Categories: Breads, Main dish
Yield: 10 servings

1/2 c Rye meal or Plain flour 1/2 c Corn Meal
1/2 c Coarse whole wheat flour 1 t Baking Soda
1/2 t Salt 3/8 c Molasses
1 c Sour milk 1/2 c Seedless Raisins

Mix dry ingredients and stir in molasses and sour milk. (To make sour
milk, add 1 T Vinegar to 1 cup sweet milk). Grease two #2 tin cans and
place rings of waxed paper in bottoms. Divide batter evenly between the
two cans, and cover with aluminum foil. Place in covered kettle of boiling
water, bring water half way up sides of cans, and boil for two hours. When
ready to serve, unmold by running knife around inside of can and shaking
out onto plate. Cut thinly [when cool] and serve with Boston Baked Beans.
Source unknown

Note: a #2 can holds 2 1/2 cups

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1) Lemons with salt
2) Mac & Cheese with Ketchup
3) Good & Plenty candy - two people have independently tried to convince me that the company stopped making this candy in the 80's, and all that they are doing is selling off what is leftover. I just ignored them - Licorice is delicious!

I used to drink vinegar as a kid. Either vinegar from pickling onions or standard table vinegar. Yum.

I haven't had it for a while, but i love cheese and mustard on toast. Its delicious, but nobody else seems to get it. That, and my fried egg, turkey bacon and chilli sandwiches. :D

Do you drink pickle juice too (i.e. the vinegar pickles are pickled in)? I've been known to do that... glad to see I'm not the only weird one.

Do you also put mustard on your grilled cheese sandwiches when you make them? I like a good sweet/hot mustard with cheddar on rye.

I chose to start eating my tuna sandwiches in high school with potato chips and pickles in them. They have a fantastic flavor. Now that someone came up with the idea of creating the salt sea and vinegar chips, I have to have them on the side as well. I can't believe no one ever takes me up on my offer to share!

I also like a small glass of pickle juice every now and then.

1) Lemons with salt
2) Mac & Cheese with Ketchup
3) Good & Plenty candy - two people have independently tried to convince me that the company stopped making this candy in the 80's, and all that they are doing is selling off what is leftover. I just ignored them - Licorice is delicious!

About 7-8 years ago, I read somewhere that Good n Plenty actually turned women on. They measured moisture "down there" after women smelled various aromas. Good n Plenty came out on top. I kept a bowl of them in my office for several months after that. :D

Beaver tail isn't that bad actually, I thought it was better then the beaver itself.

One thing I can't stand however is muktuk. One piece was enough.

Can´t stand calimocho, but I loved "clara" which is beer mixed with carbonated lemon soda...very typical in Spain
In Chile, the mix is beer and orange Fanta. A BIG glass of it is popular with Chinese food. Maybe it's a nostalgia-for-my-college-days thing ...

>Also very good is beer with Fanta in Chile. It was surprisingly refreshing.

Whaddya know! Wingman got there before me. Now if I could just remember the name for this concoction ... do you know, Wingman?

I have never met anyone who likes the black jelly bean. why do they make them?
Licorice jelly beans? C'mon! My mom's favorite. I like them too.

> Now if I could just remember the name for this concoction [orange fanta and beer]

Various websites refer to it as fanschop, but I don't recall ever hearing that term in Chile, and I do recall hearing another one, but I don't remember what it was. Time to post a few long-distance emails, I guess.

Malta
Mustard Sardines
wheat germ
anchovies
Chitterlings

I get moon cakes from my Asian friends for Chinese New Year.

I brought a few of these expensive moon cakes to my office, and everybody hated them. I love them, minus the salty egg yolk. I don't go out of my way to eat them, but I do love them during the Chinese Moon Festival.


Another is green tea ice cream. I could eat it all day, but none of my friends like it.

> Now if I could just remember the name for this concoction [orange fanta and beer]

Various websites refer to it as fanschop, but I don't recall ever hearing that term in Chile, and I do recall hearing another one, but I don't remember what it was. Time to post a few long-distance emails, I guess.

In Vienna there is a lemon-lime beer mixture called Radler, es sehr gut! It's similar to beer and fanta.

This may be really, really weird, but I really love the taste of plain aspirin. I love chewing it up. I wish they made aspirin-flavored candy.

Another is green tea ice cream. I could eat it all day, but none of my friends like it.

Love, adore it, crave it, and wish I could find it in Indiana.

I am also fond of pickled vegetables, particularly cauliflower, onions, jalapenos and habenaros.

Raw Onions. Can't get enough. I have in the past eaten them like an apple.

Mozzarella cheese melted on a plate.

Most foods cold, as leftovers. Mmmmmmm...

I rarely drink soda or beverages with processed sugar, but when I do, my choice would be tonic water. Most people whom I've told I like tonic water make a sour face, but hey, at least I don't have to worry as much about malaria...

In Vienna there is a lemon-lime beer mixture called Radler, es sehr gut! It's similar to beer and fanta.

I can't say I liked it as much as a shandy, but it is refreshing.

Hi

I would maybe say the Norwegian dish called Smalahove. It is half a head of lamb and it is served around Christmas time. It looks strange but the meat on the head is quite good :-) Here is a picture: http://gardkarlsen.com/family/smalahove_served.jpg ;)

Tripe

Me too! and Pork Brains.

I get moon cakes from my Asian friends for Chinese New Year.

I brought a few of these expensive moon cakes to my office, and everybody hated them. I love them, minus the salty egg yolk. I don't go out of my way to eat them, but I do love them during the Chinese Moon Festival.


Another is green tea ice cream. I could eat it all day, but none of my friends like it.

I second all of the above... I've been to more than one asian establishment on birthdays, and been served green tea ice cream. mmm...

And I was invited to a Harvest Festival on campus this year, so I did get to try the moon cake, and they are pretty good. The duck egg is an interesting addition to the mix, and wikipedia discusses even more variations (and symbolical meanings). The Festival turned out to be a Chinese Karaoke night, so I left after a while... but it was a good cultural experience.

Me too! and Pork Brains.

Mmmmmm...my West TN Grandma used to feed me scrambled brains and eggs as a kid. Cain't hardly find pork brains in the big city no more... :(

Mmmmmm...my West TN Grandma used to feed me scrambled brains and eggs as a kid. Cain't hardly find pork brains in the big city no more... :(

Without canned Pork Brains in Milk Gravy, it wouldn't be a Piggly Wiggly.

Take Rye Krisp crackers and put them on a foil-covered baking sheet.
Spread peanut butter on each cracker.
Then top each one with a slice of extra sharp cheddar cheese.
Place under the broiler for a minute or so until the cheese is bubbly & melted.
Enjoy.

(Also good with a slice of tart apple just under the cheese.)

Take Rye Krisp crackers and put them on a foil-covered baking sheet.
Spread peanut butter on each cracker.
Then top each one with a slice of extra sharp cheddar cheese.
Place under the broiler for a minute or so until the cheese is bubbly & melted.
Enjoy.

(Also good with a slice of tart apple just under the cheese.)

Oh that sounds good! I had a peanut butter and cream cheese sandwich on rye bread yesterday.

Beaver tail isn't that bad actually, I thought it was better then the beaver itself.

One thing I can't stand however is muktuk. One piece was enough.

Out of curiosity, did you try "white" or "green"? I've been meaning to try "white" muqtaaq myself, but the "green" version just sounds revolting.