I don’t think I’ve made a post on here about food, so here goes! 😃
I’ll go first…I just love eating uncooked pasta. It has such a satisfying crunch and the tomato pasta and wholewheat pasta are my faves! This has been a habit that I’ve had ever since I’ve had teeth and people are always surprised that I haven’t damaged my teeth doing this. I enjoy pasta cooked too!
I like dipping meat sticks, preferably Peperami (brand here), into fruit flavoured yoghurt sometimes.
Upvote because I cannot process this.
If you were to cut a hole in your skull and press your finger into your brain in just the right spot, you can probably convince yourself this is just a really creative take on meat, cheese, and fruit charcuterie…
Ill take your word for it
It makes the meat taste a bit fruity with a milky note to it. It’s basically a poor man’s milk steak.
The fruity flavor is like a side of the finest jelly beans.
Jail!
Not me, but an ex-girlfriend. She would fill a bowl with potato chips (crisps to you Brits) and then pour ketchup all over and eat it like a bowl of cereal with a spoon.
This is why she’s an ex right
That and she couldn’t keep her mouth off another guy’s dick.
But mostly the chips thing, right?
Look, there are some things I can overlook in a relationship.
But eating a bag of lays with half a bottle of heinz ketchup poured on it? WITH A SPOON? 🤮
Honestly doesn’t sound like a good time, don’t think the ketchup would be enough to save his dick from the chips in her mouth.
If I could upvote this 50 times…
Kinda similar, I’ll finish off the shrapnel from a bag of corn chips with a spoonful or two of salsa in the salsa bowl. Spicy cereal, I guess?
This wins so far.
Tinned fish on toast — mackerel or sardines. Criminally underrated dish
Actually that sounds awesome.
Fully agree, ideally sardines in oil or mackerel in tomato sauce with peas (not sure the latter is a thing outside of northern Europe?).
Toast needs a health layer of butter to keep the sauce from mushing it up as well.
Mackerel in tomato sauce is my go to snack. I just eat it with a fork straight from the tin
I’d like to try that on a crunchy baguette.
But that’s not weird at all!
Can’t go wrong with spiced Nuri’s
Milk mixed with orange juice looks terrible but tastes like an orange creamsicle.
That’s a very popular drink here in the Dominican Republic, probably in Puerto Rico and Cuba too, you have to know the trick so the milk and orange juice mix well tho. It’s called “morir soñando” (which means “to die dreaming” in Spanish) look it up if you feel like to.
Yeah, it’s pretty good, especially in the summer time.
On topic for the thread, the way I make it has pretty much always gotten a “WTF are you trying to feed me?” look from Dominicans. Okay, more of an “Ay dios mío, este muchacho” eye roll and a “¿Qué es este menjunje que tu tá inventando allí?” from them, if I’m being honest. For the ones I’ve gotten to actually try it, though, they all agree it’s pretty good.
I have the usual mix of milk and orange juice, add in some sweetened, condensed milk, vanilla extract, and then I add jam/preserves instead of just sugar. I’m partial to cherry preserves, but if chinola jam were a thing I could get here, I’d probably just stick with that. Toss it in a blender with some flaked ice, and 30 seconds later, you’re that much closer to developing diabetes. Depending on the sort of night I’m having, I might toss in some spiced rum, too.
What’s the trick?
I honestly don’t know since I’ve never done it myself, would have to ask my mom or something.
Ask her
Yeah dude, ask her.
How does this not curdle?
It does slightly, but way less than one would think.
It does a little, so stir vigorously to break up clumps.
Holy shit… This comment is my least favorite comment
Add a little vanilla, and yeah, that’s a Creamsicle!
Or, blend frozen OJ, milk, ice, and a bit of vanilla extract and you’ve basically got an Orange Julius. (Do those places still even exist…?)
Top tip: add in some powdered sugar. In addition to adding some sweetness, powdered sugar has cornstarch in it which will act as a thickener making for a more unctuous mouthfeel
Mother of the groom gave an impromptu speech at the reception about how her son is like milk and orange juice. It was as meandering as it was long.
My wife’s dad held a 15 minute speech about South American partisans and guerillas at my wedding. No one knew what he was trying to say, and my wife’s bridesmaid pulled him from the stage before he was finished.
Is he from South America?
No, he’s German and has never been to South America.
The groom looked like chunky vomit?
Quite the opposite, but maybe his mom feels like she just drank milk and orange juice when she sees her son? I suppose we’ll never know for sure.
That’s just an orange julius
This is very much a regional food around here, but if you’re not from here, with previous generations from here, it will seem like a strange food: the banana sandwich. This is peanut butter, banana, and mayonnaise (Duke’s Mayonnaise for any proper Southerner). People are generally on board until you mention the mayonnaise. I get that it sounds weird but is actually really good.
I hear it called a Southern thing but don’t know if it’s just a North Carolina thing or extends farther across the South. It is definitely a thing, though. I remember years ago one of the larger news outlets posted a question on their Facebook page, asking if people sliced their banana into planks or circles for their sandwiches and it got hundreds of comments in response with people arguing for one option or the other. I’ve always been a circle person myself. I can see a theoretical appeal for planks in having less open space but am so used to circles that I’ve never quite figured out the logistics of cutting straight planks out of a curved banana.
It won’t be anytime soon, but I promise to try this. And if I remember maybe I’ll update.
I’m impressed at your willingness to try; almost no one does. I hope you like it!
Does Duke’s mayonnaise taste of mustard or is it bland fluffy oil like other American mayonnaises?
No mustard… Just regular bland fluffy oily stuff. But different brands of mayo are weirdly different, and some have cult followings.
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I could get down with this.
I love banana + PB + bacon + honey.
Dry sandwiches. I don’t like most condiments on anything that I eat cuz I think it ruins the flavor. Most condiments are overpowering and just make food taste like condiments. Don’t put them on anything. Not hotdogs, burgers, or sandwiches. The only exception I make is hot sauce.
I stopped eating condiments because in high school one of my classmates stopped as well (based on his nutricionist recommendation). He was a bit on the chubby side and he was looking great by the end of the year.
That and I have no clue WTF is on margerine, mayo, etc. I rarely eat ketchup and mustard but recently fell in love with ‘Schiracha’.There’s a huge variety in condiments.
Mayo is egg, vinegar, and oil.
Fats (oil) are super complicated. Some are very bad for you like canola oil (but they’re also cheap) while some are very good for you like olive oil (EVOO) (but it’s very expensive).
Some Mayo varieties will have these three ingredients and an emulsifier to help it stay nice on the shelf.
Others will have heaps of sugar and bullshit flavours.
The difference in nutritional value is huge.
I take it easy on all of them. Spices though… gimme some!
Black licorice.
I give my kiwis a good rinse and sorta “scrub” their skin (is it called a peel on kiwis?)with my palms before I bite into them skin and all like am apple. I have had more than one person audibly gasp and ask me what the hell I’m doing when they see me eating kiwis that way.
The spoon and digging as a kid was fun, but as an adult the time lost to cutting and spooning kiwi flesh from its skin just isn’t worth it. And if a kiwi is properly ripe anyway the bitter skin actually contrasts the sweet fleshy insides quite nicely.
I just rinse them off and eat them whole.
I give my kiwis a good rinse and sorta “scrub” their skin (is it called a peel on kiwis?)with my palms before I bite into them skin and all like am apple. I have had more than one person audibly gasp and ask me what the hell I’m doing when they see me eating kiwis that way.
Cannibalism?! Oh my god why the heck would you treat New Zealanders that way?!
It’s only cannibalism if you’re from New Zealand.
It’s a peel
By the way, if you run a knife down the peel and cut into it around the kiwi and then again at a 90° angle, you can just peel the skin off. Very easy.
But the skin is nutritious!
Not very appetizing though.
It doesn’t bother me on a peach 🤷
It tastes good on a peach
Some of us think it tastes good on a kiwi, too. Probably an acquired taste.
Yeah but all that work just for me to lose out on nutrients. I’ll just watch the thing whole.
The skin on kiwis is high in oxalates, so if you are prone to kidney stones, be careful.
Well now I’m terrified. Am I about to be pissing gravel?
Sorry to scare you. I’m not by any means a doctor, but from what I understand it tends to be an issue more with people who are already predisposed. So it’s probably not something most people have to be too concerned about.
Unfortunately you put the idea in my mind so now I’ll never be able to enjoy a kiwi again lol.
I am petrified of kidney stones. It’s why I stopped drinking energy drinks almost entirely. Every time I drink one I am reminded of my doctor telling me that those drinks are dangerous to drink often and part of that is the significant increased chances for kidney stones.
I appreciate you letting me know though. Better to have knowledge and have it changed your habits vs being blissfully unaware all the time. Though being blissfully unaware does seem awful tempting these days…
Mustard with Poutine. That stuff is amazing
Mine is an ‘everything’ poutine … it depends on who makes it and where you get it … but up in some northern Ontario towns and highway places its usually a base of fries topped with fried onions, fried peppers, corn, peas, cooked diced carrots, hot peppers, jalapenos, ground beef, bacon bits, ground sausage, fried steak strips, pulled pork, two or three types of cheese and cheese curd smoothered with lots of hot gravy. If the place is good and generous, they layer it by placing a few fries, then the toppings … the repeating it one or two more times.
I’m sorry…mustard with poutine, or poutine with mustard.
The way it’s written it looks like mustard in the main item and you add a bit of poutine to it.
One of the mustard plants is actually a close relative of the broccoli/cabbage/cauliflower/the rest of that set, and it gets used as a vegetable (as opposed to just the seeds being made into a condiment) in a fair few places
…I don’t think that’s actually what they meant, but it’s possible!
That actually sounds pretty good!
PB&H.
Peanut butter and honey instead of jelly.
I still eat this. It’s far superior IMO
I used to have this as a kid, but with very thinly sliced apples in there as well. Damn now I kind of want one.
This is some serious gourmet shit
Totally did this as a kid. Also peanut butter and maple syrup.
Haven’t tried that, but it sounds like it might be worth a bite.
On caraway seeded rye
Hell yeah, my dad used to send me to school with PB&H on that uranium yellow potato bread.
Balut
Just kidding, don’t Google that
Couple weeks ago my friend brought a balut into a bar and did a balut bomb (cracking it into a pint of beer and chugging/swallowing it)
We all almost puked
I’ve had it. The flavor was very good - like imagine a hard boiled egg that tastes like roast duck - but the texture, eeehhhh…
Slight cartilaginous crunch?
Yeah, crunchy in spots. Also at one point I bit into a little sack of liquid that kind of popped in my mouth.
I’m picturing something like eating the bones at the end of poultry wings. It sounds eatable.
I want some roast flavoured eggs now :c
The flavor is very good!
This is something I’d try if I had the occasion.
Salt and Vinegar Chips
Who tf thinks salt and vinegar, which is objectively the best chip, is weird?
The only thing I don’t like about eating them is they have a tendency of eating back
Thrill of the game
I don’t think anyone is weird for eating or liking them, but they’re definitely not for me.
Britain’s favourite crisp flavour. Here, you’re weird for not liking them.
PB&J with mint jelly. For some reason people find the mint really weird
Is this like mint sauce you’d put on lamb? Peanut butter is allergy death, but mint and strawberry interests me!
Peanut butter is allergy death,
Just out of curiosity, can you do any of the alternatives? Sunflower, cashew, almond, pistachio, pecan?
Well… in truth, I need to get tested - I’m definitely a no-go on almond and hazelnut (i have the hospital trips to prove it!), but peanuts are just a precaution at this stage -it’s easier to avoid the lot if you see what I mean. :)
Peanuts are legumes and don’t really fall under the same category of allergy as tree nuts. There’s a good chance that you can eat peanuts just fine, unless you have observed an allergic reaction to them of course https://acaai.org/allergies/allergic-conditions/food/tree-nut/
You’re absolutely right, totally different family - I need to get tested properly and find out what’s okay to eat/be near :) mostly negligence on my part! 😅
They jelly can absolutely be made into a mint sauce for lamb, or just slathered on as is too. But more or less yes, I enjoy the mint flavor with the peanutbutter a bunch! It also tends to be a less sweet jelly than store bought strawberry or grape. Those are sickeningly sweet
Interesting… I am very intrigued by this, and will keep an eye out for it!
I’ll eat almost anything so there are plenty of examples but I’ll pick one of my favorites: chicken hearts. They’re tasty and have a satisfying springiness to them! Organ meats in general get unfairly hated upon, I feel.
Beetroot juice and beetroot based dishes, pikled lemons and other citrus fruits, sweet meat.
I like to experiment with food in general, try some old recipes like before american vegetables old.
Beetroot is great when winter comes round. It fits so well in those hearty roasted dishes
try some old recipes
What do you think of Max Miller’s youtube channel?
I have somewhat mixed opinions on Max Miller; his acting is a bit over the top, and history fragments sometimes have weird details that he had misunderstood during research or misread. I would have liked his videos a lot more if he actually talked about the history of the recipe more and not something tangentially related to it. In general he is ok. 🙃
That makes sense. Not something to be taken too seriously, but a bit of fun engagement with the past in a space where it’s not hurting anyone if the details are wonky
I’ve had lemon rind stuffed olives and kinda blew my mind
I learned only relatively recently that borsch (which I love for the beets) was originally made without beets. I still haven’t found a recipe I like and we don’t get sorrel here.
You can grow sorrel at home, if you really like it.
Histrically borshch probably was a name for anything that was more or less drinkable and non-alcoholic, there were no original recipe, like there is no original recipe for other common dishes, they were just made with whatever was available and whatever people ate at the time. AFAIK there are similar dishes in countries that were part of lithuanian commonwelth, which were based on different kinds of kvass as well.
Personally I really dislike kvass based borshch, like it’s vile. 😄
, sweet meat.
For a second I read that as sweetbread. That is a very VERY different thing.
I only know sweetbread from Dwarf Fortress, and still have no idea why it’s called that.
Edit: And sweetened bread can be called sweetmeat, WTF?
