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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsA food you like that other people find so disgusting...
...that you usually prepare it for yourself when you are home alone and you don't tell anyone...
Post a picture if you can find one.
You show me yours and I'll show you mine.
(I whipped up a quick batch tonight while hubby was picking up the boy from after-school and gobbled them down before he returned.)
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)he was such a snob.
now they are a favorite for him
Sanity Claws
(21,847 posts)Even my cats won't eat them.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)as well as i do. really well. like i do three packages and takes an hour to clean them all. reading glasses, close up.
k
get that? really well.
throw them in a baggy of flour and deep fry them and pour lots and lots of salt on them
ready to go.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)geardaddy
(24,926 posts)I'm the only one at Thanksgiving that eats 'em.
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)No picture
applegrove
(118,642 posts)about this and they think it sounds bad. I worked in a tea house/restaurant when I was 18 and my boss used to make that for us for lunch.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)applegrove
(118,642 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,081 posts)The cheese has enough salt in it. Will make this with tortillas or flatbread, too.
Kali
(55,007 posts)but I usually just put a little pile on a plate and dip chunks of cheese in it
dill pickles and cheddar are good too
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)the bomb!
wonder why my Dad called me Pickle Baby
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Sweet pickle slices with mayo and American cheese, on white bread. HooWah!!!
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)My guy might have a heart attack if he sees it though
rbnyc
(17,045 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,847 posts)I sautee onions and then add chicken liver. If I have some wine, I also add some.
rbnyc
(17,045 posts)Maine-ah
(9,902 posts)hubby thinks I'm nuts
Lisa D
(1,532 posts)on club crackers. Yum.
But it has to be the non-creamy kind, i.e., the white wine and onion kind.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)My moose dog used to love them, he'd sit in front of me and drool until I gave him one.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Although, frankly,
I don't have to prepare it in secret. Just a few days ago, a nice neighborly lady brought one to the house, as comfort food for my elderly mother...
hlthe2b
(102,247 posts)To each his own, I guess.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)The eyeballs are the most delicious part!
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)We had a large ethnic clientele, and one of the reasons for that was our large offal counter.
One of the many items we sold were lamb's heads, and most of the customers wanted them split in two.
It was dangerous to do so on a meat band saw, as the cranial bones were very hard, and as the head was rounded it always tried to spin as you would pass it throught the saw, taking your fingers with it.
So, the best way to split the lamb's head was to grab a meat cleaver, turn the head upside-down with the jawbone pointing toward you, positioning the heel of the blade firmly between the lower jaw.
You then picked up the head and cleaver together, just above shoulder height for best leverage, and with all your might bring head and cleaver down together on the wooden butcher block with a resounding WHACK!
If you did it right, you got two perfect clean halves on the very first try.
I got pretty good at it.
Hog heads were done pretty much the same way, but damn, those bad boys were heavy.
For New Years, we used to sell a ton of those floppy-eared bastids.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)You made a lot of people happy!
Me, they just brought the head whole, steaming, and a hammer to crack it open.
And a batch of flour tortillas to spread the remains...
My (then) future spouse, just bolted form the table...
when the head appeared whole, with a hammer by the side t crack the bastid open...
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Scrambled eggs and calf brains was a staple when we cooked breakfast upstairs in the meat cooler on our hot plate.
My favorite was Soul Food; we had a very good customer, Mrs. Harris, who owned a soul food restaraunt on Cleveland's East Side and would call in her shopping list every Friday evening for pick-up on Saturday morning, first thing.
'First thing' was 0230 on Saturday, and she brought all her kids to tote the two or three hundred pound order back out to the van her son drove for her.
Mrs. Harris would then take any lunch orders we might have, and send one of her sons back just before noon with our food.
Damn that woman could cook.
She made a roast beef tongue in tomato sauce that I still miss to this day.
Oh, and her cornbread was to die for, we could never get enough of it.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)paddle cactus.
Can't get much more ethnic than that, except for yuca, century plant flowers with scrambled eggs.
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)I have always been an adventurous eater, I'll try just about anything.
My motto is as you never know what you might like if you never try it and can be missing out on some great eats if you are timid.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)They hold their crispness even after heavy cooking.
You can also make nopalito salad, one of my favorite ethnic dishes...
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/recipes/2007/09/12/nopalito-salad/
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)duh. or am I seeing things.
I don't know whether to laugh or throw up or both at the same time.
dude.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)Next itme, I'll take pictures...
Tuesday Afternoon
(56,912 posts)rbnyc
(17,045 posts)Here's mine:
Chicken hearts. I fry them with garlic and pepper.
BTW - I hope it wasn't served with the cigarette.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)hlthe2b
(102,247 posts)A vegetarian brown rice dish with Adzuki beans, squash, broccoli and miso dressing.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)dinners a little salt & pepper and red onions...the more caramelization the better.
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)yummy!
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)And a can of Molson.
GoCubsGo
(32,081 posts)But, I will sometimes add some broccoli to it.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)Except I put cut up hot dogs in mine. I did drink a bottle of Molson or Labatt with it though!
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)I'm lucky in that I still have one girl at home who loves this stuff so I have an excuse to keep it around
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)sometimes i toss peas in the mix and always plenty of hot sauce
Withywindle
(9,988 posts)I like to put a little tomato pasta sauce in it.
Maine-ah
(9,902 posts)sub campbells cream of chicken soup, add tuna, add peas...my mother called it tuna pea wiggle...flippin gross.
Joe Shlabotnik
(5,604 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,014 posts)seabeyond
(110,159 posts)eeeew, this is horrible. eeeew. and we thought we like this.
how funny. will send the boys over to help you eat it. lol
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Damn, now I want some.
Throd
(7,208 posts)auntAgonist
(17,252 posts)delicious!
aA
Burma Jones
(11,760 posts)and in Burgoo.
rrneck
(17,671 posts)Bunny Bread Iced raisin loaf. Think heavy Cinnamon raisin bread with thick gooey icing on top. Apply Jif super chunk peanut butter. Add pimento olives on the side (good olives if you want to go high brow). Wash it down with ruby red grapefruit juice.
eridani
(51,907 posts)That's what I said! Bunny Bread!
rrneck
(17,671 posts)JCMach1
(27,556 posts)Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Saw bunches of roadside stands selling boiled peanuts, but didn't stop. making part of the trip again this May, so I'm gonna' give 'em a shot.
bluesbassman
(19,372 posts)What?
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)"Shut up kid, and keep eating!"
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)not together
one_voice
(20,043 posts)brussel sprouts, asparagus. Pickle (bread and butter) cheese (American) and mustard sammies.
edited to add sammie.
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Odin2005
(53,521 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Yum!
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)blueamy66
(6,795 posts)made with bacon fat, sugar, water and apple cider vinegar....my guy seriously leaves the house when I make it....as a matter of fact, think I'll go heat some up right now!!!!
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Man, this thread is makin' me hungry.
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)Too bad my guy seriously hates the smell!
I think many people are turned off because are afraid to try it in the first place because of the way the animal looks.
I liken barbecued eel to a fattier version of pulled pork. I honestly think a lot of people would like it if they tried it.
distantearlywarning
(4,475 posts)It's one of my favorites at the sushi restaurants. It's actually very, very good and not weird at all - the name just turns people off.
I am a big fan of anchovies too.
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)but my first love it Yellow Eel Shanghai style
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Christopher Ranch Heirloom Peeled Garlic - 3 lbs
http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10178488&whse=BD_115&Ne=5000001%204000000&eCat=BD_115
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Favorite way to eat sardines is a on Rye bread with a slice of Vidalia onion and pepper. Many tell me it grosses them out to even think of it.
I've loved clams since I was about 5..any way you can cook them, but I love raw clams the most, despite many who chide me.
ipfilter
(1,287 posts)on toast with mashed up avocado. People don't believe me when I tell them sardines taste as good, if not better, than tuna.
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Gotta try that.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)I've seen what happens to people who did.
auntAgonist
(17,252 posts)Address to a Haggis
Robert Burns.
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the puddin-race!
Aboon them a' ye tak your place,
Painch, tripe, or thairm:
Weel are ye wordy o' a grace
As lang's my arm.
The groaning trencher there ye fill,
Your hurdies like a distant hill,
Your pin wad help to mend a mill
In time o' need,
While thro' your pores the dews distil
Like amber bead.
His knife see rustic Labour dight,
An' cut you up wi' ready sleight,
Trenching your gushing entrails bright,
Like ony ditch;
And then, O what a glorious sight,
Warm-reekin, rich!
Then, horn for horn,
they stretch an' strive:
Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive,
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve,
Are bent lyke drums;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
"Bethankit!" 'hums.
Is there that owre his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad mak her spew
Wi' perfect sconner,
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view
On sic a dinner?
Poor devil! see him ower his trash,
As feckless as a wither'd rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash,
His nieve a nit;
Thro' bloody flood or field to dash,
O how unfit!
But mark the Rustic, haggis fed,
The trembling earth resounds his tread.
Clap in his walie nieve a blade,
He'll mak it whissle;
An' legs an' arms, an' heads will sned,
Like taps o' thrissle.
Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care,
And dish them out their bill o' fare,
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware
That jaups in luggies;
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer,
Gie her a haggis!
******************************************************
TRANSLATION.
Fair is your honest happy face
Great chieftain of the pudding race
Above them all you take your place
Stomach, tripe or guts
Well are you worthy of a grace
As long as my arm
The groaning platter there you fill
Your buttocks like a distant hill
Your skewer would help to repair a mill
In time of need
While through your pores the juices emerge
Like amber beads
His knife having seen hard labour wipes
And cuts you up with great skill
Digging into your gushing insides bright
Like any ditch
And then oh what a glorious sight
Warm steaming, rich
Then spoon for spoon
They stretch and strive
Devil take the last man, on they drive
Until all their well swollen bellies
Are bent like drums
Then, the old gent most likely to rift (burp)
Be thanked, mumbles
Is there that over his French Ragout
Or olio that would sicken a pig
Or fricassee would make her vomit
With perfect disgust
Looks down with a sneering scornful opinion
On such a dinner
Poor devil, see him over his trash
As week as a withered rush (reed)
His spindle-shank a good whiplash
His clenched fist.the size of a nut.
Through a bloody flood and battle field to dash
Oh how unfit
But take note of the strong haggis fed Scot
The trembling earth resounds his tread
Clasped in his large fist a blade
He'll make it whistle
And legs and arms and heads he will cut off
Like the tops of thistles
You powers who make mankind your care
And dish them out their meals
Old Scotland wants no watery food
That splashes in dishes
But if you wish her grateful prayer
Give her a haggis!
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)My Welsh grandmother used to make the Welsh version called "faggots." Pig's liver, sage, breadcrumb meatballs with a side of peas. Hated 'em when I was a kid, but love them now.
sinkingfeeling
(51,454 posts)HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)from a friend in high school (oh, those many years ago) using 2 matzos which had been soaked in water until soft, 2 eggs and a little milk scrambled together. Served with a shake of salt and a large spoonful of raspberry jam on top. YUM. Just had some last week. Definitely MY comfort food as no one else in the family can stand it.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)my dad keeps talking about it but has never gotten around to making it
HeiressofBickworth
(2,682 posts)but "brie" suggests cheese and there is no cheese in it, just milk, eggs and matzos. Making it is as easy as making scrambled eggs. Some times I do it in a pan on the stove and sometimes I do it in the microwave -- turns out the same either way. And don't forget the jam!
Behind the Aegis
(53,956 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)... but the thing that shames me is my love of Underwood's Deviled Ham on white bread with yellow mustard. And Mary Kitchen's Corned Beef Hash. Neither are eaten more than once a year (if that), though.
The other foods are delicious. I have made my husband, who fears vegetables, love Brussels sprouts. They're good, people - just cook 'em right! (Same for liver.)
rbnyc
(17,045 posts)...Mary's Kitchen COrned Beef Hash!
Tabasco_Dave
(1,259 posts)onestepforward
(3,691 posts)I don't eat tuna much anymore, but this was a classic favorite of mine! I can't remember what inspired me to mix the two. I used to get funny looks when people asked me what I was eating
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)It's yummy.
Saving Hawaii
(441 posts)But so is peanut butter, butter, and honey on bread with milk poured all over it. It's basically a breakfast cereal but everybody thinks you're just making a soggy sandwich and will look at you funny.
hack89
(39,171 posts)IcyPeas
(21,866 posts)I have this Marmite Cookbook. There are really good recipes in it.
http://www.amazon.com/Marmite-Cookbook-Storecupboard-Paul-Hartley/dp/1904573096
hack89
(39,171 posts)AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)Especially over rice, with soy sauce, and runny egg.
Kimiko ~yori
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)You have mentioned the only food on this thread that I can actually eat
But I usually eat my natto hot with rice, salsa, chopped onions and cheese. Oishii
AsahinaKimi
(20,776 posts)burrito ...all you need is the tortilla!!
WOW Art!! haha..
Kimiko~ yori
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)the last time I visited my folks. I added a little bit of avocado on top for good measure. My mom took a look at that and wouldn't come back into the room until I had finished eating it! But it was really oishiiiii!
auburngrad82
(5,029 posts)and oysters. MMMMM...
my2sense
(2,645 posts)geardaddy
(24,926 posts)Damn, I'm so hungry now!
madmom
(9,681 posts)geardaddy
(24,926 posts)Black pudding
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)There's no meat. It's just a delivery system for skin and sauce.
mak3cats
(1,573 posts)...just like cereal. It was a staple when I was growing up, and every one of my brothers and sisters (8 of us altogether) still eat it to this day.
Fair warnings: The popcorn cannot be pre-packaged, and absolutely NOT microwave popcorn. (Plug for a Stir Crazy popcorn popper - can't live without one. And leftover popcorn from the night before is great the following morning!) Also, the concoction can smell mildly fart-like to the uninitiated.
I also salivate over raw oysters, and drink my beer with V-8 added to it.
progressoid
(49,988 posts)"Colonial housewives served popcorn with sugar and cream for breakfast."
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/PopcornHistory.htm
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Only ingredients are water, salt and cabbage. I eat it straight out of the jar.
And for cheese, nothing on earth beats Napoleon's favorite cheese, Epoisses de Bourgogne. It is usually, and charitably, described as "pungent." The French claim it smells like god's feet. There is a definite "feet" smell, but the flavor is creamy, earthy and utterly delicious. Yum!
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)We get ours at The Wedge. The pickles are good too.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Just kidding.
LNM
(1,078 posts)Boiled, peeled and roasted with garlic. Yum!!
dentynepure
(13 posts)Don't knock them until you've tried them!
amyrose2712
(3,391 posts)Popcorn and mayo on white bread was my other. Thanks Ill be throwing up now. I know don't knock it and all that.
fizzgig
(24,146 posts)i've been eating pickled herring in sour cream for as long as i can remember, but i've recently branched out to anchovies and sardines. smoked oysters on saltines are a fantastic snack.
i fell in love with eel when i started eating sushi, but lately the texture has become a turnoff for me. sadness because it is so tasty.
i'm not real hot on offal, but would try it if it were well prepared (i'm not talking anthony bourdain eating the boar's anus that's been cooked directly in the ashes of the fire.) i tried rocky mountain oysters once and wasn't real interested.
but i'd say the grossest (or at least perceived) grossest food i like is peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches. i never have pickles when i want one, never think to make one when i do have pickles.
sinkingfeeling
(51,454 posts)ceile
(8,692 posts)I don't understand the aversion to black pudding- the best part of an Irish breakfast!
Doc Holliday
(719 posts)there's nothing like a peanut butter and mayonaise sandwich.
But ya gotta have just the right ingredients:
a) Crunchy peanut butter (preferably Jif, but Peter Pan will do in a pinch)
b) Hellman's mayonaise. None of that Miracle Whip...strictly for barbarians
c) Sourdough or Jewish rye bread
Wash down with the beverage of your choice.....ahhhh!!
Think I'll make one now.....
wovenpaint
(1,472 posts)Add some mustard, either yellow or spicy-and it's heavenly!...I like peanut butter, relish and catsup sandwiches on homemade white bread, too
kwassa
(23,340 posts)Many people absolutely despise it. I don't get it; I think it wonderful. Essential to a variety of ethnic dishes.
Phentex
(16,334 posts)I can take it in small doses but it grosses me out if I sense too much of it. I thought it was just me but then I read (online of course, lol) that many people get the soap taste when they eat it. A waitress recently told me she tastes more of a metallic taste when she eats it.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)i never put in what instructions say. we add it to so many recipes.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)thickened with a roue and made sour with vinegar. "Liver balls" cooked in a broth.
Taverner
(55,476 posts)Withywindle
(9,988 posts)Delight of my childhood. I CRAVE them. I can eat a whole jar in one sitting easily.
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Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)the after effects from eating pickled eggs is, uh, rather trombone-like.
blueamy66
(6,795 posts)a can of raviolis with cottage cheese.....kinda like lasagna
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)But, I find what most other people eat sickening.
Mushrooms...love the taste but it feels like munching on leeches.
Oysters...slimy little bastards.
Cilantro...tastes like soap.
Beer...tastes like cilantro.
Any part of an animals body that is made for elimination, filtering, digestion or thinking...kidneys, tongue, liver, stomach, brains...you get the picture.
Coffee...just the smell makes me wanna vomit. I have a hard time getting through the coffee isle at the store. Ever since they put those damned "grind your own" machines in, I have to hold my breath.
Just give me some flesh, cheese, a potato and either broccoli or asparagus and we won't have any problems.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)I have someone to sit with and we can wrinkle our noses at the food elitists!!!
ElboRuum
(4,717 posts)I love anchovies, but no one else seems to like them. The only time I can order it is if I'm ordering a pizza just for myself. I can't even get it on half, because apparently, their pungent flavor and aroma "infects" the other half.
zanana1
(6,112 posts)I love them as a late-night snack.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)tried it again recently and totally grossed out. tried to get kids to try, and no way. lol
theAntiRand
(40 posts)Boiled or fried, doesn't matter to me.
DiverDave
(4,886 posts)The BOMB!
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)It's a comfort food of mine, for some odd reason...
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)Kippered snacks on white bread, with mayo and lettuce.
Charlemagne
(576 posts)My 6 year old son and I love it.....love it I tells ya.
so good.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)All of which are sustainable sources of protein, good for you, and taste great.
GaYellowDawg
(4,446 posts)Tried it on a dare in elementary school and have loved it since.
Take an average PB&J sandwich - grape jelly and smooth peanut butter. Add ketchup.
I love it. There's something about the sweet of the jelly and the (comparatively) sour of the ketchup, then add the peanut butter. I don't know anyone else who would even try it. I bet even the goat head people are making faces right now.
Mist
(5,780 posts)peanut butter on one slice, mayo on the other, and lettuce in between. I can't convice people it's really good.