Another Food Thread: Stuff You Eat That Grosses Other People Out

By itself? And how much? Not a cup full?

 

Sweetbreads

 

Yeah sometimes when there's a jug of lemon juice in the fridge I'll chug it.

I'm weird.

 

Where I live now, a friggin' scallop is considered wild and crazy and tres internationale. So any seafood concoction I stuff in my face grosses people out.

My father's a chef, and these choices of mine always grossed him out:

--my "omelats." Crack four eggs in a pan, semi-scramble with a fork, and dump whatever meat combo you can find in the pan. Brat pieces, cold cuts, bacon; it doesn't matter. Add ricotta and garlic, way too many red pepper flakes, and the kitchen is ruined for hours.

-- also, my propensity for turning anything and everything into a sandwich. I'm convinced I gave Dr. Atkins his heart attack, I need to have bread around EVERYTHING. Especially French bread. I've made a Hot Pocket sandwich before.

Microwave a pizza Hot Pocket, cut open a slice of French bread, place said Hot Pocket into bread. Eat. Drink exactly one gallon of water.

 

I put lime juice in damn near everything non-alcoholic.

 

Suddenly MY mouth feels very tart.

 

Yep, pretty disgusting thread.

I put lime wedges in my Diet Coke, though I guess that's no longer weird - they came out with a "Diet Coke with Lime". Funny, I don't like the pre-mixed version. The real thing is much better.

I take the ravioli or tortellini that you get in the freezer case from the grocery store, but I don't cook them in hot water like you're supposed to. That would take too long. I just microwave them under pasta sauce, and then add a layer of cheese. Not extremely disgusting, but not exactly following the directions on the package either.

French fries are good with Tabasco on them. Even better if it's green Tabasco.

 

When I used to eat French Fries, I used to like to dip them in mayonnaise just as much as ketchup. My understanding from watching "Pulp Fiction" is only the French like to do this and everyone else thinks it is gross. It may not be healthy but I think it's good. I will also dip into ketchup and then the mayonnaise. What does that give you? That's right...Thousand Island dressing or McDonald's Big Mac secret sauce(w/ a little sweet relish)...lol. I used to like to dip my French Fries in other sauces as well....like bbq sauce and mustard. I like tobasco on them as well in combination with a sauce.

Alas...I don't really eat French Fries any more cause their bad(aka oil carb sticks).

That is about as gross as I get I guess...if you consider that gross. I also crave egg salad made with hard-boiled eggs(without the shell...lol) mixed with light mayonnaise spread on a piece of 40 calorie wheat bread(only ever so often, though).

I suck.

 

Most of this sounds pretty tame.

I'm half-Cantonese and grew up in Houston so I developed a taste for Cajun, Creole and Mexican food. From that I've developed a palatte to try pretty much anything, especially if its hot. Armadillo, rattlesnake chili, turtle soup both Mexican and Chinese style, boudain, sea urchin, welk, preserved fish (Jewish, Chinese and Swedish style.), fish heads, pig feet and so on.

Since I live in Minnesota now the most extreme thing locally I've had are deep fried cheese curds. For those who don't know what they are cheese curds are the leftover ends of cheese from packing into molds. They are normally rubbery and extremely salty. Think salty cheese flavored taffy. The deep fried kind are soaked in butter battered and deep fried making them not rubbery but even saltier. Instant heart attack.

I haven't yet had the real classic grossout food of MN which is Lutefisk, cod freeze dried and preserved in lye. I've had some friends promise to get me some from their Scandanavian grandparents but I think they are holding off because they can't stand it themselves.

As something of an amateur epicure I've been experimenting with some interesting combinations.Some of my favorites is fish tacos with Sambal Blachang (Indonesian hot sauce made from fermented shrimp.) or fried rice with Pace Picante sauce and spare ribs marinated in Hoisin sauce.

 

OMG Chance. I made almost that same concoction a few months ago when I was blasted one night. Except insteading using bread, I just combined the three ingrediants in a bowl and ate it with a spoon. I think I might have to make a run to the store just to try it again.

 

One more thought. What grosses people out I guess is inestricably bound with culture.

Chinese don't bat an eye or nose at eating seaweed, civet cats and smelly tofu which would freak out most Americans. OTOH I find White Castle and Taco Bell a gastronomic challenge.

 

Cats?

 

I do that with Honey Bunches of Oats, skim milk, crunchy peanut butter and jelly all the time!

Damn, I'm getting another cravin'!

 

Cow's tongue...also, for some reason a co-worker thought it was gross that I ate a pet squirrel...I felt bad, But I had to because he would bother me...

 

Oh yeah......I forgot to add: booty

 

That stuff we used to eat all the time back in the day....what was it called....

 

I ALWAYS dip my french fries in mustard. Mayonaise, on the other hand, disgusts me.

I also eat a peanut butter and pickle sandwich now and again. You just get those flat-sliced "sandwich" spears and slap them puppies on some bread with peanut butter and, if you're THAT baked, jelly. That's an interesting taste, right there.

I also like escargot, pretty much all shellfish, sushi, nearly all Indian food, Vienna sausages, McDonalds, giant pickles, tofu and Chilicheese Fritos.

Sure, it seems like I'll eat pretty much anything, but I WILL NOT eat ANYTHING with marinara sauce or mayonaise. That cuts out about 60% of readily available American food.

 

i love all that stuff

 

this can only be tried when HIGH