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rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

JoeyJoJoJr Shabadoo posted:


e: I just remembered another gross Eastern European food that people like to eat, Salo, which is pretty much just condensed fat. You know how when you eat pork there's that sliver of fat? Yeah, it's like that but condensed and hard to chew.



Oh god the disambiguation page suggests Salo: 120 days of Sodom. Wikipedia wants to know if you'r looking for a brick of solid fat or 2 hours of violent pornography.

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rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

The neat thing is gelatin itself is meat based and the meat gelatin dishes came first, so there must have been a time when people were turning their noses up at strawberry jello.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Ghostpilot posted:

Steve, Don't Eat It reminded me of an old website that I got a huge kick out of: Bad Candy: A Confectionery Nightmare. Having grown up in San Diego and traveled a lot as a kid, I've had most of the things on that list. Some of them (Sabroso and Happy Plum still haunt me.


I love salty licorice so much that seeing that site is making me get the urge to import some since they don't seem to sell any in America.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Angry Diplomat posted:

If you look around carefully enough you might be able to find a Dutch grocery somewhere relatively close to you. We've got two of them in Ottawa and I know I've seen/heard of them in other cities as well. You should be able to search for "Dutch store" or "Dutch food" or whatever on Google Maps and have it attempt to locate any relevant businesses in your area.

I gave up on finding something local and just spent $15 on a bag of candy most people would find inedible. I managed to find one that was also extra spicy.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

I recently had a bag of turkish peppers shipped to me because this thread got me craving salty licorice. It's great if you like salty food, and it contains no actual sodium because it uses ammonium chloride instead of regular table salt.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Funxion posted:

That's a patat flip man!

"Patat Met": Mayonaise (which is NOT the over processed salty crap Americans are used to)!

"Patat Speciaal": Mayonaise + Sweet Curry (or Ketchup for heathens) + Finely chopped onions!

"Patat Flip": Mayonaise + Satay Sauce!

"Patat Oorlog": Mayonaise + Curry (or again, Ketchup for the heathens) + Satay + Finely chopped onions!

Of course this could be a regional thing but in the west of the country that's how it's ordered.

So mayo and ketchup or curry on fries? No, I'll pass. I'll eat any individual ingredient of mayo on it's own but mayonaise is pretty much the worst thing ever.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

mr. stefan posted:

Pretty sure this is how kimchi was invented.



Supposedly it tastes very good and is really healthy, but it still looks like vomited-up lasagna.

It's pretty much spicy sauerkraut. It's a different variety of cabbage and slightly different pickling but if you like one you'll like the other. I guess technically kimchi can refer to any sort of spicy pickled vegetable, but I've pretty much only ever seen it done with napa cabbage.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

ekuNNN posted:

Balkenbrij is incredibly delicious. If you like bloodsausage I bet you'll like Balkebrij :colbert:
Frying leverworst sounds like a great idea, I have to try that now!

As for other Dutch food people might dislike, I can't really think of anything in particular, maybe chocolate sprinkles on bread?


oh they're just sprinkles. I looked at the image assumed they'd be maggots or some poo poo because of the nature of this thread.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Ignore everything said about kombucha on the previous page. It's the worst thing I've ever tasted. I thought I would like it, but it tasted like a mix of sour milk and gym socks.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

It was prepackaged stuff so I guess they take the ham slab out in advance.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Have none of you grilled a cheese before?

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

I had this salty licorice once that looked like a peppermint log, but was porous and always felt slightly sticky. I think there was a warning about not letting pregnant people have it. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? I'd love to find out where I could get more. That peber candy just tastes too much like black licorice and I'm not big on black licorice.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Even ignoring the fact that guinea pigs are adorable and I would feel awful about eating one, that just looks awful. I'm not sure what it's crusted in but it makes it look like it's completely covered in mold. Also it's garnished with my guinea pig's favorite food.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

S-Alpha posted:

I could live without the cocoa cheese bites, chocolate and cheese doesn't sound like something that'd sit well with me, no matter how much of a Wisconsinite I may be.

I mean if they used better chocolate and a mild cheese I think it would work. Cheddar has its uses and that is not one of them.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

The only raw meat I've tried that didn't gross me out with the texture was beef. It was sliced super thin and pickled in some sort of teriyaki flavored liquid.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

BlueGrot posted:

I'm Norwegian. This gets my mouth watery.

I'm confused is that a hot dog stew?

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Stalin McHauntler posted:

I prefer dumping my absinthe into a big thing of black jelly beans, but that's just me.

That at least sounds more appealing than any of the real drinks mentioned on this page.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

I was under the impression that mayo was always a polarizing topic. I mean it's basically unflavored raw meringue except made entirely of fat

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Nothing is ever really going to make the texture of mayonnaise palatable to me and adds nothing to a dish but texture most of the time. I guess I don't really feel the need to lube up the food I'm eating. Not even claiming to eat healthy I just feel slimy for the rest of the meal once I eat any

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

I should preface my posts in this thread with the fact that I grew up poor

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

ErIog posted:

Yeah, I was watching a show that showcases ordinary people living in foreign countries, and I was shocked at their love of mayo. The supermarket aisles were insane. They had the most gigantic jars of it, and there were so many kinds. Like imagine the cereal aisle in a US store, but then replace that with mayo. Apparently Russians eat about 5.1kg/year per capita while the US is at about 1.9kg/year per capita.

https://ladyofthecakes.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/who-eats-the-most-mayonnaise-ketchup-mustard/

Also, Americans don't like mayo because American mayo is super lovely. Mayo should have a loving flavor of its own, and it shouldn't be filled with sugar. There's good mayo in the world. Very little of it is in the US, though, and it's to the point where you basically can't trust an American that says, "I don't like mayo." They basically have never actually tried mayo, and when I have them try a "horseradish sauce" with some french fries they end up liking it nearly every time.

You're saying that they don't hate mayo if you give them something else that just happens to share ingredients and you know isn't mayo. If your dish needs something to balance it out, throwing on a glob of intentionally congealed fat on top isn't the way to do it. I don't usually go for horseradish sauce anyways because most of the time it's basically just mayo that passed near horseradish. I prefer to make my own since you really only need something to make the horseradish spread easily.


Fat is not a taste it's just supposed to improve texture on dryer dishes and can make your tastebuds less effective from overuse.

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

It's poo poo like that that makes me not feel bad about eating store brand Mac and cheese once a week

rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

Crow Jane posted:

This has popped up on my Facebook a couple times recently:



It's a "peanut butter cookie lasagna", and apparently I have acquaintances who think it looks delicious. I think I have diabetes just from the picture.

Recipe here if you hate yourself.

That sure is a well taken photo though. It's weird seeing a pile of garbage photographed so well.

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rodbeard
Jul 21, 2005

bathroomrage posted:

Please stop using Cool Whip and whipped cream interchangeably, you're weirding me out, thread.


Isn't it basically meant to be a cheap nondairy whipped cream substitute

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