bugcat
March 24, 2021, 12:40am
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The converse counterpart to Food that others love but you hate , this is a thread for discussing foods you enjoy but many other people may not.
For me:
pickles – onions, gherkins, eggs, cabbage etc.
blue cheese
fermented sauces
stout and the “sour” beer style
shellfish
squid and octopus
strong fish like anchovies and mackerel
hummus (although I’m not in a part of the world where I can talk about “real hummus”)
pesto, especially green pesto
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Gia
March 24, 2021, 12:41am
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Watermelon and feta.
Don’t dismiss until you try it.
Oh, and snails (but it’s really tricky to cook them properly, I can understand people who hate them if they’ve only tried them poorly prepaired).
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bugcat
March 24, 2021, 12:43am
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I don’t think I’ve ever eaten at a restaurant that served snails.
They’re the “shellfish of the land”, right? ;)
They remind me of this other edible mollusc:
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Gia
March 24, 2021, 12:47am
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I’ve only eaten them straight from the hills around my village, cooked by the Mothers of the Clan, or by me (very seldom, since I’m seldom there).
Where I studied in Crete, they cook them like this , but I don’t remember if I ever preferred them over my other local favorites
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Paige
March 24, 2021, 12:47am
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This actually sounds really good.
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Groin
March 24, 2021, 12:54am
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Smelly tofu (tofu fermented in some spicy sauce) is a bit like the Chinese cheese, I love some of them and I like to add it in my sauce for hot pot or salad…
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I like really spicy foods. Like extremely hot.
Love all sorts of shellfish, including sea snails, and all sorts of seafood in general. Can shuck a lobster blindfolded. Love raw oysters.
Love land snails too, but only had them in the French style.
I’ve had silkworm pupae when I was younger (during a visit to China). Not bad. Yes, you have to pick out the live and wriggling ones at the market.
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Groin
March 24, 2021, 2:02am
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I dunno if you tried but in Lima (Peru) you can enjoy a supra spicy plate of seafood in the street, forgot the name sorry.
From a very spicy food lover .
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bugcat
March 24, 2021, 2:11am
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Ray Mears discusses how to harvest ant larvae (timestamped)
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My mother always made beets with spaghetti. I loved the spaghetti, so I ate the beets too and acquired the taste for them. I was the only kid in elementary school who liked beets. I also grew up eating liver, which my mother made frequently with onions and bacon on top. I like liver if it is deveined, but I never make it for myself.
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So far I love every food item mentioned here and I have had before, and those I hadn’t I want to try. ^^
(And yeah: I want to taste the woodworms and silkworm pupae too. )
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Groin
March 24, 2021, 3:46am
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Not every kid has a good cook mom.
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Raw (dehydrated) instant noodles
I have a pretty bland palette so can’t think of anything else off the top of my head. I’d do better in the original thread haha
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bugcat
March 24, 2021, 4:20am
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I’ve barely ever had a beetroot that wasn’t pickled.
I do like sliced pickled beetroot – it has a distinctive flavour.
I’m ambivalent towards liver, but I think I’m gradually enjoying it more and more.
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Finely cut raw beetroot with a little bit of grated lemon zest and juice makes a very simple and super healthy salad. I like it a lot.
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Grated cheese and grated carrot with gravy on top? Does this count? Not sure what others think of it but I like it
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bugcat
March 24, 2021, 4:53am
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Ah, grated beetroot!
I have actually had that, yeah, pre-grated. It’s nice.
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Muesli (or any cereal really) with hot milk that I have every day seems to offend sensibilities in a way I do not understand.
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Whaaaat, there are people who don’t like hummus?!? Not in my world.
I love brussels sprouts.
And Blutwurst (blood sausage), although I only eat it once every five years or so. Otherwise, I’m an inconsistent vegetarian.
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Hummus is an inferior dip! Give me French Onion any day