This is very much just a MY family thing. But most of my family members cannot stand when I eat kimchi in the house. I love it so I’m not going to stop but gosh, they get so grossed out.
Haggis is delicious and I like anchovies on pizza.
I can only eat blue cheese when everyone else is out of the house.
My favorite is to stuff dates with blue cheese and bacon. So much sweet, rich, fatty, salty, and umami that it is almost unbearable. But, it’s also kind of like chewing on the toes of a fresh mummy if blue cheese isn’t your thing.
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Any time we eat spiral cut honey ham (a couple holidays a year) my favorite thing in the world is eating it with a metric fuckton of extra hot horseradish. Im not a huge fan of hot peppers, but the particular heat and sweetness of horseradish with the super sweet and savory of the honey ham… it’s incredible
Oh I also get judged for my Thanksgiving plate. I mix up my mashed potatoes, gravy, a little stuffing, and turkey, and then shove this mix into the middle of a roll and eat it that way.
There’s a steakhouse chain in Vancouver BC called The Keg. Been around for decades. They have a wild horseradish that no other “extra hot” jar I’ve ever found has come close to.
Not sure what the secret is, I suspect it might be made in house, but it is so good! You get that crawling sinus thing going on and it’s awesome. Highly recommend if you are ever out this way
That sounds amazing 😶
Oh I also get judged for my Thanksgiving plate. I mix up my mashed potatoes, gravy, a little stuffing, and turkey, and then shove this mix into the middle of a roll and eat it that way.
With the exception of the mashed potatoes that’s just standard Boxing Day supper in Newfoundland. Similarly, and even more popular, start with bread, then turkey and gravy on top, to make a hot turkey sandwich, then on the side start with fries and top with stuffing (we call it dressing here) and gravy, and you’ve got a side of FDG (fries dressing and gravy) which is the greatest thing on earth. I love me some poutine but fries dressing and gravy beats it out every time.
my shit friends hear I like horseradish and give me mayo based horseradish sauce
Why would anyone look down on the perfect Thanksgiving bite?
Mayonnaise. Yeah yeah yeah a white chick from the Midwest loves mayo, but like it’s tangy, it’s creamy, and it’s incredibly versatile
I like 100% dark chocolate. Like Lindt 100% cocoa dark chocolate. I once pranked my office. I got reactions from “This is chalk. I fucking hate you.” to “I like dark chocolate, let me try some… What the FUCK!! This tastes like burnt tires!”
This reminds me of a lunch food item back when I was in middle school called sirloin steak. Basically a thick patty made of ground beef with gravy.
It is unfortunately in the distinct shape of doo doo and all the kids laughed at me for it but I couldn’t help myself. It tasted so good I got it anytime it was on the menu.
I think you might be referring to salisbury steak, as sirloin is a specific cut of beef. I totally agree, though! It’s really easy and delicious to make at home, and anyone who judges you for it that eats burgers is a damn hypocrite.
Salisbury steak was the king of TV dinners when I was a kid.
Yes! That’s exactly it haha. It was so long ago! I gotta make it for myself now!
When I was a kid, I was eating cereal and toast. A piece of toast fell in the cereal and me, being a kid, I just cut it up with a spoon and ate it anyway.
To my surprise, it made the milk and cereal warm and buttery, and made the toast slightly soft and milky. It was delicious!
And so ever since then, when I have cereal and toast, I dunk the toast in the cereal. Everyone thinks this is weird. EVERYONE!!
To which I reply “Great! More for me!”
Sounds like you basically discovered Milk Toast
Normally the milk is warm or they get fancier and make a bechamel kind of sauce, and maybe add some sugar and/or spices
I had it once in a while growing up, haven’t thought about it in years but I do remember liking it a lot, maybe I’ll have some as a late night snack when I get home
As for my own weird food thing, when my wife is out of town I often grab myself a jar of pickled pigs feet. Not a common thing in my neck of the woods so I can’t always find them. And it’s not that my wife wouldn’t be upset about me eating them or anything, it’s just that I’d probably be cooking actual meals instead of sitting around in my underwear fishing chunks of meat out of a jar
My peanut butter and jelly and egg and bacon and cheese and hot sauce and maple syrup sandwiches
All at once, or are those two different sandwiches?
I’m curious about whether or not maple syrup is going to get drowned out by the jelly. It actually seems like it could work
All on one sandwich, and yeah you can leave the maple syrup off.
Your actions are proud and you should feel proud! (I will admit I’m having trouble getting in board with the person who likes miracle whip. The applications they described are legit, but MW’s ingredients are just so terrible, I can’t bring myself to endorse its use. Surely there are more natural alternatives?)
Surely there are more natural alternatives?
It’s a highly processed mayonnaise which they dilute with water and modified starch, then increase its volume by blowing nitrogen into the mix.
Fun fact:
It was invented during the Great Depression, for people who couldn’t afford real mayonnaise.
And mayonnaise was allegedly invented during the Siege of Fort St Philip in the 7-Years-War, because real cream wasn’t available.
So Miracle Whip is a poor man’s version of a wartime alternative to whipped cream.
Anchovies. I wouldn’t say judged but I’m alone in my love for them. Everyone in my house likes kimchi. It is loud smelling, I can sort of understand your family.
Make them a kimchi grilled cheese, or the kimchi/butter noodles - sometimes having it cooked lets it “click” for people, that was the gateway kimchi for everyone else in my house.
At work it’s licorice, though the old lady directly across from me does like it. I can imagine not liking it, but yum it’s my second favorite candy.
I recently made some kimchi marinated paneer. Fucking amazing as I love both paneer and kimchi.
I just cubed up the paneer and tossed it into a ziplock bag with enough kimchi and juices to cover, turning it over everyday for a few days(had things come up and it sat in the fridge for 3 days before I was able to use it)
Absolutely delicious, I’m going to do it again but this time do panneer kimchi tacos
Everyone thinks I’m crazy for loving anchovies especially on pizza but they’re amazing. I’m sorry I doubted my mom for so long when she said how great it is
Anchovies are great! I usually try to explain that they’re not really fishy, just a lovely burst of salty umami greasiness. No one will share my anchovy pizza though.
cold sauerkraut. Personally i think its weird as fuck to serve hot or lukewarm pickled cabbage but what do i know?!
Either way is good. I eat it cold straight from the jar but prefer it hot and soft if it’s going on a sandwich or with sausage.
I’m with ya here. It’s like kimchi. you wouldn’t warm kimchi. The exception for warm sauerkraut would only be a rueben sandwich for me
I love to put kimchi in ramen to give it a bit of acidity.
Same! It’s awesome in bibimbap too. I mean it’s awesome in pretty much anything but still lol
Kimchi is warmed regularly from use in kimchi fried rice to kimchi jiggae and beyond.
Oh my, I hadn’t heard of that before. It’s gonna be cold here so I am definitely making this soon!
You’re in for a treat, it mellows out when heated but still brings great umami and texture. Enjoy!
It’s usually wild game or unusual cuts of meat. I’m happy to say I’ve converted almost everyone who tried it to lengua tacos, and fish cheeks, though!
Lengua is the freaking best, but any of my friends or coworkers who didn’t grow up eating it just look at me like I’ve lost my mind when I order it. (My partner being the exception, but he doesn’t want to eat it.)
Also I just had yellowtail cheeks for the first time this past year and oh my God. What a flavor and texture!
Hell yeah! I swear, the best eating on any animal is above the shoulders. Cow tongue is also great in curry and other stews.
I had to look up what “lengua” was. Figurers that it has to be disguised with a fancy name over there.
But then of course US people throw away half the food on the animals they butcher.Lengua isn’t a fancy name. In the context of tacos, it’s the appropriate term. Lengua is Spanish for tongue, and tacos are Mexican. Where they speak Spanish.
It’s equivalent to saying chorizo tacos instead of sausage tacos. But go on and enjoy that high horse.
In the context of tacos, maybe, but when you search for the term,that’s not the only context it’s used in.
Pizza snobs are the worst when it comes to judging people over food they like.
Actually, wait, there is a worse group. The people that lose their minds when someone else likes a steak “well done”.
I love insta ramen. I really do, and you can do a lot of variations, and I am not saying stuff that is like cook a meal and add ramen. Just simples stuff that is extra delicious.
For example, if I like the seasoning I sometimes save extra seasoning packages to make it extra seasoned.
You can make it and drain most or all water, add seasoning and butter and that is it, awesome.
You can drain some or all water and add heavy cream or even just milk, butter and extra seasoning. I like this chicken of beef bouillon, but any seasoning that you like works, just need to be something that dissolves easily and you don’t need to cook for a long time you extract flavor.
If you are feeling fancy you can add some hotdogs.
That is it, I love it and would eat more and pass on a lot of dishes for insta ramen but when I do people think I am only choosing ramen because I don’t like the other options, like a last resort, but cound not be further than the true. I tell people I really like it and prefer it, but they have a hard time believing me.
High percentage dark chocolate. I also dip salt and vinegar chips into more vinegar
My poor stomach with its acid problems just gurgled at the idea of those chips lmao
I definitely get looks for it haha, I think I must have some deficiency or something with how I crave vinegar
Oh it sounds delicious! My mouth loves the idea, stomach hates it lol
