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THIS! I totally forgot about that one. Spam is so gross!

Pimento cheese really grosses me out. Oh, and pineapple and mayonnaise tea sandwiches.

:eek::eek::eek:

I think it's funny that MC :eek::eek:'d at the pimento cheese part of Xidelt's post - I was about to post the same thing about the pineapple and mayo tea sandwiches part. I suspect the meaning behind our :eek::eek:s is different, though. I've never heard of pineapple and mayo tea sandwiches, and just the thought of such a combination is :eek: to me. Pretty sure MC has heard of pimento cheese and is :eek: at the fact that someone would be grossed out by it.

Anyway. Carry on.

lol - GC made me delete one of my :eek:s. I had forgotten about the 10 :eek: limit.

I've talked about this a lot more on GC than is probably healthy.

Haggis is good eating for me. I would regularly buy it for a weeknight meal, with mashed potatoes and sides. You can even get haggis pakora at takeaways in Glasgow (also quite tasty). I think the perception of it is that the organ parts are "whole" in there- really it's ground up with oats and spices, and looks just like ground beef. The kind you get for daily consumption are little round softball sized things. The ones you get for big fancy Burns Night suppers tend to be a little "Grosser" looking, because they're gigantic and blobby.

I used to be a huge hypocrite, and refused to eat black sausage. Until my guesthouse host served it to me one day and was super pleased with it (because it came from his daughter's farm). It was delicious.

I've had beef tongue at a fancy restaurant and it was tasty. Like roast beef, sliced really thin.

I think my thing is "eyes". Like Balut, or whole fishheads. The eyes staring at me is just creepy.

LOL. I too would be grossed out by pineapple and mayo sandwiches. :eek: indeed.

But yes, I have not only heard of pimento cheese, I have consumed it whenever and however possible. It's a Southern staple. It should be noted, however, that like so many things, there is pimento cheese and there is stuff that is called pimento cheese (or {shudder} pimento spread). If it's not homemade (or made in-house in a restaurant or store), it ain't worthy of the name.

I make a killer (baked) mac and cheese made with pimento cheese. ;)

Oh, the glory of pimento cheese! Sometimes I make grilled cheese with it, though some purists tell me it's sacrilege to heat pimento cheese... I'll respect that opinion and keep making grilled cheese!

I've also made a pimento macaroni and cheese (baked is a prerequisite in all of my mac and cheese endeavors) that I adapted from the pimento cheese recipe I got from a friend. Absolute heaven!

As it should be.

And pay no attention to the so-called purists -- a grilled pimento cheese sandwich wonderful. Put bacon on it and you have a thing of true beauty.

What kind of sausage it that? I've never heard of it.

I'll take your blessing and run with it. MC has spoken folks! :p

Black pudding (I used Sausage because it's a little more commonly descriptive of what it is). It's basically a sausage of congealed blood and filler (in Britain it's commonly oats). More here (maybe not great if you have a sensitive stomach or you're eating). It's one of those "Gross, but tasty!" things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_p...om_and_Ireland

My husband loves black pudding. I'm not a fan.

I think the reason I don't care for pimento cheese is because I'm not a native Southerner. I didn't grow up eating it. As for the pineapple and mayo tea sandwich, it was such a surprising combo. It was a gross texture and weird taste.

Oh, I see. I find it interesting how each and every one of us has different likes and dislikes with different foods.