What's your best "don't knock it till you try it" thing?
 

-cheeseburgers with a fried egg?
-brushing your teeth in the shower?
-sushi?
-dipping your fries in your Wendy's frosty?
-ultimate frisbee?

Snowboarding

With food, anything that looks disgusting or if it's something that's not "normal", I won't try it. (with the exception of eating my fries with my mustard. Yummy! :p)

I can't think of anything else right now.

All of these. And haggis.

scrapple. I love it but I grew up with it. My husband wont let me cook it in the house because he says it smells. You have to eat it with syrup though and not ketchup.

Gefilte fish

Oh, and snow tubing. I forgot about that one. So much fun!

Fried okra.
Grits.
Oatmeal.
"Fried" cabbage.

Yes!
Sushi & haggis are favorites, though there aren't many restaurants outside of Scotland that get haggis right.

-Herring (not the canned stuff... Dutch style!)
-I like my fries with vinegar and mayo
-Strawberries with marshmallow fluff
-Goats cheese pizza with Balsamic Vinegar
-Cider (Irish) on draft
-Kale mashed potatoes
-Grilled cheese sandwich with ham in it a fried egg on top (Croque Madame)

I'll try just about any food once. Really, I'll do just about anything once for the sake of trying it.

I think the last time I used to use that phrase often was in my last house I lived in. I would tell people to try sleeping on the carpet because it was super comfy. No one believed it until they woke up the next morning! :P

We don't even have any place to get it around me, except ordering online or CelticFest. Hurry up March!

Yum & Yum

Chili coleslaw hot dogs. I know that's a common thing below the Mason-Dixon, but I get quite a few ewwwwws up here.

Horseradish sauce with french fries.

There is no bad way to make cabbage!

Neti pot?

Donating blood.

Seriously! I can't believe how many people wrinkle their noses at the thought of this, but the American Red Cross needs your donations!

I know I'm about to catch flack for this........I just know it.

Peeing.........in the shower.

I haven't had this in a long time, but one of my friends in Indiana used to soak onions in vinegar and let it sit for a while. When they were done, they came out sweet-ish. We used to sit on the porch and snack on them. They were so good lol

This reminds me of one of my family's favorite summer side dishes... We soak onions and cucumbers in vinegar for at least an hour, and pour that mixture over cooked fresh-from-the-garden green beans, and top it all off with slices of fresh tomatoes.

Okay, call me crazy, but I'm convinced that the blood bank is THE very best place to find someone immensely datable! I went there whenever I was single for a few months.

You know that the person is healthy, no diseases, philanthropic, and can handle a little pain, all in the time it takes to donate a pint! In all seriousness, after I was out of school (all greeks had to at least attempt to give blood for Greek Week), every time I was at the blood bank, I met someone interesting.

Oh my :eek:

I would given my blood type, but I like getting tattooed, and you have to wait a full year after getting one to donate.

(I haven't been eligible since June of 2009)

The Red Cross could teach the TSA and Match.com a thing or two about screening people.

There is no GOOD way to make cabbage. I was forced to eat corned beef and cabbage every St. Patrick's Day throughout my childhood. My mother boiled the cabbage until it looked, felt, and tasted like Saran Wrap - and she was part Irish! *barf*

Sushi falls under the "don't knock it until you try it" category. I was introduced to sushi by a couple of my sorority sisters. In turn, I got my mother to try sushi - she liked it but wasn't a big fan. A couple of friends of mine and I dragged my husband to a sushi bar back when he and I were dating - and although he claims to have been "shanghaied to a sushi bar" he loved it, and loves sushi to this day.

Donating blood - I did it once, and I nearly passed out TWICE immediately following the donation. I'm O-negative, universal donor, but given my unpleasant experience as a blood donor, I will only give blood for immediate family.

lol
Hilarious!

Chicken hearts.

I would have thought yuck until I was in a Brazilian Steakhouse in Rio and the waiter slid a pile o' sizzling chicken hearts with aorta and pulmonary arteries still attached from his skewer onto my plate. I decided to be a good tourist and give it a try. It was the perfect chicken flavor with a crispy surface pop and chewy interior. They were hot, juicy and salty. Perfect! When I go to Brazil now, I crave chicken hearts.

I know this is not the spirit of this thread, but this is a sentence that I am 99.99% positive that I will never say:

^^^I tried one a few years ago. I haven't had one again. It wasn't my cup of tea.

Cheese curds. I had never been exposed to these wonderful things until I moved to the Midwest. Their appearance was off-putting for me at first though.

Peanut butter and bacon sandwiches

Shrimp and grits. When I moved to the Southeast, I thought they just didn't sound right together. Cooked with bacon, though...yum!

I want to try these. This is the specialty item at one of the restaurants in my daughter's college town. I have to try these during fall drop off or parents' weekend.

Cheese Curds are great. It is worth a trip to Wisconsin just to get some.

Chopped liver pate.
Liver and onions.
Green River soda (the best!)

Add peeled slice cucumbers and refrigerate! It's an awesome, healthy snack in the summer.

sorry but I gotta ask....must you down Listerine by the gallon after eating this?

Lol. The smells of both of them cancelled each other out, I guess. It was never potent after they had been soaking.

What kind of vinegar?

I have no idea. This was many, many years ago. I haven't made them in a while.

YUP!

I make a pasta salad with goat cheese and balsamic. LOVE it. Pine nuts (or sunflower seeds), Farfalle pasta, fresh basil, and grape tomatoes. My favorite summer favorite!

YEP!

I can't. I pass out. :( Last time I donated blood, I passed out, and when I came to, I barfed all over myself. It wasn't pretty, and I was an EPA intern at a work sponsored blood drive, at that.


I pee in the shower too.

Cheese curds are huge in Ohio right now, especially at the festivals. They're even on the menu at DQ!

I'm partial to:
Ruffles chips on my PBJ sammich
Ranch dressing with chocolate chip cookies
Sliced hard boiled eggs on my BLT sammich

Ha ha ha...don't knock it til you try it!:D

I grew up being force fed liver and gizzards by my parents and HATE them. Trust me when I say I was surprised to like them.

Head cheese. I finally had some recently and was very happy that I did!

M&Ms with Popcorn or Fritos rocks.