Food that looked like it would be gross, but when you tried it....Yummy!

[cheerfulgreek]

Hmm, first thing that comes to mind are jalapeno peppers. I can eat them by themselves right out of the jar. They are so good. Hot, but good.

[MysticCat]

Haggis.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Haggis.

What's that?

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Haggis.

I ate haggis in Edinburgh - I found it to be, um, surprising. Not what I would call yummy - mainly tasted like spiced oatmeal with chewy bits. Unfortunately I knew what the chewy bits were . . .

[cheerfulgreek]

Sauerkraut looks disgusting but it is so good.

[knight_shadow]

Chitterlings

I'm sure someone here will agree with me lol

[cheerfulgreek]

I just looked up what Haggis is. Ewwwwwwww!

[amIblue?]

Sushi for me. Quivering raw fish flesh - mmmmmmm....yummy!

[carnation]

Octopus. Pipipi (little raw shellfish) in Hawaii.

[thetalady]

Guacamole... looks like somebody ran the front lawn through a blender. Tastes yummy!!

[AlphaFrog]

Pulling the divider out between the cheese and carmel popcorn in the tin and mixing it up. Sounds gross, but Yum!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I ate haggis in Edinburgh - I found it to be, um, surprising. Not what I would call yummy - mainly tasted like spiced oatmeal with chewy bits. Unfortunately I knew what the chewy bits were . . .

Yep. I think it tastes sort of like spicy chopped liver, and -- get ready to groan -- I love liver (if it's prepared properly).

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I just looked up what Haggis is. Ewwwwwwww!

LOL. I completely understand that reaction. But it's tasty.

Actually, I think haggis is a good example of how culturally-conditioned food preferences can be. It sounds gross to an American because we typically don't eat offal (with the exception of liver, and then most of us don't eat that).* But there are other things we do eat that to someone in another culture might sound equally strange or disgusting.

[soapbox]It's also an example of not letting any part of the animal go to waste, something that can seem very foreign to contemporary American culture, which too frequently forgets that any form of meat was once an animal.[/soapbox]



* At least we don't knowingly eat offal; sometimes it's best not to ask what's in the sausage.

[indygphib]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Pulling the divider out between the cheese and carmel popcorn in the tin and mixing it up. Sounds gross, but Yum!

That's called Chicago-style! Beyond delish.

[PhoenixAzul]

Having lived in Glasgow-- haggis is delicious. It's cheap, too (although if you buy it in a posh restaurant it can be expensive, but the stuff you get at the grocery store is fine). I found it to just be filling and comforting with mashed potatoes at the end of the day.

Plus, I've had the VEGETARIAN haggis! My roommate was a strict vegetarian, so we'd cook that some days. It was part of my regular diet.

Mind over matter--you don't mind, it don't matter.

[ADqtPiMel]

Originally Posted by indygphib

That's called Chicago-style! Beyond delish.

OMGGARRETTS.

We were in Chicago for a wedding and picked up a mixed bag from Garrett's...then post-wedding, everyone drunkenly inhaled the entire huge bag and we all woke up with orange hands.