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.
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 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.
Headcheese
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
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?
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!
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.
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.
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!
Canned meats like tuna or spam (technically it’s not spam as it’s chicken/beef (and not branded spam)) but it’s meat in a can in general. It’s largely a smell issue in my house and my family hates the smell.
Also sodium but we don’t talk about that.
Oh my gosh, I love canned tuna and spam! And yeahhhh, the sodium content is so high but honestly I love it so 🤷♀️
It’s great in breakfast sandwiches. I usually just slice it in advance and then freeze it because I don’t eat that much of it.
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.
I don’t know if this counts, but grease. Especially pepperoni grease, the orange stuff. I will just run my finger through it and lick it off, or sop it up with bread of some kind (garlic knots are great for this).
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.
I’m trying to get more people to try hotdogs and chocolate syrup. Its the most american thing I’ve come up with but it isn’t bad and makes it sweet instead of savory like ketchup does. Obviously I don’t do it every time but once in a while
This would be weird and gross for westerners.
Here in south east Asia, it’s fine to eat sticky rice, coconut milk, some kind of sugar (palm sugar most of the time) and durian.
My family just use normal rice and that got me a few looks when I mention it.
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!”
