What strange or unusual food preferences do you have?

[wnylib]

For example, in my teens, I often ate onion sandwiches, with freshly sliced, uncooked onions. Nothing else on the bread except ketchup. (But never before going on a date.) I still enjoy a ketchup and onion sandwich occasionally.

I like oatmeal without a sweetener. Maybe with raisins and cinnamon sometimes, but oatmeal seems naturally sweet enough to me without needing sugar. Same with Cheerios.

Pickles and mayo on melted cheese sandwiches. Mmm.

[RandySF]

1. I hate salt

Beyond what is needed to prepare a dish.

[GReedDiamond]

24. I love salt

Beyond what is needed to prepare a dish.

Prolly not a good thing, in the long run.

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

31. For the most part me to.

I use salt when it is needed and if I can I cut the amount in half.

Salt is an enhancer not a flavoring.

I will admit though that salt and vinegar Chips are one of my favorite. Go figure.

[jpak]

2. When I was young and traveling

I ate every bizarre thing they had to offer

Bestest evah

Yum

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. Corn and applesauce.

Haven't had that in a long time, but my oddball favorite from childhood is to take freshly cooked corn and mix it with a slightly bigger amount of applesauce. Eaten immediately before the temps equalize, while the corn is hot and the applesauce is cold, it's just delicious.

[wyn borkins]

6. Inquiring Minds Are Wondering

Do you heat frozen corn niblets and then mix with cold applesauce in a bowl OR do you boil fresh corn and then dip the steaming hot cobbers into a bowl of cold applesauce before eating?

[FoxNewsSucks]

10. When I was a kid

my mom would heat up canned corn, and we'd also have applesauce from a jar. It was just me who would mix them together on my plate.

I haven't thought of this for a long time, I'm gonna have to do it again. Today, I'd use frozen corn since frozen veg is so much better than canned. Then mix w/jarred storebought applesauce.

I've never thought of dipping corn on the cob. I love that, but always just eat it with butter & salt or other seasoning.

[flying rabbit]

4. dill pickle slices, cheddar cheese and butter

sandwiches. Not grilled.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

5. Peanut butter and cheese sandwiches

Either a buttery, mild cheese like Muenster, or a sharp cheddar.
I also love peanut butter, jelly and bacon sandwiches.

[dweller]

7. James Lee Burke wrote a detective series about

A Louisiana cop Dave Robichaux that was always eating ham and onion sandwiches, never in detail to how, what etc … just ham and onion
Drove me crazy till I started making them and enjoying them … went on a kick for awhile till I burned out on them … they were damn good tho


✌🏻

[wnylib]

33. Sue Grafton's detective, Kinsey Millhone,

in the alphabet murder series ate peanut butter and pickle sandwiches.

[brewens]

8. Not a weird combo, but people hadn't heard of cooked chocolate pudding with a glob of

peanut butter. A warm yummy treat for chilly nights. I like Greek vanilla yogurt, peanut butter and dried cranberries for a snack.

[wnylib]

21. Chocolate pudding and peanut butter - why not?

Sounds like a creamy peanut butter cup.

I could go for the vanilla yogurt and dried cranberries, but definitely minus the peanut butter.

[mopinko]

9. potato chips and cottage cheese.

childhood thing i still indulge now and then.

[FoxNewsSucks]

12. I will probably try that.

AndersonErickson is a dairy here that distributes milk etc. One of their things that I get is their salt & pepper cottage cheese. Ordinarily, I'd just season my own food, but their S&P cottage cheese is just right so I get that. I'm gonna have to try it with tater chips. Sounds really good.

[mopinko]

16. it's a childhood thing. we used to get milk delivered,

and some cottage cheese was a treat.

sadly, it was from oberweis dairy, yes the milk nazi. ruined so many childhood memories. the company was a god one back then.

gotta be ruffles, btw.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. My best friend loves potato chips dipped in ice cream.

My hubby cannot eat a grilled cheese sandwich without jelly on it.

[wnylib]

15. I like to crumple potato chips as

a topping for chocolate ice cream.

But cheese and jelly? Oh my. What kind of jelly?

[Diamond_Dog]

22. It has to be

Elderberry or blueberry. No strawberry

I know, right? Weird ….

[wnylib]

32. Yes, weird, but that's the point of the OP.

A lot of us have weird food preferences.

[samnsara]

13. raw onion and cheese on buttered toast is pretty good..dont forget the sweet pickles!

.. I also like Pepsi and heavy cream al la La Verne! ( orange soda and heavy cream also yummers)

[wnylib]

17. The onion and cheese sounds good to me, but

I would prefer dill pickles. Don't like sweet pickles except as relish to mix with mayo for baked fish.

[FoxNewsSucks]

14. I've never done this,

but I know someone who likes to pour Fritos corn chips into a bowl like cereal, then use buttermilk instead of regular milk. I've never tried it because buttermilk is still one of the few things I don't like by itself.

[mopinko]

18. i havent had it in years, but one of my da's snacks

was saltines, bologna and pickle relish sandwiches.
you rolled the bologna up around the relish.

he also used to put chili sauce on eggs. used to make it ourselves. big production.

[Binkie The Clown]

19. In the movie theater: popcorn in one hand and chocolate in the other. Eat them together. yummmmm. nt

[wnylib]

20. Sweet and salty. A good combination.

[FoxNewsSucks]

23. I'm sure that's good,

I used to put chocolate chips in a bowl of fresh made popcorn

[wnylib]

36. You can buy popcorn drizzled with dark chocolate.

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Fresh Finds makes it, or packages and sells it. It is very good, my favorite kind of popcorn, but then I'm a chocoholic.

[nolabear]

25. I like carbon. Burnt toast, charred bits

Interestingly I don’t like steak well done at all but that char on things—the edges, the little crunchies left in the pan…it’s crack. 😄

[Totally Tunsie]

28. mmmm...slightly burnt popcorn!

[nolabear]

37. Absolutely!! Especially kettle corn!

[bluecollar2]

26. Fried bread and orange marmalade...n/t

[RainCaster]

27. Apple pie with a slice of sharp cheddar

Or bacon and anything

[applegrove]

30. My mom, from rural Nova Scotia, used to always say "Apple pie without cheese

is like a kiss without a squeeze".

[wnylib]

39. My husband's family always used to put

a cheddar cheese slice on apple pie. I never heard of this practice until I met them.

[yellowdogintexas]

46. grated cheddar in the pie crust is fantastic on apple pie nt

[applegrove]

29. I like slices of old cheddar on bread and sprinkled with garlic salt and microwaved. N/T.

[Chainfire]

43. When I was growing up, we were so poor that sometimes all we had were Jam sandwiches.

We would jam two pieces of bread together and call it a sandwich.

[applegrove]

48. You had humour. You were not poor in that.

[Chainfire]

34. Some Southern staples are viewed as unusual.

Souse and boiled peanuts come to mind; both of which I enjoy. Others I have a philosophical aversion to, mountain oysters nor tripe will not cross my lips. As a child, I ate hog brains scrambled with eggs, probably because my father enjoyed it, but I lost the taste.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with souse (or hog's head cheese) it is made from all of the parts of the hog that are hard to market, such as ears, tongue, nose, brain. Waste not, want not.

[nolabear]

38. You just echoed my whole youth. And make me miss my grandparents.

I never ate most of the really ookie stuff like souse and brains and eggs, but cracklings and boiled peanuts (best off a truck by the roadside) and poke salet and gizzards and gravy…🤤

[Chainfire]

42. I never could get over the facts that every part of the Poke plant is poison.

My Grandmother used to tell me that the pretty purple berries would kill 'ya. Come to find out she was right! Just curious as to where you grew up; N. Fl. for me.

[nolabear]

54. Mississippi Gulf Coast. My people were all over MS and AL

but I was a coastal and bayou kid. Biloxi, New Orleans, like that.

[Chainfire]

65. My people were from the Northern part of Alabama, but they came to N. Florida

about 125 years ago. There are a lot of shared traditions on the Northern Gulf Coast, the state lines don't make much difference.

[nolabear]

66. True dat. And poverty eating joined everybody.

[yellowdogintexas]

44. Souse is an abomination, as are mountain oysters & tripe

I never ate brains and eggs or brains in any other form. Disgusting.

[trof]

49. "Head cheese" according to my Cajun father-in-law.

He made it, I loved it.

[FoxNewsSucks]

62. I've never tried souse,

what appears to be snout parts and other things embedded in the gelatinous goo look too gross.

But I do love boiled peanuts. That's not even in the same league as the rest of this discussion.

Tripe is only good at an authentic Mexican restaurant that makes homemade menudo. That's excellent. Juanita's brand canned menudo is fairly good also.

I've had mountain oysters and "calf fries" that were good, but it's rare. Usually they're coated with so much breading that all you taste is the breading and grease. Lightly coated, they're very good. Obviously, one has to be able to mentally get past what they actually are.

The only place I've had a brain sandwich, it reminded me of a fried pork tenderloin but more smooth. It was OK, not something I'd go out of my way for.

[tblue37]

40. Fried chicken hearts & gizzards. Batter fried cardoons.

[trof]

50. Cardoons?

[tblue37]

51. The stalk is what we fried and ate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardoon

[Marthe48]

41. I have an old recipe book

Has a recipe for your sandwich, called "Stay at Home Sandwich" My mom would eat onion and mayp sandwiches.


I used to like Smokies on a bun with Marzetti's slaw dressing. I will probably never eat that combo again

[The Magistrate]

45. Peanut Butter And Miracle Whip

Grew up on the stuff, don't care what kind of looks family gives me over it.

It has to be Miracle Whip, too, mayonaise won't do, though the 'Mexican' mayonaise in some ethnic aisles, with lime added, is a decent substitute for the necessary article....

[yellowdogintexas]

47. my mother was on Team Miracle Whip

I however am totally Team Mayo

[tblue37]

52. Miracle Whip is too sweet. Mayo for me!

[The Magistrate]

53. For All Uses Save This One, Sir, I Am The Same

I don't consider mayonnaise with salty fresh deep fried potatoes odd at all....

[jmowreader]

55. Salsa as hot dog topping

Try it, it's great.

[wnylib]

57. Sounds good.

[RFCalifornia]

56. I love stinky French and Belgian cheeses

Camembert is just the start

My fave is Chimay Soaked Cheese

[Tikki]

58. Cottage Cheese (lightly salted) with Tabasco and Chives and scooped up with Fritos.

'cept I haven't had this in a while...dietary restrictions and all.

Tikki

[wnylib]

59. If the dietary restrictions are due to

cholesterol, some substitutions might work. 1% cottage cheese and baked (instead of fried) tortilla chips. I think Frito Lay makes baked ones. Skip the salt in the cottage cheese. Basic taste should be the same.

[Tikki]

60. Yum..Thanks:)

Sounds so good. I will try this for sure.

Tikki

[wnylib]

61. I've learned to make substitutions

due to cholesterol and hypertension.

I don't eat potato chips much any more, but when I do, I get baked, lightly salted ones. Plain yogurt works really well as a substitute for sour cream, too, on baked potatoes and in tacos. Make my own pizza sauce with tomato sauce, olive oil, oregano, and basil. I don't add any salt to the pizza sauce but sprinkle a little Parmesan cheese on the pizza before putting the mozzarella cheese on it to give enough salty flavor. Turkey pepperoni and 2% mozzarella cheese, with black olives and green pepper toppings. I only buy 2% cheeses and use 1% milk and cottage cheese. Olive oil mayonaise (Hellman's) and Smart Balance lite margarine. Plain yogurt with spices makes a good dip, too, for baked chips and raw vegetables (carrots, celery).

[Hotler]

63. Mexican Menudo.... the soup/stew, not the band.

Like green chili, not every restaurant makes good menudo. Usually only available on Sundays.

[Nac Mac Feegle]

64. Growing up in SERIOUS cattle country

Rocky Mountain Oysters were considered a delicacy.
Also; Braunschweiger/Liverwurst on a cracker with a small dab of mustard. For a real treat, add a small bite of smoked gouda.

[zanana1]

67. Dill pickle spear wrapped in ham slices.

Magnifique!