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Ikonoklast

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25. I grew up eating every type of ethnic food one can imagine.

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 12:15 AM

Jan 2012

Scrambled eggs and calf brains was a staple when we cooked breakfast upstairs in the meat cooler on our hot plate.

My favorite was Soul Food; we had a very good customer, Mrs. Harris, who owned a soul food restaraunt on Cleveland's East Side and would call in her shopping list every Friday evening for pick-up on Saturday morning, first thing.

'First thing' was 0230 on Saturday, and she brought all her kids to tote the two or three hundred pound order back out to the van her son drove for her.

Mrs. Harris would then take any lunch orders we might have, and send one of her sons back just before noon with our food.

Damn that woman could cook.

She made a roast beef tongue in tomato sauce that I still miss to this day.

Oh, and her cornbread was to die for, we could never get enough of it.

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A food you like that other people find so disgusting... [View all] rbnyc Jan 2012 OP

gizzards. hubby was shocked when i first served them. tried a knife and fork, lmao seabeyond Jan 2012 #1

How do you prepare them? Sanity Claws Jan 2012 #5

lol. i clean them really really well. wont let hubby do them cause he wont clean them seabeyond Jan 2012 #12

Yum. When's lunch? geardaddy Jan 2012 #59

et tu? lol. nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #66

... pacalo Jan 2012 #121

Love gizzards. geardaddy Jan 2012 #58

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Brussels Sprouts Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #2

I like garlic salt on sharp cheddar and bread, broiled or microwaved. I've told a few people applegrove Jan 2012 #3

i made it for my boys. we loved it. seabeyond Jan 2012 #4

Well you are the first person who has agreed with me. So I'm not so strange. applegrove Jan 2012 #9

I prefer garlic powder. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #16

I like garlic salt on sharp cheddar Kali Jan 2012 #36

ever wrap a dill pickle with American cheese? blueamy66 Jan 2012 #105

Cheese and Sweet Pickle sandwiches! Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #130

Gonna have to try that one blueamy66 Jan 2012 #139

That sounds great. nt rbnyc Jan 2012 #46

Chicken liver Sanity Claws Jan 2012 #6

Yum! nt rbnyc Jan 2012 #47

love chicken liver! Maine-ah Jan 2012 #108

Pickled herring Lisa D Jan 2012 #7

Love it. geardaddy Jan 2012 #60

Yep, either kind-the wine sauce or the sour cream ones. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #110

Goat's head Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #8

Ugggh... hlthe2b Jan 2012 #13

Don't knock it til you've tried it Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #14

Does that bring back memories. The first job I ever had as a kid was working in a meat market. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #20

Thank you! Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #21

I grew up eating every type of ethnic food one can imagine. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #25

Ever try nopalitos with scrambled eggs and chorizo? Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #94

No, but now I want to, dammit. Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #124

Nopalitos taste like crisp green beans Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #128

do you eat the cigarette too? Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #26

Dude, I'm limited by whatever images are available on the net Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #29

lol -- goat's head soup Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #31

That;s the stuff! rbnyc Jan 2012 #48

No cigarrette - Here's a better presentation of the real thing... Xipe Totec Jan 2012 #51

Broccoli, Roasted Brussel sprouts with garlic/olive oil hlthe2b Jan 2012 #10

Roasted Brussel Sprouts, done them the last 4 thanksgiving & christmas Historic NY Jan 2012 #101

ever sautee them with honey and kosher salt? blueamy66 Jan 2012 #106

Mac and cheese from a box with a can of tuna mixed in. Eaten straight from the pot. Brickbat Jan 2012 #11

That's my lazy tuna casserole. GoCubsGo Jan 2012 #17

I loved that in college geardaddy Jan 2012 #61

Huh, I didn't think anyone else would fess up to this one but this is my guilty pleasure too. riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #71

i eat that all the time fizzgig Jan 2012 #82

I like that too. Withywindle Jan 2012 #99

86 the cheesey packet Maine-ah Jan 2012 #109

I down 1/2 dozen raw eggs with a dash of garlic salt when I feel too lazy to chew breakfast Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #15

sssshhhh....don't tell a soul! (actually, it's been a year since I fell off this particular wagon!) NRaleighLiberal Jan 2012 #18

i had that so much as a kid and liked it. made it for family not long ago and hubby and i are... seabeyond Jan 2012 #117

I grew up on that stuff! Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #131

I really enjoy tripe and tendon Throd Jan 2012 #19

My Mum used to make Tripe with potato and onion .. simmered for a long time ... auntAgonist Jan 2012 #38

Love it. emilyg Jan 2012 #98

Love them in Pho....... Burma Jones Jan 2012 #142

I can't get one of the ingredients any more and it hurts me... rrneck Jan 2012 #22

Southern Illinois, right? eridani Jan 2012 #103

Close! Tennessee. nt rrneck Jan 2012 #112

boiled peanuts JCMach1 Jan 2012 #23

On a road trip through the deep south two years ago. Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #132

Soylent Green bluesbassman Jan 2012 #24

"But Mommy, I don't like Grandpa! He smells funny!" Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #27

Menudo Vanje Jan 2012 #28

Sauerkraut and grits mysuzuki2 Jan 2012 #30

Liver, one_voice Jan 2012 #32

Sweet pickle, American cheese, mayo, on white bread! YUM! Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #133

Liverwurst. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #33

On a hearty rye bread, with a few thin slices of Vidalia onion and a spicy brown mustard! Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #73

Damn, now I'm hungry! Odin2005 Jan 2012 #78

sweet and sour cabbage blueamy66 Jan 2012 #34

That sounds scrumptious! Adsos Letter Jan 2012 #134

I crave it blueamy66 Jan 2012 #138

Eel RZM Jan 2012 #35

I like eel too. distantearlywarning Jan 2012 #50

I like unagi geardaddy Jan 2012 #75

Raw garlic cloves. Just chew them. Like so: freshwest Jan 2012 #37

Raw Clams, Sardines Populist_Prole Jan 2012 #39

I like my sardines ipfilter Jan 2012 #53

Mmmm That sounds good! Populist_Prole Jan 2012 #56

I don't eat anything that comes ot of the water that hasn't been pasteurized first. hobbit709 Jan 2012 #111

Haggis, Mashed potatoes and turnip. auntAgonist Jan 2012 #40

Love haggis. geardaddy Jan 2012 #62

I tried it in Scotland and it was pretty good. sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #90

A little concoction I picked up HeiressofBickworth Jan 2012 #41

sounds like matzo brie fizzgig Jan 2012 #83

never did know the name HeiressofBickworth Jan 2012 #93

Different spelling... Behind the Aegis Jan 2012 #104

Where to start? I love liver and onions, Brussels sprouts, anchovies, braunschweiger ... REP Jan 2012 #42

I LOVES me some... rbnyc Jan 2012 #49

Head Chesse Tabasco_Dave Jan 2012 #43

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I do this, too. woo me with science Jan 2012 #85

Raw oysters are great Saving Hawaii Jan 2012 #45

Marmite. nt hack89 Jan 2012 #52

Marmite on Pizza. IcyPeas Jan 2012 #69

I need to get that just to piss off my family! nt hack89 Jan 2012 #70

Natto! AsahinaKimi Jan 2012 #54

Congratulations Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #81

That sounds almost like a AsahinaKimi Jan 2012 #86

I actually did make a "burrito" like that Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #97

Mussels auburngrad82 Jan 2012 #55

Pickled Beets n/t my2sense Jan 2012 #57

My mom makes great pickled beets geardaddy Jan 2012 #64

Love pickled beets madmom Jan 2012 #87

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Chicken feet geardaddy Jan 2012 #65

Salty popcorn with milk poured on it... mak3cats Jan 2012 #67

You're keeping history alive! progressoid Jan 2012 #102

This stuff is fabulous! hifiguy Jan 2012 #68

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Tofu and SPAM haggis HopeHoops Jan 2012 #72

Beef tongue! LNM Jan 2012 #74

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I was thinking Brussel Sprouts but damn you people have me WAAAAY beat... amyrose2712 Jan 2012 #79

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Liver and onions. And a NYC chopped liver on rye! Mountain oysters, too! sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #88

black and white pudding, Ramen, Hamburger Helper ceile Jan 2012 #89

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Cilantro. kwassa Jan 2012 #92

because for some of us, it tastes like soap... Phentex Jan 2012 #116

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Kidneys lillypaddle Jan 2012 #95

Freshly Grilled Dried Squid! Taverner Jan 2012 #96

Pickled eggs! Withywindle Jan 2012 #100

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one more for me.... blueamy66 Jan 2012 #107

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You can sit at my table any time, Wait Wut. pacalo Jan 2012 #122

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