Foods you love that others' find gross... (grill, avocado, creamy)

[ctwhitechin]

Liver, tripe, and raw shellfish

[rural chick]

These are ones I like but typically don't eat much but they do seem to gross others out:

Cottage Cheese with maple syrup
Rocky Mountain Oysters (animal testicles)
Liver and Onions
Chicken Livers and Gizzards
Beef Heart
Beef Sweetbreads (from the brain area)
Headcheese (made from meat of animal head)
Mince Meat Pie
Gooseberry Pie
Raw Oysters
Escargot
Greens of all kinds
Liverwurst/Braunschweiger
Frog Legs
Pigs Legs
Cracklings
Kipper snacks
Sardines in Mustard Sauce
Chili Meat without beans on Mashed Potatoes
Sauerkraut
Rabbit both tame and wild
Pheasant
Wild Turkey

There are many more oddities but just can't think of them.


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I absolutely will not eat animal kidneys, brains and stomach parts. And I don't like blood pudding. I was raised as a farmer's daughter and we ate just about anything put in front of us. That was part of farm life. I have eaten raccoon, squirrel and dove and don't like any of these nor do I like Canadian Goose so I guess I wouldn't like any goose and I really don't like Duck either. I have eaten rattlesnake and alligator and these were ok, but I don't love them.

[pcamps]

Heinz baked beans on toast. Amazingly good

And a chip(French fries) butty(roll or sandwich). You don't know what your missing

[Lovely95]

I have noticed that to my friends that only eat burgers and pizza, anything I eat is strange to them. Even things I would in no way consider exotic like dumplings.

[JessR927]

I like brussels sprouts, which a lot of people seem to not like, and I love gorgonzola cheese.
As far as strange combinations, I used to eat muenster cheese and strawberry jam on whole wheat bread. It's good!

[JessR927]

Originally Posted by Mike930

Durian. It's a fruit in Asia that most westerners find disgusting. I've heard it called skunk fruit. The first time I was in Singapore my fiancée (now wife) and I were walking down the street and I thought there was a sewer break. It was actually a cart of these things.

I tried some and found it pretty good. I can find some durian ice cream in the Asian stores here. None of my co-workers will touch it.

I've always wanted to try durian, because I'm always game to try new things other than meat, but I'm a super smeller and I'm afraid the smell would gross me out before I could get close enough to try it! What did it taste like?

[weltschmerz]

Stewed chicken hearts and giblets. It was my comfort food when I was little. My mom used to make it for me when I was sick, and it was cheap at the time.
Have you checked out the prices of giblets now? Oh my!

[weltschmerz]

Originally Posted by JessR927

I've always wanted to try durian, because I'm always game to try new things other than meat, but I'm a super smeller and I'm afraid the smell would gross me out before I could get close enough to try it! What did it taste like?

Super smeller? You have hyperosmia? I do, and there are some things I just cannot eat. Often, grapes and strawberries will reek to me of sulphur. If I touch them with my bare hands, I can't get the smell off for hours. If I have to touch them, I do it with a fork.

[JessR927]

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

Super smeller? You have hyperosmia? I do, and there are some things I just cannot eat. Often, grapes and strawberries will reek to me of sulphur. If I touch them with my bare hands, I can't get the smell off for hours. If I have to touch them, I do it with a fork.

I didn't know there was a technical term for it, and I've never experienced anything like what you describe. Are you not able to eat grapes and strawberries, or do they just leave a smell on your hands?

I just seem to have a really sensitive nose. I can smell things from a great distance, that others often cannot smell - if something has gone bad in the fridge, I can tell just from passing through the kitchen - and everyone else in the house looks at me like I'm nuts.

[puginabug]

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