I am not super-picky when it comes to food. But there are a few things that everyone seems to like and I just... blergh:
- peanut butter-chocolate combination (like Reese's-Pieces - no thank you!)
- mint-chocolate combination
- marshmallows
- soda drinks
- complicated ice creams (with lost of random bits and pieces that are not fruit or berries and that have no business being inside my ice cream)
- Nerds (candy)
- Soft-serve ice cream
- Beer
- Doughnuts
- Dry pretzels
- Whipped cream from those aerosol cans - my kids actually (horror of horrors) spray it directly into their mouths (when they are certain I can't see them)
Then again, there is a (probably) extensive list of things that I really like but other people look at me like I've sprouted an extra head.
- Buttermilk (to drink)
- Very tart cherries (especially right from the tree)
- Pickled herring
- Pickled mushrooms
- Mulberries (why does no one else eat them?)
- Fish eggs/roe
- Cow tongue (omg, I can't find it anywhere!!!! I really would love to make some for New Years!)
- Pancake batter, bread dough
A few things I had as a kid that would be eyebrow-raising if I mentioned it in polite society:
- Raw milk (so fresh it's still warm after the cow has been milked)
- Curdled milk
- Raw eggs (make 2 small holes with a needle and suck them out)
- Gnawing on chicken toes (in a soup)
- Pine nuts that you actually had to get out of the cone and then crack with a hammer (or a large stone)
- Bone marrow
And finally, a list of things I thought were super weird when I first tried them as an adult, but grew to really like them:
- Avocadoes
- Tofu
- Mangoes
- Roasted chestnuts
- Pawpaws
- Fresh figs
Is there any food that you really like but everyone else thinks is weird?
Is there any food you absolutely despise but everyone around you likes it?
As a Russian, I can relate to so many of these!!!
ReplyDeleteFrance had a wonderful cow tongue in jelly- I loved it. Also, pâté and eggplant spread.
When I eat my chicken legs, I pretty much shave them to the bone. My kids think it’s hilarious.
Let them think that, I’m enjoying myself.
Dasha