Why yes I have all the answers

[vikingchyk]

I wouldn't call it food, so much as stuff we've found you can ingest with no long-term consequence.

My Dad is into that, having the "Dad Cuisine Gene" that all Father's have that kicks on when they turn 40 causes them to suddenly crave really disgusting stuff and try and force it on their offspring with false promises of "It tastes really good!" and "you don't know what you're missing!' while slurping it down joyfully in abject horror to everyone else under 18 at the table... like sardines, or lima beans, or, *shudder* SCRAPPLE!

Gah! I had never heard of that until I moved to Maryland (from Chicagoland) I still have never had the urge to try it, and I've been here over 25 years now.

But at least I finally heard of something that sounds worse. My former coworker (a man in his 50s) swears by livermush.
{hmm, but I will eat liverwurst, and I will eat Spam(TM) so..... what's my hangup? }

[dalesys]

I'm still trying to deceive persuade my daughter into trying a beef tongue sandwich.

[fireheart]

Fair enough.

On the other hand...Explain Vegemite.

It's yummy (and it's a yeast-based spread apparaently made from a by-product of beer. So basically we recycle too )

And in terms of weird food, that's about the only thing we really have.

OK, let's see.....we have:

damper (kind of like a soda bread cooked traditionally out in the bush)
Dim Sims (apparently they were originally Melbourne in origin...they're kind of like a chinese dumpling.)
Lamingtons (basically small sponge cakes dipped in chocolate then rolled in coconut)
Flat White (it's a coffee...but I'm not sure how it's made...)
Chiko Roll (similar to a spring roll)
Cherry Ripe, Violet Crumble and Jaffas (cherry-flavoured, honeycomb-centred and orange-centred chocolates respectively)
Tim Tams (chocolate biscuits....when I used to work for the supermarket, I'd get exchange students buying about 10 packets of them to send to their family and friends back home!)
ANZAC Biscuits (yummy!)
Pavlova (basically a huge-ass meringue with fruit on top)

[AccountingDrone]

It's yummy (and it's a yeast-based spread apparaently made from a by-product of beer. So basically we recycle too )

And in terms of weird food, that's about the only thing we really have.

OK, let's see.....we have:

damper (kind of like a soda bread cooked traditionally out in the bush)
Dim Sims (apparently they were originally Melbourne in origin...they're kind of like a chinese dumpling.)
Lamingtons (basically small sponge cakes dipped in chocolate then rolled in coconut)
Flat White (it's a coffee...but I'm not sure how it's made...)
Chiko Roll (similar to a spring roll)
Cherry Ripe, Violet Crumble and Jaffas (cherry-flavoured, honeycomb-centred and orange-centred chocolates respectively)
Tim Tams (chocolate biscuits....when I used to work for the supermarket, I'd get exchange students buying about 10 packets of them to send to their family and friends back home!)
ANZAC Biscuits (yummy!)
Pavlova (basically a huge-ass meringue with fruit on top)

You forgot musk sticks ... and musk lifesavers

[Lachrymose]

SCRAPPLE!

Mmmmmm..... even knowing what it's made from....mmmmmm.

In 1987, my family and I took a three week vacation around the country in a motor home.

I think we were somewhere in Wyoming, and my dad or uncle asked the butcher at the grocery store if they had scrapple.

The butcher replied, "What...the hell...is scrapple?"

(Yeah, I guess no one realized at the time it's a regional thing.)

[fireheart]

You forgot musk sticks ... and musk lifesavers

those too . I can't stand musk sticks, but I love the fruit sticks (variation)

[Pagan]

Recipe? That sounds interesting.

Check your PMs!

[Pagan]

You Yanks have some weird foods.....

*shudder* SCRAPPLE!

There's not enough money on the planet to get me to eat scrapple.

Then there's the hang-over cure from this part of the country - MENUDO! It falls in the category of meat I won't eat. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menudo_%28soup%29

And Dalesys - Tongue falls into the same category as menudo. I refuse to eat anything that can taste me!

[Teskeria]

Pagan, the things I could say if I weren't raised a lady. Where's Sheldon when you need him?

[dalesys]

Pagan, the things I could say if I weren't raised a lady. Where's Sheldon when you need him?

Not Sheldon's flavor. Moi, however...

... this little piggie ate ...

[Mytical]

Not Sheldon's flavor. Moi, however...

... this little piggie ate ...

So .. you are saying you are Sheldon's type of flavor?

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Are you suggesting there is a "flavor" Sheldon's not into?

[Cazzi]

It's yummy (and it's a yeast-based spread apparaently made from a by-product of beer. So basically we recycle too )

Vegimite is ok-ish... but Marmite is the food of the gods

[PepperElf]

I'm still trying to deceive persuade my daughter into trying a beef tongue sandwich.

My best friend's mother use to serve beef tongue. IIRC they let me know what it was before I ate it, but sometimes they wouldn't tell people until afterwards.

I think I ate it while saying things like "it's licking me!"


and the original "what is grts" ... anyone else reminded of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_mMMKKxTxo


Ever since I saw that I can't eat grits without thinking of the Master.

[dalesys]

Are you suggesting there is a "flavor" Sheldon's not into?

Anything "traditional"?