# Culturally/Regionally common foods and drinks you've never tried **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221 "2013-12-13T04:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/21 "2013-12-13T20:12:33Z")
In January I’m going to Costa Rica and have made a list of fruits and veggies I want to taste: Costata Romanescu - like a large zucchini Peijibaya - palm fruit Hearts of palm Mammon chino fruit Sapodilla fruit ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/22 "2013-12-13T21:41:47Z")
Pejivalle is a wonderful thing. Hell, just eating a typical breakfast and bringing home a bottle of Lizano is a wonderful thing. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/23 "2013-12-13T22:07:39Z")
Poutine. It doesn’t really appeal to me. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/24 "2013-12-13T22:12:49Z")
I’ve never had colcannon (mash with kale or cabbage), crubeens (pigs’ trotters), boxty (type of potato pancake), coddle (almost like a breakfast stew), or Irish stew. I also can barely stand the taste of Guinness. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/25 "2013-12-13T22:17:36Z")
> [@bump](#): > > It’s hardly like there are hordes of mad-eyed rednecks shooting deer to extinction; in reality it’s quite the opposite. Deer are shooting hordes of mad-eyed rednecks into extinction? Awesome. Nature always finds a way! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/26 "2013-12-13T22:26:48Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I’ve never had colcannon (mash with kale or cabbage) That is a shame. It’s damn good. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/27 "2013-12-13T23:18:41Z")
> [@Tethered\_Kite](#): > > In January I’m going to Costa Rica and have made a list of fruits and veggies I want to taste: > > Costata Romanescu - like a large zucchini > Peijibaya - palm fruit > Hearts of palm > Mammon chino fruit > Sapodilla fruit I suggest you also find a road side market that has a bunch of bananas hanging. They will likely be smaller than what you are used to, but the difference in flavor in what you get is similar to the difference between a store bought tomato and one picked off the vine in the summer. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/28 "2013-12-13T23:55:25Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > I was just on a two week road trip in Europe (Germany/Belgium/France region) and had my first experience of Christmas markets (which I didn’t know existed until we saw our first one in Frankfurt and then another in almost every city we visited). > > So that introduced me to the existence of glühwein. Since I don’t drink wine I never had any, though I did have a non-alcoholic glühwein in Nuremberg but that was just warm apple juice with cinnamon. > > I know it is just a version of mulled wine (which I’ve never seen being sold in the States) but a month ago I had no idea how pervasive it was in that part of Europe, at least this time of year. In Scandinavia, too. It’s called “glögg” in Sweden (not sure about the other countries). For me… Never tried Rocky Mountain Oysters, but that’s about all I can think of in the US. Never tried snake blood in Taiwan, but I’ve had fugu in Japan. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/29 "2013-12-14T00:08:43Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > I’ve never had colcannon (mash with kale or cabbage), It’s like mashed potatoes, but good. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/30 "2013-12-14T00:18:29Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Here in FL, I haven’t eaten 'gator. > > Back in East TN I never ate pig’s brains. Gator literally tastes just like chicken. It’s the only meat in the world that lives up to that cliche. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/31 "2013-12-14T02:20:04Z")
I’m in TX and have never eaten: Menudo, because tripe is inedible by those who aren’t starving. Frito pie, because it’s a snack food, not an ingredient. A whole bunch of other nasty casseroles composed of a bunch of packaged food dumped into a dish and baked. I tried a couple, to be polite, but they taste like salt, grease, and just not giving a shit. Bbq ribs, because I’d rather eat other kinds of bbq. Frozen Margarita (with or without a Corona upended in it), because the nonfrozen ones are too acidic and sweet. Prairie oysters/mountain oysters/fill in the blank fries, whatever they call them around here. I have yet to eat an organ meat I like, so why try another. Plus, they’re balls. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/32 "2013-12-14T02:53:57Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Gator literally tastes just like chicken. It’s the only meat in the world that lives up to that cliche. Nuh-uh! Pricy chicken! But yes, it really does. From the Florida area, conch fritters are great. Grouper is kind of plain, but fine. I haven’t eaten the tripe tacos at the local place, but I have had tacos made with lengua (tongue), cabeza (head/face), and birria (goat meat). Tongue and goat are good, I don’t remember cabeza but then I don’t remember hating it. And I wimped out on Rocky Mountain oysters because I didn’t have time to drink enough first! But these aren’t local per se, you can just find them. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/33 "2013-12-14T03:19:34Z")
Currently living in the South, and older & therefore less inclined to try new things that have no appeal to me: Grits: starch belly-filler, as devoid of nutrients as white clay. Chess pie: basically pecan pie with white instead of brown sugar, and no pecans. Brunswick Stew: sugary hash with corn kernels BBQ: meat with syrup. When I was younger and more open, I lived in Hawaii. I tried laulau (a hunk of fat wrapped in a steamed taro leaf), poi, and manapua (steamed sweet bun with sugary meat filling): each exactly once. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/34 "2013-12-14T04:41:35Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I have lived in the south my entire adult life and have never even been tempted to try grits. Blasphemy! Grits are great, especially cheese grits. I usually have them for breakfast a couple of times a week. I’m from Alabama and I’ve never had: Chitlins (chitterlings) Souse Pig feet Chicken gizzards ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/35 "2013-12-14T04:59:43Z")
I’ve live in N.C. for 35 years and have never had chittlins(smelled 'em, though.:eek:) > [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > BBQ: meat with syrup. You must have had the heretic Western ketchup sauce. Eastern vinegar based sauce is da bomb. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/36 "2013-12-14T10:48:39Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Poutine. It doesn’t really appeal to me. Same here. It looks disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/37 "2013-12-14T20:49:37Z")
I would starve to death before I’d ever eat [**gefilte fish**](http://www.internationalrecipes.net/find/Homemade_Gefilte_Fish). It looks like something you’d pull out of a clogged toilet. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/38 "2013-12-14T21:15:08Z")
I’ve told my wife I AM GOING to buy lambie before we leave and go to the USA, and she is going to help me cook it. 😛 She just goes “disgusting” and claims to know nothing about lambie, or want to cook lambie. I am like at what other point in my life will I encounter cheap and fresh lamvie? > **[Luscious lambie](https://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.442030.3149ee2003)** > > lifestyle \*Conch snails. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/39 "2013-12-14T21:58:16Z")
> [@grude](#): > > I’ve told my wife I AM GOING to buy lambie before we leave and go to the USA, and she is going to help me cook it. 😛 She just goes “disgusting” and claims to know nothing about lambie, or want to cook lambie. > > I am like at what other point in my life will I encounter cheap and fresh lamvie? > > [http://guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2011/05/14/luscious-lambie](http://guardian.co.tt/lifestyle/2011/05/14/luscious-lambie) > > \*Conch snails. Doesn’t it sort of make you wonder who was desperate enough to eat something that they discovered you need to skin it and pound it until it is paper thin, then slice it into ribbons before cooking…😕 ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221/40 "2013-12-14T22:25:12Z")
Venison. Seems like everybody around here hunts. Friends and relatives have freezers full of deer meat, as well as stockpiles of dried sausage and jerky. My neighbor cans it. Nuh uh. Nope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culturally-regionally-common-foods-and-drinks-youve-never-tried/676221.md?page=3)