STOP THAT! You lucious minx, you.
I’d really hate to think that I am somehow misguided with respect to my love of sour cream - maple syrup on waffles (never on pancakes mind you).
Please do hurry as I am having breakfast with my parents in a few hours and guess what’s on the menu? Mmmmmm…
And thanks for your concern, I really do appreciate it.
Well, I think you’ve got it right starting with Spam – no food except tripe can beat it for disgusting.
As a kid mom would cover a complete spam with brown sugar and bake it. Gag.
I think the ultimate retch sandwich would be made a liver/spam/sardine (and/or anchovy) combination with the gaggable Miracle Whip as you suggested on old dry (moldy?) bread.
That one MIGHT even qualify for Fear Factor.
My personal all-time favorite snack is a large chunk of German Chocolate Cake, washed down with large amounts of very cold buttermilk.
Years ago my friends and I had this exact conversation, trying to decide on the ultimate gross food.
My choice was the corny pickle. Deep fried batter dipped dill pickle on a stick. With mustard or ketchup, I suppose, if you like.
Recently I saw this in a commercial… deep fried batter dipped dill pickle slices. Guess they didn’t want to mess with the stick.
I dunno… if it’s food, and it doesn’t explode into flames when mixed together, SOMEBODY somewhere is gonna like eating it. :::shrug:::
Y’all must* check out James Lileks’ The Gallery of Regrettable Food. I still haven’t dealt with my stupid search bar issue, so anyone care to post a link, either to Lileks’ Web site or to Amazon.com?
And another ex used to explore his half-Mexican heritage, along with his love of fat, in the following manner:
Heat up a flour tortilla by flipping it with your fingers over a gas burner (which always impressed me; he never burned himself, and it was pretty much the pnly thing he ever cooked). When heated through, spread with Skippy peanut butter and Welch’s grape jelly. Top with HARD SALAMI and enjoy.
And you wonder why we broke up; different priorities.
And I’ve never actually watched anyone eat this, but a favorite bit of Ukrainian soul food is salo, which is basically fried hunks of pork fat (much like Mexican chicharron). Some nutcase decided to market a candy bar in Ukraine a few years back (I hope as a joke novelty item), which basically consisted of chocolate-covered salo. Bon appetit!
Of course you can’t visit Glasgo without trying the legendary deep-fried Mars Bar.
My dad ate pig brain sandwiches when he was a little boy.
Tripe soup and lard sandwiches are some of my favorite foods, as is blood sausage.
karomon, I love black pudding (blood sausages) too, any alf-decent English pub should offer it as part of the mixed-grill.
I have eaten deep fried sheeps brain as part of a Turkish-Cypriot meze.
Ask and you shall receive. Everyone should check out the Gallery of Regrettable Food:
Mole. It’s like meat…with chocolate.
Ewww.
Great site, Big Bad – Here’s my favorite from their Dr. Pepper Cookbook:
http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/drpepper/2.html
“like something pulled off of Spock’s back” is right!
Sure it wasn’t beef dripping?
Things I’ve eaten deliberately (and liked):
- Chilli-cheese-garlic and fried egg sandwitch
- Jam/marmalade and cheese sammies
- Fried Spam sandwitches
- Liver, kidney and bacon fry-up
- McDonald’s fries dipped in a chocolate sundae
Things I’ve eaten and know am shaking my head over:
- Tequila and chilli fudge (wasn’t mine thankfully)
- Mint toffees with pepper on a dare
- Cold stirfry noodles with warm beer
- Undiluted instant cordial mix and Coke (ah, youthful memories)
my mom ate red jell-o and cottage cheese when she was pregnant with my brother. He likes honey and cheese sandwiches.
Pizza the way it is served in Paris: with beets and canned corn.
Geez, you people make my weird food combinations look positively normal by comparison! 
Although I do think mayo on french fries is divine and I have to admit that the sour cream/maple syrup on waffles does sound a bit intriquing…
Anyway, the weirdest food combo I’ve ever eaten was peanut butter, cheese and sausage on toast for breakfast. I have also had banana and mayo sandwiches, sometimes with peanut butter thrown in for extra flavor.
Take 2 pieces of toast, spread both with peanut butter.
Put sliced cheese between pieces of toast.
Heat in microwave until peanut butter and cheese become a brown and orange puddle of goo.
My kid eats this atleast twice a week.
My kid made a peanut butter and baloney sammich once. I nearly puked watching him.
My brother used to like peanut butter and liver sausage.
A friend of mine likes Oreos and salsa, or ho-ho’s and salsa. At first I couldn’t fathom it, but then I tried 'em. Hey, pretty good!
My dad will eat a green salad with pickles in it. My sister likes to eat burnt popcorn. Just the smell of that stuff makes my hair stand on end.