# Food you bought for novelty... and liked. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354 "2014-10-24T14:30:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/1 "2014-10-24T14:30:12Z")
My wife saw [Couque d’Asse](http://www.myasianstore.com/products/376-haitai-couque-dasse-white-cookies.aspx) at the local asian store and bought some. Note the white cream filling. 🙂 Once we got past the 12 year old giggles we found that they came neatly arranged and individually wrapped, and quite delicious. We look forward to trying the chocolate ones. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/2 "2014-10-24T14:46:04Z")
Harðfiskur Dried Fish I bought in Iceland. It’s actually very similar to dried cuttlefish you can get in Chinese and Korean grocery stores, but less spicy and more Cod-dy. I had read that Icelanders snack on dried fish so I wanted to try it. It’s good! ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/3 "2014-10-24T19:22:44Z")
[Chicken in a Biskit](http://www.junkfoodguy.com/2011/08/11/classic-thursdays-chicken-in-a-biscuit-baked-snack-crackers-jury-duty-movies/) Meat-flavoed crackers! Who can resist?!? They don’t exactly taste like chicken, but man are they yummy! ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/4 "2014-10-24T22:49:05Z")
^^ I keep pausing when I see those at the grocery store, but I want to try one before I commit to buying a whole box. I do like chicken-flavored things in general, though. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/5 "2014-10-24T22:55:36Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > [Chicken in a Biskit](http://www.junkfoodguy.com/2011/08/11/classic-thursdays-chicken-in-a-biscuit-baked-snack-crackers-jury-duty-movies/) > > Meat-flavoed crackers! Who can resist?!? They don’t exactly taste like chicken, but man are they yummy! > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > ^^ I keep pausing when I see those at the grocery store, but I want to try one before I commit to buying a whole box. I do like chicken-flavored things in general, though. My dad loved Chicken in a Biskit. With spray cheese. Hm… I’m off to the market in a few minutes… Back in the '80s I had to try Vegemite. I’m still eating it. (No, not the same jar! Wisenheimers.) ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/6 "2014-10-24T23:02:52Z")
My grandma loved Chicken in a Biskit! I don’t remember being offered any when I was at her house though. On a whim, I bought a tub of Vermont maple sugar cotton candy while on vacation…and it was amazing!!! It’s way better than the bagged stuff I remember getting at the State Fair, and the tub actually does a decent job of keeping it fresh. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/7 "2014-10-24T23:02:54Z")
I bought El Yucateco hot sauce for the novelty, because I thought it would be spactacularly hot. It is spactacularly hot, and also awesome. I’ve been a fan for like 25 years now. (I usually buy the green.) > **[El Yucateco Hot Sauce | Salsas Picantes](https://www.elyucateco.com/)** > > We are a mexican company with more than 50 years of history and tradition. Today we are the #1 company selling habanero hot sauce in the US with five different flavors of habanero plus a jalapeno and chipotle sauce. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/8 "2014-10-24T23:15:57Z")
[Tako Octopus Flavored Chips](http://asiansupper.com/files/blog_entry_uploads/body/supperbox/tako-chips.JPG). Found them at the Asian grocery store and I _had_ to find out. They were weird for sure, but really not bad. I’ve had octopus before, but I’m not familiar enough with it to speak intelligently about the accuracy of the flavoring of the chips, but I liked them. If you’ve ever had shrimp chips (the [Munchos-type](http://www.tastyislandhawaii.com/images/shrimpchips_chips.jpg) ones, not the [fries-type ones](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511ltcy8AyL.jpg)), they tasted like a kind of burnt version of that, if that makes any sense. Now I get a bag every time I go to that store. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/9 "2014-10-24T23:29:34Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Back in the '80s I had to try Vegemite. I’m still eating it. Me too. But I didn’t get to try it until the late 90’s. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/10 "2014-10-25T01:29:55Z")
Wasabi Peas. God, yes. Chicken in a Bitchkit. Awful. Awful. How’d the box get empty? ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/11 "2014-10-25T01:47:14Z")
Flaming Hot Cheetos. The concept seemed so goofy and silly … oh look, they’re RED so that we know that they’re FIERY! Oooh! I’m trying to limit myself to one bag a week (and trying not to finish the whole bag in one sitting). I can’t even eat “regular” Cheetos anymore; they seem so bland and insipid. ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/12 "2014-10-25T02:34:39Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > [Chicken in a Biskit](http://www.junkfoodguy.com/2011/08/11/classic-thursdays-chicken-in-a-biscuit-baked-snack-crackers-jury-duty-movies/) > > Meat-flavoed crackers! Who can resist?!? They don’t exactly taste like chicken, but man are they yummy! the only food in the world that can be described as doesn’t taste like chicken ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/13 "2014-10-25T03:13:45Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > [Chicken in a Biskit](http://www.junkfoodguy.com/2011/08/11/classic-thursdays-chicken-in-a-biscuit-baked-snack-crackers-jury-duty-movies/) > > Meat-flavoed crackers! Who can resist?!? They don’t exactly taste like chicken, but man are they yummy! Inspired by Chicken in a Biskit, I once tried to make chicken-flavored popcorn. Chicken corn was an idea whose time had come! And apparently gone just as quickly. It never did work right. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/14 "2014-10-25T04:02:42Z")
[Snapea Crisps baked peas](http://www6.netrition.com/calbee_snapea_crisps.html). They come in a variety of flavors, and I just saw cinnamon and brown sugar flavor for the holidays. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/15 "2014-10-25T04:06:29Z")
I just bought two veggies tonight, googled their names in the store and came up empty. My wife will probably be annoyed, but I’ll come back to this thread. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/16 "2014-10-25T12:42:56Z")
Novelty veggies?.. I’m intrigued. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/17 "2014-10-25T12:54:19Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Flaming Hot Cheetos. The concept seemed so goofy and silly … oh look, they’re RED so that we know that they’re FIERY! Oooh! > > I’m trying to limit myself to one bag a week (and trying not to finish the whole bag in one sitting). I can’t even eat “regular” Cheetos anymore; they seem so bland and insipid. Have you tried the jalapeno Cheetos? They’re not as spicy, but damn are they like crack, with cheese on it. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/18 "2014-10-25T13:11:25Z")
What, nobody has tried **these?!?** [![](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ed380a51-8f44-4705-8afa-ea95f8410250/d904cl-efbccf76-438a-4614-9c24-a11df40e61f2.jpg/v1/fill/w_462,h_600,q_75,strp/cock_banana_by_roninsps.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi9lZDM4MGE1MS04ZjQ0LTQ3MDUtOGFmYS1lYTk1Zjg0MTAyNTAvZDkwNGNsLWVmYmNjZjc2LTQzOGEtNDYxNC05YzI0LWExMWRmNDBlNjFmMi5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9NDYyIiwiaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD02MDAifV1dfQ.VrdCLKyPcQvRikAIcU7Wthvwcrg8XaI5lo0eb0bWzGQ) ](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/ed380a51-8f44-4705-8afa-ea95f8410250/d904cl-efbccf76-438a-4614-9c24-a11df40e61f2.jpg/v1/fill/w_462,h_600,q_75,strp/cock_banana_by_roninsps.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwic3ViIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl0sIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiIvZi9lZDM4MGE1MS04ZjQ0LTQ3MDUtOGFmYS1lYTk1Zjg0MTAyNTAvZDkwNGNsLWVmYmNjZjc2LTQzOGEtNDYxNC05YzI0LWExMWRmNDBlNjFmMi5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9NDYyIiwiaGVpZ2h0IjoiPD02MDAifV1dfQ.VrdCLKyPcQvRikAIcU7Wthvwcrg8XaI5lo0eb0bWzGQ) I bought a can once. They were gross. No sweetness, no flavor whatsoever, just mealy, starchy vegetable matter. I also once bought a can of Danish meatballs in brown gravy at a kiosk on my way to work, since I hadn’t had anything to eat all day. I got to the radio station and opened the can; the meatballs were so disgusting I couldn’t eat them, so I gave them to the studio cat. He wouldn’t eat them either! I remember eating hamburgers from a street vendor in Cambridge (UK) late one night in the winter. They came packed in a tin with some sort of liquid and had to be warmed in a steam compartment. They were also dyed a shade of red not normally found in nature. An acquired taste, perhaps (or maybe I was just drunk), but I quite liked them with lots of ketchup and mustard! ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/19 "2014-10-25T13:13:45Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > What, nobody has tried **these?!?** > > [http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs6/i/2005/044/f/9/Cock\_Banana\_by\_roninsps.jpg](http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs6/i/2005/044/f/9/Cock_Banana_by_roninsps.jpg) > > I bought a can once. They were gross. No sweetness, no flavor whatsoever, just mealy, starchy vegetable matter. > > I also once bought a can of Danish meatballs in brown gravy at a kiosk on my way to work, since I hadn’t had anything to eat all day. I got to the radio station and opened the can; the meatballs were so disgusting I couldn’t eat them, so I gave them to the studio cat. He wouldn’t eat them either! > > I remember eating hamburgers from a street vendor in Cambridge (UK) late one night in the winter. They came packed in a tin with some sort of liquid and had to be warmed in a steam compartment. They were also dyed a shade of red not normally found in nature. An acquired taste, perhaps (or maybe I was just drunk), but I quite liked them with lots of ketchup and mustard! Maybe the first item were actually plantains? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354/20 "2014-10-25T13:18:35Z")
I tried stinky tofu for the novelty, but it actually tasted okay and the squeaky texture is fun. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-you-bought-for-novelty-and-liked/702354.md?page=2)