But you kept the can, because it’s made by “COCK on the mountain top,” right? 
I wouldn’t know. They certainly weren’t labeled “Plantains.”
You got it! It’s now one of my prized possessions! :o
You mean there’s actually tofu that doesn’t stink?!? :eek:
(I hate tofu! YIK!!! :mad: )
I bought chocolate soda at Big Lots once and it was so freaking good, but then of course like most foods at Big Lots I never saw it again.
Peppadews:
Which is sort of like hating the little cubes of white bread you dip in different fondues.
Did the vendor say, 'I’ll sell ‘em for less, but I’d be cutting me own throat!’?
Fish floss.
It’s actually yummy and delicious, mmmm. But you gotta get the good stuff! Taste before you buy!
(The very best is served with nasi champur, as street food. Because the vendors make it themselves. Yummo!)
The first time I bought TrueLemon I bought it as a joke, since individual packets of lemon flavoring seemed like an insanely niche product. Turns out I really like the stuff, since a little pinch in a water bottle adds a nice hint of flavor and it has some uses cooking.
Those too! Bleah! Satan cubes!
Tofu doesn’t HAVE any smell. Or taste. What have YOU been eating that you think is tofu and it ‘stinks’??? I’m genuinely curious.
I had chocolate maple bacon soda the other day. I only tasted the chocolate. It wasn’t bad, but not something I would buy again.
I have a couple…
Limburger cheese. All my life it’s been a punchline to a joke, something in a cartoon with triple rows of stink waves drawn above it. Bought some on a whim, and really, it’s no smellier than any number of other soft cheeses that I love. And it is delicious.
The other is Cynar, the Italian Liqueur with a big artichoke on the label. Horrible, right? Turns out that it’s awesome! Neat, on the rocks, or in any number of cocktails that could use a rich, herbal bitter note with just enough sweetness to not be one-dimensional.
I’m ON IT! I’ll be picking up a bag this evening.
Way back in the '70s, maybe early 80s, at a county/country fair somewhere in East Texas, I bought a jar of jalapeño jelly. Just for kicks.
It was GOOD
Ever since, I’ve been eating that and habanero jelly, even some Hatch pepper jelly, and the candies made from these peppers, too. Hard candies and gummy bear style candies. Something about that spicy sweetness.
I tried some dried cranberries I saw at Big Lots. They were OK, but nothing spectacular. Then I tried the dried cherries- WOW! Now I buy as many bags as I can whenever I can. Big Lots near me haven’t had them for quite a while, but Aldi does. The trouble is that the nearest Aldi is hundreds of miles away from me.
Yerba mate (Tried it during a visit to Argentina in 1990, before it became easy to find in the US. Still drink it sometimes at home.)
Chapulines (fried, salted grasshoppers in Oaxaca, Mexico – better than beer nuts. Hard to find beyond Oaxaca. Tried them for novelty the first time, but seriously the times after that).
Try the knock-off version from the Dollar Tree. They’re pretty similar to the CIIB. A little more salty, to me, and a little less flavor, but the SAME flavor, if that makes sense. And only a dollar a box!
Ok I figured out what one is by google img searching long green squash, it is an opo squash Lentils with Opo Squash | Cook with Sharmila
I still can’t figure out what the heck the other one is, it was sold under the name “jingie” and looks like a long thin cucumber except with big ribs or ridges and really dark green. The problem with both of these is they were being sold under local names which don’t seem to have much internet refs.