# Foods Tastier than their Reputation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071 "2018-03-05T19:34:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/61 "2018-03-08T19:05:19Z")
Cauliflower (steamed, with cheese) Lima beans Broccoli Oysters (breaded) ---
**Author:** ![FatOrangeCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cab0a1/32.png) [@FatOrangeCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatOrangeCat)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/62 "2018-03-08T19:21:11Z")
> [@Rough\_Draft](#): > > Radishes. I don’t know why and I don’t care, but I love those things. I spent 50 years of my life hating radishes, but then I woke up one day and loved the damn things. How does that happen? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/63 "2018-03-08T20:01:52Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > I think of it as a cross between chicken and shrimp. Similar to alligator. I went to a party once where they served both rattlesnake and alligator. Both were pretty good, but nothing I’d go out of my way to get again. Big advantage - no line at those stations. I also like the aforementioned tongue, and Brussels sprouts, and also ostrich and emu. Those I would go out of my way to get. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/64 "2018-03-08T20:31:03Z")
Sardines. I love bacon and sardine sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/65 "2018-03-08T20:39:15Z")
I had haggis once; I’d describe it more in flavor and texture as a really rich stuffing / dressing. I actually rather liked it. I had black pudding several times while visiting Ireland; if you can get past the mental hurdle of it containing blood, and you like sausage, it’s good. I got turned onto Marmite by an Irish friend – really tasty on buttered toast. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/66 "2018-03-08T20:40:54Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Underwood Deviled ham is tasty but overpriced for what it is I grew up on deviled ham sandwiches, and still love the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/67 "2018-03-08T21:28:49Z")
> [@FatOrangeCat](#): > > I spent 50 years of my life hating radishes, but then I woke up one day and loved the damn things. How does that happen? Obviously you’re a pod person. Was there a huge discarded vegetable husk next to your bed on that morning? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/68 "2018-03-08T21:32:34Z")
> [@FatOrangeCat](#): > > I spent 50 years of my life hating radishes, but then I woke up one day and loved the damn things. How does that happen? You came to your senses. Gradually. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/69 "2018-03-08T22:07:43Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > I grew up on deviled ham sandwiches, and still love the stuff. I didn’t grow up on it myself, but every once in awhile I get a craving. And every time, I wonder why I’m paying the equivalent of $8/lb for this stuff but, hey, when you got an itch, you gotta scratch it. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/70 "2018-03-08T22:24:47Z")
Okra. I love pickled okra, okra in jambalaya, and my favorite way to eat okra- fried-NOT BREADED-in bacon grease with minced onion and crumbled bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/71 "2018-03-08T22:27:01Z")
I am quite fond of frozen fishcakes, though can’t say I eat them often enough. Liver with onions and bacon. Steak and kidney pie. I just had some bone marrow served with bread and wine sauce. Huesos tuetanos. Unbelievably good. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/72 "2018-03-08T22:32:15Z")
My contribution is canned spray cheese. Sharp cheddar only, the rest do suck. With a sleeve of Ritz for sandwiching that stuff is crack. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/73 "2018-03-08T23:38:12Z")
> [@FatOrangeCat](#): > > I spent 50 years of my life hating radishes, but then I woke up one day and loved the damn things. How does that happen? This is me exactly - even the number of years - but substitute radishes with olives. One day, entirely randomly and with no olive within 100 yards, it occurred to me that I like them. So I bought some that day, and I was right. This after cursing their very existence for half a century. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/74 "2018-03-09T02:52:12Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Okra. I love pickled okra, okra in jambalaya, and my favorite way to eat okra- fried-NOT BREADED-in bacon grease with minced onion and crumbled bacon. Having lived in Southwest Louisiana, it is hard for me to imagine okra having a bad reputation. Plus the company my wife worked for canned it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/75 "2018-03-09T14:29:27Z")
To be fair, everything’s better fried in bacon grease with minced onion. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/76 "2018-03-09T14:40:05Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Having lived in Southwest Louisiana, it is hard for me to imagine okra having a bad reputation. Plus the company my wife worked for canned it. I don’t have a problem with the actual okra (though I can’t think of any particular reason to eat it). I have a huge problem with that snot sauce it generates when improperly cooked! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/77 "2018-03-09T18:18:11Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > To be fair, everything’s better fried in bacon grease with minced onion. Yeah. I told my southern cook buddy I didnt like grits. So he took some grit, fried them in bacon grease, added crumbled bacon and a large handful of shredded sheese. And yes, that was DAMN tasty. But I pointed out to him that pretty much anything, fried in bacon grease and topped with bacon & cheese will be tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Gullibility\_is\_Underated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Gullibility\_is\_Underated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gullibility_is_Underated)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/78 "2018-03-10T08:04:06Z")
Asparagus are way better than I expected. Maybe should not have believed my older brother when he told me they are elephant blackheads ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/79 "2018-03-10T08:17:20Z")
I love okra, fried or pickled. We grow it in our garden every year. For some reason I have developed an allergy to it. I can’t handle it raw, I break out in hives. I do cook it for my husband if he washes and cuts it up. I am kind of afraid to eat it now, too. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071/80 "2018-03-10T09:09:54Z")
> [@Gullibility\_is\_Underated](#): > > Asparagus are way better than I expected. Maybe should not have believed my older brother when he told me they are elephant blackheads I’m stewing some monkey heads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-tastier-than-their-reputation/810071.md?page=5)