Yeah, you got me. I think maybe it has something to do with geographic protectionism of the name prosciutto, but that refers to specific prosciuttos, like Prosciutto di Parma, or Prosciutto Toscano, etc. The name “prosciutto,” on its own, can be used by others, as far as I know. One of my favorites, La Quercia’s Prosciutto Americano, is made right here in America, in Iowa.
My daughter loves them frozen. She will just freeze them and eat them.
Ohhhhh, yes…La Quercia makes amazing stuff! Try their speck, if you haven’t already.
Derleth, come back, you are too subtle for us. Are you calling out Big Prosciutto?
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Oh, I have! And the prosciutto piccante, the lomo, the pancetta. For some reason, I want to say that I tried the acorn edition prosciutto, but I’m now doubting my memory. Yeah, I know, it should be something seared into my brain if I did. I’ll have to ask my brother, because if I did, he would have been involved, and his memory is better than mine these days.
I love chestnuts. The flavor is subtle, but delicious. Mildly sweet without being cloying.
Baked potatoes are bland. Chestnuts are sublime.
I agree with you if the chocolate is milk chocolate - fruit is best with darker chocolate, so the bitterness of the chocolate and the sweetness of the fruit play off of each other.
They’re not nearly as commercially available as blueberries, but saskatoon berries (aka seriviceberries or a bunch of other names) are far tastier. I have learned that not everyone eats saskatoon berries, though - they are only grown as ornamental shrubs in some places. That is a true shame, since the berries are so tasty.
I thought gin was one step removed from rubbing alcohol until I met Bombay Sapphire. That gin gave me an insight into why anyone would drink gin willingly. 
My “food” would be wine. I like the occasional zinfandel, but I have tried very few wines that I would bother with, white or red.
Chocolate covered pretzels are the middling contamination of two great snacks.
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I go through a lot of frozen pizzas (I work a weird schedule, and hate cooking for just myself) and there’s a particular ‘meatball marinara’ one that I just can’t stand. I like that brand’s meatballs with a different sauce, I like that sauce with different toppings, but that particular combination is just blech.
Yes, that’s it.
Red Delicious apples! They look exactly what their name implies - red and delicious BUT they have to be the blandest apples grown.
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You’re not getting good/properly prepared foie gras then. Seasoned and seared with a bit of an acidic fruit compote or some such with some toast points, or a nice torchon with dried apricots served on brioche…it’s EVILLY good.
Seconded. Altho if you have had one right off the tree you would swear it is not the same apple as the mealy mess they sell at the grocer. That’s probably the same for all store-bought apples, tho.
Buy only the good ones! The name Red Delicious describes a family of apples. Some are great, many are lousy. Look for firm ones that are not completely red. Maybe even an orange-red streak appearance.
Like with many popular things (e.g., some breeds of dogs), the growers went hog wild planting trees without any concern over quality. Combined with crappy long term storage systems they’ve nearly ruined the whole category. But there are really good ones out there.
I know I’m going to take heat for this one, but … I like chocolate. I like raisins. But chocolate covered raisins are the food from Hades. How could these two things taste so awful together? And why do people buy them???
I’ve got a hiking book here with a recipe for emergency rations, useful for storing and carrying when you get called out for a search party. Chocolate and Oats. It says (and I do not quote exactly),
“At first it won’t appeal to everyone. But after a couple of days, it won’t appeal to anyone”
When I was four I climbed up into the cupboard and found mom’s stash of Hershey’s baking chocolate. I couldn’t read but I knew what a flat package with silver letters on brown meant.
Not good.
Stuff made by Hostess looks like they should be tasty pastries, but bleah!
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I love the way coffee looks, particularly with cream added. Such a pretty color.
I love the way coffee is so nice and warm. Wrapping your hands around a cup is heaven.
I love the way coffee makes me feel, so energized.
I love the way coffee smells. Like being alive.
But coffee tastes like shit. Why do you think people add so many different things to it?
Candy apples and caramel apples. I am pretty much convinced that the entire appeal is only visual, I refuse to believe someone eats those for the taste alone.
I like watermelon-flavored candy (especially Jolly Ranchers) but I *haaaaaaaaaate *real watermelon. Any melons, actually. They all taste like dirty water to me.