Foods that shouldn't taste good but do!

Inspired by the ongoing opposite thread.

I went to the store yesterday for some sardines in spring water. They were out so I bought the ones in mustard. Yummy! Who would have thunk it?

Colorado Bulldogs. (the drink)

You’re mixing vodka with cola and milk.

Sounds disgusting but tastes divine.

Persimmons. When fully ripe, they resemble a rotten tomato, and yet somehow they are sweet and delicious.

Pizza with pineapple and bacon or ham.

I know I’ve got a lot more, but that’s the first to pop in my mind.

Ketchup on scrambled eggs.

Yes, I know that’s normal for some folks. I came to it late.

Leftover plain boiled spaghetti, heated up in the microwave with a little butter and ketchup, a late night snack from my going-out days.

Wasabi-flavored ice cream.

Eggs. If you think about them, they are disgusting. But cook those suckers, and there’s nothing better!

I used to eat scrambled eggs with ketchup when I was a kid, which seems extra gross to me now for some reason. So instead I eat scrambled eggs with sour cream! :cool:

Johnny turned me onto SPAM Musibi: Spam musubi - Wikipedia
Looks and sounds terrible but I’m a convert.

Liquid chickens, right?
:wink:

Hot dogs with peanut butter. Love 'em!

Milk toast. Sounds repellant, like soggy bread in milk. Tastes wonderful! I make cinnamon toast, liberally sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon, put it on a plate, and then slide in just enough milk to barely float the toast.

And sriracha! Heaven on a bun.

Bahn mi (Vietnamese sandwiches) with the sardines-in-tomato-sauce option. Even better than the classic version with mystery meat and mystery pate!

The “Spanish Tapas” mix at a local goor-may shop. Various green olives, tiny garlic gherkins, pickled onions and garlic. Every bite sends laser beams of vinegar through your tongue. The wife can’t eat it, but they make me ecstatic.

Pickled herring.

Oh, wow. It’s been a long time since I though of milk toast. As kids, if we were out of cereal, we’d break up toast in a bowl, drizzle honey over the pile, then add milk. Cinnamon would have worked well with that.

Oysters. Yum. But so ugly.

French fries with thousand island dressing.

When I was a kid, one of my favorite things in the world was dipping my McDonald’s french fries into my chocolate shake.

Bananas, peanuts, chocloate are all staples in some parts of Africa, and very often wind up together as the main ingredients in a lot of cayenne-spiced main dishes. Americans restrict all three to desserts, and use them together on ice cream with whipped cream and a cherry on top.