# Foods that shouldn't taste good but do! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2017, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554 "2017-02-23T14:52:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/41 "2017-02-26T19:39:09Z")
Sea urchin (uni). Slimy sea creature gonads. I don’t care for sushi at all, but this darn stuff is delicious. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/42 "2017-02-26T19:48:03Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > Sea urchin (uni). Slimy sea creature gonads. I don’t care for sushi at all, but this darn stuff is delicious. I love sushi, and constantly try things I haven’t yet tasted. I eat a lot of sushi. Sea urchin is the only thing I’d never order again. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/43 "2017-02-26T21:06:57Z")
Dates stuffed with goat cheese, wrapped with bacon, seared until bacon is done, and then drizzled with maple or agave syrup. Damn, those things are tasty! ---
**Author:** ![yesanything](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@yesanything](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yesanything)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/44 "2017-02-26T21:22:15Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Hot dogs with peanut butter. Love 'em! gag!! barf!! I grew up in Chicago, eating famous Chicago Style Hot Dogs Ketchup instead of mustard is considered a sin, PEANUT BUTTER - Blasphemy ---
**Author:** ![yesanything](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@yesanything](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yesanything)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/45 "2017-02-26T21:24:00Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > French fries with thousand island dressing. not as bad as Vincent Vega’s Mayonnaise ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/46 "2017-02-27T05:01:06Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I love sushi, and constantly try things I haven’t yet tasted. I eat a lot of sushi. > > Sea urchin is the only thing I’d never order again. I am quite willing to concede that I most likely have a twisted palate. I also like sugar on green peas and peanut butter on potatoes. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/47 "2017-02-27T06:51:44Z")
I felt like I was getting a cold (I was), so I made up a hot drink of the traditional cold-fighting remedies - garlic, honey, and lemon. It was surprisingly palatable. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/48 "2017-02-27T15:30:33Z")
One of my all-time favorite desserts is sugar sprinkled over white rice. I also used to have white rice with butter and milk. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/49 "2017-02-27T16:11:37Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > One of my all-time favorite desserts is sugar sprinkled over white rice. I also used to have white rice with butter and milk. Why not go all the way and make rice pudding (which I love)? ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/50 "2017-02-27T16:26:52Z")
Not too long ago I tried a recipe for cherry (or grape) tomatoes grilled in a skillet. The only things added to the tomatoes were basil leaves (which makes perfect sense) and… wait, table sugar?! No way. Turns out grilled tomatoes and basil with sugar is FANTASTIC. ---
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/51 "2017-02-27T19:25:31Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Why not go all the way and make rice pudding (which I love)? Sheer unmitigated laziness. 😃 But I do love me some rice pudding as well. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/52 "2017-02-27T22:12:05Z")
> [@Totenfeier](#): > > Sheer unmitigated laziness. 😃 But I do love me some rice pudding as well. Does it have cinnamon and raisins? Yum! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/53 "2017-02-27T22:22:13Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Pizza with pineapple and bacon or ham. I was recently convinced to go in on a pizza with pepperoni, pineapple, and jalapenos. That was a fine pie and not a combination I’d have happened upon myself. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/54 "2017-02-27T22:23:20Z")
> [@yesanything](#): > > gag!! barf!! > > I grew up in Chicago, eating famous Chicago Style Hot Dogs > > Ketchup instead of mustard is considered a sin, PEANUT BUTTER - Blasphemy Then consider me a sinner… and a blasphemer. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/55 "2017-03-12T01:21:12Z")
I was making some chicken salad one day when I noticed in the corner of our kitchen a large open big-box store sized bag of almonds. So, after I finished making the normal chicken saladl recipe I use, I chopped up 2 cups of almonds as finely as I could with a food processor and stirred it all into the chicken salad. It was good! It shouldn’t have worked, they shouldn’t go well together… but they did. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/56 "2017-03-12T02:20:17Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I was making some chicken salad one day when I noticed in the corner of our kitchen a large open big-box store sized bag of almonds. > So, after I finished making the normal chicken saladl recipe I use, I chopped up 2 cups of almonds as finely as I could with a food processor and stirred it all into the chicken salad. > > It was good! It shouldn’t have worked, they shouldn’t go well together… but they did. 😃 I think it would have tasted better if you didn’t chop them up so finely. I put chopped pecans in mine. But the pieces are big enough you can still feel the crunchiness to them. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/57 "2017-03-12T15:09:25Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/58 "2017-03-12T16:57:08Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Mustard and maple syrup baked with chicken. I was very dubious, but man, that’s some good stuff. Crockpot meatballs cooked in grape-jelly-&-mustard sauce is a thing. Sounds weird, but the end product is pretty much akin to barbecue sauce. Chili sauce is usually added to taste to provide a little heat. ---
**Author:** ![Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Last\_Glacial\_Maximum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Last_Glacial_Maximum)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/59 "2017-03-12T21:17:04Z")
Get some sliced beef summer sausage {pre-packaged store bought works best}, a handful of fritos and two slices of the softest white bread you can find {fresh Wonder bread works best}. Put your sandwich together and then smush it flat with your hand. An excellent quick meal ! . ---
**Author:** ![Drummond\_Bays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Drummond\_Bays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drummond_Bays)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554/60 "2017-03-12T22:37:58Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Mustard and maple syrup baked with chicken. I was very dubious, but man, that’s some good stuff. Seconded! A pinch of paprika/chili powder with it is awesome as well. Peanut butter, bacon, and ketchup on a toasted, margarined English muffin. I shuddered too the first time I heard it… Then I tried it. Spinach is lettuce from hell, and I loathe goat cheese, mix them together and encase in pastry? Godly. Spanakopita is awesome. As for the sandwich with chips, I’ve seen a lot of young Irish fellows do that: kaiser with margarine, bologna (or similar) and a bag of chips/etc. Not a fan myself, but as they say ‘those who like it, like it a lot.’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-shouldnt-taste-good-but-do/780554.md?page=4)