My mom offered me some “muskmelon” tonight.
Now had she offered me “cantaloupe,” I may have taken some. As it is, I threw up a little in my mouth and declined.
What food names squick you out? Anything else with the word “musk” attached to it is also on my list.
Cumquat
Artichoke
Rapeseed oil
Sweetbreads.
Calf brains.
Tripe.
Spotted Dick
Blood pudding
Toad in a hole
Ho cake
Shit on a shingle
Head cheese.
Bitter melon
Brains
Beef tongue
As a name, sweetbreads actually do *sound *appetizing. It makes you think of something that’s both sweet and a type of bread (e.g., Hawaiian bread or shortbread). Unfortunately, sweetbreads are neither of these. Now, if this thread was about foods with the most deceptive names, sweetbreads would win in a walk.
Blood pudding
Spotted dick
Mung bean.
Fish cake.
Fish sauce.
Blood sausage.
Shiitake mushrooms.
Bird’s nest soup.
Grits
Hot dog…eh? I mean, c’mon.
Congee.
Anything “encrusted”.
Pocari Sweat
Spam. I find it funny because I associate it with junk mails. And yes, I do know that the word originally meant the food.
I second stinky tofu.
Cole slaw. To me, Cole is a name, and slaw doesn’t sound like something that sound be put into your mouth. Don’t know why.
Turducken