# Foods you like that others may think are inferior **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [November 3, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511 "2025-11-03T00:24:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/121 "2025-11-04T15:06:01Z")
There is, on the shelf in Walmart, anyway, a slightly smaller can of Mary Kitchen SAUSAGE hash. It is probably one of the worst things you can eat, but my late husband would have eaten it three times a week. He just LOVED Spam, canned hash, canned soup. The more processed and saltier, the better. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/122 "2025-11-04T15:31:01Z")
You know what’s good? Scrapple. Sliced, fried, and served on a slice of bread with dark Karo syrup. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan\_myers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@aruvqan\_myers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan_myers)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/123 "2025-11-04T15:40:09Z")
I love the soda pop of wine, Yago Sant’Gria …. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/124 "2025-11-04T16:09:10Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Fake crab meat is not like real crab but it’s cheaper and I make it into sub sandwiches. I love a good lobster roll. But the price is outrageous. An imitation lobster roll is pretty good for a fraction of the cost. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/125 "2025-11-04T16:21:14Z")
I am with those throwing shade on pizza heaped with cheese. It’s the typical American thing where more is always better. Not, it’s not. To me the sauce and crust interface is more important - crisp outer thin crust and chewy inner, with an abundance of good, home-made tomato sauce, and secondary is a thin later of cheese. THIN! Also - a guilty pleasure in the bologna camp - olive loaf, between a pair of cheap white bread slices, and heavy on the mayo. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/126 "2025-11-04T17:18:44Z")
It’s kinda funny reading this thread and thinking how so many of these foods were things I _hated_ as a kid! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/127 "2025-11-04T17:50:37Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I am with those throwing shade on pizza heaped with cheese. It’s the typical American thing where more is always better. Not, it’s not. To me the sauce and crust interface is more important - crisp outer thin crust and chewy inner, with an abundance of good, home-made tomato sauce, and secondary is a thin later of cheese. THIN! I recommend seeking out a location of Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana (now not just a single location on Wooster Street in New Haven). The “original tomato pie” is topped only by crushed Italian tomatoes, grated Pecorino Romano and olive oil. If you order it, you have to acknowledge via a check box that you understand there will be no mozzarella. It used to be that when you ordered, you would ask for “mozz” on your pizza. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/128 "2025-11-04T18:16:06Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > with an abundance of good, home-made tomato sauce, Whereas i don’t like a pizza with too much sauce. I don’t want it to be wet. As a young adult, i ordered pizza with extra cheese, but now that’s greasier than i want. I still want to notice the cheese, a thin sprinkling is not what i like in a pizza. That’s why there are lots of types of pizzas. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/129 "2025-11-04T18:19:55Z")
Anchovies! I love anchovies in a Greek salad, but most places stipulate that you have to request them because most people don’t want them. Every once in a great while I have a yen for an anchovy pizza, but virtually all pizza places have dropped anchovies from their add-on choices because no one requests them. So, I buy a frozen pizza and put them on myself before baking them. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/130 "2025-11-04T18:23:36Z")
I like anchovy on pizza, too. It’s rare to find another anchovy lover. I once had some wonderful yeasty rolls stuffed with a whole anchovy at a Christmas party. I still dream about those! ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/131 "2025-11-04T18:25:08Z")
Hey, this just proves yet again that, “Great minds think alike.” 👍 ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/132 "2025-11-04T18:35:04Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > There is, on the shelf in Walmart, anyway, a slightly smaller can of Mary Kitchen SAUSAGE hash. I recently saw canned chorizo skillet, aka hash: > **[Chorizo Skillet](https://www.hormel.com/brands/hormel-mary-kitchen-hash/product/chorizo-skillet/)** > > Enjoy bold, smoky flavor with HORMEL® MARY KITCHEN® Chorizo Skillet—a hearty mix of diced potatoes and tender meat seasoned with robust chorizo. With 14 grams of protein per serving, it’s a satisfying way to elevate breakfast burritos, egg... Intriguing and I expect to try it in the coming months. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/133 "2025-11-04T18:45:43Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Every once in a great while I have a yen for an anchovy pizza, but virtually all pizza places have dropped anchovies from their add-on choices because no one requests them. I remember when you had to specify “no anchovies” if you didn’t want them! …no, wait, that was just every scene of an 80s TV or movie character ordering pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/134 "2025-11-04T19:58:33Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > So, I buy a frozen pizza and put them on myself before baking them. I put the fish on after it cooks. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/135 "2025-11-04T20:13:25Z")
Put me down for the anchovy pizza. I’ll even take it with some olives, salty! and jalapeños, spicy! The hell with it, let’s do this: pineapple, anchovy, olives, thin-to-win, extra crisp. I’m a coin toss for black or green olives. I cheerfully agree to prepay. > [@carrps](#): > > I once had some wonderful yeasty rolls stuffed with a whole anchovy at a Christmas party. That sounds like a prank you pull on a younger sibling\*. Even loving anchovies and sardines, I’d sure want to know that was hiding in there. \*I used to switch my sibs’ 7Up & ginger ale with tonic water, mwahahha. Well, a few times, they got wise real quick. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/136 "2025-11-04T20:21:26Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > I remember when you had to specify “no anchovies” if you didn’t want them! I don’t view anchovies on pizza as “inferior.” Not something I ever want, but I would consider it more gourmet. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/137 "2025-11-04T20:38:21Z")
There is a small pizza chain in our town. Back when the first location opened I ordered an anchovy pizza and when I went to pick it up the poor girl’s face as she realized she hadn’t put the order in. I told her I’d wait but she darted into the back and got the manager He said they would give it to me for free, and I also got a coupon for another free pizza. The manager tossed in some garlic sticks someone els had not picked up. I love that place to this day. The quality of the service can be as important as that of the food. I was in food service and I KNOW mistakes are made. If you like anchovies have you ever had the Italian hot oil dip called bagna cauda? I first encountered it on an episode of Babylon 5 in which Mr. Garibaldi was making it. Anchovies, minced garlic, butter and olive oil. Look it up. As Dr. Franklin said when looking at it “I can feel my arteries hardening just being in the same room with it.” I put a stick of butter in the top of a double boiler and the same weight of olive oil. Add five or six cloves of chopped garlic, or to taste more or less. Then toss in a tin of anchovies. Warm it at low heat, stirring to break up the fish. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/138 "2025-11-04T21:09:22Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I like cornmeal mush. This is the first mention of something I like. I vary between Italian polenta, Jamaican cornmeal porridge, and Native American blueberry _sapan_. For the latter, I use white cornmeal because of the color effect from the dried blueberries. For the former two, yellow cornmeal. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/139 "2025-11-04T21:14:56Z")
The _only_ thing that got me through chemo was Wheat Thins. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/140 "2025-11-04T21:35:39Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > That sounds like a prank you pull on a younger sibling\*. Even loving anchovies and sardines, I’d sure want to know that was hiding in there. Oh, everybody knew what was inside. The party host made them in front of us. Old family recipe. Sicilian, IIRC. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511.md?page=8)