# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/141 "2025-11-05T00:00:53Z")
I had it served to me by mistake at the late Tastee Diner here in Silver Spring. I wouldn’t go out of my way to get it, but it wan’t bad. It’s hard to beat a plate of chicken filets and ravioli. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/142 "2025-11-05T01:43:19Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Velveeta - nothing makes a better grilled cheese sandwich. Ever tried Mexican Velveeta? It’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/143 "2025-11-05T01:49:02Z")
The only pizzeria I know of around here that carries anchovies will sell you a can of them for $2, but won’t put them on the pizza themselves. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/144 "2025-11-05T01:51:15Z")
Mostly my appetite was fine, but I sure didn’t feel cooking. There were nights when even the thought of microwaving made me feel exhausted. So, Domino’s. ---
**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 5, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/145 "2025-11-05T13:49:48Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > 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! That sounds like something you could make at home. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/146 "2025-11-05T14:33:53Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Ever tried Mexican Velveeta? It’s good. I’m guessing it tastes something like nacho cheese dip? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/147 "2025-11-05T15:18:33Z")
I think it’s just Velveeta with jalepenos. I made something similar by stirring pureed jalapenos into my Cheese Whiz, a food others might rightly think is inferior. ---
**Author:** ![NegativeZer0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/negativezer0/32/14307_2.png) [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/148 "2025-11-05T15:24:31Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > I really like cookies. But the ones that I can just eat and eat and eat? Pilsbury refrigerated sugar cookies. The slice and bake kind. A tube is a serving, right? Came here to drop this one. I’m always going back to the fridge with a knife…_just one more slice…_ ---
**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 5, 2025, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/149 "2025-11-05T15:37:52Z")
So you’re not _baking_ the Pillsbury sugar cookie dough but instead eating it raw? ---
**Author:** ![NegativeZer0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/negativezer0/32/14307_2.png) [@NegativeZer0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NegativeZer0)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/150 "2025-11-05T15:41:18Z")
This is correct. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/151 "2025-11-05T16:16:24Z")
The cookie dough market is far bigger than I knew until a few months ago. I’d expect to find at least 15 varieties between the chub tubes and flats of 12 preportioned at a big grocer or Super Wal. Pumpkin, Easter, Puritan hats, wreaths, and other holiday ones but also year-round sugar, snickerdoodle, Reese, Tollhouse, etc. They’re explicitly marketed for eating raw. I’m not into sweets or cookies but a taste of raw cookie dough does take me back to kindergarten. ---
**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 5, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/152 "2025-11-05T16:41:57Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That sounds like something you could make at home. Nah, then, I’d eat all of them! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/153 "2025-11-05T16:45:59Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > virtually all pizza places have dropped anchovies from their add-on choices because no one requests them When I was working as a pizza delivery driver the manager really hated it when someone ordered anchovy on a pizza because then a can of them, the size and shape of a sardine can, would have to be opened. Even a large pizza would use only half of the can so it would be wrapped and put into the refrigerator for a day or so before being thrown out. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/154 "2025-11-05T17:57:42Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > When I was working as a pizza delivery driver the manager really hated it when someone ordered anchovy on a pizza because then a can of them, the size and shape of a sardine can, would have to be opened. Even a large pizza would use only half of the can so it would be wrapped and put into the refrigerator for a day or so before being thrown out. I have two anchovy on pizza stories. One time I ordered a standard combo pizza with anchovies, specifying that I wanted extra anchovies. When I picked it up, though, it was so laden with anchovies that it was practically inedible. The next day I called the pizzeria to complain and spoke with the manager. The manager had already left for the night when I placed my order, but he said there were no opened cans of anchovies when he left, and while we were on the phone, he checked and saw that there wasn’t an opened can that morning. That means that the employee used an entire 15 oz can of anchovies on my pizza. He was pissed off, because that can of anchovies cost him more than they charged for my entire pizza. Anchovies on pizza, story 2. My dad befriended a guy who had owned a pizza joint. The friend advised my dad not to order anchovies on pizza, because so few people order them there’s no telling how long an opened can may be sitting around in the fridge. Because anchovies are kind of expensive, they’re loathe to throw them out even when well past it. ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/155 "2025-11-05T18:28:43Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Goldfish crackers. I’m a like a 6 year old when I get Goldfish – NOMNOMNOMNOM!!! I can eat too much of the goldfish cheddar cracker/pretzel mix. It just seems to disappear after I open the bag! Even better with some nuts for protein. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/156 "2025-11-05T18:32:58Z")
No matter the size, packages of goldfish crackers are single serving. Same for Doritos. ---
**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 5, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/157 "2025-11-05T18:34:50Z")
And cans of Pringles. My contribution to this topic. Definitely “inferior” but I like them. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/158 "2025-11-05T18:37:30Z")
NOT inferior! The packaging is pure genius. Few broken chips. Can be packed in a shopping bag without fear of getting crushed. Easy to close if you need to interrupt your single serving to, say, go to the bathroom. And when you’re done, the can w/ lid makes a nice little drum. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/159 "2025-11-05T19:14:52Z")
I read that as “interior”! ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511/160 "2025-11-05T19:23:55Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > No matter the size, packages of goldfish crackers are single serving. Same for Doritos. I am reminded ages ago when **Eve** was asked by her mother why after removing the lid on a pint of ice cream she threw it away she responded, “Because its job is done.” ETA: Good God. In exactly a month her last post was 25 years ago. I hope she is doing well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511.md?page=9)