# I pit people who tell me I eat "strange food" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150 "2015-12-01T22:02:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/21 "2015-12-02T01:06:37Z")
> [@Do\_Not\_Taunt](#): > > Falafel is delicious. Hushpuppies are delicious. Ergo, this is true. Don’t you put hush puppies on your feet? Or, are your food interests **really** kinky? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/22 "2015-12-02T01:31:42Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Eh, it’s OK. I don’t expect much from the PC police around here. Your lives are so hard, getting offended by things like “Happy Holidays” and “global warming is real” and so on. Stop offending me! And stop calling my balut and escamol smoothies strange! ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/23 "2015-12-02T01:34:34Z")
I pit for than half the people in the world (a very conservative estimate) who can’t stomach fertilized duck eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/24 "2015-12-02T02:57:21Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > OTOH, putting dates in oatmeal (or anything) is kinda fucked up. I mean, dates are only just barely a food. Dates aren’t food; dates are candy! They’re pure dessert! One of the treats of my childhood was when we’d drive 100 miles to Indio, to have date milkshakes. Yummy beyond all yummy! If you like dates, try jujubes. When they’re fresh and firm, they’re like apples, and when they’re older and have dried some, they’re like dates. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/25 "2015-12-02T03:09:43Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > You know you’re from a backwards place if hummus is considered weird by some folks. I really enjoy “ethnic” food. Ethiopian. Vietnamese. Persian. You name it. But I know some people, usually family, who tell me that I eat strange food. > > This is very offensive for several reasons. To call ethnic food “strange” is American-centric at best and racist at worst. The world does not revolve around fries, chicken fingers, green bean cassorole, dammit. Some of the food isn’t all that different from American food. Look at falafel, for example. They are very close kin to hushpuppies, but because it is a middle-eastern food it’s “strange”. On the other hand, there are foods that are indeed very different from American food. So what? People need to have an open mind and be a little adventurous. > > I wish people would get their heads out their asses, and join the world. how about you quit with the sneak bragging? ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/26 "2015-12-02T03:20:41Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > You know you’re from a backwards place if hummus is considered weird by some folks. I really enjoy “ethnic” food. Ethiopian. Vietnamese. Persian. You name it. But I know some people, usually family, who tell me that I eat strange food. > > This is very offensive for several reasons. To call ethnic food “strange” is American-centric at best and racist at worst. The world does not revolve around fries, chicken fingers, green bean cassorole, dammit. Some of the food isn’t all that different from American food. Look at falafel, for example. They are very close kin to hushpuppies, but because it is a middle-eastern food it’s “strange”. On the other hand, there are foods that are indeed very different from American food. So what? People need to have an open mind and be a little adventurous. > > I wish people would get their heads out their asses, and join the world. Your cultural imperialism and genocide make me sad. You are worse than Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/27 "2015-12-02T03:30:51Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Seriously? He isn’t. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/28 "2015-12-02T03:33:19Z")
He didn’t eat meat, ya know. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/29 "2015-12-02T03:58:48Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Stop offending me! > > And stop calling my balut and escamol smoothies strange! I’ll stop if you’ll stop looking at me sideways when I pour Caesar dressing on my Raisin Bran. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/30 "2015-12-02T04:01:38Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > I’ll stop if you’ll stop looking at me sideways when I pour Caesar dressing on my Raisin Bran. I put Lea & Perrins on rice…and cocktail sauce over brussels sprouts… The best was french-vanilla ice cream on top of a pepperoni pizza. Amazing how good that was! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/31 "2015-12-02T04:04:56Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I put Lea & Perrins on rice…and cocktail sauce over brussels sprouts… > > The best was french-vanilla ice cream on top of a pepperoni pizza. Amazing how good that was! [Oh yeah, that’s a common potato chip flavor in Canada.](http://xkcd.com/1609/) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/32 "2015-12-02T04:29:02Z")
> [@Arrogant\_B\_st\_rd](#): > > To call ethnic food “strange” is American-centric at best and racist at worst. Ignorant is probably the most accurate descriptor. Most “American” food is either someone else’s ethnic food, or some sort of local adaptation of someone else’s ethnic food. I suppose new dishes made with alternative ingredients or Native American dishes are “American”, but most of what people think of as “American” isn’t. Roast beef is stereotypical English food, French Fries are Belgian, coleslaw and doughnuts are derived from Dutch food, hamburgers from Hamburg Steak, a German dish, chicken-fried steak derives from Schnitzel, and so on, and so forth. I think it’s more a frustration that people who are somewhat ignorant, benighted and closed-minded are casting aspersions on the OP for eating “weird food”, when in reality, they’re the ones with the real issue, not the OP. I can totally see how that could be frustrating. It’s like people who watch dumb sitcoms and sports non-stop making fun of people who play smart video games; frustrating and uninformed. You probably learn a lot more through playing video games than you’ll learn watching “The Middle” or “Everybody Loves Raymond.” ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/33 "2015-12-02T04:45:07Z")
If’n I eats it, it ain’t ethnic. More gopher? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/34 "2015-12-02T04:54:24Z")
You are an utterly tiresome little troll, and the paper-thin persona you’ve adopted disguises nothing. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/35 "2015-12-02T10:03:41Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I found Hush Puppies very comfortable and good for the feet. I never considered eating them though. They’re delicious when deep-fried. But you want young Hush Puppies, not older ones, which smell funny. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/36 "2015-12-02T12:25:44Z")
I’ve never had (or even seen in RL) durian, but by all accounts it smells like ass. So yeah, I vote that OP has weird tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/37 "2015-12-02T12:48:02Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > [Oh yeah, that’s a common potato chip flavor in Canada.](http://xkcd.com/1609/) [What isn’t?](https://www.dousaflavour.ca/en/) ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/38 "2015-12-02T13:50:07Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > They’re delicious when deep-fried. But you want young Hush Puppies, not older ones, which smell funny. Yeah. Once hush puppies grow up to be hush dogs, they’re not so tasty anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/39 "2015-12-02T13:58:31Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > I’ve never had (or even seen in RL) durian, but by all accounts it smells like ass. So yeah, I vote that OP has weird tastes. Durian is the fruit of Satan. It’s awful even before you taste it. Fresh, unopened durian reeks. In the Philippines, where this demonic fruit is horribly common, there are often signs in hotels asking guests not to bring durian onto the property. People who did so were often charged a special cleaning fee to cover the cost of remediating the ungodly stench. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150/40 "2015-12-02T14:14:07Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Stop offending me! > > And stop calling my balut and escamol smoothies strange! Why did I google balut and escamol? Blech. Then again, both would probably work well in durian chili. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-people-who-tell-me-i-eat-strange-food/739150.md?page=3)