# Is there a food that everyone in the world likes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220 "2007-04-15T16:32:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blinkingblinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/1 "2007-04-15T16:32:05Z")
Chocolate? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/2 "2007-04-15T16:43:03Z")
If you take into account that there’s always going to be somebody, maybe even a group of somebodys (somebodies?), who won’t like something you can name, I’d vote for rice being pretty much an international favorite. ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/3 "2007-04-15T16:43:25Z")
Pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/4 "2007-04-15T16:50:53Z")
Do you mean cultures or individuals? If you mean individuals, I would be willing to be the answer is no. For example, I know people (crazy people, but people nonetheless) who don’t like chocolate, rice, or pizza. If you mean cultures, is there a culture that doesn’t eat rice? I don’t think those countries that are really cold would have it as part of their traditional food, but they may accept it nonetheless. I would nominate sugar, but maybe that is more of an ingredient than a food. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/5 "2007-04-15T17:07:20Z")
I don’t like, actually hate, chocolate. I love all other kinds of sugar, but chocolate is out. My taste buds apparently changed sometime around toddlerhood because I’ve got a cute picture of me as a baby in my high chair with chocolate cake smashed all over my face. Now, no thanks. And I’ve known a few people who didn’t like pizza, whether they didn’t like the crust, or they didn’t like all the cheese, it seemed to vary. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/6 "2007-04-15T17:11:48Z")
Chicken. There’s people who don’t eat pig, and people who don’t eat cows, but not chicken. Nobody doesn’t eat chicken. Chicken = food on legs. (assuming you mean cultures overall, not individuals, i.e. vegetarians etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/7 "2007-04-15T17:34:10Z")
They sell billions and billions of McDonald’s french fries all over the world. They might make a beet burger in Australia or Scallop Mac in Japan, but kids worldwide seem to really dig the fries. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/8 "2007-04-15T17:40:36Z")
[QUOTE=bink] Chicken. There’s people who don’t eat pig, and people who don’t eat cows, but not chicken. Nobody doesn’t eat chicken. Chicken = food on legs. (assuming you mean cultures overall, not individuals, i.e. vegetarians etc.) [/QUOTE] Erm. Theorteically the whole Hindu culture is vegetarian and there are millions of people who won’t eat chicken for anything. And millions of people who might never have seen a chicken. On an edit: I’d say french fries, too. Especially since in veggie countries they don’t make them out of beef fat but use vegetable oil. ---
**Author:** ![AuntPam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@AuntPam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntPam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/9 "2007-04-15T18:36:34Z")
Breast milk, first six months of life. ---
**Author:** ![fifty-six](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fifty-six](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fifty-six)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/10 "2007-04-15T19:06:16Z")
bread ---
**Author:** ![Gentle\_Robot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gentle\_Robot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gentle_Robot)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/11 "2007-04-15T19:21:19Z")
Rice, maybe. There’s always someone somewhere who dislikes something, so basically the answer to your question is no. (I personally think McDonald’s french fries are crap). I remember someone in the peace corps telling me they baked a cake for the African family they were staying with, but the family found it far too sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/12 "2007-04-15T22:01:23Z")
Sara Lee? ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/13 "2007-04-15T22:02:54Z")
I’d have to go with glucose or sucrose. ---
**Author:** ![Caridwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c89c15/32.png) [@Caridwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caridwen)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/14 "2007-04-15T22:04:28Z")
Not that everyone loves it but fish is a staple in most countries. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/15 "2007-04-15T22:07:25Z")
I was my mother’s last child, out of four, a total of six children when you put us all together. Only one of us, the sister closest in age to me, managed to stay on breast milk for any length of time. The rest of us had, um, uncooperative digestive systems. breastmilk = diarrrhea. So we quickly became formula babies. My parents are both doctors(or were, I guess, they’re retired), so they were believed strongly in breast-feeding, but when your child has explosive… well it’s hard to argue with that. How about something basic like sugar? Diabetics consume at least a little sugar each day. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/16 "2007-04-15T22:09:43Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Pizza. You think so? From what I hear many Chinese find dairy offensive. Two of the world’s biggest religions don’t eat pork. Though I can’t name one, I would be surprised if there weren’t a couple of major countries or even continents that don’t like tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/17 "2007-04-15T22:30:57Z")
Revenge. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/18 "2007-04-15T22:40:55Z")
[QUOTE=Vinyl Turnip] Revenge. [/QUOTE] But only if it’s left to cool off for a while before serving. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/19 "2007-04-15T22:41:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Diabetics consume at least a little sugar each day. Would you please clarify what you’re getting at? I’m not following your thought. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220/20 "2007-04-15T23:19:31Z")
That everyone eats some sort of sugar. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-food-that-everyone-in-the-world-likes/400220.md?page=2)