Every planet has a food much like Swedish Meat balls.
Some wiseman told me that once.
It’s possible to make pizza without pork. I love pizza myself, and I’ve never had it with any sort of meat product.
Hate bananas.
According to Sesame Street (from many years ago):
Everyone loves ice cream,
Yes, indeed they do.
I’d go with this one; if the definition is sufficiently broad as to include flatbreads and bread-like cakey-things made from starchy foods other than wheat, then I’d say it’s as close to universal as can be.
Having once considered myself an Orthodox Jew, and living in an area where unusual pizzas find mainstream success, I’m well aware of this. Lots of people eat pizza without pepperoni, but a pizza with neither tomato sauce nor cheese would probably be considered unsual by most Americans, don’t you think?
Here’s another American who’s never heard of the stuff. Could be a brand of soap for all I know.
Not a brand of soap. Soap is not edible. Well…not unless you are stretching a point.
Jaffa Cakes are indescribably delicious. There are similar biscuits in other countries (Pim’s, Prichuda) but they are not the same thing at all. A pale imitation.
Your friend must have been American, I would have known this even without the Peace Corps reference. One of the things that comes up in most “yeah, I lived in the US too” conversations between Europeans is “how can they bake those cakes? It’s pure sugar!” I baked a few times for friends of mine while I was Over There, using 5x the usual amount of sugar… they found it perfect (judging by the speed at which they ate it, not just by the huge kudos).
… they actually put dextrose in sugar-free stuff? It’s glucose!
The worst part is, I can absolutely believe it.
I’m surprised at all the rice-haters. I thought my ex-husband was the only one. He used to say, “I ate enough rice during the war.” :rolleyes:
I hate bananas.
Dammit, now I really want a box of Jaffa Cakes. Unfortunately, the nearest place I know of that sells them is 1.5 hours away.
Battenburgs are also wonderful. Again unfortunately for us USlanders, there appears to be some sort of strange customs snafu that makes it hard for them to get shipped here. Something about the coloring. Haven’t had one in years. Makes me sad.
Mmmmmm. Jaffa cakes. Orange and chocolate = heaven. I rather doubt the people of Mali get to munch on them often, though.
I think most people eat grain one way or another, either as bread or as a sort of a boiled cereal-type thing.
Every culture in the world has some sort of dumpling. Dumplings have been around since the earliest of agriculture based communities. Think about the dumpling in all of it’s many forms…ravioli, samosa, gnocchi, gyoza, matzoh ball, the dumplings found in chicken and dumplings…etc.
Flour can be made of any grain was one of the first foods ever to be processed. Dumpling dough has generally a low number of universally accessible ingredients that can be stored almost indefinitely. So, the dumpling has my vote for most internationally and historically adaptive and utilized food.
The potato was actually thought in colonial America to be a food unfit for people and was primarily used to feed livestock, especially horses.
Salt.
My wife doesn’t like it either. Drinks it for the health benefits, but under duress. I’m a raging waterholic by comparison.
I hear lots of people are into Soylent Green.
Sara Lee
You belong in group 2 I feel. Glad you like them. 
Only because those of us who do eat such things would call them focaccia, not pizza.
Not me. I won’t eat jello.
I hate bananas. Both the flavor and texture of bananas make me gag.
When I was growing up, I thought I only liked rice from Chinese restaurants. Years later, I figured out this was because my parents used Minute Rice and put some butter in it. I don’t like rice with butter in it (unless it’s part of a more strongly flavored pilaf). At least some rice-haters probably grew up eating Minute Rice or similar crap instead of real rice.
It’s also likely to be subject to cultural food taboos. The rule against shellfish and some kinds of finfish in Judaism is a well-known example.
Then pizza isn’t a universal food, because some people eat pizza and others eat focaccia. (BTW, it was my understanding that focaccia is a type of bread. Is that wrong?) Or you could just say that everyone eats flatbread, but that would be a different thing entirely.