# Really Horrible Experimental Flavors **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104 "2008-07-02T21:45:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/41 "2008-07-03T16:59:17Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I love ginger Altoids but they’re incredibly hard to find. I knew one convenience store in northern Vermont that carries them so I’d stock up whenever I was in that area. Then a few months back I happened to stop in a local drug store that was about five blocks from where I live and they had a whole rack of them. On sale. [/QUOTE] For a brief time, they made chocolate-coated ginger altoids. To die for!! I can occasionally find the plain ginger ones at a local grocery store. Yum!! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/42 "2008-07-03T17:00:26Z")
I tried wasabi anchovies, but didn’t care for 'em. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/43 "2008-07-03T17:01:22Z")
I loves me some salty licorice. Years ago a friend and I were trying to figure out the flavors of Jelly Bellys. Some were pretty easily identifiable. But there was one flavor that we concluded must be brown rice. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/44 "2008-07-03T17:08:10Z")
[QUOTE=Qadgop the Mercotan] I tried wasabi anchovies, but didn’t care for 'em. [/QUOTE] Please tell me you’re not joking and where I can get some! ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/45 "2008-07-03T17:12:07Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] I love ginger Altoids but they’re incredibly hard to find. I knew one convenience store in northern Vermont that carries them so I’d stock up whenever I was in that area. Then a few months back I happened to stop in a local drug store that was about five blocks from where I live and they had a whole rack of them. On sale. [/QUOTE] Huh. Up here they’re as common as regular altoids. I see 'em all the time at Bartells (local drug store chain), Rite Aid and Walgreens. Maybe you should keep checking the other drug stores in your area. I’m not even that big a fan of chocolate and I love the chocolate ginger ones. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/46 "2008-07-03T17:27:09Z")
Has anyone ever tried the “Harry Potter” Jelly Bellies, with tempting flavors such as dirt, earwax, and vomit? One of my friends got a box of them as a goof, and told me to try one. I picked out one of the brown, dirt flavored ones and thought to myself, "There’s no WAY this is going to taste like dirt. It’s probably chocolate flavored and they’re calling it dirt as a gross out factor for kids. " I poppped it in my mouth and started chewing. And it tasted like…dirt. Like I had an entire mouthful of gritty, earthy, dirt. That was the only one I had. And NO, I didn’t try the vomit or earthworm flavored one. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/47 "2008-07-03T17:32:01Z")
Yes, see post #36 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/48 "2008-07-03T17:33:10Z")
The purple-bag Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos are AWESOME. God, they rock so hard and I can never find them! On the other hand, whoever stocks the vending machine at work must pocket the money and then buy chips at the government surplus store. One week the whole top row was Ketchup flavored, Steak and Worchestershire, and Kosher Dill. And they stayed there forever because who the hell is going to buy them? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/49 "2008-07-03T17:44:35Z")
[Worst Chips Ever](http://www.taquitos.net/snacks.php?page_code=25) How yummy is this? The worst chip flavors in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/50 "2008-07-03T17:54:11Z")
I too love the Sweet Chili doritos. And I’ve tried Bertie Botts every flavor beans. I think I ate three and then threw the box away. So much potential there. I wonder why they went with just the gross ones. Recently I bought a bag of rapsberries and blackberries, these guys here, [http://www.amazon.com/Confections-Jelly-Belly-Raspberries-Blackberries/dp/B0006JKWV2/ref=sr\_1\_1?ie=UTF8&s=gourmet-food&qid=1215107543&sr=1-1](http://www.amazon.com/Confections-Jelly-Belly-Raspberries-Blackberries/dp/B0006JKWV2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=gourmet-food&qid=1215107543&sr=1-1) because I remember loving them as a kid. I got through about five pieces before deciding they are gross and threw the bag away. Now I wonder if I ever did like them as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/51 "2008-07-03T19:16:52Z")
[QUOTE=Shark Sandwich] Has anyone ever tried the “Harry Potter” Jelly Bellies, with tempting flavors such as dirt, earwax, and vomit? [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=OpalCat] Yes, see post #36 [/QUOTE] and #37. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/52 "2008-07-03T19:18:43Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] whoever stocks the vending machine at work must pocket the money and then buy chips at the government surplus store. One week the whole top row was Ketchup flavored, Steak and Worchestershire, and Kosher Dill. And they stayed there forever because who the hell is going to buy them? [/QUOTE] As long as they’re not rancid, I’d eat the Dill and S&W. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/53 "2008-07-03T19:36:35Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] As long as they’re not rancid [/QUOTE] Sheesh, so picky! There’s no pleasing some people, I swear! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/54 "2008-07-03T19:37:57Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] As long as they’re not rancid, I’d eat the Dill and S&W. [/QUOTE] How can you tell? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/55 "2008-07-03T20:33:36Z")
Whatever happened to Marmite ice cream? Or hedgehog flavoured crisps? (Yes, both of those are, or were, real. Why a supposedly loving God permits such things, though, has never been satisfactorily explained.) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/56 "2008-07-03T22:25:48Z")
[QUOTE=Future Londonite] INFADEL…salted and especialy double-salted licorice is the food of the Gods [/QUOTE] :eek: Which Gods? Oh, I’m not questioning that it may well be the food of a certain subset of Gods, but given the possibilities, I’m sure we’re not talking about someone like YHVH or Odin, but something more along the lines of Chalchiutotolin (Jade Turkey, or Aztec God of Penitence) or Ardra (Minor Hindu Goddess of Misfortune). ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/57 "2008-07-04T05:45:47Z")
[QUOTE=zweisamkeit] They remind me of the Szechuan “barbeque” flavored “semi Pringles” things\* that were LIKE CRACK TO ME but I thankfully can’t find anymore. [/QUOTE] Best things in the history of time itself. We still carry the parmesan garlic and sundried tomato and cinnamon sweet potato (uck), but not the Szechuan BBQ ones any more. I’d open a bag of those and not come up for air 'til they were gone. And now they’re gone forever ☹ The spicy sweet chili Doritos are awesome too, but not like my Pringles Szechuan BBQ rice crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/58 "2008-07-04T05:48:32Z")
[QUOTE=Future Londonite] INFADEL…salted and especialy double-salted licorice is the food of the Gods (or at least whatever God takes care of the Netherlands). I sure love my self a good handfull of double-salted licorice (seeing that DZ printed on those delicious black discs makes me squeel with anticipation). [/QUOTE] You speak the truth. Love the DZ. ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/59 "2008-07-04T08:31:49Z")
When I was a kid, watching the Partridge Family, Danny was eating a peanut butter and tuna sandwhich so I thought I’d try it. it was the first and last time I ever got sucked in by a celebrity endorsement. Holy crap! That tasted nasty! ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2008, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104/60 "2008-07-04T12:19:33Z")
Do experimental flavours that you yourself have created count? Because, if so, I submit for your consideration my creation of **yoghurt aux escargots**. Yes, it is as hideous as it sounds. I will leave the taste and texture to your imagination. As a modicum of discharge, I have to say that I was under the influence of alcohol at the time. There was the time, also, when I cooked a dish of spaghetti for five people using for the sauce, instead of a tube of concentrated tomato paste, a tube of concentrated jalapeño paste. However, that was an honest mistake, due to a concatenation of unfortunate factors. Just my 2 eurocent! _Holy frobozzle! 100 posts!!_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-horrible-experimental-flavors/455104.md?page=4)