# Things that don't taste like what they are supposed to but are still good. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616 "2012-01-15T17:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/1 "2012-01-15T17:15:13Z")
That subject is a mouthful, I know. Peanut Butter Captain Crunch doesn’t taste like peanut butter to me but I still like whatever it is that it tastes like. Oreos don’t taste like chocolate; they taste like Oreos which is delicious and I wish I was eating a handful of them right now (Double stuff!). But still not chocolate to me. Any other foods like that for you? ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/2 "2012-01-15T17:35:56Z")
Grape Nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Dublin11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dublin11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dublin11)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/3 "2012-01-15T17:43:51Z")
Heinz Tomato Soup tastes nothing like tomatoes and nothing like any soup I’ve ever made from tomatoes. But whatever it is that it does taste like, I know I like it. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/4 "2012-01-15T20:19:34Z")
According to some pizza snobs: Pizza Hut or Domino’s. Pizza Snobs say that ain’t pizza but I love the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/5 "2012-01-15T20:52:21Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > According to some pizza snobs: > > Pizza Hut or Domino’s. Pizza Snobs say that ain’t pizza but I love the stuff. I was thinking of Totino’s (not Jeno’s) pizzas. Overly-processed foodstuff, but still tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/6 "2012-01-15T21:41:55Z")
Purple-flavored Kool-Aid. There are no grapes involved - it tastes like purple. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/7 "2012-01-15T22:01:31Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Purple-flavored Kool-Aid. There are no grapes involved - it tastes like purple. Are you trying to claim it tastes nothing like a real Purplesaurus Rex?! ---
**Author:** ![AmsterdamReprobate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/amsterdamreprobate/32/17540_2.png) [@AmsterdamReprobate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmsterdamReprobate)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/8 "2012-01-15T22:01:33Z")
Tiramisu ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/9 "2012-01-15T22:28:42Z")
Artificial banana and watermelon flavored stuff gets murdered on this forum, but most of it is still good. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/10 "2012-01-15T22:48:47Z")
I like artificial raspberry, strawberry and watermelon flavors, but can’t stand artificial banana. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/11 "2012-01-15T23:26:26Z")
Applejacks don’t taste like apples ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/12 "2012-01-15T23:32:48Z")
They based a whole [ad campaign](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggHae3QNvCc&feature=related) on that. Christ, that was '96 and not last year? I’m getting old. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/13 "2012-01-16T00:07:20Z")
Orange soda & orange juice taste very different. If you drink one expecting the other you’ll probably spit it out. But they’re both good in their own ways. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/14 "2012-01-16T21:24:02Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Purple-flavored Kool-Aid. There are no grapes involved - it tastes like purple. Until I made a Concord grape pie a few years back, I too wondered about that purple flavor euphemistically called “grape”. Well, damned if those Concord grapes don’t smell _exactly_ like grape jelly, grape Kool-aid, etc. By the time I got done with that pie filling, my hands and my entire kitchen smelled like a Welch’s factory had blown up all over the place. My submission, in that same vein: cherry candy or beverages. I’ve never tasted a cherry that was even remotely like those, and I love fresh cherries, but I love cherry-flavored Life-savers etc. ---
**Author:** ![markm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@markm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markm)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-taste-like-what-they-are-supposed-to-but-are-still-good/609616/15 "2012-01-16T22:00:36Z")
“Veggie burgers” and similar. There are several that I’ve been coerced into trying because, “they taste just like a burger”. No, they don’t. However, some of them are pretty good in their own right, and if you’d just sell them as “Veggie patties” or something, you’d get a lot more people eating them.