# Underrated foods **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 13, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633 "2002-12-13T23:21:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/1 "2002-12-13T23:21:31Z")
So I’m sitting here eating a delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwich (literally) and I start thinking about how much I like these sandwiches. They’re salty, sweet and utterly fantastic. But frequently, they are looked down on, mostly because of overexposure during childhood (my guess, anyway). So on to the list - which foods frequently get picked on as “mundane” or “kiddie food” but don’t deserve it? My nomination is obviously PBJ. But meatloaf could certainly be added to the list. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/2 "2002-12-13T23:47:13Z")
orange squash spaghetti corned beef baked beans ravioli ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/3 "2002-12-13T23:52:17Z")
Beef cheeks particularly in home-made ravioli especially at **Babbo** , NYC. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/4 "2002-12-13T23:54:52Z")
grilled cheese sandwiches soft-boiled eggs with buttered toast applesauce ---
**Author:** ![Neurotik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@Neurotik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neurotik)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/5 "2002-12-14T00:00:28Z")
Beef cheeks? ---
**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:** [December 14, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/6 "2002-12-14T00:01:30Z")
Habanero pepper jelly! I just had it on a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch today, and it was magnificent! ---
**Author:** ![l1I235](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@l1I235](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/l1I235)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/7 "2002-12-14T00:03:28Z")
Lunchables. Tasty, cheap, and a decent nutritionally to other cheap/quick foods. I have only recently rediscovered them. And Spaghetti-os. Got to love those little cans of pasta and tomato-paste stuff. ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/8 "2002-12-14T00:06:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Neurotik \* > \*\*Beef cheeks? \*\* Yeah, beef cheeks! I used to love halibut cheeks when I lived in Seattle. Mmmmm…so tender, soooo yummm-eeeeee! Cheeks are waaaay underrated. Signed, Cheeky Monkey ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/9 "2002-12-14T00:08:21Z")
Oh, yeah…I’m talkin’ about the cheeks in the face. :o ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/10 "2002-12-14T00:10:21Z")
Beans on toast. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/11 "2002-12-14T00:21:30Z")
mac-n-cheese ~! mac-n-cheese!! i lubs my mac-n-cheese, i do ! ---
**Author:** ![cherry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/12 "2002-12-14T00:23:08Z")
salami sandwich ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/13 "2002-12-14T01:43:41Z")
Circus peanuts ---
**Author:** ![ezra\_brooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/13edae/32.png) [@ezra\_brooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ezra_brooks)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/14 "2002-12-14T01:56:08Z")
egg salad ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/15 "2002-12-14T03:05:35Z")
Fried bologna sandwitches. They are great. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/16 "2002-12-14T03:19:01Z")
Oh man yes…fried bologna. But with american cheese on toasty bread, slathered with mustard. With barbeque fritos shoved in the middle. Mmmm mmmm good! My other treat: Campbells cream of potato soup with bacon bits and cheddar chunks. And a handfull of oyster crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Tony\_Montana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@Tony\_Montana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tony_Montana)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/17 "2002-12-14T04:33:17Z")
fish or specifically **salmon** mmmmmmmmm…poached King salmon. In my experience (in the lower 48) when I mention fish, some would say “fish??” or “eww fish!”(I think most people conjure images of a baked whole red fish on a plate with some sort of vegetable in its mouth) but come to my kitchen during the winter king run and I’ll chef you up the best salmon you ever tasted… ---
**Author:** ![Grit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@Grit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/18 "2002-12-14T06:49:09Z")
NOTE: The following response has nothing whatever to do with my user-name which resulted from a long complicated situation which I am not prepared to go into at this time. When I was growing up in south Mississippi my mother would prepare grits several times a week for breakfast. To this day just the sound of a pot glub-glubbing on the stove (there are those of you who know what sound I’m talking about) can sooth all but my most serious stresses. Today the cure consists of a bowl of grits with cheddar cheese, butter, salt, pepper and two pieces of toast to the side. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/19 "2002-12-14T08:07:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tony Montana \* > \*\*fish or specifically **salmon** mmmmmmmmm…poached King salmon. > In my experience (in the lower 48) when I mention fish, some would say “fish??” or “eww fish!”(I think most people conjure images of a baked whole red fish on a plate with some sort of vegetable in its mouth) > but come to my kitchen during the winter king run and I’ll chef you up the best salmon you ever tasted… \*\* I grew up eating fish and had a good cook for a mother, but I still never liked fish. Mollusks and crustaceans are tasty though 🙂 I haven’t had it in a long time, and the mere thought of it kind of disgusts me, but I recall having cow’s tongue a few times and finding it very tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/20 "2002-12-14T08:17:40Z")
> [@](#): > > by Grit > Today the cure consists of a bowl of grits with cheddar cheese, butter, salt, pepper and two pieces of toast to the side. Salt and pepper??? On your grits?? What happened to the sugar??? I still eat strawberry shortcake ice cream bars… And I mix mayonnaise in with the peanut butter and jelly. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633.md?page=2)