# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/41 "2002-12-14T21:06:52Z")
Tater tots - yum. I also like the occasional salami & muenster cheese sandwich (on white bread that has a coating of mustard on each side). Oooohhh - feta cheese or some type of blue cheese, just eaten out of the hand. Or mozzerella. My dad’s rice balls (I forget the Italian name): Baseball-sized spheres of rice with tomato sauce, mozzerella & ricotta in the middle that’re coated with seasoned bread crumbs and fried up. Yummm. Damn. I’m hungry. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/42 "2002-12-14T23:55:28Z")
> [@](#): > > mac and cheese with tuna mixed in. Thank God, I thought I was the only one who loved that! Macaroni is WAY too plain without tuna. ---
**Author:** ![Grit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@Grit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grit)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/43 "2002-12-15T01:46:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by LouisB \* > \*\ ***Zoe,** you hadda be joking about sugar on grits, right? You don’t really put sugar on grits, do you? If you do, stop! it! now! \*\* Thank you **LouisB** I was in too much shock to reply. To paraphrase “My Cousin Vinny”; No self respectin’ southerner puts sugar on grits! ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/44 "2002-12-15T02:33:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVeblen \* > (Okay, okay, I eat it with generous sprinkles of salt and a splash or five of Tabasco. Deluded people can ::shudders:: resort to powdered sugar and maple syrup.) > > Veb Deluded person here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/45 "2002-12-15T02:45:47Z")
Liverwurst, piled **really** thick on very fresh bread (white or wheat), with a thin coating of yellow (not brown) mustard. Mmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/46 "2002-12-15T03:42:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by roadkiller \* > \*\*Thank God, I thought I was the only one who loved that! Macaroni is WAY too plain without tuna. \*\* It’s even better if you throw in some of those frozen peas and pearl onions, but just heated throught…don’t cook the peas into mush…one friend of mine watched in amazement as I ate this concoction, which he called “white trash food.” (He was amazed because normally, I’m a rather skilled cook, and tend to make things that are rather more elaborate, even if it’s just for myself - usually from scratch. He’d seriously never seen me eat a processed food product. I think he still hasn’t gotten over it.) ---
**Author:** ![boomvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@boomvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boomvark)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/47 "2002-12-15T04:35:56Z")
Smoked fish. Especially mullet, although bluefish aren’t half bad either. ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/48 "2002-12-15T05:06:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by roadkiller \* > \*\*Thank God, I thought I was the only one who loved that! Macaroni is WAY too plain without tuna. \*\* Even better, add some frozen peas and a spoonful of green chile, and you’ve really got something there. I’ll go for the PBnJ or the Grilled Cheese with a bowl of tomato soup. I wish I had somma’dat right now. This thread is making me hungry. ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/49 "2002-12-15T05:08:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eva Luna \* > \*\*It’s even better if you throw in some of those frozen peas and pearl onions, but just heated throught…don’t cook the peas into mush…one friend of mine watched in amazement as I ate this concoction, which he called “white trash food.” (He was amazed because normally, I’m a rather skilled cook, and tend to make things that are rather more elaborate, even if it’s just for myself - usually from scratch. He’d seriously never seen me eat a processed food product. I think he still hasn’t gotten over it.) \*\* Heheh… one of my old roommates went around to the other roomies asking if I was OK after seeing me cook meatloaf. Mmm, meatloaf… another underrated food… ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/50 "2002-12-15T05:44:23Z")
TOAST!!! It’s great with anything…peanut butter, jelly, butter, cream cheese, sliced cheese, tuna. YUMMY!!! ---
**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/51 "2002-12-15T06:56:00Z")
\*\* Home Fries! \*\* with anything but especailly fried eggs and sausage.Not those godawful frozen hash brown things.Real cooked potatoes fried in oil or bacon grease with onion.Fried crispy on the outside. Also would 2nd the liverwurst,tongue,and just about any deli sandwich.But nice spicy gulden’s or other dark horseradishy type mustard.Rye for sandwiches,wheat for toast for yolk dipping. Fantasy’s over back, to my soy and grain staples. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/52 "2002-12-15T15:29:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cosmopolitan \* > \*\* > My dad’s rice balls (I forget the Italian name): Baseball-sized spheres of rice with tomato sauce, mozzerella & ricotta in the middle that’re coated with seasoned bread crumbs and fried up. Yummm. > > Damn. I’m hungry. \*\* I think they’re called _suppli al telefono_; I saw a recipe and photo in a cookbook once, and one of these days I’ll try making them (the next time I have some leftover risotto…yeah, right!). They looked yummy! And on that note, off to cook breakfast, which today I think will be a spinach and dill havarti omelete, with maybe some home fries…you guys are making me hungry! ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/53 "2002-12-15T17:47:24Z")
I grew up in New England and loved seafood from a very early age. As far as I’m concerned, if it swims, it’s terrific. BUT, one of my best friends, who grew up on the water in coastal Maine AND whose dad is a lobsterman, can’t stand any kind of fish - go figure. As for underrated kiddie foods or snacks? _ **PEEPS!!** _ Peeps squished into some peanut butter between two slices of bread are even better - kinda like a really firm Fluffernutter. ---
**Author:** ![Washte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dc4da7/32.png) [@Washte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washte)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/54 "2002-12-15T17:50:14Z")
What a scrummy thread! I’ve not seen anything revolting yet - okay except for perhaps tongue… **Zoe** next time you make a peanut butter and mayo sarnie, add a slice of mild (or medium) cheddar cheese. Miracle Whip will make it a zing all the better, but mayo works in a pinch. This is quite tasty. The hubby tried several times trying to get me to try it until I finally gave in. Glad I did 🙂 **Duckster** , have you ever had peanut butter (chunky is best) with Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup? Absolutely fantastic! Just a teaspoon or so is all you need. Perhaps it’s because the sweetness in the peanut butter takes away the saltiness of the soup. For whatever reason, it is nice. Gee, this makes me sound like a peanut butter nut…hehehe…_nut_… but I’m not, really. American underrated grub: Spaghettios, Kraft mac-n-cheese with extra milk in just so it’s a bit soupy, PBJ sarnies, grilled cheese with tomato soup… English underrated grub: Beans on toast, mushy peas, pork pies, all English sausages and bacon, Yorkshire puddin’s… Oh, and those rice ball thingys sound gorgeous! ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/55 "2002-12-15T21:37:25Z")
Arancini, that’s what the rice balls are called. And there are a ton of variations - the ones Dad makes are fairly simple, but gooooood. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/56 "2002-12-16T02:56:18Z")
Another vote to meatloaf…I miss my Mom’s homemade meatloaf, which was even better the next day cold in a sandwich with plenty of “Gulden’s Spicy Brown” mustard. If cooked properly, plain basmati rice is one cheap, easy snack. ---
**Author:** ![coletaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@coletaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coletaz)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/57 "2002-12-16T07:29:32Z")
candied yams BLTs celery and peanut butter yummmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![MrPeabody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7cd45c/32.png) [@MrPeabody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrPeabody)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633/58 "2002-12-16T11:13:44Z")
Cream of wheat is for stress filled days. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underrated-foods/142633.md?page=2)