# Unpopular Foods You Like **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 8, 2002, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952 "2002-06-08T06:52:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/61 "2002-06-10T19:12:27Z")
I love: herring, pickled or otherwise sardines liverwurst fruitcake white sausage okra chicken ‘n’ a biskit crackers raw oysters really sweet tea hard cider banana flip snack cakes honey mustard pretzels broccoli but vegemite? Tried it. Afterwards the jar sat unopened for months, and it DIDN’T MATTER. Isn’t it really just the sludge from the bottom of a brewery vat? I still gag if I recall that taste. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/62 "2002-06-10T23:10:42Z")
My mother’s meatloaf. I don’t know what’s in it, I and don’t want to know. The worst thing I ever saw was a friend of mine that would drink sauerkraut juice. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/63 "2002-06-11T01:07:56Z")
I adore cabbage–didn’t realize it was all that unpopular and that puzzles me. Gods, cabbage is my all-time favorite vegetable! I love sauerkraut, too, as long as it’s rinsed and drained. Mushrooms, but only fresh ones; the canned ones are gross. Ham spread is good, but not something I’d make myself–and on the ‘mock ham spread’ subject, here’s something my mother made that apparently came out of Depression days: chop up a pound of bologna or hotdogs, brown with onions, add a large can of diced tomatoes, serve over rice. She called it ‘machunka’, which is some Russian dialectical word that I don’t know the proper meaning of. It’s delicious. My mother made a killer meatloaf and so do I. And I’ll come boldly out and confess to the world that, YES, I LOVE fruitcake! ---
**Author:** ![Burnt\_Sugar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@Burnt\_Sugar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burnt_Sugar)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/64 "2002-06-11T06:05:35Z")
I hate: - butter - mushrooms - the texture puts me off by itself - brussels - how can ANYONE like these? - any seafood - baked beans - olives - cooked tomatoes - pawpaw - tomato soup - pork (but bacon… yum…) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/65 "2002-06-11T06:19:08Z")
Human flesh. Tastes like Spam. ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/66 "2002-06-11T10:18:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blue Curls \* > \*\*I hate: > > - butter > - mushrooms - the texture puts me off by itself > - brussels - how can ANYONE like these? > - any seafood > - baked beans > - olives > - cooked tomatoes > - pawpaw > - tomato soup > - pork (but bacon… yum…) \*\* Uh…wrong thread, methinks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/67 "2002-06-11T12:51:07Z")
Scrapple, braunschwager, spinach, squash, turnips, brussels sprouts, smoked oysters, raw oysters, raw beef, grits…mmmmmm. I had Spam fritters once that were EXCELLENT. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/68 "2002-06-11T13:19:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TheLoadedDog \* > \*\*Put simply, durian smells like puke. It tastes exquisite though. The Vietnamese shops where I live sell durian flavoured _everything_ from buscuits to cake, and I don’t like any of them, but durian itself is incredible stuff. \*\*Bleyahah! In Singapore, there are signs in the MRT stations that warn you not to take durians on the trains. Thems some nasty fruit! For myself, I love veggies. Brocolli, cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts… mmm, love that crunchiness! I also enjoy pigs’ trotters and chicken feet at dim sum. Sashimi is good too. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/69 "2002-06-11T15:35:07Z")
I dunno if this qualifies, but like a lot of this stuff, it’s a cultural thing: GEFILTE FISH!!! Yum… especially with a good, strong horseradish. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/70 "2002-06-11T16:32:36Z")
I love peanut butter and apples. Thanks for the reminder, **Kegg**! Red licorice. Brach’s is best, but I can’t ever find it any more. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/71 "2002-06-11T16:42:37Z")
Whole milk. Butter. Radish sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/72 "2002-06-11T16:54:12Z")
I love Spam. I love Spam so much I try to make all friends eat it. On the Fourth of July I make Spam musubi and convert everyone around me to joys of eating Spam. Low Sodium Spam, for the health conscious. As long as you can bear the occasional bone chip, culinary heaven awaits. I love liverwurst, too; used to eat a lot of sandwiches as a kid. But only at a friend’s house, because my mother wouldn’t allow it at home. I’ve liked pimento loaf, which I haven’t had in years but I think it’s time again. Kim chee is the balls Marie. I stank like it all last week because I ate it with every meal. Someone once opened my fridge, saw a jar of kim chee sitting on the shelf, and thought it was preserved organs. In my fridge. I want to try durian, but I’m afraid my vomit phobia won’t let me get one bite in or even down. And kippers for breakfast? Hell yes, spread 'em on some bread. And abandon the premises pronto. Oh, and **bibliophage**? That fruitcake sounds _awesome_. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/73 "2002-06-11T16:59:15Z")
And in all that time it took to load my post, I forgot dessert: Turkish Delight, which I know grosses some people here out. (I also wanted to include my new sig, which is soooo appropriate here.) ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/74 "2002-06-11T17:05:45Z")
I’m going to agree with **Gonzoron** - much of this is cultural. I looked at the list posted by **TheLoadedDog** and read the description of KimChee, which has been mentioned here. The description is: _ **fermented mixture of vegetables, meat or fish, and very strong chili peppers, pickeled and aged. Legend has it that people bury it for extended periods of time, THEN eat it.** _ What the fook is that? I’ve been eating Kimchee my whole life and have yet to have it with meat or fish. If you go to ANY Korean restaurant and request kimchee, you’re going to get napa cabbage that has been pickled with chili peppers - if you’re LUCKY, you’ll get cucumber kimchee. But like bloody fookin’ hell are you going to get something with meat or fish. Makes me more than a little skeptical of that list. In the spirit of the OP, I enjoy pickled herring. Those of you who eat durian…I see them all the time as the Asian grocery store and never knew what they were until now. So let’s say I bought one…how would I eat it and what would it taste like? Can I just cut it open and dig in? And really, how offensive of a smell are we talking here? Tibs. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/75 "2002-06-11T18:03:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Makes > me more than a little skeptical of that list. Yeah, with the inclusion of [Spotted Dick](http://www.compulink.co.uk/~ossystems/rfmbs/spotted_dick.html) where it is as well; I don’t think it belongs alongside jellied eels, brawn, and kidney pie. The kim chee I have in my refrigerator now lists fish sauce as one of the ingredients; perhaps that’s a cause of confusion for some, but I’m with **Tiburon** here; kim chee is pretty much vegetable-based. ---
**Author:** ![AzRaek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/azraek/32/16739_2.png) [@AzRaek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AzRaek)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/76 "2002-06-11T19:42:50Z")
I love frying Spam n eggs. My cholesterol is naturally low, so I can eat as much as I can stand. Usually once a week. TANG…I cant be the only one who still drinks this? A quart a day for 25 years, extra strong…almsot chunky. Kippers (kippered herring). the little tins of oily salty nasty fish that my mom made me eat out on the porch when I was a kid. I got my fiance to like them now, so we stink up the house. I love being a grown-up. ---
**Author:** ![JonTheHasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@JonTheHasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonTheHasher)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/77 "2002-06-11T22:57:56Z")
Sashimi (just nice li’l slabs of raw fish) Pork rinds (mmmm…deep fried lard!) Halvah is yummy! I gotta agree with the “marbled” as the best. I’ll take my chocolate separately, thank you. All kinds o’ veggies. And I love having smelly pee after eating asparagus! ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/78 "2002-06-12T00:42:45Z")
Pork rinds! Asparagus! Kippers! This nifty cracker spread that my mama taught me how to make: liverwurst and cream cheese with chopped onion! Hard likker, straight up! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/79 "2002-06-12T00:51:24Z")
I’m only posting to this to move this thread. It was right under the thread titled “Why don’t hungry people eat their babies?” I just thought the sequential thread titles were disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unpopular-foods-you-like/112952/80 "2002-06-12T00:52:11Z")
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