# What do you (or someone you know) eat that would make others go EEEWWWWWWWW!!!!!????? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 30, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991 "2009-12-30T01:24:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/81 "2009-12-31T07:19:00Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > And yet your user name. :dubious: > > Watching some stupid show recently I saw foie gras geese waddling about a French farmyard with the narrator claiming that the geese must waddle about for their health and that, technically, force-feeding them until their livers grew fat was very much like their natural binging before migrating. Said migration having only usually resulting in their deaths. > > I live in an area infested with their Canada cousins. All year round. Sure, up until a few years ago we’d look above of a November eve and our hearts would gladden at the sight of those endangered creatures. No more. If those stupid fucking geese weren’t salmonella factories on the hoof I’d introduce one to my oven via the silence of a modern air rifle. Heh. My username is stupid, I selected it on a lark, I love eating foie gras, but its so prohibitively expensive, therefore its evil, etc, yadda. I don’t really give a shit about how birds are treated for their livers, because their livers are fucking good and also because domestic foie comes from American Hudson Valley ducks that are humanely harvested for their livers compared to their French geese counterparts. They are Freedom Livers!. And I agree about Canadian Geese. They are quite populous enough now, thanks. Their livers are crap too, damn Canadians. 😃 ---
**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:** [December 31, 2009, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/82 "2009-12-31T07:19:37Z")
Anchovies and other small fish right out of the can. Salsa as salad dressing. Oatmeal with any or all of the following in it: veggie broth, shrooms, cheese, veggie burgers, potatoes, hot sauce, curry powder. Vodka with oj and diet root beer. Raw oysters. Baby corn. Hearts of palm Tuna and cheese on a baked potato. Bacon Salt on everything from Bloody Marys to cantaloupe. Peeps! Capers. Cilantro. Anchovy-stuffed olives. Baby food mixed with salt and hot sauce on bread or in a wrap. Necco wafers. Birdseed with steak sauce or salad dressing. Any nut dipped in any cream cheese. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/83 "2009-12-31T07:20:55Z")
> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#): > > Baby food mixed with salt and hot sauce on bread or in a wrap. > Birdseed with steak sauce or salad dressing. Aha! You are frakking weird! Baby food? EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWW! ---
**Author:** ![horsetech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dec6dc/32.png) [@horsetech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horsetech)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/84 "2009-12-31T07:27:59Z")
> [@LVBoPeep](#): > > They are very tender, hence the comparison to oysters (which I happen to like, btw- fried or raw), but very, very salty and weird. Gotcha. What’s weird about eating hot dogs and ketchup? I thought that was a standard practice. > [@](#): > > Heh. My username is stupid, I selected it on a lark, I love eating foie gras, but its so prohibitively expensive, therefore its evil, etc, yadda. :dubious: Lark livers are pretty darn small. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/85 "2009-12-31T07:37:13Z")
Broccoli and ketchup together is one of my favorite vegetable side dishes. Just barely steam the broccoli past “tender-crisp” so it’s still bright green but a tiny bit softer, and dip it in ketchup. Yum! I love to eat bacon with caramel ice creams like Americone Dream. Hot chili paste on the sweet-and-salty peanut bars that I think are made by Nature Valley? If I’m craving calcium, the chili paste is replaced with a slice of pepperjack cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/86 "2009-12-31T07:56:57Z")
I like my french toast made as a savoury dish and eaten with ketchup (the egg wash has soya sauce, worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and other spices added). I’ve tried it sweet with syrup, and that’s just weird. My way prevents me from ever ordering it in a restaurant, though (I did once, when I was young and foolish and didn’t realize other people put sugar on it after cooking it - blech). I like french fries dipped in a chocolate shake or chocolate ice cream, too, but that doesn’t seem weird to me. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/87 "2009-12-31T08:48:58Z")
I love sushi. My family insists that it is disgusting. On the other hand, I remember as a young child loving cantaloupe. Something switched in my brain when I turned about eight or nine. I haven’t been able to eat cantaloupe since. At 28 now, there’s still something about it that tastes disgusting to me. Haven’t eaten any for nearly twenty years now. ---
**Author:** ![Walpurgis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Walpurgis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walpurgis)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/88 "2009-12-31T09:18:32Z")
I dip french fries in soft ice cream. For some reason everyone else thinks that’s horrible, but it’s really very yummy. ---
**Author:** ![wolf-alice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@wolf-alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf-alice)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/89 "2009-12-31T10:18:48Z")
I don’t eat meat these days, but I’ve eaten raw chicken before now. This _horrifies_ people. I know it’s dangerous, but I was curious. It’s pretty moreish, actually. I’m also big on raw potato, and my caper threshold is all wrong – I buy catering sized jars and eat them by the fat handful. Tastes of green! I also like my French toast savoury with ketchup, **Cat Whisperer**. I think that’s a standard British thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/90 "2009-12-31T10:54:13Z")
Haggis is OK - it’s just another kind of sausage really - there are things I like better, but it’s not bad. I ate snails from my back garden once (properly prepared) - they were OK - not really very interesting though, but mentioning that one occasionally raises an eyebrow. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/91 "2009-12-31T14:50:26Z")
I’m convinced that the word “Delicacy” is an ancient latin term for “I dare you to eat that.” That said, I love turkey and ranch dressing. My family thinks it’s disgusting, but I think it’s the best Thanksgiving food ever. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/92 "2009-12-31T18:42:24Z")
Sunny Rolls: California rolls with carrot wrap around them instead of seaweed, courtesy of Trader Joe’s. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/93 "2009-12-31T18:43:30Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Raw tomatoes > Cottage cheese slathered with black pepper > Parmesan cheese on chili > Potato salad with plenty of paprika > Pepperjack cheese on a ham sandwich Have you tried cottage cheese with Tabasco? I grossed out my friends by eating it in a restaurant. They just have no concept of its goodness. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/94 "2009-12-31T18:55:35Z")
People seem to think that fries dipped in mayo is evil. And yet, when questioned, have no problem with potato salad. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/95 "2009-12-31T18:56:18Z")
As mundane as it sounds, I have eaten breakfast with plenty of folks who cannnot stand the sight of poached eggs. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/96 "2009-12-31T18:58:29Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > As mundane as it sounds, I have eaten breakfast with plenty of folks who cannnot stand the sight of poached eggs. That’s because poached eggs tend to move a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/97 "2009-12-31T19:22:31Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > I’m convinced that the word “Delicacy” is an ancient latin term for “I dare you to eat that.” > > That said, I love turkey and ranch dressing. My family thinks it’s disgusting, but I think it’s the best Thanksgiving food ever. One of my salt-fiend friends shreds her Thanksgiving turkey and eats it on potato chips/crisps. I’d be a bit grossed out, but we’re talking about a group of people who have managed to dry out a nicely fat Hutterite turkey every time I’ve had Thanksgiving with them. If you don’t like gravy, the chips are the next solution, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/98 "2009-12-31T19:43:17Z")
I have a snack I’ve adored since I was a kid. My wife thinks it’s really weird, and loves to describe it to her friends to get an EWWW reaction from them. I call it a “cracker sandwich” or, alternately, a “peanut butter and cracker sandwich”. (Yes, I know, sounds Elvis-inspired … ) Basically entails two slices of bread with peanut butter on them (I prefer crunchy PB for this). Then, one of the slices is covered with crackers (usually saltines, but I’ve been knonwn to use Graham crackers as a special treat), these are _whole_, unbroken crackers, usually four (in a square pattern) tends to do it. then, cover that slice with the other slice, PB side facing the crackers of course, and voila! One of my favourite snacks! How did it come about? Well, when we were kids, my isster said that one of her stuffed animals loved crackers. One day, I decided to make a snack for her animal to “eat” and came up with the above recipe. Being a stuffed animal, though, _someone_ had to eat it for the beast. I did and loved it since. (VERY filling too, for some reason … ) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/99 "2009-12-31T20:22:57Z")
> [@wolf-alice](#): > > \ > I also like my French toast savoury with ketchup, **Cat Whisperer**. I think that’s a standard British thing. I’ve wondered about that. I’m not in Britain, however, so it remains a weird thing here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991/100 "2009-12-31T22:21:08Z")
Oxtail, beef tongue, and beef cheek meat are all things that I was a bit squicked out by the first time I had them but they all taste great so I got over it. I do get weird looks when I tell people I’m making oxtail stew but everybody I’ve talked into trying it has loved it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-or-someone-you-know-eat-that-would-make-others-go-eeewwwwwwww/522991.md?page=6)