# What is the weirdest thing you've seen someone eat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 20, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307 "2015-08-20T01:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/21 "2015-08-20T14:02:05Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > For example, my mother-in-law just calmly served herself a cup of mayonnaise and a bowl of Fritos and then ate them. Frito dipped in unadulterated mayo. Chomp, smack, swallow. _shiver_ I had to leave the room. I know that mayo is part of all kinds of dips, but that was just a bridge too far for me. That does sound nasty. On the other hand, I’ve been known to eat Saltines spread with a thin layer of mayo. It’s salty, greasy, tangy, delicious! ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/22 "2015-08-20T14:27:47Z")
I’ve had many people tell me that frozen pizza, dipped in salad dressing, is the best thing ever. Personally, I don’t give a damn if it tastes like heaven, that’s still just a weird thing to do and I’ll have no part of it. ---
**Author:** ![Oglomott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oglomott/32/3543_2.png) [@Oglomott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oglomott)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/23 "2015-08-20T14:41:01Z")
White rice covered in grape jelly. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/24 "2015-08-20T14:49:07Z")
A drunken friend of mine in college ransacked my cupboards looking for _anything_ to eat. He ended up with canned sweet corn topped with Manwich sauce. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/25 "2015-08-20T15:49:57Z")
> [@ddsun](#): > > I’m not looking for you went to Mongolia and watched someone eat sheep eyes here. > > What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen someone eat, of their own volition, out of common household ingredients? No bets, dares, or your brother made it for you. > > For example, my mother-in-law just calmly served herself a cup of mayonnaise and a bowl of Fritos and then ate them. Frito dipped in unadulterated mayo. Chomp, smack, swallow. _shiver_ I had to leave the room. I know that mayo is part of all kinds of dips, but that was just a bridge too far for me. What, you mean just like [Belgian-style Pommes Frites?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accompaniments_to_french_fries#Belgium) Your definiton of “weird” is weird, or at least pretty parochial. ---
**Author:** ![Unpronounceable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9de0a6/32.png) [@Unpronounceable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unpronounceable)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/26 "2015-08-20T15:56:05Z")
I’ve mentioned it before, but: Calamari chips. Think potato chips, except made from squid. Also, they smell worse than tear gas. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/27 "2015-08-20T16:12:22Z")
Once I was at McDonald’s and a woman and her son were standing at the condiment station. Kid was about 4 or 5 I’d estimate and the mother was holding an ice cream cone. She asked him if he wanted butterscotch on his ice cream. As he was nodding his head “yes,” I was thinking, “Wait, there’s no self-serve butterscotch at McDonald’s…” then I watched her squirt sweet and sour sauce onto his ice cream cone and hand it to him. He seemed to enjoy it, so go figure. One of my friends’ wife used to eat spaghetti sandwiches. Not that it tastes bad, but it just seems unnecessary to me. Myself, I like cream cheese with my Fritos. It’s something my parents did, and for a very long time it was the only thing I actually used cream cheese for. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/28 "2015-08-20T16:19:19Z")
On a dare from my brother I cracked two eggs into a glass and drank them down (ala _Rocky_). He nearly puked. This was 2 years ago, not when we were kids. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/29 "2015-08-20T16:27:06Z")
Scrapple. _shudders_ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/30 "2015-08-20T17:04:21Z")
Ron Jeremy. Naw, just kiddin’. Gefilte fish. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/31 "2015-08-20T17:58:26Z")
> [@Unpronounceable](#): > > Calamari chips. Want. Now! Get in my belly. Of course I’ve spent almost two decades trying to find some more squid jerky. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/32 "2015-08-20T17:59:50Z")
> [@August\_West](#): > > A drunken friend of mine in college ransacked my cupboards looking for _anything_ to eat. > > He ended up with canned sweet corn topped with Manwich sauce. I had a roommate in college who tried to throw dinner together one night from whatever he could scrounge in the kitchen. The result was some weird casserole made with spaghetti, canned salmon, and cream-of-something soup, topped with cheddar cheese. No he was not drunk, and no it was not good. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/33 "2015-08-20T18:01:21Z")
Pickles and Maple Syrup ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/34 "2015-08-20T18:09:13Z")
If my gf is drunk, she often mixes mashed potato flakes with some cold milk and eats it before bed. In fact, that’s the only reason we have a box of those flakes in the house. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/35 "2015-08-20T18:26:32Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > What, you mean just like [Belgian-style Pommes Frites?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accompaniments_to_french_fries#Belgium) Your definiton of “weird” is weird, or at least pretty parochial. Now, I eat those. I don’t understand why everyone doesn’t eat those! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/36 "2015-08-20T18:45:04Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Hah, just reading the title, before reading any part of the OP, first thing I thought of was a co-worker who used to eat peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches. My father would do this, but with slices of banana. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/37 "2015-08-20T18:56:36Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I had a roommate in college who tried to throw dinner together one night from whatever he could scrounge in the kitchen. The result was some weird casserole made with spaghetti, canned salmon, and cream-of-something soup, topped with cheddar cheese. No he was not drunk, and no it was not good. I’ve done similar things back when I was poor and trying to teach myself how to cook. A particularly memorable casserole included canned asparagus, which is horrendous all by itself, but when cooked as part of a casserole it completely disintegrated and turned the entire thing a sickly bilious green. It was also not good, but I had no choice but to eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/38 "2015-08-20T19:02:17Z")
**Miss Mapp** , do you mean mayo and banana sandwiches, hold the peanut butter? I had forgotten my grandma used to eat those. Blech! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/39 "2015-08-20T19:07:01Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > What, you mean just like [Belgian-style Pommes Frites?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accompaniments_to_french_fries#Belgium) Your definiton of “weird” is weird, or at least pretty parochial. I’ll say. I’ve done what the OP shudders at many a time. Although what will make most people ralph is that I prefer Miracle Whip to mayo as a dip for Fritos. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307/40 "2015-08-20T19:22:00Z")
I’ve seen people eat fries with mayo plenty… it’s still really weird. Though I also think that people who like putting maple syrup on their bacon are weird too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-weirdest-thing-youve-seen-someone-eat/728307.md?page=3)