# When you propose something gross as a joke only to find out it's a real thing **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389 "2017-11-01T15:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/21 "2017-11-02T13:16:25Z")
My sister has been making jalapeño brownies for years. Now there are recipes for them. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/22 "2017-11-02T13:44:01Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > So, are you saying Uncooked Pork Swirl turned out to be a real flavor? 😛 > > Although, you’re not too far off – someone in Kansas City came up with [barbecue ice cream](http://www.kansascity.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/chow-town/article160536829.html), made with BBQ sauce and chunks of meat. In a story about Baskin-Robbins several years ago, I read about how they made up a container of Ketchup Ice Cream for a manager who used to put ketchup on everything. If you google “ketchup ice cream” you get quite a few hits: [http://greatgrub.com/reference/ketchup\_ice\_cream](http://greatgrub.com/reference/ketchup_ice_cream) > **[Heinz Carnival Cream (aka Ketchup Ice Cream) – A Mid-Century Recipe Test -...](https://www.midcenturymenu.com/heinz-carnival-cream-aka-ketchup-ice-cream-a-mid-century-recipe-test/)** > > Ever wondered what to do when you only have a cup of cream, a blob of ketchup in the bottle and three eggs? Personally, I would just make scrambled eggs and have a cup of coffee, but it turns out that with those ingredients you can also make a quick... This store actually sells ketchup-mayonnaise ice cream. The mind boggles > **[This Shop Sells Ketchup and Mayo Ice Cream and It's Wildly Popular](https://www.thedailymeal.com/news/travel/shop-sells-ketchup-and-mayo-ice-cream-and-it-s-wildly-popular/072616/)** > > We got the scoop on this bizarre frozen condiment trend from Freezer Burn PH in the Philippines that's trending on social media ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/23 "2017-11-02T13:53:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’ve made corn ice cream. It was okay but not great. > > As I mentioned in my previous post, we made ice cream most weekends. We quickly got bored with normal flavors. So we started taking challenges. Some of the flavors I made: almond, cheesecake, Coca-cola, egg nog, grape, Irish cream, orange, penuche, pistachio, plum, root beer, watermelon, and wintergreen. Some of those are pretty standard: root beer, orange, Irish Cream, and eggnog can be found many well-stocked ice cream shops at least seasonally, and pistachio is downright common. Heck, eggnog is practically cheating: a good eggnog is very, very close to a standard frozen custard mix recipe, give or take some booze. Many years ago at work, we had a guy who for lunch ate ONLY kraft macaroni and cheese. Every day. So when Ice Cream time rolled around, I made him macaroni-and-cheese ice cream (actually just vanilla with a LOT of orange food coloring, but I did include cooked macaroni). It didn’t really work–frozen pasta is nasty and brittle. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/24 "2017-11-02T14:09:25Z")
I once had a conversation with a guy from the UK who couldn’t believe that there are women in the US named Fanny. Don’t we know what Fanny means in the UK? and anyway, it’s meaning is still not so nice in the US. I said, well, so, there are men named “Dick” on both sides of the pond, and the meaning of that isn’t so nice in the US. He got all huffy, because it turned out his father’s name was Dick. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/25 "2017-11-02T14:21:09Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > Some of those are pretty standard: root beer, orange, Irish Cream, and eggnog can be found many well-stocked ice cream shops at least seasonally, and pistachio is downright common. Heck, eggnog is practically cheating: a good eggnog is very, very close to a standard frozen custard mix recipe, give or take some booze. > > Many years ago at work, we had a guy who for lunch ate ONLY kraft macaroni and cheese. Every day. So when Ice Cream time rolled around, I made him macaroni-and-cheese ice cream (actually just vanilla with a LOT of orange food coloring, but I did include cooked macaroni). It didn’t really work–frozen pasta is nasty and brittle. Next time, make cheese ice cream and right before serving, cover with cold macaroni. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/26 "2017-11-02T14:47:32Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > People on the Dope Board like playing with dangerous things, or at least reading about them. > > The liquid in question was a mixture, but the main ingredient was thionyl chloride, AKA sulfer oxychloride, SOCl[sub]2[/sub] > > [Thionyl chloride - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thionyl_chloride) > > The Wikipedia page doesn’t adequately convey its scary possibilities. Try here: > > [http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1850.pdf](http://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1850.pdf) > > It’s highly reactive, to the point of being explosive in some circumstances. It’s very corrosive, and will cause blisters on skin. If you inhale it, it’ll do that to your lungs, causing pulmonary edema. Since it reacts with water, it’s also bad to get it near your eyes or mucus membranes. If you mix it with water, it creates hydrochloric acid and sulfur dioxide and heat. In moist air, this reaction will be going on continuously at a low level, so it’ll fume, releasing acid into the air. > Fun stuff. You can see why even a minor spill cleared building. > > So they tried to find substitutes for it that would not be as dangerous, but most of the substitutes were other oxychlorides, which are all pretty corrosive and reactive, so that wasn’t much help. many substances covered by Derek Lowe’s “[Things I Won’t Work With](http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/category/things-i-wont-work-with)” file. > [@](#): > > Hexanitro? Say what? I’d call for all the chemists who’ve ever worked with a hexanitro compound to raise their hands, but that might be assuming too much about the limb-to-chemist ratio. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/27 "2017-11-02T15:24:01Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Speaking of ice cream, there was an old National Lampoon cartoon with a guy in an ice cream shop, and the flavors are something like Wood, Corn, Glue, and Vanilla. The punch line of course is the kid behind the counter saying “Sorry, we’re out of vanilla.” > > Many years later I worked with a woman from Malaysia who told me corn ice cream is very popular there. It’s also common at the Mexican ice cream shops around here, too. It’s quite nice. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/28 "2017-11-02T16:21:43Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Next time, make cheese ice cream and right before serving, cover with cold macaroni. [This limited time](https://www.chuckecheese.com/cheetos-mac-cheesy-pizza) Chuck E. Cheese Mac and Cheese with Cheetos pizza should be a gross joke but, no, it’s real. Whoever is doing sales/cross-promotions at Cheetos is just fucking killing it! ---
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/29 "2017-11-02T16:33:08Z")
I joked a few times about making bread or brewing beer with vaginal yeast. Turns out both of those things have actually been made in real life. There are also cookbooks out there dedicated to recipes that use placenta or semen. > [@astorian](#): > > Twenty years ago, the girl I was dating quipped that since tattooing and piercing and even branding had become too popular, amputation was surely around the corner. > > She really WAS joking… but it was a real thing not long after. I’ve always joked about getting my head pierced through the temples. Or a front-to-back chest piercing through the rib cage. Hopefully those don’t ever become real. (Phineas Gage was the ultimate hipster.) > [@Lemur866](#): > > I thought up a ludicrous reality show a decade ago: “America’s Top Sniper”. That became a thing: [https://www.amazon.com/Top-Sniper-Season-2/dp/B007RS3YEC](https://www.amazon.com/Top-Sniper-Season-2/dp/B007RS3YEC) > > I also thought up another great premise for a reality TV competition show: “Who Wants to be a Reality Show Producer?”. You have a dozen or so wannabe reality show producers going head-to-head every week in various wacky competitions to see who can produce the most compelling reality TV show. The prize for the winner? That should be pretty obvious, right? Dave Chappelle’s Show made fun of the home remodeling reality show “Trading Spaces” with a skit called “Trading Spouses”. Within a year “Trading Spouses” was a real hit reality show on TV. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389/30 "2017-11-02T16:37:22Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > I joked a few times about making bread or brewing beer with vaginal yeast. Turns out both of those things have actually been made in real life. There are also cookbooks out there dedicated to recipes that use placenta or \*\*semen. \*\* > I’ve always joked about getting my head pierced through the temples. Or a front-to-back chest piercing through the rib cage. Hopefully those don’t ever become real. (Phineas Gage was the ultimate hipster.) Pan-fried? Gage didn’t go through life with that crowbar hanging out his skull. Sad! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-propose-something-gross-as-a-joke-only-to-find-out-its-a-real-thing/800389.md?page=1)