# Your National Dish Of Shame **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 20, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784 "2022-05-20T19:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/101 "2022-05-21T15:44:53Z")
[Patton Oswalt said it best](https://youtu.be/BaerR-aB57Y) when referring to the classic KFC meal item, a failure pile in a sadness bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/102 "2022-05-21T16:07:17Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > You do have to leave the whole thing to soak for minimum 30 mins - just pouring the custard in and sticking it in the oven won’t work. Several hours (or overnight) in the fridge is also fine, so you can prepare it one night and then stick it in the oven and serve it for lunch next day. Coincidentally, soaking overnight and sticking it in the oven is also recommended for the French toast recipe I use. I simply soak each slice independently and put it on the griddle like ordinary French toast. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/103 "2022-05-21T16:15:10Z")
I’d take a Bloody Caesar any day even with all those main dish ingredients skewered and served on top. Jagerbombs otoh are extremely disgusting. Jäegermeister Red Bull Coke sometimes vodka too is it uniquely American? I hope it’s contained within our borders it’s a nasty combo that should not be foisted on the world. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/104 "2022-05-21T16:33:14Z")
> [@chela](#): > > I’d take a Bloody Caesar any day even with all those main dish ingredients skewered and served on top. I’d certainly be willing to try one. Clamato is also a good “vehicle” for the making of a good [Michelada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelada) ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/105 "2022-05-21T20:13:01Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Dried fruit in bread pudding??? EEeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww. > [@nearwildheaven](#): > > If, by dried fruit, you mean raisins, what would bread pudding be without them? That sounds like capirotada, which is the Mexican version of bread pudding and includes raisins. And yes, it’s very good 😋. > **[Capirotada (Mexican Bread Pudding)](https://muybuenoblog.com/capirotada-mexican-bread-pudding/)** > > Capirotada is a Mexican bread pudding made with cinnamon, piloncillo, cloves, raisins, bread, and cheese. Yes, you read it right…cheese. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/106 "2022-05-21T20:32:52Z")
All sounds good…except the raisins. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/107 "2022-05-21T20:39:53Z")
Chocolate-covered bacon on a stick was what my friend decided she’d try at our county fair. She pronounced it, “okay”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/108 "2022-05-21T20:42:19Z")
Was the bacon cooked? 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/109 "2022-05-21T20:43:55Z")
Please. How would it stay on the stick if it wasn’t? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/110 "2022-05-21T20:53:14Z")
Scotch eggs are fucking delicious–here in Portland there’s a Brit style pub called the Horse Brass (we call it the Horse’s Ass) Pub that serves very good Scotch eggs with potato chips made on site for the side and it’s the best lunch ever, especially with a nice half pint of cider to go along with. ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/111 "2022-05-21T21:00:50Z")
For the US (at least where I live) I would like to submit corn on the cob. With as much butter, salt and pepper as you can make stick to it. Preferably slightly burned. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/112 "2022-05-21T21:11:23Z")
> [@BrickBat](#): > > Clamato is also a good “vehicle” for the making of a good [Michelada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelada) No. Just…no. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/113 "2022-05-21T21:11:26Z")
Indeed. Clamato is fantastic. It’s like umami-ed up tomato juice. Most things tomato juice does well, Clamato does better (provided you don’t have allergies.) And, no, I am not Canadian. I mean, you put Worcestershire in a Bloody Mary. That’s essentially a type of fish sauce, so why the looks askance for clams? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/114 "2022-05-21T21:14:53Z")
I’m not that big on cocktails, but Mrs Piper loooves a good Caesar! Personally, I like Clamato better than tomato juice. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/115 "2022-05-21T21:34:11Z")
I spent years wondering why it was so hard to find a restaurant that made a Bloody Mary as good as the ones my dad made. Learned on this board, only a few years ago, that my dad had been making Bloody Caesars all along. 100% superior to the weak and watery Bloody Mary. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/116 "2022-05-21T21:51:19Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Yeah, there’s probably going to be hot dogs involved, whatever it is. Wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve had to say this. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/117 "2022-05-21T22:12:29Z")
Hot long dogs? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/118 "2022-05-21T22:38:32Z")
> [@EastUmpqua](#): > > For the US (at least where I live) I would like to submit corn on the cob. With as much butter, salt and pepper as you can make stick to it. Preferably slightly burned. I am scratching my head trying to figure out what is in any way shameful about this. Fresh and properly cooked American corn on the cob is a divine gift from the loving hands of Chicomecóatl (Aztec maize goddess) herself. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/119 "2022-05-21T23:02:17Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Coconut tapioca sounds delightful! It was delicious. And I don’t like coconut. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Burden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@Jack\_Burden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Burden)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784/120 "2022-05-22T04:07:39Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I sometimes buy cups of both tapioca and rice pudding at the supermarket. They’re fine for late night snacks, but infinitely better when made from scratch. I used to buy those “for the kid’s lunches” when they were school age. I doubt 50% ended up serving their stated purpose. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-national-dish-of-shame/964784.md?page=7)