I thought I could never eat Haggis, the concept put me right off, but when in Edinburgh last year I had some really nice Haggis.

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:44 pm

First, disgusting American foods..

Foreigners are unsure of what grits actually are.
Grits don’t look the most appetizing.
Still somewhat in the dark on this, thankfully, but sick cats produce a similar output

Many foreigners don’t get the appeal of peanut butter … much less in combination with jelly.
more for me, then

To foreigners biscuits are meant to be sweet — and definitely not served with gravy.
have yet to try

Cheese? More like “Cheese.”
That so-called cheese in a spray can? Whatever culinary genius thought that up really needs to be publicly humiliated for that.
Let the flogging begin

Root beer has an unusual flavour most foreigners just can’t place.

Tastes like disinfectant. If it were not brown, I would use it to clean the floor.
Shame on you. Better than coke. Tastes and smells like dentist mouthwash.
Root Beet floats...


Many foreigners are wary of corn dogs.
Sort of a hot dog inside a doughnut.
Hmmmm

Twinkies taste stale to foreigners.
legend has it that a thousand years later, they’ll not have spoiled

Many foreigners maintain that Hershey’s tastes faintly like vomit.
Cadburys. You know it makes sense

Boxed macaroni and cheese is thought to be totally disgusting.
i gather there might be empirical evidence on this


Now to disgusting British foods..

Mince pies

The pastry is always thick, the filling is an odd pairing of sickly sweet with a tang.

They’ve clearly bought the cheap option which might be on the same shelf as the Mac’n’cheese in a box. There are so many variations. Family preference is served with brandy butter while still warm.

Spotted Dick
used to be served with school lunch, along with either lumpy or watery custard. It is still unclear whether it was intended as a food stuff or a particularly cruel form of corporal punishment.
What is spotted dick and why is it called that? Is it named after someone? I’m confused.
If you find out, best keep it to yourself

Black pudding

Pig’s blood and cereal?
many cultures have blood pudding. Prepared well, it can be very good.
More disturbing is the white pudding which always reminded me of white dog turds. Visually!

Mushy peas

Why can't you call them mashed peas? Nobody wants to eat mushy food! And adding mint to it doesn't make it sound any more appealing.
you'll have to interrogate Mr Lambo on this one.

Stargazy pie

Here’s a great way to ruin a pie, let’s just stick a few fish heads in the pastry for an extra decorative touch.

Scotch eggs

Why are Scotch eggs a thing?
Good ’uns; you don’t know what your missing

Digestive biscuits
Biscuits described as 'digestives' don’t sound appetising. Are they medicinal in some way?

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Jellied eels
Chopped eels, boiled in stock and then left alone to transform into some sort of slimy goo like substance. Vom.

Haggis
It contains sheep’s heart, liver and lungs, a lot of seasoning and then it is packed into the sheep’s stomach and boiled for our consumption. Delicious.
all deserving of a special hell of their own

US food:

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:44 pm Foreigners are unsure of what grits actually are.

Funnily enough I had grits for the first time ever on Sunday, not something I'd want to eat on their own but with eggs and fried potatoes it was ok. A bit like a watery version of mealie maize.

Many foreigners don’t get the appeal of peanut butter … much less in combination with jelly.

Peanut Butter has been pretty much a staple since I was a kid in Ireland and later in the UK. We ate it in sandwiches with bananas or jam (jelly).

To foreigners biscuits are meant to be sweet — and definitely not served with gravy.

What you call Cookies we call Biscuits. That American biscuit looks similar to what we call a Scone, but scones are usually eaten with butter, jam (jelly) and if you are really going for it, cream.

Cheese? More like “Cheese.”

These abominations are not "cheese", although I usually have some of that Philadelphia Cream Cheese in my fridge, it's good on crackers. Why it is named after such an awful city I don't know, where I'm from we usually use rural names for agricultural produce.

Root beer has an unusual flavour most foreigners just can’t place.

It's not unlike Ginger Beer which is very popular in the UK.

Many foreigners are wary of corn dogs.

The name freaks me out.

Twinkies taste stale to foreigners.

I find them barely edible, but if I suddenly woke up starving I would eat some.

Many foreigners maintain that Hershey’s tastes faintly like vomit.

I don't, I just think it tastes like cooking chocolate, or plastic. Some of their stuff is ok, I used to like their Reese's Butter Cups.

Boxed macaroni and cheese is thought to be totally disgusting.

I used to think so too but my kid likes it so I had Kraft Mac & Cheese with extra bacon for dinner this evening.


English Food:

clutchcargo wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:44 pm Mince pies

Mince pies did actually use to contain meat, but nowadays just have a mix of dried fruits. They are only eaten around Christmas. Freshly made with some cream or ice cream they are great. Unfortunately they last a long time, so the ones your great-aunt offers you from a Biscuit (cookie) tin in May might not be so appealing.

Spotted Dick

The name is bizarre but well-made with custard a great desert. This type of desert is not as popular as it was in, for example, the post WWII period when ingredients like flour, suet and raisins were all that was on hand.

Black pudding

Fantastic stuff, no proper breakfast fry-up is complete without it. To be honest I prefer the Irish White Pudding, which is similar but doesn't contain blood.

Mushy peas

I never cared for peas, especially big piles of them (they are ok mixed with other stuff in a samosa/ cottage pie etc), but Mushy Peas are not that bad. They aren't that good either.

Stargazy pie

I have never seen anything like this in my life.

Scotch eggs

A boiled egg wrapped in a layer of sausage meat with breadcrumbs. Fantastic.

Digestive biscuits

Great with a cup of tea, reminds me of the distant past.

Jellied eels

I never got these. There were loads of Pie & Eel & Mash shops in London 30 years ago, there are probably only a handful now. The food looks all sloppy and I was in a few but I think I just ate one of the anemic looking pies.

Haggis

This is something I almost thought of as a joke when growing up, but when I finally got to eat some I was very impressed. It's really tasty, probably the best thing on the list, in my humble opinion.

[quote]packed into the sheep’s stomach[/quote]

It's a long time since it was made like that, at least commercially.

Andouillette sausage.
French

I do often try stuff once at least.
Was on a vacation in France a few decades back.
Tried this.
Didn’t eat for two days after.

You know how you can smell Durian from two blocks away inside a car travelling at 80mph, just before the other half yells “Stop! Wan’ ea’!”?

I sat at a table in the restaurant when the doors to the kitchen opened, some 30 feet away. French restaurant, so the background aroma is a bit elevated, anyway.
The background aroma was suddenly overwhelmed by a smell intensity that cannot be described, only experienced.
Akin to stepping out of an air conditioned aircraft in Bahrain, or going from Albinoni to Saxon on full volume.

My lunch had arrived. A plate of sausage.

The outer skin being the equivalent of a bicycle inner tube recently flushed with sewage, and the contents giving an extra waft of chemical weapons at the first incision.

Undeterred, I did try some, at which point the timer was started for two days. No amount of brandy or wine was going to wash it away, no matter how hard I tried.

Andouillette Sausage.
Looks and smells rank. If a surgeon cut you open and your guts smelled so, they’d need another surgeon.