Why does this food even exist?
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Eggnog. Barf.2
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Gumdrops, ribbon candy, candy canes, circus peanuts and plain marshmallows (s'mores excluded). But I will take that 3 musketeers bar!1
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The holidays are here and I'm getting my fair share of impersonal corporate gifts. I can't tell you how many liquor filled chocolates I've received. I can't imagine who actually likes these things and for the life of me have no idea how they've become such a standard holiday item.
I know we all have foods that we just don't like, but at least in most of those cases it's not too much of a stretch to see how/why others could like them.
That said, some foods are so bad that it's impossible to think of anything appealing about them. What are they for you? What food items baffle you by their mere existence?
Liquor filled chocolates and Danish salty licorice are mine...I can't figure out why anybody finds them appealing!
I will gladly take those liquor-filled chocolates off your hands, OP!1 -
dinadyna21 wrote: »
I make sure to get some 3 Muskaeteers at Halloween because I absolutely will not be tempted. Not even a little.
It's one of my top 5 deal breakers in relationships. Oh, the shame!
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Tongue - I can't deal with a food that can taste you back!
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I was recently introduced to things like ambrosia salad and seven-up-salad.
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any kind of canned meat.1
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tcunbeliever wrote: »I love cherries soaked in whiskey and covered in chocolate...though, homemade liquor treats are way better than store bought, some of the store ones aren't half bad.
I'm more baffled by chicken feet and pigs feet...why would anyone want to eat feet, and what the heck is there even to eat on a chickens foot???
Pigs feet date back to slavery in the south when the owners would give the slaves the parts of the animal they wouldn't eat themselves.
A culture of cooking evolved around preparing these things for consumption and still exists today.tcunbeliever wrote: »I love cherries soaked in whiskey and covered in chocolate...though, homemade liquor treats are way better than store bought, some of the store ones aren't half bad.
I'm more baffled by chicken feet and pigs feet...why would anyone want to eat feet, and what the heck is there even to eat on a chickens foot???
Pigs feet date back to slavery in the south when the owners would give the slaves the parts of the animal they wouldn't eat themselves.
A culture of cooking evolved around preparing these things for consumption and still exists today.
Quite common in some asian cultures too, I think.
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oh and I love carrot cake!!!
have had some nice zuccchini slices too.0 -
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JeepHair77 wrote: »Why is carrot cake a thing? Why in the world did someone look at cake and say to themselves, "This needs a vegetable"?
Ban yourself. Carrot cake is the greatest invention ever. Rum is a close 2nd.
Hmmm. Idea: Carrot Rum Cake!0 -
JeepHair77 wrote: »Why is carrot cake a thing? Why in the world did someone look at cake and say to themselves, "This needs a vegetable"?
LOL, yep! A bit like banana bread...
People think, hmm, it's got carrots/bananas, it's "Healthy!!".
Um, have you seen the calories in carrot cake and banana bread?! Almost never worth it.
I can use less calories on a chocolate bar.Lol, that is my favorite kind of cake, especially with lots of cream cheese frosting!
Cream cheese frosting is the only reason I eat carrot cake.0 -
turducken
ham spread
bologna
rocky mountain oysters (google it if you must)0 -
JeepHair77 wrote: »Why is carrot cake a thing? Why in the world did someone look at cake and say to themselves, "This needs a vegetable"?
So......zuchinni bread would be out of the question??
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i said it last night and i'll say it again. sriracha. i like that chinese oil with the scorched chili seeds, and i like louisiana-style hot sauces. but srirarcha is the emperor's new clothes to me. i find it hard to believe people actually like it, as opposed to just convincing themselves they do.
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Candy corn. Wtf.11
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tcunbeliever wrote: »I love cherries soaked in whiskey and covered in chocolate...though, homemade liquor treats are way better than store bought, some of the store ones aren't half bad.
I'm more baffled by chicken feet and pigs feet...why would anyone want to eat feet, and what the heck is there even to eat on a chickens foot???
Have had both those feet and they're not bad. But there's definitely better parts of the animal to war instead.0 -
JeepHair77 wrote: »Why is carrot cake a thing? Why in the world did someone look at cake and say to themselves, "This needs a vegetable"?
Lol, that is my favorite kind of cake, especially with lots of cream cheese frosting!
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Candy corn. Wtf.
Exactly how can they even call it corn. Why does the corn industry not sue for defamation of character.3 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »Candy corn. Wtf.
Exactly how can they even call it corn. Why does the corn industry not sue for defamation of character.
Do you realize that candy corn is one of a whole class of candy called "mellocreme"? It also includes the peculiar squatty-shaped orange pumpkins with fat green stems, Valentine hearts, and some odd Christmas shapes. I think they contain carnauba wax (seriously).
I only know this because one of my rowing coaches was obsessed with mellocreme candy, malted milk balls, and slightly stale marshmallow Peeps.
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Canned meat
Licorice (including Twizzlers and red vine)
Original tootsie rolls (the flavored are yum!)
Banana FLAVORED anything. It TASTES grainy.
Cherry flavored things. Taste like cough syrup.
Canned cheese.
Love carrot cake, hate spam, always had pan fried bologna with ramen noodles when I was a kid.0 -
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If it hasn't been said already. Peeps, there are so many varieties? I find it so confounding that these little bits of Styrofoam are so popular.3
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JeepHair77 wrote: »Why is carrot cake a thing? Why in the world did someone look at cake and say to themselves, "This needs a vegetable"?
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newheavensearth wrote: »Tripe, head cheese, pimento loaf, liverwurst, Vienna sausage, and....
Spammity Spam, Spammity Spam!
I was actually thinking to go this weekend and by hog headcheese and liver cheese. I love them both with crackers and vienna sausage. not a fan of spam though.0 -
JeepHair77 wrote: »Why is carrot cake a thing? Why in the world did someone look at cake and say to themselves, "This needs a vegetable"?
LOL, yep! A bit like banana bread...
People think, hmm, it's got carrots/bananas, it's "Healthy!!".
Um, have you seen the calories in carrot cake and banana bread?! Almost never worth it.
I can use less calories on a chocolate bar.Lol, that is my favorite kind of cake, especially with lots of cream cheese frosting!
Cream cheese frosting is the only reason I eat carrot cake.
I don't think people made banana bread because they thought it was healthy. I think they made it because their bananas went from green to black overnight and didn't want to throw them away all the time.
Actually we can know why banana bread even exists- more bananas, the Great Depression and baking powder. https://blog.kingarthurflour.com/2017/02/23/short-history-of-banana-bread/
I like my banana bread with peanut butter smeared on it and calories be damned. Maybe I nust make exceptionally tasty banana bread.
There is no good excuse for carrot cake. There are better ways to eat cream cheese frosting.5
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