Foods That Everyone Seems To Like.. but you

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ghost19

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Heehee... We come to this forum for horror, right? :shock:
My tastes in food are pretty, ahem, bold, but even I would draw the line at cheese containing live worms. :)
I hear ya. I've ate a few off the wall things during my journeys, but that's about where I draw the line..actually the line would be drawn quite a ways before that..lol
 

mjs9153

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Forgot about hot dogs. Disgusting.
The smell and texture make me gag.


I don't get the appeal of chicken wings either, not worth the mess (and I really like chicken).
OMG,how can you hate hotdogs? Being of german extraction,the cased meats served in a nice warm bun,with fixings or not,and I am a happy camper..the only hotdogs I can think I wouldn't care for would be the ones served by the Judge(Dan Akroyd) in Nothing but Trouble..
 

thekidd12

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I'm with ya there - well, to the extent of, "What's the deal?" I can choke it down, but biting into a dumpling to end up with a wad of dough in my mouth doesn't do much for me.
Dumplings depend on the skill of the dumpling maker. My daddy could make dumplings that all of ya'll would have crawled over glass to eat. Made some rabbit dumplings that had my sister-in-law licking the plate until he told her the meat was not chicken. Funniest Christmas dinner we ever had.

Now chicken wings got to agree with that one. I am old enough to remember when that was the next to last part left on the plate from frying up a yard bird. Only thing worse was trying to get some meat off the neck.

Now wings have their own industry? I do not understand sucking a tiny bit of meat off that bony gristled piece of poultry while dipping in assorted sauces so you can swallow it.

Guess I have always been a breast and legs man myself.

See Southern boys can do innuendo. :cool2:
 

Grandpa

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Made some rabbit dumplings that had my sister-in-law licking the plate until he told her the meat was not chicken. Funniest Christmas dinner we ever had.

Now chicken wings got to agree with that one. I am old enough to remember when that was the next to last part left on the plate from frying up a yard bird. Only thing worse was trying to get some meat off the neck.

If one likes rabbit (and squirrel), I'm not quite sure of the objection to wings.

Chicken wings aren't eaten for the chicken meat. They're eaten for the sauce on the skin, and the skin. The meat is an accent. But whether it's chicken (or turkey) wings or neck or rabbit or squirrel, if your goal is meat, you're gonna be workin' to get to it.
 

AnnaMarie

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My daughter feels the same way about tomatoes. George Carlin described them as still being in the larval stage.

Me, I'll eat a truly fresh, ripe one like an apple. But better than an apple, because there's no core.

When I was 20ish, I was sitting on a subway and an old guy sitting across from me reaches into his basket, pulls out a big juicy beefeater and takes a bite. I'm just sitting and watching him. (May be rude, but I used to love people watching on public transit.) Anyway, in a real grumpy voice he says "just like an apple. Nuthin' wrong with eating it like this!" I just laughed and told him the only other person I ever saw eat a tomato like that was my dad.

....Lobster....it's just an excuse to eat butter.....

No no no! Who came up with the idea of butter on a lobster. You just boil it, crack it open, and chow down. Can have some salad on the side if you insist.

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I will never understand how anyone eats avocado. I assume they just follow health trends without science. Nobody could eat it because....they like it?
 

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When I was 20ish, I was sitting on a subway and an old guy sitting across from me reaches into his basket, pulls out a big juicy beefeater and takes a bite. I'm just sitting and watching him. (May be rude, but I used to love people watching on public transit.) Anyway, in a real grumpy voice he says "just like an apple. Nuthin' wrong with eating it like this!" I just laughed and told him the only other person I ever saw eat a tomato like that was my dad.

Hm. I have been on a subway several times in my life, but only twice in NYC. I don't remember having a tomato on me. But I'm old.

I will never understand how anyone eats avocado. I assume they just follow health trends without science. Nobody could eat it because....they like it?

I love slices of ripe avocado.

But I love ripe tomatoes too. You just can't account for tastes.
 

thekidd12

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If one likes rabbit (and squirrel), I'm not quite sure of the objection to wings.

Chicken wings aren't eaten for the chicken meat. They're eaten for the sauce on the skin, and the skin. The meat is an accent. But whether it's chicken (or turkey) wings or neck or rabbit or squirrel, if your goal is meat, you're gonna be workin' to get to it.
Got to respectfully disagree. When preparing rabbit we usually removed meat from the bone by parboiling then either adding to a recipe (dumplings) or stir frying. Can't remember gnawing on the bones to get to the meat.

And part of my objection to chicken wings probably caused by eating "free range and organic" animals. You know, where your Grandma actually would wring the animal's neck a couple of hours before you ate it. The lack of hormones in the diet of such an animal did not lead to the development of very much too eat in the wing area. Those chickens really could fly for a pretty good distance.

OK when I was young that was the only kind available.

As for squirrel, never really liked that long tailed rat at all. Meat tastes too gamey for me.