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[lirazel]

I need a little lightheartedness in my life right now, so here's a fun topic of discussion:

Tell me about a food you love that most other people find gross. Or that you know is objectively gross, but you love it anyway.

I'm not talking about the kinds of food that traditionally polarize people--cilantro or olives or brussel sprouts or pineapple on pizza or things like that. I'm talking about stuff that is truly niche.

Obviously, this is culturally dependent, so this criteria will work: even if something is widely eaten in another part of the world (like, idk, haggis), will 90%+ of the people in your cultural context say "EWWWW!" if you mention it to them?

For me: banana, peanut butter, and mayonnaise. This tradition on my mom's side of the family really grosses people out, but it's so good! Everyone's fine with the banana and peanut butter, but I am telling you: the mayo makes it. It adds a tangy zip that just elevates the experience!

In fact, this is one of the few ways I will eat bananas that aren't at the perfect stage of ripeness for me. And bananas so rarely are at that perfect stage of ripeness.



(By the way, there's this Instagram account called LandonTalks, and it's this very southern Mississippi guy talking about southern culture and language, and I love it because a) he is the perfect example of that specific kind of very sweet southern guy who everyone from outside the south assumes is gay but actually he isn't [he has a wife, though he could be bi! I do not assume that he's straight!], b) most of the things he says are very true, and c) it's not just white southern culture--most of way he says applies to black southern culture too. It's so hard to find anyone who likes to talk about southern culture in truly not-racist ways! Obviously he exaggerates a lot, but that's the southern way, so I'm not bothered.

ANYWAY! He actually made an entire post about eating leftover cornbread with milk or buttermilk and it delighted me to no end because my family has always done that but I don't know anyone else who does. My mama does it with regular milk, but my granddaddy always did it with buttermilk. Fill up a glass, crumble the leftover cornbread into smaller chunks, eat with spoon.)

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[grayestofghosts]

I had to think for a minute if I actually liked anything in this category because while a lot of my eating habits will get a side-eye not a lot of them will get an 'eww' response.

The only thing I can come up with that people find baffling is Dr. Pepper and half-and-half, though if you try it you might actually like it.

[lirazel]

Huh. I've never heard of that! I don't drink any kind of soda at all, so it wouldn't appeal to me, but now I want to encourage people in my life who do drink it to try with half and half!

[grayestofghosts]

You know I had never heard of it either, I just saw a woman at a Panera do it and I tried it myself because Panera is one of the few places where you’ll have both a soda fountain and coffee accoutrements at the same time. It’s a bit too sweet for me now, these days when I’m there I go for the death lemonades.

[elperian]

I mean, I like both those things but I would never think to combine them. Does it taste like a root beer float?

[grayestofghosts]

It tastes a little like a root beer float, but it doesn't get extra sugar from the ice cream and is more rich.