An common food you have never eaten and embarrassed to tell others

[WelshBloke]

Grits are awful. You aren't missing anything.

WTF are grits?

 

[Chaotic42]

I'm not embarrassed by it, but I've never had sushi.

 

[Chaotic42]

Grits are awful. You aren't missing anything.

Don't blaspheme in this house.

 

[alkemyst]

WTF are grits?

 

[Peace Pilgrim]

Oh snap! I've never had sushi either. I love cooking shows too. I hate being a fraud and watching all the food network shows.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I won't eat potato salad or deviled eggs.

 

[Peace Pilgrim]

I won't eat potato salad or deviled eggs.

OMG! you have to combine the 2 together for the ultimate potato salad.

 

[IronWing]

WTF are grits?

Take dried maize and boil the beezus muck out of it until every last trace of flavor is gone, slather in Shedd Spread. Enjoy.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Lobster is awesome. Crab is awesome. Shrimps are awesome. Snails are awesome.

I prefer a balanced meal, so I ideally would get some prime rib or amazing ribeye and some lobster claws or a whole dungeoness crab or two ... king crab is tasty, and better work/reward ratio, but dungeoness crab .. or Kona crab .. so friggin tasty ...


deviled eggs and potato salad are awesome.


I wont eat mayonnaise or ketchup.
I also wont drink milk.

I consider them the holy trinity of poisons.


Of course I'll eat ice cream or a milk shake, or even chocolate milk. White opaque things do not strike me as edible.

 

[WelshBloke]

Take dried maize and boil the beezus muck out of it until every last trace of flavor is gone, slather in Shedd Spread. Enjoy.

Whats Shedd Spread?

 

[BurnItDwn]

Take dried maize and boil the beezus muck out of it until every last trace of flavor is gone, slather in Shedd Spread. Enjoy.

Its got an interesting texture, Ive had grits in South Carolina with BBQ and they contributed to the overall greatness to the meal, just not so much in the flavor department as in the texture department...

 

[IronWing]

Whats Shedd Spread?

Margarine enfused with extra water to allow it to spread when cold. The cheapest form of grease known to humanity.

 

[WelshBloke]

Margarine enfused with extra water to allow it to spread when cold. The cheapest form of grease known to humanity.

So is that a food product or is it for some sort of topical treatment for a dermatological problem?

 

[Chaotic42]

Grits are the ubiquitous starch element for southern cuisine here in the US. If you just cook instant grits and put margarine on them, you're doing it so wrong that it should be a crime.

I guess that's like $0.10 ramen noodles compared to proper noodles.

 

[PottedMeat]

So is that a food product or is it for some sort of topical treatment for a dermatological problem?

1. for outlying values of 'food', yes
2. yes

 

[Drako]

Pilgrim's Pie. :hmm:

 

[WelshBloke]

Grits are the ubiquitous starch element for southern cuisine here in the US. If you just cook instant grits and put margarine on them, you're doing it so wrong that it should be a crime.

I guess that's like $0.10 ramen noodles compared to proper noodles.

Yeah but what do grits actually taste like? Google tells me what they are, I want to know what they are like.

 

[Peace Pilgrim]

Yeah but what do grits actually taste like? Google tells me what they are, I want to know what they are like.

fairly certain it tastes like tripe to you welsh people.

 

[lxskllr]

Yeah but what do grits actually taste like? Google tells me what they are, I want to know what they are like.

They taste like what you put on them. If you put nothing on them, you'll know what air tastes like if it had significant mass.

 

[Chaotic42]

Yeah but what do grits actually taste like? Google tells me what they are, I want to know what they are like.

They're quite bland just by themselves. They have a slight corn taste to them, but it's very light. The texture is similar to cream of wheat / farina, but stickier.

 

[Ichinisan]

Grits aren't meant to be eaten plain. You must add a bit of butter, bacon bits, salt/pepper, sometimes a little cheese.

Almost every time I've tried grits at a restaurant, they've been absolutely terrible. Overdone and they even smell bad. Make some Quaker (see what I did there?) instant grits at home and add some good stuff to it. It's sooo much better.

 

[WelshBloke]

They taste like what you put on them. If you put nothing on them, you'll know what air tastes like if it had significant mass.

They're quite bland just by themselves. They have a slight corn taste to them, but it's very light. The texture is similar to cream of wheat / farina, but stickier.

I think I'll skip that then.

 

[Chaotic42]

I think I'll skip that then.

Well, it's like mashed potatoes: if you just cook and mash them, they're barely edible. They provide a platform for other flavors and a textural component for dishes.

Starches gonna starch.

 

[WelshBloke]

Grits aren't meant to be eaten plain. You must add a bit of butter, bacon bits, salt/pepper, sometimes a little cheese.

Sounds like a bland version of couscous for people who need a liquidised diet.

 

[Dirigible]

Toast.