foods I've never tried
Don't get too excited. I'm not talking about poi or insects. I'm talking about stuff in the supermarket.
Nothing exotic.
I've never had a single bite of:
a Hot Pocket. In any flavor. Not even in college. In college I ate rice cakes and chicken legs and I weighed about 88 pounds. It was great.
I've never tasted -
Green Bean Casserole. You know, the one with the Cream of Mushroom canned soup in it?
Never had it. Which is not to say my mother's repertoire did not include some interesting dishes. She made a mean chicken leg smothered in French dressing.
I have never purchased
a Tyson chicken product.
And this, I see now, is a pulled pork something-or-other. No.
When I was 4 or 5 my father told me that Chunky Soup smelled like armpits.
I've never had the opportunity to disprove this.
On the commercial they say something like: oven to table in 4 minutes. I wouldn't know.
It has never occurred to me to have Spam. Even when my parents lived in Spam country.
Shocked? I've never tasted rice pudding either. Is it lumpy? Vanilla-ish? I don't think the texture would bother me - I like grits. Is tapioca like undercooked grits?
When I was little we lived with my grandmother. She ate pickled watermelon rind right out of the jar. She told me it was poison. I believe her to this day.
Head cheese. Two words that should never be together in a sentence or my stomach. And there is no cheese in it. What's up with that?
Nothing exotic.
I've never had a single bite of:
a Hot Pocket. In any flavor. Not even in college. In college I ate rice cakes and chicken legs and I weighed about 88 pounds. It was great.
I've never tasted -
Green Bean Casserole. You know, the one with the Cream of Mushroom canned soup in it?
Never had it. Which is not to say my mother's repertoire did not include some interesting dishes. She made a mean chicken leg smothered in French dressing.
I have never purchased
a Tyson chicken product.
And this, I see now, is a pulled pork something-or-other. No.
When I was 4 or 5 my father told me that Chunky Soup smelled like armpits.
I've never had the opportunity to disprove this.
On the commercial they say something like: oven to table in 4 minutes. I wouldn't know.
It has never occurred to me to have Spam. Even when my parents lived in Spam country.
Shocked? I've never tasted rice pudding either. Is it lumpy? Vanilla-ish? I don't think the texture would bother me - I like grits. Is tapioca like undercooked grits?
When I was little we lived with my grandmother. She ate pickled watermelon rind right out of the jar. She told me it was poison. I believe her to this day.
Head cheese. Two words that should never be together in a sentence or my stomach. And there is no cheese in it. What's up with that?
Comments
George Carlin says about head cheese - 'I CAN'T EVEN LOOK AT THE SIGN'
b
"Kozy Shack" is a worthy brand, and they sell it in tiny portions. You ought to try it, just to see how you feel about rice pudding.
-J.
Doesn't look like you are missing out on much. I think I might try your rice cake and chicken leg diet, though. :)
When you say you lived in Spam Country, are you talking Austin, MN, or another general po-dunk rurality?
The pic of head cheese is disgusting...
Do not buy rice pudding at the grocery store. Blech. Make your own rice pudding. Or find a good deli that knows what it's doing. I like rice pudding better than tapioca, but tapioca can be good, too.
Green bean casserole is good at the end of November. It cannot be eaten at any other time.
I hate rice cakes. Styrofoam.
My mother had occasional offal phases when we were growing up and made HER OWN!! AAAArgh. Although it actually tasted pretty good if you like that meaty jelly sort of thing. She still makes pressed tongue too. Okay, we are officially a family of odd bods now.
Head cheese. No. Cannot even think about it. Whilst living in Sweden I did have Blood Pudding placed before me, out of hospitality I ate some of it.
I've never had rice pudding or tapioca, but I'm not adverse to trying it. The occasion has just never come up I guess.
My great grandmother used to send me to the store to buy her head cheese. I'm still scarred from that.
I refuse to comment any of the stuff you listed.
Especially the last.
There's a lot of strange stuff around here by the end of December when pigs dearly fed all year round go get slaughtered.
Ewwwwww.
Paola
Except I have had ONE Hot Pocket, like forever ago. One was more than enough.
And I have family members who make the green bean casserole. I don't get it - seems so unnecessary to do green beans that way. I prefer them steamed. (Although I guess it uses canned green beans - I don't buy canned green beans.)
I will never ever eat SPAM or rice pudding.
Gross.
My mom used to buy "deviled ham" back in the day. Is that the same as Spam? It was pretty gross. These days she's a foodie, so that's good.
Most pre-prepared and packaged foods are scary. I don't eat any of the ones you showed either. I would rather eat a peanut butter sandwich than nuke something from Tyson any day.
jbhat
Re: Spam. Horrible right out of the can, but downright tasty when sliced and fried in butter for breakfast. Just sayin'...
Or beef tongue? My grandfather would eat tongue sandwiches. Ick. I objected to the the idea of French-kissing my meal, on principle.
The worst was the jars of pickled pigs' feet at the Farmer's Market my mother used to take us to when we were little. That thing has haunted me for years...
SPAM SUSHI
YUM.
A mainstay in Hawaii, and a new favorite of mine for breakfast. Do I make it? No. I can't find the right sauce.
Campbells chunky soup, while I don't think I'd like the flavour posted here, I do enjoy the steak and potato
That green bean caserole is my all time favourite!!!!!
I love pulled pork, and those look yummy, but I bet even yummier if made homemade :)
I don't know about spam, but I like canned meat.
Rice pudding is sweet, I thought tapioca pudding and rice pudding were two different things. No? Well I do know that I like rice pudding with raisins in it.
Just the thought of pickled watermelon rines makes me cringe, I do love fresh watermelon though! LoL
Rice Pudding/Tapioca - do try.
As for the headcheese - I'm going to steal something from a commenter on another blog that posted a similar pic awhile back. "Imagining the texture of that jell-o ham in my mouth makes me want to rip my knee-caps off." Ditto.
(P.S. There is a festival here in Austin every year that celebrates all things Spam. Spamarama -- look it up, yo.)
I grew up in a watermelon rind eating family-freaks, all of us.
rice pudding is cool, because it isn't completely thick city like regular pudding. it has more hutzpah.
tapioca...have you ever had boba, or bubble, tea? tapiocas are the dealios in the bottom of the cup. so like little round balls...almost caviar in mouthfeel. and a wee bit chewy. hrm. this doesn't sound like an endorsement, although it is. grandpapawakenobie is a big big fan.
God has a wicked sense of humour ;)
Also, if you have applesauce and Redi-Whip, do a 50/50 combination and - presto - mock tapioca! Hey, I had ALOT of foster kids and this is cheaper and easier than making real tapioca. You gotta use REAL whipped cream though, not that cruel whip crap.
You really should try real tapioca and rice pudding.
Next time you go to Chicago, go to the Drake and have the rice pudding there. Theirs is the best in the western hemisphere. Eight bucks and a bargan at twice the price!
Haven't tried any of the other delicacies you mentioned and don't plan to.
(Head cheese)
My food claim to fame is I've never eaten a Twinkie. Or a Ho Ho.
You, bb, are a fun blogger. You keep us hungry to come back for more...
and my vw sort of looks like a strange yogurt brand: yqmirkl
{love your humor, btw!}