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I'll start: pesto as a bagel topping.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Shredded cheese crisped up in a skillet.

According to my ex, who politely asked me to stop doing that, it makes the entire house smell like particularly foul body odor.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Nah that's delicious. Ex made "keto nachos"- pork rinds and cheese in toaster oven, now that smells nasty

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Sometimes I put a tiny bit of mustard on an Oreo to have a sweet and tangy snack.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Angry upvote.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My partner thinks it’s disgusting and my biggest red flag: I make peanut butter sandwiches on white bread and dip them in ranch dressing 😩 the reason I do this is because of growing up a millennial in NKY where a weekly lunch option was a bowl of chili, served with a peanut butter sandwich, and carrot sticks w a side of ranch….I hate raw carrots, always have lmao but I love all the other items….one day I was staring at the sad unused ranch and thinking as I was already keen to dipping the PB sandwich in the chili, that maybe it would be as good as the PB in chili so I tried it and I’ve just done it and liked a PB sandwich dipped in ranch ever since 😓 my partner has even tried it for me and hated it 🤷🏼‍♀️ at least they loved me enough to try it 🥹

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Bean dip on pizza. It sounds super weird, and it is, but it's also delicious 🤤

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

This sounds like the bean base for a taco pizza. Not sure how wide spread it is, but where i am from in the Midwest it is pretty popular. Pizza Hut has a Taco Bean and a Taco Beef Pizza. Add cheddar cheese, pop it in the oven, after it's done baking, add lettuce, more cheddar cheese, tomatoes, chushed up Doritos, and some sour cream. So good.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Baked onion with salt. Just a singular baked onion

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A more general answer: Meals without meat.

For some reason this really confuses people, and often makes them concerned or upset.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love making steamed artichokes stuffed with pecorino cheese, garlic and bread crumbs. A recipe from my grandmother.

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/baked_stuffed_artichokes/

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My friend recommended eating kiwis with the skin on. It takes a second to get used to the fuzzy skin, but they are SOOOO much easier to eat! Plus you get some extra fiber ;)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I love the pop texture of with them skin on. And it is gives a nice bitter light note to the sweet fruit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My favourite pizza topping is pepperoni and flaked tuna, the good stuff too so it's meaty oily tuna.

Love it but so many people think I'm odd for it. The meaty flavours compliment each other!!!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm not even sure I need to read the rest of the thread after this comment. You win by default! I guess it makes as much sense as anchovies on pizza though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Raw garlic, just once in a while, as a little treat. Sometimes I’ll mash it up in some bread but most often… plain, raw garlic.

I have also not met a single thing I won’t try to pickle at least once, and for some reason people around me think that it is Terrifying hahaha. Personally, I find pickling to be a fantastic way to rescue produce that’s otherwise about to go off. Instead of making food waste, I’m making delicious snacks and toppings. Pickle everything!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm assuming you've had pickled garlic, then? I just picked up 2 jars of it recently. I have to stop myself from eating too much sometimes. Raw garlic is great for me when I have a bad cold and need to clear out my sinuses.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Pickle everything! I've come up with some pretty interesting pickles, and also ferments. Worst outcome is food that was going to go bad is bad. Best outcome is delicious surprise!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I some time thaw frozen dumplings in the fridge, and then eat them cold on hot days.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Like gyōza dumplings? Those are raw homie

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Brewed tea leaves, think they're the best part. There's a good number that are terrible (the cheap CTC blacks especially) but think most green teas and floral oolongs are great.

Weird to brew a cup of tea and then eat the leaves but there's also some legit recipes with tea leaves. Burmese tea leaf salad and longjing shrimp are two. There's also matcha.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Toasted Cinnamon Raisin bagel with peanut butter, cheddar cheese, and bananas. - the cheese + bananas is what gets me looks.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

My wife introduced me to Tuna mixed with Mac & Cheese, and now I totally enjoy it myself, other people have found it a little strange.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I eat prunes daily. some people think it's a laxative for old people. sure, there's fiber in them and fiber helps you stay regular but just the same as eating most fruit. prunes are just dried plums and they're delicious

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Ham sandamoni and cheesewich

Macaroni and cheese, plus shredded ham, plus mustard

It tastes incredible, but nobody else EVER wants to try it. Their loss!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Pizza with hollandaise sauce base instead of tomato sauce. My father almost disowned me for it.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to eat onion and mustard sandwiches years ago. They're not bad, actually.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I actually consume kiwis without peeling them, because I find it much more tasteful.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Also, mealworms. Fried ones. I bought them for my pet rats and ended up gorging on them sometimes.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sauerkraut.

By itself, out of the jar, with a fork.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Taco chips with peanut butter.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lobsters and crabs are essentially overgrown bugs that live in water. At one point they were only fed to prisoners.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Grasshoppers, they're delicious with lemon.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I enjoy ginger beer and will try to cut it into random other alcoholic beverages like red wine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

During a time where I would eat really utilitarian for lunch, this meal was my daily go to:

-half a can of skipjack tuna

-some amount of chopped cabbage

-steamer bag carrots and peas

-rice seasoning from the local Asian market (I don't know which one it's just labelled "rice seasoning")

-hot sauce

I try to not eat like a serial killer anymore

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A friend once turned me on to peanut butter and tuna sandwiches.

I... do not know why I thought that was good at one point, now that I think about it.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This may sound weird, but I like eating sour cream with a spoon sometimes

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I loved cream cheese and grape jelly sandwiches when I was a kid! Nobody else was convinced that it’d be good, but it certainly works for me

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Cracker, sardine, tomato, cottage cheese, ground black pepper *chef’s kiss. The perfect snack.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Toasted Cinnamon Raisin Bagel with Cheez whiz. Everyone in my family loves it. You will too. 😂

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Peanut butter + mayo + pickles on bread.

It's apparently a Depression era recipe, but I crave it once every two months or so

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Are you continuously pregnant?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I love eating a raw potato like an apple, for whatever reason. Any time I'm cooking a dish with potatoes, I'll wash and peel one for me to eat. My boyfriend looked like I had grown a third arm the first time he saw me do it.

It's the perfect mix of crunchy and juicy, but not sweet.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Raw potatoes are like semi toxic. Do you not get any GI upset from doing that?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

No, never. AFAIK they aren't toxic, just that the starch is poorly digested. Either way, I've never gotten sick from it, so 🤷

It's odd because I have had digestive issues off and on through the years, but the potatoes have never precipitated it. (It's mostly anything spicy, which sucks as I love spicy food-- it's a price I pay willingly sometimes)

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