Your unpopular food opinions

[Al_4_ISU 12457]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

It's really not that terrible.  Creamy is a good sub for mayo/aioli if you want creaminess or the crunchy gives you a great texture. 

Great with bacon.  I usually skip the cheese though - pb and cheese is a weird combo. 

It's inability to pair with cheese and mustard is kind of a deal breaker for me.

[Js1 85311]

I respect that.

[Lhorn 4913]

I was listening to an old time radio show on XM once and a little kid was talking about how much she likes peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.  Made me wonder if that was ever a thing.  I"m not brave enough to try.  

Edited March 23, 2021 by Lhorn

[MrPhlegm 3413]

I was listening to an old time radio show on XM once and a little kid was talking about how much she likes peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.  Made me wonder if that was ever a thing.  I"m not brave enough to try.  

they are not bad. miracle whip and pb are even better

[Al_4_ISU 12457]

40 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

I was listening to an old time radio show on XM once and a little kid was talking about how much she likes peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.  Made me wonder if that was ever a thing.  I"m not brave enough to try.  

My cousin used to make those when we were kids.  He also has the most horrific flatulence I've ever encountered, and I kinda always credited that crap for it.

I've never tried it, as I think mayo (or Miracle Whip for that matter) as a condiment is generally disgusting, even though I abide it as an ingredient in something else (potato salad, deviled eggs, etc).

[Js1 85311]

26 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

My cousin used to make those when we were kids.  He also has the most horrific flatulence I've ever encountered, and I kinda always credited that crap for it.

I've never tried it, as I think mayo (or Miracle Whip for that matter) as a condiment is generally disgusting, even though I abide it as an ingredient in something else (potato salad, deviled eggs, etc).

I hate mayo except for as an ingredient in something else, like potato or chicken salad, or on the outside of a grilled cheese.

Otherwise - hard pass. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

We had peanut butter and miracle whip as kids, never mayo.  I knew a kid in school that brought mayo sandwiches for lunch.  Just 2 pieces of bread with a bunch of mayo in between.  They weren't that poor either.

[Al_4_ISU 12457]

18 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

We had peanut butter and miracle whip as kids, never mayo.  I knew a kid in school that brought mayo sandwiches for lunch.  Just 2 pieces of bread with a bunch of mayo in between.  They weren't that poor either.

Same gastrointestinally challenged cousin did this as well, and also wasn't poor enough for it to be some kind of practical decision.  Sick fucker just liked mayo that much.

[Deej 76759]

2 hours ago, Lhorn said:

I was listening to an old time radio show on XM once and a little kid was talking about how much she likes peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.  Made me wonder if that was ever a thing.  I"m not brave enough to try.  

I like peanut butter and mustard sandwiches.

[Hate 20108]

Mayo is pretty gross as anything other than a binder of tuna fish. Miracle whip is even worse.

When I was a kid, my mon used to make us peanut better and karo syrup. It makes my teeth hurt thinking about it now. It’s a wonder I don’t have the diabetes.

[elfenix 34230]

2 hours ago, Lhorn said:

I was listening to an old time radio show on XM once and a little kid was talking about how much she likes peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.  Made me wonder if that was ever a thing.  I"m not brave enough to try.  

jif started out as 75% peanuts and 20% crisco, so if you ate jif it was pretty much already a thing. 

[Deej 76759]

17 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Same gastrointestinally challenged cousin did this as well, and also wasn't poor enough for it to be some kind of practical decision.  Sick fucker just liked mayo that much.

That sick fucker grew up to be Futureman. 

[Mo Horn 8832]

2 hours ago, Lhorn said:

I was listening to an old time radio show on XM once and a little kid was talking about how much she likes peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.  Made me wonder if that was ever a thing.  I"m not brave enough to try.  

I grew up eating banana sandwiches with peanut butter and mayonnaise. Love them. 

[Al_4_ISU 12457]

Miracle whip is just mayo with more sugar and vinegar, right?

[956 Worldwide 34705]

8 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Miracle whip is just mayo with more sugar and vinegar, right?

Plus some water and other “spices and flavorings”

[MrPhlegm 3413]

I like peanut butter and mustard sandwiches.

gray poopon?

[Deej 76759]

9 minutes ago, MrPhlegm said:

51 minutes ago, Deej said:

I like peanut butter and mustard sandwiches.

gray poopon?

French's yellow mustard. 

[MrPhlegm 3413]

French's yellow mustard. 

and sardines

[HouTex 1866]

I hate mayo except for as an ingredient in something else, like potato or chicken salad, or on the outside of a grilled cheese.
Otherwise - hard pass. 

My only exception to that rule is a BLT. Mayo works on a BLT.

[Js1 85311]

10 minutes ago, HouTex said:

My only exception to that rule is a BLT. Mayo works on a BLT.

That’s fair, it does. I don’t eat them often I didn’t think of it 

[Al_4_ISU 12457]

39 minutes ago, Deej said:

French's yellow mustard. 

The school district I grew up attending was always on the skids financially, as it's quite small (average class size was like 25 kids in the whole grade) and one of the standard lunch items was butter sandwiches.  Being a fat kid who never thought the regular servings of lunch were enough, I would frequently hammer those butter sandwiches and dip them in plain yellow mustard.  I probably haven't eaten that in 25 years, but they hit the spot back then.

[elfenix 34230]

1 hour ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Miracle whip is just mayo with more sugar and vinegar, right?

mayo is an acid (vinegar or lemon juice, usually with some water for industrial products), plus oil, and egg as an emulsifier.  miracle whip is too short on the oil content to be mayo.  reg says 65% and miracle whip doesn't meet that threshold, per internets.  whip has more sugar than vinegar and more corn starch than egg.  duke's has no sugar.  helman's has sugar but that's behind salt on the list so it's not much. 

Edited March 23, 2021 by elfenix

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

24 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

The school district I grew up attending was always on the skids financially, as it's quite small (average class size was like 25 kids in the whole grade) and one of the standard lunch items was butter sandwiches.  Being a fat kid who never thought the regular servings of lunch were enough, I would frequently hammer those butter sandwiches and dip them in plain yellow mustard.  I probably haven't eaten that in 25 years, but they hit the spot back then.

Being a "poor" kid, my packed lunch sometimes consisted of an "ungrilled cheese" sandwich, which was basically a slice of american cheese between two buttered pieces of bread.  It wasn't bad.  Bread and cheese.  What I hated the most about those packed lunches though was when my mom would stick a banana in the lunchbox, and by noon everything in there - sandwich, chips, whatever would taste like banana.  Hated that. 

Edited March 23, 2021 by Judge Roybeanbag

[Al_4_ISU 12457]

Being a "poor" kid, my packed lunch sometimes consisted of an "ungrilled cheese" sandwich, which was basically a slice of american cheese between two buttered pieces of bread.  It wasn't bad.  Bread and cheese. 

We got those on chili day. Instead of actual cheese slices, it was some kind of gelatinous cheese spread. Like a greasier version of cheeze whiz. Pretty good when dipped in the chili. It was like a white trashier version of tomato soup and grilled cheese.

I don’t know if anyone packed a lunch in our school, actually.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

12 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

We got those on chili day. Instead of actual cheese slices, it was some kind of gelatinous cheese spread. Like a greasier version of cheeze whiz. Pretty good when dipped in the chili. It was like a white trashier version of tomato soup and grilled cheese.

I don’t know if anyone packed a lunch in our school, actually.

We did, up until a point - the cafeteria at my K-8th grade wasn't "horrible", some of the stuff was pretty good and some pretty bad, like the salisbury steak, which looked like ants crawling on ground meat in rice.  I think at some point my dad got a discount on our school meals because he was a teacher, and there were 5 of us kids, because by about 3rd grade or so I started eating cafeteria meals.  Some of that was probably that my mom started working a full-time job around then and couldn't pack lunches for all of us.  The sausage in the cafeteria was dangerous.  They par-boiled it, and didn't poke it first.  So when you first stuck a fork or knife in the link, it might shoot a hot grease geyser on you or anyone close to you.  

Edited March 23, 2021 by Judge Roybeanbag

[Horn Draoi 255]

16 minutes ago, Al_4_ISU said:

We got those on chili day. Instead of actual cheese slices, it was some kind of gelatinous cheese spread. Like a greasier version of cheeze whiz. Pretty good when dipped in the chili. It was like a white trashier version of tomato soup and grilled cheese.

I don’t know if anyone packed a lunch in our school, actually.

So now we’re off on school cafeterias?  The stories I could tell........I’d have cut some fat lunch lady for a bowl of chili!  Horrific, dry, tasteless “hamburgers” once a week.  Made the salty bland canned vegetable look pretty good.

[elfenix 34230]

those dry burgers might have been the worst thing in regular rotation for school lunch. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

8 minutes ago, elfenix said:

those dry burgers might have been the worst thing in regular rotation for school lunch. 

<futureman>they needed more mayo<futureman>  Actually the burgers at my school were decent, they just had a sort of soybean taste to them.

[Covri 6247]

11 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

For me almonds and dark chocolate are perfect for each other. The bitterness of the chocolate and almonds plus crunch and texture go perfect together.  Almond M&Ms are the second best M&Ms after peanut butter.  Also love crushed nuts on top of a sundae. 

I guess that would make them 2nd and 3rd behind the true goat M&M, peanut M&Ms.

[Al_4_ISU 12457]

they needed more mayo  Actually the burgers at my school were decent, they just had a sort of soybean taste to them.

Same. Lord knows the local supply was plentiful

[Underdog 28612]

Cold fried egg sandwiches were a staple for my school lunches.  Every once in a while would get the school lunch card if I begged(piss & moan) hard enough.  Jr. High was pretty much strictly buying school lunch because they served "milkshakes" which was soft serve in a cup pretty much.  

Edited March 24, 2021 by Underdog

[Sam Lin 3555]

5 hours ago, Horn Draoi said:

So now we’re off on school cafeterias? 

Oh hell yes subscribed.

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

On 3/22/2021 at 11:03 AM, Al_4_ISU said:

I don't have any hang up about the definition of chili like Texans do, but I think the cinnamon/clove thing and noodles is the weird ass part about Cincinnati Chili.

I could get over the noodles if not for the cinnamon.  That's the real deal breaker.

This also reminded me of a pediatrician friend of ours from Nebraska who has won a local chili cook off numerous times. She makes a vegetarian chili that has about every variety of bean in it along with chocolate and cinnamon. It doesn’t even have imitation vegan meat. I told my wife that she gets all the votes from people who like bean soup better than chili. 

[ztejas 43418]

5 hours ago, Covri said:

I guess that would make them 2nd and 3rd behind the true goat M&M, peanut M&Ms.

All M&Ms suck.

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

13 hours ago, Js1 said:

It's really not that terrible.  Creamy is a good sub for mayo/aioli if you want creaminess or the crunchy gives you a great texture. 

Great with bacon.  I usually skip the cheese though - pb and cheese is a weird combo. 

Makes sense. Grocery stores carried jarred bacon peanut butter back around 1970. It was pretty damn good to my grade school palate. Not sure who made it then, but obscure brands are available online. Elvis supposedly loved bacon peanut butter banana sandwiches on toasted bread. It had to be healthy judging by how well he aged. 

[Chopper 17230]

15 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

On the nut topic, peanut butter and pickle sandwiches slam. 

I was going to ask you if this is real but then I searched it and the first result was a nyt article. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12887-peanut-butter-and-pickle-sandwich  I'll give this a try some day I've been known to slather peanut butter on a granny smith before.

Edited March 24, 2021 by Chopper

[ImissWallyPryor 9046]

My school in SD in the mid-60s to early 70s actually prepared lunches from scratch. They even cut up the chickens themselves and had a “seconds” table where we could get extra of the main course or PBJ (or fried gizzards on chicken day). Some of the lunches were pretty pedestrian, but everything was fresh, including dairy products from the local Sunshine Dairy. When we moved to San Antonio, the schools made some meals from scratch like enchiladas, rice, and beans, but other lunches were frozen food service fare. Someone told us when we moved there that there was a law in San Antonio that schools had to offer beans at every lunch because of the Mexican kids needed beans in their diet. I think they were feeding us some B.S. 

[Al_4_ISU 12457]

4 hours ago, ImissWallyPryor said:

This also reminded me of a pediatrician friend of ours from Nebraska who has won a local chili cook off numerous times. She makes a vegetarian chili that has about every variety of bean in it along with chocolate and cinnamon. It doesn’t even have imitation vegan meat. I told my wife that she gets all the votes from people who like bean soup better than chili. 

I'm generally pro bean, but this sound so awful.  Chocolate?  Monster.

[castolon 193]

5 hours ago, ztejas said:

All M&Ms suck.

Fits the thread, I'll give you that

[futureman 22453]

16 hours ago, Deej said:

That sick fucker grew up to be Futureman. 

[BurntOrange&White 39931]

14 hours ago, elfenix said:

those dry burgers might have been the worst thing in regular rotation for school lunch. 

Tbh they were pretty bad but I would still eat one for nostalgic purposes.

[castolon 193]

Tbh they were pretty bad but I would still eat one for nostalgic purposes.

They’re a very distinct taste and texture that is in no way good but I’m with you. Probably put ketchup on the damn things too, which is never an option on the table anymore.

[BurntOrange&White 39931]

3 minutes ago, castolon said:

They’re a very distinct taste and texture that is in no way good but I’m with you. Probably put ketchup on the damn things too, which is never an option on the table anymore.

Everyone in school knows you mix ketchup and mustard to create the brown sauce of the gods!

[utee94 15811]

1 hour ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Tbh they were pretty bad but I would still eat one for nostalgic purposes.

 

1 hour ago, castolon said:

They’re a very distinct taste and texture that is in no way good but I’m with you. Probably put ketchup on the damn things too, which is never an option on the table anymore.

Some of those refrigerated packaged burgers at convenience stores are similar in taste and texture, if you're really feeling nostalgic.  I haven't eaten any of that since being a poor college kid, but at the time, they did remind me of my elementary school cafeteria burgers.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

I'm partially responsible for derailing this the last 2 pages but I think we should probably start a school cafeteria thread.  

Edited March 24, 2021 by Judge Roybeanbag

[conVINCEd 21469]

5 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

I'm generally pro bean, but this sound so awful.  Chocolate?  Monster.

I have won a chili cook off, in Texas, and chocolate (unsweetened) was used.  It imparts a nice mahogany color, and cuts the afterburn while retaining the heat on the front end.

[SydneyCarton 48076]

School lunches of my youth, you say? Hard yes to:

 

FUck, I can't find an appropriate image for the square hamgurgers we had as a kid in elementary school. Those were fire. And enough folks didn't like them that I could always trade fries for another burger. 

[Smax 3800]

On the nut topic, peanut butter and pickle sandwiches slam. 

I dip fritos on peanut butter

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[Da Fino 2780]

18 hours ago, MrPhlegm said:

18 hours ago, Deej said:

French's yellow mustard. 

and sardines

Sardines with Durkee Sauce on a Ritz cracker is a great snack. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

2 minutes ago, Da Fino said:

Sardines with Durkee Sauce on a Ritz cracker is a great snack. 

<Rick>Durkee sauce is underrated.<Barnes>

Edited March 24, 2021 by Judge Roybeanbag