And as far as the thread topic goes, although not a weird dish, every time we have a barbecue my mom serves corn on the cob, but not fresh corn on the cob, its the half cobs that come frozen in a bag ( strike one, but understandable cause its easy). She puts up the water, and starts boiling them from when she starts preparing dinner, then boils them throughout the whole dinner making process ( an hour +), then lets them sit in the hot water until ready to be served leaving it about as mushy as they can become ( strike two). Obviously, no one eats them and she doesn't like to waste food, so she refreezes them just to start the whole process ( with the same corn) over the next meal( strike three). I swear she some of those corn cobs are probably as old as I am as they've been recycled year after year.
Also, like mentioned above, almost every meal has pickles and olives. whether its Italian, mexican, middle eastern ... doesn't matter. My mom has to hide the pickle and olive dish until dinner is served to prevent me and my brother from picking at them prior to dinner. She still yells at us like we're little kids, its hysterical. And then when she finally serves them, we fight over them, as we did when we were younger, grabbing handfuls so the other won't get any. Fist fights have broken out over who gets more olives or pickles.