How about foods you've tried once or twice that you'll never eat again.

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taxlady said:
Chicken fried steak is just wienerschnitzel made with beef instead of veal. It's delicious. If you don't want a gloopy white gravy, don't put it on your steak. The resto where I have eaten was fine with serving the gravy in a small bowl, instead of on the meat. In fact, I don't remember if I even had to ask them to leave it off the meat.
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True. CFS was created by the many German immigrants who came to Central Texas in the 1800s.

CD
 
Escargot. I remembered this because of a post in the "Today's Menu" forum. I loved it the first time I had it, and it made me gag the second time. I chalk it up to the quality of the snails. I would be very reluctant to order it again, because it seems risky.

I also tried octopus once, and it wasn't what I expected. It was at an (Iron) Chef Cat Cora restaurant in LA, so it wasn't the preparation. I just didn't like the taste of octopus.

I do have to give the bartender props (I eat at the bar when I am dining alone). She noticed that I was not enjoying my octopus, and said something. She asked if this was my first time eating octopus, which it was, and she told me that some people love octopus, and others don't. She offered to get me a different appetizer, and did not charge me for the octopus. She got a good tip.

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Since I was going to make wasabi potato latkes with our tuna steaks, I checked the expiration date on the tube of paste in our refrigerator. Guess it had been a lot longer than I thought since it was way out of date. So, tossed it and picked up a fresh tube.

I squeezed a little over a tablespoon out of the new tube into the latke mix, started to mix it in and WHEW, the smell cleared my sinuses. Dumb me decided to taste a little, a very little, even though the smell was still wafting up from the latke mix and sticking around. OMG, I've neved had wasabi that strong tasting, not even the time we found some fresh wasabi root and tried it. Even dumber me put some on my plate to use so I got some seriously strong hits even just using a very thin smear.

Good thing I know though since homemade sushi is on the menu soon.

Our black pug, Strider, loves wasabi and will actually steal it out of the box when we get takeout or off my plate. He usually gets to lick a little off my finger, but I didn't let him have any this time though because it was so strong.
 
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Okra was a regular in our dinner rotation when I was a kid. Mom would make a lamb and okra stew and serve it over rice. Yum! Not slimy, not snotty.
 
Andy M. said:
Okra was a regular in our dinner rotation when I was a kid. Mom would make a lamb and okra stew and serve it over rice. Yum! Not slimy, not snotty.
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In a stew is probably like in a gumbo. If you cook it long enough, the snot becomes a thickener, losing its sliminess.

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Ohh man, that was straight-up Sarepta mustard, no joke. I tried using it once, thinking it would add a nice little kick to the dish. But whew, that stuff is no joke - the heat and intensity of it just completely overpowered everything.
 
I thought about one of these ingredients today, when talking to a fellow gardener - Bitter Melon. I have given her seedlings the last two years, because she wanted to try to learn how to eat it! This is one of those things she never could stand to eat, even though she's Indian, and most of the people in her family (that she grew up with) ate it. I told her maybe it's a genetic thing, like with cilantro. I made a few dishes for her, and her husband and son liked a couple of them, but she just can't eat it. The reason she kept trying it is that she is diabetic, and bitter melon is supposed to be good for them. In the area where she grew it, it grew like an invasive vine, and produced more than she could give away! I offered her some seedlings of those bottle gourds, but she's going to wait to plant that away from the garden, when she gets that area cleared. But she's growing the bitter melon again, since that grows better in her soil, and she'll give any to me that I want, and any of her family that stops by. And maybe she'll try it again...:LOL:
 
I'm not a fan of okra, but I'll eat it.
It's grown a lot around here, and they like to cook it with some baking powder.
Maybe that has an effect on the snottiness?
 
I can't remember what it was called but it was a candy from a Scandanavian country. It was clear and looked like a sour ball or clear candy. When I put it in my mouth it was salty. eeww
 
I too like Wasabi. Maybe I was one of the lucky ones who was warned that it can sometimes be very hot and other times not. So I've not been taken by surprise - yet.
 
dragnlaw said:
I too like Wasabi. Maybe I was one of the lucky ones who was warned that it can sometimes be very hot and other times not. So I've not been taken by surprise - yet.
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I'm going to bet that it mellows with age, like Chinese mustard does.
 
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