What is your most unbearable food thing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

Wow! What’s a sophisticated European palette you have! I am in awe of its awesomeness. Signed another immigrant.

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Oysters. Normally not hard to avoid except at seafood restaurants with friends who want to split dozens or those seafood towers.

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Anonymous wrote:I love the cultural authenticity of food and detest fusion - Korean tacos, bbq chicken pizza, and Mexican lasagna are all no gos for me.

This is a tough row to hoe. So you also eschew ramen, all Italian dishes that use tomatoes, which were an import from the new world, any Indian dishes that contain chili peppers, which were introduced by Europeans? Or do you mean you don’t like new fusion foods, but are ok with older ones? No Korean tacos, but la galbi (invented by Korean Americans in la) is ok?

Good question. It’s not hard and fast rule but more an emotional one. If I feel a particular dish is a bastardization of authentic cuisine I’ll pass. eg, since you can find California rolls in Japan it’s acceptable to me. But bbq chicken pizza is an invention of some socal pizza chain trying to be cute, so I won’t touch it.

PP. In this case, I think I understand, but I would advise you not try to justify your food choices to anyone with food knowledge. Under your parameters, it seems like you will eventually come around to every fusion food when other people accept them too. Omu rice, ramen, Japanese curry, spam musubi, tangsuyuk (Korean sweet and sour beef/pork), and banh mi are all examples of fusion foods that are probably acceptable to you, but only because other people don’t immediately recognize them as fusion foods. How do you feel about chicken tikka masala? And pizza topped with shrimp, mentaiko, or mochi, which are popular in Japan? I am East Asian and have lived on 4 continents, and very few people worry about fusion contamination in other countries. They just eat what they like, and happily fuse foods at home, ie kimchi on spaghetti or lingonberry jam on karaage. If we didn’t do this, we would have significantly less interesting food.

Agree. Not sure why some people feel the need to be ideological about fusion food. I have a wide variety of ingredients spanning multiple regional cuisines in my fridge as I cook extensively and I will happily be creative. My latest discovery is making scrambled egg sandwiches with the gochujang, Korean hot pepper paste, I had in the fridge. I toast whole wheat bread and apply a thin smear of both mayonnaise and gochujang and make a sandwich with scrambled eggs and spring onions. It's delicious! And definitely fusion.

PP. Yum. I am going to try this for myself. Spring onions sounds like the perfect touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

How are they cringeworthy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

Did you come here once you were past childhood? You mentioned children's foods/candies. If you weren't around them growing up, it would make sense you wouldn't start eating them now as an adult.

[Anonymous]

I’m vegetarian. But sometimes vegan. But sometimes I’ll eat honey. Or eggs. Or dairy. Or not. But I’m always vegetarian.

True story. I annoy the crap out of my husband.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

How are they cringeworthy?

It's a fusion. Synthetic food dyes were discovered in Europe and peanuts are a New World food.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

How are they cringeworthy?

It's a fusion. Synthetic food dyes were discovered in Europe and peanuts are a New World food.

Ohh you’re the dumb fusion poster from before. Carry on.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

How are they cringeworthy?

It's a fusion. Synthetic food dyes were discovered in Europe and peanuts are a New World food.

Ohh you’re the dumb fusion poster from before. Carry on.

I perhaps forgot the /s. Most people wouldn't know the origin of synthetic food dyes. Britain as I vaguely recall. It was a derivative of coal tar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

How are they cringeworthy?

Putting chocolate, which is sweet, with salty peanut butter?
I’m not criticizing people who love the combination, just saying for me it’s like eating salt herring with strawberries

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

How do you eat your peanut butter, if not in a sandwich?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

How are they cringeworthy?

Putting chocolate, which is sweet, with salty peanut butter?
I’m not criticizing people who love the combination, just saying for me it’s like eating salt herring with strawberries

Reece’s Pieces are just peanut butter with a candy coating, no chocolate involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

Same here: I like peanut butter and peanut sauce but not with anything sweet. No pbj, no Reese’s, no peanut butter cookies for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love the cultural authenticity of food and detest fusion - Korean tacos, bbq chicken pizza, and Mexican lasagna are all no gos for me.

I think that might exist more in your mind than in reality. You're missing out on some great food.

Agreed, and food and cuisine evolve.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a European who’s been here for decades, I have yet to eat a peanut butter jelly sandwich; and Reese’s pieces are cringeworthy.
I love chocolate and peanut butter, just not together.
I’ll eat pretty much everything, incl very “exotic “ foods.

How are they cringeworthy?

Putting chocolate, which is sweet, with salty peanut butter?
I’m not criticizing people who love the combination, just saying for me it’s like eating salt herring with strawberries

Savory and sweet combinations are well liked by many. Like agrodulce (sour and sweet), savory and sweet flavors contrast well and exist in many if not most cultures. Melon and prosciutto, salted almonds and dates, watermelon and feta, dates and bacon, figs and prosciutto, salted caramel, canard a l’orange, schnitzel with lingonberry jam, roast pork with apoles, etc. Turkey with cranberry sauce, of course. Vietnamese, Chinese, and Korean foods have a lot of salt/sweet interplay, especially the pork dishes, which lend well to sweetness. All bbq sauces are salty and sweet. Perhaps you are from a rare place that doesn’t enjoy salty/sweet combos. Where are you from, PP?