Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in England for a few months in the 90s and every pizza was topped with corn. Literally every pizza I saw, even the ones at the chains like Pizza Hut.

I also lived in London also in 1990s and sweet corn and tuna was a common pizza topping - as well as a common topping on “jacket potatoes” that you could buy from street carts. There were other pizza and potato toppings, too, though

I was in St. Vincent for a few months also in the 90s and corn was a popular pizza topping there as well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For a first grade Valentine’s Day party, the mother in charge of snack brought in Rice Krispie treats. She mentioned that she made them “healthy” and used coconut oil rather than butter. The kids hated it. Why do that for a classroom party?

And who actually thinks coconut oil is "healthy"?

They taste fine if you use refined coconut oil. I was off dairy and experimented with tons of different ways to make rice crispy treats. I landed on a mix of refined coconut oil and soy free earth balance…

Anonymous wrote:ambrosia salad
just ewwwwll

Hey, pass yours to me. I loooooooove Ambrosia Salad!!!

ambrosia salad
just ewwwwll

Went to the house of good friends who’d served us many delicious meals before, but that particular evening dinner was a whole head of roasted garlic for each person, some bread, and a garden salad. We thankfully had brought a wedge of cheese and some eggplant caponata as appetizers, but we still went home kind of hungry and confused. …And we stayed up all night with gas from the garlic! These are really good friends who have served us plenty of terrific meals ever since but we still laugh about that night we were served garlic for dinner so matter of factly.

Anonymous wrote:I once ordered a Rueben sandwich and it came with dill pickles rather than sauerkraut. When I asked, the server said that was how they always served it.

Dill pickle sounds better than w sauerkraut to me

Anonymous wrote:I was in England for a few months in the 90s and every pizza was topped with corn. Literally every pizza I saw, even the ones at the chains like Pizza Hut.

I also lived in London also in 1990s and sweet corn and tuna was a common pizza topping - as well as a common topping on “jacket potatoes” that you could buy from street carts. There were other pizza and potato toppings, too, though

I once ordered a Rueben sandwich and it came with dill pickles rather than sauerkraut. When I asked, the server said that was how they always served it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This should go without saying, but don’t order lasagna in Scotland. It was overcooked lasagna noodles layered with ketchup and cheddar cheese and served with a side of greasy fries. My stomach still churns 20 years later.

Ditto for Ireland and lasagna.

Never experienced this (fully Irish mom and have been a dozen times).

But to add something to the thread, the Irish neighbors thought when we asked for "peanut butter and jelly" we meant peanut butter and jello -- they called Jello jelly. ick. another time I asked for "Cream" with my coffee and they looked confused but brought me whipped cream.

I love it over there

black coffee with whip cream is one of my favorite things.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My ILs insist on making “London Broil” in their fireplace. It never turns out well, they always insists it was better that one time, but not once in 15 years has it come out well. Like, you have a grill, people.

I thought London Broil was cooked as a version of opt roast, just in the oven? Kind of like slowly braised/oven cooked dish? What is this London Broil they cook?

You usually cook on the coals not an open flame. Otherwise you get a really inconsistent temperature.

roasted suckling pig, except my friend got served the head part (eye, ear, half a snout). We were traveling in Spain and had been SUPER excited to get the roast pig that was a special dish in that town … but nope, the giant eye on the plate killed the mood!

In the 90s I studied abroad in Ukraine. After arrival the lunch the tour guides gave us consisted of a plastic bag for each student with two hardboiled eggs and an unpeeled cucumber. It was actually fresh and nutritious, but I’ll never forget opening up the lunch bag and just seeing … a whole egg and a cucumber!

Anonymous wrote:My ILs insist on making “London Broil” in their fireplace. It never turns out well, they always insists it was better that one time, but not once in 15 years has it come out well. Like, you have a grill, people.

I thought London Broil was cooked as a version of opt roast, just in the oven? Kind of like slowly braised/oven cooked dish? What is this London Broil they cook?

Anonymous wrote:Was served, and ate, a whole roasted guinea pig in a lovely peanut sauce. This was in South America.

Did they present it whole? I ate it (tasted fine) but I still remember the teeth.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I met my now DH's family for the first time, his grandmother served lunch, and I was given a plate of microwaved flour tortillas with shredded cheddar inside. Which is fine. I actually like that. But the tortilla was moldy. We had just travelled for 10 hours, I was freaking starving, and I explained how full I was and really couldn't eat another bite.

I've never seen a moldy tortilla. I'm scared to even imagine how long she had it and how she stored it.

The homemade ones from trader Joes get moldy decently fast. So maybe she isn't that bad...

Anonymous wrote:When I met my now DH's family for the first time, his grandmother served lunch, and I was given a plate of microwaved flour tortillas with shredded cheddar inside. Which is fine. I actually like that. But the tortilla was moldy. We had just travelled for 10 hours, I was freaking starving, and I explained how full I was and really couldn't eat another bite.

I've never seen a moldy tortilla. I'm scared to even imagine how long she had it and how she stored it.