
Food and culture are often tied closely together. Tradition is built around what is available in your area. Globalization has allowed us all to have easier access to different foods from around the world however, you just can't beat locally made goods.
If you asked me what dish from the U.S. everyone needs to try ASAP I'd have to go the full Mainer on, you bub. Lobster rolls go without saying however, one in particular from a tiny shack down the coast apiece has the best. It's a toasted buttered roll with tempura-fried lobster covered in spicy Mayo, bacon, and fresh green onion tops. Pair that with an ice cold Moxie to drink and some hand-cut potato fries from the County and you got yourself a wicked good meal ayuh.
Fellow foodies this one is for you.
Redditor be4u4get wanted to know what dishes people from around the globe would recommend.
They asked:
"What is a meal native to your country that we should all try?"
The replies will have you drooling while you buy your plane ticket.
An Edinburgh breakfast…
“Square sausage (also known as lorne sausage). Pair with potato scones (also a native thing) and bacon on a crispy roll, smothered in salty butter. The best Sunday morning breakfast you'll ever have.“ jasontredecim
“Gotta be a morning roll too. Damn I miss living in Edinburgh.” smakledawbed
East Africa…
“EAST AFRICAN COUNTRIES: An omelette made of fries, eggs and spices (chips mayai). Spicy sugarcane juice." Maya-Sydney
“with redgold tomato sauce." nnfhjs
Brazil…
“Coxinha (breaded and deep-fried dumpling filled with chicken and, sometimes, a cream cheese-like paste called catupiry). Feijoada (a hearty pork and black beans stew served with rice and other sides). Pão de Queijo (bread balls made with tapioca flour and infused with lots of cheese). Just to name a few. Brazil has dozens of amazing dishes.” guiporto32
Germany…
“Käsespätzle with Speck. Like Mac n Cheese, but with hand made quality noodles and quality cheese like Bergkäse, emmental and cream, with bacon like bits. Goes well with beer. Germany has some great foods.” neverfarts
“Curry wurst club! On top of that, it may not be traditional but late-night doner kebab food truck is part of modern German living, like taco trucks in America.” MechaDesu
Turkey…
“I'm from turkey, so here is a list the you have to try: 1. Manti - Turkish dumplings 2. Lahmacun (no clue how to spell it) - kinda like pizza but with no cheese or sauce, just beef. 3. Any kebap 4. Künefe - no clue what the English word for the stuff on the outside but the inside is filled with cheese. It is a dessert, sweetened by hot sugar water (not caramel) 6. Grape leaves wrapped around rice 7. Literally any Turkish food. It's all amazing." LeopardHalit
“the whole Balkan region, not just Serbia…”
“Most of these that I will list will be common for the whole Balkan region, not just Serbia, but here we go: Pljeskavica - it's technically a type of burger. The patty is usually mixed pork and beef, but it can be just beef or just pork. It's served in a bun that's half bun half flat bread called a somun. It has a very open crumb, and usually some char on top and bottom.”
“Now, for fillings the most common are: sour cream, tomato slices, cucumber slices, shredded cabbage, lettuce, urnebes (a type of creamy hot condiment, I think it's made of paprika and sour cream), pickles - pretty much anything you want, but most fillings are fresh veggies. Since the patty is very thin, it will always be well done. Highly recommend this one.”
“Ćevapi - more of a Bosnian thing, but they are eaten everywhere. Some are made from pork, but traditionally they are made of 100% beef. Imagine them as 2 or 3 inch long (5 to 7 cm) casing-less sausages. They are grilled, usually until well done. They are served in a somun, with diced onion and kajmak (kinda similar to ricotta, it's made by skimming a layer that forms on the milk while it's pasteurized). Bosnians in passing, please correct if I forgot something. These are also great.”
“Sarma - again, common across the Balkans, usually in different forms. The type served here in Serbia is usually made from a beef or pork mince, mixed with rice, rolled into pickled cabbage leaves (sauerkraut) and then cooked for a while. Not one of my favorite dishes, but I have been spoiled by foreign cuisine (I dislike the mix of sauerkraut and the beef/rice mix. I prefer the Greek version, made of vine leaves). Still a classic."
"And I have to give a mention of krompiruša. It isn't a Serbian dish, it's from Bosnia, but it's my absolute favorite thing. It's a pie, made of thin dough that's made and stretched by hand. The dough is then filled with grated potato, most commonly with just black pepper and salt and some oil, then closed into a sausage shaped.... sausage of dough and potato. It's then spiraled into a round baking sheet, and either baked in a normal oven, or a sač (a metal dome, placed on top of the pie, it's then covered in hot coals and baked like that)."
"The dough on top is nice and crispy and crunchy, while the bits that were touching are nice and chewy. It's usually eaten with yogurt (our yogurt is much runnier, almost like kefir). I've probably missed a few steps, but my Bosnian grandma hasn't taught me how to make it yet. BTW, this dish makes zero sense to me (from a culinary sense). If you eat it without the yogurt, it's literally just carbs and a bit of fat. It's a calorie bomb with little nutritional value. The yogurt adds some protein and fat, but that's about it. Again, highly recommend this, it's one of my favorite dishes to eat." RaccKing21
Lithuania…
“(Lithuania) Saltibarsciai / Cold borscht This garishly pink soup is incredible popular, particularly in summer when the weather can be quite hot. ... It is made using a cultured milk called kefir (kefyras in Lithuanian), which is like a cross between yoghurt and buttermilk.” edgarb159
Eastern Europe…
“Плов - Plov (Pilau, Pilaf) is a popular food in eastern Europe, although popular in different varieties around the world, obviously. The particular kind I'm used to is made by first essentially cooking a soup with just enough liquid to cover the meat and veggies, then placing a layer of rice on top, adding more water (carefully to not disturb rice layer) to go ~1 inch above the rice, and lastly covering with a towel and lid to let it steam until the rice is finished.”
“You end up with a layer of rice on top of your meat and vegetables. Popular ingredients include pork, carrots (turns your rice orange), onion, a whole bulb of garlic (sliced in half, placed face down on the rice before adding water), and cumin. Very tasty and you can obviously add more veggies, spices, and/or proteins. Plus, sour cream on the side for extra flavor. It kind of ends up looking like Indian yellow rice or a Spanish paella in the end.” weatherdog
New Zealand…
“Aotearoa/New Zealand. Hangi is a pit you dig then line with coals and layer an animal and vegetables from thickest to thinnest then bury it all and wait for the whole day until it'd time to dig it up and eat it all with 100 of your favorite people. Not really a meal but anything that comes out of there tastes good.” imrzzz
Egypt…
“As an Egyptian myself I recommend 3 things Breakfast - Ful Medames with some hummus and falafel. Lunch - Koshary, A mix of rice and lentils (sometimes macaroni) and tomato sauce on the side or you can try Mulukhiyah and rice” ReaperSSO
Sounds like some good dishes to add to the bucket list. Thinking of all the different spices has us getting a little hungry. What was your favorite suggestion?
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We may not like it, but getting older is pretty inevitable.
With age may come wisdom, but it also comes with lots of responsibilities.
And some days, we're just over it.
Redditor brick_layer asked:
"What tasks are you tired of doing as an adult?"
Decisions, Decisions
"Deciding what to make for dinner."
- PortiaEss
"I would eat people kibble if it tasted good. Bachelor Chow (just add beer) needs to be a real thing."
- chaos8803
Hi, Ho, Hi, Ho
"Going to work and acting like a functional person."
- ovelanimimerkki
"Yep, I hate trying to work when I'm not emotionally stable or just exhausted. And you literally can't tell anyone or they tell you to go get a coffee which just makes the week go downhill over time."
- gg_ff_42069
Manners
"Being polite to other adults who don't deserve it."
- 25_-a
"Also known as the 'I am too old for this sh*t' phase of life."
- Zintao
Cleaning
"Cleaning the fridge. 🤢 when I find something way in the back that’s been forgotten."
- joydobson
"I finally cleaned out ours today because it was trash day, and the husband isn’t home to argue with me about how that sauce from 2015 is 'still good!!' 🤨 Now I have an empty fridge with just the bare essentials. Worth it."
- Grizelda_Gunderson
Circle of Life
"Working. Paying bills. Getting up early. Doing stuff."
- guyfromcroswell
"Agreed. Such a mundane cycle indeed."
- Emotional_Ratio_3251
Is Naked So Bad?
"Laundry grrrrr."
- FewPizza7880
"I tend to put the laundry in, hear it beep, forget about it for 6 hours then remember it needs to dry."
- marvel_is_wow
Traffic
"Anticipating the morons on the roads that change lanes without signaling."
"Or merging into 70mph traffic while doing 45..."
- haveyouseenthebridge
"Or being stuck behind those people as we're merging, I get pissed. Like speed up to the flow of traffic, being behind them merging puts me in danger too."
- Nigel_IncubatorJones
Maintenance
"Buying a house is an endless list of shit that needs fixing or improving."
- muffbiscuits
"This is one of the many reasons I bought a condo. The majority of the maintenance is somebody else’s problem. I haven’t cut grass, raked leaves or shoveled snow in almost a decade."
‐ yogaballcactus
Teeth
"Brushing my teeth. It's annoying."
- scottevil110"
"I feel this deep. It’s flossing for me."
- brick_layer
"Wait until you're in your 60s and all of a sudden the perfect teeth that never even had a cavity now all of a sudden have tiny cracks and need porcelain crowns and you have constant pain and Delta Dental only covers cleanings and x-rays and a single crown is like $1500 and they're telling you that you need four and you think, well, we don't really need two cars, I could sell my old Subaru."
- Nobody_Wins_13
Alarming
"Waking up to an alarm clock."
"I've been waking up to an alarm clock almost every day since 1985, and I'm fucking tired of it."
"I want to wake up when I'm done sleeping."
"I don't want to wake up and find that I've slept through/turned off my alarm(s) yet again, and have to choose between packing a lunch and taking a shower."
- thisbuttonsucks
What part of adulthood are you tired of?
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I would love to know how people don't fear death.
I mean, it's the end. Life will be over. That kind of sucks.
Yet there are people who find tranquility in it.
Can you teach the rest of us?
Redditor deensuk wanted to hear from everyone who has a calmness about the heading to the afterlife. They asked:
"People who are not scared of death, why?"
I have a constant fear of death. I wanna perfect the ending of "Death Becomes Her" so I can live forever.
Before
"I'm not scared of death because of working in health care I was around it so much. I AM scared of what leads to death, however."
Full-Mulberry5020
Why now?
"Why should I be scared now of something that's only going to happen at the end of my life?"
User Deleted
"I did this cult thing called the landmark forum and I actually did like their “meaning of life”: the meaning of life is that there is no meaning. Life is empty and meaningless. There is no answer."
"Life is what you make of it and every persons answer is equally valid because there is no meaning to life. Life exists as, basically, an accident, we are all here by complete accident, there’s no great mystery, it’s all biology and you are 100% free to make life about whatever it is you want."
Conservative_HalfWit
Death and I are good friends...
"I was very sick as a child. Spent ages 7-20 in and out of hospital due to kidney issues. Lost a kidney at 28. Almost died during the surgery to removed the dead kidney due to blood loss. Had 5 surgeries back to back during the next 2 years. Twice they had difficulties bringing me out of anesthesia."
"Found my favorite aunt dead in her bed when I was 22. Watched my best friend die from a brain tumor at 30. Death has been a constant force in my life. Sometimes just on the edges waiting, sometimes unexpected staring me in the face. I'm not afraid because it's always been there. I now work in healthcare. Death and I are good friends."
Tiny_Teach_5466
No Worries
"Because it's coming for us all, sooner or later. So there's no point in worrying about it. I am much more concerned about day to day minutiae. The Lars von Trier film Melancholia starring Kirstin Dunst portrayed this perfectly. If there was an asteroid hurtling towards the earth, I'd probably be more preoccupied with worrying about whether I left the back light on or not."
Giallo_submarine
It's Over
"Because no one has ever made it out alive, and I was dead for an eternity before I was alive, and didn't suffer the slightest inconvenience because of it."
MarshallApplewhiteDo
I never thought about the before much. I hope the before is quick.
The Effects
"I hope that when my times comes it will be merciful. My uncle had a stroke, he is paralyzed. My grandmother is 91, but is losing all her memories of her life. Death does not scare me, what could be left of me before I die is what terrifies me."
M1ssy_M3
No Terror
"It’s like when the writer Nabokov said that he saw a picture one time, a picture of before he was born. It was a picture of his mother, his brother and sister that were older than him, but he had not been born yet. He said that when he saw that picture there was no terror in him, even though he was looking at a picture where he didn’t exist."
im_on-the_can
state of nonexistence...
"I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid of dying. Death is just the state of nonexistence I experienced before I was born. I don't remember it because I didn't exist yet. Death will be the same way. I just don't want the transition to be marked by pain and sorrow at things left unfinished. I want it to be quick, painless, and with me surrounded by love."
Wazula42
I'm Gone...
"Because once I die, I won't know it. I won't miss people or regret things or feel pain or sadness about anything. I might fear being sick and slowly dying, just having to live with the knowledge that it's all going to end and this is the last time I'll ever see the people I love or taste good food or hear good music. That sounds almost unbearable. But death isn't even a thing, it's just having done something (died)."
"It's like virginity, it's a made-up state of being that just says whether or not you've experienced a specific occurrence. Once I die, I'm gone. My corpse will be the empty wrapper I used to be in, just garbage to be disposed of in whatever way makes my survivors feel better. I'll be switched off. If I don't worry about what the light feels after the bulb burns out, why would I be afraid of being dead?"
SallyHeap
At Peace
"I’m scared now because I have young kids. Once my kids are old enough to be on their own I imagine the fear will subside and I’ll have a more relaxed approach."
User Deleted
Some very interesting perspectives. May it all calm peacefully and with great mercy for us all.
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Dating and the search for love and companionship... What a nightmare.
This journey plays out nothing like in the movies.
Every Prince or Princess (or everything in BTW) seems to have a touch of the psycho.
The things people say during what should be simple dinner conversation can leave a dining partner aghast.
Like... do you hear you?
Redditor detroit_michigldan wanted to discuss all the best ways to crash and burn when trying to make a romantic connection. They asked:
"You're on a date and it's going really great. What can another person say to ruin it completely?"
I once had a guy ask me if I was willing to follow him into the woods, depending on the price of the meal.
Yeah. No steak is worth that.
Plans After...
"Thanks for the ride but I have a date with someone else, I figured you wouldn't drive me if you knew I was going on a date with someone else and I really needed a ride."
"Online dating, talked to her for a while, finally got the courage to ask her out and then she said that as we got there."
iareyours
Mirror Image
“'You look just like my wife!'”
catalinachild
"I did have a guy tell me I reminded him of his son. I don’t believe English has a word to adequately describe my feelings at that time."
UnicornMagicRainbow
"That would definitely do it."
chaotica78
Third Wheel
"'Hope you don't mind if my mother joins us.'"
ofsquire
"Actually had a girl do this on a first date because she had anxiety issues. Honestly wasn’t bad except that 90% of the time she was silent and her mom talked over her."
"I didn’t mind that much and wouldn’t have minded trying again when she was more comfortable except that she was let go at the company we worked at and she deleted her social media profiles and she never responded on her number. Ah well."
Seightx
Liar
"'Hey bro aren't you gay? I made out with you last night.'"
"Random dude I've never seen before in front of my (f) date."
JHXC16
Was he lying though?
Filter Issues
"'You looked better on Tinder.'"
waqasnaseem07
"Isn’t it basic knowledge that everybody looks slightly worse than the worst picture you can find?"
no_user_ID_found
The Past
"'My ex used to do that too.'"
xxIvyOF
"Yep. I’ve definitely had two otherwise-decent-guy date-situations sour because the ex-comparisons just would not stop flowing. No woman wants to be seen as interchangeable—I’m not here to perfectly fill that ex-sized hole in your life. Focusing on the present moment and a future we could build together is a courtesy we need to grant each other in earliest dates of dating."
LarkScarlett
Powerless
"'I'm an alpha, you cant handle my top energy.'"
Midnightgay28
"I actually left a dude in the middle of dinner, in part, for saying this. I ordered an Uber under the table while pretending to listen to him. Went to the bathroom, and never came back. That was when I was young. Now I’d just say, 'How about we enjoy this meal in silence, before we head our separate ways.'”
UnicornMagicRainbow
Mommy...
"'Mother says I should be back by 9.'"
"Saying 'mother says' just feels weird."
bunnyrut
"That gives me Norman Bates vibes."
Werewolf_lover20
"'Mother says alligators are aggressive because they have an overabundance of teeth, but lack a toothbrush.'"
sodaextraiceplease
Obvs...
"'If you were going to be murdered, what method would you prefer. Purely hypothetical. Obvs.'"
Specific_Tap7296
If it looks anything like a Dateline NBC episode... RUN!
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Despite the advancement of technology rendering people left to their own devices–literally–to entertain them, there are some leisurely activities that will never go out of style.
Or so you would think.
Do people still knit to pass the time? Are people actively collecting stamps?
It depends on who's asking.
Curious to hear about hobby trends, Redditor gizehgizeh asked:
"What are once popular hobbies that are slowly dying these days?"

Before we've become conditioned to living on our phones, these activities used to keep people occupied.
Before Texting, There Was This
"Letter writing."
– littlekingMT
Literal And Tangible Joy
"Well the internet killed pen pals for sure. I do remember I had a Japanese girl for a penpal maybe back in 2007 or so. I honestly don't remember how it started, pretty sure some website, but that was a fun experience. But now I can just straight up talk to foreign people real time, lol. But yea getting a physical letter that someone took the time to write and mail still is hard to beat feelings wise."
– skyburnsred
Model Trains
"When I was growing up, every town had a model train store in it. Now I have one in region and everything else has to be bought online."
– Hairy_Effective1172
Pretty Rocks
"Don’t see anyone playing marbles anymore, I had an awesome collection in school."
– sheeple85
"I had some marbles as a kid in the 90s. My grandma got them for me and I had no idea what I was supposed to do with them. I always imagined them as a thing kids in the 40s played with."
– Ryoukugan
People Were Moving Canvases
"Paintball has been dying a slow death since 2006. Sad, really."
– hobo_recycler
Before the general population began hating clutter, collecting was once a "thing."
Precious Coins
"Coin collecting... I'm a silver/gold nut and I'm always hunting for precious metal coins. whenever I go into a shop they get all excited because 'no one under 70 collects coins anymore.'"
– ThatFishySmell99
Post It
"Stamp collecting."
– spooky_scully_mulder
"Collecting in general, really. Of course there are still prominent collectors but it's slipped more into enthusiast and niche territory than being a popular hobby that you might expect anyone to have."
– iuytrefdgh436yujhe2
What A Gem
"Rockhounding was immensely popular back in the 1950's and 1960's. Personally, I think it's a fascinating and fulfilling hobby, but when I go to a meeting at a rock and gem club, I'm usually the youngest one in the room by several decades."
– filthy_lucre
People once enjoyed making things.
Admiring The View
"Stained glass. I learned how to make it from my old man, and my junior high art class teacher also taught it. Very few artisans are still around."
– brobeanzhitler
Metal Vocation
"Black smithing."
– kenworth117
"I bought a forge to try. It’s insanely hard work, and crazy expensive. I still haven’t finished a piece."
– DSentvalue
Scrapbooking
"Yeah. I'm watching the arts and crafts stores around me completely uninstalling their racks for specialty paper. Now the only thing they have is mega packs of repeating colors/images. To boot all the inclusions like papercraft/die-cut things, washi tape, scissors, stickers, etc have gotten so expensive I would rather go buy $5 bags at value village to get an assortment of things versus buying anything new. I really, really miss yard sales for the same reasons."
– Phantasmai
I envy people who have jobs that are basically their hobbies.
Not everyone gets paid doing what they actually enjoy and have a profound level of passion for.
If they do, kudos to them.
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