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From a strictly utilitarian sense, food's job is to get nutrients and calories into your body so that you can convert them into energy and not die.
That's it. There's no contractual obligation that it has to be tasty - and sometimes it's just not.
<p>One Reddit user asked: </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/?sort=top" target="_blank">What's the absolute worst food you've ever eaten?</a></p><p>... it's pretty safe to say these people won't be coming back for seconds ... except maybe the accidental garlic butter pancake person. Savory pancakes could totally work as long as you're expecting it.</p>
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Surprise, It's Savory!
<p>My wife would say...</p><p>Pancakes that I accidentally cooked in garlic butter. She <em>hated</em> them. </p><p>I liked them.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghwhzn1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Sparky62075</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghwhzn1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>Savoury pancakes are the norm where I grew up. But we have big thin pancakes (Europe) and I'm not sure cheese, mushrooms and bacon would translate to American pancakes.</p><p>That being said, when we do have sweet pancakes it's generally just sugar and lemon juice which wierded the hell out of some friends from Hong Kong.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxd5o0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">VioletCaracal</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Bog Of Eternal Stench
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTE5MDc2NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MjE1NDA4Mn0.H9Vc00kjEdbT073vbEwrvR_2q6fRNgx-jeS9c9vCqpE/img.gif?width=980" id="5fd73" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="aee5420685837ba34355d17c4a7b70b4" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="360" />season 6 episode 22 GIF by SpongeBob SquarePantsGiphy<p>Years ago Starbucks did a green tea latte. My Mom and I got one to try cause we like green tea. </p><p>It was toxic! </p><p>We were emitting fumes that should never come out of a human body! We were riding with the windows down in the middle of winter it was so bad! </p><p>When I got to a bathroom, when I was done, what I left behind looked like lawn mulching after being out in the rain for a week straight with a smell on par with what I imagine the bog of eternal stench smells like!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghwnsrv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Jekyll_1886</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghwnsrv?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>As a former Starbucks barista, I can confirm that the green tea latte is so yuck! And it's even worse when you realize that it's doused in so much sugar and STILL tastes like wet grass.</p><p>You'd have to REALLY like matcha to like that drink. And even then, it's not even good matcha at all.</p><p>- <a href="As a former Starbucks barista, I can confirm that the green tea latte is so yuck! And it’s even worse when you realize that it’s doused in so much sugar and STILL tastes like wet grass. You’d have to REALLY like matcha to like that drink. And even then, it’s not even good matcha at all." target="_blank">is_it_soy</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Grease Holding Hands
<p>A brand of frozen pizza. It was just grease molecules holding hands.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghwdaoq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TheSanityInspector</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghwdaoq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>Yup. The brand I'm thinking of tasted just like grease. I didn't know anything could be that bad.</p><p>Pizza is one of the best foods ever. Even when it's bad, it should still be good, or at least edible. They managed to totally f*ck it up. </p><p>That pizza tastes like it's topped with failure and grease... so much grease.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghyx8f5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ProfessorAnusNipples</a></p><p>Can those grease molecules hold <em>my</em> hand?</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxg6db?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">qdust</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Curry (?)
<p>Am Indian. Had a curry at someone's house who was not Indian. Straight up did not use any spice but salt. Died on the inside. Ancestors physically manifested to voice disapproval.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxa7h3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">kesh_from_downunder</a></p><p>Man - don't go to France. 'Curry' or extra-spicy 'picante/mexicaine' flavour is, at best, bland tomato with the merest hint of vinegar, and two molecules of mild chilli. I'm convinced the French are only comfortable with four flavours; buttery, very buttery, cheesey, garlicky (with cheesey and buttery undertones).</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxojoo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">heurrgh</a></p><p>How can it be called curry when it has no spices at all? Here I am laughing picturing diced chicken in basically the water it cooked in and being served as curry.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxr1im?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TenaciousToffee</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It Causes Chemical Burns?!
<p>The infamous 삭힌 홍어. Sometimes, when the fermentation is overdone, you can actually get chemical burns in your mouth. But some folks absolutely love it, kinda like marmite.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxnfqz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">SgtTryhard</a></p><p>Many years ago I was reading about non-lethal weapons and one of them was smells that would make people nauseous. And the article was saying they seem to work on most people except Koreans who culturally eat a lot of fermented food. </p><p>Not sure what it says about your culture when vomit-inducing smells are met with "mmm tasty!" Weird how flexible the human mind and body is all based on how we are raised. Although Koreans do have a high prevalence of stomach cancer so there are downsides.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxu79c?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">soline</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Topped With What?
<p>I attended a wedding of my cousin a few years back. They were part of this cult-like "Christian" sect. The food was not made by a catering company, instead the whole affair was organized by church members. </p><p>For dessert they had a mango icebox cake that barely had any cream and was dyed pink for some reason. It had been sitting out for hours under the sun. It was warm and smelled a little funky. </p><p>When I got closer I realized it stunk because it was topped with roasted garlic peanuts. </p><p>Since whoever made it used it as toppings, I would say either they ran out of/can't find the plain ones and used those instead; or just bought the wrong ingredient.</p><p>If I was them I would've just left it out altogether. The garlic taste and smell was overpowering. </p><p>We only ate it to be polite and because my siblings and I were daring each other to eat it. My brother managed to eat an entire slice, and yes he's fine. My sister spotted a small sliver of fried garlic in her slice.</p><p>It tasted just as bad as it sounds. I almost threw up after taking one bite.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghwvz62?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">socialsci123</a></p>Hot Dog Soup
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNTE5MDYyMi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYzOTAxMTQyNn0.nPmHaSzfWsFxDg1yc-Hhc8kBeMH-yIKTaVOhvzbJXW8/img.gif?width=980" id="e030d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="dd5b105486f4364615aa44d13d5f1e36" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="250" data-height="144" />Hot Dog Girl GIFGiphy<p>Hot dog soup. </p><p>My dad was in a rehab/assisted living facility. They served it to them as a meal. It was definitely just leftover hotdogs from the day before that they were trying to use up. It was hot dogs, with chunks, but also with pureed hot dogs for the base.</p><p>He had both me and my sister taste it. </p><p>We were all super grossed out. </p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghx39li?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">stephacharlotte</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Roasted Eye
<p>Goat eye.</p><p>I was an "honored guest" at a Bedouin camp and the chieftain honored me by letting me have one of the eyes of a roast goat as he ate the other eye. It truly is an incredible and rare honor ... but my stomach does somersaults just remembering it...</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghwe2fd?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Malruhn</a></p><p>I have eaten a pig eyeball from a pig roast. You just leave them in when you roast a whole animal so they're fully cooked, they're tougher than bad calamari on the outside and as soft as cream on the inside. </p><p>They don't taste terrible, they have the moisture content of 2 deep fried breaded mushrooms, and that fluid stays just as hot as it does in a breaded mushroom. </p><p>It didn't taste bad, it tasted like pork - the texture is something that's hard to get past.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxa7c6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">darkfrostystorm</a></p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxa7c6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"></a>As the guest of honour at a dinner in Hong Kong, I was served up both the 2" eyes of a very large, cooked, cod type fish with about 50 people watching me eat them.</p><p>Horrible, fishy, gelatinous balls of foulness!</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghxah8l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Shadow125</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_7" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Dip Oil Incident
<p>A piece of what would otherwise have been a tasty bit of beef, dipped in way too much numbing oil (think anbesol).</p><p>Okay, so. I went to my friend's family's house for Christmas a few years back. They are Chinese, I am not, and they were having hot pot. </p><p>My friend was really worried that I wouldn't like it, but I was super excited and was decently sure I'd love it.</p><p>Before we sat down to eat, he helped me make a dipping sauce. It was mostly sesame oil, with some soy sauce and a few other things. We mixed them, we sat down, and got ready to eat.</p><p>There were a bunch of different meats, and my friend also pointed out the spicy side and the non-spicy side of the hotpot. I decided to start with the beef, as it was most familiar, and the non-spicy broth. </p><p>Took a piece, put it in the hot pot, waited until it cooked. Dipped it in my oil dip, and ate it.</p><p><em>Immediately</em> I knew something was wrong. I couldn't feel my mouth. </p><p>I was sure I was having an allergic reaction, despite never having had a food allergy to anything before. I started internally freaking out, and basically trying to figure out how I could get away without making a big scene, because it was a lot of people that I did not know and this was also a friend that I had only recently gotten close to. </p><p>Also, it's just gross.</p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
<p><br>Eating meat when you can't taste it or feel your mouth is awful, especially when you aren't expecting it, and think you're probably dying. I also think that the numbing oil has a quite bitter taste (or maybe that's what your taste buds shutting off tastes like?)</p><p>After maybe a minute, which felt like an hour, my friend turned to me and mentioned that there must be a lot of numbing oil in the spicy side of the hotpot.</p><p>Oh my gosh. Relief. I'm not dying.</p><p>His cousin then pointed out that she saw us putting numbing oil (Sichuan peppercorn oil - which is apparently a Chinese culinary thing, though it's supposed to be used sparingly) in our dipping oil rather than the sesame oil.</p><p>My friend mixed up the bottles and the cousin didn't tell us because my friend is kind of weird and cousin assumed we just liked it that way.</p><p>I had essentially <em>coated</em> a piece of beef in a mixture that was like 90% numbing oil.</p><p>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghwfiyx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TheLoveliestKaren</a></p>
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Clean Your Pans
<p>Last year I was on my high school's robotics team, and they were hosting a potluck type thing and one of the desserts was a big donut cake. So I think "dang, that looks delicious! I wonder why it's almost entirely untouched?" and I take a bite. What do I taste?</p><p>It tastes like onions.</p><p>Not kidding.</p><p>The person who baked it must've used the same pan they made some savory dish in and never cleaned it. Honestly just the shock of it all pushed it to the top of my disgusting foods list alone. I felt super rude but I ended up just throwing it in a garbage can.</p><p><span></span>- <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/kpd22p/whats_the_absolute_worst_food_youve_ever_eaten/ghx1lr4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Terrezzian</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not everyone excels at cooking, and that's okay.
<p>As long as you can follow recipe directions and paying attention to measuring ingredients, the tasty dishes you prepare should be an accomplishment you should be proud of.</p><p>But what about the details that are not necessarily mentioned in cook books that can lead to better results? <br></p><p><strong>Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Tw1sted_inc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tw1sted_inc</a> asked:</strong><br></p><blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">"Chefs of Reddit, what are some cooking tips everyone should know?"</a></blockquote> <div><img alt="" src="https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/img/renderTimingPixel.png">Unless you are running the Food Network on your TV, 24/7, it appears there is a lot to learn. </div><p>Got your cooking aprons on? Let's go!</p><p><br></p>
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That's Sharp
<p>"a falling knife has no handle."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf2k08l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ihoardbeer<br></a></p><p>"The worst cut I've ever had was from trying catch one on reflex. I got sliced across all my fingers, great tip to internalize."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf2qrd2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sigourneybeav3r</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Spicing Things Up
<p>"Two things for beginners:"</p><p>"First, taste as you cook. At various stages of cooking, while safe (not raw meat) taste your food as you cook it. This let's you know if you have too much of something or too little. It also helps you develop your palette for what different seasonings do."</p><p>"Second, if you're just starting out and don't know which spices to buy. Pick a specific cuisine you like. Are you a fan of italian food? Focus only on Italian recipes for a while. Most use similar herbs and spices because the cuisine of the area used what they had available to them."</p><p>"This will let you learn several recipes without having to buy massive amounts of spices to make it work. Eventually you will build up a good stock and be set to handle most things."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf267i8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">lloydimus87</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Highly Flammable
<p>"Oven mits can in fact catch on fire."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf22z4j?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">YupItsMe81</a></p><p>"A good kitchen should be equipped with a plentiful supply of clean <em>dry</em> towels."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf2q9pu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ben_zyl</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Never Ever Do This
<p>"Whatever you do do NOT put your coconut in the microwave."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf25ojj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">somedumbrick</a></p><p>"If it's a whole coconut I feel like the coconut water might as it evaporetes create a huge pressure inside of the coconut shell which will build up until it's strong enough to physically shatter the hard shell, at which point it's also strong enough to f'k sh*t up. But pure guesswork :P"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf2pnw8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PastelIris</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Restaurant Quality
<p>"Three or four times the amount of butter and salt is a big part of why your food doesn't taste like restaurant food."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf1um0l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">porkedpie1</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Don't Drain The Boiled Water
<p>"For thick and nice sauces, use the water you cook your pasta with."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf22kua?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IZiOstra</a><br></p>Master These Concepts
<p>"Salt is seasoning. It makes food taste more like itself. Acids, like citrus or vinegar can act the also do this. If your food tastes flat, or like it is missing something, try some salt or acid. Acid is also critical for balancing very rich fatty foods. The reason Americans love tomato ketchup so much is the fact that it adds acid and salt to their food. Adding a bit of 'heat' like a pinch of cayenne can also accentuate a the flavor of a dish. Spices are something else. They bring a new and different flavor to the dish."</p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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<p>"In sweets, sugar often takes the place of salt and is usually balanced by acid - see passionfruit, raspberry, citrus, etc. But salt plays an important role in sweets as well - often in unexpected ways. Try putting a pinch of kosher salt into your next batch of whipped cream."</p><p>"I could keep going but I'll leave it there. If you can master these concepts you will have a big advantage over most home cooks."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf20138?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">therealdxm</a><br></p>
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Timing Is Everything
<p>"The amount of garlic flavor is dependent on WHEN you add the garlic. Add it early for light flavor, add it late for bold flavor."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf206to?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Orbnotacus</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
In Honor Of The Best Chef – Mom
<p>"I've been crushing the home chef game since [the virus] started. Mom was a massive cook, always cooking up the best sh*t at the church potluck, always giving folks who were sick some Dope a**, none-caseroll, Wildly delicious Puerto Rican-Iowan farmer fusion type sh*t. Everyone agreed she was the best cook they had ever known. So I grew up hearing this and started paying attention when I realized none of my friends moms even cooked at home other than one or two meals a week." </p><p>"My mom was making up every single meal from scratch. Oh you want oatmeal? 'I'll bake my own, it's cheaper and better.' Or 'let's make tacos next week, I'll start sprouting the oats so I can <em>grind my own flower for the tortillas</em>' woman was insanely talented. Never made mistakes. Knife skills off the charts. Pressure cooking bones and veggies for a whole day before the chicken noodle soup (at which, of course, she made her own noodles from scratch). Mom's even had her own (massive) garden, and we butchered our own chickens (small hobby farm). </p><p>"So when this pandemic hit, I started throwing the f'k down in the kitchen. Well... needless to say I've been using garlic a good bit because—let's be honest if you're not using garlic, you're not cooking most meals right—it's f'king delicious. And this one tip is going to level up my game so f'king hard it's not even funny. RIP, mom. You are hugely missed. I'll keep cooking till I die and every time I hit the recipe/idea just right, imma think of you."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k92vh5/chefs_of_reddit_what_are_some_cooking_tips/gf2scou?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">newsydaniel</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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I am not a foodie. For me, a Lean Cuisine can be a bountiful night of flavorful fulfillment. (Seriously... try their meat lasagna) So I'm never in the "know" about what makes a stellar menu. It actually shocks me that food can become "last season." I mean.... its food. We eat everyday, for survival. How is it a meal can be compared to fashion? But apparently we can Miranda Priestly sustenance. From now on if someone serves me arugula I'm going to respond with a "that's all!"
Redditor u/lizardlibrary wanted to know what menu items are so last flavor at this point by asking.... What food used to be popular but has fallen out of style?
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Wally Down
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDg1NDY4Mi9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY0MTA4NDM3MX0.9WczPofr21WLKkWAu4p69QgUX630LwVl_crbFtZ2JGg/img.gif?width=980" id="7351e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="df463a08815e60c0ff57fed9c307e0e0" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />kourtney kardashian eating GIF by KUWTKGiphy<p>Waldorf salad.</p><p>Have only seen it a handful of times since my grandparents died. Used to have it there all the time. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdph70k?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> Pragmatist203</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Pragmatist203/" target="_blank"></a></p><p>I literally made cranberry Waldorf salad this morning for my Thanksgiving meal. Although I do it with yogurt instead of mayo. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpw83o?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sarafinapink</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_36" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Back in the Day
<p>In England, a lot of French foods.</p><p>Go to a restaurant 20 or 30 years ago, a lot of French dishes would be on the menu, seen as the height of sophistication at the time - duck a l'orange, paté starter, soufflé, potatoes dauphinoise etc. I remember Ramsay criticizing some restaurants on Kitchen Nightmares for having some of these dishes, telling them it's not the 1980s anymore.</p><p>Nowadays, you're likely to see dishes from further afield such as Thai or Japanese instead at a fairly standard gastro pub. </p><p><span></span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpf1p0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Zal_17</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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When in Starbucks
<p>Cake pops used to be everywhere. Now I only see them at Starbucks. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpaej1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">the5thbeagle</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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No Due
<img lazy-loadable="true" data-runner-src="https://assets.rebelmouse.io/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDg1NDY4NC9vcmlnaW4uZ2lmIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY1MDYzNTU3MX0.9a3Qg2D2pzqNG1LBrdYKroOeaVc7VA8ZAVwLzM1UiPo/img.gif?width=980" id="4f3bb" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="99ee6af7dda3310d67f99c51fdddd799" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" data-width="480" data-height="270" />excited halloween GIF by HiHo KidsGiphy<p>The 70s were all about the fondue.</p><p>Don't see too much fondue these days. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpt0fl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">GingerMau</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Sugar Puffs
<p>Candy Cigarettes. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdp6nva?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ms-Charlie</a><span></span></p><p>They still have them. They just call them "candy sticks" now. Same thing, different packaging. It's usually superheroes or cartoon figures on the boxes now. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpcgg1?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">BranWafr</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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"bushmeat"
<p>In the late 1700s and early 1800s in the US "bushmeat" was very common. Squirrels, Raccoons, and Beavers were all on the menu - they were very common and easy to hunt.</p><p>Rabbit also used to be WAY more popular than it is today.</p><p><em><strong>Edit: </strong></em>Since this blew up - I know, please stop telling me. I know people still eat this stuff in certain areas of the country. The point is, it all used to be way more popular. In the timeframe I mentioned probably 90%+ of the country ate bushmeat. Today it's certainly less than 10%. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpgoqo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">ReformingDegenerate</a><span></span></p>I'll do Scrambled
<p>Pickled Eggs. Lounges and bars would always have a jar of them on the bar top. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpyl6l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> Argyle00</a><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Argyle00/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a></p><p>We make a regional variant here in Pennsylvania out of red beet brine. Most of the time we just call them pickled eggs but they're definitely a different thing from the traditional pickled egg. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdqbmym?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ducks_Dont_Exist</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It's just a wrap
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the push
<p>Push-ups popsicles. I loved eating push ups as a kid. Took me three days to find some for my son. Found them in dollar general of all places. And the large banana/fudge bomb popsicles. I can only find small baby like ones. They use to have both these everywhere when I was a kiddo. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdq2fj6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lorgonis</a><span></span></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
With a Chianti
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Tommies....
<p>Sundried tomatoes.</p><p>Remember when people put them in everything c.2002?</p><p>Making bread, sundried toms, rice salad? s.d.t</p><p>A salad. What salad? Any salad. You know it: Sun dried damn tommies.</p><p>Guests coming over? Ramekin of sdts. Right next to the giant capers and bowl of anchovies packed in salt.</p><p>Is everyone alright for salt? Great here's a budweiser.</p><p>You're not eating the sundried tomatoes. Here have a few on a crostini topped with sun dried tomato purée. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpffca?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Hugh_Jampton</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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back to the 50's...
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When in Japan
<p>Here in Japan traditional Japanese meals (grilled fish, rice, miso soup + seasonal vegetable side dishes) seem to be more and more a thing for older people. Younger people are all about meat. Seafood is in danger of losing its throne if it hasn't already. Bread has also begun supplanting rice as the go-to for breakfast.</p><p>Of course there are young traditionalists, but it's gone from basically everyone eating the same styles of meals and wanting nothing else to them seeming quaint or special in the way that a roast dinner is in the West. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdq5mu5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">RAT_CONDOM</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Beef Thoughts
<p>Beef stroganoff? I fell in love with it from a processed food pack (just add water and meat). Then I made it from scratch with crème fraîche and dill - it was heavenly (<a href="https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/beef-stroganoff-102134" target="_blank">https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/beef-stroganoff-102134</a>). But I don't see it mentioned nor offered often.</p><p><strong><em>Edit:</em></strong> included recipe I used. Didn't realize this dish was all the rage - at home, lol. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpkucu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Ive_no_short_answers</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Another Generation
<p>Chipped beef on toast aka SOS was popular with my grandparent's generation, but I actually really like it.</p><p>There's also a really good older cooking show called Two Fat Ladies and pretty much everything they made on the show has fallen out of style. Still really entertaining show. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdpzubf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">False-Guess</a><span></span></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Great Due
<p>I have a vague memory from when I was a kid of my parents getting a fondue pot. We all sat around the table dipping a giant fork with bread hunks into melted cheese and then we never used it again. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdp9cny?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">TRIGMILION</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Dough Issues
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<p>You should get her recipe and try making it yourself. I wish I had gotten my great-grandmother's recipe. I know most people use regular loaf bread or maybe Texas Toast. She used leftover biscuits (American terminology). Best bread pudding I remember ever having.</p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdq3ypf?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">PatrickRsGhost</a></p>
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WTF?!
<p>Jello salad, It's a abomination. Just... <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_g-tViu31MMs/TO2jiRgpy1I/AAAAAAAABoo/s53woOmV8tY/s320/Jello-salad-43.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">why</a>, <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QPmmkBvYD5w/Sc0f8Xo2-WI/AAAAAAAAALc/Mm-nVws5RRU/s400/jello_salad.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">why</a>, and <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/5b/65/12/5b6512a6ea823f7032714ab786d888b9.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">why?</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdowm9r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Potato_Bees</a></p><p>My mother is making hers today for Thanksgiving. It's disgusting, and she puts Cheerios that are just terrible since they're soggy. </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdp07d8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank"> roseilikethepheonix</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_16" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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When in the 1800's....
<p>Eating Robins was quite popular in the 1800's.</p><p>Here's a recipe from Wehman's Cook Book, published in 1890: "Cover the bottom of a pie-dish with thin slices of beef and fat bacon, over which lay ten or twelve robins, previously rolled in flour, stuffed as above, season with a teaspoonful of salt, a quarter ditto of pepper, one of chopped parsley, and one of chopped eschalots, lay a bay-leaf over, add a gill of broth, and cover with three quarters of a pound of half puff taste, bake one hour in a moderate oven, shake well to make the gravy in the pie form a kind of sauce, and serve quite hot." </p><p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/k1lbmt/what_food_used_to_be_popular_but_has_fallen_out/gdp1law?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank">Girl_You_Can_Train</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_17" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Dip Out
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If someone knows that an upcoming meal is to be their last, the specific food choices would appear to be the least of their problems.
Execution, the final days of a dreadful illness, or a psychic understanding of catastrophe in the making would likely be involved.
And yet, countless people on the internet thoroughly enjoyed discussing what they'd like to eat for their last meal in a recent Reddit thread.
Some were dedications to home-cooking and fond memories. Some showed commitment to out and out decadence. And others were sneaky ways to cheat death.
MunchkinsOG asked, "What would your last meal be and why?"
Parting Surprise
"Raw popcorn kernels. They're gonna have a blast when they cremate me." -- Fordawinman
"Going out with a bang" -- shiny-spleen
"Seeing that I have good fat storage built up around my belly, it'll smell like bacon flavored popcorn!" -- HookerofMemoryLane
Living It Up
"Super spicy pizza - I won't have to worry about acid reflux." -- Jedi_Fisherman
"Yes! Get all the spice and none of the regrets." -- MunchkinsOG
"This is my choice also, though for a different reason. Lactose intolerance." -- elee0228
Seasonal Chaos
"A Mcrib and a Shamrock Shake. What are the odds that a Mcrib and a Shamrock Shake as re gonna be out at the same time?" -- TheUrbanSaint
"Guess they'll just have to postpone the execution until they get both at the same time!" -- mart1373
"Just request one Mcflurry from every McDonald's in the world. Guaranteed at least half the machines will be down meaning you won't die" -- SithLordScoobyDooku
Buying Some Time
"I'd ask for the world's rarest truffle. Then while they were searching for it, I'd tunnel my way to freedom."
"Of course, then I'd miss eating the world's rarest truffle."
-- foofan22
A High Carb Fountain of Youth
"The Never Ending Pasta Bowl (olive garden)." -- arachnidtree
"taps head Can't die if your last meal is never-ending" -- justabill71
"But you have to spend the rest of your life only eating Olive Garden pasta... so you're alive, but at what cost?" -- Yourstruly0
Fancy Finale
"Lobster cause I want to know what it tastes like but I'm not rich enough to get it. Plus happy cake day." -- TheIceCreamCones
"Fun bit of history, they used to feed lobster to the prisoners in Boston because it was so plentiful that it wasn't even considered a delicacy. How the times have changed!" -- PlaneShenaniganz
Going Out Stuffed
"Enough sushi to put me on a good coma before I get the juice." -- FreeSirius
"I love sushi but I'm allergic, every time I eat more than 80 pieces I barf." -- chesterSteihl69
"My only issue is bad sushi is really bad while good sushi is heavenly and I don't trust the sushi chef skills of a prison cook." -- mousicle
Full Circle
"Tortilla with black whole beans, with a side of crema, and pan fried platano. To remind me of my homeland one last time." -- interceptor101
"Mmmm i'm Salvadorian and this is one of my favorites. The Platanos Fritos hit different." -- Wisegangsta7
"Not hundurean, salvadoran here but hey, can totally relate to that my dude" -- Omira_Motaki
Just a Solid Meal
"Nice big ribeye, baked potato with butter and sour cream, asparagus, grilled, or sautéed in butter, lobster tail and/or a good crab or lobster bisque..."
"...all washed down with a quality beer, like a Heady Topper, or Pliny the Elder."
-- justabill71
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I don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy a slice of pizza every now and then.
It's the perfect customizable meal that can be enjoyed by a wide-range of palates.
<p>But one of the most controversial pies that people seem to have a beef with has got to be Hawaiian pizza. </p><p>Some just crave the sweet with the savory that the combination of pineapple and ham provides, while others passionately believe pineapple has no business being a topping.</p><p>Others seem to have issues over its classification of what exactly makes Hawaiian pizza, Hawaiian.</p>
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<p>Because unbeknownst to some, Hawaiian pizza has its origins in Canada, not in Hawaii. </p><p>In 1962, Sam Panopoulous – who co-owned Satellite Restaurant in Toronto, Canada, with his brothers – came up with the idea to add canned pineapple on pizza.</p><p>The pizza became an instant hit among his customers but also received flak from pizza purists.<br></p><p><strong>Wanting to get to the bottom of what makes the hotly contested pizza so controversial, Redditor <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/happyfuckincakeday/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">happyfuckincakeday</a> asked Hawaiians:</strong><br></p><blockquote><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Hawaiians o<em></em>f Reddit, what are your feelings about hawaiian pizza?</a></blockquote>
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The Real Stuff
<p>"Real Hawaiian pizza is maui onion + shredded kalua pork -Hawaii."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbrw47x?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">djn808</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_2" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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How Do You Really Feel?
<p>"It's so dumb that the rest of the English speaking world dumps pineapple on something and it's instantly 'Hawaiian.' (Including Canada, where ham+pineapple pizza was invented.)"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbt1kd3?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">carmium</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_3" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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You Can't Report This
<p>"Doesn't have enough Spam in it."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbr0mr6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NoKindofHero<br></a></p><p>"They need to make spam pizza, then it would truly be Hawaiian."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbrlkv2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TwitterGooglePlus</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_4" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Not About Toppings
<p>"When you live in Hawaii, all pizza is Hawaiian pizza... even without the ham and pineapple."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbqwo6e?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">blipsman</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_5" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Meanwhile, In Canada
<p>"In Canada, we order Canadian pizza and its toppings are always the same: pepperoni, bacon and mushrooms.We can order other pizzas too, but I am not sure why anyone would need to."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbroqpn?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">canada_is_best_</a><br></p>A Matter Of Taste
<p>"Am a fan although I get sh*t on for it. Hawaiian pizza is not at all Hawaiian but I don't really care cause it's tasty."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbr0l08?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">majorityrules</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_6" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Thing About Pineapples
<p>"I don't want to blow anyone's mind here but I'm pretty sure it's called Hawaiian pizza because there's pineapple on it. Just speculation of course but it's speculation based on the fact it's just because of the pineapple."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbs0xkc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">KingRokk</a></p><div data-conversation-spotlight style="min-height:90px"></div>
A Bigger Offense
<p>"As someone who lives in Hawaii, and travels a lot, I am far more offended by the crap they are calling poke bowls. Put whatever you want on your pizza. I don't care. If you use anything other than fish for your poke bowl, it ain't poke!"</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbs5s3m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">laura-michele78</a></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_8" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Make It Your Own
<p>"You know what's great on pizza? Whatever the hell you like to eat on pizza."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbrlh0l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sturgillskywalker</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_9" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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It Doesn't Make It Hawaiin
<p>"My wife is native Hawaiian and is ok with pineapple on pizza. However she is <em>not</em> ok with calling it Hawaiian pizza. Pineapple isn't native to Hawaii, and putting pineapple on sh*t doesn't make it Hawaiian."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbrkylw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">zergbait</a></p><div id="taboola-mid-article-1x1" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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A Game-Changer
<p>"Live on the Hawaiian island of Oahu."</p><p>"Typically I am not a crazy fan of Hawaiian pizza, but if you add some peppers, it completely changes the whole pizza."</p><p>"Also, Kona Brewing Company's Hawaiian pizza is out of this goddamn world. They have a porter BBQ sauce that they use instead of tomato sauce, and they add BBQ pulled pork to their Hawaiian pizza. It's probably my favorite pizzas on the island."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbs533w?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">paul_swimmer</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_10" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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For And Against It
<p>"Born and raised, live on the mainland now. Simultaneously don't care at all and am deeply offended by it. Will eat it any day of the week, but I prefer a Pepperoni/pineapple."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbr30uw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Murdathon3000</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_11" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Socialized By The Stigma
<p>"90% of people who 'hate' pineapple pizza have just been peer-pressured by society into thinking that way."</p><p>"The other 10% though, they mean business. They're not messing around."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbrkjpj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LordPoopturd</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_12" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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The Great Protector
<p>"I am not hawaiian. I have never even set foot on hawaii. I just know I am here to defend hawaiian pizza."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbrl9yj?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">kinglamink</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_13" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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Final Word
<p>"I come from a heavily anti-hawaiian pizza family, except I really like hawaiian pizza because goddamn is it good, but whenever I mention that I want hawaiian pizza I'm treated like the anti-christ and ignored. Why is hawaiian pizza so discriminated? It's good pizza! Why would people eat white cheese and broccoli pizza and say it was good but then act like hawaiian pizza is made of trash straight from a garbage can? Anyways that was my pizza rant, if you like white cheese broccoli pizza, nothing against you I just don't personally like it."</p><p>– <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/jr3cl2/hawaiians_of_reddit_what_are_your_feelings_about/gbrlyrt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">PootrikProductions</a><br></p><div class="ad-tag" data-ad-name="In_Content_Responsive_14" style="min-height:280px"></div>
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