Do you like eating something no one else around you seems to like? I just ordered on Amazon some Dutch dubbelzout licorice which has two strikes against it for most people in the U.S.
It’s licorice
It’s salted with ammonia salts.
Yes, it tastes like licorice and salt and ammonia. And I can’t get enough of it.
My weird food combo is noodle-based pasta (spaghetti, linguine, fettuccine, etc.) mixed with plant butter, with pollock roe pasta sauce and nattō (fermented soybeans) on top.
I’ve had so many former favorite things go back on me over the last year. Don’t know whether it’s lockdown-induced brain fever, some actual change in the quality or origin of food supplies, some old-lady hormonal shift, or what.
But I should probably not commit even to stuff I was sure I liked a couple of months ago. [grumble]
My dad being from Iowa means I grew up eating pickle wraps at family get togethers. They consist of a piece of ham (the square Oscar Meyer kind) with a layer of cream cheese spread over it wrapped around a dill pickle spear and cut into bite sized pieces. Yum!
My wife’s family makes a “cheese ball” which is a ball of cream cheese, pre-packaged deli sliced corned beef and chives. And it’s delicious. So I can see the pickle wraps.
Minute rice cooked in canned cream of mushroom soup. It’s the laziest mushroom risotto inspired concoction but it’s seriously one of my favorite things to eat. I also like brussel sprouts. And I liked Crystal Pepsi.
I suspect it has something to do with first experiencing them boiled, possibly the worst way to cook Brussels sprouts.
As for myself, I’ve never understood the stigma against anchovies on pizza. Then again, some people consider pineapple a legitimate pizza topping. So what do I know?
Fair…it is one of those dishes I wouldn’t get just anywhere. But I’ll put in a good word for Jack Fry’s in Louisville, KY…they do a darn fine escargot.