(This post is part of the Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge. You can find links to other writers' answers over at Long and Short Reviews.)
Prompt: weirdest food you love
This one's going to be a bit tricky, because I don't think that most of the foods I love are really all that far outside the mainstream. I mean, there's sushi, but "I like raw fish when it's served in certain ways" doesn't seem all that radical. Macaroni and cheese with bacon may be somewhat unusual, but it's not that weird. At least, I don't think so.
Garlic, maybe? There's a stir fry place fairly close to me, and if I put together my own bowl I always include enough garlic to keep me safe from vampires. (Co-workers, too.) I mean, I realize garlic breath is supposed to be embarrassing, at least to some people, but I like the smell of it. (Plus, if I'm being hunted by werewolves, enough garlic changes my scent! You can tell it works because I've never been eaten by werewolves.) But, again... it's garlic. It's not that weird.
Maybe something in snack foods? Cheese puffs, or those crackers-and-cheese-dip packets? I don't know. I mean, I eat a lot of different things, maybe I just don't see them as weird.
How about you? What's the weirdest food that you love?
I'm with you... nothing weird about bacon and garlic. I use both liberally in all sorts of cooking.
ReplyDeleteI feel like bacon, garlic, and chocolate are sort of the three pillars of American cuisine.
DeleteI also found it hard to identify a weird food. Most of what I eat falls broadly into the norm.
ReplyDeleteYes, very much so.
DeleteYeah, I had similar thoughts about this week’s prompt. It was a fun one, but it’s hard to say what counts as weird. :)
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about garlic. It’s delicious! My spouse has some bad memories associated with it from his childhood, so I’m sparing with it unless he’s away for a business trip or something.
But when he’s out of the house, I eat enough garlic to keep vampires and werewolves away for at least a month. Haha.
Someday I should try Mac and cheese with bacon. I’d never heard of that combination before. Yum.
You really should, it's very tasty! (and adds some much-needed protein to mac&cheese)
DeleteEver had lobster mac & cheese???? It's to die for...especially with bacon in it! :-)
ReplyDeleteI have not, but I would seriously be willing to try it.
DeleteUh. Pickled sausage on saltines
ReplyDeleteOkay, that one. You had me at "pickled sausage".
DeleteMy mac and cheese always has bacon in it. and breadcrumbs, and mustard and caramelised onion. And doesn't every recipe start with at least a couple of cloves of garlic?!
ReplyDeleteOnly the good recipes.
DeleteI'm with you on the garlic. I love it.
ReplyDeleteMmmmm... Garlic. (Also for some reason your comments were getting marked as spam, which... I'm honestly baffled. But I marked them as Not Spam, so hopefully Google's filter will learn the error of its ways.)
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