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I'll start: pesto as a bagel topping.

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[–] lamentforicarus@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sometimes I put a tiny bit of mustard on an Oreo to have a sweet and tangy snack.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Angry upvote.

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[–] marshadow@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Shredded cheese crisped up in a skillet.

According to my ex, who politely asked me to stop doing that, it makes the entire house smell like particularly foul body odor.

[–] jimmyjazx@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Nah that's delicious. Ex made "keto nachos"- pork rinds and cheese in toaster oven, now that smells nasty

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[–] HanlonsButterknife@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Bean dip on pizza. It sounds super weird, and it is, but it's also delicious 🤤

[–] hoofe@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

This sounds like the bean base for a taco pizza. Not sure how wide spread it is, but where i am from in the Midwest it is pretty popular. Pizza Hut has a Taco Bean and a Taco Beef Pizza. Add cheddar cheese, pop it in the oven, after it's done baking, add lettuce, more cheddar cheese, tomatoes, chushed up Doritos, and some sour cream. So good.

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[–] novelpetals@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My partner thinks it’s disgusting and my biggest red flag: I make peanut butter sandwiches on white bread and dip them in ranch dressing 😩 the reason I do this is because of growing up a millennial in NKY where a weekly lunch option was a bowl of chili, served with a peanut butter sandwich, and carrot sticks w a side of ranch….I hate raw carrots, always have lmao but I love all the other items….one day I was staring at the sad unused ranch and thinking as I was already keen to dipping the PB sandwich in the chili, that maybe it would be as good as the PB in chili so I tried it and I’ve just done it and liked a PB sandwich dipped in ranch ever since 😓 my partner has even tried it for me and hated it 🤷🏼‍♀️ at least they loved me enough to try it 🥹

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[–] floragato@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Raw garlic, just once in a while, as a little treat. Sometimes I’ll mash it up in some bread but most often… plain, raw garlic.

I have also not met a single thing I won’t try to pickle at least once, and for some reason people around me think that it is Terrifying hahaha. Personally, I find pickling to be a fantastic way to rescue produce that’s otherwise about to go off. Instead of making food waste, I’m making delicious snacks and toppings. Pickle everything!

[–] Tastyzero@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pickle everything! I've come up with some pretty interesting pickles, and also ferments. Worst outcome is food that was going to go bad is bad. Best outcome is delicious surprise!

[–] floragato@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ooh, experiments in fermentation are high on my list but I haven’t tried yet. Do you have any good tips for translating one’s pickling skills to fermentation? Or any fermentation tips in general - I’d love to know more about your process if you feel like sharing!

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[–] CyanPurple@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Baked onion with salt. Just a singular baked onion

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[–] Asimo@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My favourite pizza topping is pepperoni and flaked tuna, the good stuff too so it's meaty oily tuna.

Love it but so many people think I'm odd for it. The meaty flavours compliment each other!!!

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[–] hihusio@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I eat prunes daily. some people think it's a laxative for old people. sure, there's fiber in them and fiber helps you stay regular but just the same as eating most fruit. prunes are just dried plums and they're delicious

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[–] homesnatch@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Frozen corn.. Straight from the bag.

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[–] HumbleHobo@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

My wife introduced me to Tuna mixed with Mac & Cheese, and now I totally enjoy it myself, other people have found it a little strange.

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[–] chuwu@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Peanut butter + mayo + pickles on bread.

It's apparently a Depression era recipe, but I crave it once every two months or so

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Are you continuously pregnant?

[–] Glaive0@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Toasted Cinnamon Raisin bagel with peanut butter, cheddar cheese, and bananas. - the cheese + bananas is what gets me looks.

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[–] Silence@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

Brewed tea leaves, think they're the best part. There's a good number that are terrible (the cheap CTC blacks especially) but think most green teas and floral oolongs are great.

Weird to brew a cup of tea and then eat the leaves but there's also some legit recipes with tea leaves. Burmese tea leaf salad and longjing shrimp are two. There's also matcha.

[–] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A more general answer: Meals without meat.

For some reason this really confuses people, and often makes them concerned or upset.

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[–] vyvanse@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My friend recommended eating kiwis with the skin on. It takes a second to get used to the fuzzy skin, but they are SOOOO much easier to eat! Plus you get some extra fiber ;)

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[–] Laneus@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I some time thaw frozen dumplings in the fridge, and then eat them cold on hot days.

[–] CyanFen@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago

Like gyōza dumplings? Those are raw homie

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[–] szczur@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I actually consume kiwis without peeling them, because I find it much more tasteful.

[–] szczur@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Also, mealworms. Fried ones. I bought them for my pet rats and ended up gorging on them sometimes.

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[–] milo_bytes@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

During a time where I would eat really utilitarian for lunch, this meal was my daily go to:

-half a can of skipjack tuna

-some amount of chopped cabbage

-steamer bag carrots and peas

-rice seasoning from the local Asian market (I don't know which one it's just labelled "rice seasoning")

-hot sauce

I try to not eat like a serial killer anymore

[–] communist@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Grasshoppers, they're delicious with lemon.

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[–] LatinVelvet@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love making steamed artichokes stuffed with pecorino cheese, garlic and bread crumbs. A recipe from my grandmother.

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/baked_stuffed_artichokes/

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[–] RussianSage@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sauerkraut.

By itself, out of the jar, with a fork.

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[–] MadSciencePro@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Taco chips with peanut butter.

[–] Spoodle@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

Cracker, sardine, tomato, cottage cheese, ground black pepper *chef’s kiss. The perfect snack.

[–] frostycakes@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love eating a raw potato like an apple, for whatever reason. Any time I'm cooking a dish with potatoes, I'll wash and peel one for me to eat. My boyfriend looked like I had grown a third arm the first time he saw me do it.

It's the perfect mix of crunchy and juicy, but not sweet.

[–] Riyria@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Raw potatoes are like semi toxic. Do you not get any GI upset from doing that?

[–] frostycakes@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, never. AFAIK they aren't toxic, just that the starch is poorly digested. Either way, I've never gotten sick from it, so 🤷

It's odd because I have had digestive issues off and on through the years, but the potatoes have never precipitated it. (It's mostly anything spicy, which sucks as I love spicy food-- it's a price I pay willingly sometimes)

[–] verall@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Solanine is a glycoalkaloid poison found in species of the nightshade family within the genus Solanum, such as the potato, the tomato, and the eggplant

Raw potatoes certainly are mildly toxic, it's not just understandable starches.

[–] frostycakes@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Most home processing methods like boiling, cooking, and frying potatoes have been shown to have minimal effects on solanine levels. For example, boiling potatoes reduces the α-chaconine and α-solanine levels by only 3.5% and 1.2% respectively, but microwaving potatoes reduces the alkaloid content by 15%. Deep frying at 150 °C (302 °F) also does not result in any measurable change.

They're no more toxic than cooked potatoes, unless you only eat microwaved ones.

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] frostycakes@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm just sick and tired of the "don't you know they're toxic" response to finding out I eat raw ones. My people, if they were toxic I wouldn't be eating them because it would have made me ill. 🤦 Someone eating a whole bag of potato chips is gonna take in more solanine than I will eating one raw, peeled potato.

Hell, there are places that do baked/fried potato skins as an appetizer, when the skin is where the solanine is concentrated, and often can rise above the safe threshold. It's even suggested to eat a small piece of potato skin raw to determine if the solanine levels of a potato in question are safe, as it tastes very bitter.

I'm also a produce manager at a grocery store for a living, so I have a passable knowledge of most common fruits and veggies and what's safe to do with them.

[–] root_beer@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pesto on a bagel sounds good as h*ck tho

I’m one of the teeming dozens who like circus peanuts and necco wafers. I may, however, be the only one under fifty years old to do so.

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Pizza with hollandaise sauce base instead of tomato sauce. My father almost disowned me for it.

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[–] ThemboMcBembo@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Ham sandamoni and cheesewich

Macaroni and cheese, plus shredded ham, plus mustard

It tastes incredible, but nobody else EVER wants to try it. Their loss!

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[–] Noved@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Toasted Cinnamon Raisin Bagel with Cheez whiz. Everyone in my family loves it. You will too. 😂

[–] gaydarless@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

chips + jam

specifically, kettle chips (plain salted or unsalted) with a nice strawberry or blackberry jam to dip them in...

where it really gets controversial is that I like to do this with the bonne maman jams 🙈

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[–] MingusKhan@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I enjoy ginger beer and will try to cut it into random other alcoholic beverages like red wine.

[–] DocSophie@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A friend once turned me on to peanut butter and tuna sandwiches.

I... do not know why I thought that was good at one point, now that I think about it.

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[–] Valliac@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to eat onion and mustard sandwiches years ago. They're not bad, actually.

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[–] dark_stang@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Make a bowl of chili, make a peanut butter sandwich, drop the peanut butter sandwich in the bowl of chill, eat it. I think this is a midwestern thing and everybody else thinks I'm nuts until they try it.

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