lol Yes, I'm Asian, from the Philippines. I've eaten things many an American would consider strange:
● traditional (even "iconic" to us) riced-based breakfast meals;
● rice (and/or a form thereof) for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks with no complaint or even the slightest form of discontent;
● snacks flavored by 餡子 ("anko"; "AN-koh"; n.「boiled, sweetened azuki-beans」);
● deep-fried fish with the head & eyes still on it;
● an adobo ("ad-DOH-boh" from Spanish) that's brown and based on soy-sauce, sugarcane-vinegar, garlic, and pepper-corns, NOT red via paprika, salt, garlic, and vinegar as per Spain's recipe… or chilies (Mexico's) or citrus-juice (Puerto Rico's);
● a torta ("tor-TAH" also from Spanish) that's an omlet, NOT a cake (as per European Spanish) or sandwich (Latin American);
● a 3rd-hand 便食 (original Min-nan: "pân-si̍t"; lit.「convenient-meal」; Filipino loanword: "pansit"; "pan-SIT"; n.「stir-fried noodles」) 廣東 (adj.「Canton/Cantonese」or 「Guangdong-stye」), a noodle-dish UNKNOWN in actual Chinese-province (that speaks Cantonese, NOT Min-nan, the language of the Chinese who migrated to the PH);
● "American" bistek ("BEE-stek"; from English "beef-steak"; n. 「pan-fried beef marinated in soy-sauce, citrus-juice, pepper, and onion-rings」) I've NEVER seen even 1 actual American eat in my 22-years here in the Union;
Likewise, I've seen people around me eat things I would consider strange:
● K. F. C.…WITHOUT rice
Back in the Philippines, K. F. C.'s offerings included mounds of rice, not individual Southern biscuits. (And they weren't alone. McDonald's PH does, too!) Fried-chicken without rice… HOW IS THAT A MEAL‽ I'd eat an entire bucket's worth and still be looking for extras.
● P. B.& J.-sandwiches
The flavors… How is the combination considered delicious?
● Rice… with a fork
With our rice-based diet, Philippine table-etiquette's favored utensil-combination is spoon & fork. It took a while for me to get used to the U. S.'s knife & fork system, but the sight of Americans eating rice with a fork is still cringe-inducing to me.00 Reply
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+1 ySeems to me, no matter what I eat or how I eat it, SOMEONE thinks it's strange! My aunt made spaghetti for me two years ago and asked what I want on it since, I don't like it with sauce. I said, "Grated cheese". Y'know, the stuff that comes in a plastic jar with a green lid on it and you sprinkle it on the spaghetti like you would salt. She never heard of this!! 84 years old and she's never heard of grated cheese? So, she makes the spaghetti and gets out a block of cheese and a grater and put the cheese on top and heats it up so it melts!! WHAT?
Anyway, ever since I was about 5 years old helping grandma cater weddings, I'd take bread or a hamburger bun, and a few slabs of Swiss cheese and a thick layer of mayo between each slice and make a sandwich that way and I've been eating Swiss cheese sandwiches that way ever since! I usually have it at least once a week. Nobody else has ever heard of this.
I get bacon on my pizza. Not many people have ever heard of this.00 Reply
+1 yIncluding things that I did not know I was eating...
1) Cows tongue
2) Chocolate covered ants
3) Sea Urchin
4) Sea eel10 Reply
582 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic. Some people think artichokes are strange and don't know how to eat them. I know how to eat them and they are one of my favorite foods.
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+1 yIt greatly depends what part of the UK you live.
if I’m down south, then things like Black Pudding is strange to them.
I would say Stottie, Ham n Pease Pudding. With a Stottie being a sort of flattish bread.
00 Reply585 opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic. Yes…mountain oysters, liver with blood in it on rice (Filipina girl made for me), SE Asia foods especially Cambodian…
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+1 yNot so much things, but combinations of things! Such as Double Gloucester cheese and blackcurrant Jam sandwiches. (Although not very often)
00 ReplyLiverwurst and paté
When I describe it to people they ask me if Im eating cat food. Then I convince them to try it, blows their minds everytime.00 Reply
+1 yI love to put jelly and eggs on a grilled cheese sammich with tomato soup
00 ReplyLive raw squid eyes balls and all, jumping baby shrimp (both very good), crickets and maggots (both very gross)
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Oh my god that's wild.
+1 yPig tails they are so good kind of like eating real yummie pork ribs
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i think its russian lmao but its literally so good for no reason138 Reply- +1 y
lmao so relatable! I'm so scatterbrained it's weird sometimes lol.
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Nah @_deeznuts is just like that
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Of course I didn't ditch you! LMAO
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Hehe no worries...
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I know you love eating your horses
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@Blackcosmo WHOA EATING…. @_deeznuts u got some explaining to do
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I know the truth hehe
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Yas I'm sticking with you obv! Sorry man lmao
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@_deeznuts and why can’t u share ur secrets with me? I am older than 14 no offense lol
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Yas!
4.9K opinions shared on Food & Beverage topic. I am a picky eater and a lot of people think it is strange I don't eat food like pizza.
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+1 yYeah black pudding, haggis and I want to try laverbread soon
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+1 yAll the time. Mayo on sausages
Eggs on cheeseburger
Eggs on Italian beef
Potatoe salad cole slaw 2gether. Etc00 ReplyMaple syrup with eggs.
Ice cream dipped in yogurt.
Sausage wrapped in a waffle.00 Reply
+1 yYes but that's why we are different.
I eat a certain thing that some find disgusting and others eat marmite that I find disgusting00 Reply
Anonymous(25-29)+1 yI guess it would depend on your definition of strange. A few times I have
00 ReplyI am sure vegans think eating meat is strange and vice versa
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+1 yPeanut butter jelly and cheese.
Mayonnaise on hot dogs02 Reply- +1 y
Didn't know mayo on hotdogs was strange.
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@TacosRAwesome apparently were I live it is. I've only encountered 2 people, that's including myself and the person I got it from, who do it. I get comments like "that's nasty" from folks every time I do it. People also think its strange I put mayo on hamburgers and eat my fries with it but I do encounter others who do those and know its popular in other parts of the world.
I have mixed foods in ways that others refuse to try. I can't think of anything in particular rn though.
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+1 yHmm maybe anchovy paste on toast
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Oh my god. Sorry my stomach's turning right now lmao.
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I know it sounds so bad haha but honestly pecks anchovette fish paste is amazing. My friends literally do not sit near me when I eat it 🤣 they gag smelling it
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LMAO that's hilarious!
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+1 yI dip my potatoes in ketchup instead of my fries
00 Reply No, I'm not in to it. And you?
00 ReplyCotton candy w salted popcorn
10 ReplyHard boiled eggs over rice with vinegar 😋
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+1 yHot dogs with mayo on them apparently lol
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+1 yI eat peanut butter with apple or grapes.
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+1 yYes. One thing specific.
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Anonymous(18-24)+1 yNo I'm not American.
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+1 yLobsters...
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+1 yAdrenochrome.
00 ReplyYea. Olives
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I love olives 🫒 green black or kalamata
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Me too!
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Green olives are my favorite pizza topping
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You're right olives are so good! And mushrooms!
+1 yyes lol
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+1 yThings like?
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Anonymous(36-45)+1 ysometimes
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Anonymous(25-29)+1 yWhite rice with Mayo
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