What's something you enjoy eating that other people think is super weird?

Vegan meals

Pickled herring and liver pate

Peanut butter and sweet pickle sandwiches...
Peanut butter, deli Turkey, and vanilla yogurt...
Chili and a peanut butter sandwich...
I like peanut butter.

Hello, I'm here to die on the hill that pineapple is a perfectly valid ingredient to put on a pizza, and would like to argue that any ingredient is valid to put on a pizza.
Americans just don't realize how sheltered their definition of pizza is. There are people out there committing food crimes you can't even imagine.

Hawaii toast with mustard.
It goes toast (preferably whole grain) -> large heap of mustard -> ham -> pineapple -> salt -> gouda
I have only ever heard my mom eating it that way but have since co verted a few people.

Biscuits and gravy...
Covered in raw onions, radishes, banana peppers, jalapenos, or any combination of the above. Try it. You'll like it. Just give them a moderate to fine chop first.

Ass

I love dried shrimp. They smell very strong, are quite salty and I think full of cholesterol, but when I start a pack, it's difficult for me to stop eating

Orange peels are yummy.

Just a big chunk of brie cheese, something I'm currently eating now.

Canned sardines on saltines. Dad was poor for awhile, eating straight from the can was passed down.

Venison, with kudu being tops. Love the gamey meats, so lamb, goat, elk all get a thumb's up.
Beef is for pleebs!

I'll eat almost anything so there are plenty of examples but I'll pick one of my favorites: chicken hearts. They're tasty and have a satisfying springiness to them! Organ meats in general get unfairly hated upon, I feel.

Black licorice.

Durian
And the more people hate it, the better for those who love it cause it keeps the quality up and costs lower.

Blue cheese and kimchi quesadillas.
Strawberries and balsamic vinegar on vanilla ice cream,

PB&H.
Peanut butter and honey instead of jelly.

Pretty much everything. My partner thinks it's weird that I like to eat...
Pepperocinis, Baby corn, Pickled ginger, Any kind of olives (green, black, kalmata, oil-cured...), Cheese hotdogs, Hot sauce on soup, Hearts of Palm, Cincinnati-style chili,
I guess the curse of my German/Swedish heritage is, if you soak anything in brine and vinegar long enough, I'll probably eat it.

Personally, I don't think this is all that weird, but I like cold leftovers. My preferred breakfasts are things like cold pizza, cold mac and cheese, cold mashed potatoes, etc.
For some reason, my friends and family think it's gross and they always say things like "I don't know how you can eat that cold."
- Plus one for cold pizza! The best mornings are those when you know there is yesterday's pizza waiting for you.

Black olives from the can

Soylent original.
it's so plain. I love it. I could switch to it almost entirely. I could get fat on it.
- I love the taste! I just hate how damn expensive it is, so I don't by it anymore.
- I personally crave Soylent Green.

I eat chicken wings with the bones. The whole thing. And I love picking at the meat that is on the bone!
Give me a pork chop, T-bone steak, chicken thigh and I’ll gnaw at that bone like I’m a fully grown dog. Granted I don’t do it in public, but I feel like leaving meat in the bone is a waste and it’s sometimes tastier!
- Wait, are you swallowing the bones? That sounds dangerous.
  
  Yes, but I do chew them down. I’m mainly talking about chicken in general. I don’t do that with larger bones like pork or beef
- Hope you don’t have a family history of kidney stones!
- Some of my family members do this and suck out the bone marrow... Sometimes loudly. 😵‍💫

I don't have them as much, but peanut butter and mayonnaise sandwiches are great. Add some cheese (non-cheddar for me, thank you) slices and I've got a good sandwich.
I also am the type of person to make tortilla "wraps" with just ketchup or ranch and nothing else. Real middle of the night or there's nothing else good to eat type food for me.
Cannot say I'm a fan of uncooked pasta, though, but slightly undercooked pasta is pretty good.

Anchovies on pizza, I wouldn't say that I love it but sometimes I get strong cravings for that salty little fish on my pizza.
- so the ultimate would be an anchovies pineapple pizza?
  
  I've had that, not bad If you add cheddar too!

Apple pieces with three to four tabasco drops on each of them.
God I'm addicted to this.
- This sounds interesting. I’m gonna try it right now. I’ll edit with my thoughts.
  Edit: Didn’t have any Tabasco but did have some Franks. Very interesting flavor. Sweet and tangy. The back heat it’s nice and the texture of the apple with this flavor is quite nice. Will do it again.
- You'd fare well in Mexico. Remember the gaspacho police? Well, gaspachos have fruit like apples and tasty chili! And also cheese for some reason but that's mostly unique to Michoacán state afaik.
- I'll have to give this a shot. Kinda intrigued.

Grasshoppers

Marmite.
- Omg, went to Australia over the summer (their winter) and learned how they do Vegemite and I am addicted. I’m currently out at home and I need more!!!

I love natto. Which isn't that weird IMO, but people sure seem to think it is.
Even when I lived in Japan for a little bit, people there would be like "a GAIJIN that likes NATTO!?" Sure, it's stinky, but yum.
- I'm used to the smell at this point, but eating it still makes me gag. There's some flavor compound in there that, with anything other than a tiny bite, tells my body that this thing needs to be expelled.

cum

Lasagnchiladas.
Layer of lasagna, layer of enchilada, keep stacking until baking dish is full.
It's a bit more work since you're making two whole dishes but it's the one thing that such from Epic Mealtime inspired experiments.

Sea urchin, lobster roe.
- mm yeah. I like sea urchin too. and raw oysters. Both of them, if they're fresh, just have that flavor/feel like you're consuming and becoming one with OCEAN
  
  ❤️ oysters...
  Yum

PB&J with mint jelly. For some reason people find the mint really weird
- Is this like mint sauce you'd put on lamb? Peanut butter is allergy death, but mint and strawberry interests me!
  
  They jelly can absolutely be made into a mint sauce for lamb, or just slathered on as is too. But more or less yes, I enjoy the mint flavor with the peanutbutter a bunch! It also tends to be a less sweet jelly than store bought strawberry or grape. Those are sickeningly sweet
  
  Peanut butter is allergy death,
  Just out of curiosity, can you do any of the alternatives? Sunflower, cashew, almond, pistachio, pecan?

Same here with the para, but I enjoy dry instant ramen instead. It's so good!

I've started putting Everything Seasoning on almost everything I eat. I mix it into mayo for sandwiches, throw it on burgers on the grill, sprinkle it on chicken in the pan. Try it.

Apparently eating the cartilage on a chicken wing is weird in the USA. Everywhere else I've lived it was pretty par for the course.
- Really depends on where you are in the USA. I feel like suburban people tend to be weirded out by things like that.

Not me but on The German cannabis community (C/cannabis@feddit.org) we recently had a post of someone eating yogurette (chocolate with fruits) with mustard while being high. It also included a rating of different mustard variations and how well they work for this.
- Might want to add that yogurette by itself is a weird thing to eat.
  
  It isn't that weird. Its absolutely fine.

Tinned fish on toast — mackerel or sardines. Criminally underrated dish
- Can't go wrong with spiced Nuri's
- Actually that sounds awesome.
- But that's not weird at all!
- Fully agree, ideally sardines in oil or mackerel in tomato sauce with peas (not sure the latter is a thing outside of northern Europe?).
  Toast needs a health layer of butter to keep the sauce from mushing it up as well.
  
  Mackerel in tomato sauce is my go to snack. I just eat it with a fork straight from the tin
- gasp that's a wonderful idea! I should try that.
- I'd like to try that on a crunchy baguette.

Peanut butter or yellow mustard are viable pretzel/chip dips
- A nice brown mustard on a hard pretzel is heaven.
- When i was a kid i would wolf down peanut butter filled pretzels and glacier freeze Gatorade. I thought it was a good pairing.

Salt and Vinegar Chips
- Who tf thinks salt and vinegar, which is objectively the best chip, is weird?
  
  The only thing I don't like about eating them is they have a tendency of eating back
  
  I don't think anyone is weird for eating or liking them, but they're definitely not for me.
- Britain's favourite crisp flavour. Here, you're weird for not liking them.

I agree!! Crunchy uncooked spaghetti or lasagne sheet is a forbidden treat! I do rather enjoy it despite it being "horrifying"
My other nomination is Cheese and Jam sandwiches (jelly for americans) - a little savoury squish with my sweet is just lovely!
- But why not uncooked ramen?
  
  Great question! I'm not against the idea at all
- Love uncooked wholewheat spaghetti! You can easily select a given diameter and it's easy to eat. I think the wholewheat version has this nice earthy flavour and it's a little more brittle than normal pasta. Craving some right now!
  
  Woof! Wholewheat is classy, and a little snap never hurt anyone! The fact I'm not alone makes me very happy 😅

- Pretty sure they're trolling. I love frying beef bologna in butter until the edges start getting dark/crunchy. Underrated meat candy. But it has to be beef, just like with hot dogs.
  
  Absolutely troll. Pic made my fiance gag, had to share it.
- Good Sweet Baby Jesus! This is a real thing????
- Oh no...

Not me, but an ex-girlfriend. She would fill a bowl with potato chips (crisps to you Brits) and then pour ketchup all over and eat it like a bowl of cereal with a spoon.
- This wins so far.
- This is why she's an ex right
  
  That and she couldn't keep her mouth off another guy's dick.
- Home made potato chips and ketchup are a really good combination. I've tried it with different brands, styles, and flavors of store bought chips and it's okay-ish when I'm in the mood. I've never tried to eat them like a bowl of cereal, though.
  
  Fine, you’re only half crazy.
- Kinda similar, I’ll finish off the shrapnel from a bag of corn chips with a spoonful or two of salsa in the salsa bowl. Spicy cereal, I guess?

Durian.
Imho it tastes kinda like a threeway between pineapple, jackfruit, and garlic.
Fermented crab. That lao crab, papaya, and chilli salad is one of my guilty pleasures.
Small fried river fishes. They're eaten whole and a bit crunchy.
Pineapple pizza iff it's extra spicy.
- Used to love fermented shrimp as a kid.
  I can't stand seafood as an adult.
  Go figure.
  
  Fermented shrimp paste is delicious.
  I don't remember tasting them whole.
  Those small fresh glass shrimps are awesome though.
- To me, Durian tastes like onion ice cream. Yummy!
  
  It stinks though but so do a lot of good things.

I like dipping meat sticks, preferably Peperami (brand here), into fruit flavoured yoghurt sometimes.
- Upvote because I cannot process this.
  
  If you were to cut a hole in your skull and press your finger into your brain in just the right spot, you can probably convince yourself this is just a really creative take on meat, cheese, and fruit charcuterie....
  
  It makes the meat taste a bit fruity with a milky note to it. It's basically a poor man's milk steak.
- Jail!

uncooked pasta, uncooked noodles, flour, sugar, whole apple (with seeds and that wood thingy on apple), nails (not eat but chew and spit out), coffee beans. There might be more but can't think of right now.
- Same for the apple! I also eat pears that way.
- Raw flour is not recommended for direct consumption because it can actually carry foodborne illnesses. I suppose you could “cook” it in the oven with no other ingredients to have a similar experience but killing any potential pathogens.
  
  But it tastes good :3
- I can relate, eating the whole apple is so efficient, even the wood thingy.
- Nice! Do you have any particular favourite noodles or pasta shapes to eat?
  
  No
- nails
  Please elaborate
  
  If they meant nails like fingernails I'm completely lost. But I used to with regular nails for the metal taste. I almost died as a kid because I used to suck on small nails and screws. Surprisingly that's not what stopped me from sucking on them. It was because i unconsciously bit down one once and that shit hurt. Used to do coins too but when I found out what germs were and how many germs are on money I stopped immediately.
  
  I cut my nails and chew it and spit it out later
  
  please elaborate
  This is uncalled for, to say the least. The very idea of someone chewing on (clipped) nails was problematic enough
- I'm the opposite, love overmicrowaves spaghetti, mac n cheese, noodles, etc.

This one might be a little different.
I eat only once a day, but it's a big one, right before bed.
When I order takeout from... say my favorite burger place in town, usually a double cheeseburger, I ask that they apply no mayo, mustard nor ketchup, as I will reheat it all on the air fryer/toaster oven then apply condiments, don't want the bread to be getting soggy for hours before dinner.
I also tell them to put the lettuce, tomato, onion and pickles on the side, for the same reason. I bring my own reusable containers for the separate things, to create no plastic/styrofoam waste. That includes tiny ones for the dressing and for the runny cheese for the fries.
Which reminds me of the fries - back home, hours later, I will refry them for a minute or two, they come out almost as good as new.
But this all being home, I can also play around with the burger. Such as stuffing it with a full onion, thinly sliced and caramelized on low heat with olive oil, pepper and a dash of Lawry's seasoned salt. Maybe also sliced mushrooms sautéed in butter. I'll also add a few extra slices of yellow heirloom tomato.
One last thing: while the onions are caramelizing on the toaster oven, I'll also put another tray with a handful of asparagus in olive oil, pepper and garlic salt.
Like a friend described it, I like tuning the burger!
As in "car tuning", custom burger mods.
- This was an excellent read. Thank you.
- How the hell you gonna work like that and not just cook your own patty?!
  
  Yea at that point just cook it yourself lol

Lime pickles. They're delicious, I can't get through a jar on my own but I'll get no help.
- Must have with my veggi dahl.
- I've never tried or even heard of lime ones, but it makes sense to me because the half-sours with garlic and lemon are divine.
  
  Are you talking about Grillo's or some other brand, or do you make them yourself? That sounds delicious.
  
  The Curry Guy has a recepie as jumping off point. I don't know about local brands to you, but Patak's is a staple here, their hot lime pickle is what got me onto the concept. I still get a jar every now and then, but the flavours are the intense kind that I get bored of and forget about, till the jar goes moldy.
  So when I buy one, I kinda force myself through the last third. On bread, off a spoon, on pasta, some ungodly creations I swear.

Milk mixed with orange juice looks terrible but tastes like an orange creamsicle.
- That's a very popular drink here in the Dominican Republic, probably in Puerto Rico and Cuba too, you have to know the trick so the milk and orange juice mix well tho. It's called "morir soñando" (which means "to die dreaming" in Spanish) look it up if you feel like to.
  
  What’s the trick?
  
  Yeah, it's pretty good, especially in the summer time.
  On topic for the thread, the way I make it has pretty much always gotten a "WTF are you trying to feed me?" look from Dominicans. Okay, more of an "Ay dios mío, este muchacho" eye roll and a "¿Qué es este menjunje que tu tá inventando allí?" from them, if I'm being honest. For the ones I've gotten to actually try it, though, they all agree it's pretty good.
  I have the usual mix of milk and orange juice, add in some sweetened, condensed milk, vanilla extract, and then I add jam/preserves instead of just sugar. I'm partial to cherry preserves, but if chinola jam were a thing I could get here, I'd probably just stick with that. Toss it in a blender with some flaked ice, and 30 seconds later, you're that much closer to developing diabetes. Depending on the sort of night I'm having, I might toss in some spiced rum, too.
- How does this not curdle?
  
  It does a little, so stir vigorously to break up clumps.
  
  It does slightly, but way less than one would think.
- Add a little vanilla, and yeah, that's a Creamsicle!
  Or, blend frozen OJ, milk, ice, and a bit of vanilla extract and you've basically got an Orange Julius. (Do those places still even exist....?)
  
  Top tip: add in some powdered sugar. In addition to adding some sweetness, powdered sugar has cornstarch in it which will act as a thickener making for a more unctuous mouthfeel
- Mother of the groom gave an impromptu speech at the reception about how her son is like milk and orange juice. It was as meandering as it was long.
  
  My wife's dad held a 15 minute speech about South American partisans and guerillas at my wedding. No one knew what he was trying to say, and my wife's bridesmaid pulled him from the stage before he was finished.
  
  The groom looked like chunky vomit?
- That's just an orange julius

Ass.
- At this point eating ass is just sexual currency in today's dating culture.
  
  you’ve been gooning too much… nobody enjoys having their ass eaten…

Bacon and cream cheese sandwich on white bread.
It's the second greatest sandwich ever.
- I think I've fine this with toasted bread. Definitely bagels.
  
  Last time I made it, I fried the bread in a little bacon grease.
  The point is that you don't want the bread to distract you from the core ingredients. Bacon and cream cheese are magical, the way they complement each other.
- What's the first?
  
  Peanut butter and jelly, of course.
  I was having lunch in the break room once, and a wise old man came in and asked me what I was eating.
  "Peanut butter and jelly," I said.
  "I think that's the best sandwich they ever did come up with," he replied, then walked away.
  I think about that a lot.

Mustard on lasagna. Not even fancy mustard, just the yellow deli stuff.
It's been a staple in our family for about 10 years after my sister tried it as a joke
- I mix a ~~tiny~~ bit of honey mustard into my rice with spicy curry

Peanut butter and onion sandwiches.

This is very much a regional food around here, but if you’re not from here, with previous generations from here, it will seem like a strange food: the banana sandwich. This is peanut butter, banana, and mayonnaise (Duke’s Mayonnaise for any proper Southerner). People are generally on board until you mention the mayonnaise. I get that it sounds weird but is actually really good.
I hear it called a Southern thing but don’t know if it’s just a North Carolina thing or extends farther across the South. It is definitely a thing, though. I remember years ago one of the larger news outlets posted a question on their Facebook page, asking if people sliced their banana into planks or circles for their sandwiches and it got hundreds of comments in response with people arguing for one option or the other. I’ve always been a circle person myself. I can see a theoretical appeal for planks in having less open space but am so used to circles that I’ve never quite figured out the logistics of cutting straight planks out of a curved banana.
- You lost me at Mayonnaise. But just peanut butter and bananas is amazing.
  
  That’s where we always lose people. It’s actually good! It works!
- Does Duke's mayonnaise taste of mustard or is it bland fluffy oil like other American mayonnaises?
  
  No mustard... Just regular bland fluffy oily stuff. But different brands of mayo are weirdly different, and some have cult followings.
- I could get down with this.
  I love banana + PB + bacon + honey.
- It won’t be anytime soon, but I promise to try this. And if I remember maybe I’ll update.
  
  I’m impressed at your willingness to try; almost no one does. I hope you like it!
- As someone from GA, it is unfathomable to me that someone would think this is weird. And yes. 100% on the Duke's.
  The peanut butter, though, I'd rather leave out.

Peanutbutter sandwiches with spicy, vinegar-based condiments instead of sweet ones. Mustard, cilantro chutney, peperoncini, that kind of thing. It's fantastic.
- That one actually looks ok :o
  What's cilantro chutney? I'm picturing some cilantro leaves flavoured relish.
  I'll try with a mix of hoisin sauce and vinegar. With some cilantro leaves and crushed peanuts.
  One of my fav sweet toasts is jam + extra hot sriracha. Have you tried it?
  
  It's a South Asian condiment, usually paired with tamarind sauce. It's a bright green paste and fairly spicy.
- I can see that. I like pb and cheese and I think some banana peppers would kick it up a notch
  
  Pb+cheese??? Wtf?
- I can kind of see it.
- One that I like is toasted peanut butter sandwiches with an onion slice in the middle. And dipped in tomato soup is so delicious.
  
  I've heard this before, but have yet to try it!

Frozen corn, by the handful..
- Somehow the fact that it's frozen takes me from negative to neutral on unprocessed corn.