11 absolutely disgusting foods our grandparents LOVED!

[MorningGlory]

Other disguting foods are:  blood tongue, head cheese, liver cheese, gefilte fish and souse loaf (head cheese with pickles) 

Ever smelled limburger cheese?OH BOY 

Yes but, if you hold your nose, it tastes pretty good. 

[MorningGlory]

Talking about disgusting foods...  In my very young years, I worked in a grocery store deli and we were situated directly across from the dairy section.  On the outer perimeter of our deli there were big jars of pickled pigs feet.   We had a customer that came in once a week every week and he would get a half-gallon jug of buttermilk and a jar or two of the pigs feet.   He would purchase them in our deli and I asked him about his purchase and he said that he enjoyed putting the pigs feet in the oven to warm them up and then sit in front of the TV with a bowl of buttermilk one side and a plate of pigs feet on the other.  He would use the buttermilk as a dip as he ate the pigs feet.

 

Okay....on a 'disgusting' scale of 1 to 10, that a 20!!  I wouldn't stay in the same room with someone eating that! 

Yeah, LOL    I don't like buttermilk and pigs feet just look disgusting!! 

You know what's crazy??    I have a friend from Australia who says that peanut butter and chocolate sound completely disgusting to him.   I asked him if he had ever tried it, and he said he would not because just the thought is enough to turn his stomach.   I told him that if he ever came to the states, I would advise the authorities not to let him set one foot on American soil until he had eaten a Reece's Peanut Butter Cup.  

Chocolate and peanut butter go really nice together.So does chocolate with many other things 

Like chocolate and apples, chocolate and potato chips, chocolate and pretzels, chocolate and watermelon, chocolate and celery, chocolate and jalapenos......the list goes on.  Btw, I have eaten all of the aforementioned.

[MorningGlory]

What would get you hurt in TX is putting beans in your chilli!   More than one Texan has explained that to me.

Right; chili down here is meat, jalapenos, green chilis, tomatoes, onions, chili powder and is often served topped with cheese or sour cream.  It's AWESOME!

[OakWood]

I don't know why all you delicate flowers are complaining. Most of this sounds like good scran to me (scran?.... look it up).

Gelatin is found in lots of things. Many different types of sweets (candy) contain it.

As for liver, if you don't like the taste - slice it thin, coat it in flour and herbs and then fry it with onions. It tastes great.

When I was kid in the north of England we used to eat bread and dripping. Bread and dripping is a type of lard sandwich. Dripping is recycled pig fat that has already been used for frying and has been left to cool and set hard again. It is flavoured with the food that was originally fried in it. Great stuff.

We would also eat tripe (which I believe is a cow's stomach lining that has been pickled in vinegar).

We would also eat 'bubble and squeak'. Now real bubble and squeak is made from leftovers. It is essentially mashed potato mixed with cabbage (or other greens) and then fried. You can add other things to it as well. It wasn't made from the leftovers that are left on people's plates (we were not that disgusting) but it was made from the leftovers inside the saucepans, often yesterday's dinner that was reheated and served the next day.

Waste not, want not!

 

[missmuffet]

Other disguting foods are:  blood tongue, head cheese, liver cheese, gefilte fish and souse loaf (head cheese with pickles) 

Ever smelled limburger cheese?OH BOY 

Yes but, if you hold your nose, it tastes pretty good. 

But your lingering breath 

[missmuffet]

Talking about disgusting foods...  In my very young years, I worked in a grocery store deli and we were situated directly across from the dairy section.  On the outer perimeter of our deli there were big jars of pickled pigs feet.   We had a customer that came in once a week every week and he would get a half-gallon jug of buttermilk and a jar or two of the pigs feet.   He would purchase them in our deli and I asked him about his purchase and he said that he enjoyed putting the pigs feet in the oven to warm them up and then sit in front of the TV with a bowl of buttermilk one side and a plate of pigs feet on the other.  He would use the buttermilk as a dip as he ate the pigs feet.

 

Okay....on a 'disgusting' scale of 1 to 10, that a 20!!  I wouldn't stay in the same room with someone eating that! 

Yeah, LOL    I don't like buttermilk and pigs feet just look disgusting!! 

You know what's crazy??    I have a friend from Australia who says that peanut butter and chocolate sound completely disgusting to him.   I asked him if he had ever tried it, and he said he would not because just the thought is enough to turn his stomach.   I told him that if he ever came to the states, I would advise the authorities not to let him set one foot on American soil until he had eaten a Reece's Peanut Butter Cup.  

Chocolate and peanut butter go really nice together.So does chocolate with many other things 

Like chocolate and apples, chocolate and potato chips, chocolate and pretzels, chocolate and watermelon, chocolate and celery, chocolate and jalapenos......the list goes on.  Btw, I have eaten all of the aforementioned.

Chocolate and watermelon and celery is questionable.Chocolate and mint go good together.

[missmuffet]

What would get you hurt in TX is putting beans in your chilli!   More than one Texan has explained that to me.

Right; chili down here is meat, jalapenos, green chilis, tomatoes, onions, chili powder and is often served topped with cheese or sour cream.  It's AWESOME!

It would have to be light on the chili powder because I am not fond of it.

[MorningGlory]

I don't know why all you delicate flowers are complaining. Most of this sounds like good scran to me (scran?.... look it up).

Gelatin is found in lots of things. Many different types of sweets (candy) contain it.

As for liver, if you don't like the taste - slice it thin, coat it in flour and herbs and then fry it with onions. It tastes great.

When I was kid in the north of England we used to eat bread and dripping. Bread and dripping is a type of lard sandwich. Dripping is recycled pig fat that has already been used for frying and has been left to cool and set hard again. It is flavoured with the food that was originally fried in it. Great stuff.

We would also eat tripe (which I believe is a cow's stomach lining that has been pickled in vinegar).

We would also eat 'bubble and squeak'. Now real bubble and squeak is made from leftovers. It is essentially mashed potato mixed with cabbage (or other greens) and then fried. You can add other things to it as well. It wasn't made from the leftovers that are left on people's plates (we were not that disgusting) but it was made from the leftovers inside the saucepans, often yesterday's dinner that was reheated and served the next day.

Waste not, want not!

 

Well, THIS delicate flower would definitely eat that 'bubble and squeak' stuff.  The rest of it, nope!  You need to come to Texas and try some crawfish and etoufee, O.W.  , since you have a strong constitution. 

[missmuffet]

I don't know why all you delicate flowers are complaining. Most of this sounds like good scran to me (scran?.... look it up).

Gelatin is found in lots of things. Many different types of sweets (candy) contain it.

As for liver, if you don't like the taste - slice it thin, coat it in flour and herbs and then fry it with onions. It tastes great.

When I was kid in the north of England we used to eat bread and dripping. Bread and dripping is a type of lard sandwich. Dripping is recycled pig fat that has already been used for frying and has been left to cool and set hard again. It is flavoured with the food that was originally fried in it. Great stuff.

We would also eat tripe (which I believe is a cow's stomach lining that has been pickled in vinegar).

We would also eat 'bubble and squeak'. Now real bubble and squeak is made from leftovers. It is essentially mashed potato mixed with cabbage (or other greens) and then fried. You can add other things to it as well. It wasn't made from the leftovers that are left on people's plates (we were not that disgusting) but it was made from the leftovers inside the saucepans, often yesterday's dinner that was reheated and served the next day.

Waste not, want not!

 

Tripe is what my dad fed him mink.

[MorningGlory]

Talking about disgusting foods...  In my very young years, I worked in a grocery store deli and we were situated directly across from the dairy section.  On the outer perimeter of our deli there were big jars of pickled pigs feet.   We had a customer that came in once a week every week and he would get a half-gallon jug of buttermilk and a jar or two of the pigs feet.   He would purchase them in our deli and I asked him about his purchase and he said that he enjoyed putting the pigs feet in the oven to warm them up and then sit in front of the TV with a bowl of buttermilk one side and a plate of pigs feet on the other.  He would use the buttermilk as a dip as he ate the pigs feet.

 

Okay....on a 'disgusting' scale of 1 to 10, that a 20!!  I wouldn't stay in the same room with someone eating that! 

Yeah, LOL    I don't like buttermilk and pigs feet just look disgusting!! 

You know what's crazy??    I have a friend from Australia who says that peanut butter and chocolate sound completely disgusting to him.   I asked him if he had ever tried it, and he said he would not because just the thought is enough to turn his stomach.   I told him that if he ever came to the states, I would advise the authorities not to let him set one foot on American soil until he had eaten a Reece's Peanut Butter Cup.  

Chocolate and peanut butter go really nice together.So does chocolate with many other things 

Like chocolate and apples, chocolate and potato chips, chocolate and pretzels, chocolate and watermelon, chocolate and celery, chocolate and jalapenos......the list goes on.  Btw, I have eaten all of the aforementioned.

Chocolate and watermelon and celery is questionable.Chocolate and mint go good together.

Oh, I forgot that; I LOVE chocolate mint anything!