It's Weird and I Like It
By Ruth Pearson
@Gwensmom (504)
United States
October 16, 2015 12:20pm CST
When I was a kid, my sisters and I grew up eating some different kinds of things.
Didn't realize it of course til you go to school or somebody else's house and you get laughed at or "eeww"ed at.
My mom's version of sloppy joes was leftover chili with oatmeal thrown in to thicken it.
Mom and Dad would buy potato chips but never dip. We used ketchup. Kids at school thought it was nasty.
Whatever.
I loved my cottage cheese and I started to us that as a chip dip. I still will, if I have both in the house.
Is it odd?
Maybe.
But, when I lived in Arkansas. I knew people that put mayonnaise on hot dogs and polish sausages.
That was new to me.
Do you eat foods people think are odd?
What are they?
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
16 Oct 15
I dipped things in cottage cheese to and forgot all about it until you mentioned it..no one except me likes it so i hardly buy it anymore..
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@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
16 Oct 15
@Gwensmom i need to buy it more now..and i wish i could today..hahah
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
16 Oct 15
@Rosekitty Send someone to the store for you?
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
18 Oct 15
I eat a lot of stuff also that is weird.
I have no problem mixing up left overs.
I hate waste also.
I eat peanut butter w parmesan cheese for a snack too.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
19 Oct 15
@Gwensmom No but I would eat it if need be..my son wouldnt though haha
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
19 Oct 15
@TiarasOceanView I bet he would if he got hungry enough.
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
18 Oct 15
I would try that. My aunt and grandma had a special way of making tuna salad. Put whatever leftovers in the fridge in with a can of tuna and some mayo. My mom always said that was the way they stretched it out. Not bad, but I wouldn't want to make mine that way.
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@GardenGerty (157907)
• United States
18 Oct 15
We would make dip out of cottage cheese, rather than sour cream. We would beat it with a mixer and stir in a dip mix. I do not think I eat anything really weird.I like mayo on lots of things. I knew of people who would put popcorn on their chili to stretch it.
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
18 Oct 15
That sounds really good! I will have to try doing that.
Never heard of popcorn on chili. My husband likes potato in chili though.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
21 Oct 15
Here in the Philippines we have lots of foods considered odd or yucky by others . Number 1 , we have the balut - a duck egg with a developing ducking inside . And there are those street foods , like grilled intestines of the chicken and a lot more .
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@sallypup (58343)
• Centralia, Washington
16 Oct 15
Probably. We ate to survive when my daughter was young. We ate pilaf made from wheat rather than rice. For a long time she thought we'd made up the word hummus. Supper leftovers often were scrambled in the next morning's eggs. Yes, I like mayo on hot dogs.
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@Gwensmom (504)
• United States
16 Oct 15
I had never heard of mayo on hotdogs before. It's ketchup, mustard, or relish here. Maybe chili if you want a chili dog.
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
16 Oct 15
each's their own taste buds i reckon. the hubs tends to put ketchup'n most all thingies - includin' those vanilla ice cream bars with the chocolate coatin'...
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