What foods do you like that nobody else in your life has even heard of?

[LOVEthroughINTELLECT]

The obvious answer for me: basil pesto.

If I bring it up in conversation people have no idea what I am talking about.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

I don't think there are any.

 

[Amber.ly]

Taco Pizza from Pizza Hut. I've traveled and asked for it in 6 different states but the only place they offer it is in my hometown in Michigan. Sad times.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Taco Pizza from Pizza Hut. I've traveled and asked for it in 6 different states but the only place they offer it is in my hometown in Michigan. Sad times.

That is strange.

 

[waves16]

well, it's not a food, but pineapple crush <3
We're one of the only places that has the pineapple flavour

 

[Obzocky]

Kulfi, rasgulla, pera, barfi, halva ... you see where this is going, right? They make me sick as a dog but being so tasty how can anyone resist?

 

[Stravinsk]

Most of the people in my life haven't heard of the following things that I eat:

Quinoa
Borlotti beans
Chia seeds
Wakame (seaweed)
Brown Basmatti Rice (they've heard of Basmatti, but all the kinds sold in the supermarket are usually white)

Most people in my life have heard of, but do not eat regularly:

Chickpeas
Lentils
Borlotti/Pinto/Black/Soy beans
Tofu
Cashews
Sunflower/Flax/Pumpkin seeds

 

[Stravinsk]

Kulfi, rasgulla, pera, barfi, halva ... you see where this is going, right? They make me sick as a dog but being so tasty how can anyone resist?

Ever heard of "aquired taste"? Our tastes are aquired, not innate. As much as I hate cheese (a lifelong hate) - I *could* learn to like it if I ate it regularly and changed my thoughts about it. Fortunately, that will never happen because I don't see it as a healthy food.

 

[sweetlambofgod]

well, it's not a food, but pineapple crush <3
We're one of the only places that has the pineapple flavour

where do you get this??

 

[Gwendolyn]

Spanakopita.

 

[Obzocky]

Ever heard of "aquired taste"? Our tastes are aquired, not innate. As much as I hate cheese (a lifelong hate) - I *could* learn to like it if I ate it regularly and changed my thoughts about it. Fortunately, that will never happen because I don't see it as a healthy food.

I understand that
It's more of a "I like it, it makes me vomit, I like the taste too much to stop having them on an irregular basis". I don't think you can learn to like, tolerate perhaps, but not like. I can't stomach soy products because the taste makes me retch and it was an (attempted) regular part of my childhood due to dairy allergies. Yet halva, an infrequent treat, still delights the taste buds. My family constantly gave me baked beans, and I still find them wretched. Taste, texture, the way they're just ... ugh.


Anyway, additions;

Persimmon
Physalis
Lychees
Loquats
Kohlrabi
Dragon Fruit

...

 

[MacFall]

Pirogi pizza. It's only served, as far as I know, in a bar near my house. And until recently, various Indian foods. But now that Indian food is really popular in the Pittsburgh area pretty much everyone has tried it.

 

[MacFall]

Physalis

I get spam advertising that stuff all the time.

 

[Stravinsk]

I understand that
It's more of a "I like it, it makes me vomit, I like the taste too much to stop having them on an irregular basis". I don't think you can learn to like, tolerate perhaps, but not like. I can't stomach soy products because the taste makes me retch and it was an (attempted) regular part of my childhood due to dairy allergies. Yet halva, an infrequent treat, still delights the taste buds. My family constantly gave me baked beans, and I still find them wretched. Taste, texture, the way they're just ... ugh.


...

Yes, you can. It works both ways - liking and disliking. Our tastes for food are not innate. They are conditioned. Through habit and thought. Coke sells because it's loaded with simple carbs and caffeine to give fatigue sufferer's a quick shot of unnatural energy and it's marketed through ads displaying young people being active and having fun.

Prior to a number of years ago - I never would have thought I'd be eating wholegrains, legumes, nuts and seeds as a regular part of my diet. I used to love my pizzas (esp Aussie pizza full of shreded ham). Some time ago, I decided to "treat" myself with such a pizza - and since it had been that long since I had it and it was not a regular part of my diet- I wound up thinking "what's so flipping great about this?" I wasn't impressed at all. A "taste" for something is largely psychologically induced through habit, and what the food is assosiated with.

As for soy - I always marinade mine prior to cooking/dehydrating.

 

[Squeakers]

Well, I was the first in my family to know what a pomegranate was.

Other things (note: since I live with my immediate family, they would know what I eat...however, the rest of my relatives/friends don't):
Kohlrabi
Jicama
Chia/salba/hemp seeds
Lucuma powder
Yacon syrup
Baklava

...that's all I can think of for now.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

Well, I was the first in my family to know what a pomegranate was.

Other things (note: since I live with my immediate family, they would know what I eat...however, the rest of my relatives/friends don't):
Kohlrabi
Jicama
Chia/salba/hemp seeds
Lucuma powder
Yacon syrup
Baklava

...that's all I can think of for now.

I don't know what all those things are.

 

[RayofSun]

Im a pretty simple eater, but here are a couple:

Kohlrabi
Baba ganoush
Kale