Also curious about things that are the other way around where they look really good but taste awful.
Poutine
For the looks good but tastes awful category I’d go with fondant.
Haggis
Durian looks like it would be good, but it’s awful. The garlic aftertaste is the worst.
I found out after I tried it that there are different varieties. The one I had smelled kinda like rubbing alcohol but tasted somewhat like honeydew
Scrapple.
I first had it at a diner in Philly. I tend to try things I might not get a chance to try elsewhere and so I asked what scrapple was. I was told it was better not to know and just eat it. Delicious.
Escargots
Escargot is just a medium for butter.
And garlic. Yum!
I frequently watch videos of people from outside the US trying biscuits and gravy for the first time. Every one starts with “I’m not trying that disgusting slop” and ends with “I want to eat this every day for the rest of my life”
Random pic from the Internet for reference.
This was my experience with poutine before and after visiting Canada. No one truly gets it until they’ve had it. The real stuff. Not shredded mozzarella over fries.
White cheddar cheese curds/squeakers over fries with piping hot brown gravy poured directly over.
Now I live in Canada and eat it all the time.
I have not found a better hangover cure than biscuits and gravy.
Well, except moderation of course, but you know… the everything.
Hashbrowns covered in chili, cheese, and sausage gravy. Aka the waffle House smothered hashbrowns
Waho is almost cheating, everything there is great hangover and drunk food
Monja doesn’t fit the criteria 100% because it looks all but taste OK at best. Seriously looks like sizzling vomit and I hate the way you’re supposed to eat it with that stupid ass spatula. All that for mediocre taste. Monja is my least favourite Japanese food.
Least favorite? You must really like those fermented squid guts
Papadum with tamarind chutney
SoS (chipped beef on toast)? Don’t know because I have never tried it.
My grandfather (served in WWII and Korea) LOVED this. He’d add soy sauce to the chipped beef, thus explaining his two heart attacks.
Absolutely!! It’s my favourite. Can’t get the beef here in canada so i always bring some back from the states when i visit.
Shit on a Shingle, I though that was beans on toast.
I believe it was a wwii army thing and definitely creamed chipped beef. Beans on toast sounds very British so maybe different foods were called that.
I guess the beans on toast was because my mom was Irish and heard of it through my dad and probably never used chipped beef, so did beans instead.
As a 'Murican, I’ll say Vegemite. Black, gooey, smells like an unwashed armpit, but I love it on a sandwich with salami and mustard. Mixed it into a chili that ended up winning a chili cook off.
Shame you can only easily find Marmite around here. It’s similar, but the texture is different, more like rubber cement.
Balute. It actually tasted good but could only try once as it looked disgusting. Tested like eggs and meat together.
Poutine tastes a lot better than it looks
I’m sure poutine tastes great but this picture just looks like a bowl of human teeth to me.
I thought it was mixed nuts. Like peanuts and pecans.
Maybe you should see a dentist?
I can see how it looks that way. The cheese curds don’t melt the way regular cheese would. If the cheese curds don’t squeak, it’s not done right!
For sure, but good cheese curds are amazing.
Looks somewhat like cheesy chips with gravy
Looks nothing like chips to me, but it does look delicious. I love fries with cheese curds & gravy!
Looks amazing to me
In Nice there’s a kind of swisschard gnocchi that’s called merda de can (dog’s shit) because of its appearance.
Judge by yourself (image taken from here).
The shape can be different depending on how you make them, but it always looks a bit suspicious.
I think the dogs in Nice eat too much grass.
Damn that has to be amazing
Spam. When it comes out of the can, it looks like a disgusting gelatinous blob. But when you cut it thin and pan fry it, it’s actually pretty tasty.Pretty much any canned meat. Ever seen a whole canned chicken? Although most canned meat doesn’t taste nearly as good as fresh. But there really isn’t a “fresh” spam. So I think it fits the question. https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CW0NEJ/luncheon-meat-on-plate-CW0NEJ.jpg
The first time my hawaiian friend fried the spam my mind was blown. No one I knew had ever cooked it, and we all thought it was nasty.
From Hawai’i here. I recently learned a new trick from a Filipino woman in regards to Spam: fry it until it screams. You put a thicker layer of oil in the pan and fry it until either the bottom side takes on a kind of yellow hue or you can hear a little whistle come out of it. This causes the fat to render and brings out the meat flavor in the Spam. Plus it gets crispier. Makes GREAT Spam musubi.
Spam, egg, and rice is a favorite of my kids (and me). Can get it at McDonald’s here. Also good on pizza.
Fried spam with some cheap yellow mustard was a regular Sunday lunch. Usually with some boxed waffle mix topped with watery mapleine homemade “syrup”.
Spam is great. Straight up looks and smells like dog food before cooking though lol
The dog thinks it looks and smells like dog food at any stage of the cooking process.
Vienna Sausages are similar. I love those things, but you have to rinse the slime off before eating.
I prefer spam to sausage on my breakfast sandwiches.
it’s also amazing fried on white bread and mayo.
