Foods that look disgusting that nevertheless you like

1. Butterscotch Sauce - "Ew! It looks like snot!"

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http://www.brian1.net/gallery/20070415/p1280503.jpg

^^^ that's cheung fun.

This is huitlacoche, corn smut that is delicious:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7qrC24MxaYY/SW-88m8QboI/AAAAAAAABNc/qiDQblajclM/s400/opencan300dp2.jpg

Don't like, i love...
http://mathy.kandasamy.net/virundhu/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/spinach_curry.jpg

http://cookingthehardway.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/lentilsoup3.jpg
6. Lentil soup - "It looks like spew!"

http://images.inmagine.com/img/gourmetimages/une237/u29156843.jpg

EEL

Actually it's more the texture of eel that's disgusting. And the memory of that part in Tin Drum.

I think it's the fact that it's eel that makes it seem disgusting to you. The texture is pretty similar to a lot of fish.

Callaloo Soup

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dCu4IlhAht0/SOYDnLm2-EI/AAAAAAAABJk/vgXwJxNu7Ts/s1600-h/IMG_1665.JPG

We'll try that again, shall we?

Callaloo Soup.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dCu4IlhAht0/SOYDnLm2-EI/AAAAAAAABJk/vgXwJxNu7Ts/s400/IMG_1665.JPG

It looks like mud. It tastes like heaven.

I think anybody who's familiar with catfish and hasn't tried eel would be pleasantly surprised.

Moussaka

http://www.roshani.co.uk/livingtoeat/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/goon-moussaka-cut-wednesday-aug-8th.JPG

I think there's going to be a strong subset of these that look like turds...
http://lh3.ggpht.com/colleenfischer/SQfZjB0rJBI/AAAAAAAAAJU/prkM74STpZ0/hungarian-meatball-stew02.jpg
^^^ Hungarian style meatballs

Mushy peas...
http://kellybarclay.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/mushypeas.jpg

I had a weird moment the other day where I realized that in a way, Indian food tastes like shit. Feces. But I still love it. I grabbed a Miller High Life and tried to move on from there.

that sorta looks like wallogina...

(xpost) I think your taste buds must be shot from all that American beer...

Bombay/Gujarati/Punjabi/etc. Mix AKA Chevda, etc..
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Bombaymix.jpg/250px-Bombaymix.jpg
Tastes amazing, looks like the contents of an Indian restaurant's hoover bag...

I think there's going to be a strong subset of these that look like turds... - actually, the Moussaka reminds me of a partially-decomposed invertebrate that has washed up on a beach & is baking in the sun.

ew!

contents of an Indian restaurant's hoover bag...
ha, so true!

I had a weird moment the other day where I realized that in a way, Indian food tastes like shit. Feces.

!?!?!? This raises a lot of questions I'm not sure I wanna know the answer to, Zac :|

Anyway I was going to vote lentils but I got beaten to it. Loooove mushy thick lentil soup.

Has anyone tried these?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Century_egg_sliced_open.jpeg

I'm told they are much nicer than they look (century eggs, they is).

good old frijoles refritos

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_utQ-bLRo9u8/RdmjV2d3uAI/AAAAAAAAAVo/aKbF6C6G3mk/s400/refried_beans.jpg

surely most meat falls under this category

And the memory of that part in Tin Drum.

the couple of times I've put eel in my mouth I've immediately flashed on this scene and really had to fight to get it down.

That plate of eel looks really delicious! Only I'm relatively sure I'd dislike it, basically this thread's direct opposite. But I can hardly stomach most sorts of water-born anything save for tuna and that cod or whatever that is standard with fish and chips. Can barely eat salmon, even :(

How does eel taste in contrast to octopus or squid? I had octopus once and thought it tasted somewhere between dog food and an old rubber band.

http://www.farawaynowhere.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/old-boy-give-me-something-alive.png

If squid has a rubber band texture it has been prepared rong.

You can marinate squid in kiwi fruit pulp you know, it tenderises it :)

Century eggs when properly pickled are divine but when pickled poorly can strip your mouth with their bitter alkaline-ness. Be wary of cheap supermarket versions which often use lead oxide as a pickling agent. I think they look really pretty - especially the "pine blossom" version which is imbued with snowflake-like patterns.

The thousand year old egg upthread reminded me of this
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Emmentaler.jpg/180px-Emmentaler.jpg
...curdled and coagulated milk AKA cheese

Blue mussels...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Miesmuscheln-2.jpg/319px-Miesmuscheln-2.jpg

Anyone wanna set up a wallogina-food poll later?

century eggs are delicious esp w/ginger or in congee

Eel tastes a bit like mackerel, only richer. Not at all what you'd expect. Sounds more tempting in Japanese - unagi.

No, that sounds like a urinary tract infection.

Mussels is a great shout; they look like something that fell out of the Predator's mouth, but can be delicious.

Most seafood falls under this category. If you'd never seen a big whiskery prawn, a clam or a squid before you wouldn't immediately think of putting it in your mouth. Except maybe for a bet.

I've never had one, exactly, but the octodog is an internet classic
http://www.geekologie.com/2008/04/29/octodog-4.jpg

geoduck clam

http://www.cortesisland.com/tideline/articles/articles_1422/Photo_Geoduck_&_Diver.jpg

Good point. Any fish pre-filleting is pretty gross. Shall I post my paella stock image? I think I shall.

From this:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3119/3095833761_1fa112e1f0.jpg

To this:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3243/3107548849_a635d03ca3.jpg

xpost FUCK ME @ that clam thing wtf

Haha, love how the first pic looks like a mix of the chestbuster from "Alien" & veggieGremlin from "Gremlins 2: The New Batch"
Terrifying!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01120/food-gremlin_1120384c.jpg
OM NOM NOM NOM

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/food/dishing/monkfish.jpg

monkfish

geoduck, USA

I admire whoever was the first person in history to catch a monkfish and think, mmm, chop off the head, a little garlic, a little lemon, instead of screaming and throwing it back.

My favorite thing at the Pike Place Fish Market was the monkfish in the display case whose mouth they had rigged up with fishing line. If somebody walked near it and was sort of oblivious, they would jerk the line and it would look like this monster was suddenly snapping at them.

Now that's customer service.

Polenta.

I admire whoever was the first person in history to catch a monkfish and think, mmm, chop off the head, a little garlic, a little lemon, instead of screaming and throwing it back clobbering it with an oar and shouting KILL IT KILL IT.

cottage cheese
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Cottage_Cheese.jpg/200px-Cottage_Cheese.jpg

jesus, i never actually saw a whole monkfish before. is that actually a fish? jeez

the black bean soup i made for lunch at work this week probably falls into this category. i'm not sure about how much i like it yet.

Skate turned into a Jenny Haniver!

http://www.seriouseats.com/images/20090425-jenny02.jpg

isn't that a still from War Of The Worlds?

geoduck clam

http://www.cortesisland.com/tideline/articles/articles_1422/Photo_Geoduck_&_Diver.jpg

So a while back I saw this being used on Top Chef or something and looked it up on Wikipedia to learn more about it, and the first line had been changed to something like:

"The geoduck (pronounced "gooey duck"), or Donkey Dong of the Sea, is a species of very large saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Hiatellidae."

Which for a second seemed almost plausible