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"Unusual Foods"

We've just decided to have Marmite Pasta for dinner. It was on a cooking programme, Nigella I think, and the girls really like it, but when I tell people they think it's a bit strange.

So I was wondering; what foodstuffs do you eat or like that others might find unusual? What unusual food would you like to try or never want to?

We've just decided to have Marmite Pasta for dinner. It was on a cooking programme, Nigella I think, and the girls really like it, but when I tell people they think it's a bit strange.

So I was wondering; what foodstuffs do you eat or like that others might find unusual? What unusual food would you like to try or never want to?

It shouldn't be that unusual really when you consider it's just fermented vegetable extract.
I'm a big lover of squid, cooked or raw I don't mind and I'm slowly opening myself up to other things like raw oysters. I have tried horse when I was in France years ago. I would never eat dog, not too fond of snails and I have an ethical problem with fresh lobster due to the way it's cooked.

Mature Cheddar and Jam sandwiches .... give me a bit more time and I'll come back with no end of 'unusual combinations' ;¬)

Dragonlance wrote:
Mature Cheddar and Jam sandwiches

Done it.
My sister is quite fond of grated carrot in a toasted ham sandwich, which I obviously find strange.

Ok :¬)

Celery sticks and Peanut Butter,
Marmite and Mustard on Toast,
Fruit cake bathing in Greek yoghurt ....

...... besides, adding marmite to pasta sauce is quite a sensible suggestion ... after all, it's only a flavouring and it would add a bit of 'umph' to a sometimes boring sauce!

EDIT:

Mrs DL has just chimmed in here .... pasta with a 'sauce' made from melted butter and a teaspoon of marmite, then mixed together .... probably had it for years by the sound of that :¬D

Cheese and peanut butter is good together, also a toasted sandwich with crispy bacon and melted cheese and marmite is very tasty.

Cheese with anything. More or less. Adore cheddar, but my wife is allergic to it. Go figure.

SuperNoodles and cheese (Bacon are best) probably oddest I can think of atm, but it isn't really THAT weird.

I use Marmite for loads of stuff.

Using it with some heated oil and throwing the potatoes in it before roasting them is pretty hardcore flavour (that's right, I did just "Jamie Oliver" it up).

Touch of it in a stir fry, dab the bacon in it before frying..... it's all good.

We don't usually eat roast potatoes, but if we do I'll try and remember to try that.

I'm sure there's some weirder food out there.

Also, there seem to be some foods that people think are weird even if they're not. Weetabix and butter with honey is wonderful but some people give me funny looks for eating it.

pb wrote:
We don't usually eat roast potatoes, but if we do I'll try and remember to try that.

Do you make potato wedges? If you do then after you've wedged them, instead of the usual 'tossing' in herbs etc etc before commiting them to the oven, try tossing them in a tsb of Marmite aswell....sort of gives them a 'glaze' :¬)

Weetabix and butter with honey is wonderful but some people give me funny looks for eating it.

My kids always used to have the same but with jam instead.

I once ate a pea and salad cream sandwich as that's all there was in the flat at the time. It wasn't that bad, I guess.

What?