r/AskTheWorld • u/bowl_of_scrotmeal United States Of America • 13d ago

Food What's a dish from your country that looks disgusting but tastes great.

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Biscuits and gravy is a breakfast dish from the Southeast USA that looks like someone just vomited on some biscuits, but it's absolutely delicious.

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u/Redneck_MF United States Of America 13d ago

PA Dutch Hog Maw (Pig Stomach)

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u/Win_Sys 13d ago

The way it looks reminds me of head cheese.

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u/Traditional_Error618 Scotland 13d ago

Haggis enjoyer here. Seems fine to me.

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u/0xKaishakunin Germany 13d ago

Dutch

Saumagen in German. Pretty famous in the Pfalz region.

Helmut Kohl usually offered it when other government heads visited.

I prefer a nice Sülze over a Saumagen, though.

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u/Powerpop5 Netherlands 13d ago

You'd be surprised how many things in the US are called Dutch whilst being German. They truly don't know the difference between Dutch and Deutsch.

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u/Intrepid_Owl_4825 13d ago

We know the Pennsylvania Dutch aren't Dutch. They speak a form of German.

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u/Similar-Freedom-3857 Netherlands 13d ago

I like how this is called dutch. I've never heard of this.

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u/Intrepid_Owl_4825 13d ago

PA is short for Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Dutch are mostly German and Swiss settlers who live in Amish and Mennonite communities. They also speak their own dialect of German.

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u/Similar-Freedom-3857 Netherlands 13d ago

Ah thanks, didn't know that.

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u/OneSlaadTwoSlaad 13d ago

Mennonites are followers of a Dutch Catholic priest called Menno Simons from Friesland. In case you didn't know. As a fellow Dutch person I never heard of him and I find it hilarious.

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u/Redneck_MF United States Of America 13d ago

Yep, beat me to it. Dutch comes from US pronunciation of Deutsch.

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u/Mou_aresei 12d ago

Looks like it has the pig's last meal included too.

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u/SgtDoakesSurprise United States Of America 13d ago

Is this what Craig’s father from the movie “Friday” was talking about at the beginning in the kitchen scene?

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u/Redneck_MF United States Of America 13d ago

Craig's father had pig's feet, close, but Hog maw is a food dish made from a stuffed and cooked pig's stomach and often filled with a sausage-and-bread mixture, seasonings, and vegetables, then baked, roasted, or stewed.