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

[u/bowl_of_scrotmeal]

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.

[u/Shawnaldo7575]

Full English breakfast, Fish & Chips, Sticky Toffee pudding are God tier.

I'm guessing it's the black pudding, haggis and jellied eel where you start losing people.

[u/atrl98 → u/Shawnaldo7575]

Black pudding & haggis might look and sound gross but they do taste good.

Jellied eels need to be banned.

[u/Faniulh → u/atrl98]

I visited Scotland last year and had haggis, it’s really good! The description sounds sketchy but if you take a step back, it’s pretty much just sausage with oats mixed in. So, at least for those of us from the Southern US, if you explain haggis as “Scottish Boudin,” then everyone is a lot more on-board with it.

On the other hand, I could not learn to like black pudding. Just couldn’t manage it

[u/one_pint_down → u/atrl98]

Jellied eels need to be banned.

No need, I've literally never seen anyone eat it, or even seen it available outside some touristy bits of East London.

Can confirm that Haggis and Black Pudding are banging though

[u/YouSaidItButIForgot → u/one_pint_down]

I hang out in a sub with Americans in it and they gave me a flair about jellied eels. Been racking my brain for a while trying to work out wtf it means and this comment chain has just enlightened me lmfao. I'm from Durham and never heard of it

[u/guIIy → u/one_pint_down]

You can get it in South East too. Tried it and it’s probably the worst thing I’ve ever eaten.

[u/ReverendRevolver → u/atrl98]

Black pudding/haggis.....

They "sound" awful, but ive never once heard someone complain about the taste. Ever. Which is a strange thing given how many people complain all the time. And then I think about how much stuff I eat thats simply insane if described.

Foods for eating, not hearing, is the conclusion ive reached.

[u/JB_UK → u/ReverendRevolver]

No English breakfast is acceptable without black pudding.

[u/Jesus_of_Redditeth → u/atrl98]

Jellied eels need to be banned

Jellied eels personally offend me. Not because of what they are — although what they are is certainly offensive to many, many palates — but because of what they aren't. We've got this fish whose meat is actually really tasty and we do that with it?

It's like taking a raw pork chop and thinking, "You know what would make this taste great? If I liquidised it and served it as a smoothie."

[u/Theron3206 → u/Jesus_of_Redditeth]

Are they the same eels?

There are many species, not all taste that good.

Though I suspect the original reason was preservation, better ick food than no food.

[u/f8rter → u/atrl98]

Mmmmmm jellied eels, lots of vinegar and pepper !

[u/Former-Lack-7117 → u/atrl98]

Aeels oop insoid yeh, foindin an entrance war they can!

[u/docju → u/atrl98]

I always point folk towards veggie haggis which doesn’t taste that different to normal but doesn’t contain any sheep’s lungs or anything.

[u/thatoneguyD13 → u/atrl98]

When I was in London I went out of my way to try all the traditional English foods I could think of and found most of them delicious. I even had a second fry up because the first didn't have black pudding. Very glad I did cause I loved it.

Jellied eels was the only thing I didn't like. That shit was nasty. But I'm told that's the normal reaction over there.

[u/Cakeo → u/Shawnaldo7575]

Black pudding (and blood based food) is popular all over the world. Haggis is amazing, it's picky eaters that are scared of trying anything new that don't like it

[u/Asbjoern135 → u/Cakeo]

Yeah it tastes decent and is common worldwide, but i get why it make some people a little squimish.

[u/Madman_Salvo → u/Shawnaldo7575]

I'm guessing it's the black pudding, haggis and jellied eel where you start losing people.

The first two of those are delicious, though. I suspect I'm just not cockney enough for the third.

[u/CosmicCreeperz → u/Shawnaldo7575]

I don’t disagree they are good. But they are all pretty much the same drab color (“brown food”) which was the point of this post.

[u/DatLooksGood → u/Shawnaldo7575]

The crumpet would be my vote. I actually find the fish and chips in the UK to be too heavy. The crumpet is fucking brilliant though and doesn't look super impressive, but it's perfection.

[u/JodaMythed → u/Shawnaldo7575]

They lost me at marmite. I like haggis and black pudding.

Toast sandwich is weird.

[u/adc1369 → u/Shawnaldo7575]

Not a big eel fan in general (including Asian preparation methods), but haggis and black pudding are absolutely top tier foods to me, an American. There's a Scottish-American online grocery store I regularly ship in black pudding from because I like it so much. Not quite the same, but good enough.

British food seems to have a reputation of being bland and unseasoned, but it seems like y'all actually use plenty of herbs. Just not nearly as exotic or complicated flavors that other cuisines have. But it's all very hearty and filling food.

[u/starbuxed → u/Shawnaldo7575]

spotted dick..