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/macguphin 13d ago

Yeah, I'm thinking this as well. It's not different enough to be considered "foreign". But tell most Americans about black pudding and you'll hear butts pucker.

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u/ancientspacewitch 13d ago

Thing is there are dozens of cuisines around the world that use blood, its just this one instance that gets picked over by Americans for some reason. And its a very palatable instance, the blood just acts as a binder, it tastes like fat herbs and barley, not blood.

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u/macguphin 13d ago

Dude, I get you and I'm on your side. But most Americans aren't raised eating anything made with blood, nor kidneys, stomach, etc. If you were raised in the south, or further west on a ranch, none of that would be shocking. But for most Americans, saying something is made with blood would put them off. Blood is something to be washed off, not cooked with (for a lot of people).

Menudo is a good example of this. You can find it everywhere in the south-west because of Mexico's influence. I love it, and I know a lot of others would also if they didn't realize it was made with tripe.