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To ask for foods which are genuinely delicious?

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Ppejfhfhrhhfhf · 28/04/2024 17:50

I’ve just tried blue cheese and honey on toast and it’s so delicious it’s genuinely taken me aback. I had the same the first time I ever tried guacamole.

What foods have done the same for you. Not things that are tasty and you enjoy, but that you’ve tried for the first time and genuinely got a shock at how delicious they are?

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KohlaParasaurus · 28/04/2024 22:32

So many good ideas noted for future use! Particularly the cheese/sweet things combinations.

And mine:
Fresh mango at exactly the right stage of ripeness, neither fibrous nor slimy.
Fresh crusty bread spread with cream cheese and lemon curd.
Milk chocolate with grains of salt in it.
Caramelised onions.

RosesAndHellebores · 28/04/2024 22:24

ilovepixie · 28/04/2024 21:38

In Debenhams Canterbury the early 80,s I had a baked potato filled with chicken in a white sauce. It was absolutely delicious. I was about 12 and I still think about it. I don't know why it was so special, but it was just out of this world!

I don't remember the baked potato but I do recall the cafe at the back. It had a very crock potty vibe in the 70s/80s that was quite out of tune with Canterbury then. Soup in bowls with lids and wholemeal bread - ahead of time in those days.

nadine90 · 28/04/2024 22:24

Granny Smith slices with crunchy peanut butter

WashableVelvet · 28/04/2024 22:22

Greek yoghurt in Greece with local honey. Haven’t been able to recreate it here.
Medjool Dates stuffed with blue cheese.
Turkish grilled onion with sumac and pomegranate molasses.
Miso tahini dressing which makes all these veg taste like the food of the gods
https://www.gousto.co.uk/menu?recipeDetailId=2360&uuid=259c193b-cfa4-4904-81b3-fe655a3fde9f
French fish soup ‘avec sa rouille’ - amazing

Gousto

Gousto

https://www.gousto.co.uk/menu?recipeDetailId=2360&uuid=259c193b-cfa4-4904-81b3-fe655a3fde9f

Lincslady53 · 28/04/2024 22:20

Epoisse cheese. Absolutely stinks to high heaven, keep in in the fridge in a sealed bag inside a sealed tupperware box. It tastes nothing like it smells, very creamy and delicious on crusty french bread.

RobinEllacotStrike · 28/04/2024 22:19

Oysters - freshly shucked

Toast with butter, salt& nutritional yeast (got this years ago from a mumsnetter& it's my preferred toast now)

Mynaddmawr · 28/04/2024 22:18

I agree with guacamole. Also baba ganoosh. Homegrown cucumbers from the greenhouse nearly made me cry with happiness

odddogout · 28/04/2024 22:16

@Freeamigos well done on starting ZOE and kicking the crisp habit. However, really pleased you're able to make a once a month exception for the crispy Kentish marvels!

razorbladethroat · 28/04/2024 22:13

MummaMummaJumma · 28/04/2024 21:14

Fried egg on toast with marmite. Delicious!

Ooh yes, poached for me though!

Freeamigos · 28/04/2024 22:05

@Jayinthetub and @odddogout have recently started the Zoe programme and have managed to kick a really serious crisp habit. These, however remain my once a month treat, Sublime. The King slash Queen of Crisps!

WishesPromised · 28/04/2024 21:59

Real thick Greek yoghurt with honey and prunes - sublime.

Those red candy grapes. I wouldn't buy them for ages thinking it was expensive gimmick - but they are astonishingly good.

odddogout · 28/04/2024 21:57

Jayinthetub · 28/04/2024 19:27

Oyster and vinegar Kent crisps - had them on a ferry once and never found them again. Also Yorkshire puddings with golden syrup 😋

These are my favourite crisps ever! Luckily enough, they sell them in my local Waitrose. Want me to send you a bag?!Smile

Crikeyalmighty · 28/04/2024 21:56

First time I had a really good crème brûlée in France with some superb fresh raspberries on the side .

Puzzledandpissedoff · 28/04/2024 21:55

Portokalopita (Greek orange cake)

The first time I saw it I thought "Oh how boring" and couldn't have been more wrong. It's not even flour and eggs, but shredded phyllo doused in orange syrup and baked - seriously delicious

Candleabra · 28/04/2024 21:52

Raspberry pavlova
Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel
A properly ripe fresh peach

EverybodyLTB · 28/04/2024 21:50

^^ speaking of quince, I had quince jam on a farm shop/cafe in or on the way to Somerset, with proper mature cheddar with crystals, and a ripped up crusty baguette. Freaking stunning, and fabulous British countryside all around. The right amount of warmth - breeze ratio. Perfection

Auntieobem · 28/04/2024 21:49

Today for lunch I had smokie chowder, it was fabulous

PoochiesPinkEars · 28/04/2024 21:48

Goats cheese on cracker with a fresh sage leaf on it.... Wow, the flavour combo is incredible.
A new sage leaf is best rather than the thicker older leaves, it's one of those where the total is greater than the sum of the parts.
😋😋😋

Barney16 · 28/04/2024 21:48

A rum bahba. Only a cake (if given the chance I would only eat cake) but bloody lovely.

FixItUpChappie · 28/04/2024 21:47

Really nice raspberries piled over strawberry yogurt with a generous helping of walnuts and a sprinkle of honey over top....sublime

Wrapunzel · 28/04/2024 21:46

In order of meat to vegan;
Fillet steak with Roquefort sauce in a restaurant in Tenerife (I've not seen it anywhere else)
Toasted sesame seed bagel with marmite and cream cheese (I was unconvinced and then obsessed!
Toasted wholemeal pitta with houmous and red onion is just so moreish but the onion is raw so you can taste for hours after!
Also marmite cashews 🤤

DomingoinLittleOakley · 28/04/2024 21:46

Another vote for feta baked in filo with honey - epic.
Raw courgette strips with olive oil, feta, lemon juice, mint and chilli.

SqueakyDinosaur · 28/04/2024 21:45

Barbecued enormous prawns at a beach restaurant in Cape Town - the only time in my life, I think, that I've had so much seafood that I've had to give up while there were still prawns to eat!

A picnic of French bread, Dolcelatte and very ripe huge tomatoes on a long trip down to Devon. I think it partly worked because it was a very hot day, so the cheese and the tomatoes were both warm.

A quince sorbet from the London ice cream place Oddono's.

MigsandTiggs · 28/04/2024 21:44

White truffle oil drizzled over a filling of parma ham, rocket and sliced tomatoes in focaccia bread that I bought in Venice.

EverybodyLTB · 28/04/2024 21:43

^^ omg yes this! First proper well cooked steak. I was a bit young and as said above had been brought up on beige shit. I asked for my steak well done in a restaurant and, no joke, the guy said no and that the chef will refuse. He said it’s medium rare at the most, but I’m welcome to choose something else. I didn’t want to look like an uncultured swine, so went for it, medium rare steak with bearnaise sauce, and was introduced to a whole new world of taste and texture. I really fell in love with food from between the ages of about 15-19 and taught myself to cook well because of that love. My kids now have no idea what they’ve got going on, nutrients and flavour every day!

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