Food you don't understand

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Crumbed ham.

I don't get it.
What does the crumb bring?
It can't be textural as it's usually soggy.
Can any crumbed ham aficionados please enlighten me?

Are there other food mysteries you'd like clearing up?

That's so true about breaded ham, why?!

For me - mint chocolate chip. Noo. These are two separate flavours. To be fair, in adulthood I probably wouldn't find it so offensive but as a child no. Memories of those awful after dinner mint square things.

This has removed my desire to explore okra.

I’m going to have another go at cooking okra following FieryA’s instructions.

Okra typically cannot be quickly cooked as, while it is non slimy, it is essentially raw. Once properly cooked, it can be made crispy. I also use onion and garlic as a base. You can also add chopped potato to increase the quantity and add more flavour, as okra shrinks considerably.

Hope it goes well! I use oil, onion and garlic as a base. You can also add chopped potato to increase the quantity and add more flavour, as okra shrinks considerably.

Sweeteners.

If you want something sweet put sugar in it. Or learn to eat/drink something that is sour.

Don't give me "it's good for dieting" crap. It's not. Nor is it good for those that are pre/diabetic. It just fools them into wanting to eat more sweet stuff. And the so called sugar tax has meant that those of us who choose to consume sugar have had this option taken away. I used to love cranberry or cherry juice - can't now as it always has sweetener in it as do the vast majority of squash. I know of about 2 brands I can buy if I can find some store stocking them which is really difficult.

Oh and fruit with chocolate. What a waste of both. Never, and I mean never, put fruit with chocolate.

fyi - bananas are not, for this purpose, considered fruit.

I hate Oreos I can remember when they first arrived in the UK my dd was obsessed and they just taste of nothingness!

Food that looks like other food.

Those "is it cake" videos make me feel sick to my stomach.

It's even worse when it's food that looks like something completely inedible like a shoe, door handle or a baby.

A friend had a baby shower cake that looked like a baby's back end in a nappy, and little feet and it took all my might to stop my face from having subtitles.

Yes ! Agree with that.
My daughter loves them. They taste stale to me.
I'd rather eat a Rich Tea than a frigging Oreo 😂

That sounds delicious but I wouldn't attempt to make it either!

Also, raw onions 🤮

I occasionally like a bit of custard, @MrsGusset, but you are 100% correct about custard on Christmas pudding - it is an anathema. Christmas pudding should be eaten with rum butter or brandy butter - nothing else.

The lack of flavour and it just being texture confuses my brain,

I agree. Oreos look like they should be rich and chocolate-y, but taste of nothing. A total waste of calories.

I definitely eat 4-6 meals a day and have no problem admitting it 😂

Puddings with booze in. Yuck. Bloody love puddings and I quite like alcohol in small quantities, but putting the two together doesn’t work for me.

Although I did see some baileys frozen chocolate eclairs yesterday 🐷

Commercial brandy sauce. Tastes fake. Custard is not a thing to pour over Christmas pudding

And they are added to so many other products, as if they improve them

I went off onions in pregnancy and I’m still averse now. Which is so annoying as they are in everything! I’m hoping my aversion will pass at some point…

On MN snacking is sacrilege and everyone eats 1 small salad a day… apparently 😆

Only original coke has no sweeteners now 🫤

I think it was called Ideal milk

Brussel sprouts freeze/cook from frozen pretty ok too imo. Some of the worst are broccoli and cauliflower, they go all mushy 😖