Food You're Not Really Sure Anyone Even Buys

Jason Wynn said:
Convenience store near my home was selling these for $6.50 each. Looks like something you’d get from the Dollar Tree. I don’t care how hungry or stoned you might be, who would pay $6.50 for this?
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I've gotten those before, but they were like $2 or 3. No way I'm paying $6-7 for a gas station/convience store microwave sandwich.
 
Eggplant (aubergine in Europe) as an American. They're extremely common--just about every supermarket sells them, even the smaller, less fancy ones from when I was a child. But I've rarely seen them used, never as a side vegetable, never in salads, never a sandwich ingredient (which between those covers 99% of the other vegetables). No one ever talks about eating eggplant except maybe as a punchline or if you were a vegetarian.

Sure, there's a market for them but it doesn't justify being literally everywhere.
 
Xarpho's Return said:
Eggplant (aubergine in Europe) as an American. They're extremely common--just about every supermarket sells them, even the smaller, less fancy ones from when I was a child. But I've rarely seen them used
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it's not something I buy fresh and cook with a lot but I eat it fairly regularly. A cheap tin of ratatouille (contains aubergine) stirred through pasta is a good quick poverty meal.
 
User names must be unique said:
it's not something I buy fresh and cook with a lot but I eat it fairly regularly. A cheap tin of ratatouille (contains aubergine) stirred through pasta is a good quick poverty meal.
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Sure I get it for European cuisine but I never see it as a food Americans eat all that often. Very common in stores yet rarely seen as a dish. (Restaurants typically don't serve it, but you go into any store that sells fresh produce it's almost guaranteed to be there). It's unbelievable that they'd have eggplants before a decent cheese selection, but they do.
 
Xarpho's Return said:
No one ever talks about eating eggplant except maybe as a punchline or if you were a vegetarian.
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Zucchini is like this to me. It's the kind of thing neighbors grow in their garden and sneak around before dawn putting on their neighbors' porches because it grows like a weed and even a couple plants give you more than any reasonable person wants.

They taste like absolute nothing on top of that. Yet every grocery store has them.
 
Xarpho's Return said:
Eggplant (aubergine in Europe) as an American. They're extremely common--just about every supermarket sells them, even the smaller, less fancy ones from when I was a child. But I've rarely seen them used, never as a side vegetable, never in salads, never a sandwich ingredient (which between those covers 99% of the other vegetables). No one ever talks about eating eggplant except maybe as a punchline or if you were a vegetarian.

Sure, there's a market for them but it doesn't justify being literally everywhere.
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Eggplant is like mushrooms, in that it can be an ok substitute for meat in a dish.

Eggplant parmesan is pretty good.

Vegetarians eat it often I think?
 
AnOminous said:
Zucchini is like this to me. It's the kind of thing neighbors grow in their garden and sneak around before dawn putting on their neighbors' porches because it grows like a weed and even a couple plants give you more than any reasonable person wants.

They taste like absolute nothing on top of that. Yet every grocery store has them.
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They're good for making Zucchini bread.
 
Zucchini is one of my favorites. Out on a summer trip earlier last month I went to some beach-side restaurant that served fried zucchini sticks in a similar style to mozzarella, as one of its appetizer options. Really satisfying without feeling heavy.
 
Premade panettone in boxes that start appearing this time of year

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And this stuff:

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Clop said:
Canned meats. I see food charities hand spam over to people who just want something free to eat, but who the fuck subjects their body to that crap and pays for it?
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I get where you're coming from on that one but I do like to eat canned meat every once in a while. It's a guilty pleasure and it reminds me of when I was a kid.
What I can't understand is why people drink these energy drinks hand over fist. That'll blow your fucking heart out like a bad radiator quicker than the occasional can of spam or roast beef will. I know a guy who drinks four red bulls every day. If you're drinking that many energy drinks you might as well just cut out the middle man and start doing meth or cocaine.
 
Xarpho's Return said:
Eggplant (aubergine in Europe) as an American. They're extremely common--just about every supermarket sells them, even the smaller, less fancy ones from when I was a child. But I've rarely seen them used, never as a side vegetable, never in salads, never a sandwich ingredient (which between those covers 99% of the other vegetables). No one ever talks about eating eggplant except maybe as a punchline or if you were a vegetarian.

Sure, there's a market for them but it doesn't justify being literally everywhere.
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You should really give eggplants a chance. They're great as antipasto
 
LaughJoke2.0 said:
They're good for making Zucchini bread.
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Yeah, that. So great, once a year or so you'll make this mediocre loaf cake. And then what with the other 50 zucchinis some asshole put on your front porch? A fantastic addition to any soup! So like every other vegetable in the world.
Spooky Airi said:
Fried Zucchini is also good, if you slice em thin like the Vivaldi guy does here
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That's because it's fried. It's like if something is good if you dip it in garlic butter. Okay, so is anything. You could dip newspaper in garlic butter and it would probably be fine.
 
The million flavors of Oreos that come out every once in a while. Some of the flavors are really weird. Like swedish fish.

Also kefir. But I actually ended up liking kefir. I still think its funny since I'll even see kefir in the more rural parts of America. Even in cities, arabs and slavs seem like a really small group compared to other minorities.
 
AnOminous said:
Yeah, that. So great, once a year or so you'll make this mediocre loaf cake. And then what with the other 50 zucchinis some asshole put on your front porch? A fantastic addition to any soup! So like every other vegetable in the world.

That's because it's fried. It's like if something is good if you dip it in garlic butter. Okay, so is anything. You could dip newspaper in garlic butter and it would probably be fine.
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I also use it to make 3 dishes a pasta dish that I slice and cook it in a little Olive Oil once it browns and softens, I add some Garlic and Butter than I toss it with Pasta and Parmesan Cheese. Zucchini and Squash Casserole and finally I cook Zucchini, Bell Peppers (Red, Orange, and Yellow), Red Onions, Cherry Tomatoes together in Olive Oil and Garlic and when done I might add some Marinated Artichokes. Goes great with grilled chicken or fish.
 
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