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Reverend Joe
10-15-2009, 18:22
I thought about posting in the overrated food thread, but figured, why not? (Mods, feel free to merge the two if you see fit.)
I think Scrapple (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapple) has to be the most underrated food ever. People are just too turned off by the idea of what goes into it, and they end up missing out on what comes back out. Only thing a bit odd is the texture, which is kind of like slightly mealy liver, but the taste is fantastic -- it's like a poor man's liver dinner. When fried on both sides so it's crispy on the outside but still soft inside, nothing makes a better complement to breakfast.
http://www.almondy.com/uk/downloads/bildbank/produktbilder/konsument/Snickers_450g_UK.jpg
Doesn't look like much, can make you believe in Heaven.
Pannonian
10-15-2009, 18:48
Cauliflower. Season with a little salt, a dash of white wine, then stir fry. Sear a little for the final touch. Savoury but not salty. Delicate texture but firm enough to pick up. A slight hint of alcohol brings out the sweetness.
seireikhaan
10-15-2009, 19:12
I don't know about most underrated, but here's a few candidates:
Onions- a simply great complement to many kinds of food, and can be prepared in a multitude of ways.
Mushrooms- see onions.
Eel- had it a couple times, and its simply great. Not sure how many people have had it, but I recommend. A bit like juicier, tenderer chicken.
Asparagus- just a very light touch of seasoning. Healthy and tasty. :yes:
ajaxfetish
10-15-2009, 19:19
Onions- a simply great complement to many kinds of food, and can be prepared in a multitude of ways.
Mmmm . . . onions and garlic can make just about anything taste good.
Ajax
Aemilius Paulus
10-15-2009, 19:32
Yeah, I eat about a whole head of an onion with my every meal at home. Fresh onions. If I had to choose my single most favourite food, it would be the onion. I like garlic too, just about as much, but I do not wish to smell like I just crawled out of a rubbish container :no:.
People are just too turned off by the idea of what goes into it, and they end up missing out on what comes back out.
For the same reason: sweetbreads, my favorite foodstuff. Many people tend to balk at the idea of eating the thymus gland, but the taste and texture are simply superb.
Louis VI the Fat
10-15-2009, 21:23
Overrated - maybe Indian food. It's supposed to be a refined cuisine, of enless variety. But I've never managed to have a more than half-decent Indian dish.
It all tastes like haggis to me, with the added drawback of too much spice thrown in to disguise the horror of it all.
Edit: blimey, this is the underrated food thread. I'm getting too old for this stuff. Can't keep up with the kids anymore...
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The reuben sandwich. Never flashy, but it always delivers. :yes:
Broccoli, the unsung king of all vegetables.
I don't know about most underrated, but here's a few candidates:
Onions- a simply great complement to many kinds of food, and can be prepared in a multitude of ways.
Mushrooms- see onions.:
There is nothing better than steak cooked with Mushrooms and onions. Seriously. :2thumbsup:
Samurai Waki
10-15-2009, 22:15
I'm going to say Wheat, the Catalyst of all great food cultures, so basic, and entirely necessary.
Hosakawa Tito
10-15-2009, 22:26
All good choices, but for me it's oatmeal. Cheap, simple to prepare, and versatile from cookies & breakfast cereal to meat loaf, black pudding, haggis etc...
Louis VI the Fat
10-15-2009, 22:38
Banana, broccoli and bread. My staple diet. Bread, of course, only freshly baked and bought from a bakery. Possibly even still somewhat warm.
Pannonian
10-15-2009, 23:03
Banana, broccoli and bread. My staple diet. Bread, of course, only freshly baked and bought from a bakery. Possibly even still somewhat warm.
Bread so fresh that the butter melts as one spreads it. Bread cut nice and thick, close to an inch thickness, with a generous spread of butter in the middle, but not over the entire surface. The crispness of the crust combined with the warmy fluffiness of the core, and the dairiness of the butter that isn't quite overwhelming because there are patches of plain bread here and there. The butter has to be unsalted of course.
InsaneApache
10-15-2009, 23:15
KFC and big Macs.
Proletariat
10-15-2009, 23:19
Chicken hearts have to be up there. Skewered on wooden sticks and grilled over roaring charcoal and hit with a punch of coarse salt and cracked pepper. It's like a natural meat dumpling.
:2thumbsup:
pevergreen
10-15-2009, 23:31
Broccoli, the unsing king of all vegetables.
You sir, are correct.
:bow:
Beefy187
10-16-2009, 01:11
Chicken. It can never go wrong.
Even cooked by the worst chefs, Chicken comes out decently as long as it doesn't come out raw.
Double A
10-16-2009, 01:12
The reuben sandwich. Never flashy, but it always delivers. :yes:
No! pever, drone is correct!
Strike For The South
10-16-2009, 02:55
I underate nothing.
pevergreen
10-16-2009, 03:08
Chicken. It can never go wrong.
Even cooked by the worst chefs, Chicken comes out decently as long as it doesn't come out raw.
Hey Beefy, should I put a certain video up on youtube?
"Oh no! The chicken is getting ruined! OH NO AHHGFHGHGHGHGHGHGHGHHHHHHHH!
Theres my beef.
AGHGHGHGHGGGGGHHHH!"
Broccoli, the unsung king of all vegetables.
That vegetable is unbelievably versatile. The Spetznaz of veggies.
KukriKhan
10-16-2009, 04:21
In a previous life (and a previous wife), I had a Mother-in-Law raised in the Tennessee Smokey Mountains. About twice a year she'd come visit and take over the kitchen.
One of the dishes she made was Cracklin's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_rind). From either pork or a bird's skin (usually chicken, cuz it was cheaper). I had my doubts, imagining my heart exploding from the sat.fat overload. But I'm not ashamed to say: I liked it. Throw some beans on a plate next to it, and some pan-fried cornbread, and some kinda canned veggie, ya got a cheap, filling, tasty li'l meal.
And you could tell, this woman hadn't missed many meals, despite being dirt-poor. Ol' Mildred was crazy'n a hoot owl, but she could make your belly smile.
Poor girl... I swore at her once, to quiet her, her daughter (my wife), and grandaughter , while I was driving a particularly twisty bit of Marin county road. She shut up alright. Packed her stuff & took a taxi to the greyhound station, and I never saw her again, that very day.
But I never forgot her cracklin's. Or the way she could take simple foods and make a banquet. If you stepped away hungry from her table, it was yer own dern fault.
Big_John
10-16-2009, 06:30
eggs. they are basically the perfect food, and yet many people think they are bad for cholesterol. so wrong.
underrated in terms of not many people eat them (in my neck uv da woodz), but they should.. guava.
Liver, when cooked right with some apples it's delicious. Cheap as hell.
eggs. they are basically the perfect food, and yet many people think they are bad for cholesterol. so wrong.
underrated in terms of not many people eat them (in my neck uv da woodz), but they should.. guava.
Ahh, agreed. Eggs, so very versatile. :2thumbsup:
Centurion1
10-16-2009, 14:52
Onions
Pepper
Hot Italian sausage (so much better than brats)
Onions
Pepper
Hot Italian sausage (so much better than brats)
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I could not agree more! Cook that in some homemade Italian sauce with spices, add a piece of Italian bread and some provolone cheese, and you have one excellent meal. :2thumbsup:
My grandmother taught me how the make this, and it's probably my favorite ethnic dish.
Centurion1
10-16-2009, 21:36
^ thank you finally a true believer.
^ thank you finally a true believer.
I'm actually having trouble finding sausage hot enough for my taste. These local Italian guys in Pittsburgh made excellent sausage, but since moving out to Detroit, I can't find anything. This is surprising as the entire east side is made up of Italians.
Centurion1
10-17-2009, 02:03
Have you tried any local delis? I get mine at this local italian place run by an old italian couple. It has that sweet but yet very spicy taste,very good.
KukriKhan
10-17-2009, 14:30
I'm actually having trouble finding sausage hot enough for my taste. These local Italian guys in Pittsburgh made excellent sausage, but since moving out to Detroit, I can't find anything. This is surprising as the entire east side is made up of Italians.
Kowalski's (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/679) in Hamtramck (Holbrook St) should have what you're looking for.
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