New to Me
So I tried a Chili Dog for the first time this weekend. Somehow, I've managed to go my entire life without tasting one. Usually, I'm a mustard and sauerkraut on a hot dog kinda girl. I always assumed, for no particular reason, that chili on a hot dog would taste like baked beans, which I have also never tried.
Anyway, it was terrific - definitely on my junk food radar from now on. So it got me wondering, is there any commonplace, mainstream, everyday food you've never had? If you finally did, were you surprised by the taste?
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junescook
May 2, 2011 02:48 PM
I tend to try anything I see on a menu that I've never had and that sounds ok (I've never had and do not care to try raw clams or oysters). But one thing I've never had the opportunity to try in spite of my partial FC heritage, is poutine. Maybe I'll try it just before I die.
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re: junescook
mariacarmen
May 2, 2011 03:28 PM
me too - and almost nothing sounds not ok to me - except maybe eyeballs of some animal, or balut - or ok, anything still moving. I've even had poutine, tho i'm in CA (in Montreal on vacation once. worth a try just to say you did it, but personally not dying to repeat it.)
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Now try a chili-cheese dog (either with shredded cheddar or a gloopy, Velveeta-style cheese sauce) or a chili dog topped with creamy cole slaw. Both are awesome as well.
Baked beans are wonderful too, ideally in a tangy, sweet sauce with bacon, onions, and brown sugar. Bush's makes some good canned varieties.
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re: monavano
That's funny. I had my first chili dog last week at Ben's Chili Bowl in D.C. and did not care for it at all. I like tomato-y chili over rice and just don't get the gravy type chili like Ben's.
I also tried a gourmet "whoopie pie" at a different D.C. establishment and while the cake part was great, I don't understand what people see in "fluff."
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