What are foods that you absolutely WILL NOT eat?

[Guess Who]

Liverwurst too.

 

[Ares]

Should you have gravy or sauce with Pot Stickers?

 

[BNB]

I've honestly never heard of the term "pot stickers" before this thread.

 

[ruprecht]

Anyone have balut before? (A balut is a developing bird embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell. It originates and is commonly sold as street-food in the Philippines.)

Add that to my list uke:

 

[Crystallas]

I've honestly never heard of the term "pot stickers" before this thread.

Somewhere in Wheeling, there is a waitress that is very disappointed.

 

[BaBaBlacksheep]

Liver and Calamari. Otherwise I eat most normal food. (I don't consider head cheese or the bird fetus "normal" food)

 

[Ares]

Somewhere in Wheeling, there is a waitress that is very disappointed.

Ima send fisch, her day will get worse.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Should you have gravy or sauce with Pot Stickers?

That's a sauce for sure.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Crawfish is awesome, I can down pounds of that shit(just FYI, pound of crawfish =/= actual pound of meat, though)

Some of my favorites foods are lobster, crab, shrimp, mussels...then I marry a girl who has a shellfish allergy. FML.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

You should give Asian food a chance, try some super authentic true to the region cuisine. I recommend an authentic Chinese dish most Americans don't even know about called Chop Suey pronounced /ˈtʃɒpˈsuːi/ if you try something that authentic and still don't like it, oh well, at least you tried the real thing.

Here is where I get a little racist, and if clone hates me forever, then I'm sorry. Anytime I walk into a Chinese restaurant, the place just seems dirty. The chefs look dirty, the tables look dirty, everything. I walk into a sushi restaurant, and the place looks spotless. So maybe I've just conditioned myself.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

I get what you are saying here, but understand that if you oversimplify things you can lose the nuance of what you are actually getting to eat. The waitress may be simplifying for you, but she is also under serving you with information. She could easily say they are similar to a potsticker, but have these specific differences.

Much like if you asked what type of beer they had on tap and they told you "We have thirty five taps, they are all beer, which would you like?" you would have no more information upon which to order.


When someone says "Potsticker" my mind conjures up a simple image of the frozen ones you can get at costco, that really aren't that bad, but when you pay 7.99 for six of them at a restaurant you feel like you may be getting the shaft a bit.

Guys like you, me, Crys, and I'm sure others who understand the difference don't need it to be over simplified. Joe and Betty Wheeling who are going out to eat downtown for the first time in years might need it to be oversimplified. That's all I'm saying.

 

[Burque]

Guys like you, me, Crys, and I'm sure others who understand the difference don't need it to be over simplified. Joe and Betty Wheeling who are going out to eat downtown for the first time in years might need it to be oversimplified. That's all I'm saying.

But do those people even have a clue what a pot sticker is in the first place?

I think that type of person is going to order chicken, a burger, steak, or some pasta dish and call it a night.

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[dweebs19]

I get what you are saying here, but understand that if you oversimplify things you can lose the nuance of what you are actually getting to eat. The waitress may be simplifying for you, but she is also under serving you with information. She could easily say they are similar to a potsticker, but have these specific differences.

Much like if you asked what type of beer they had on tap and they told you "We have thirty five taps, they are all beer, which would you like?" you would have no more information upon which to order.


When someone says "Potsticker" my mind conjures up a simple image of the frozen ones you can get at costco, that really aren't that bad, but when you pay 7.99 for six of them at a restaurant you feel like you may be getting the shaft a bit.

my wife is Chinese and she never orders potstickers at restaurants because she says it's probably the frozen kind. She would however order Jiaozi if we are at an authentic Chinese restaurant.

 

[dweebs19]

Here is where I get a little racist, and if clone hates me forever, then I'm sorry. Anytime I walk into a Chinese restaurant, the place just seems dirty. The chefs look dirty, the tables look dirty, everything. I walk into a sushi restaurant, and the place looks spotless. So maybe I've just conditioned myself.

that's usually how I judge which restaurant I should walk into. I live in NYC and some of the best Chinese food I've ever had were in places that looked like shit and nobody spoke English. I hesitate to walk into a really clean Chinese restaurant because I figure they try to cater to Americans, so it might not be authentic

 

[Tater]

I will admit, I am willing to try, but so far I am 0 for whatever on Asian food I like.

It's impossible to not love Crab Rangoon.

 

[Tater]

Anyone have balut before? (A balut is a developing bird embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell. It originates and is commonly sold as street-food in the Philippines.)

Dude, there's feathers in there!

I used to go to a place at the beach that had crablegs on the bar and i would eat nothing but the crablegs.

One time a waitress sat by our table on her break to spy to make sure i wasn't sharing.

I was the same way at all-you-can-eat crab leg places. I'd tell the waitress to just bring a new basket full every ten minutes.

 

[AussieBear]

I like Swiss and provolone, but there is nothing wrong with cheddar. American is for five year olds with no palate.

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american cheese has its role..

even though i vary with my cheeses, im okay eating american on a deli sandwich, cheese burger or grilled cheese.. i cant get it here, but the deli sliced american is better than those normal kraft slices.. well kraft sells the deli ones too..

 

[AussieBear]

I hate this term with a passion. Mainly because there are many different forms of dumpings, and they all get put into the same group. Is ravioli a pot sticker? A perogi(there's over a hundred different perogis alone)? Nope. Gyoza is not a pot sticker, neither is dim sum.

The reason I hate the term, is when you want to eat actual gyoza, dim sum, khinkali, or mandoo/mandu, good luck finding it at a restaurant. Because they just call every dumpling of all sorts by the same name(Polish areas still call things perogis and same with Italian areas and raviolis, but that is becoming more of the exception). That's like the same shit with calling every martial art, karate. Pot stickers have become the name for the lowest quality common denominators of the dumpling world. Meat, salt, onion, then wrap in dough.

i buy a kilo bag of frozen gyozas probably every month or two.. gyoza are sold as gyoza in oz.. i usually alternate between shrimp and pork. they are yummy even though they are frozen. before we moved up the mountain, i use to frequent this noodle bar ran by some japanese man and he made fresh pork ones all the time.. crack level addicting..

 

[AussieBear]

oh.. what won't i eat.. im really not that fussy.. but id say no to durian.. **** that shit..

 

[brett05]

Well first off. Do you eat mostly dishes that are considered part of a kids menu (or adult versions of kids foods)? If so, then it's going to be hard to introduce anything.

But if not, then I can name a handful of more common dishes that are easier to start with. No soy sauce, etc. Like a good Singapore noodle is easy mode for most. Same with most katsu, one of the most commonly eaten foods in actual asia. Yes, they aren't that different.

I eat all kinds of food. Go ahead and shoot over something I can order at a restaurant. Or if it is easy, something to make at home.