Was it good?
Broom flavored soda. Buddy of mine made homemade sodas and did fun experiments and one went wrong so he called it broom soda because that’s exactly how it tasted. He added to much sugar somewhere and it partial melted and had this weird texture that mimicked sand. It’s such a weird drink to describe.
4/10 fun to laugh about but not to try more than a swig.
Here in Finland some product developers have a weird obsession over adding the taste of salty liquorice to everything.
So naturally there are also sodas and other products which taste of salty liquorice. And a whole bunch of combinations to things like “cinnamon bun + salty liquorice” like wtf who would ever enjoy that
Old bay flavored beer. I mean, crabs with beer tastes good, so how bad could it be? Very.
It’s starting to seem a little like some of the people making beer have never tried one.
Durian.
Texture of banana but with a huge seed. Tastes like a strange combination of rotten eggs, whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, diced garlic, onions, cheese, and… caramel?
It’s fucked. Never again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian
The unusual flavour and odour of the fruit have prompted many people to express diverse and passionate views ranging from deep appreciation to intense disgust. Writing in 1856, the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace provided a much-quoted description of the flavour of the durian:
The five cells are silky-white within, and are filled with a mass of firm, cream-coloured pulp, containing about three seeds each. This pulp is the edible part, and its consistence and flavour are indescribable. A rich custard highly flavoured with almonds gives the best general idea of it, but there are occasional wafts of flavour that call to mind cream-cheese, onion-sauce, sherry-wine, and other incongruous dishes. Then there is a rich glutinous smoothness in the pulp which nothing else possesses, but which adds to its delicacy. It is neither acidic nor sweet nor juicy; yet it wants neither of these qualities, for it is in itself perfect. It produces no nausea or other bad effect, and the more you eat of it the less you feel inclined to stop. In fact, to eat Durians is a new sensation worth a voyage to the East to experience. … as producing a food of the most exquisite flavour it is unsurpassed.[a]
Wallace described himself as being at first reluctant to try it because of the aroma, “but in Borneo I found a ripe fruit on the ground, and, eating it out of doors, I at once became a confirmed Durian eater”. He cited one traveller from 1599:[b] “it is of such an excellent taste that it surpasses in flavour all other fruits of the world, according to those who have tasted it.” He cites another writer: “To those not used to it, it seems at first to smell like rotten onions, but immediately after they have tasted it they prefer it to all other food. The natives give it honourable titles, exalt it, and make verses on it.”
While Wallace cautions that “the smell of the ripe fruit is certainly at first disagreeable”, later descriptions by Westerners are more graphic in detail. Novelist Anthony Burgess writes that eating durian is “like eating sweet raspberry blancmange in the lavatory”. Travel and food writer Richard Sterling says:
its odor is best described as pig-excrement, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away. Despite its great local popularity, the raw fruit is forbidden from some establishments such as hotels, subways and airports, including public transportation in Southeast Asia.
Other comparisons have been made with the civet, sewage, stale vomit, skunk spray and used surgical swabs.
Durian is amazing if you’ve had it when you were younger. So if you got a young one, train them to try out new foods, fruits, vegetables, then they won’t be picky eaters. I had durian when I was younger and love the shit out of it. Those who aren’t, are likely to be disgusted by it.
the smell is fucking epic. I was sad that I smelled it before trying durian ice cream, I think it’s ruined it for me.
Why is it ruined for you? I’ve had durian before durian ice cream and they are both really good.
the smell of durian makes me ill. Durian ice cream doesn’t have the smell, but the flavor profile still makes me think of the smell lol I guess stupid brain sensory issues
There are lots of varieties of Durian that bring out all those flavors (and possibly more) to various degrees. Supposedly some of them can be good if you acclimate and enjoy funky fruit.
The small dehydrated piece a friend brought me from Vietnam recently had tasted like if you went to a pizza joint and mixed the little containers of garlic butter and bleu cheese sauce, then added some pineapple and gasoline and a hint of vanilla custard for good measure. It was extremely weird and mostly reminded me of garbage. And for the rest of the day, the smallest burp brought back its vile ghost.
So, the same flavor as my dog’s farts.
Stinky tofu. Smelled like literal shit, tasted like literal shit.
…I think maybe you just offended your waiter…
Oyster flavored ice cream. First surprise was that it actually tasted like oysters, second was that it was actually good as a ice cream. I wouldn’t mix it with more “normal” flavors though
Yes! I don’t know who came up with this bizarre flavor but it really is good tasting
What the actual fuck?
One of those Harry Potter jelly beans that tastes like snot.
I had a Spicy Maine root soda last night. It was truly awful.
They have one called “Pink Drink”. It’s not available bottled, The only place I ever had it was at Austin City limits Festival a few years before the pandemic. It’s kind of a Prickly-pear Lemonade flavored soda. It was without a doubt the most delicious, refreshing beverage I have ever consumed, and the fact that I’ve never been able to find it since then is actually one of the biggest disappointments of my life.
Would it happen to be this? https://freshellakitchen.com/product/maine-root-pink-drink/
Yup. Looks like I’m making a trip to Dallas this weekend…
Good luck with trip!
Cilantro toothpaste. I like the other flavours this company has but this one is awful.
Tastes like soap I am guessing
I’m not one of the people that tastes cilantro like soap, but I still find it disgusting.
Toothpaste is just teeth soap if you think about it.
How long did you think about it?
I was high at that time, so 20 minutes?
Battered Mars bar.
I used to work at Starbucks and we’d make weird shit out of curiosity. The best one was uncut cold brew coffee and their strawberry refresher base. Uncut cold brew and lemonade wasn’t terrible but way too acidic for my liking.
Ugh, mixing anything carbonated with milk is just… wrong.
Agreed! I’m also grossed out by the people who would get the Passion tea (which is made with hibiscus and lemongrass, and is very acidic) with heavy cream. It curdled damn near instantly and was just… nasty.
Passion tea (which is made with hibiscus and lemongrass, and is very acidic) with heavy cream. It curdled damn near instantly and was just… nasty.
The cumuccino
Tuna melt with peanut butter. It was really good and I’ve never had it again.
You have the power to shape your own destiny. You know what you must do
Now this is the kind of weird encouragement that there needs to be more of out in the world
I do my best
Orange (or similiar) juice with apple/grape cider.
Yes, unique feeling on the tongue.
Like a non alcoholic mimosa.
Smash! It’s bugel chips coated in chocolate. Very good, but i can’t by it cause I’d eat the whole bag and get sick.
Salty liquorice ice cream, probably.
It’s not a weird taste to me but I’d imagine the vast majority of non-Finnish people would absolutely hate it.
Does it taste like actual licorice or store brand licorice ?
I don’t know what the difference is. Liquorice and salty liquorice are similar but separate products.
Love that shit! But I’m finish-adjacent. Sweden.
There is an ice cream company in the state of Montana, USA, that has liquorice ice cream. I don’t remember if it was salty but it had food coloring that made things interesting…
I once met a Finnish and he gave me something like (salty?) liqorice candy. It was basically black jelly, shaped like small hockey puck. Pretty good.
Did it get stuck to your teeth when you tried biting it? May have been a Merkkari
It is possible. It’s been some time, though, so can’t be 100% sure.
Those weird flavored mints you get from chinese restaurants as you leave. They could be worse for sure.
