I was reading an old People magazine on the crosstrainer this morning and came upon a picture and little blurb of something quite unusual (and gross!) to me. Have you heard of it? Apparently it's a Mississippi favorite.

A Sweet So Sour: Kool-Aid Dills - New York Times

Do you eat anything that others might find strange? Regional favorites that might surprise others?

Growing up, there was a family down the street that introduced us to Peanut Butter and Mayonaise sandwiches.....not nearly as gross as they sound! Personally, I prefer the extra zest of Miracle Whip.

Funny thing is that I was talking to one of my deployed Marine adoptees. He grew up in the Buffalo area, and he eats PB&Mayo sandwiches too....so maybe they're not that strange after all.

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PB and MAYO?!?!?!?!?!?!

Its probably about as gross as the A-1 and watermelon I eat!!!!

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I can't believe you said that about the PB & M. One of my favorite sammys of all time is peanut butter, lettuce and mayo (hellmann's). I used to get made fun of all the time but whenever anyone was brave enough to try it, they liked it too.

Maybe it's a northern thing, I'm from Jersey.

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I have a friend who eats Miracle Whip and strawberry jam sandwiches. I love m&ms and Doritos together!

Oh yuck!!!! You are all messed up!!

m&ms and Doritos sounds good. Ever since menopause hit, I love chocolate and salty snacks together.

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You said regional?...I'm here in the south and alot us (including me ) love collard greens, boiled peanuts and sweet tea.

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I do 't eat it n ow but growing up mom used to get the good hamburger then called ground sirloin, my brother an d I used to eat raw ground sirloin with mayo on bread....we called hem caniable sandwiches

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Oh squeak - that makes me sick just to think about it....raw meat!#@*#@

Same Marine and I drove from NC to Jaxville, FL and tried those boiled peanuts along the way.....those were just wrong. Icky pooh. LOL

Folks in New England eat lobster whole....which was weird for me coming from the MidWest where lobster meant the tail stuffed nicely with crabmeat or something. People here suck the green stuff off the meat......and when there are eggs.....eeewwwwwwwwww! I've never gotten my head around eating whole organisms.

To each their own, I guess!

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Love love love PB and Mayo (cept it has to be Miracle Whip). DH literally gags every time I eat it, he makes me stay in a separate room. LOL, it's fun to chase him with it. I'm surprised so many like these, I've only known 1 other person that liked them.

On the other hand DH and the boys eat pigs feet. Which to me have got to be the nasty things on earth. I refuse to even touch them to put them in a grocery cart.

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Sounds like dinner to me!

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PB and tomato sandwiches are good as are PB and onion sandwiches. If you think yuck, try it! I knew a guy who would eat his panakes with mustard and grape jelly. I don't know if you think this is gross or not but we alway poured ketchup into our bean soup when we were kids. Its the only way I like ketchup on anything.

Mmmm love those pickled pigs feet.

I like Better Made potato chips on my vanilla ice cream. Covered in Hershey's syrup. Then when it gets mushy mix it all together.

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Peanut butter and Doritos!

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ok ,first off ,I think Mayo or miracle whip on a sandwich is plain gross!!!!(French in me speaking!!!!).
dh always ask me to taste his sandwiches....my answer to him: have you met me?
I put butter on my french bread!!!

Peanut butter makes me gag!!!!

I love to eat calf liver sauteed with very small onions!!!

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YUM! Im from the south too.

My weird thing... Pretzels dipped in cream cheese.

I like to dip my french fries in my Frosty from Wendy's. I know a girl who does the kool-aid in the pickles thing, but she will also put jolly ranchers in pickles. I tried it, but it just isn't for me....

THATs WHAT I HAD FOR A SNACK TODAY!!! TOO FUNNY!!!

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Not really weird, but I like my oatmeal eiter on toast or a waffle loaded with butter. Been eating it that way for years.

I use to live in Mississippi and my parents still do and I've NEVER heard of pickles and kool-aid. Dh was born there and lived there until we moved to Texas and he's never heard of it either.

We do eat fluffernutter sandwiches though! It's marshmallow cream and peanutbutter mixed together. YUUUUMMMMMYYYY!!!!

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For what its worth, the article stated: "Typically, Kool-Aid pickle fans were born some time after Bill Clinton moved into the White House"....I know that wouldn't apply to me....LOL

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my kids always eat the marshmallow cream and PNut butter sandwiches - toast the bread first - the warm toast makes it even creamier

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I just love french fries dipped in Frosty's too! I did it one time by accident, and I've been hooked ever since. My oldest DD always made fun of me, and then got brave enough to try and it, and now whenever we're out she'll ask if there's a Wendy's close by



By the way, there should be a dislaimer on this thread......Not for those with a weak stomach!

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I do the fries with Frosties too. Too bad Wendy's is so far away. I also dip my fries in my McDonald's shakes. YUM!

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Everyone around here thinks I'm crazy for wanting mustard on my fried fish (haddock) sandwich!? My mom always did too.
My mom also taught me grilled cheese with mustard and onion sandwiches. YUM
PB on banana or pb on apples or celery too. Those are pretty mild though,lol.

PB and bologna sandwiches
PB and sweet pickle sandwiches
Ketchup on scrambled eggs
I LOVE cream cheese on pretzels (the soft ones like you get at the mall)


Oh and I have been known to drink clam juice too.

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Toasted cheese with dill pickle slices inside. Also will put sliced tomato in before toasting.

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PB, tomato and mayo on toast...my mom is a vegetarian and always made this for her lunch when i was little and i thought it was the most disgusting thing. now my son looks at me eating it and thinks the same thing!

Oh, yes, clam juice is really, really good. It's atlantic anchovies that make me wretch....just the look and smell is enough to turn my stomach

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I love chocolate covered potato chips (I usually melt a hershey bar and use the melted chocolate as a dip for my Lays chips) I also use ranch dressing as a dip for fries. I add cheese and garlic to my spaghetios (a few people told me that was odd ) and my BF said my chocolate coke is disgusting (its just Hersheys syrup in regular coke, it taste good in cherry coke too )

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The one local candy store (Asher's) sells chocolate covered chips. They are SO good.

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Peanut butter and lettuce (no mayo) sandwich. Best with chocolate milk!
Chocolate and chips together are wonderful!
I like french fries dipped in sour cream.
I eat mustard on about any meat sandwich.......hate ketchup!
Chocolate Coke is great!
My kids used to put potato chips in their sandwiches.
DH has to have mayo on his grilled cheese.
Last night at a pot luck dinner I put blacberries from a cobbler on a warm brownie and was sure I had died and gone to Heaven!!!!
I also like cottage cheese with scrambled eggs and spaghetti (not at the same time tho!)

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I see that we are all into low-fat, healthy strange foods - NOT!

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I like to put peanut butter on the toast, then cover with miniature marshmallows and broil for a couple minutes to lightly brown the tops of the marshamallows - YUMMM!!

DH likes chocolate (usually M&Ms) with beer.

I like egg sandwiches either covered with hot banana peppers or a little bit of sliced onion & ketchup.

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You guys at some weird things! Honestly, nothing anyone has mentioned even sounds good to me LOL

I like fries dipped in mustard. I prefer hot horseradish mustard but plain of' French's will do. I don't do ketchup

I like wine vinegar (strong, homemade red wine kind) on my sliced turkey. Can't have turkey without it! I take my own bottle with me if we are going to someone else's house DH thought I was NUTS when he saw me do it as he always used gravy. Now, the bottle is used twice as fast because now he loves it that way more than me

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I like vanilla ice cream with frosted flakes on top. This year my niece introduced me to oreos dipped in peanut butter. I also like to eat corn on top of my mashed potatoes, but I WON'T eat mayonnaise mixed with anything. YUK!

As a kid my dad introduced me to PB & mayo sandwiches, I liked them then, but not now. My mom also make me PB & cucumber sands., again don't like them anymore. I also don't like mayo on anything.

I like to dip my grilled cheese or fish or chicken in ketchup or mustard.

I've never had boiled peanuts before.

And as for clam juice...gross! That is just stinky stinky stinky

I see a trend with peanut butter, its just that universal!

I eat grilled peanut butter, cheddar cheese and dill pickle sandwiches. I got a craving for them when I was pregnant and continued with them after DS was born. DH said he cant stand watching me eat them. To-each there own!

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Mmm. When we were little sometimes we would have these... but with regular size marshmallows (a lot of sticky kids when you get done though!)

I like pineapple and velvetta sandwiches.

OMG!!!
I was flipping thru the TV channels tonight and on the Food channel they had a big jar of pickles in cherry flavored Kool Aid!!!
I had never heard of that before today and today I heard about it twice!!!

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Peanut Butter and Hot Dogs....I introduced my DS to them this week now he likes it too.

As a kid I ate PB, Miracle Whip, lettuce and cheese sandwiches.

My other favorite was Miracle whip and seasoned salt sandwich.

I saw the kool aid pickles on Alton Brown Feasting on Asfault(sp) last night...I don't think I could taste that one.

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I love ketchup! My MIL puts it on Mac N Cheese, I had never seen that before and DS went through a phase that he did it also..it does taste pretty good. I went through a phase that I put it in my Tuna Salad sammies...used to get weird looks about my orange sandwiches..

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We do the french fries and frosty too. It is soooo goood!!!! Especially with the new vanilla frosty.

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the kool aid pickle thing was on Alton Brown's show a few days ago.

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I wonder if the koolaid pickle is similar to sweet/sour candies that kids seem to enjoy....like sour patch kids, etc. it just looks rude to me, LOL.

my paternal grandfather used to eat fat sandwiches - slap the fat cut off a roast between two slices of buttered bread. ugh. (he died of heart disease - no wonder)

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OH, that just reminded me - my grandmother used to take all the fat off steaks or whatever and then cut it up into small bite sized pieces and fry it till it was crispy. I used to love it as a kid when she'd do that. It makes me sick to think about now. She did NOT have heart issues - she died of pnuemonia complications...

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Definitely from the "waste not, want not" generation!! They amaze me to this day.

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i like potato chips on my sandwiches lol i have never seen another adult do that, just little kids, some of them like to crumble up a 'garnish' of potato chips inside a sandwich

i remember one of my grandparents eating bone marrow out of steak or roast..
and in laws on a farm who mix pig brains w/eggs groooossssssss!!

My boys and I love Lays chips on tuna fish sandwiches....yummy!

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