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There's a thread on Reddit about "what American foods do non Americans find insane" and I'm very surprised to learn that raw broccoli and cauliflower

Posted by Reagen Apr 30 '20, 07:08

is on there. There's the usual "Ugh, peanut butter?" And "what even is root beer" comments but raw veggies surprises me.

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i'll eat either lightly blanched or pickled, but not raw. yuk. -- nm - colin Apr 30, 08:36
veggie trays are huge here for sure -- nm - Beaker Apr 30, 08:31
Reddit is correct. *shiver* -- nm - Spawn Apr 30, 08:03
I didn't know raw broccoli and cauliflower was a thing. - Loyola Apr 30, 07:50 9
- Our jelly is what you'd call jam. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 07:51 8
  - So what do they call our jam? -- nm - spamlet Apr 30, 07:56 5
    - jam++ -- nm - Open Baron Apr 30, 08:03
    - What *is* your jam?! -- nm - Loyola Apr 30, 07:58 3
      - Jam on it! -- nm - Qale Apr 30, 08:12 1
        
        Yeah, yeah, we know, we know - Spawn Apr 30, 08:27
      - Somewhere between jelly and preserves. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 30, 08:05
  - It must be jelly 'cause jam don't shake like that. -- nm - Open Baron Apr 30, 07:54
  - Oh I'm gonna try that. -- nm - Loyola Apr 30, 07:53
Princess Disney loves raw broccoli. Its usually in our house. -- nm - Walt_Disney Apr 30, 07:48
I saw something yesterday about PB&J is not a thing outside of the US. I found that very surprising. - nm - JaxSean Apr 30, 07:17 4
- Some of this is language barrier - Reagen Apr 30, 07:19 3
  - I had a roommate from Norway who would leave the kitchen area if I opened a jar. She said she'd had it once and never again. -- nm - Max Apr 30, 07:59
  - But they also don’t eat peanut butter like we do. -- nm - spamlet Apr 30, 07:27
  - Ah ok. -- nm - JaxSean Apr 30, 07:19
Cauliflower sucks, but raw broccoli is mostly ok. Broccoli burps are the grossest thing though. -- nm - Shaun Apr 30, 07:14 11
- Cauliflower is a vehicle for ranch and does an amazing job at it. - sycor Apr 30, 07:16 8
  - If you're going to smother it in ranch, use celery. Cauliflower sucks. -- nm - Shaun Apr 30, 07:18 7
    - Celery is only good with PB or pimento cheese. Celery is too gross and the ranch doesn't hide the flavor enough. -- nm - sycor Apr 30, 07:28 5
      - I used celery for stew last night and stopped to think, "What *is* celery flavor?" -- nm - Max Apr 30, 08:01 1
        
        I'd say vaguely earthy and herbal. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 08:04
      - Celery is a top tier dipping veggie. -- nm - Shaun Apr 30, 07:31 1
        
        built in spoon! -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 07:32
      - Celery and hummus is great. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 07:29
    - F*ck celery. Worst food ever. - JaxSean Apr 30, 07:24
- I personally don't like them but I don't find anything odd about doing so. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 07:15 1
  - Yeah, not a raw cauliflower fan but broccoli sure! -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 07:24
I was reading that earlier. That one surprised me too. Like are veggie trays not a thing outside the US? -- nm - sycor Apr 30, 07:10 11
- Not really. Most people in the world seem to steam, stir fry or do something else to their veggies. Raw is uncommon -- nm - Krusty Apr 30, 07:15 5
  - Huh. This surprises me given that we....aren't known for eating our veggies in the US -- nm - ty97 Apr 30, 07:24 4
    - Maybe if we cooked them more often we'd like and eat them more. -- nm - Krusty Apr 30, 07:29 3
      - probably not -- nm - Pippy- silk pajamas in the sky Apr 30, 08:11 2
        
        Ha! True. -- nm - Krusty Apr 30, 08:26 1
        
        It's not like cooking them makes them less expensive and tastier than freedom fries. -- nm - Shaun Apr 30, 08:27
- I also came across an Asian person at a farmer's market once that couldn't get their head around the idea of eating garden peas not as pea pods. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 07:14 2
  - garden peas? Like green peas you get frozen or in a can? -- nm - sycor Apr 30, 07:15 1
    - Like they were selling the pea pods that you would have to shell and this person was like "these are way too far gone", expecting snow peas. -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 07:17
- Apparently not! -- nm - Reagen Apr 30, 07:11 1
  - but crudites is a French word!! -- nm* - Diva Apr 30, 07:14

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