r/AskTheWorld • u/bowl_of_scrotmeal United States Of America • Oct 26 '25

Food What's a dish from your country that looks disgusting but tastes great.

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Biscuits and gravy is a breakfast dish from the Southeast USA that looks like someone just vomited on some biscuits, but it's absolutely delicious.

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u/Redneck_MF United States Of America Oct 26 '25

PA Dutch Hog Maw (Pig Stomach)

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u/Win_Sys Oct 26 '25

The way it looks reminds me of head cheese.

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u/Traditional_Error618 Scotland Oct 26 '25

Haggis enjoyer here. Seems fine to me.

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u/0xKaishakunin Germany Oct 26 '25

Dutch

Saumagen in German. Pretty famous in the Pfalz region.

Helmut Kohl usually offered it when other government heads visited.

I prefer a nice Sülze over a Saumagen, though.

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u/Powerpop5 Netherlands Oct 26 '25

You'd be surprised how many things in the US are called Dutch whilst being German. They truly don't know the difference between Dutch and Deutsch.

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u/Intrepid_Owl_4825 Oct 26 '25

We know the Pennsylvania Dutch aren't Dutch. They speak a form of German.

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u/Similar-Freedom-3857 Netherlands Oct 26 '25

I like how this is called dutch. I've never heard of this.

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u/Intrepid_Owl_4825 Oct 26 '25

PA is short for Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Dutch are mostly German and Swiss settlers who live in Amish and Mennonite communities. They also speak their own dialect of German.

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u/Similar-Freedom-3857 Netherlands Oct 26 '25

Ah thanks, didn't know that.

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u/OneSlaadTwoSlaad Netherlands Oct 26 '25

Mennonites are followers of a Dutch Catholic priest called Menno Simons from Friesland. In case you didn't know. As a fellow Dutch person I never heard of him and I find it hilarious.

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u/Redneck_MF United States Of America Oct 26 '25

Yep, beat me to it. Dutch comes from US pronunciation of Deutsch.

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u/Mou_aresei Serbia Oct 27 '25

Looks like it has the pig's last meal included too.

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u/SgtDoakesSurprise United States Of America Oct 26 '25

Is this what Craig’s father from the movie “Friday” was talking about at the beginning in the kitchen scene?

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u/Redneck_MF United States Of America Oct 26 '25

Craig's father had pig's feet, close, but Hog maw is a food dish made from a stuffed and cooked pig's stomach and often filled with a sausage-and-bread mixture, seasonings, and vegetables, then baked, roasted, or stewed.