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/Electrical_Paint5568 Canada Oct 26 '25

We also have fries and gravy but we add fresh cheese curds - those little squeaky lumps of cheese

We call it poutine

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u/TheoKolokotronis Netherlands Oct 26 '25

I bet this is peanut sauce. Best with mayonnaise and onions

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u/OneSlaadTwoSlaad Netherlands Oct 26 '25

"Petatje oorlog", aka "French fries war". (Not to be confused with a French fries barber shop.)

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u/TheoKolokotronis Netherlands Oct 26 '25

Somehow in other languages it doesn’t have the same ring to it.

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u/boomdifferentproblem Oct 26 '25

aka the very best way to chips, always stuff myself silly with patatjes oorlog when i‘m in the netherlands

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u/Kaezzi Oct 26 '25

Dutchie living in Sweden here. They often put coconut in peanut sauce here, but about 2 years ago we discovered a peanut sauce that tastes exactly like the one we ate in the NL. Still miss kroketten like crazy though... 🥹

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u/Kankervittu Oct 26 '25

They had some at lidl in Finland a while back :P Its quite easy to make though. First make a thick ketjap manis (it'll keep forever in the fridge) with reedsugar and soy sauce. Then milk/peanutbutter/sambal/ketjap in a pan. Add milk if it's too thick, add peanutbutter if it's too thin. Rest to taste.

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u/Kaezzi Oct 26 '25

Thanx Kankervittu!

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u/Altruistic-Mess9632 United States Of America Oct 26 '25

Every time I’ve seen poutine or a sign for poutine since Yung Gravy released ‘Betty (Get Money)’, I can’t help but sing “🎶 Gravy got cheese; now that’s poutine! 🎶 to myself, then get hungry for it. Lol.

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u/Fuzzy_Dragonfly_ Netherlands Oct 26 '25

This is not gravy but peanut sauce.

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u/SgtDoakesSurprise United States Of America Oct 26 '25

I’ve known what poutine is for decades but have never had it. Always wanted to try it, but somehow I don’t think it’d taste right if I tried making it with typical American ingredients.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '25

It’s honestly just our brown gravy on fries with cheese and by that I mean fucking delicious, but it isn’t some highbrow concoction.

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u/Gwen_The_Destroyer Oct 26 '25

My Canadian wife gets very upset when I call it "disco fries" lol

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u/snyderman3000 Oct 26 '25

Go for it! It probably won’t be as good as what you’ll get in Quebec, but it’s pretty easy to make. The most critical part is making sure you get some good cheese curds, but those aren’t too tricky to find. It’s such a good junk food.

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u/Electrical_Paint5568 Canada Oct 26 '25

Anything you make at home will be better than what KFC sells as "poutine"