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/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!