what's the grossest packaged food you've seen? - Page 7

[calgal007]

Brookesmom, I remember smokie links with "cheeze" injected in them. Is that what you're thinking of? Haven't thought of them in years. . .

[Gracefulmom]

I saw *multi-colored* Goldfish crackers the other day. They're various shades of red... maroon, purply-red,...

I know they're artificially colored anyway, but why take the next step? Eeeeew.

[wings62]

If it hasn't already been mentioned- blue pudding. The thought of it gags me!!!!

[Brookesmom]

calgal007, these were actual hot dogs- I still remember my friend eating them cold out of the package sometimes!! My other best friend and neighbor had the peanut butter and grape jelly swirled together. Between those two, I saw lots of disgusting foodstuff !

[reilly's momma]

Once I saw, in a health food store, these deep fried cheese things. They came in little bags-no refridgeration. There was, I think, 640 mg of sodium per serving Someone had a bag & I tried one just out of curiousity. They were about the size of a mini ritz cracker, maybe smaller. As soon as it went in my mouth, it felt like all the water was sucked out by the salt

[iggaboo]

Okay... when DH and I were first hanging out there was an asian market near his house.. We used to go there and wander around checking out the crazy stuff they had.. We LOVE the english on the packaging - you gotta wonder if they had any idea what they are talking about, kwim? This is a bit off topic, but our favorite package ever was for some kind of cookie thing that they called "French Pie: As Wonderful as Romantic Feeling" LOL

Now back to the disgusting food topic.. At this same store we came across something in the meat dept that they called "Barbeque Pork".. It was half of a face of a pig! you could see where the eye had been, and the half of snout, and it still had teeth!!!! All shrink wrapped on a styrofoam tray!! Definitely THE most disgusting thing we have ever seen!! This place also sold trays like that full of like 6 baby octopus (octopi?) Gross...

edited for spelling...

[Ragana]

Corn dogs!

Corn dogs are way up on my list. I still have memories of the school lunch ones - the "meat" was gray! On the school lunch theme, overcooked succotash was also very gross. I also remember these "cheese fries" that we had in high school that I liked at the time but are actually pretty revolting.

Grocery store neon-colored frosted birthday cakes and cupcakes

Those weird little fruit "gel" cups

I also second the Lunchables - cold and clammy - yuk and the potted meat products

I have to admit that we ate pigs' feet in aspic when I was a kid and I liked that a lot.


*rant coming...*

By the way, I was happy that someone early on in this thread mentioned children eating food with respect. In the country my parents are from, people would kiss a piece of bread if it fell on the floor. We have tried hard to teach our daughter to be thankful for food and to not play with it. "Food fights" are a uniquely American concept - everywhere else in the world, hunger is too recent a concept to ever allow something like that! Why does food have to be considered a toy (funny colors and all)?

*off my soapbox*

[aircantu1]

I saw a cheeseburger on a stick.

It's ground beef and cheese all mixed up in a bun, shaped and put on a stick just like a corn dog. BLECH! As if corn dogs aren't bad enough.

[TigerTail]

http://www.bad-candy.com/old/bc3/

they're getting ready to put up a new site, but here's the old one, for those of you who wanna get grossed out some more...

what about those deep-fried mars bars in scotland?
(in the fish & chips oil, ew!)

i hate to admit it, but my dd likes vienna sausages and got sam hooked on those nasty gerber meat sticks... i want to brush his teeth before i nurse him after that, yuck!

my first thoughts seeing the thread were 'blue fries and shrink-wrapped potatoes'.

at my old armenian market, they had sheep's heads that the guys at my ex dead dh's work used to put in the microwave and he would watch them spin around & around...

and right now, i am drinking a 'natural!!!' new drink (only because my dd lost the cap & it would 'go to waste', & i'm too thirsty, tired, & in need of calories to care)- 'Soy Juicy!'
'Soy Nasty!' is more like it- bleah. yeah, just the way it comes in nature (well, at least it's non-gmo). Soymilk mixed with white grape juice concentrate (so you don't have 'added sugar'- lol, yeah, concentrated white grape juice has *nada* to do with *sugar*.) They did have to add: 'Not for use as an infant formula.'

suse

[EFmom]

Esplynn, your post reminded me of my favorite mistranslations on food packages. I once saw a jar of imported Italian pasta sauce that was so funny I had to buy it as a gift for my warped brother. After a few badly translated paragraphs, it concluded with the instructions, to "Decant it in a bedpan and boil it until it aromatizes." Mmmmmm.

We have a tin of Chinese tea in our cupboard that claims it "Turns strong men into gods" and has been prepared by the "traditional sanitary methods." Double mmmmm.

[QueeTheBean]

Grossest ever: a chicken salad sandwich wrapped in plastic--being sold at a grocery store & listed "chicken skin" as an ingredient.

[calgal007]

This thread just gets funnier and funnier with age! I'm tempted to go to Chinatown just to read the English translations on the packages -- remembering of course, that I can't speak a SINGLE WORD of Mandarin, so I shouldn't feel too smug . . .

[Ravin]

I lived in Japan for two years and some of the stuff over there was pretty gross. Like dried squid strips. This was convenience store stuff. There's a 7-11 on every other street corner in Tokyo. Overall, though there was probably less sugar than in an american store. I remember Pocky Sticks. They're actually pretty good, not as sweet as a lot of American candy. The strawberry ones are better than the chocolate.

The all time grossest processed food I've ever seen, though, were the egg rolls they served in elementary school when I was a kid. I was about twelve when I discovered egg rolls weren't supposed to be filled with grey mush. The bad part is, I loved those things, and would actually eat them off the plates of my more sensible classmates!

If you've got a kid who wants some "different" applesauce, I've been getting some "harvest blends" (don't remember the brand name) they've got peach, berry, etc., unsweetened applesauce flavored with other fruit.

Those funky colored ketchups and pb&J together look pretty nasty, but I think the nastiest condiment on the shelf has got to be the mixed mustard-and-mayo.

One thing that my grocery store does that drives me nuts is that the only organic yogurt they sell is in little "baby serving" sized snack cups. Overpackaged, to say the least, and why should only babies get organic yogurt? I will say that I've noticed more and more actually healthy stuff in my local grocery stores, in addition to the ever-whackier packaged processed stuff. Organic veggies, Arrowhead mills, etc. seems to creep in more and more. It's nice to see, especially since my area hasn't got Wild Oats or Whole Foods or anything like that.

[reilly's momma]

deep-fried twinkies

I heard that these were being served at some state fair, I think Arkansas? but not sure, I heard months ago on the radio. The dj's were explaining the process, first freeze the twinkie, then dip in batter & deep fry. Even they thought it was gross, but in the end said they would try it if it was offered to them.

[Myboysmom]

Yep! Arkansas State Fair!

Didn't go. Wouldn't eat 'em anyway. But they were apparently a big hit! UCK!

[MelMel]

okay, i didnt read EVERY post here, so these may be repeats.

push up pops-food
they make chili cheese noodle push ups and some cheesy eggs, too

we bought them, cuz they were the LOONIEST thing EVER. They were terrible, obviously, we kept them in the frrezer, and offered them to guests, then just gave them to the guy upstairs (eats ANYTHING)

we have purple ketchup now, dh wanted it, ugh.

dh eats almost everything you guys have mentioned (even though he usually only eats pretty good, but instead of sweets, he gets things you all have mentioned as 'treats' (any canned meat/fish product they make-he even buys those packaged sqids and frys them)

I would eat a deep fried twinkie. I admit it. I am curious.

:sinister :sinister :sinister :sinister

[calgal007]

OOOOH! I have a candidate for gross packaged food -- there is corned beef that is sold in a can -- not corned beef hash -- it is the most unnatural looking thing imaginable. DH grew up eating stuff like that; his momma (rest her soul) was the worst cook on the face of this planet. Poor DH reminds me of the character in "Gods and Monsters" who ate pan drippings as a child but was ashamed of it later in life. . .

[MaShroom]

ok, confession. i ate a deep fried snickers bar once at a pow wow. as if the fried bread wasn't greasy enough.: it was quite possibly the strangest thing i have ever eaten. a batter dipped deep fried snickers bar, how weird. someone had to have been stoned and pms'ing to have come up with that.

[Jish]

Anyone notice that Aunt Jamima now has colored maple syrup? It looks positively gross.

[Peppamint]

Well, let's see:

Infant formula (stinks!)

Hot dogs (and they have baby hot dogs in a jar for babies )

Any kind of meat/dairy product that doesn't have to be kept cold (must have like a million preservatives!)

Any kind of baby food (especially the ones containing meat!)

ugh!