Oh and cooked kibbie tastes like dry meatloaf to me. I've had it baked in the oven, and I have had grape leaves which the center tastes kibbish. (which those are packed in water with lemon squeezed overtop then a plate keeps them from floating) grape leaves are pretty good.
Back in the 80s there was a great little hole-in-the-wall Lebanese restaurant around the corner from my house which was cheap, friendly and convenient, so I ate there about once or twice a month. Every time I ordered the Kibbie (cooked, thankfully) I always wondered why and could never finish it. It was dry and crusty, and they put this weird sour cream/yogurt-type sauce on it that I just never got used to. Somehow I'd forget how dreadful it was only to be reminded when I'd order it again six months later
I think lime mayonnaise is disgusting.
I recently made the mistake of taking a friend's word that 'burger' flavored Doritos are tasty. The same friend also sentenced me a few weeks ago to taste both 'ketchup' and 'dill' flavored potato chips while we were on a road trip, after entrusting him to get us snacks, while I pumped the gas.
Ketchup chips are disgusting, but I'm not a fan of "flavored" junk food anyway. I'm more a kettle-cooked Cape Cod chip kinda guy: plain but salted, thanks, and all-fat. The "reduced fat" chips are gross.
Something that is very tasty that sounds like it could be nasty is a party dish I have had at my ex girlfriend's family gatherings... Her aunt who hosts the gatherings blends pre-made Swedish meatballs bought at IKEA and Little Smokies sausages in the same casserole dish, then covers them with a mixture of ketchup, grape jelly, onion powder and orange juice... They bake for a while and apparently the juices from the meats mixes with this abhorrent sounding concoction to make a delicious sauce. The meatballs are particularly tasty, since they soak up some of the fat shed by the sausages.
My ex's best friends are a straight married couple who live in Brewster on Cape Cod with three daughters. She hates cooking and is really bad at it; almost everything she prepares is a combination of ingredients from cans or boxes. Her most dreadful, horrifying combination is raw hot dogs cut and "simmered" in a crock-pot filled with Velveeta cheese and a jar of salsa.
When I read your post quoted above, Audrey's "party dish" came instantly and nauseatingly to mind. They were also HUGE fans of deep-frying turkeys (barf).
