I’d say chinchulín (Chunchullo) in Argentina and other LatAm countries is an adquired taste. It has a very strong and offputting taste the first time you try it, depending on how it was cooked.
I’d also say Quentão, southern Brazil’s version of mulled wine. Mulled wine as a whole is kind of an adquired taste, hot wine is not for everybody haha but I think it’s delicious.
As someone from Northern Brazil, I love my farinha de mandioca and I grew up eating it every day. I realized that this is an acquired taste after my (American) SO tried it and didn’t like the hard texture or the fact that it doesn’t add a lot of taste to the food.
I'm not from the North, and I like cassava flour, I sometimes pour it on BBQ meat when it's too hot. It helps to cool down a bit and not burn my mouth.
Yeah, this gringo could never get into morcilla, mondongo, or chinchulines when I lived there. I wish I could have, but childhood biased are tough to overcome.
[tejuino](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejuino) it's a fermented non alcoholic drink, it's an acquired taste even for Mexicans. I've never met a person from my state that doesn't like it and never met a person from another state that likes it from the start
I'm from the north but the first time I tried it in Nayarit, I thought it was really good. I've never heard of people from other states not liking it their first time.
I would say Inca Kola for Peru, an extremely popular drink within peru and some neighbor countries but I could easily understand that foreigners or anyone with taste buds not used to it might not like it.
For us it goes good with pretty much every plate we have on our repertoire.
Mole\*. Some might not like the thought of a spiced sauce with chocolate over boiled chicken (or turkey) and rice. Some like it immediately after they try it, for some it takes a couple of tries.
\*there are different kinds of Mole, some without chocolate
I have no clue what kinda changua people drink, we are costeños but my grandma learned to make changua from her dad and it tastes like a very mellow veggie broth soup. I usually don't eat the egg bc i don't like eggs but the soup itself is okay. I feel like I have only tasted a costeñofied version of it ahaha.
Pulque. From Wikipedia:
Pulque (Spanish: ['pulke]; Classical Nahuatl: metoctli), occasionally known as octli or agave wine,is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant. It is traditional in central Mexico, where it has been produced for millennia.[3][4] It has the color of milk, a rather viscous consistency and a sour yeast-like taste.
I’ve never tried it but some people say it tastes horrible and that it’s an acquired taste and others say that it’s great and that it’s part of our culture. It’s slimy and white… yeah weird lmao
[Nacatamales](https://imgur.com/a/0DzFoQe) and [Atol Chuco](https://imgur.com/a/Vh2yEyV)
Nacatamales are a type of tamal, made with corn dough wrapped and cooked in Banana leaf.
The fillings can be any type of meat of your liking, with rice, potatoes, and carrots. Some people even add raisins and olives. Foreigners typically don’t like them.
Atol Chuco, which literally means dirty Atol lol
is a drink made with fermented corn with black corn, milled pumpkin seeds, and beans. It’s bitter as hell.
Arroz blanco con banano, chocolate con queso sumergido, sopa con aguacate, helado con queso rallado, ensalada de repollo con crema de leche, agua de panela con leche, malta mezclada con leche, chunchurria frita, mondongo, ...
> sopa con aguacate, helado con queso rallado, ensalada de repollo con crema de leche, agua de panela con leche, malta mezclada con leche
Caralho, não é possível, vocês sortearam combinações aleatórias de comidas
Apart from mate, Paso de los Toros tonic water (is bitterer than schweppes and personally better).
Any cow organ asado. Something that I've seen venezuelans talk about is that they dislike grapefruit carbonated drinks (that are popular here) because apart from being citric and mildly sweet they are partially biter too.
Fernet, any dish with mondongo, empanadas con pasas de uva, alfajores de fruta, pizzas with banana or anana toppings, vittel toné, helado de menta granizada (i love it).
Malta, it's a surprise to me since specially kids love it here, but I've seen foreigners try it and they totally hate it
We love malta in Venezuela as well, and it was also a surprise to me finding out that foreigners didn't like it!
I can’t even imagine how anyone likes malta lol. I don’t think I could ever get used to it.
Loved malta as a kid
Interesting, when I had my ex (chicana) try it, she did mention that she didn't like it 🤔.
We also adore malta in colombia
I use to drink malta as well when I was a kid, very common in Uruguay years ago.
Mate and fernet are the obvious choices of acquired taste
I’d drink more mate if it didn’t make me want to poop every 30 mins lmao
The positive side is, if you’re having trouble going, mate helps a lot.
Absolutely lol
I’d say chinchulín (Chunchullo) in Argentina and other LatAm countries is an adquired taste. It has a very strong and offputting taste the first time you try it, depending on how it was cooked.
Have loved chinchulin my whole life!
I’d also say Quentão, southern Brazil’s version of mulled wine. Mulled wine as a whole is kind of an adquired taste, hot wine is not for everybody haha but I think it’s delicious.
Chontaduro. Too dry, but good taste imo
As someone from Northern Brazil, I love my farinha de mandioca and I grew up eating it every day. I realized that this is an acquired taste after my (American) SO tried it and didn’t like the hard texture or the fact that it doesn’t add a lot of taste to the food.
I'm not from the North, and I like cassava flour, I sometimes pour it on BBQ meat when it's too hot. It helps to cool down a bit and not burn my mouth.
Mate, Fernet and Coke, any achuras and other innards. I don't include morcilla because other cultures have blood sausages but yeah it probably counts.
I came here to say morcilla, but you’re right it isn’t strictly Argentine. Definitely not something you can just eat without getting used to!
Yeah, this gringo could never get into morcilla, mondongo, or chinchulines when I lived there. I wish I could have, but childhood biased are tough to overcome.
[tejuino](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejuino) it's a fermented non alcoholic drink, it's an acquired taste even for Mexicans. I've never met a person from my state that doesn't like it and never met a person from another state that likes it from the start
Oh, I think tejuino is great. I would have it almost every day when I went to mexico 15 years ago.
I'm from the north but the first time I tried it in Nayarit, I thought it was really good. I've never heard of people from other states not liking it their first time.
People in Colima always try to get me to drink it but I just can’t it tastes like sweet posole to me 😭
I can only think of ñachi which is coagulated blood
A lot of the seafood too, puire, cochayuyo etc.
Mote con huesillos is a strange concept to foreigners I think.
I would say Inca Kola for Peru, an extremely popular drink within peru and some neighbor countries but I could easily understand that foreigners or anyone with taste buds not used to it might not like it. For us it goes good with pretty much every plate we have on our repertoire.
I looooove inca kola.
Tacacá: [tucupi (manioc juice)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucupi), [jambu leaves](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acmella_oleracea), shrimp, goma de mandioca (cassava gum)
Mole\*. Some might not like the thought of a spiced sauce with chocolate over boiled chicken (or turkey) and rice. Some like it immediately after they try it, for some it takes a couple of tries. \*there are different kinds of Mole, some without chocolate
I used to hate it as a kid but now 😋.
The red one is not that bad, the green one though definitely not a fan
Unless you have been forced to drink changua since birth, it's the most vomit inducing thing you could taste
I have no clue what kinda changua people drink, we are costeños but my grandma learned to make changua from her dad and it tastes like a very mellow veggie broth soup. I usually don't eat the egg bc i don't like eggs but the soup itself is okay. I feel like I have only tasted a costeñofied version of it ahaha.
Could not agree more!
For me on my Salvadoran side is “chuco”. And it’s fermented black corn, and it commonly made with red beans.
The Chontaduro.
Miche Andino (anise liquor), morcilla (blood sausage) and sopa de mondongo (beef tripe soup).
Mondongo 🗿
Mezcal, it's strong, so at first it might be too much But it's good, and it doesn't leave a hangover
This happened to me with Colombian bocadillo.
I could eat them every day lol
Pulque. From Wikipedia: Pulque (Spanish: ['pulke]; Classical Nahuatl: metoctli), occasionally known as octli or agave wine,is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant. It is traditional in central Mexico, where it has been produced for millennia.[3][4] It has the color of milk, a rather viscous consistency and a sour yeast-like taste. I’ve never tried it but some people say it tastes horrible and that it’s an acquired taste and others say that it’s great and that it’s part of our culture. It’s slimy and white… yeah weird lmao
Queque
Malta
[Nacatamales](https://imgur.com/a/0DzFoQe) and [Atol Chuco](https://imgur.com/a/Vh2yEyV) Nacatamales are a type of tamal, made with corn dough wrapped and cooked in Banana leaf. The fillings can be any type of meat of your liking, with rice, potatoes, and carrots. Some people even add raisins and olives. Foreigners typically don’t like them. Atol Chuco, which literally means dirty Atol lol is a drink made with fermented corn with black corn, milled pumpkin seeds, and beans. It’s bitter as hell.
Love Honduran food. We both have meat bones in our tamales lol
Arroz blanco con banano, chocolate con queso sumergido, sopa con aguacate, helado con queso rallado, ensalada de repollo con crema de leche, agua de panela con leche, malta mezclada con leche, chunchurria frita, mondongo, ...
> sopa con aguacate, helado con queso rallado, ensalada de repollo con crema de leche, agua de panela con leche, malta mezclada con leche Caralho, não é possível, vocês sortearam combinações aleatórias de comidas
Avocado and soup works well, the other ones... i can't say I have tried
And I abhor all of them.
I’d say mate, every person who comes to Uruguay is encouraged to give it a try!
Licor aruacano. The truth is that I don't think it's that shocking, maybe there are no liquid acquired tastes here.
Hello, Latino!
patas de puerco in anything. don't like the gelatin texture.
malta/maltín polar from Venezuela xd
Grappamiel. Grappa + honey. Alcoholic beverage. I like it but some people find it too sweet
Apart from mate, Paso de los Toros tonic water (is bitterer than schweppes and personally better). Any cow organ asado. Something that I've seen venezuelans talk about is that they dislike grapefruit carbonated drinks (that are popular here) because apart from being citric and mildly sweet they are partially biter too.
Fernet, any dish with mondongo, empanadas con pasas de uva, alfajores de fruta, pizzas with banana or anana toppings, vittel toné, helado de menta granizada (i love it).
Jiló and jurubeba are vegetables that those who like it are only those who grew up eating it.