What is the best tasting single item / ingredient ?

[WayneDougan]

I love lobster and crab but I feel like it needs a little melted butter.

 

[IkeCat]

Red Boat fish sauce, smells like crap by itself, but brings umami experince to everything

 

[BigTyrone]

I’ll go with lemon, then basil.

 

[Hank Camacho]

Fred Minnick!

- The Ladies of Norton Commons

 

[BGCATFAN2012]

Snatch... lightly salted

 

[JonathanW]

I'll stick with my original answer of lobster and crab legs but for a fruit there's nothing more tasty IMO than the pawpaw. Good luck finding them because their shelf life is incredibly short. 2 days, maybe 3. Farmer's markets or a neighbor's yard.

Interesting, I’ve never heard of a pawpaw.

 

[Elbridge]

Mushrooms prepared any way you choose.

 

[augustaky1]

Perfectly ripened

1) Cantaloupe
1A) Pear
2) Watermelon

 

[Kooky Kats]

Georgia Peach

 

[bertfan31]

Silver Queen corn on the cob, cooked in the husk over a fire or in the microwave. Needs no butter or salt.

 

[Bill - Shy Cat]

Hot sauce, the homemade Cajun hot sauce is the best imo 🍺

Tabasco is my go to hot sauce

 

[Freetaxreturn]

Tabasco is my go to hot sauce

That’s a good one Bill Shy, I like the Cajun better vs a Creole hot sauce cause it has more crawfish and pork in it 🍺
Some people say Tabasco is from Texas but it ain’t, it was originally made and recipe in a central Louisiana parish they used on catfish at a place that did nothing but catfish dinners to spice up the taste. I can’t remember the town but that’s what my mom told me, she from that area

 

[kyeric]

trying not to name something that has already been said, i'll go with cilantro.

 

[kybloo92]

Peppers

 

[BC_Wader]

Onions or garlic

 

[Born and raised Big Blue]

Interesting, I’ve never heard of a pawpaw.

There’s a pawpaw festival in Athens Ohio each year.

 

[Zissou87]

trying not to name something that has already been said, i'll go with cilantro.

 

[Zissou87]

Ice cold watermelon or pineapple.

 

[Hank Camacho]

Georgia Peach

She had some junk in the trunk. Big fan.

 

[Wildcats1st]

Interesting, I’ve never heard of a pawpaw.

Gringo papaya

 

[Girthang]

Garlic

 

[HagginHall1999]

A good apple is hard to beat. JMHO.

A few said crab/lobster...can't argue that but would add shrimp to list.

 

[christophero]

Peanut butter. Real peanut butter, not the crap you have to stir.

 

[crashtestdummy]

I nominate the unexpected fart during 69......

 

[birdforbogey]

Both b

Yes, but it's not PG or even R rated.

Y

 

[vhcat70]

I'll stick with my original answer of lobster and crab legs but for a fruit there's nothing more tasty IMO than the pawpaw. Good luck finding them because their shelf life is incredibly short. 2 days, maybe 3. Farmer's markets or a neighbor's yard.

To me, taste like a cross between a pear & banana. You're right about shelf life - why they're not commercialized. Seeds are a PITA. Dad loved them as they grew wild on my grandpa's farm land.

 

[vhcat70]

Homegrown tomatoes. I walk through my garden eatin them til I damn near get sick. Got about 8 different kind. Cherokee purple is my favorite. Can’t wait til they start ripening!

That was me as a kid. Of course they were warm, even hot. Grandpa put out like 1500 plants & sold at farmer's markets.

 

[vhcat70]

Sashimi is great.

 

[vhcat70]

There’s a pawpaw festival in Athens Ohio each year.

And Joe Burrow is the Pawpaw King.

 

[UKGrad93]

Peach
Pineapple
Apple

 

[megablue]

Honey

 

[hoojyoutlaw]

Taters.

 

[8titles]

Cayenne and Vanilla for cooking, each does great things with just about any food.
Crappie for fish
If I can't have salt, pepper and olive oil on it then I would say ribeye steak
Chocolate if you forgive the sugar, but it is the one most tasty substance ever for me. It is incredibly addicting and I could eat it in just about any form. Love the stuff.

 

[WayneDougan]

In my humble opinion...

• Can't be meat or fish because that needs some seasoning
• Can't be chocolate cause chocolate sucks if there's no sugar added to it
• Tomatoes are good but need seasoning if plain
• Garlic is good, but again, is infinitely better on something or with something
• Cilantro is fantastic, but tastes kind of like grass by itself
• Lemon? Are you serious?
• Bacon is cured
• Peanut butter sucks unless sugar is added
• Mushrooms have no taste unless seasoned and cooked
• Honey is apparently processed by bees so that's oddly out
• Leafy greens (only taste good with ranch dressing - lol)
• Coffee and tea have to be mixed with water

That leaves only a few choices:

• Fruit
• Maple syrup (unless that is processed by maple trees)
• Sweet potatoes

My vote would be sweet potatoes.