My mom went to dinner at a distant relative’s house and this was dessert

The grapes have sugar... Who NEEDS that much sugar for that?? A light Dusting of it would of be great and if it was nicely topped on the grapes vs.... wtf is this? Then use a spoon or fork to eat it

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DuckRubberDuck@reddit

Idk about the dessert, it’s the bowl I find freaking cute

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DuckRubberDuck@reddit

Thanks for the award, lol!

But yeah the bowl is so nice!

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kelseydaniels@reddit

It’s a bold move to put a quarter cup of brown sugar atop anything … that being said, I’d try it 😂

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mega_dead_meme@reddit

Thought this came from r/shittyrestrictionfood at first

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detahramet@reddit

Are you sure its not like, whipped cream? or créme fraiche?

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My mom has long made a jello mold thing that has fruit mixed in, and a layer of sour cream that you would never believe wasn't whipped cream. It's bizarre that it goes well together, and it tastes nothing like sour cream.

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gilly_girl@reddit

Nope, sour cream's the proper ingredient. My mom used to make it and the flavors balance nicely.

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captaincayuga@reddit

My aunt made a dessert that was strawberry jello, crushed pineapple, and walnuts sandwiching a thin layer of sour cream. It's really good and I don't like jello.

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TheStatusIsN0tQuo@reddit

I have a Kid's Cookbook from the late 70s/early 80s that actually has a recipe like this with sour cream and grapes.

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the_bananafish@reddit

Grape salad (sour cream, brown sugar, grapes) is still a popular holiday dish in the south

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Psychological_Snow27@reddit

The south loves calling things salad that are in no way salad. I grew up with “carrot salad” - carrot shavings in orange Jell-o topped with almonds.

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JwPATX@reddit

Ours had pineapple too/no almonds, and it was called “golden glow salad”

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JonahHillsWetFart@reddit

pear salad is the perfect example of this

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CosmicCreeperz@reddit

Those are salad. Salad has a much more broad definition, it isn’t just lettuce.

Ie can be:

“small pieces of food (such as pasta, meat, fruit, or vegetables) usually mixed with a dressing (such as mayonnaise) or set in gelatin.”

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untoastedbrioche@reddit

like they said, it's a cultural difference. also idk where you got your definition but several Google searches and I've yet to find jello a ingredient in salad.

but yes, pasta salad is tossed in oils. egg salad is tossed in mayo. fruit salads are tossed in vinaigrette and lettuce based/spinach salads are tossed in anything.

never heard of a jello salad. I've heard of nasty shit like meat jello and seafood jello from the early 1900s when everyone was obsessed with jello though.

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CosmicCreeperz@reddit

My definition was the top dictionary result for “salad”.

And Really?? Fruit salads are salads. They often have it. Top results for “salad jello”:

https://www.food.com/amp/recipe/fruit-salad-27029

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/277216/ambrosia-salad-with-jell-o/

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Kyzelle@reddit

You've never heard of ambrosia salad?

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thedrinkalchemist@reddit

It’s available as a side at a few mom and pop places in KY and I always order it, it’s delicious, and I hate that it’s so tasty lol

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grimmigerpetz@reddit

Dont know how it is in the US. But unseasoned sour cream is just inbetween creme fraiche and cream cheese. But the brown sugar is just strange.

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OopsyDaisy5378@reddit

It sounds weird, but sour cream and brown sugar is an amazing combo. Especially with strawberries!

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TheTesselekta@reddit

I mean, sour cream tastes a lot like Greek yogurt, which is very good sweetened. The sour/tart from the cream and grapes + sweet molasses of the brown sugar sounds like it would be pleasant.

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10001110101balls@reddit

What's wrong with sour cream? It's a hair removed from greek yogurt, seems like it would be good here if not the best plating.

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LOUDPACK_MASTERCHEF@reddit

if my greek yogurt had hair in it I would probably shop somewhere else. That's a little too greek for me

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deepfield67@reddit

It's all Greek for me!

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CaptainN_GameMaster@reddit

Don't pay attention to them, it's just a case of sour grapes

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Windsdochange@reddit

Grapes of wrath.

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DuckRubberDuck@reddit

TIL creme fraiche and sour cream isn’t the same. You can only buy sour cream in my country, there no such thing called sour cream or the equivalent translation, but you can buy creme fraiche with different fat content, from 9% up to 38% I think

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DogPoetry@reddit

Honestly looks like ice cream

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Neglected_Martian@reddit

Looks like sour cream

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10001110101balls@reddit

Creme fraiche is a type of sour cream

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Sunshine_McDoogle@reddit

So good with strawberries!

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Adventurous_Boat7814@reddit

I’ve done this with strawberries and it’s good

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_Freakazoidd_@reddit

My grandma used to make me this as a kid (smashed strawberries and sour cream with a dash of sugar) and I loved it. Used to be one of my favorite desserts.

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TheDillestPickle2000@reddit

So fucking good. I bet this slaps

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threeblackfeathers@reddit

Looks like it's supposed to be grape salad...which is oddly excellent. This is more of a deconstructed version it appears.

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OurLadyAndraste@reddit

Yeah I have never made it like this, instead stirred together and with pecans, but grape salad is delicious. One of those things that seems kinda weird until you eat it.

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threeblackfeathers@reddit

Same, usually topped with a brown sugar pecan mixture. I think it's typically in the church and funeral rotations so maybe not as well known 😆 First time I tried it was at a funeral.

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Joyma@reddit

Very common to do with strawberries, I bet the grapes work too

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bruxly@reddit

My family loved to dip strawberries in sour cream then brown sugar. I never acquired the taste for it but they love it and most people they had try it loved it as well. So this doesn’t seem that absurd but the ratio seems off, 2 grapes and a ton of sugar?

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lustforwine@reddit

What’s the recipe called

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royally_eft@reddit

Like most of the others, I think this would be good except for that looks like a MASSIVE amount of brown sugar.

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Sk1rm1sh@reddit

Yeah, I think I'd mostly be tasting sugar with a full scoop of it like that.

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royally_eft@reddit

Crunchyyyy

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Sk1rm1sh@reddit

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Healthy_Broccoli1927@reddit

Yeah there isn't usually that much, that's way over the top.

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cookiedanslesac@reddit

I thought it was a biscuit, was the sugar already added or at your convenience ?

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Roselinia@reddit

This is what I thought too. We make a similar looking thing here except it's cookies instead of brown sugar, and a mascarpone mix cream thing instead of just sour cream. It slaps

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nnsntsxx@reddit

My husband made me try strawberries dipped in sour cream and brown sugar. I thought he was pulling my leg. Surprisingly good, but..wow what an interesting combo lol

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tallorai@reddit

Swap out the grapes for strawberries and we used to eat this all the time. Except wed just dip the strawb in the sour cream, followed by a dip in brown sugar

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intergalactict00t@reddit

That’s actually really tasty. But that is a lot of brown sugar.

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Artistic-Shame4825@reddit

Is this…brown sugar, sour cream, and grape in an edible glass dish? What do you eat? What DON’T you eat??

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Tkuhug@reddit

Interesting

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_MisterHighway_@reddit

All the comments about the brown sugar. You eat a little with each bite, and a tablespoon of light brown sugar is like 9g sugar and 35 calories according to eatthismuch(dot)com. For comparison, a fun size Snickers bar (also 9g sugar) is 80 calories. Cooking doesn't have to be mixed, it can be just ingredients. Hell, that's the big thing at those fancy restaurants anymore, tiny food you have to assemble yourself.

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beth3436@reddit

The fuck? Is this a joke?

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Yodzilla@reddit

The only thing shitty about this is the paltry amount of brown sugar your mom was served. She got ripped off.

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be1izabeth0908@reddit

I make a carmelized grape tart and these are three of the ingredients. Not sure how it would be just raw like this, but I can attest that the potential is there.

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obiwanmoloney@reddit

Am I losing my tiny mind or is this entire sub just happy to eat mouthfuls of brown sugar?!

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Makabaer@reddit

It looks like a cookie to me. Something a bit like this: https://www.andronaco-shop.de/magazin/delicato/biscotti-deliziosi-die-wunderbare-welt-der-italienischen-kekse/ They would go with that very nicely. I've seen them as toppers for similar deserts.

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Astro_Sloth@reddit

Seriously, it’s not like a little sprinkling, it’s a whole fucking ball of it lol

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Educational_Month577@reddit

Don’t know why I wouldn’t be, if it was mixed with sour cream and fruit

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obiwanmoloney@reddit

Well it would appear that there are two kinds of people 😅

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Nonamebigshot@reddit

For real I feel like I'm talking crazy pills reading all these "looks delish!" Comments

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Typography77@reddit

so it seems

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decktheshrek@reddit

This actually looks good though. Beautiful presentation too.

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legenduu@reddit

Its not shitty OP, you are the shitty one

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Avalolo@reddit

Scoop of brown sugar is crazy

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mpdity@reddit

This is a grape salad. And they ARE good. It’s why your mother said it was good. Simple foods are sometimes the tastiest.

What good does being so hateful towards FAMILY do you? Hate gets you nowhere. Other than here making fun of a genuinely heartfelt, delicious, and clearly made with love treat.

Sad way to live if you ask me.

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Ladyughsalot1@reddit

This is super 70s. My aunt would serve this as a poolside snack.

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saladmunch2@reddit

That looks tasty but why so much brown sugar.

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Fast_Avocado_5057@reddit

Bruh - this person obviously took time and effort to present it well and your moms said it was good. What kinda degenerate blasts their own fam like that?

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chahud@reddit

Maybe I just don’t understand this sub but this sub isn’t shitty food it’s shitty food porn. The food porn is shitty not the food. Posting something here doesn’t mean it’s bad food. I’d 100% try it but come on that’s some shitty food porn

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seandamon211pgh@reddit

For real. Looks like some high level Shit I would never get served.

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obiwanmoloney@reddit

A straight up ball of brown sugar??

For sure they’ve presented it nicely but fuck no.

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AtroposMortaMoirai@reddit

Yeah that’s a shit tonne of brown sugar. Could have just dusted the sour cream or like tossed the grapes for a light coating.

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Beautifly@reddit

You must be new here

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_RandyRandleman_@reddit

that would literally take a minute to make

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trinier101@reddit

People do this w strawberries dip in sour cream roll in brown sugar - it is actually good too

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chatsgirl64@reddit

I love to eat strawberries or peaches with sour cream and brown sugar. Try the combination, it’s delicious. We used to take strawberries, dip them in sour cream, then in brown sugar and eat them off the stem. Yummy.

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Educational_Month577@reddit

Yes that’s how I have always done it, with the dipping as opposed to putting it in a bowl like this, and with strawberries instead of grapes. Gotta try with peaches

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Educational_Month577@reddit

We do this with strawberries. It’s a favorite of mine

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cowboydogcollar@reddit

Awww but there was much effort put into the plating

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touchpaulbellini@reddit

https://www.chickensaladchick.com/menu/178597/product/133280/

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PhinsFutureSB-Champs@reddit

Bad version of grape salad

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ParadiseSold@reddit

It's even better with strawberries

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Grimalkinnn@reddit

It’s like a deconstructed grape salad and I love this idea.

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misstiffie@reddit

It’s pretty but omg so much sugar

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Microwaved-toffee271@reddit

That’s… an entire lump of brown sugar?

Other than that, seems good

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Slight_Tiger2914@reddit

What the hell kind of crap is that?...

I think that's worth just pushing away and saying no 😭 🫷🏿 Thank you, I'm on Keto Diet.

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Dramatic_Plankton463@reddit (OP)

I’m not trying to hate btw! My mom said it tasted good, and the bowl it was served in is so cute. Just the totally unmixed ingredients (a glob of brown sugar, a glob of sour cream, grapes) was really unusual to me so thought I’d share on here.

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Big_Tap_1561@reddit

Is that a full scoop of brown sugar?

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Appropriate-Ad-3498@reddit

I respect where they were going with the flavor combinations, but I'd rather be buried alive than serve guests a haphazard blop of sour cream and a miniature brown sugar sand dune atop halved grapes in a dish from 1971.

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SuperAdaGirl@reddit

OMG… someone is still making this recipe from the 70s?!?!

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Hawt_Dawg_II@reddit

I'm surprised she didn't break out the jell-o

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orphen888@reddit

Brown sugar. Sour cream. And grapes? Umm

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ok-girl@reddit

It is good

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Upper_Ladder6028@reddit

Yep. Good ol grape salad. I always mix mine and add walnuts

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Pixie-82@reddit

Honestly this looks pretty tasty, the bowl is cute too.

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Nonamebigshot@reddit

Is that a giant lump of brown sugar on top?

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keIIzzz@reddit

I don’t really like green grapes but I could see how this could work. Maybe less brown sugar though, that seems like a lot with the ratio

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InternationalTwo4581@reddit

This looks good, I'd try it

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OrangeClyde@reddit

I don’t think this is shitty looking 🧐

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cryingidiot@reddit

i want that bowl omg

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indirosie@reddit

Me too it's amazing

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ChrisLS8@reddit

First glance thought it was Kiwi, molasses cookie and whipped cream

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The_scobberlotcher@reddit

thats BS

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PawnWithoutPurpose@reddit

Very old school

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greenteaandyellowtea@reddit

Switch the sour cream with cream cheese and you basically got a grape salad. Don’t hate until you try it.

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MustTakeFlight@reddit

What the HELL these aren’t chicken nuggets I cant eat this shit

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Violette3120@reddit

How is this shitty? This is delicious, man. It’s sold in my city as a popular dessert.

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Jeramy_Jones@reddit

Okay; devils advocate here, there are good fruit salads which have a dressing made with sour cream and sugar. But serving it deconstructed like this is really weird and I’d think the proportion of sugar to…everything else…is not ideal.

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wowpepap@reddit

what part of this is shitty?

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kokopelliorca@reddit

I mean, I get the flavor combo they're going for; but, if they sprung for Greek yogurt and honey we wouldn't be here.

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DeadBabyBallet@reddit

Is that sliced grapes with sour cream and brown sugar? What the actual fuck.

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astrithr81@reddit

That actually looks pretty good...

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DaddyIssuesIncarnate@reddit

Tbh doesn't even look that bad

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Willing_Address_7634@reddit

I would be so amused if someone served me this, it’s dainty and peculiar, I’d feel like I’m at a fairy party.

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bingbongboobies@reddit

So if you roll a strawberry in sour cream and then roll it I'm brown sugar it seriously tastes like cake. I bet this is like that.

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HairyStyrofoam@reddit

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BrickTechnical5828@reddit

Dunno looks good to me

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Particular_Owl_8568@reddit

Let’s find out who she is and tell her family member.

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Ruckus292@reddit

Who are you and who taught you how to be grateful?

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bimjob23@reddit

Brown sugar sliced grapes and whipped cream?

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BloodAndTsundere@reddit

I’ve never had this but it sounds good

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WorkingSea8918@reddit

Yeah, that's not shitty.

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_portia_@reddit

This looks delish

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Gloomy-Restaurant-42@reddit

Usually when you mix sour with grapes, you just end up with a pissy Greek fox.

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Spirited-Resident889@reddit

Hephaestus? I mean it fits and I assume he probably has grey hair from all the shenanigans Aphrodite pulls. Ain't no God ugly on the human scale puh-lease.

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dubiouscontraption@reddit

Is that brown sugar on greek yogurt on grapes? Kinda sounds good. If you can get past the grittiness.

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Jojosbees@reddit

It’s sour cream.

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GentrifriesGuy@reddit

Not shitty.

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