498820 Thu Mar 13 14:02:00 -0700 2008 352 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 3490029 The taste of cooked root vegetables (carrots, turnips etc) makes me retch. (raw is yummy). The very smell of honey is repulsive to me, let alone the taste which is indescribably disgusting. I'm wondering whether this is because they taste different to me than to others, or because my brain (taste receptor thingies?) just don't like the taste? (These are 'dislikes' I have not grown out of - as opposed to childhood dislikes like sweet peppers and wine). What do YOU find repulsive that others seem to enjoy? Thu Mar 13 14:02:00 -0700 2008 40746 Peg 1 3490239 I know it's irrational, but cucmber pickles -- everything about it -- the looks, the smell, the taste. Recently I was looking at a painting that really disturbed me but couldn't figure out why. DH said it was probably because it looked like pickles. He was right. It did look like pickles and that was the reason why I subconsciously hated the painting. That post about the pickle popsicle grossed me out as well. I hated it as a kid and hate it now. I've outgrown a lot of things. Was the pickiest kid (couldn't eat egg yolks, celery, onions, etc.) But now I'm fine with most everything (excluding things like durian). However, I still can't get over the pickle thing. So no chicago hot dogs for me. Always order burgers and cubans sans pickles. My sister (the Buddhist) would probably say I had bad karma with pickles in a former life. Thu Mar 13 15:12:47 -0700 2008 3490029 10763 Miss Needle 2 3491399 Irrational, perhaps, but not unique. Here's a video clip of someone who is absolutely terrified at pickles - by it's very nature, of course, it does feature plenty of pickles, so be forewarned. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjxOt2u2BGM When your post went beyond taste and smell and talked about the looks, or even depictions of things similar to pickles, it immediately brought to mind this case. Thu Mar 13 22:42:05 -0700 2008 3490239 20300 cgfan 3 3491478 Wow! And I thought I had issues with pickles. I mean, there's a pickle shop in NYC that I refuse to go into. But I don't go into hysterics like she does. btw, thanks for the warning. : ) Thu Mar 13 23:47:43 -0700 2008 3491399 10763 Miss Needle 3 3498816 I feel the same way about Applebees Sun Mar 16 15:57:11 -0700 2008 3491399 11178 chileheadmike 4 3501367 omg hahaha... i'm with you on that... applebees/chilis/tgifridays/longhorns.... all evoke the same sort of uncomfortable itchy skin revulsion in me. if i ever have the displeasure of going there (as happens on business trips where my tastes are outnumbered), i never fail to look around in wonder at how everyone seems to be happily chowing down on food which, to me, was cut from the same block of over salted over cooked BLAH, some part of which is invariably fried on the same flatop as everything else, thereby making the pasta taste eerily like the burger like the fish like the salad. Mon Mar 17 12:28:03 -0700 2008 3498816 170536 mrsjenpeters 5 3501520 at least applebee's has a good salad bar, and chili's decent ribs. Mon Mar 17 13:04:16 -0700 2008 3501367 105717 alkapal 6 3504080 my problems with the salad bar are deeply rooted in fears of the unhygienic. and being that i just spent the past 8+ years in the south, and my husband grew up in texas, i can't abide by chili's ribs. but i admit i am an insufferable snob. :) to each his own. Tue Mar 18 09:49:12 -0700 2008 3501520 170536 mrsjenpeters 7 3506433 i live in dc area, but hail from the south. here in dc one is hard put to find easy access to great ribs. great ribs chili's are not, but they will do in a pinch. ps, i try to not blow my nose at the salad bar.... ;-) Wed Mar 19 01:55:00 -0700 2008 3504080 105717 alkapal 7 3516412 In the 70's, I worked at a Toronto restaurant (now defunct) that featured a salad bar. They had a crazy IMHO policy of not allowing the staff to eat during their shifts. Since most of the busboys and prep kids were teenagers still in high school, they had to rush over after school, and go to work for six or seven hours without any food. This encouraged the staff to cheat. We had pre-sliced cheesecake and black forest in a large walk-in refrigerator. Bus boys would go in there, and grab a slice of cake, and try to wolf it down. The problem was when anyone opened the door, they couldn't tell if it was a manager, a waiter, or another busser. So they would ditch the half-eaten plates into the large garbage pails that they stored the salad dressings in. We had four styles - a Ceaser, a kind of garlicky ranch, Italian, and French. They couldn't ditch the plates in the Italian, as it was fairly clear. When the other staff found out about this, we had a secret meeting where we voted, and created what we referred to as "The Treaty of the French" - the French dressing was to be left alone. Whenever customers asked us for a recommendation, the universal reply was "I always have the French". So I completely understand your fears of unhygienic salad bars! Fri Mar 21 21:45:30 -0700 2008 3504080 48210 KevinB 8 3726499 kevin, funny story! did any customers comment on the weird flavor of the caesar or ranch (dump-ee) dressing? Wed May 28 06:14:33 -0700 2008 3516412 105717 alkapal 9 3726737 I worked in a restaurant in Bethesda where the chocolate mousse was stored in large pails in the walk-in, (along with all the pails of dressings!!). Waiters would go in with spoons and eat out of the pail. (and anything else they could get their hands on). Wed May 28 07:36:05 -0700 2008 3726499 184073 susabella 10 3751615 wow! whatever happened? did mgmt. catch on, participate, fail to deal? was it a waiters' conspiracy of silence? yuk! talk about double dipping..... Thu Jun 05 05:49:37 -0700 2008 3726737 105717 alkapal 1 3490305 I hate coconut and canned peas. Thu Mar 13 15:31:13 -0700 2008 3490029 22220 Kelli2006 1 3490326 liver. fig newtons. and i can only handle so much raw-meat/fish texture and in only certain ways. Thu Mar 13 15:38:44 -0700 2008 3490029 171576 dani_k 2 3490378 i had an epiphany lately when an in-law suggested i change a fish order to a different order and i realized, " im 50 years old, i dont like fish, i have never liked fish, i dont need to eat it any more...", enforced catholic friday consumption as a kid? for a long time, a reminder you were too poor to eat anything else? who knows, as a boston resident i grew up in fish heaven, people espousing the delicate nature of cod and potatoes vs. finnan haddie with baked beans. its all the bloody same and its all fertilizer. we have fished out the oceans, and its too expensive too boot. good riddance. IM FREE Thu Mar 13 15:55:17 -0700 2008 3490326 72635 hyde 3 3490724 It's fish for me too. When I was little my parents had a hard time finding things for me to eat because I was very sick and barely ate anything. Basically I survived on fish sticks and cheerios. I still like my cheerios, but almost any seafood product makes me ill just thinking about it. My SO loves sushi and I *finally* let him take me to a well known sushi restaurant in our city. I figured if anyone can teach me that fish is fantastic, this is the place. Not the case. I ate some sushi rolls (tuna and tempura shrimp) and even tried a halibut cheek. I was feeling pretty proud of myself, but all the rest of the evening I somehow felt...tainted. I couldn't get rid of the feeling until I literally had to rid myself of the offending product from my body (I'm sorry for the visual). I swear, I could taste and smell it for over a day and got ill just thinking about chewing it. Blllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeechhhhhhhhhh. Thu Mar 13 17:52:20 -0700 2008 3490378 75732 mariannas 4 3491055 Oh, my, I thought I was the only one who doesn't like (most) fish! It's a smell/texture thing for me. I spent part of last summer teaching in Denmark... not a good place to be a fish-hater. I lied and told people I was allergic. It was easier to deal with their sympathy than the conversion attempts ("but you'll love this... really!"). Thu Mar 13 19:47:04 -0700 2008 3490724 164686 BethC 5 3493980 Oh, thank heavens I found this thread. I've always felt so ashamed of my loathing of fish! the only way I can eat it is when it is battered, then deepfried and smothered in tartar sauce. Preferably on a roll with cheese. Otherwise - not for me. Lone exception is tuna - but I mean the solid white stuff in a can, not a tuna steak! I thought I was alone in my fish-hating. BIG sigh of relief! Fri Mar 14 15:51:51 -0700 2008 3491055 143696 Catskillgirl 6 3494787 Those of you who hate fish... Have you tried fresh fish, as in caught that day? You know, catch lake trout, clean it, cook it and the enjoy? Fri Mar 14 23:14:40 -0700 2008 3493980 161585 miss_bennet 7 3495370 I don't think trout should be used as an great example of fish and it's flavor. I LOVE fish, yet I find trout to be my least favorite fish, flavor-wise. For some salmon, I feel the same way. ANy yes, I have had it caught fresh and we've eaten it within 2 hours. Sat Mar 15 09:29:27 -0700 2008 3494787 93485 tatertotsrock 7 3747347 How about caught and eaten within 3-4 hrs? My wife loves fish and we go to mexico every year. I fish and she eats! I usually catch bonita and Spanish mackerel and sometimes Mahi or tuna, lots of sailfish,( I try to let go all that I think will live) I just cant do fish! Tue Jun 03 19:52:42 -0700 2008 3494787 161922 jodymaryk 2 3490775 I second the fig newtons Thu Mar 13 18:11:19 -0700 2008 3490326 159158 HSBSteveM 2 3491502 TT doesn't do liver or any other internal organs, like tounge, kidney, heart, lungs, and some external ones like ear, cheeks, eyes, and tripe (whatever tripe is). TT Fri Mar 14 00:39:50 -0700 2008 3490326 19247 TexasToast 3 3491800 I agree, would not feed that stuff to a dog. Besides, the sodium content would be enough for a month!! Fri Mar 14 06:34:10 -0700 2008 3491502 80621 Barbarella 3 3493195 Tripe is spleen - internal. Fri Mar 14 12:10:34 -0700 2008 3491502 11053 thenurse 4 3493233 I thought it was stomach lining of one of a cow's three stomachs? Fri Mar 14 12:21:19 -0700 2008 3493195 14341 OCEllen 5 3493810 Tripe is the lining of the stomach, coming from three of the four chambers of the stomach. Fri Mar 14 14:50:03 -0700 2008 3493233 165800 jhopp217 6 3493874 Thanks! I don't believe spleen is edible at all. And tripe I have cooked and eaten...seems to be bland and takes on whatever one flavors it with! Fri Mar 14 15:07:43 -0700 2008 3493810 14341 OCEllen 7 3494574 Spleen is perfectly edible. Have a vastedda at Ferdinando's in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It's spleen and fluffy fresh ricotta on a soft roll. Note that saying it's edible is not the same as saying it's delicious... I couldn't finish mine. Tripe is good in menudo. Fri Mar 14 20:14:58 -0700 2008 3493874 24421 Panini Guy 8 3494824 2nd what PG said. Yes, spleen is edible. And yes, it's certainly not for everyone. Tripe, however, in all its myriad forms.... yuuummmm Sat Mar 15 00:07:45 -0700 2008 3494574 17737 Hunicsz 9 3494907 Menudo, yum! (but their music sucks!) Sat Mar 15 03:34:48 -0700 2008 3494824 93538 Passadumkeg 10 3495814 Forced myself to eat menudo (otherwise I'd have starved) as a kid. Always hated the smell and the taste. And my mom and grandma used to eat it with pig's feet too. Eeeew. Gross! Agree that Menudo the band sucks though. ;-) Then again, they used to eat lengua (tongue) and some of my relatives ate sesos (brains) too, and it always made me feel sick just thinking of it. Sat Mar 15 12:18:17 -0700 2008 3494907 124476 FoodieKat 11 3496208 I hated pig's feet as a kid too and now I crave. lengua tacos, yum. All the ethnic foods I HATED as as a kid I want now that I can get it. Head cheese. Human nature or subliminal desires? Chicharones? Sat Mar 15 14:47:28 -0700 2008 3495814 93538 Passadumkeg 12 3497290 Oh, I used to love chicharones! Especially with hot sauce. Still couldn't pay me to eat lengua, sesos or any other body part of a cow, pig or chicken now though. ;-) Sun Mar 16 00:28:09 -0700 2008 3496208 124476 FoodieKat 13 3503049 Maybe reconsider lengua. Especially braised, it becomes deliciously soft and stringy (in a good way) with the most amazingly beefy flavor. And in many preparations it no longer resembles tongue at all. Of course, maybe you have childhood memories of a whole tongue simmering on the stove that may be unsurmountable. We all have those things. However, if you're at all inclined, maybe try again. Mon Mar 17 21:46:56 -0700 2008 3497290 17737 Hunicsz 14 3503269 it's the taste buds that get me! Tue Mar 18 04:33:01 -0700 2008 3503049 105717 alkapal 15 3503671 I always thought the top layer of the tongue was removed = no taste buds. I lurv tongue sliced in madeira sauce. Like the most tender beef stew ever. Tue Mar 18 07:52:36 -0700 2008 3503269 116513 linguafood 15 3503849 One skins the tongue after cooking. Maybe you're not had tongue prepared well. Tue Mar 18 08:50:13 -0700 2008 3503269 36661 Sam Fujisaka 16 3503874 well, it sure LOOKED like taste buds. and i would not be surprised it it had not been "prepared well." Tue Mar 18 08:57:14 -0700 2008 3503849 105717 alkapal 17 3511670 Ha. Sorry, but all of this discussion about 'taste buds' has made me even more convinced that I will never try lengua. Thu Mar 20 12:24:37 -0700 2008 3503874 124476 FoodieKat 16 3754927 "One skins the tongue after cooking" Yep. Dad used to skin it at the table. A big cow tongue lolling on the cutting board. Which he would then turn inside out. Can't eat tongue. Nope. Nohow. Thu Jun 05 22:37:39 -0700 2008 3503849 169233 grayelf 2 3494527 The taste of fig newtons isn't half as bad as the texture...eeeew, it makes me think that it would be the same as if I was eating a cricket-newton...the crunch is so "bug" like....eeek! Fri Mar 14 19:52:00 -0700 2008 3490326 93485 tatertotsrock 3 3494868 the crunch reminds me of poppy seed strudel filling. i like poppy seed kaiser rolls, though. fig newtons are ok. whatever happened to apricot newtons? Sat Mar 15 01:28:57 -0700 2008 3494527 105717 alkapal 4 3495381 I've never even known that poppy seed strudel existed...I would think they'd have the same texture...kinda creepy, eh? I loved apricot newtons but not the apple newtons...the apple newtons reminded me of bad air freshner. Sat Mar 15 09:32:04 -0700 2008 3494868 93485 tatertotsrock 5 3495722 poppy seed strudel filling is fig newton crunch on steroids. crickety-crunchy goodness! ;-D (Not....) that reminds me of the old monty python sketch about chocolate covered crunchy frogs. made my dad laugh and my mom go eugh! Sat Mar 15 11:51:31 -0700 2008 3495381 105717 alkapal 6 3495825 Poppy seed kuchen is food of the gods! I had this in Germany and it was sooooo good. I love poppyseeds though, so I guess it's an 'acquired taste' if you don't like 'em. Sat Mar 15 12:22:41 -0700 2008 3495722 124476 FoodieKat 7 3495889 Oh yes, we make a poppy seed cake (in strip form) at my bakery, and it is divine. I love poppy seeds in any form - a toasted poppy bagel with butter is among my all-time favorite breakfasts. Sat Mar 15 12:43:58 -0700 2008 3495825 143696 Catskillgirl 8 3495904 poppy seeds on a bagel, or in cakes is one thing --- but the strudel filling is overwhelming. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.freedsbakery.com/uploads/9w/ZA/9wZAqZBQM2XjeDApJdcb4g/tpoppy.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.freedsbakery.com/poppy-seed-strudel&h=354&w=442&sz=42&hl=en&start=3&um=1&tbnid=H9E0VsCBdV2fWM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpoppy%2Bseed%2Bstrudel%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN Sat Mar 15 12:48:29 -0700 2008 3495889 105717 alkapal 9 3495934 Yes, that looks very similar to the one we make. Just pastry dough instead of strudel (although we do make apple strudel on occasion). Yummy poppy seeds! Sat Mar 15 12:58:13 -0700 2008 3495904 143696 Catskillgirl 10 3496044 catskillgirl, did you grow up eating that strudel? i think that makes a difference in how many poppy seeds at a time one can love! what is the poppy seed connection to strudel? are poppies grown there (where strudel is from)? hmm, now onto research about poppy seeds as food in geographic regions! more work....THANKS A LOT!!!!! ;-) a beginning: http://www.foodreference.com/html/fpoppyseeds.html http://www.cookingwiththebible.com/reader/Default.aspx/GR3410-2576/recipe/ Sat Mar 15 13:42:55 -0700 2008 3495934 105717 alkapal 11 3496065 Nope! I lived in NYC for many years, only started working at bakery and eating everything we produce *G* last year. I have always enjoyed the occasional poppy bagel or hard roll, but that was my poppy experience. So I'm an "adult onset" poppy freak. Sat Mar 15 13:49:31 -0700 2008 3496044 143696 Catskillgirl 8 3497294 Me too. I love lemon and almond poppyseed muffins too, and fresh kaiser rolls with poppy seeds. Good stuff! Sun Mar 16 00:33:22 -0700 2008 3495889 124476 FoodieKat 9 3497390 i love almond poppy seed too; so here is a recipe that looks good: http://www.apinchof.com/poppy1036.html Sun Mar 16 04:16:26 -0700 2008 3497294 105717 alkapal 10 3511686 This recipe looks great. And I can finally use the rest of that buttermilk I bought for my red velvet cupcake recipe. Thanks alkapal! Thu Mar 20 12:29:08 -0700 2008 3497390 124476 FoodieKat 11 3513083 foodiekat, most welcome. let us know your success, please! Thu Mar 20 19:12:51 -0700 2008 3511686 105717 alkapal 1 3490358 Watermelons and canteloupe. I cannot understand how people speak so rapturously about these. I find them vile. Thu Mar 13 15:50:16 -0700 2008 3490029 131171 nofunlatte 2 3490373 I don't find them vile, but I don't necessarily seek them out (except I like refreshing watermelon on a hot, hot day). I find it interesting that you hate both of them because I find that they both share a similar component. I can't quite put it in words, but to me it seems that there's an aromatic component to them (kind of like menthol) in my mouth whenever I eat them. Thu Mar 13 15:54:17 -0700 2008 3490358 10763 Miss Needle 3 3490403 Intellectually, I understand the "watermelon on a hot day" appeal, but only intellectually. I wonder if it's genetic--my father can't stand these either. Miss Needle, if we are ever at the same picnic on the same hot day, I'll let you have my watermelon. Just let me have your cold beer :) Thu Mar 13 16:03:38 -0700 2008 3490373 131171 nofunlatte 4 3490420 No problem. I'm not the biggest fan of beer. Perfect! : ) Thu Mar 13 16:09:31 -0700 2008 3490403 10763 Miss Needle 3 3668017 Interesting. I LOVE both watermelon and canteloupe, but they have weird reactions with me. Up until about my 30's, watermelon made my voice hoarse and canteloupe would make my lips swell a bit. These reactions have gone away (btw, it never stopped me from eating either) but still I cannot eat either and then exercise hard. They will come back up undigested.(sorry) So...i wonder if your body is protecting you from an allergic reaction or difficulty of digestion. I myself find blue cheese unspeakable. Thu May 08 07:52:50 -0700 2008 3490373 10471 danna 2 3491501 Watermelons I can sometimes handle, but any type of melon, canatoupe (not really a melon I'm told), honeydew, gala, etc, I can't stand. TT Fri Mar 14 00:38:03 -0700 2008 3490358 19247 TexasToast 2 3491774 Melons of any sort cause me to gag. My husband has the same reaction, if he can even get the offending item past his lips. Unfortunately his melon gag reflex extends to all gourds - and I salivate over the prospect of winter gourds. Fri Mar 14 06:21:09 -0700 2008 3490358 63906 odkaty 2 3492840 My mother used to say she craved two things the entire time she was pregnant with me: watermelon and sauerkraut. And I cannot abide the sight, smell, feel, or taste of either one. Fri Mar 14 10:51:53 -0700 2008 3490358 113176 jmckee 2 3493465 Sounds like a genetic disposition. no big deal. a lot of people have a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. For me? I gag just THINKING about Miracle whip. I LOVE mayo though. Miracle Whip is an abomination. It's a just a vile, sugary, glob of goop if you ask me. I will never understand how people think adding sugar to sandwiches is a good thing. And how can people make something like tuna salad with the stuff? Fish covered in sugar? EWWWWWW! Fri Mar 14 13:12:04 -0700 2008 3490358 111530 gordeaux 3 3495596 "Miracle Whip is an abomination." Indeed. Sat Mar 15 11:08:13 -0700 2008 3493465 142652 madgreek 4 3495747 Agreed. I hate Miracle Whip. It is a betrayal to Hellmann's, the god of commercially-produced mayonaise. ;-) Sat Mar 15 11:58:57 -0700 2008 3495596 124476 FoodieKat 5 3495806 Yes! YUCK! Sat Mar 15 12:16:12 -0700 2008 3495747 14341 OCEllen 6 3495843 What is it about Miracle Whip? I think it's the same thing that creeps me out about mincemeat, Diet Dr Pepper Chocolate cherry soda and Miracle Whip. You think it's going to taste one way, and then BAM! It hits you with that nasty aftertaste. Sat Mar 15 12:28:36 -0700 2008 3495806 124476 FoodieKat 7 3497560 Yes yes yes! Can I add to my list? I cannot abide Miracle Whip, Dr. Pepper, root beer, cream soda or mincemeat, raw clams, oysters, calamari or sushi. Had a bad experience with sushi and the wasabi when I was in college and some lovely person told me it was guacamole... However, Thanksgiving is not complete without Crosse and Blackwell Plum Pudding with hard sauce (butter, confectioner's sugar and vanilla. Go figure... Sun Mar 16 07:06:35 -0700 2008 3495843 122195 mrsbuffer 8 3511723 Yikes! Bet that was a shock to the senses. I hate cream soda too, but I do love both root beer and sushi. Especially the wasabi on the side, but definitely wouldn't be able to stand it in guacamole-sized portions. I used to hate the idea of eating raw oysters too, until I had them with cilantro (sorry, I know some people here hate the stuff) and chiles. That was an unexpectedly pleasant surprise. Just like with nigiri sushi and sashimi though, you have to be sure the fish is very fresh. Thu Mar 20 12:37:22 -0700 2008 3497560 124476 FoodieKat 8 3622581 Are we related Mrsbuffer? I hate all those things too. I think that things I like would be a shorter list than things I don't. Wed Apr 23 10:49:51 -0700 2008 3497560 180068 Smileelisa 5 3497124 Miracle Whip was responsible for my erroneous belief that I hated mayonnaise that lasted into my twenties. When I finally realized they are completely different things...I was doubly furious with Miracle Whip. Mayonnaise rocks! Damn you, Miracle Whip. Sat Mar 15 21:56:30 -0700 2008 3495747 174906 KitchenCo 6 3497295 You said it! It seemed like every summer picnic growing up included some kind of salad made with Miracle Whip. It was just wrooong! Sun Mar 16 00:36:20 -0700 2008 3497124 124476 FoodieKat 7 3511250 products like Miracle Whip became popular for a couple of reasons 1: Mayo, even store bought was highly unstable and went rancid very fast. 2. eggs were fairly expensive in the Depression and then rationed in WWII. 3. refrigeration wasn't as widespread and reliable until post-war, but by then the habits were formed. Thu Mar 20 10:40:11 -0700 2008 3497295 163722 hill food 8 3511501 how does miracle whip differ on those points? i just thought miracle whip was like mayo with extra sugar and added mustard. and recently we had a thread on whether hellman's/best foods mayo had to be refrigerated, and the consensus was "no" -- not to ensure food safety. maybe for flavor or aesthetics. but refrigeration is not required. (I always have, never even thinking i would not...) Thu Mar 20 11:44:51 -0700 2008 3511250 105717 alkapal 9 3511580 I like mayo (Hellman's) and MW. I like to dip Cape Cod potato chips in MW! But most of the time I use mayo. BTW - I think fat free mayo is disgusting. We could start a separate thread on which zero-calorie and/or fat free foods are best/worst. Diet Coke rocks and is so much better than regular Coke, which hurts my teeth. Thu Mar 20 12:01:51 -0700 2008 3511501 116638 southernitalian 10 3513086 i'm liking the coke zero, but it is not as fizzy!!! Thu Mar 20 19:14:04 -0700 2008 3511580 105717 alkapal 9 3511722 if I'm not mistaken Miracle Whip is oil based (like butter vs. margarine) I do like MW in some things like a straight up school cafeteria style tuna salad god leave mayo out in my mom's house...go ahead take your chances. Thu Mar 20 12:37:15 -0700 2008 3511501 163722 hill food 5 3500934 Except the God in question is actually Duke's mayonnaise :-) Mon Mar 17 10:43:31 -0700 2008 3495747 113176 jmckee 4 3510932 Miracle Whip is down there with lungs, spleen, most franchise food, fake whipping cream, boxed cake mixes, and margarine.. uck uck. Thu Mar 20 09:29:46 -0700 2008 3495596 172760 fromagina 5 3513346 Bofe--smoked lung--in Colombia is really good. What do you have against lung? Thu Mar 20 21:22:14 -0700 2008 3510932 36661 Sam Fujisaka 6 3514625 Have to say I've never had lung. But that's mostly because I was told by a chef from Brooklyn that the NYC health dept. banned serving it awhile back for health reasons that I don't recall (he mentioned this is why the Red Hook vasteddas use spleen today - they used to use lung). So I've stayed away because of that. So what's it close to in taste/texture? Fri Mar 21 10:25:18 -0700 2008 3513346 24421 Panini Guy 7 3515140 Chewy/slightly rubbery, good rich flavor--more like meat than organ. Good thinly sliced and done either adobo or curry. Fri Mar 21 13:04:39 -0700 2008 3514625 36661 Sam Fujisaka 5 3513581 Lungemost in Norway, just like hamburger, almost. Fri Mar 21 02:48:15 -0700 2008 3510932 93538 Passadumkeg 4 3659789 eeeewwww Miracle Whip --- would rather starve to death than eat something with MW on it... Mon May 05 18:40:16 -0700 2008 3495596 57748 dwilde 2 3495836 Thought I was the only one who hates watermelon! Always have. I do like canteloupe though. Love the idea of refreshing fruits on a hot day, but watermelon just doesn't do it for me. I'd much rather have a lemon Italian ice. Sat Mar 15 12:25:57 -0700 2008 3490358 124476 FoodieKat 3 3497197 FoodieKat, it's funny, as a kid I loved Watermelon, but hated Cantelope nd Honeydew. Now I find them all so refreshing, but in totolly different ways. I remember growing up in brooklyn eating Itlain ices from a cart with sahved ice and that delicious syrup. Heaven! Sat Mar 15 22:50:13 -0700 2008 3495836 165800 jhopp217 2 3518312 I love a good cantaloupe, when they're in season and nice and soft and mushy, with salt. But I cannot abide watermelon. It's mostly the texture, I think, and the seeds. My husband loves watermelon, and always has one in the fridge in the summer, and inevitably tries to get me to "just try a bite--oh, come on, you'll like it!" No, I won't. Sat Mar 22 17:58:43 -0700 2008 3490358 32586 revsharkie 2 3622550 Ewwww on the cantelope and honeydew. I can handle watermelon but that is it. Wed Apr 23 10:43:56 -0700 2008 3490358 180068 Smileelisa 1 3490385 Canteloupe, Honeydew, Eggplant, Reb Bell Peppers, especially roasted...uggg. Blech!!!! I think these things are like ear wax or something...nasty. I'll eat/try anything...give me a pig's ass and I'll be happy to try it, I am no squeemish, I jsut can't stand those melons or peppers...I have no idea why. They just taste rancid/acrid. Hhhhmmmm.... Thu Mar 13 15:56:01 -0700 2008 3490029 93485 tatertotsrock 1 3490419 bacon...can't stand it or the smell! Thu Mar 13 16:09:24 -0700 2008 3490029 115868 burlgurl 2 3490545 OHMIGOD! I thought I was alone in the world! I've never met anyone else who hates bacon! I keep trying it, but I just don't like it! Thu Mar 13 16:58:34 -0700 2008 3490419 161585 miss_bennet 3 3491573 You're both crazy! Unless you have a religious obligation not to eat it, how can you not like bacon. I never in a million years thought I would see one person, let alone two people who didn't like bacon. Fri Mar 14 03:36:18 -0700 2008 3490545 165800 jhopp217 4 3491776 three people :D Just the smell makes me nauseous. Fri Mar 14 06:21:48 -0700 2008 3491573 63906 odkaty 4 3494870 look at it this way: more bacon for you and me! Sat Mar 15 01:31:01 -0700 2008 3491573 105717 alkapal 5 3659799 Bacon is my favorite food group! Mon May 05 18:42:47 -0700 2008 3494870 57748 dwilde 3 3491635 can't stand the smell of bacon, it makes me feel sick Fri Mar 14 05:04:18 -0700 2008 3490545 22559 smartie 1 3490422 Ripe bananas. Hard boiled eggs. Ugh. Thu Mar 13 16:10:10 -0700 2008 3490029 13564 Snackish 2 3491211 Ripe bananas for me too. I prefer my bananas when they have the consistency of a potato, I know I have no taste ha ha. If there is a little brown freckle, I will start getting a fermented taste. I could eat it if there is nothing to eat at home; but usually it goes into banana bread or something that would hide the smell and texture. Eggs. Undercooked egg whites are one of the other (very few) things that I will refuse to eat; but it is more of a texture than a taste thing. Undercooked yolks on the other hand are perhaps the most delicious thing ever. Thu Mar 13 20:54:41 -0700 2008 3490422 53259 emerilcantcook 3 3491268 undercooked egg whites! ugh! cooking scrambles and omelettes can be a problem for me because i cannot cannot cannot handle raw egg whites so trying to get the eggs done but not overcooked is a challenge. Thu Mar 13 21:31:29 -0700 2008 3491211 171576 dani_k 3 3494588 I hate ripe bananas! They have to be green and pre-ripe for me to eat them. I think you have taste! I can't deal with any sort of fake lemon taste. I had some awful medicine that tasted like that as a kid and ever since, if I get a whiff or taste of it, the gag reflex kicks in and I have to remove myself from the situation. Fri Mar 14 20:21:48 -0700 2008 3491211 44439 abs294 4 3496628 i'm okay with just-ripe bananas, but i can't stand them when they're overripe or mushy. btw, abs294, i have the same problem with fake orange flavoring - reminds me of baby aspirin. i gag just thinking about it. Sat Mar 15 17:40:21 -0700 2008 3494588 103920 goodhealthgourmet 4 3520943 Ripe bananas - eeech. They make me gag every time. Sun Mar 23 20:57:57 -0700 2008 3494588 13564 Snackish 2 3493998 Hard boiled eggs scare me. Oh, they are awful. Their only use is for coloring at Eastertime! They do make lovely decorations. But eating them??? Nope. Not gonna happen! For me it's very much a smell and texture antipathy. The rubbery glop of the white, and the chalky dryness of the yolk, along with that smell... ugh. Fri Mar 14 15:56:54 -0700 2008 3490422 143696 Catskillgirl 3 3495097 Wow! amazing that there are other people who hate hard boiled eggs and ripe bananas. Ripe bananas smell like nail polish remover. But I like them when they still have a bit of green on the tips, and eggs other ways are fine. I never eat processed food with artificial ingredients and MSG makes me break out in a cold sweat. I like liver, tripe a few bites, and I LOVE (looking for a pattern here) artichokes, spinach, licorice, yogourt, rioja, sauerkraut and miso--I spread it on toast. These things have something in common, but WHAT IS IT? Sat Mar 15 07:04:37 -0700 2008 3493998 120073 cassis 4 3495387 "nail polish remover" Holy cow! I've never quite put my finger on that smell, and I think that's pretty close. I am a ripe-banana dis-like-er....yuk! Smelly, smushy, and pukey. Sat Mar 15 09:34:10 -0700 2008 3495097 93485 tatertotsrock 4 3495902 Hmmm. Hate liver, never tried tripe, love artichokes and spinach and licorice and yogurt, intensely dislike sauerkraut, love miso.. I don't know what the common thread is. Sat Mar 15 12:46:19 -0700 2008 3495097 143696 Catskillgirl 4 3510906 Umm....except for licorice they're all delicious? Can't believe no one on this entire thread has mentioned the most vile taste of all: BASIL! Disgusting soapy rotten food ruiner. Thu Mar 20 09:23:07 -0700 2008 3495097 116638 southernitalian 5 3511046 Whoa. Your name is southernitalian and you HATE basil? Talk about a disconnect... :-D Thu Mar 20 09:57:31 -0700 2008 3510906 116513 linguafood 6 3511056 I know it lingua. It's a problem. I can take it in small doses but if it's the main ingredient, like pesto, I'm out. It just doesn't taste like something people should eat. Thu Mar 20 10:00:19 -0700 2008 3511046 116638 southernitalian 7 3511081 Ha. I used to feel that way about cilantro (let's not get into that, there's been a million&1 threads about that). Soapy. But if you like Thai or Mexican food, it is inevitable. Slowly 'got over it', and now genuinely enjoy it. Although, a cilantro pesto would be pushing my limits, too ---- Thu Mar 20 10:04:33 -0700 2008 3511056 116513 linguafood 8 3511258 "Although, a cilantro pesto would be pushing my limits, too ----" and jam the blade on your food processor as well (voice of experience/cilantro lover) Thu Mar 20 10:42:56 -0700 2008 3511081 163722 hill food 2 3497892 Oh, you hit my big two. I got sick on both as a child and can't stand the smell of either as an adult. DH loves both, unfortunately. My other ughs are olives,organ meats, rare anything, crunchy "cooked" veggies and brussel sprouts. Sun Mar 16 09:35:34 -0700 2008 3490422 60822 Pampatz 1 3490445 I always get strange looks when I say I can't stand chicken, ranch dressing or mayonnaise (or miracle whip). And no, I won't even eat it mixed into things such as tuna salad, egg salad, etc. It's not a texture thing because I love sour cream, yogurt, and other foods of similar texture. It has a peculiar smell to me and tastes just like the smell. Also, I like tomatoes in every form (raw, soup, juice, etc.) except for ketchup. I think it's something about it being sugary...sugar and tomatoes don't go well to me. Other than that, I would eat just about anything. Thu Mar 13 16:21:33 -0700 2008 3490029 100743 almccasland 2 3490540 I can't stand ranch dressing either - It smells like vomit to me and tastes the same (I do love mayo and micracle whip though!) Any ranch flavored thing, like cool ranch doritos just seems vile to me. Only other thing I can think of is Uni - tried it once and found it very bitter and acrid and haven't tried it since. Thu Mar 13 16:57:46 -0700 2008 3490445 164469 foodhypnosis 3 3491197 I agree on the ranch dressing. GROSS! Add to that Thousand Island, tartar sauce and miracle whip. I do like Hellman's mayo, and canola mayo. The miracle whip just turns me off. Also can't stand ripe bananas, sweet pickle relish, raw green bell peppers, And I never ever liked cow's milk. Those jello "salads" with stuff in it...GAG! Carrot and raisin salad with miracle whip is one of the most disgusting things I have ever tasted. Thu Mar 13 20:47:59 -0700 2008 3490540 117621 poptart 4 3496638 Seems most people who like (love) mayonaisse HATE Miracle Whip. Not many people like them both equally! I keep 'em both in the fridge seem to have very specific preferences - turkey gets mayo, ham gets miracle whip, add swiss to the ham and it has to be brown mustard, while cheese with the turkey would get honey mustard... Just remembered how much I dislike that white frosting that's on bakery cakes - the kind I think made from crisco. Always looked good and then I'd bite into it and blegh. Almost never eat cake because of that frosting. And reading further down the page - I agree on Fluff - nasty stuff. And somehow cooked cherries make me queasy - I can eat a pound of fresh cherries in a sitting, but put them in a pie - or worse a black forest cake - or even worse a chocolate covered cherry -and i can't stomach it. Slimy. Sat Mar 15 17:45:24 -0700 2008 3491197 164469 foodhypnosis 5 3496696 Crisco? That's what's in that stuff? God that's revolting...and it's kinda' gritty too... Nasty. Sat Mar 15 18:10:07 -0700 2008 3496638 52117 morrigan 6 3498349 actually, the grittiness in frosting is usually undissolved sugar. Sun Mar 16 12:45:14 -0700 2008 3496696 103920 goodhealthgourmet 4 3497299 Oh I completely forgot about jello salad. Another 'wonderful' invention which always appeared at picnics when I was a kid. I always thought the stuff was just vile. Plain jello, fine. But why ruin it with pieces of canned fruit and Cool Whip? Nasty. Sun Mar 16 00:42:09 -0700 2008 3491197 124476 FoodieKat 3 3622570 I agree with you on the ranch dressing. it is vile tasting. Wed Apr 23 10:47:57 -0700 2008 3490540 180068 Smileelisa 2 3491222 I'm with you on the ranch dressing. I'm not sure it smells like vomit to me, but the smell does make me queasy. And I, too, love yogurt, sour cream, etc... Did you eat the Kraft brand when you were a kid? Thu Mar 13 21:00:34 -0700 2008 3490445 64215 cimui 2 3491339 I hate the smell and taste of mayo; however, I can eat it when mixed with salads of some kind. Crazy I know. Thu Mar 13 22:14:11 -0700 2008 3490445 115828 hotteacher1976 2 3494536 Yep, Ranch dressing smells like kindergarten vomit...YUK! Fri Mar 14 19:54:24 -0700 2008 3490445 93485 tatertotsrock 3 3494613 "Kindergarten vomit" evokes the taste and smell of ranch dressing like no other phrase I've come across. Nicely done. Fri Mar 14 20:31:38 -0700 2008 3494536 112494 corgette 2 3501389 can't stand ketchup either. disgusting. i much prefer my fries with mayo, which i love! Mon Mar 17 12:31:35 -0700 2008 3490445 170536 mrsjenpeters 1 3490454 The common foods I disliked as a kid (and still do, unfortunately) were: plain milk (to drink), watermelon and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches. Lunches at my friends' houses were often a nightmare! I was always polite and ate everything but it was an effort to force myself. Thu Mar 13 16:24:00 -0700 2008 3490029 101907 ms. clicquot 2 3491575 I"m joking so don't get offended. Milk, Watermelon, and Peanut Butter - are you sure you just didn't hate being a kid? Fri Mar 14 03:37:55 -0700 2008 3490454 165800 jhopp217 3 3492575 I know, it's so weird! I was the only person I knew that didn't like those things. Although for the record, I do like peanut butter and I love jam, just not the two together! (Actually, I don't care for any 'peanut butter & ___' sandwiches, such as pb & bananas or pb & Fluff) Fri Mar 14 09:52:22 -0700 2008 3491575 101907 ms. clicquot 4 3492802 I'm with you on that one Ms.C I hate peanut butter and jelly. I do love peanut butter with bananas and raisins though, and honestly, I don't like raisins that much. PB & Fluff is nasty! When I was growing up, my father, who loves PB, bought the natural kid, so we had to stir the oils up into it. Much different taste than the store bought kind, a much more peanut-y taste. Some were good some were bad. Another great combination is peanut and apple butter. Fri Mar 14 10:42:34 -0700 2008 3492575 165800 jhopp217 5 3493637 i also hate pb&j sandwiches, and remember forcing them down in some instances because people assume that all children love them. peanut butter cookies are another one,so maybe it has something to do with pb and intense sugar. Fri Mar 14 14:00:12 -0700 2008 3492802 11190 fara 4 3497302 I love pb & j, but don't care at all for 'the Fluff'. It's just sickly sweet. Why on earth would you want to eat it with something that's already sweet? Sun Mar 16 00:45:56 -0700 2008 3492575 124476 FoodieKat 5 3510973 That marshmallow "fluff" reminds me of another "gag me".. those big Easter egg-shaped candies with a sugary shell and some kind of sickly sweet fluff inside.. makes my teeth hurt just thinking about them! I don't like the sweetened hydrogenated "creamy" peanut butter.. it tastes like candy, not food. Real freshly ground peanut butter (as from that grinder in Whole Foods) is Food of the Gods. Bacon and Peanut butter sandwich with red onions.. heaven! Thu Mar 20 09:39:51 -0700 2008 3497302 172760 fromagina 6 3510992 I wrote about those eggs on the "most digustign candy" board. (Shudder) Thu Mar 20 09:45:44 -0700 2008 3510973 161585 miss_bennet 6 3511066 i never understood bacon and peanut butter sandwiches... but now that you put red onion in there... i think i can hang with that. got my lunch plans for saturday now, thanks! :) Thu Mar 20 10:01:09 -0700 2008 3510973 170536 mrsjenpeters 7 3511255 A nice little trick is to grill the peanut butter a few moments.. warm peanut butter is very good! A few slices of avocado do absolutely NO harm to this sandwich. For those of us who DON'T find peanut butter a disgusting food, I'm beginning to believe that it is a much under-utilized food! Thu Mar 20 10:42:06 -0700 2008 3511066 172760 fromagina 2 3493635 Funny--I disliked milk as a kid (not too crazy about it now), still despise watermelon, but peanut butter, which I hated as a little kid, has grown on me (figuratively and literally--low-calorie it ain't!) My brother and sister would eat peanut butter sandwiches, but I prefered cheese (didn't like the PB). By teendom, though, I'd eat it. And now I think it's food of the gods (the natural kind, that is!) Fri Mar 14 13:59:57 -0700 2008 3490454 131171 nofunlatte 3 3493817 My favorite sandwich as a kid was Tomato and Provolone with mayo. I had that pakced for me almost every day for lunch. On the other days it was usually PB with banana and/or raisins. As A kid i hated Ham and Cheese more than anything. To this day Ham is not my favorite. Fri Mar 14 14:52:07 -0700 2008 3493635 165800 jhopp217 2 3493636 Hey, i was the same way about Peanut Butter until i turned 30! Then 2 things happened: 1) it suddenly dawned on me that the sesame noodles i loved so much were made with peanut butter. 2) Someone brought a chocolate peanut butter pie into the office & i devoured it. Weird, but true. Fri Mar 14 13:59:59 -0700 2008 3490454 115037 monalisawoman 1 3490508 Hard boiled yolks, lima beans, raw celery and carrots, beets, fruitcake, pork rinds, custard, cottage cheese, rice pudding, refried beans...just to name a few. Thu Mar 13 16:44:23 -0700 2008 3490029 136241 six dower 2 3491503 Cottage cheese looks like, well, I can't say on this board, but it's just not right. TT Fri Mar 14 00:41:25 -0700 2008 3490508 19247 TexasToast 3 3492848 I like it -- well, I'll eat it. But an old girlfriend hated it; when she heard me say that's what I'd brought for lunch, she exclaimed, "Lumpy milk? You eat LUMPY MILK?" Fri Mar 14 10:53:08 -0700 2008 3491503 113176 jmckee 1 3490587 Cooked eggs - scrambled, poached, hard boiled, fried... Sometimes I'll try to eat eggs benedict, but I just hate egg. No amount of salt or hollandaise or ketchup can make me like them. On Christmas morning, I had eggs benedict without the egg and it was delicious. I don't like bacon, either. I think the common eggs, bacon and dry toast (I was allergic to milk so couldn't have buttered toast) turned me off breakfast for the rest of my life. I just don't understand the egg thing. I thnk they're horrid. Even some ice creams are unpalatable to me because they have too much egg in them. Creme brulee? Yuck. I have to stop talking about eggs now before I make myself ill. Thu Mar 13 17:08:42 -0700 2008 3490029 161585 miss_bennet 2 3490619 When you say cooked eggs, are you implying that you like them raw? Can you have them in a cake or cookie? Thu Mar 13 17:18:58 -0700 2008 3490587 10763 Miss Needle 3 3490640 I'm never eaten them raw except in salad dressing. When they're mixed into cakes, salad dressings and other things, I'm ok UNLESS I CAN TASTE THEM. (That's right, the taste of eggs scares me.) I've definitely bought things (cakes, ice creams) and said that they taste eggy but most other people think I'm crazy. Oddly, though, I love angel food cake and hard meringues. Do those taste eggy? Maybe I should try scrambled egg whites... No. Probably not. And I was just thinking... I had quail's eggs once in "across the bridge noodles" while in China. They were put into hot borth raw, and they were absolutely delicious. So maybe it's just chicken eggs. Thu Mar 13 17:25:46 -0700 2008 3490619 161585 miss_bennet 4 3490703 You may have a problem with just the yolks. My sister and I both weren't crazy about the yolks as kids (probably not to the same extent as you hate them). We would only eat the hard-boiled whites. When we put an egg in our ramen and noodles dishes, it was only the egg whites. Never a fan of eggnog. But we loved our ice cream and loved eating Korean sushi rolls with egg omelette in them. If the yolks were mixed with other stuff, we were able to eat them. As a person who freaks out at the sight of pickles, I understand your pain. Thu Mar 13 17:44:52 -0700 2008 3490640 10763 Miss Needle 5 3490722 Sorry, but that makes me laugh! I'm not quite at the point that ia freak out at the sight of them. In fact, I can't truly imagine freaking out at the sight of any food readily available in Canada. Now all I can picture is a woman panicking at a painting that vaguely resembles pickles..I'm sorry to laugh at your pain...It's just a little funny! Sorry! Thu Mar 13 17:51:22 -0700 2008 3490703 161585 miss_bennet 5 5130154 Like someone else further upstream on this thread, I can't stand hard boiled eggs, and that includes the whites. Also don't like fried eggs, both yolk and white. I do like omelettes, souffles, scrambled eggs if there's tomato and things in it. But not hardboiled eggs. Sun Oct 25 17:18:19 -0700 2009 3490703 123744 karykat 4 3495242 Right with you on the eggs, miss bennet. Except hard meringue which I find not worth eating but not repulsive. I adore pancakes, cakes, waffles, etc. as long as they do not taste eggy. One egg per cup of flour is enough. Plain milk is undrinkable yet it seems fine when soaked up by cereal. Liver: disgusting. Sat Mar 15 08:25:43 -0700 2008 3490640 43399 atheorist 1 3490596 Refried beans - whenever mrbuffer and I go to Taco Bell (it's a craving, nothing more) he KNOWS to order my nachos bel grande without the vile things that look and smell like turds. Corned beef and cabbage Bleu cheese tastes like soap Bread and butter pickles split pea soup giblet gravy Thu Mar 13 17:11:49 -0700 2008 3490029 122195 mrsbuffer 2 3491578 MrsBuffer, I love your list. I love gravy, I love bread and butter pickles, I love bleu cheese probably more than any other cheese, but I will agree with you on the corned beef and cabbage and split pea soup. But here's why I am responding. One drunken day, years ago, we took our leftovers from a mexican restaurant home with us. On the rirde home, we saw an ice cream shop, that said "we will make any flavor." So we asked the two fine ladies in the back if they would make refriend bean ice cream. They said they would but we had to promise to eat it, because they said cleaning the machine would be tough and they weren't going through the trouble for nothing. In the machine it went and out it came. Out into four cones for the four idiots standing in front of them. It's amazing what you'll eat after spending the day drinking margaritas, and other tropical drinks. So probably the craziest thing I've ever eaten was refried bean ice cream. And Mrsbuffer - it tastes as good as it sounds! Fri Mar 14 03:43:14 -0700 2008 3490596 165800 jhopp217 2 3491641 I agree with mrsbuffer on the corned beef and cabbage and the b&b pickles. Last weekend we went to a St. Patrick's day party and as soon as we walked in the smell of corned beef and cabbage was overwhelming. I couldn't wait to leave. When a friend of mine was pregnant with her first, she craved bread and butter pickles, despite her hatred of them. One day she went grocery shopping, bought a jar, and had to pull over to eat some pickles. She ended up eating the entire jar in her car before she got home. Fri Mar 14 05:07:15 -0700 2008 3490596 11778 irishnyc 3 3517859 I'm not surprised this happened. My mother told me that during her 3rd trimester on all three kids, she craved sweet pickles and ice cream. I wonder if this is a subconscious need for certain nutrients, like acetic acid and full fats to help complete the baby's development. Still, pickles and ice cream sounds like a pretty weird combo! Sat Mar 22 14:51:54 -0700 2008 3491641 48210 KevinB 2 3493481 LOL! If bleu cheese tastes like your soap, I could probably save money by eating your soap. I LOVE a good bleu! Fri Mar 14 13:16:42 -0700 2008 3490596 111530 gordeaux 3 3494195 And the Maytag variety is not for the laundry! Fri Mar 14 17:21:49 -0700 2008 3493481 57170 Veggo 2 3510931 Wow Mrs. Buffer, you're the un-southernitalian. I'm indifferent to the gravy and corned beef and cabbage, but blue cheese is definitely my desert island food, and I eat B&B pickles all the time, right out of the jar. I also love split pea soup, with or without ham. Thu Mar 20 09:29:42 -0700 2008 3490596 116638 southernitalian 3 3517891 One of my favourite sandwiches is just bread, butter, and B&B pickles. Of course, I also often add a piece of ham or turkey, but the plain sandwich is just fine. And a favourite snack is an apple, cheddar cheese, and B&B pickles. I really enjoy the contrasts in texture and taste when you slice off a piece of cheddar, put a B&B on it, and then munch away - sweet, salty, crunchy, yielding, and melting all at once. Yum! Sat Mar 22 15:04:15 -0700 2008 3510931 48210 KevinB 1 3490690 Coconut... Just can’t stand it. It’s the texture... I’m not wild about the taste either, but I can live with it. If a dish is made with coconut milk, it won’t bother me too much, but... THAT TEXTURE! ! ! There’s just something about the way the stuff feels in my mouth and against my teeth... It’s like fingernails on a blackboard for me. It doesn’t matter if it’s a curry or a Mounds Bar. I’m giving myself the creeps just writing about it.... Uncle Ira Thu Mar 13 17:40:05 -0700 2008 3490029 14832 Uncle Ira 2 3490725 Oh man! I didn't even go into textures I can't stand! That should be a whole other thread! Thu Mar 13 17:52:32 -0700 2008 3490690 161585 miss_bennet 2 3491249 i'm so there with you - it's the first thing that came to mind when i saw this thread. eating dessicated coconut is like chewing on straw that was soaked in sour milk & left out to dry...or something equally vile. just thinking about the way it squeaks between your teeth when you chew it makes me shudder. i still don't understand why people insist on ruining carrot cake by adding that stuff to it. on the positive side, i was never tempted to eat girl scout samoa cookies :) Thu Mar 13 21:15:41 -0700 2008 3490690 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 3490702 Marmite, vegemite, Hittites, Luddites.... (kidding about the last two). Thu Mar 13 17:44:20 -0700 2008 3490029 36661 Sam Fujisaka 1 3490708 cucumbers. i hate the smell. i hate the taste. i hate the texture. WON http://whatsonmyplate.wordpress.com Thu Mar 13 17:48:05 -0700 2008 3490029 92591 wontonfm 1 3490729 I balk at blood sausages and marshmallows. But for you to be intolerant of honey is sad. What does it leave one to look forward to, the land of Milk and Sauerkraut? Thu Mar 13 17:52:56 -0700 2008 3490029 57170 Veggo 2 3491472 ...mmmmmm.... sauerkraut.. YUM! Thu Mar 13 23:37:20 -0700 2008 3490729 40746 Peg 3 3497304 Yum indeed! I make my own sauerkraut too. Love it! Sun Mar 16 00:47:47 -0700 2008 3491472 124476 FoodieKat 4 3497393 We grow the cabbages and make the kraut (kapusta) almost 20 gal! I grew up making it w/ grand parents , parents & aunts & uncles. My rite of passage was when I was invited to the cellar to grate 350 lbs. of cabbage on a mandolin and drink beer w/ the men at about 16. With a son teaching in Korea, I've learned to make kim chee too. Now that's an aquired taste! Sun Mar 16 04:22:44 -0700 2008 3497304 93538 Passadumkeg 1 3490982 I can't stand cucumbers, though I love pickles. Fish--actually anything that used to reside underwater. Mayonnaise. Any sort of melon. Thu Mar 13 19:22:06 -0700 2008 3490029 139180 Blush 1 3490985 My story: I've traveled all over the world and seriously sampled cuisines. Tasted lots and lots of things. Grew up in a very adventurous food-eating family. I established likes and only a few dislikes, but that's all. No food really bothered me terribly. Or so I thought. One day I go to visit my parents in our family house -- this was about fifteen years ago -- and my mother was making this Alsatian pork and fried apples dish. I smelled the cooking and was immediately nauseated, to the point I was quickly going to vomit. I said to my parents, I'm so sorry -- I know I just got here -- but the smell of those fried apples is so bad I'm going to be sick -- I have to leave. My mother says, But you love apples. My father was silent -- I guess dumbfounded all this time -- looked at me and said, My father, your grandfather, loved all foods, but the ONLY thing he COULD NOT STAND was the smell of fried apples -- it made him sick. Wow. I realized then there has to be some sort of genetic hard-wiring that can cause us to be revolted by certain smells and tastes. This isn't general dislike -- in the sense of I've tried this food and I don't care for it. This is the body being revolted by something. Has anyone found this same wacky thing -- that other members of your family are revolted by the same foodstuff as you are? (BTW, thanks for listening.) Thu Mar 13 19:23:14 -0700 2008 3490029 18222 maria lorraine 2 3491362 This is a remarkable thread. It gives me an appreciation for the depth of dislike of those who really can't stand certain foods. There was a similar discussion about cilantro as being a 'hard-wired' nauseous taste for some people (I was told that Indonesians generally dislike it as a 'dirty' taste). Fortunately I don't have any such aversions, but from now on I'll be more tolerant of those who do. Thu Mar 13 22:24:13 -0700 2008 3490985 43747 Leucadian 1 3491058 I wouldn't go so far as to say I find it "disgusting," but I'm slowly approaching 40 and I still have serious problems with grapefruit. It's nothing but pure, undiluted bitterness to me. Thu Mar 13 19:48:07 -0700 2008 3490029 17548 BarmyFotheringayPhipps 1 3491124 I hate green onions. As a Korean, this is very difficult, because they put it in everything. I am not a fussy person, and there are many things I eat. But when I feel a green onion in my mouth, I have to spit it out or swallow it whole. It is a combination of the taste and mouthfeel. My mother is about to disown me. I have tried, but I just can't get past green onions... Thu Mar 13 20:18:48 -0700 2008 3490029 89969 moh 2 3491159 moh, mgod, I'm mshocked! Thu Mar 13 20:28:21 -0700 2008 3491124 36661 Sam Fujisaka 3 3491161 Yes. You should be shocked. My mother thinks I'm an alien... Thu Mar 13 20:30:09 -0700 2008 3491159 89969 moh 3 3491306 Yeah, I'm with Sam on this one. Do you pick all the scallions out of your banchan (like the spinach or soy bean sprouts?) I used to do that as a kid. Thu Mar 13 21:52:01 -0700 2008 3491159 10763 Miss Needle 4 3491321 I still pick out the green onions to this day. Chopsticks are such a perfect tool for this! I am a very patient person, and very thorough. I rarely miss any. But a breakthrough has occurred. I don't mind some green onion in Pa jon. I am hoping this will lead to increased tolerance. I'm working on it! I'm still trying! Thu Mar 13 22:01:42 -0700 2008 3491306 89969 moh 5 3491876 I have a number of relatives (Chinese) who also don't like green onions... so we've ended up asking them to remove it from the dish... or my dad and I get first dibs and we eat the green onions. Mmmm... I love green onions. For me it's raw mushrooms. Think it developed one day when I was waiting for some people and I was a bit peckish. So I dug into a bunch of raw enokis and just ate them. From that time forward eating raw mushrooms (especially just by themselves) makes me almost want to gag. Fri Mar 14 06:56:56 -0700 2008 3491321 10980 Blueicus 2 3491273 my husband hates them too! its unfortunate because i love them. he also has trouble with raw tomatoes, cukes, and green bell peppers. strangely enough, his fave salad is greek salad! Thu Mar 13 21:34:59 -0700 2008 3491124 171576 dani_k 3 3498665 wow. that doesn't make any sense whatsoever. greek salad: tomatoes, cukes, green bell peppers (yes, and feta, red onion, lemon and olive oil). strange '-) Sun Mar 16 14:55:14 -0700 2008 3491273 116513 linguafood 1 3491244 What a fascinating thread to read! There were foods that I didn't even realize I vaguely disliked until I read these posts. I'm also not very into coconut milk or coconut flavoring (definitely not genetic, there; my mother, who grew up on a tropical island, loves the stuff). I hated egg yolks when I was a kid (I like them now). And one thing no one else has mentioned: I really don't like pineapple. I see people go nuts for it and I like the way it smells ripe, but the tongue numbing astringency makes it completely inedible to me. I guess I've generalized the discomfort it to a general dislike of the flavor, even in non-astringent canned stuff. On the other hand, I really do kinda like durian, so go figure. :) Thu Mar 13 21:12:17 -0700 2008 3490029 64215 cimui 2 3516441 I'm amazed that no one else has mentioned durian. I think it's the most vile thing in the world. My wife loves it, but I have to leave the room when she eats it. Fri Mar 21 22:06:54 -0700 2008 3491244 48210 KevinB 3 3517495 My daughter and I also love Durian, but I have to beg a green grocer to order it for me. She spent the month of January in Laos and Thailand on a college interim, and she was the only person of the group who would eat it. Sat Mar 22 12:14:33 -0700 2008 3516441 22220 Kelli2006 1 3491316 Milk to drink (fine with it cooked in things), peanut butter (but plain roasted peanuts & an occasional reeces cup I like) and peas. As an adult I have grown to like eggs, strawberries & bananas - which all repulsed me when I was young. Thu Mar 13 21:57:01 -0700 2008 3490029 111267 meatn3 1 3491347 I cannot stand the smell nor the taste of white milk (if I drink it it must have some kind of syrup in it - chocolate or strawberry). Also, I can't eat pineapple. I'll drink the juice, but that's about it. Thu Mar 13 22:18:08 -0700 2008 3490029 115828 hotteacher1976 1 3491405 Oooh! Water! Plain, still, average tap water! Drives me nuts! I hate drinking it! But that's because it doesn't have a flavour to be repulsed by, and thus I am repulsed by the lack of flavour. Thu Mar 13 22:43:33 -0700 2008 3490029 161585 miss_bennet 2 3492111 I hate water too! Granted on a hot day, I am willing to chug an ice cold water. other than that, I need my liquids to be flavored. I know, it's awful. Fri Mar 14 08:07:28 -0700 2008 3491405 14093 Melanie 3 3493357 That's also why I hate mashed potatoes! They're just so bland and usually mealy. (I don't know how to write the sound that emanates the digust I make when thinking of mashed potatoes.) And it doesn't matter if they're instant, homemade, fine dining "roasted garlic mashed"... I'm fine with other potato preps, though. But that's cause they're usually falvoured wih something. Fri Mar 14 12:44:54 -0700 2008 3492111 161585 miss_bennet 4 3493821 This thread scares me. First someone says they don't like Bacon and now this. What is the world coming to?> Fri Mar 14 14:53:29 -0700 2008 3493357 165800 jhopp217 5 3494792 That's me! I don't like bacon OR mashed potatoes! What do you LIKE about mashed potatoes? Or do you just like gravy? Fri Mar 14 23:22:16 -0700 2008 3493821 161585 miss_bennet 6 3495405 Mashed potatoes - I love the velvety texture. I love the the fact that you can add stuff like garlic, herbs, butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon, etc and it becomes something totally different. It's truly a blank canvas. I love potatoes any way. And it's funny you mention the gravy - unless it's KFC's gravy (has a little kick to it) I freak out when gravy touches my mashed potatoes Sat Mar 15 09:41:32 -0700 2008 3494792 165800 jhopp217 7 3496506 See, you didn't mention anything about the TASTE of mashed potatoes that makes them good, except perhaps that they're a blank canvas i.e. flavourless. I mean, if you add butter, garlic, herbs, cheese etc then the potatoes taste like those things. That's essentially my problem with mashed potatoes. They're nothing alone. Then again, I've tried making roasted garlic, herb, cheese and even caramalized onion mashed potatoes, and I still don't like them. I just want to eat the cheese, roasted garlic etc. without the potato. The potato means that I have to eat so much more just to get the (good) flavour. Sat Mar 15 16:48:38 -0700 2008 3495405 161585 miss_bennet 8 3497199 I thought I said I love potatoes any way. My favorite food probably, aside from a good steak! Sat Mar 15 22:53:27 -0700 2008 3496506 165800 jhopp217 8 3498678 Really good potatoes DO have a flavor -- buttery, sometimes a little flowery... all you have to add in my book is butter and salt. New potatoes with drawn butter, maybe some parsley and a pinch of salt is one of the best things in the world. I've been reading this thread and I have yet to think of a food that truly repulses me. But I'm only half way through '-) Sun Mar 16 14:58:16 -0700 2008 3496506 116513 linguafood 9 3498790 I had a bad dairy allergy as a child, and I wasn't allowed butter. And I never used salt. That was one of my childhood dislikes. So I just ate smashed, white potatoes. And hated them. Now, I love boiled new potatoes with butter and salt. And even then, the potatoes are merely a vehicle for the delicious combination of melted butter and salt. But mashed potatoes are still boring to me. They are flavorless, therefore "empty" calories. Sun Mar 16 15:40:47 -0700 2008 3498678 161585 miss_bennet 4 3495752 OMG, say it ain't so. Mashed potatoes and gravy are my favorite comfort foods. Sat Mar 15 12:01:00 -0700 2008 3493357 124476 FoodieKat 5 3498925 oh and mine too. or when I'm sick, mmm.. well not REAL sick. Maybe a light case of the cocktail flu sick. Sun Mar 16 16:43:57 -0700 2008 3495752 50431 chef chicklet 6 3511288 I have only heard a handful of people mention "I feel a touch of the cocktail flu" love it, but sounds a bit fey coming from a guy (and def. doesn't garner much sympathy from work) many ordinary things repulse in that condition... Thu Mar 20 10:49:41 -0700 2008 3498925 163722 hill food 7 3517452 Umm, if that's the new parlance for a hangover, I could never eat anything other than pizza rolls. For some reason they settled my stomach. Pepperoni flavor, of course. *G* Sat Mar 22 11:59:28 -0700 2008 3511288 143696 Catskillgirl 8 3518948 Saffire and the Uppity Blues Women have a song about it: "Cold Pizza & Warm Beer; the Morning After..." Sun Mar 23 03:44:23 -0700 2008 3517452 93538 Passadumkeg 2 3659391 Me too! I can't stand the taste of water. Or blood sausage. Or hard-boiled eggs. Or cottage cheese. Mon May 05 16:34:46 -0700 2008 3491405 123702 sailrox 3 3659824 Blood sausage is revolting. My dad had me try some when I was in HS and I couldn't get the taste out of my mouth for 3 days - completely nauseating. And I'll eat almost anything else - except Miracle Whip, Hot Dogs, and Bologna. Mon May 05 18:50:57 -0700 2008 3659391 57748 dwilde 1 3491465 I love yogurt, raw cucumbers and carrots . But I ***** up when these three are combined into a "raita'. If the raita has raw onions..that is even worse Why? Thu Mar 13 23:24:02 -0700 2008 3490029 141107 JiyoHappy 1 3491509 I keep thinking of more! Canned baby corn and sometimes bamboo. They smell like urine to me. Fri Mar 14 00:49:26 -0700 2008 3490029 161585 miss_bennet 2 3495755 Lol, what brand are you buying?!? Sat Mar 15 12:02:29 -0700 2008 3491509 124476 FoodieKat 3 3496512 I don't even buy them. But I've gotten them in Asian food, and I think they're unpalatable. Extremely good panaeng can redeem bamboo, but baby corn? Yuck. Sat Mar 15 16:51:16 -0700 2008 3495755 161585 miss_bennet 1 3491571 to this day I dislike cooked carrots Fri Mar 14 03:35:01 -0700 2008 3490029 165800 jhopp217 1 3491579 I'm trying hard to think of things I just can't eat. I don't like ccoked carrots, but I can eat them. I have a problem with walnuts, but that's because they make my tongue split. Don't ask! I'm drawing a blank on things I just can't eat. One thing I really can't stand is cherries. I just hate the taste and they d make me gag a little, but can't think of anything if a gun was put to my head, it would cause me trauma to eat. Dishes I hate that people think I'm strange Corned Beef and Cabbage - hate the smell of cooked cabbage. Pot Roast - I love tender beef, but hate Pot Roast, go figure. Squid or Octopus that whole - tentacles and all - texture issue. Portabella mushrooms - too soggy for me, but I have had them ways I've liked. Yogurt - never liked it. Why eat something that tastes like nothing? I love shellfish - but not a big fan of oyster. Squash - it's a textrue issue. Liver - I guess that's common. I actually only started eating Pork recently (aside from bacon and sausage). Honeydew Melons and cantelope are another thing I only recently started appreciating. Swordfish is something for some reason I hated, but the last two times I tried it, I really liked it. Fri Mar 14 03:53:08 -0700 2008 3490029 165800 jhopp217 2 3491657 Fish. I try to like it, but I don't. I want to like it. I love food and I'm ashamed that I don't like fish. It's silly. Fri Mar 14 05:24:00 -0700 2008 3491579 166570 nliedel 2 3495762 I hate raw walnuts too. So bland and kind of greasy-tasting to me. Yuck! I don't mind chopped walnuts in things though - like chocolate chip cookies. But plain walnuts? Gross! Sat Mar 15 12:03:41 -0700 2008 3491579 124476 FoodieKat 3 3743374 Raw walnuts taste like dirt to me! Mon Jun 02 18:46:44 -0700 2008 3495762 197210 jayaymeye 1 3491682 Amazing what some food can do to some people. I never met a food I didn't like in some form, so far at least, although I'm not in a terrible hurry to run out and try fish eyes. Fri Mar 14 05:32:47 -0700 2008 3490029 75332 Gio 2 3494640 You know, fish eyes aren't bad. They don't taste like much, there are no strong flavours. And the texture, well it's kind of like eating the soft bones you sometimes find in canned salmon and sardines. It's more the concept that is the problem. But give them a try if you happen to see them (no pun intended) Fri Mar 14 20:48:16 -0700 2008 3491682 89969 moh 1 3491717 The one thing I have hated the taste of all my life is Tomato Juice. I love tomatos in every way, raw,stewed,sauced,ketchup sun-dried whatever. But as juice Yech!! Goes for V8 too. Fri Mar 14 05:49:08 -0700 2008 3490029 77397 Eric in NJ 2 3491801 I just cannot develop a taste for beets, shrimp, lobster, mussels, oysters or 99% of seafood. However, I love clams and Fish and Chip's... Also, I hate cashews, canned veggiies other than kidney, white or garbonzo beans. I cannot stand cinnamin or nutmeg. I despise ham. I was born without a sweet tooth... Fri Mar 14 06:34:44 -0700 2008 3491717 24648 Sean 2 3491897 And along those lines..I also love tomatoes (including straight tomato juice with lemon and salt in it. However, Campbell's tomato soup makes me gag. Something about the sweetness of it...even the smell makes me sick. Fri Mar 14 07:06:39 -0700 2008 3491717 117621 poptart 3 3491998 And Campbell's tomato soup is comfort food for me..weird isn't it. Fri Mar 14 07:39:40 -0700 2008 3491897 77397 Eric in NJ 2 3494163 I left out Skate, a definite texture thing. Fri Mar 14 17:08:36 -0700 2008 3491717 77397 Eric in NJ 3 3494826 Oh! Yes, I do not care for skate at all. The texture is the problem. If it were made into a mousse I'd probably be fine with it. Sat Mar 15 00:08:49 -0700 2008 3494163 111267 meatn3 3 3497830 I should add Okra and Mangos...Slime factor. Sun Mar 16 09:11:15 -0700 2008 3494163 77397 Eric in NJ 1 3491947 i love how reading these threads always reminds us of things we wouldn't have listed right away:) v-8 juice raw oysters [though i'll gladly eat them cooked] Fri Mar 14 07:24:08 -0700 2008 3490029 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 3492655 Mushrooms and Cilantro. Blech! Fri Mar 14 10:12:02 -0700 2008 3490029 56784 lanersg 2 3494603 I hate mushrooms. I won't eat them and I pick them out of everything. I think it's a taste and texture thing - they're rubbery little blobs. Ugh. Fri Mar 14 20:25:45 -0700 2008 3492655 44439 abs294 1 3492715 Bananas. I don't care if they're ripe or not, they completely gross me out--the smell, the taste, the texture, [shudder]. I like green plantains in the form of mofongo, tostones, etc., but NO BANANAS. Nor sweet ripe plantains either. I am also one of the army of cilantro-haters. But a thousand times worse than cilantro is cumin, even in the teeniest quantity. Tastes like armpit. Ugh. And peppers, any color, raw or cooked, as a vegetable (that is, hot peppers as a source of spiciness are fine). This is particularly irksome because they're colorful and pretty, so people scatter them all through their food willy-nilly as if they're a harmless decoration, and they dominate the taste of the whole dish. Cauliflower is vile, and people who feel that it can substitute for mashed potatoes are surely smoking crack. Also, I hate beer. Though I'll cook with it happily. Fri Mar 14 10:26:10 -0700 2008 3490029 108080 BostonCookieMonster 2 3492765 Ditto on the cilantro. I think it tastes like soap. and I have always said that cumin smells like BO. I am SO glad i'm not the only one! On another note, I won't eat ground meat. I can't get past the texture. Fri Mar 14 10:35:07 -0700 2008 3492715 127309 Reene902 3 3492787 You'd think the "soap" taste would cancel out the "BO" taste, but sadly, no ... Fri Mar 14 10:39:59 -0700 2008 3492765 108080 BostonCookieMonster 4 3493098 LOL! That's the funniest thing I've read all day. Fri Mar 14 11:51:18 -0700 2008 3492787 139180 Blush 5 3496075 quite funny, indeed. (i was wondering how an armpit tastes.....so sad i will have to put that inquiry at the end of a very long line of things to try.) Sat Mar 15 13:52:49 -0700 2008 3493098 105717 alkapal 3 3729192 I completely agree with the cumin/b.o. thing. Can't stand it in large applications, but a VERY subtle cumin taste I can handle. Forget anything "cumin dusted" Wed May 28 18:59:34 -0700 2008 3492765 180658 mkmccp 2 3492814 Cilantro is one of the cleanest most resfreshing smells and tastes there is in the culinary world. How can you not like cilantro? I know many people who hate cumin. I put it in almost everything I can. I think it adds the most wondeful flavor to everything. A little cumin and tumeric in a burger, and you've created and entirely new meal. I don't like cauliflower when it's whle, but creamed, as a substitue for mashed potatoes is decent. There is no sbstitute for real mashed potatoes though! Beer - oooooh! How can you be from Boston and not love a pint. You may be the only person from Boston that doesn't! Fri Mar 14 10:46:32 -0700 2008 3492715 165800 jhopp217 3 3493242 Jhopp, I'm afraid I cannot eat at your house! I live in fear of people who put cumin into everything to make it "tastier." But I would be happy to join you at a cozy pub where I can drink cider while you drink beer. Fri Mar 14 12:23:41 -0700 2008 3492814 108080 BostonCookieMonster 4 3493763 I was thinking how I couldn't eat at yours becuase everything you listed I eat throughout the week...LOL (AND i was thinking hmmmm califlower to replace mashed potatoes...great idea!!) Fri Mar 14 14:38:13 -0700 2008 3493242 144814 livetocook 3 3496079 slow roast cauliflower rubbed with olive oil and kosher salt --- it is a whole new animal! Sat Mar 15 13:53:48 -0700 2008 3492814 105717 alkapal 2 3659830 'Cauliflower is vile, and people who feel that it can substitute for mashed potatoes are surely smoking crack.' That is funny and true. Mon May 05 18:55:10 -0700 2008 3492715 57748 dwilde 1 3492830 Black licorice. Ick. Fri Mar 14 10:50:38 -0700 2008 3490029 113176 jmckee 1 3492967 I love refried beans unless I am the one who opens the can - whoa, who did that? Others: Lima beans Black-eyed peas Squash of any variety Liver Sweet pickles/relish Trout Tofu Carrot cake Grape-Nuts Fri Mar 14 11:19:26 -0700 2008 3490029 18385 CDouglas 2 3493847 Your refired beans thing is hilarious. Opening a can, you think you've bought Alpo by mistake. I'm somehwat the same way with Gifelte fish. I lvoe it with a little horseradish, but if I have to see that jelly it comes in, I lose my appetite. Tofu is pretty nasty also, no matter how it's prepared, but it's basically bland, not vile. I don't like sicky sweet things, but not liking Carrot Cake? It's delicious if it's made fresh Fri Mar 14 15:00:16 -0700 2008 3492967 165800 jhopp217 3 3494118 Gefilte Fish! That makes me laugh! I married into a Jewish family and every Passover....gack. However, I have learned to love that little oval patty as long as it comes from a Jewish deli and NOT from a jar, which looks like a high school science experiment. I also despise cottage cheese. Texture problems, I have no problem cooking with it. Fri Mar 14 16:44:20 -0700 2008 3493847 137705 cookiehound 4 3494510 cookiehound, your hs science experimetn comment made me spit my coffee onto my keyboard! Great one! Maybe I'm naive, but what do you cook that has cottage cheese in it? Fri Mar 14 19:44:20 -0700 2008 3494118 165800 jhopp217 5 3494551 Noodle Kugel! So wonderful, quick and easy. Good for breakfast or brunch. If you would like a recipe I would be happy to comply, jhopp217. This is a savory kugel, not a sweet one. Fri Mar 14 20:03:49 -0700 2008 3494510 137705 cookiehound 4 3498841 I would have added gefilte fish if I had ever screwed up the courage to have tried it. It could definitely share shelf space with various other embalmed goodies. I will give you that and raise you Charoset. Truly a "one and nevermore" culinary delight. Sun Mar 16 16:09:20 -0700 2008 3494118 18385 CDouglas 3 3511310 jhopp: agreed, Gefilte has to be home/hand made no tofu fan here, but we came up with what we call tofu tots, cube, toss in cornstarch (will give the surface a nice crunch) and pan-fry in veg. oil with a dash of preferred flavor. serve like tater tots or toss in peanut sauce. Thu Mar 20 10:55:53 -0700 2008 3493847 163722 hill food 1 3493004 Beets. They taste like dirt. And green peppers. Fri Mar 14 11:27:59 -0700 2008 3490029 47694 litchick 2 3493126 Dirt is EXACTLY how I describe the taste of beets... Fri Mar 14 11:58:21 -0700 2008 3493004 24648 Sean 3 3493773 I used to retch at beet for that same reason. I now find a small amount of roasted beet with soome goat cheese to be really tasty. That kind of change is pretty amazing. Fri Mar 14 14:40:21 -0700 2008 3493126 112494 corgette 3 3659833 I love roasted beets (esp w/goat cheese in a salad) -- I guess they do taste like dirt - I just prefer to think of them as EARTHY. Mon May 05 18:57:30 -0700 2008 3493126 57748 dwilde 1 3493189 Anything with even the hint of the taste or smell of mint makes me gag. And it is sort of a ubiquitous flavoring. Even my chart at the dentist's office has 'no mint' on it in big red letters! Fri Mar 14 12:09:41 -0700 2008 3490029 14341 OCEllen 1 3493245 Egg yolks - can't stand them, even cooked (although mixed in like scrambled eggs is fine). UNripe bananas. Any hint of green and I'm gagging. There HAS to be a few spots on 'em. Fri Mar 14 12:23:51 -0700 2008 3490029 11053 thenurse 1 3493313 Milk to drink Cilantro Cottage Cheese Bleu Cheese Pickles Mushrooms (texture) Sushi (I just dont get it) Watermelon Mango Fri Mar 14 12:36:52 -0700 2008 3490029 103418 cor 2 3493856 You had me at "Mango." But the rest of your list is like a list of my favorites. Milk, take it or leave it, Cilantro - the greates smell and fresh flavor. Cottage Cheese - i love it. Bleu Cheese - my favorite cheese. Pickles, any variety, I love em all. Mushrooms - hated them until about 3 years ago. Now I like them alot. Sushi - I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you haven't had sashimi grade tuna right off a boat. You'd change your mind. it's like the best filet mignon you've ever had, uncooked. Watermelon - is there a better summer dessert? Fri Mar 14 15:02:45 -0700 2008 3493313 165800 jhopp217 1 3493519 Cream cheese, cream cheese, cream cheese, cream cheese. Even typing it/ thinking about it makes me gag. Fri Mar 14 13:25:07 -0700 2008 3490029 67055 marmite 1 3493624 I know I am a tiny minority but how can meat taste or smell good? Hot seared body parts from unhappy and probably unhealthy creatures. Grosses me out beyond disgusting. Fri Mar 14 13:53:38 -0700 2008 3490029 92416 ElsieB 2 3493710 I'm with you, ElsieB... Fri Mar 14 14:21:21 -0700 2008 3493624 67055 marmite 2 3493811 I don't like red meat. Never really have. Don't eat poultry either. Fri Mar 14 14:50:13 -0700 2008 3493624 124476 FoodieKat 1 3493681 -green peppers -carrots cooked by themselves, (in soup is ok) -pb& very sweet things like cookies or jam -chopped celery in a mayo-based salad like tuna or chicken, why destroy the texture with these foreign objects? -bbq spare ribs, or anything from the grill. -smoked turkey or smoked ham cold cuts -plain sliced jarlsberg on a sandwhich, though I like all kinds of other strong swiss cheeses like gruyere Fri Mar 14 14:13:14 -0700 2008 3490029 11190 fara 1 3493714 can't bear peanut butter but I like peanuts. can't stand salt and vinegar crisps (chips), in fact all flavoured crisps and chips. I find blueberries taste of plastic. Fri Mar 14 14:21:46 -0700 2008 3490029 22559 smartie 2 3493800 With you on the salt and vinegar crisps. Hate the way they smell and taste. I like almost every other kind of crisp/chip though. Also hate mincemeat in anything - pies, baked apples, anything at all. Blech! It takes like it has vinegar in it. Just wrong. Hate the look of, taste of, and consistency of both custard and creamed corn. Also hate french cut canned green beans, because of all the years I was forced to eat the nasty things. Love fresh green beans though. Oh, and I also hate lima beans. And black licorice. But I don't mind anise flavour, and like Ouzo (with lemonade though). And I stopped eating red meat or poultry 15 years ago and never looked back. I hate the taste of beef, makes me feel sick, to be honest. Fri Mar 14 14:47:14 -0700 2008 3493714 124476 FoodieKat 3 3494359 foodie cat I also hate mincemeat, eww it's just too sweet and cloying. Fri Mar 14 18:43:44 -0700 2008 3493800 22559 smartie 4 3495783 I think that's the thing about mincemeat for me, smartie. You think it should just be sweet, but then it hits you with a really NASTY sour aftertaste. I don't mind most dried fruits, especially raisins, and I love most spices. And I'm weird - I actually like fruitcake, especially if it's got cherries in it. But it's something about mincemeat. I just can't handle it. Sat Mar 15 12:09:36 -0700 2008 3494359 124476 FoodieKat 1 3493787 Fantasic question. I have liked or loved almost everything people have mentioned as vile. The only foodstuff I have ever eaten that still causes a gag-induced fit is bleu cheese. Everytime. It tastes like soap and earwax to me. The smell alone make me feel queazy. I have done a complete 180 on cilantro though to where it once induced a throat-closing gag response, I now crave it, and the crisp smell as I chop it makes me feel springtime-like joy. So that's interesting. Fri Mar 14 14:44:21 -0700 2008 3490029 112494 corgette 2 3493834 Corqette I cannot resist. As bleu cheese is one my favorite things in the world I have to ask... where and when did you taste ear wax? Fri Mar 14 14:56:39 -0700 2008 3493787 165800 jhopp217 3 3494220 I knew my comment would bring both these points. 1) The Undying Love for Bleu Cheese. I really like that so many people LOVE bleu cheese, to such a passionate extent. I feel like that sort of passion legitimizes the strong taste and the sort of instinctive love/hate reaction. 2) My Vile Analogy. I used to wear earplugs almost daily when I first moved to NY for grad school, and also tend to bite my nails when stressed, which I often am, so the unfortunate collison of those two worlds was inevitable, providing a most unpleasant taste experience. On the upswing, it trained me out of biting my nails REAL fast. Gross, I know, but it also seems to evoke the vile ickiness I feel when I eat bleu cheese. Fri Mar 14 17:36:03 -0700 2008 3493834 112494 corgette 4 3495788 I used to feel that way about bleu cheese (except for the dressing, which strangely I've always loved). I hated it until I tried blue stilton. For some reason, that totally turned me on to it. I love bleu cheese now. Sat Mar 15 12:11:42 -0700 2008 3494220 124476 FoodieKat 5 3497191 I do feel like there's something I'm missing about it that may one day click. I do love lots of different powerful cheeses, so every few years, I give some bleu another go, and find it just isn't my thing. But I do believe tastes change, so I keep giving it another shot. That's how I came to adore lobster, and get a good taste for beets lately too. It's kind of a game, "what do I no longer find revolting?" Good times. Sat Mar 15 22:47:47 -0700 2008 3495788 112494 corgette 6 3497309 That is very true. Ha, and I like your way of putting it. What can I no longer find revolting? There are a lot of things I hated as a child that I now love. I guess once I got over the 'ick' factor I discovered there are some great foods out there. It's a gradual process though. Baby steps! Sun Mar 16 01:02:15 -0700 2008 3497191 124476 FoodieKat 1 3493841 Borscht - how the heck could I forget Borscht. Probably one of the worst tastes I've ever had in my mouth Fri Mar 14 14:58:05 -0700 2008 3490029 165800 jhopp217 2 3493995 Borscht is pantheistic manna from heaven, you heathen infidel! Repent before the Judeo Christian Slavic Gods punish you w/ a second bris! (Oh mighty mystic, moderators, please let this slide. It is called humor.) Organic Garden Borscht Man Fri Mar 14 15:56:22 -0700 2008 3493841 93538 Passadumkeg 3 3494515 Sadly I had a second bris. Apparently the first doc wasn't a moil and two weeks later it was utter tur-moil! Sorry! But the second one was the truth Fri Mar 14 19:46:32 -0700 2008 3493995 165800 jhopp217 4 3494908 God works in mysterious ways, you know. Sat Mar 15 03:39:52 -0700 2008 3494515 93538 Passadumkeg 2 3495796 I tried borscht once. Awful stuff. How the heck do they get it that bizarre magenta color too (maybe it was just the restaurant I ate it at :-0)? Sat Mar 15 12:13:06 -0700 2008 3493841 124476 FoodieKat 3 3496518 That's BEET borsch(t). And that's how they get the colour. But borsch is really like spaghetti. Every time you make it, it's different. And from person to person, it's different. I don't think anyone discount borsch because of a bad beet borsch experience. Ideally, it's just a fantastic vegetable soup. See if you can find it without beets. It's totally different and amazing. Then again, if you don't like cabbage, don't even bother. Sat Mar 15 16:56:33 -0700 2008 3495796 161585 miss_bennet 4 3496573 The magenta is from sour cream. Great cold summer borscht is called holodnik. Better than gaspacho! Sat Mar 15 17:19:28 -0700 2008 3496518 93538 Passadumkeg 4 3497310 I love cabbage, and beets too, so I'd definitely be willing to give it another try. Maybe it was just the restaurant. Sun Mar 16 01:04:35 -0700 2008 3496518 124476 FoodieKat 1 3493978 Pop Tarts are Orc food, not fit for humans! Twinkies too! Na nu, Na Nu! Morc Fri Mar 14 15:50:35 -0700 2008 3490029 93538 Passadumkeg 1 3494105 Can you imagine going to a dinner party with this crew, or worse, catering that dinner? It can't all be genetic, given the admittedly few examples of gag-to-crave changes. Fortunately, no one appears to have all these aversions. Challenge: come up with the dish (or a menu) that would gross out the maximum number of guests. My favorite fish head curry with cilantro might be a good candidate (fish, cumin, identifiable bosy parts, cilantro). Bon apetit. Fri Mar 14 16:37:50 -0700 2008 3490029 43747 Leucadian 2 3494141 Live Korean baby octopus, dog, Norwegian whale steaks, Jap. whale bergers, Bolivian iguana, llama steaks, guinea pig, Rocky Mountain Oysters and yes, hot dogs! But the very worst of all............... sucessive weeks of c-rations in the Vietnamease jungle. Fri Mar 14 16:58:49 -0700 2008 3494105 93538 Passadumkeg 2 3494227 This "please everyone" theory of catering is why so many weddings I've been to have been so...bland. Between my beloved's odd aversions, and my sisters' nitpickiness, I can't even imagine trying to please two families' worth of picky eaters, which is why eloping sounds better every day. Fri Mar 14 17:38:58 -0700 2008 3494105 112494 corgette 1 3494166 Shrimp. I will eat just about any other type of seafood, but I just can't stand shrimp. Fri Mar 14 17:09:32 -0700 2008 3490029 17644 raytamsgv 1 3494226 SPAM, in the jungle of Viet Nam. I ain't no wienie, I'm a man, Give me cans of limas and ham, Brek. of beans and dogs, creamed chicken in the can But, oh God! Never again give me Spam instead of ham. I used to leave cans of spam for the V C In the hope they'd eat them and be gone permanently. Think about it. There is precious little I will not eat and enjoy of real food. God Bless us and forgive our silly weaknesses. There but for fortune go you or I.... Fri Mar 14 17:38:20 -0700 2008 3490029 93538 Passadumkeg 2 3494242 Oh dear - poor boy. But I can't tell you how happy I am that you're with us! I had Spam just once. Simply because I wanted to know what all the shouting was about. It was very salty, and had no discernable taste to me. "Never give me Spam instead of ham." Fri Mar 14 17:45:03 -0700 2008 3494226 75332 Gio 3 3497403 You know it's true and I never really thought about it. Pre-Viet Nam I was a fussy eater, no doubt about. After Nam I guess I associated new foods with being alive and I still can't get enough. Forty years ago, on Thanksgiving, I was wrapped in my poncho in monsoon rains, on patrol in North Viet Nam, eating cold creamed chicken from a a C-rat. can and I swore that if I got out of there I'd never whine about food again. What new foods will I find in Costa Rica next month? Can't wait. Sun Mar 16 04:39:34 -0700 2008 3494242 93538 Passadumkeg 4 3517949 My advice is try out the local restaurants, but also visit the local groceries; they have versions of sauces and vegetables we just don't get in North America. I remember buying some soup cubes with a hot flavour that made a terrific difference to our regular sauces. Sat Mar 22 15:25:34 -0700 2008 3497403 48210 KevinB 1 3494361 Waldorf Salad Raisins (especially all bloated from being cooked in things) Beef Tongue Poultry Black Berries Sea Urchin Hawaiian Punch Hazelnut Coffee Fri Mar 14 18:44:10 -0700 2008 3490029 115037 monalisawoman 1 3494607 I just can't bring myself to eat raw oysters. I want to but as soon as they get near my mouth I gag. Being land-locked most of my life, I'm trying to taste different fish, but haven't found any I really like. Cooked carrots are nasty, beets, sweet pickles, miracle whip (unless it's in mac salad), raw meat-again I try, but i just cant seem to swallow it. I always considered myself very open to trying anything, (because that's what real food lovers do-yeah right!), but you know as I get older, I realize it's ok if I don't like or don't want to try something. I can still be a "foodie" w/o all the "gourmet" foods! Fri Mar 14 20:28:02 -0700 2008 3490029 158403 jcattles 2 3494610 Oh and animal organs. Just can't do it. Fri Mar 14 20:29:21 -0700 2008 3494607 158403 jcattles 2 3494744 "I just can't bring myself to eat raw oysters. I want to but as soon as they get near my mouth I gag." Maybe you should try them again. I have a very good friend who was just like you but hadn't tried them in 20 years, we went for dinner with another friend who also loves oysters (like me!) and we convinced her to try one. After several more she actually quite liked them. Try little ones (we had Beausoleils from New Brunswick), they're a lot easier for neophytes to handle. Fri Mar 14 22:18:18 -0700 2008 3494607 69044 hsk 3 3498734 Yea, same here. Oysters used to make me gag before I could get them down. Fast forward to the year 2007, where I was at a seafood buffet with plenty of oysters. Thinking what the hey I plunged right in, and now I *really* like them... just had half a dozen of Blue Points in Bawlmer and they were delicious. Humongous and delicious. But I can totally understand how people who hate them could call them snot. It's both an acquired taste and texture thing, me thinks. I am not fond of bamboo shoots. I will not eat them on the occasion that I go out for Chinese food. I can't even describe the flavor, but I don't like it. Cauliflower I like (it is best deep-fried in a pita w/garlic sauce), but my mom used to nuke whole heads of it, and it stunk up the apartment like nothing else. It smells like sewage, but I'll eat it. I absolutely loathe potato dumplings. They taste like nothing, really, and the texture is fetid. You take a bit, and it immediately velcroes itself to the roof of your mouth, like glue. Dis. Gus. Ting. Sun Mar 16 15:21:50 -0700 2008 3494744 116513 linguafood 1 3495623 Ginger. When used as an ingredient in anything, I usually just omit it. I've found it just doesn't really add anything to the recipe. Oddly enough, though, I will eat pickled ginger as a palate cleanser when eating sushi. Go figure. Sat Mar 15 11:14:38 -0700 2008 3490029 142652 madgreek 2 3497329 so interesting... ginger tastes like soap to me, and i can identify it, even hints, in any dish, so eating it during sushi time is just horrific to me... the first time i ate it was the first time i had sushi w/ my friend and her mom as a kid--my friend said i had to eat it to cleanse my palate, and i literally thought they had coated some normal food/root w/ soap... apparently, that's just the taste of ginger (and subsequently blue sweettarts :) Sun Mar 16 01:38:44 -0700 2008 3495623 15572 Emme 1 3495847 I have a few but raw Cilantro tastes like aluminum to me. Ick. Sat Mar 15 12:30:27 -0700 2008 3490029 11992 roxhills 2 3495917 that made chills go up my spine. thinking of biting on aluminum! eek! Sat Mar 15 12:51:11 -0700 2008 3495847 105717 alkapal 1 3496071 Mayonnaise! Hate it, it's terrible! Why spoil the taste of meat or fresh vegetables with something so vile? Somehow, though, a freshly made garlic aoili is pretty good -- go figure ... don't like beets but baby beets can be tasty. Certain things in tiny doses are good but awful in larger amounts, like cloves, blue cheeses, and then there's ... feta!!! This stuff is just terrrible but these days people are just heaping it on, and it's worse than dirty feet, or stale, stinking sweaty nylons. Sat Mar 15 13:51:20 -0700 2008 3490029 85615 misohungrychewlow 1 3496090 Uni. As in raw sea urchin. I can't believe I'm only the second person on the board to mention this one. You put uni sushi in your mouth, chew...it sort of explodes and coats your tastebuds like less sticky peanut butter...no taste yet... Then you take a breath...still nothing...then you exhale... And suddenly it hits you...my mouth tastes like the smell of raw sewage... That "hmmmm...there must be a water filtration plant nearby" smell...and it's in your mouth. And then the taste just lasts and lasts... Pure evil if you ask me... (The texture of soft tofu is pretty repulsive too.) Sat Mar 15 13:58:27 -0700 2008 3490029 52117 morrigan 1 3496614 Kidney -- who wants to eat something that smells like urine? Tongue -- the slithery texture is quite gross. Sat Mar 15 17:33:56 -0700 2008 3490029 11995 pikawicca 1 3497327 I have a fair list... Avocadoes!!! Bananas!!! Oranges!!! Ginger!!! Bell Peppers!!! Strawberries Potatoes (White) Salmon Blue, Feta, Goat Cheeses Nuts (all except pistachios and caramelized cashews) I don't eat red meats or game, so I'm not faced w/ the issue of organ meats... Sun Mar 16 01:36:14 -0700 2008 3490029 15572 Emme 2 3497366 I'm guessing from your list that texture is a big issue for you. acadoes and Bananas have some mush issues, but how can you resist guacamole?. Oranges and bell peppers at times can be more work than people are willing to put forth. Ginger - even I'm up in the air on this one. Strawberries - if not fresh can be terrible, but I can't think of anything better than fresh strawberries. Potato - my favorite food probably, so I'll leave it alone Salmon - i hate the smell an I'm not crazy about the taste. To me tastes like metal, but I love Lox - go figure. Blue Cheese & Goat Cheese - my two favorites. Nuts I'm with you on, although I do like them, I can do without them. No red meat? The honeymoon is over! Sun Mar 16 03:20:49 -0700 2008 3497327 165800 jhopp217 3 3497413 Undercooked omelettes - I had one in Paris that put me off eggs for six years. Aspic and jelllied meat stuff in general Borscht, noodle kugel, gelfite fish – can't do it Sun Mar 16 04:55:51 -0700 2008 3497366 11962 Athena 3 3498102 Not texture at all... I love most textures, but it's taste... the taste of bananas, avocadoes (guacamole), etc. All on my list are taste issues. I even forgot mangoes and papayas, which taste like dirt to me. Sun Mar 16 11:01:40 -0700 2008 3497366 15572 Emme 1 3497404 Beer. As a teen, I knew that drinking beer was supposed to be cool and adult, but I couldn't get past the smell, much less the taste. Then my buddies took me out and I got wasted. After that I liked beer. Is there a lesson in this? The power of peer pressure? Sun Mar 16 04:43:50 -0700 2008 3490029 93538 Passadumkeg 2 3516453 I was ten at our summer cottage, and my dad had left half a beer on the picnic table. It was about 90 degrees that day, and it had been sitting there for at least half an hour. I decided to try a drink, and the taste of the hot, sour beer has remained with me for 40 years. I like red wine, brandy, and bourbon, but I can never stomach beer. I don't even like fish fried in beer batter. Fri Mar 21 22:20:31 -0700 2008 3497404 48210 KevinB 1 3497696 I wonder if some of these dislikes are actually slight allergies so the body tells us not to eat these foods. I know that all melons and most nuts make my throat itch but I also do not like them. Some years back I had an allergy test on my arm and the doc found I was allergic to these things (only slightly). He said it was common for people with pollen allergies to also to be allergic to certain fruits and nuts - plums fall into this category too and I cannot eat them raw. Sun Mar 16 08:15:32 -0700 2008 3490029 22559 smartie 2 3497776 Maybe. I know I don't like the flavor of really strong blue cheeses and I have allergies to a lot of molds. Most of the other things I don't like are more about texture than flavor. Sun Mar 16 08:49:00 -0700 2008 3497696 71215 mlgb 1 3498237 Olives.Green or black , doesn't matter , but black ones are somehow worse than the horror of the little green things . My mouth rejects them like one reflexively gags on bad chemicals . Flavor-( to me ) Oily , similar to bad tequila , but with a horrid chemical burn , like turpentine or gasoline ( yes , I've tasted it , don't ask ) with powdered burnt hair and rotten dry wood powder mixed in . Perhaps a back flavor of bad fish taste , I really haven't gotten farther than that , around that time I have to spit them out and let the flavor and the numbness in my mouth fade . It's sad really , they smell interesting and this obviously rules out a good number of dishes I think I would enjoy . Other than that , I'm not fond of blue cheese. Not nearly as strong as the olive thing , I get blue cheese and what it brings flavorwise , I don't care for it . Not crazy about strongly fishy things ( think mackerel liver ) , but its not as bad as blue cheese . Theres lots of other things I'd prefer not to eat , but none of them qualify as disgusting so thats my list . And , sorry , not liking water !?! Thats weird . Sun Mar 16 11:53:09 -0700 2008 3490029 12504 GoalieJeff 2 3498489 GoalieJeff "Olives.Green or black , doesn't matter , but black ones are somehow worse than the horror of the little green things . My mouth rejects them like one reflexively gags on bad chemicals . Flavor-( to me ) Oily , similar to bad tequila , but with a horrid chemical burn , like turpentine or gasoline ( yes , I've tasted it , don't ask ) with powdered burnt hair and rotten dry wood powder mixed in . Perhaps a back flavor of bad fish taste " That is the best description ever for the way I feel about the way olives taste...nothing is worse than when you bite into a artsy-fartsy panini and get that unexpected "flavor" because they didn't mention the "delightful house made tepanade"...when I mention that you don't care for olives, they look at me like I'm a loon...ugg...the flavor just can't be avoided when they suggest "just scrape it off, there's not much in there" I want to kill 'em. Anyway, "the turpentine or gasoline" description is dead on and it's actually how I describe most of the sh!tty tequilas being poured now a days...eeek! Sun Mar 16 13:40:31 -0700 2008 3498237 93485 tatertotsrock 3 3500088 Ooh, I forgot about that one. Yeah, that is just the way I feel about olives--turpentine. There are a lot of things on other people's lists that I'm not fond of--beets, raisins, that gross Crisco-based frosting on cheap bakery cakes. But I am capable of eating them. Olives, cumin, cauliflower, bananas--no, not one bite. Honestly, I have a lot of trouble believing it's even physically possible to feel that way about WATER. I do also find both commercial mayo and Miracle Whip pretty revolting, but homemade mayonnaise is a completely different food. I still wouldn't seek it out, much less make it myself, but I don't mind eating it if served. The gross "pretty" frosting makes me more angry than physically repulsed, I think. It's cake! Its whole purpose in life is to taste good! Why do people not get this! Mon Mar 17 06:50:42 -0700 2008 3498489 108080 BostonCookieMonster 4 3506004 Blue Dye #3 . Found in toxically repulsive Blue Raspberry anything , and many Slushie type frozen drinks . Tastes like dried ground lime pith mixed with chalk and a little Portland cement ( again , don't ask ) . Bitter as all get out , and gives me a headache like brain freeze , except it doesn't go away for two or three hours . Yuck . Beware the fake blue drinks . Also found in cake frosting , where it tastes absolutely the worst . Blue frosting , yeah , if a cement factory took a poo , it would taste like blue frosting . Don't get me going on Ace of Cakes . Dead on , cakes should taste good , not look fancy . Whats next ? We already have Mickey Mouse pancakes and Hello Kitty toasters . How about NFL logo burger shapers ? NASCAR hams ? Arrgh ! Sorry . Hellmans doesn't bother me too much . It is what it is . Homemade is better , it'll do otherwise . Never actually intentionally tried Miracle Whip . Cumin , sorry , love it . Put it on my popcorn . Cauliflower , eh . It tastes of nothing , stinky air maybe , It doesn't bother me . Bananas , they are distinctive . But I really like them . I don't get the beet thing , to me , fresh beets taste just like fresh sweet corn . And some of us sickos like that dirt of the earth taste . Tue Mar 18 19:35:00 -0700 2008 3500088 12504 GoalieJeff 5 3511372 love the descriptive text. not too surprising your analogy of olives to turpentine, given that most commercial ones are cured in lye. it's probably too late but if you care, an artisanal olive is way different from what you'll find most places. (my thing is cucumber - can't stand to even smell it, SO uses English seedless which doesn't cause the gastro problems, but the damage has been done) Hello Kitty? next time you're in a city with a Sanrio store check out the entire array of appliances. Thu Mar 20 11:07:54 -0700 2008 3506004 163722 hill food 6 3517470 You hate cucumbers? I'm aghast. They are the single thing I look most forward to about summertime - fresh home-grown cucumbers. I adore them, and eat at least one whole one a day in season. They taste so fresh and when they're home-grown, they do have a wonderful flavor that the store-bought waxy ones lack. I couldn't live in a world without cucumbers. Love pickles too, but cucumbers make my salads and sandwiches worth eating! Sat Mar 22 12:05:52 -0700 2008 3511372 143696 Catskillgirl 5 3515104 Blue dye - you're right! I had a bottle of some BLUE gatorade-type thing at a race last year and had a terrible headache that lasted for hours. Well into the next day, actually. Fri Mar 21 12:53:26 -0700 2008 3506004 98500 Bat Guano 3 3516457 Turpentine taste - that perfectly describes retsina to me. We tried a bottle once in a Greek restaurant, and no one could finish a single glass. Fri Mar 21 22:22:28 -0700 2008 3498489 48210 KevinB 4 3516774 Oh no! I've had some fantastic retisna that, while unconventional, was crisp and refreshing. But then again, I also really like the distilled liquour (from the Netherlands?) that tastes like essence of pine in a great, stomach-warming way. Sat Mar 22 06:45:59 -0700 2008 3516457 112494 corgette 1 3498377 Artificial butter flavor. Yuck. Sun Mar 16 12:54:18 -0700 2008 3490029 69449 watercress 2 3499516 Green peppers. Black licorice. Rutabagas, Turnips and Beets all tasty like sicky sweet dirt. Baby corn. Bamboo. Water chestnuts. Fig Newtons (I'm so glad I'm not alone!!!) Ripe bananas (it's the smell). Some particularly ripe cantaloupes smell turpentiney to me. Plain chicken (teriyakied, korma'd, etc are edible)-- there is just something about chicken that usually makes me take a shower after I eat it. That horrid chicken fat smell. Sun Mar 16 20:33:41 -0700 2008 3498377 64882 Vetter 3 3517474 "there is just something about chicken that usually makes me take a shower after I eat it." ???? This is one of the funniest quotes I've read today. But I totally disagree - love chicken any way at all, as long as it's cooked! Sat Mar 22 12:07:28 -0700 2008 3499516 143696 Catskillgirl 4 3517966 Just curious - have you ever tried chicken fat ripple ice cream? Sat Mar 22 15:30:00 -0700 2008 3517474 48210 KevinB 5 3519651 Oh no. No no no no. Some things are just wrong. Sun Mar 23 11:06:09 -0700 2008 3517966 143696 Catskillgirl 5 3726515 is that "chicken fat ripple ice cream" made with ripple? ;-D this will make you laugh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple_(wine) http://boles.com/called/07/wm2.jpg Wed May 28 06:21:48 -0700 2008 3517966 105717 alkapal 3 3517553 LOL I wouldn't go that far with chicken but I did get sick on it once about 40 years ago and I still walk around it and give it a good look and smell before I eat it. Sat Mar 22 12:42:47 -0700 2008 3499516 77397 Eric in NJ 1 3500665 raw oysters. less of a taste thing, more of a texture thing Mon Mar 17 09:39:39 -0700 2008 3490029 142904 SiksElement 1 3501506 does anyone else get the "soap" taste from mango? whenever I read people saying they taste soap when they eat cilantro, I wonder if anyone else but me gets that from mango. Other than mango, baby corn tastes just like dirt, I can't deal with the taste or texture of avocado, and bread and butter pickles go against everything a pickle should taste like. Mon Mar 17 13:00:17 -0700 2008 3490029 120708 dorilou 2 3503687 To me, mango and papaya taste of turpentine. Tue Mar 18 07:56:38 -0700 2008 3501506 23675 phofiend 1 3507280 Scrambled eggs do something weird to the interior of my mouth. I want to scrap the whole interior surface of my cheeks and my tongue as well after I eat them. I also don't care for omelets but the reaction isn't as bad. Strangely, I love poached, fried, and hard-boiled eggs. After all of these years, I still just don't like green beans very much...or at all. I can tolerate some recipes but just boil them up? Oh. So. Nasty. (I might be able to legitimately blame my parents for this - forcing a child to eat things and making them stay at the table until they do isn't really a good idea.) And about ten years ago I had a beer epiphany. I really don't like it and I never have. There was a reason I always wanted it ice-cold - no flavor! Wed Mar 19 09:20:16 -0700 2008 3490029 15250 sebetti 2 3517481 "I want to scrap the whole interior surface of my cheeks and my tongue as well after I eat them." Now that's exactly the reaction I had recently after indulging in some McDonald's french fries. I hadn't had them in maybe a year, and my mouth felt absolutely coated with cheap oil and salt - that lasted for a couple of hours after eating. Yuck. And I used to love them! Now they turn my stomach. Thank you for putting that nasty feeling into words for me! Sat Mar 22 12:09:34 -0700 2008 3507280 143696 Catskillgirl 2 3518000 I totally agree with you about forcing kids to eat stuff. I remember one night my mother had prepared a really awful dish of brussel sprouts, and after she and my dad had finished, my sister, brother, and I were ordered to stay at the table until we had cleaned our plates. A few minutes after they had left the table, my sister announced "I have to go to the bathroom" and quickly left the table, carrying her plate, which she immediately dumped in the kitchen garbage. My brother and I started giggling like maniacs, which kept up for about 10 minutes, while my parents kept giving us quizzical glances from the living room. But to this day, if I'm surprised by sprouts at a dinner, I don't mind them, but I never buy them or order them by choice. Sat Mar 22 15:43:21 -0700 2008 3507280 48210 KevinB 1 3510824 I guess with this food I should probably hang my head in shame or at the very least people will just think I don’t have a very sophisticated palate, but for my seemingly slow-witted tastebuds it’s truffles. To me they taste like the stuff used to disinfect bathrooms smells. Or maybe more like feet. Or maybe feet treated with athlete’s foot stuff. Anyway, ick. And I’m with all y’all who hate Miracle Whip. Also, I totally get the vomit-y smell thing when it comes to ranch dressing. Thu Mar 20 09:01:26 -0700 2008 3490029 10516 MplsM ary 2 3510937 You know I've never eaten truffles but did taste some olive oil with it in it at a very good shop and didn't care for it. Thu Mar 20 09:31:41 -0700 2008 3510824 77397 Eric in NJ 1 3513582 Frozen oven baked French fries. Mushy cardboard. Why ketchup was invented! Fri Mar 21 02:51:32 -0700 2008 3490029 93538 Passadumkeg 1 3515115 I've read through these, trying to think of something that I have as strong a negative reaction to as some of y'all... the only thing I can think of that comes close is natto. And that's mostly a texture thing - can't handle the slime. Fri Mar 21 12:56:12 -0700 2008 3490029 98500 Bat Guano 1 3517916 Nobody has mentionned the food I find most disgusting - cooked oatmeal. I like oatmeal cookies, oatmeal bread etc but hot oatmeal looks like vomit and tastes equally nausiating. Sat Mar 22 15:14:18 -0700 2008 3490029 162997 lattelover 2 3520714 I have to back up lattelover. As a child, my school always served plain, instant oatmeal, with absolutely nothing added to it, and made with too much water, so it was more like a thin gruel. It looked, smelled and tasted disgusting. I hated oatmeal - until I tried the Irish, steel-cut variety as an adult, made very thick and served with cinnamon. I would recommend giving oatmeal another try - especially made on the stove with milk instead of water, and add some butter and cinnamon (if you like this). I think you'll be pleasantly surprised, especially since you already like the cookies and bread (and probably granola too I'm guessing?) Sun Mar 23 19:24:13 -0700 2008 3517916 124476 FoodieKat 1 3518353 I can't stand the smell of ground turkey cooking. I don't eat guts--beef liver, chicken livers, tongue, whatever...Mike of course loves them, so he gets to cook them when I'm not home. (Last year I had to be gone on our anniversary, so I bought him a thing of beef liver, wrapped it festively and put it in the refrigerator, for him to open on that day.) Walnuts Zucchini Raisin Bran (this is rooted in a traumatic childhood experience) Eggs with runny yolks, and hard-boiled eggs crumbled in or on any hot food. One Christmas eve my mom made us ham gravy with crumbled hard-boiled eggs in it. It looked, smelled and tasted like something someone had already eaten. Interestingly enough, I have no problem with just plain hard-boiled eggs, deviled eggs, even hard-boiled eggs soaked in the juice in a jar of pickled beets. And my aunt Edna's escalloped asparagus, which I insist upon at Thanksgiving each year, has sliced hard-boiled eggs in it, and that doesn't seem to bother me. Sat Mar 22 18:18:37 -0700 2008 3490029 32586 revsharkie 2 3518493 This is a great thread. I do tend to think that our taste aversions are either: 1)genetic/neurological (i.e. how we're wired) ; 2) secret allergy; or 3) related to early traumatic experience. I have hated mayonnaise and Miracle Whip (same thing to me) ever since I ate half of my brother's boloney/mayo sandwich as a squirt and got violently ill(which could have been related to an egg allergy that wasn't diagnosed yet at the time). I hate that white devil to the point that a housemate once won a fight by chasing my down and physically opening a jar of mayo in my FACE. The horror! I would never put it willingly on a sandwich, in a salad, NOTHIN'. At the same time, in recent years I have tried fresh aioli and not been completely horrified. I still couldn't look at it, though. Maybe we need to create a chart and see if there are relationships between food dislikes among the various posters. I'm intrigued to see that so many people describe cantaloupe as smelling like turpentine. it's got to be a wiring/genetic thing! i hated cantaloupe as a kid, but never thought it smelled like turpentine. i think I hated it because my grampa referred to it as "mush melon" and the visual that the term conjured was horrific to me. Sat Mar 22 19:31:04 -0700 2008 3518353 156941 dingey 3 3518952 You forgot the relationship of food dislikes to money? Sun Mar 23 03:49:06 -0700 2008 3518493 93538 Passadumkeg 4 3522608 Hmmmmmm. More details, please! How do food dislikes relate to money? Class-related food-stuff? I love grits and greens, but know people who look askance at collards. I also remember reading a funny bit in some anthology of food writing where some hoity toity woman was relating a story of getting lost in the city and smelling a horrible, horrible smell. Her husband told her that they were surely in the SLUMS because that smell was COOKING CABBAGE! Gasp! My husband's from an extremely suburban, thoroughly anglo-saxon household and was thrown by some of the things I cooked when we first moved in together since I come from a combo of hillbillies and relatively recent Eastern European immigrants. Like, say, leafy greens or cabbage rolls. I don't think he'd ever smelled that smell. Once he tasted it, though, it was all good.... Mon Mar 24 11:47:49 -0700 2008 3518952 156941 dingey 3 3519707 That's funny...my grandparents always called it mushmelon, too, and that didn't turn me off even a little. But, then, I always loved fried mush, too. Sun Mar 23 11:31:24 -0700 2008 3518493 32586 revsharkie 4 3519735 Hmmm...my parents called it muskmelon. Sun Mar 23 11:46:20 -0700 2008 3519707 14341 OCEllen 5 3521703 Most folks here in Iowa do, too. But I grew up a bit further south, and there it was mushmelon. Mon Mar 24 08:09:28 -0700 2008 3519735 32586 revsharkie 1 3521976 ...there's nothing quite as disgusting as a poorly constructed espresso (most) ...there's nothing quite as heavenly as a well-crafted espresso (few) The former can elicit a gag reflex, the latter, a sense of nirvana. Could there be any other food item that is so "bi-polar", so mercurial? Mon Mar 24 09:23:16 -0700 2008 3490029 20300 cgfan 1 3527339 I posed this question to 15 kindergarteners today. 2 - onion 2 - mushrooms 1 - lamb 3 - lettuce 1 - said all vegetables 6 - steak Tue Mar 25 16:16:04 -0700 2008 3490029 165800 jhopp217 2 3527855 what a great idea! maybe tomorrow you can add those same kids' favorite foods, to see what the extremes are! Tue Mar 25 19:12:15 -0700 2008 3527339 15572 Emme 1 3527464 this whole post is hilarious! i hate cilantro. walking past it in the supermarket used to make me ill. i have trained myself not to spit it out when i eat it in salsa - i have overcome my gag reflex. it took years. i also hate hate hate roasted red peppers that come out of a jar and sundried tomatoes. they taste acidic and sweet, JUST LIKE VOMIT. how gross. however i love fresh tomatoes and fresh red peppers. Tue Mar 25 16:54:45 -0700 2008 3490029 14499 pigtails 1 3613729 I am repulsed by American Cheese. It disgusts me. Strangely enough though, as a child I really dug the stuff. I remember being four years old folding tons of slices into a big tower of perfect little squares and chowing down! (eeegad!) Another creepy american cheese thing I did was this; I would take a Nalley Banquet Dill pickle, wrap it with a slice of american cheese and fill the concoction with a ton of mustard. I thought it was damn good at the time and I remember enjoying it quite a lot. The very thought of American cheese in my mouth sends shivers down my spine now. I don't know when I aquired the aversion to the stuff but THANK GOD! Sun Apr 20 23:07:20 -0700 2008 3490029 184001 blakta2 1 3621917 Hands down that would be mushrooms. I tried them as a kid, no go. I tried them as an adult. same thing. I see so many recipes that look so tasty but when I see a mushroom peeking out at me I wanna hurl. I can't stand the sight nor the smell or the taste. It is too bad really since alot of dishes call for mushrooms. Maybe it was because I was forced to eat them as a kid, the rubbery kind that came in a can. ack Organ meats okra lima beans duck pigs feet These are foods that I won't touch even if I am starving and that is all that is available to eat. Just thinking about them makes me shudder! Wed Apr 23 08:00:01 -0700 2008 3490029 180068 Smileelisa 2 3659076 Have youj tried fresh, wild mushrooms? TT had the same aversion to Tuna, but has since discovered that REAL tuna bears no resemblance to that cat food in a can stuff. TT Mon May 05 15:08:21 -0700 2008 3621917 19247 TexasToast 1 3659766 I like just about everything. There are only 2 things that I have never acquired a taste for. First is LIVER. I have tried and tried again. Pate, foie gras, chopped liver, liverwurst, liver and onions. I just can't stand it. Second is raw tomatoes. I like them cooked in anything, made into soups, sauces, roasted, sun dried anything but raw. It can ruin a whole meal if I get raw tomato juice on anything (burger bun, salad leaves, etc.) Mon May 05 18:32:31 -0700 2008 3490029 183241 misnatalie 1 3659861 Does anyone else hate Hot Dogs? I think I'm the only one. Mon May 05 19:08:56 -0700 2008 3490029 57748 dwilde 2 3668026 I will not eat a Hot Dog, and would not eat one as a child, either. nasty things, but I wouldn't say I hate them, they are too far beneath contempt for hate ;-) Now I HATE blue cheese. (and rancid shellfish...about equally) Thu May 08 07:55:25 -0700 2008 3659861 10471 danna 1 3668087 Anything Russian or Polish Thu May 08 08:11:51 -0700 2008 3490029 94651 NYJewboy 1 3670964 MARMITE! It is vile beyond belief. Just the smell of it on someone's breath makes me want to vomit. I also hate avocado. It's a texture thing. Fri May 09 02:42:40 -0700 2008 3490029 110146 greedygirl 1 3729103 Cooked spinach. I love it fresh and raw, but if it's cooked, it tastes like... well, let me paint a picture. In the South, when one cuts their lawn, they gather up their clippings and put them into a black plastic bag. Then, when you take them up to the curb for pickup, there is always a tear in one, or more of the bags. These bags have held grass-clippings, in the sun and Southern heat, for a couple of days. Things have happened inside these bags - chemical things - bad things. The smell of those moldering grass-clippings is what all cooked spinach tastes like to me. Considering my advanced age, I cannot possibly imagine that I will "grow out of" this dislike. Hope no one was sitting down to dinner, with their laptops, as it is not a pretty picture. Hunt Wed May 28 18:29:42 -0700 2008 3490029 11329 Bill Hunt 1 3746837 Olives...The Horror!!! They just make me gag and yes, I've tried "artisanal" ones. Bitter and nasty, not unlike myself....Haven't read anything about one of my biggest food yecchs: The Hazelnut (cue scary music....) A friend who shares my aversion summed it up best by saying they tasted like eating an old library book that had been handled by many sweaty hands for many years. Having never eaten a library book (Old or new), I still knew exactly what he meant. They are just so wrong on every level. Fresh, roasted, or worst of all, in CHOCOLATE!!!! Don't f*ck up my chocolate by trying to sneak those nasty, papery, weird nuts in there!!! Also can't stand cucumbers. I WANT to like them, they smell good, etc.,but they make me hiccup, burp and worse. Yes, I've tried the English "burpless" ones and they are NOT!!! Don't get me started on squash...ewww. Ditto eggplant, oysters, okra. Not liking water?! or worse, BACON?! That's just weird. LOL Tue Jun 03 17:08:21 -0700 2008 3490029 154787 adamshoe 2 3754968 I don't know if the OP would consider this a "normal foodstuff" but I cannot eat smoked oysters. They are one of my SO's favourite snacks, so I do keep them in the house, but he has to open and plate them. It's the smell, the taste and the texture combined -- all heinous! And God forbid I should forget myself, pick up the empty dish afterward and get some of that oil on my hands... ACK! Thu Jun 05 23:17:52 -0700 2008 3746837 169233 grayelf 1 3754943 Ketchup. Can't even stand the smell of it! Thu Jun 05 22:52:51 -0700 2008 3490029 161870 Cinemaverite1 1 5201364 As I just described in the thread on childhood food, I am have been completely ruined for pork due to some childhood food traumas. I recoil from any dish that has even a hint of porkiness to it. This includes ribs and pulled pork. (except for bacon. love bacon). Any cheese stronger than a toddler would eat. This includes asiago and feta. Forget about blue cheese! Chicken wings. I have no idea what the appeal is. All that bone and skin, not to mention the blue cheese dressing! Dark meat poultry. Reminds me of pork. 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