572886 Mon Nov 17 05:58:25 -0800 2008 557 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 4179442 Aside from the obvious things you might find on Fear Factor, what's the one basic food you just can't tolerate. It can't be because you are allergic to, or medically have to stay away from, just something your taste buds say - get out of my mouth when you try to eat it. This is the kind of scale I'm talking about--- I don't like fresh corriander, but I would it if someone gave me $5.00, but I wouldn't eat a spoonful of goat cheese for $5.00, I'd need at least $25.00 to eat it. Mon Nov 17 05:58:25 -0800 2008 10147 michele cindy 1 4179456 Eggs. The smell alone makes me gag. I wish I liked them, because the idea of omlettes is appealing, but I haven't been able to since I was 6 years old. Not an allergy, just an aversion. It would take way more than $25 to get me to eat them. I could probably gag down creme brulee for $100 if there were enough caramel sauce. Mon Nov 17 06:06:22 -0800 2008 4179442 11228 BeeZee 2 4179510 I'm in your camp. I even have trouble making hard boiled eggs for my wife Mon Nov 17 06:22:31 -0800 2008 4179456 204342 FriedClamFanatic 3 5140341 I love eggs, but only if they're prepared in one of the few ways that I like (particularly fried with the yolk still raw, i.e. over light). Soft boiled and hard boiled eggs make me gag, and I think I'd need about $100 to motivate me to eat one. The rubbery appearance of the white is sending my stomach into flip-flops just thinking about it. Thu Oct 29 09:52:13 -0700 2009 4179510 75881 vorpal 4 5150810 What about raw eggs? I used to have one for breakfast every morning, in the 60's before corporate salmonilla became so prevalent. Mon Nov 02 18:21:13 -0800 2009 5140341 93538 Passadumkeg 5 5170839 I've never tried a raw egg just on its own (in mayo and ice cream, yes). Did you eat it on something or with any flavouring added to it? Tue Nov 10 13:24:56 -0800 2009 5150810 75881 vorpal 6 5170969 I was playing high school football and my dad and uncles told me to eat a raw eggs to bulk up. Duh, so I ate raw eggs mixed in milk or as shooters from the shell. The dumbness does not stop, in my twenties, I used to plop one in my beer for better nutrition. I still love soft "snotty" boiled eggs, but use local organic. Eat raw eggs on steak tartare too. Biut I'll still take a fresh raw egg over the powdered scrambled eggs or the scrambled eggs w/ ham in my C-rations packages 'Nam, any day! Tue Nov 10 14:13:55 -0800 2009 5170839 93538 Passadumkeg 7 5172164 My dad would crack an egg into a glass and drink it. I think he would out a dash of worsteshire sauce in it too. I tried it once, not so bad, nothing I want to do again. I thought of one more to add to my list. Chipped beef, $20.00 . Wed Nov 11 04:56:38 -0800 2009 5170969 10147 michele cindy 8 5172174 In the military also called SOS! Still a lot better than C-rations, though. Wed Nov 11 05:05:23 -0800 2009 5172164 93538 Passadumkeg 6 5181000 Hasn't anyone had egg nog made from scratch? Yes, before the chemical laden cartons of egg nog people would whip it up in a blender with, yes, raw eggs and drink it. Never killed me. Sat Nov 14 07:43:59 -0800 2009 5170839 12072 Googs 7 5185021 my sister made it, but it was cooked, and was like a custard-style. talk about decadent!! Mon Nov 16 06:38:04 -0800 2009 5181000 105717 alkapal 2 4179981 I'm so happy to see other egg averse people here! I have a theory that my aversion is tied to the timing of breakfast stops for everyone else right about the time my motion sickness kicked in on family trips. The only other food I will absolutely not eat is mayonnaise. The thought of getting a perfectly good sandwich with mayo by mistake almost makes me cry. Mon Nov 17 09:20:49 -0800 2008 4179456 135311 mpjmph 3 4180745 Thats how I am about anything with Miracle Whip. Just ruins it for me. Mon Nov 17 13:02:27 -0800 2008 4179981 109905 laliz 3 4183406 Mayo makes me gag. Mustard too. I used to love tuna salad sandwiches as a kid (toasted english muffin, cheddar cheese), but now... yick. Tue Nov 18 11:24:58 -0800 2008 4179981 131105 Emmmily 3 4196174 I feel the same way about mayo...it is one of the few things i can't work with if they accidentally put it on my sandwich. I'll go ahead and eat almost any mistake, but not a mayo mistake. Sun Nov 23 13:38:25 -0800 2008 4179981 157030 iluvtennis 4 4208677 Why do they ruin good sandwiches and good sushi rolls with mayo? Sat Nov 29 15:14:46 -0800 2008 4196174 152043 TampaAurora 5 4244972 I don't mind chilled mayo, but hot mayo makes me ill. like, when a shop slathers a sandwich in mayo, then puts it through the toaster oven. yuck! Sat Dec 13 19:33:01 -0800 2008 4208677 65040 cheetobrain 6 4245790 hot artichoke dip made with mayo, mozz and parm is delicious to me -- esp. with added garlic and spinach! Sun Dec 14 09:37:25 -0800 2008 4244972 105717 alkapal 7 4250718 OMG, alkapal - I love that stuff too! I had forgotten all about it, but now that the holidays are here...I think it's time to whip up a fresh batch! Tue Dec 16 09:01:25 -0800 2008 4245790 233294 cuccubear 8 4252499 i've got a couple of chow threads on that topic in my favorites folder that i'd direct you to, if you wanted me too. i'd give you the links. but, it was only a day or two ago that i realized not anyone but i can "see" my list of favorites. Tue Dec 16 18:37:40 -0800 2008 4250718 105717 alkapal 9 4253433 Thanks - "If you post them, I will go"...Looking for variations as well. Wed Dec 17 07:24:15 -0800 2008 4252499 233294 cuccubear 10 4253717 well, all-righty, then! **acknowledgements to one of my (very most) favorite films, "ace ventura, pet detective." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66UUgH5k1eo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrgaIFB9Zdc&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7pX9IHTDn8 hot artichoke dip sans mayo: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/455704 with all: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/523862 ok, i just had an epiphany: combine knorr's veg soup/dip mix with all the spinach dip components (and i add extra scallions -- with the nice green parts) and THEN add the hot artichoke dip combo (parm, mozz, garlic, mayo, etc.). AWESOME (i'm thinkin'). ps. sometimes it is easier for one to google one's screen name (e.g., alkapal) and the topic (hot artichoke dip), rather than slogging through chowhound stuff -- cause their search engines stink. there is a quite simple recipe that i relate (therein) from a friend in a club. so simple, and so delish. but, hey, let's GO FOR THE GUSTO!!! Wed Dec 17 08:59:53 -0800 2008 4253433 105717 alkapal 11 4266208 Thanks for the links! The mayo recipe is quite familiar to me, but I like your idea of combining it with a spinach dip...just thinking about it makes my arteries spasm, but my mouth water. Mon Dec 22 10:22:16 -0800 2008 4253717 233294 cuccubear 7 4255806 I like to dip salty Santita chips into it. I have been accused of making oinking sounds when eating it. Please pass the hot mayo. LOL Wed Dec 17 22:32:45 -0800 2008 4245790 137755 Sal Vanilla 6 4441784 haha or YUM. One man's trash... Sun Feb 22 12:55:40 -0800 2009 4244972 242801 CoryKatherine 5 4597260 I don't know who "they" are (who are ruining your sushi rolls), but the Japanese adore mayonnaise. I recently bought mayonnaise potato chips (http://japanesesnackreviews.blogspot.com/2009/03/mayo-mania-corn-snacks.html) and they taste like eating mayonnaise from the jar. There's also a Japanese "we love mayo" fan club and they put it on everything including pizza. One of my students tells me that she has a piece of toast with salad slathered with mayonnaise every morning for breakfast. I've never known a country to be as bonkers about mayo as Japan, so I'm guessing that's where the idea of ruining your sushi rolls came from since there's no place they won't put it. Wed Apr 15 05:50:59 -0700 2009 4208677 98208 Orchid64 6 4597547 I just thought of something: Mayo is to Japan what Bacon is to the US. Wed Apr 15 07:34:51 -0700 2009 4597260 10832 Humbucker 6 4883006 "They" was very general - meaning anyone who uses mayo. Period. I just honestly and truly dislike mayo. I'm not against it for the sake of "authenticity" or anything like that, just against the taste, texture and smell of mayo. It doesn't matter what it is a part of, sushi and sandwiches are just the examples I came up with for posting purposes. Wed Jul 22 22:01:25 -0700 2009 4597260 152043 TampaAurora 2 4181627 love scrambled eggs, a good omelet... but you will not get me near egg salad. permanent damage from childhood, when i liked them and my mom made them again, and again, and again...along with that other purveyor of nausea, mayonnaise...well, the combination sends me into a tailspin. Mon Nov 17 18:26:39 -0800 2008 4179456 15170 Local 3 4224887 Hard boiled eggs, egg salad, deviled eggs - all egg products along that variety would require serious financial compensation. Sat Dec 06 04:31:58 -0800 2008 4181627 180127 cresyd 4 4227123 Me too. I only like eggs that are slick, slippery smoothe (not runny, though) and mobile--or baked beyond recognition in a cake. Sun Dec 07 10:16:22 -0800 2008 4224887 196419 Kate is always hungry 3 4226386 That's really interesting. I can't stand mayo, and the idea of egg salad simply disgusts me - even though I love eggs (scrambled, fried, or hard boiled), egg yolk on my toast, etc. And mayonnaise is made from eggs and oil as far as I know - neither of which I find offensive, as I do mayonnaise. Sat Dec 06 20:46:46 -0800 2008 4181627 105609 tvdxer 4 4248814 I have to say banana and banana anything. Mon Dec 15 14:01:31 -0800 2008 4226386 224081 BamiaWruz 5 4249616 raw bananas - i can't stand them... fried or otherwise cooked are fine, but raw just makes me nauseous Mon Dec 15 19:36:20 -0800 2008 4248814 108970 imprylfsh 6 4254647 Ding! Raw and *ripe* bananas, specifically, for me. I can eat plain bananas if they're at least a little green, and no one slices them. I know, that's odd, but bananas get slimy when you slice them. I try to eat them by breaking off chunks instead of biting them so the ends don't get slimed. I consider it a personal affront that something like 92% of smoothies contain banana. Grandma's Jell-O with cut up banana in it was my childhood horror. She eventually started making me a separate dish. Wed Dec 17 13:45:14 -0800 2008 4249616 23882 dtremit 7 4257778 Interesting... and for me, a banana with even the slightest bit of green on it makes me gag. For me it's got to be yellow and fairly speckled before I consider it edible. Thu Dec 18 14:25:25 -0800 2008 4254647 116047 The Professor 8 4880230 I have a friend who is absolutely disgusted by the sight of a grown man eating a banana. Women and kids are fine, it's just the men. Funny, isn't it? Wonder what Freud would have to say about that one. Wed Jul 22 07:14:57 -0700 2009 4257778 190361 Cattie 9 4882504 freud would be laughing his a$$ off -- that is, if he laughed! i just wonder how your friend (male or female friend -- just curious) even came to observe this disgust! obviously there are some deep-seated childhood issues..... LOL! Wed Jul 22 18:09:57 -0700 2009 4880230 105717 alkapal 10 5011284 sometimes a banana is just a banana Mon Sep 07 12:26:14 -0700 2009 4882504 135229 thew 8 5084249 and i refuse to eat a banana if it has speckles on it at all, even one! Tue Oct 06 18:54:00 -0700 2009 4257778 264146 kubasd 8 5084252 and i just saw the date of this post.... damnit, sorry Tue Oct 06 18:54:34 -0700 2009 4257778 264146 kubasd 9 5084720 I'm the OP and I add things as I think of them. I don't think the date matters since the discussion really isn't time relative. Like now, I just thought of another one, Spam. I'd need about $20.00 to eat it. Wed Oct 07 03:53:37 -0700 2009 5084252 10147 michele cindy 10 5084914 Sorry, michele, Spam is Nov. 18, be careful or people will get anal on you. Make it $50 for me. Wed Oct 07 06:11:14 -0700 2009 5084720 93538 Passadumkeg 11 5090344 or oral, as they got all up in my business about the beef tongue! I still want to try it some time, just have to work on my nerve... Fri Oct 09 02:08:36 -0700 2009 5084914 24126 amyzan 12 5090351 In our little Maine town< I can't even get the 2 supermarkets to order beef tongue for me. I loathe Wallyworld (I can't even type Walm666.), but a new Superwallyworld was opened last month. On Sunday, Ms Keg dragged me along for a look. They have beef tongue! What to do, what to do? Well.... I guess if the other supermarkets can get it..... Fri Oct 09 02:49:20 -0700 2009 5090344 93538 Passadumkeg 13 5090533 Maybe I'll have to start thinking of it as lengua to disassociate myself from the animal further... Fri Oct 09 06:08:49 -0700 2009 5090351 24126 amyzan 10 5140353 Hear, hear! I have never tried spam, and I wouldn't think of doing so for less than $200. Thu Oct 29 09:55:51 -0700 2009 5084720 75881 vorpal 11 5184670 i second the spam. I bought it a few years ago when money was extremely tight, but i couldn't bring myself to eat it..... and ended up throwing it away after browning it... the waste killed me, but just couldn't do it Sun Nov 15 23:02:23 -0800 2009 5140353 264146 kubasd 2 4186578 I have the same gagging reflex problem with cucumbers. Just the smell of raw cucumbers (and I can smell them a mile away) makes me want to gag. Wed Nov 19 12:18:32 -0800 2008 4179456 22285 dpan 3 4206311 RAW CUCUMBERS. I have a cast iron stomach, but cucumbers give me chills...I love pickles however. Fri Nov 28 02:11:18 -0800 2008 4186578 146405 stricken 3 4255811 How do you feel about the soaps and lotions they claim smell of cucumber? Do you get the same feeling with zucchini? Wed Dec 17 22:36:25 -0800 2008 4186578 137755 Sal Vanilla 2 4196037 Same here: eggs. Blue cheese as well. Sun Nov 23 12:21:39 -0800 2008 4179456 27312 lvecch 2 4206099 I am glad to see I'm not the only egg-fearing chowhounder. I can't even be near them when they are cooking or smell someone else eating them. My theory is that some people's sense of smell is very sensitive to the sulfer odor eggs emit and simply can't eat them. For $500, I would eat a forkfull, but only if I could swallow them without smelling them or chewing them. I would also need something strong as a chaser- maybe a Bloody Mary. Thu Nov 27 19:26:19 -0800 2008 4179456 240335 njchowgal 1 4179458 Limburger cheese nuff said Mon Nov 17 06:07:08 -0800 2008 4179442 77397 Eric in NJ 2 4179517 I used to hate the smell of parmesan - smells like sick. Tastes great though, fresh and shaved onto the right pasta/pizza. Mon Nov 17 06:24:46 -0800 2008 4179458 180623 Soop 3 4183126 interesting I have the same problem with romano cheese, although I'd eat it even without $. Funny to see the many things listed here that I find wonderful. I have yet to find somthing that I would have to be paid to eat but I have never had durian. Tue Nov 18 10:06:26 -0800 2008 4179517 89493 scubadoo97 3 5086888 We call parmesan "stinky feet cheese" at our house because that's what it sometimes smells like. I think bleu cheese smells like vomit. But I consume both of these cheeses. Wed Oct 07 16:57:10 -0700 2009 4179517 290845 KristieB 1 4179462 Did you happen to watch Amazing Race last night? One couple was eliminated, basically because he couldn't eat sheep's rump (he was a vegetarian and hadn't eaten meat in years, and had to get through the dish quickly). The entire time, I was thinking to myself. 'that actually looks pretty good'. (it was in a stew with onions and such, was very fatty) :-) for me, it's bananas. No allergy, just an extremely strong aversion. I'd eat them for a chance at a million dollar game prize though. For $25 though: forget it. Goat cheese, on the other hand, I happy pay others to eat. :-) Mon Nov 17 06:07:50 -0800 2008 4179442 10158 susancinsf 2 4182107 I'm with Susan on the bananas...no surprise there. And like her, I would eat them for a million dollars, or even one for a thousand....but I wouldn't go lower than that. I thought the stew last night looked ok too.....especially if there had been a little bit of bread to sop up some of the grease..... Its funny about the goat cheese: last week I learned after almost twenty four years of marriage to the guy that DH hates goat cheese almost as much as I hate bananas....he just isn't vocal about it. Who knew???? Mon Nov 17 22:28:45 -0800 2008 4179462 10290 janetofreno 1 4179465 - veggie burger - veggie bacon - any fake meat Mon Nov 17 06:10:05 -0800 2008 4179442 26725 swsidejim 2 4181852 Yes to the fake. I feel the same way towards "Krab," with a "K," especially if they list it as "crab," but that is fodder for another thread, or two. There are enough evil natural products on this Earth, that we do not need artificial bad ones. Hunt Mon Nov 17 20:03:03 -0800 2008 4179465 11329 Bill Hunt 3 4182384 I agree. Lab meat/fish, etc is not something I caret to eat. I'll also add tofu to my list of things I will not eat for $$$ Tue Nov 18 05:28:41 -0800 2008 4181852 26725 swsidejim 4 4183278 I'm just curious, what don't you like about tofu? Tue Nov 18 10:51:53 -0800 2008 4182384 229028 marietinn 5 4189053 texture, "taste", smell. etc. Thu Nov 20 09:23:52 -0800 2008 4183278 26725 swsidejim 6 4194581 i used to feel the same way until i learned how to cook it properly. Sat Nov 22 14:25:03 -0800 2008 4189053 153184 im_nomad 7 4213479 for a quick real chinese meal, a loaf of soft tofu drizzled with soy sauce and topped off with chopped green onions on rice. Mon Dec 01 20:47:23 -0800 2008 4194581 154523 AndyGanil 8 4240179 oh yessss! that's what i'm having tonight. and then drizzle some hot oil over it. sesam oil is good. i used to freaking hate tofu, too. found it bland, boring, stupid texture. but i've had very flavorful (or well-flavored, I guess) firm tofu stir-fried that was really almost like chicken. and that soft stuff???? oh my! nobody said you can't add piles of ground pork, hot peppers and other yummy stuff to make ma po tofu. i truly am a tofu convert, albeit just for a couple dishes -- Thu Dec 11 16:21:25 -0800 2008 4213479 116513 linguafood 9 4240379 One of my most pleasant finds here in Hawaii is a Chinese steam table place that lightly simmers soft tofu cubes in vietnamese chili garlic sauce & lots of added chopped garlic. Its so damned good... I would choose a thick burger.. that I have to laugh at poor souls who've never had a good Tofu experience... and don't have the Chowisdom to know where to look for one. Thu Dec 11 17:54:26 -0800 2008 4240179 42572 Eat_Nopal 10 4240595 You maybe go become good kine way now, Brudda! Can change name to Eat Poi and be defender all ting Hawai'i. Thu Dec 11 19:22:38 -0800 2008 4240379 36661 Sam Fujisaka 11 4240877 Probably not... Nopales are such food of the soul for me... but I have to say 2 day fermented Poi tastes kind of like Fage. Thu Dec 11 21:53:32 -0800 2008 4240595 42572 Eat_Nopal 11 4241124 lol, sam: "all ting hawai'i" made me think of "sebastian": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_(The_Little_Mermaid) Fri Dec 12 03:55:10 -0800 2008 4240595 105717 alkapal 11 4241421 I'm wondering if your nom de plume is bigtuna27? Fri Dec 12 07:07:07 -0800 2008 4240595 137946 Scargod 8 5086898 I really love the Frugal Gourmet's recipe for bean curd with hot meat sauce. It is in the first book under the international section. I hate tofu that is fried too much. It remindes me of way overcooked eggs. Wed Oct 07 17:01:08 -0700 2009 4213479 290845 KristieB 2 4184720 Have you ever wondered why carnivores/omnivores never try to make a fake carrot out of meat the way that vegetarians try to make fake bacon and hamburgers out of veggies? Seems to me that if you're *really* a vegetarian, you wouldn't want anything remotely reminiscent of meat. Curious. Tue Nov 18 19:14:08 -0800 2008 4179465 112096 Caroline1 3 4184761 Nothing is stopping a carnivore from eating a carrot, while something (themselves) IS stopping vegetarians from eating meat. Tue Nov 18 19:31:44 -0800 2008 4184720 10832 Humbucker 3 4184945 "Seems to me that if you're *really* a vegetarian, you wouldn't want anything remotely reminiscent of meat." Many vegetarians love meat but don't want to kill animals. Fake meat is the next best thing. ~A "Real" Vegetarian Tue Nov 18 20:57:20 -0800 2008 4184720 92744 invinotheresverde 4 4185180 Bless your heart. I sincerely hope that you and all vegetarians who love meat find it more satisfying than I find diet mayonnaise! Wed Nov 19 02:12:15 -0800 2008 4184945 112096 Caroline1 5 4185509 I think ANYTHING is more satisying than diet mayo! :) Wed Nov 19 06:47:38 -0800 2008 4185180 92744 invinotheresverde 3 4189061 I have stopped trying to figure vegetarians out. But I do agree with your post. Thu Nov 20 09:25:11 -0800 2008 4184720 26725 swsidejim 3 4194586 Caroline, it's also because it's an easy, and appealing way to get a good jolt of protein without, say, having to eat five cups of beans :) I've had a couple of experiences though when something was too "meat-like" for me...cooked portobella mushrooms are in this category. Sat Nov 22 14:28:58 -0800 2008 4184720 153184 im_nomad 4 4195770 no worries ! I fired that response off without saying more...oops. I too, regularly throw out all sorts of otherwise offensive names to my closest friends, and vice versa. Also in the interest of self-deprication, I occasionally call myself a few, lol. On a side note, I forget that i've been around here long enough to be known. Coolness. as for the mushrooms...i can't explain it...and it's only an occasional thing, i still eat portabellas. Just occasionally i get that reaction. Sun Nov 23 09:27:53 -0800 2008 4195535 153184 im_nomad 5 4196006 Good. I am an omnivore and yet there has been a few times when the odor of beef cooking has been offensive. Dr. Spin Sun Nov 23 12:02:53 -0800 2008 4195770 137946 Scargod 4 4206312 I eat pretty much everything, and people (the vegitarians) have been lying to me for years telling me that grilled portabella has a "meaty" texture. It does not. It has a "mushroomy" texture. I know the difference between a tenderloin and a shroom. Stop the propoganda. Fri Nov 28 02:16:08 -0800 2008 4194586 146405 stricken 5 4206547 I am not a Vegetarian but once we had a portabella that we marinated in italian dressing( oil and vinegar) and threw it on a hot grill and it was pretty good, probably the closest thing to meat for a Vegetarian . Fri Nov 28 07:59:20 -0800 2008 4206312 12130 malibumike 5 4207087 You eat vegetarians, too? Perhaps, only those that lie to you? Fri Nov 28 14:07:11 -0800 2008 4206312 137946 Scargod 6 4207226 If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, is the vegetarian still wrong? Or if a vegetarian had never eaten meat how would they know what it it tastes like? Or if God had meant for Texans to ski, would he have given them mountains? Fri Nov 28 15:47:07 -0800 2008 4207087 93538 Passadumkeg 7 4207262 Passadumkeg...in my world, the vegetarian (me) is NEVER wrong, XD ...I jest. Actually on the whole mushroom debate that seems to be ruffling feathers, it's not simply a taste thing, it's also a texture thing, and I can't explain it. Perhaps it's the umami thing. Who knows....if i ever get around to figuring myself out...i'll let you know. btw, I haven't eaten meat in ten years, so i kinda remember what it tastes, like, HOWEVER, having once accidentally eaten a bite of chicken a couple of years ago hidden in a burrito, I can tell you that it tasted NOTHING like I remembered....and it was not pleasant . Now i'm not one of the veg's who gets nauseated at the smell of cooking meat (roast chicken and bacon smells still smell good to me), and i'll actually cook it for you if you ask nicely, but that piece of chicken (incoming weirdness), tasted to me, like what wet feathers smell like. Fri Nov 28 16:11:02 -0800 2008 4207226 153184 im_nomad 8 4207346 oh goodness, i-m nomad, WHAT DOESN"t ruffle feathers on chowhound?!?! "my nostrils are too large to appreciate foie gras!" "oh, well, nostrils have nothing to do whatsoever in the vastest universe with the appreciation of foie gras!" "oh well, i had an aunt who had the largest nose and she only liked authentic fried skunk fritters, and nothing else! -- and she was an expert epicure, no doubt about it!" Fri Nov 28 17:07:52 -0800 2008 4207262 105717 alkapal 5 4207149 just a thought stricken....but perhaps it's NOT meaty to you because you're not a vegetarian..... Fri Nov 28 14:55:43 -0800 2008 4206312 153184 im_nomad 6 4213108 This reminds me of sexuality and homophobia, but I won't go there... It's not about food! Mon Dec 01 18:07:40 -0800 2008 4207149 137946 Scargod 1 4179470 AFAIC, Dishes are down to preparation. I like most foods, but here's my price list: $1 Pesto $5 Raw carrot, very gamey meats (pigeon), Peas, lukewarm full-fat milk $10 fruit in anything savoury (rasins in curry, pineapple on pizza etc), Turnips, Parsnips, tiramasu $25 a teabag, 10 jacobs crackers w/out water $50 an unpeeled whole lemon/lime $100 Eyeballs, Brains, Heart, Lung of stuff *PS, I hate raw corriander too, it smells like milk to me. Mon Nov 17 06:11:19 -0800 2008 4179442 180623 Soop 2 4314272 I had to get this far down the list before I could think of a single thing I won't eat, but I am at least in the $100 range on the sweet/savory thing. Whoever thought Hawaiian pizza was a good idea has to be out of their mind. YUK! That's why I can stand jelly/jam/preserves on anything that doesn't resemble a danish or a cookie, and even then I'll pass. My mother always told me I was the only kid in the world that hated PBJ sandwiches. I'll take my PB plain thank you very much. Sat Jan 10 13:01:53 -0800 2009 4179470 253542 cycloneillini 3 4314382 I like the sweet savory combo in some respects but i'm with you on hawaiian pizza. pineapple does not belong on a pizza.... Sat Jan 10 13:44:19 -0800 2009 4314272 153184 im_nomad 3 4441800 haha this is good. my mom and i debate all the time. she thinks sweet with savory is the devil's work. I literally got in trouble as a kid for trying to put syrup on my bacon/sausage as well as my pancakes. I still love sweet and savory together almost 100% of the time. And i like Hawaiian pizza! Sun Feb 22 13:00:54 -0800 2009 4314272 242801 CoryKatherine 1 4179473 at any price: mayo...nightmarish and evil.... i barely let my wife keep it in the house... Mon Nov 17 06:12:21 -0800 2008 4179442 30139 aklein 1 4179480 Hard boiled or deviled egg Cottage cheese Mon Nov 17 06:13:23 -0800 2008 4179442 11990 Janet from Richmond 2 4226302 As a child i used to eat cottage cheese on bread everyday until one day i got the stomach flu after having eaten some. Now i only tolerate it in lasagna. Sat Dec 06 19:37:26 -0800 2008 4179480 161693 blond_america 1 4179488 Milk. I have to keep it in the house to add to certain dishes and the occassional glass that my husband will have, but I can't stand it. According to my mom, I wouldn't even drink it as a baby. It makes me want to vomit. I would need to get upwards of $100 just to even THINK about taking a sip. Mon Nov 17 06:17:01 -0800 2008 4179442 220914 krisrishere 2 4179504 I used to have that. I can now drink skimmed ice cold milk, but I think it was because of the awful-smelling cartons in school - invariably full fat. Gosh, the reek of that ... stuff .. in summer was enough to put you off for life. Mon Nov 17 06:20:43 -0800 2008 4179488 180623 Soop 2 4181138 me, too...never ever ever drank milk! milk is cow formula, to make baby cows big & strong...I will never understand how it got OK for humans to drink the stuff it would take some big money for me to drink an 8 ounce glass- I'm in the mid 4 figure range off the top of my head Mon Nov 17 14:52:33 -0800 2008 4179488 202713 nolapark 3 4181246 agreed, ...in college someone in a biology class said it was essentially cow sweat (and in checking this out, it appears they were close - see wikipedia) ...have never been able to rid myself of that concept, and stopped drinking it then...no problem w/ sour cream, cream, butter, ice cream...but a glass of milk- not gonna happen. Mon Nov 17 15:31:19 -0800 2008 4181138 15170 Local 4 4181541 That's similar to my DH's issues with tomatoes. He loves fresh tomatoes, tomato soup, tomato sauces, but can barely look at a glass of tomato juice. I drink several glasses of tomato juice a day and he's horrified to see it in the glass. Mon Nov 17 17:55:03 -0800 2008 4181246 222865 FoodChic 2 4181562 yep I HATE milk. It also doesn't help that my mom forced me to drink it as a kid. However I will add it to cereal, but I usually add about 1/2 a cup of milk to 2 cups of cereal...just to get it moist. Then I have to sprinkle cinnamon on it so I can't taste the milk. I can't even drink it while holding my nose (yes I have tried this and it STILL takes like shit). funny how someone above said that milk is similar in composition to sweat, bc I remember someone telling me that it's basically cow puss ): Mon Nov 17 18:04:03 -0800 2008 4179488 24546 bitsubeats 2 4194603 yeah milk for me is one of those things that i've drank a few times because I knew it was good for me , but white milk is gaggish for me, as well as milky cereal. I can handle chocolate milk, but have of late gone over to soy milk. Oddly I love yogurt. my mother can not drink milk at ALL, due in part to the fact that she couldn't keep it down while pregnant. I figure this is where I got it from. Sat Nov 22 14:37:38 -0800 2008 4179488 153184 im_nomad 2 4287653 I cannot drink milk without some kind of syrup, like chocolate or strawberry. Plain white milk is disgusting to me. I really think it's the smell. Thu Jan 01 10:15:43 -0800 2009 4179488 115828 hotteacher1976 3 4288586 What smell? I drink milk (Broguiere's) and there is no smell. Thu Jan 01 18:02:39 -0800 2009 4287653 239340 latindancer 4 4441807 I agree, I don't notice any smell to milk unless it's bad. But lets remember that lactose tolerance is a genetic mutation. Most of the world's population is milk intolerant and maybe that is why so many people are averse. Sun Feb 22 13:03:18 -0800 2009 4288586 242801 CoryKatherine 1 4179566 hot dogs, sausage, and pomegranates...don't ask, but all based on traumatic birthday party experiences occuring before the age of 7. for years i could not even think about pomegranates without my stomach flipping. Mon Nov 17 06:42:50 -0800 2008 4179442 15170 Local 1 4179578 There's no amount of money that could make me eat calves' liver. Every once in a while, when dining with someone else who has ordered it, I'll be subjected to something like this: "Oh, I know you think you don't care for calves' liver but you probably just haven't had it done right. This is just spectactular. I know you'll change your mind if you give this a try!" And I'll be a good sport and take a tiny bite, always with high hopes. I inevitably end up wishing I could just spit it into my napkin, but I politely swallow and then rinse my mouth out with wine. Mon Nov 17 06:48:33 -0800 2008 4179442 10787 Deenso 2 4181858 Yes to liver. I was not a fan, and then in my youth, I read "Portnoy's Complaint." That did it for liver (except foie gras) for me. I usually start reciting the "liver incident," and no one offers me anything... Hunt Mon Nov 17 20:05:58 -0800 2008 4179578 11329 Bill Hunt 2 4182322 Ditto on the calves' liver - blech. I just say no to chicken liver too. Now, foie gras is a whole other ballgame - my absolute favorite! I had a rabbit kidney at Per Se a couple of years ago too... I don't remember it to have had that iron/blood taste that completely freaks me out. Tue Nov 18 04:44:13 -0800 2008 4179578 71241 lynnlato 2 4187865 Wow - of all the common foods I've seen listed, this one blows my mind only because I love it so much. Well, maybe it's not that common, but you can at least buy it in larger grocery stores. I still love to pile it on French bread or brioche for breakfast. Truly one of the best delicacies I've ever eaten. Sorry you don't enjoy it. It really sucks that we all have foods that we can't tolerate. Wed Nov 19 20:33:56 -0800 2008 4179578 240374 Bomberman760 3 4188204 We eat a lot of liverwurst on French toast. We enjoy liver onions and potatoes. Northern European soul food. Thu Nov 20 02:25:34 -0800 2008 4187865 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4255819 Lots of folks love pate, wurst and all sorts of chicken liver fixups - but when you fry or saute a calf or pig liver.... ACK! I have to go...... Wed Dec 17 22:43:05 -0800 2008 4188204 137755 Sal Vanilla 5 4255990 As Frank Zappa sang, " "It's in your mind, in your mind, in you mind...." Thu Dec 18 03:17:08 -0800 2008 4255819 93538 Passadumkeg 6 4257993 Perhaps! I smell it cooking and literally - I gag. Like I have to concentrate not to barf. The only other things that can do that to me are things I have had to clean up that are definitely inedible (but maybe - at one time_were). Thu Dec 18 16:12:01 -0800 2008 4255990 137755 Sal Vanilla 2 4188247 I feel that you like one of my sisters is leaving more for the rest of us.It' ok Thu Nov 20 04:08:17 -0800 2008 4179578 203919 lcool 2 4188612 I feel the same way about calves liver, Deenso, but oddly, I love chicken liver pate and foie gras... and what is it with people who keep insisting you will convert on the spot if you just try something you hate their way? Thu Nov 20 07:17:12 -0800 2008 4179578 236847 dragonchowmein 3 4188666 I can't believe you like chicken liver but not calf. I bet if you bought it where I buy mine, you would love it! Thu Nov 20 07:33:14 -0800 2008 4188612 137946 Scargod 4 4193434 I too prefer fowl livers to those of mammals. I don't know beans about whether birds have bile ducts or not, but I've long suspected that the strong flavor of mammal livers may come from the bile content. Or maybe it's a simple matter of mammals (like me) not having much in the way of taste receptors for fowl (as opposed to foul) bile content in their livers? However, if calf's liver is "clean" tasting and prepared well (as opposed to being tanned in a frying pan like a sheet of leather), then toss in some caramelized onions with pan fried potatoes and I'm there! I don't know what the difference is, but for me calf's liver only comes in two flavors. Edible and inedible! Fri Nov 21 20:58:50 -0800 2008 4188666 112096 Caroline1 5 4193567 Edible and inedible. You're right. Proberly cooked and overdone shoe leather. Love them onions and spuds too. Fri Nov 21 23:16:37 -0800 2008 4193434 93538 Passadumkeg 5 4444136 Besides filtering nutrients from the blood, the liver filters impurities and toxins as well. While these are broken down into compounds the body can get rid of, the older the animal, the longer this organ has been in use, and accumulations of toxins has to be higher. I really don't know, but it's probably a safe bet that cattle are exposed to pesticides, growth hormones, antibiotics and who knows what else. As to food I wouldn't eat on a bet, there's only one thing that comes to mind... Balut. Was served this while in the Philippines in the early 80's, the sight and smell brought me the closest I've ever been to vomiting at the table. Mon Feb 23 10:38:36 -0800 2009 4193434 259011 Demented 6 4596892 Exactly... that is why I say... eat Blood Sausages instead. Tue Apr 14 22:16:50 -0700 2009 4444136 42572 Eat_Nopal 3 4188904 Dragonchowmein, I, too, adore chopped chicken liver (not whole livers), pork and duck liver pate and foie gras in all forms. But I swear to heaven, every time I've tried calves' liver - and, over the past 60+ years, I really have tried - it makes me gag. I don't care where it comes from, how it's prepared... But I'll still taste it anytime a dining companion orders it and offers me a bite because, hey! you never know. Thu Nov 20 08:46:43 -0800 2008 4188612 10787 Deenso 1 4179669 Brains are delicate and tasty. Liver and limburger both have that strong flavor I like. Milk and mayo might be bad for me, but I still eat them anyway. But if there is a spider anywhere in the vicinity of my plate, I am not eating. Mon Nov 17 07:26:55 -0800 2008 4179442 68363 JungMann 1 4179774 Someone might come up with something, but I can't think of one thing (that is considered food) that I would not eat. There are things I choose not to eat, but am always willing to try things, and nothing comes to mind that is so off putting that I would refuse it, especially for money. My view is that if it is considered food to some, it is food, and though you might no be used to it, it isn't going to kill you. The scale doesn't work for me, as I tend to have cravings at particular times. So one day, If I want chicken, you might have to pay me to eat fish. Another day, the opposite might be true. Sometimes I want black coffee, and sometimes I prefer sugar, and/or cream/bailey's, etc. I don't put much faith in my preferences, because they're dynamic. It keeps things interesting. I am intrigued by people who don't even try certain foods, or are too stubborn to try something again that they didn't like 20 years ago. It seems childish to me. Mon Nov 17 08:06:43 -0800 2008 4179442 142652 madgreek 2 4179903 Yeah, I try to be like you, but I'm full of admiration. I still have certain stigmas ( although less than many people, I'd say). I hate doing a weekly shop, as I invariably end up with something that needs to be eaten, but I want to eat something else instead. Mon Nov 17 08:48:47 -0800 2008 4179774 180623 Soop 3 4181134 I am so with you on this one. I've had to stop weekly shopping because what I buy on Monday I no longer want on Friday. I thought I was alone on this. Mon Nov 17 14:50:43 -0800 2008 4179903 138943 grouper 2 4180055 Once on a business trip to Japan, as the "honored Guest" at a dinner I was offered raw Sea Urchin(insides only) on a little wooden platter. I won't describe what it looked like. Needless to say, I ate it, - followed by copious amounts of sake to wash it downquickly - but NEVER NEVER Again! Mon Nov 17 09:40:23 -0800 2008 4179774 204342 FriedClamFanatic 3 4180427 I would have eaten your uni for free! Mon Nov 17 11:32:12 -0800 2008 4180055 202405 tjr 4 4180979 Next time I"ll take you along! Mon Nov 17 14:06:43 -0800 2008 4180427 204342 FriedClamFanatic 5 4181231 i hope tjr will share...free uni works for me, and you can even keep the sake all to yourself! my #1 "pay to play" food is definitely dried, shredded coconut. i've posted about this before...the mere *thought* of those nasty, waxy strands squeaking between my teeth as i chew is enough to make me shudder & gag simultaneously. Mon Nov 17 15:27:59 -0800 2008 4180979 103920 goodhealthgourmet 3 4188137 I'll PAY to eat those! Thu Nov 20 00:03:41 -0800 2008 4180055 212885 AngelSanctuary 2 4184353 El Greco! Just the way I feel. I would never choose Spam ( A Viet Nam thing.), but if served, I'd eat it. Tue Nov 18 16:47:54 -0800 2008 4179774 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4184774 Good lord man, have you lost your senses? Wouldn't you, at least, have to shoot it first? Tue Nov 18 19:36:21 -0800 2008 4184353 137946 Scargod 4 4185204 No in Maine! I love live bear meat. Most exciting dish I know. Wed Nov 19 02:52:38 -0800 2008 4184774 93538 Passadumkeg 5 4187291 I used to use full Spam can for target practice w/ a colt .45 in country. But if it really meant something to somebody, I wouldn't take their money, I just smile and eat it. I guess I'm growing up. My son and his wife were afraid to take me to restaurants that serve Spam in Seoul. Rather eat Spam w/ Sam than eat a Pop Tart. A Pop Tart: $25. Wed Nov 19 16:03:33 -0800 2008 4185204 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4185235 I've never eaten Spam, it's really revolting to me, so I am putting it on this list too. For about $30.00 I'd try it. Wed Nov 19 03:57:29 -0800 2008 4184353 10147 michele cindy 1 4179901 No money in the world will make me eat a hot dog with ketchup, quiche, or drink a light beer. Mon Nov 17 08:48:33 -0800 2008 4179442 90915 1stand3rd 2 4317116 I am so with you on the hot dog. I love a good hot dog, but would gag if I had to eat ketchup on it - or sweet relish. It's back to the sweet/savory thing I posted earlier. Sun Jan 11 17:42:29 -0800 2009 4179901 253542 cycloneillini 1 4179909 I have always said that I will try anything at least once, but when I read about the maggot filled cheese here on Chow . . . no amount of money would get me to try that! Mon Nov 17 08:50:06 -0800 2008 4179442 80937 danhole 2 4182529 Agreed! YUCK. Tue Nov 18 06:46:45 -0800 2008 4179909 166743 pinkprimp 2 4185279 Wow, okay, I didn't think I'd think of anything reading this that I wouldn't eat for more than a couple of dollars, but you win. It would take a looooot for this one. Wed Nov 19 04:40:00 -0800 2008 4179909 113376 Olallieberry 2 4185685 Another "aphrodisiac" that can potentially kill you. If the maggots are dead, then the cheese is toxic. If the maggots are alive you must kill them or they start boring through your body... How much is someone willing to pay?? Wed Nov 19 07:48:02 -0800 2008 4179909 137946 Scargod 3 4187704 Boy, Am I sorry I read that................ Wed Nov 19 19:14:11 -0800 2008 4185685 75332 Gio 3 4187768 And WHY would anyone eat this ...ever? Wed Nov 19 19:45:44 -0800 2008 4185685 222865 FoodChic 4 4188552 the zimmern factor. and the lady currently in the news had a worm in her brain. she named it "dawn." it probably got there from some cruddy cheese. ;-) nah, docs said undercooked pork or bad washroom habits by folks.... <warning, graphic photo> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,455067,00.html eew, a worm in the brain from a pork taco! http://www.rense.com/general9/brain.htm especially look out in tejas: http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/15/brain-worms-in-texas.html Thu Nov 20 06:58:29 -0800 2008 4187768 105717 alkapal 5 4188732 EWW. But lesson learned (((o__o))) Thu Nov 20 07:53:50 -0800 2008 4188552 180623 Soop 5 4257997 I wonder why she chose Dawn... Thu Dec 18 16:13:38 -0800 2008 4188552 137755 Sal Vanilla 1 4180380 I cannot eat ginger. Ginger makes my stomach turn as I find the taste so unbelievably foul. Also, Menudo or anything else containing tripe. There is absolutely no way!!! Glad to see others with egg issues. I can gladly say I've never eaten a fried or boiled egg. I love the yolks, but can't deal with the texture of the whites. That being said, I'd still choke them down for the right price. Mon Nov 17 11:18:47 -0800 2008 4179442 222865 FoodChic 2 4181236 "Ginger makes my stomach turn" ~~~~~~ that's ironic, considering that it's traditionally used to promote digestion and alleviate nausea. does it taste like soap to you? Mon Nov 17 15:29:17 -0800 2008 4180380 103920 goodhealthgourmet 3 4181555 I guess soap would be close, it seems to have an overly perfumed taste and odor. Mon Nov 17 18:00:37 -0800 2008 4181236 222865 FoodChic 2 4182259 interesting, i can deal with the whites, but please please please do not ask me to eat the runny yellow yolk of a sunny side up egg. I was raised to eat what is put in front of you, and many years ago when a friends mom plopped a fried egg down on my plate i dutifully managed to get the white down, but figured that was all manners demanded of me. Friend's mom was stunned that there was anyone who didn't like fried eggs. From then on she was kind enough to scramble them for me. Tue Nov 18 02:35:07 -0800 2008 4180380 57890 KaimukiMan 3 4182528 I can eat them scrambled, but there cannot be even the slightest hint of white. The eggs must be completely blended and a dash of milk or cream must be included. I've sent eggs back at restauants when they were scrambled on the grill and the whites showed up in the scramble. Just seeing it makes me gag. Tue Nov 18 06:46:40 -0800 2008 4182259 222865 FoodChic 4 4182611 HA! Me too! I don't usually admit this to anyone. I will eat a scramble egg if you can't see the whites AT ALL. And I will eat the yolk of a hard cooked egg. But I will give the whites to my husband (or the dog). No fried or soft boiled eggs, though - it's too easy to accidentally contaminate the yolk with white. Makes it hard to eat a devilled egg, though, doesn't it? I'll suck the filling out and dispose of the white (behind a bush at a picnic, or down the toilet at someone's house). Tue Nov 18 07:19:50 -0800 2008 4182528 12383 Nyleve 5 4183121 LMAO! That's exactly what I do with deviled eggs! Another think I do is separate the egg yolk from the white and just poach the yolk or fry it until it's just medium. Then you can use a fork to peel away the small bits of white and smear the yolk on toast and add a bit of S&P....delicousness! My DH watches this and just shakes his head. Tue Nov 18 10:04:48 -0800 2008 4182611 222865 FoodChic 6 4184571 Its the total opposite for me....I am totally averse to the yolk...if I can see it or smell it, I will not eat it. I dont usually eat eggs that much, but if there is any presence of the yolk, its a BIG No No for me. Other things on my list are tuna and bacon. Tue Nov 18 18:11:04 -0800 2008 4183121 149328 fatema 7 4194620 fatema, i was like that for years, and would only eat an egg over hard and well dispersed over the whole egg. I never could eat a runny yolk...but can now appreciate a semi cooked one. i once choked down an egg with runny whites while a guest at someones home ...it was horrible, my eyes were watering the entire time. Plus i had a raging hangover...it wasn't pretty. Sat Nov 22 14:49:03 -0800 2008 4184571 153184 im_nomad 3 4211855 I'm the same way, as is the bf. I order mine scrambled or in an omelet. He likes fried eggs but orders them over hard. hard. hard. Mon Dec 01 10:29:26 -0800 2008 4182259 165021 Firegoat 2 4441817 I've just started using ginger (sparingly) in dishes again after a lifelong hatred of the smell and taste. My stepdad used to cook with it a LOT (like, all you could taste was ginger) and as a kid I just couldn't take it. Ever since then- yuck. I shudder. My mom uses ginger body lotion and I can't even stand near her after she's put it on. I'm glad i'm not the only one. Sun Feb 22 13:06:46 -0800 2009 4180380 242801 CoryKatherine 1 4180440 Honey - unspeakably vile. Even the smell is nauseating. Cooked root vegetables (carrots, swedes etc) - simply make me retch. Mon Nov 17 11:34:45 -0800 2008 4179442 40746 Peg 2 4182247 Oh yeah, I hate honey. Nasty stuff. Tue Nov 18 02:10:29 -0800 2008 4180440 180623 Soop 2 4182506 I don't mind the taste of honey, but the smell of honey drives me nuts. Tue Nov 18 06:36:40 -0800 2008 4180440 135311 mpjmph 1 4180519 I'm really surprised at how varied the responses are. From a scientific side, I wonder what causes these reactions. Can it all be psychological, or is it a biological reaction? Are there any scientists, neurologists, or psychologists out there to answer? For me the goat cheese reminds me of the way a petting zoo smells, really musky, but is it just something in my head that forces me to gag, or is it a biological reaction? Mon Nov 17 11:52:51 -0800 2008 4179442 10147 michele cindy 2 4181070 could've been a traumatising experience... instinctive reaction to avoiding "poison" even though it's a rather innocuous substance, i won't have orange juice. ESPECIALLY the frozen concentrate! Mon Nov 17 14:31:48 -0800 2008 4180519 224803 dumpycactus 2 4182394 I find many of them odd, too, but when I was young I was sickened by some rancid potato chips. Took me years before I could stand the smell of them and then a while longer before I could eat them again. Now, I only really like to eat sea salt and vinegar style. There's been at least one stinky, slimy cheese that I would have to be paid to eat again... Tue Nov 18 05:34:34 -0800 2008 4180519 137946 Scargod 3 4184364 I had the same reaction to Tequilla on my 25th birthday. But a tequilla oyster shooter sounds good about now! Tue Nov 18 16:50:59 -0800 2008 4182394 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4190476 Any cheese other than parmesan and mozz makes me gag just to smell it. I've had a very mild cheddar on bruschetta that was delicious, but then again it was a good stand-in for mozz, so.... So I live for pizza and lasagna, but if you put any of the "stinky" cheeses anywhere near me I will flee the room. Thu Nov 20 17:47:23 -0800 2008 4182394 35409 uptown jimmy 1 4180524 There isn't much that I wouldn't eat (save those things that you see on those 'reality' shows - raw intestines, etc.). Other than that, someone would need to pay me $5 to eat Kimchee (I got sick from it once and haven't eaten it since) Lastly, I think my price for eating a stick of butter would be $3,000 Mon Nov 17 11:53:33 -0800 2008 4179442 14093 Melanie 2 4180573 LOL- I just had some homemade Kimchee with brown rice, shitakes, and roasted onion and pumpkin for lunch. It really hit the spot. Mon Nov 17 12:05:48 -0800 2008 4180524 142652 madgreek 3 4181135 oh wow...that sounds nothing like the Kimchee that made me sick - yours sounds delicious. Forget paying me...I'll pay you for that one! Mon Nov 17 14:51:41 -0800 2008 4180573 14093 Melanie 1 4180588 Cucumber pickles (the olive green variety). Absolutely NASTY in my opinion. But if you pay me at least $500, I may reconsider. Mon Nov 17 12:09:18 -0800 2008 4179442 10763 Miss Needle 2 4181779 Then there's this lady: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OCPN3GhMsY Mon Nov 17 19:32:05 -0800 2008 4180588 20300 cgfan 2 4182622 Watch out, Needle, I've done this to you before: http://a54.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/00895/35/02/895222053_l.gif Tue Nov 18 07:23:12 -0800 2008 4180588 36661 Sam Fujisaka 2 4186995 Both of you sure know how to taunt a lady with picklephobia! ; ) Wed Nov 19 14:21:50 -0800 2008 4180588 10763 Miss Needle 2 4441826 my list is short but the first thing on it is pickles. any kind. kill me first. no- i'd eat some for $20, but I'm a broke college student. also on the $20 list are raw carrots (mealy- disgusting). And I think that is about it. I really don't think that there is anything (other than the obvious reality-tv stuff we've covered) that I wouldn't eat for $20. Sun Feb 22 13:12:34 -0800 2009 4180588 242801 CoryKatherine 3 4443234 corykatherine, have you ever had fresh carrots right out of the garden? they're like crispy candy goodness! ;-). Mon Feb 23 06:26:39 -0800 2009 4441826 105717 alkapal 4 4443726 I can't explain it! It's the texture they break down to in your mouth. I can't swallow them. I love the flavor- give me cooked carrots all day. Mon Feb 23 09:07:30 -0800 2009 4443234 242801 CoryKatherine 5 4445584 so many people have different food texture preferences or dislikes. probably worth a thread of its own. ;-). Mon Feb 23 17:09:45 -0800 2009 4443726 105717 alkapal 1 4180596 Mint! Anything that has the least hint of mint smell or flavor is revolting to me! Mon Nov 17 12:11:48 -0800 2008 4179442 14341 OCEllen 2 4180882 Don't ever come to the South Willamette Valley in Oregon in August. We have lots of acres of mint growing everywhere. After harvest they distill the leaves to get peppermint oil, the smell is everywhere and smells wonderful. I actually buy pickup loads of blended mint compost for my garden and flower beds, it is the part left behind after the oil is taken out, smells wonderful and everything loves it. Mon Nov 17 13:38:54 -0800 2008 4180596 148886 duck833 2 4181943 When my boyfriend and I, ages 17 and 18, were in Venice he ordered some very garlicky pasta for dinner. The next day he HAD to have mint. We walked all over Venice, bridges and alleys, looking for mint. Finally we found some candy in a tiny market. That was when he told me that he loathes mint in any form. I almost threw him in the canal. It's not as though the mint was going to make his breath less stinky -- just minty AND stinky. Mon Nov 17 20:38:54 -0800 2008 4180596 11231 Glencora 2 4224531 No one else with a mint aversion? Must be why it is such a ubiquitous 'flavoring'! Fri Dec 05 19:38:11 -0800 2008 4180596 14341 OCEllen 3 4225000 I like it sweets, but I'm not fond of it in savory dishes, and mint tea will never grace my cupboards. Sat Dec 06 06:48:53 -0800 2008 4224531 153184 im_nomad 3 4235868 I don't care for mint. It is fine in gum or the occasional peppermint patty, but in general, keep it away from my meats and veggies Wed Dec 10 10:45:55 -0800 2008 4224531 165021 Firegoat 4 4237734 hey there, firegoat! i'm with you on the anti-"mint-jelly-with-roast-lamb" bandwagon, but i do enjoy some thai salads with mint and poultry, like duck or chicken. but, typically, mint is "outweighed" flavor-wise by the thai basil or cilantro in the same salad. http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/574054#4219512 http://www.manic.com.sg/recipes/duck.html http://www.chow.com/recipes/13001 one combo of an aromatic that i don't care for is lavender in any dish. i always think i'm eating soap from my grandma's house! Wed Dec 10 21:37:07 -0800 2008 4235868 105717 alkapal 5 4238532 With you on the soap Where did the "mint" flavored apple jelly thing originate?I never encountered it before 10 years or so ago.I know it isn't recent,but don't know where or when. My father always served a jelly like citrus/rosemary/quince concoction cold with lamb and mutton.I still do,foils the fat without changing the meat.It is ok with poultry if you bump the acid a bit. Thu Dec 11 08:20:29 -0800 2008 4237734 203919 lcool 6 4238784 i think the mint jelly with lamb is an english concoction. i like your dad's concoction, so long as it is not heavy-handed with the fresh rosemary. Thu Dec 11 09:24:35 -0800 2008 4238532 105717 alkapal 7 4238899 it's just a half note to dress up the quince,you still need a little citrus for the complex notes. Thu Dec 11 09:58:18 -0800 2008 4238784 203919 lcool 6 4240465 England is to blame. SO likes mint jelly with lamb. I love mint in salads; especially those with meat in them. Thu Dec 11 18:30:27 -0800 2008 4238532 137946 Scargod 7 4441829 mint jelly- so unnecessary. i mean, i'll eat it, but WHY? Sun Feb 22 13:14:10 -0800 2009 4240465 242801 CoryKatherine 3 4290690 I cant stand mint, for the most part. And don't even mention mint jelly in the same hour as roast lamb, or I might have to smack you. Might as well just tie that leg of lamb to your bumper and drag it behind your car through a corral while you're at it. Fri Jan 02 15:08:22 -0800 2009 4224531 105625 EWSflash 4 4317127 Although lamb isn't something I would choose to eat, I'm not averse to it - until you put mint jelly on it! But for me it's not the mint - it's back to the sweet/savory aversion again. Sun Jan 11 17:46:44 -0800 2009 4290690 253542 cycloneillini 3 5084334 if its not gum or toothpaste, i hate mint..... can't stand it! Peppermint patties, andes mints, mint jelly, mint with dessert.... ugh ew!!!! gross!!! Tue Oct 06 19:38:32 -0700 2009 4224531 264146 kubasd 4 5084590 I hate mint things too, though I love mint itself, in a black tea with sugar or with yogurt or in a salad with tomatoes and in middle eastern cuisine. Tue Oct 06 22:53:28 -0700 2009 5084334 224081 BamiaWruz 4 5086533 I don't dislike mint so much that i wouldn't eat it, even if offered money, but for some reason, i tend to get a headache when i eat things that are mint flavored. I actually have to get the cinnamon toothpaste. Wed Oct 07 14:42:46 -0700 2009 5084334 157030 iluvtennis 1 4180816 There is only one thing in the would I will not try (again). Black Licorice. I rather live on snails, sea cucumber and tripe than to have that taste in my mouth! Mon Nov 17 13:20:40 -0800 2008 4179442 210452 dcdavis 2 4190483 Oh, lord. I hate licorice. Nasty. Thu Nov 20 17:48:37 -0800 2008 4180816 35409 uptown jimmy 2 4287639 Same here. I absolutely hate black licorice. Thu Jan 01 10:11:36 -0800 2009 4180816 115828 hotteacher1976 2 4317138 Yep, me to. I could tear through a bag of red twizzlers (I know they aren't really licorice), but even the smell of black licorice makes me gag. Reminds me of the catfish bait we used when I was a kid. Sun Jan 11 17:50:21 -0800 2009 4180816 253542 cycloneillini 1 4180832 oysters Mon Nov 17 13:26:43 -0800 2008 4179442 109905 laliz 1 4180865 * Oysters * Mayo * Sausages * Peanut butter * White non-crusty bread * Chocolate * Donuts * Burgers * Key lime pie or any lemony desserts ... I'm weird, I know. Mon Nov 17 13:34:04 -0800 2008 4179442 95793 jeni1002 1 4181162 Chittlins Mon Nov 17 15:00:39 -0800 2008 4179442 10506 DiningDiva 2 4181884 hey you did tripe! I bet I could get you to do some crisp-chicharronesque tripitas! Mon Nov 17 20:17:12 -0800 2008 4181162 14086 kare_raisu 3 4182026 I doubt it. I once had to clean 30# of chittlins. That did it for me, couldn't get the smell out of my hands for 3 days. Mon Nov 17 21:21:46 -0800 2008 4181884 10506 DiningDiva 2 4287661 yes! Thu Jan 01 10:20:24 -0800 2009 4181162 115828 hotteacher1976 1 4181500 Tuna Salad.... Chicken Salad is barely okay.... I might consider it for $25k. Persimmons... I don't think I could eat a whole one... but I might consider it for $1k Mon Nov 17 17:39:48 -0800 2008 4179442 42572 Eat_Nopal 2 4181887 Have you had the fuyu - you eat like an apple? I can eat 4 in a sitting Mon Nov 17 20:17:58 -0800 2008 4181500 14086 kare_raisu 3 4182161 Yup... my mouth starts feeling puckery & tingles.... and people look at me strange as I am the only spitting it out... yelling the KGB got me, the KGB got me! Mon Nov 17 23:35:01 -0800 2008 4181887 42572 Eat_Nopal 2 4182028 Check zapote negro, IIRC it's variety of persimmon Mon Nov 17 21:22:10 -0800 2008 4181500 10506 DiningDiva 1 4181534 food that is the wrong temperature really squicks me. cold soup or lasagna - could not do it. well, maybe, for $50. but it would be difficult. Mon Nov 17 17:53:56 -0800 2008 4179442 14499 pigtails 1 4181543 mayo organ meats of any type oysters eggs dairy milk Mon Nov 17 17:55:28 -0800 2008 4179442 166787 beth1 1 4181552 I must be a whore, as I'm willing to eat just about anything for money. Except excrement. Mon Nov 17 17:59:14 -0800 2008 4179442 76025 mojoeater 2 4181594 Then I guess I'm a prude! I won't eat anything for money (non-obscene amounts anyway) that I don't already like enough to eat on my own. That includes: Beer - just don't like the taste, no good stories or bad memories beyond every time I try to like beer and end up just laughing or gagging Mayo, or anything creamy really Organ Meats - bad experience Pork & Shellfish - religious reasons Do I even belong here? Mon Nov 17 18:15:18 -0800 2008 4181552 152043 TampaAurora 3 4182131 Of course we belong here! What amount of $$$ would make you eat traif? Though, even without the religious restriction, I could never eat a lobster or a crab. My top two self-imposed food restrictions: asparagus olives (olive oil is not a prohibited food) mustard that has not been incorporated into potato salad Mon Nov 17 23:05:36 -0800 2008 4181594 196419 Kate is always hungry 4 4184292 I forgot about the mustard, olives and balsamic vinegar. Olive oil is ok. Tue Nov 18 16:27:48 -0800 2008 4182131 152043 TampaAurora 4 4235408 Oh, thank God, somebody mentioned olives...I began to think I was the only one. And, for me too, olive oil, is jut fine, but the actual 'fruit' or whatever the heck that thing is...gross!!! Wed Dec 10 08:51:31 -0800 2008 4182131 24738 LJS 5 4287850 Olives are a waste of good oil. Thu Jan 01 11:51:37 -0800 2009 4235408 49823 Terrieltr 4 4441836 your list is my fantasy. lobster, asparagus, olives... it would be a sad sad world for cory without those things Sun Feb 22 13:16:19 -0800 2009 4182131 242801 CoryKatherine 3 4240473 No, because you think you eat beer...... Thu Dec 11 18:33:05 -0800 2008 4181594 137946 Scargod 3 4883017 I can remove beer from the list. I have found several beers that I really enjoy. I even tried my hand at beer bread today just to revel in my new found like of beer. Wed Jul 22 22:07:36 -0700 2009 4181594 152043 TampaAurora 2 4441832 if you're a whore, then I am too Sun Feb 22 13:14:57 -0800 2009 4181552 242801 CoryKatherine 1 4181754 Mine would definitely have to be any products from the goat and sheep family - lamb or goat meat, goat cheese (especially chevre!) Goat and sheep feta are sometimes okay, if they are not too strongly flavored, since the salt masks the sheepy/goaty flavor. Once when I was cooking a bunch of lamb sausages in school I accidentally spilled a tray of hot lamby grease all over my boots and pant legs (luckily I wasn't burned!) Unluckily, I smelled like lamb for the remainder of my 12-hour day...Yuck! Mon Nov 17 19:21:56 -0800 2008 4179442 134351 Morticia 1 4181788 i'm pretty sure i have no self respect when it comes to food and can be bribed at the right price to eat just about anything. :) heck, i'd even eat soap for a (hefty) fee, not just coriander that tastes (to some people) like soap! Mon Nov 17 19:34:50 -0800 2008 4179442 64215 cimui 1 4181844 Uh, I'd say eel booties. No, really, there is one thing that I would not even get near. Some decades ago, we stayed in Honolulu at a friend's high-rise condo. Just as we returned, his Korean neighbor uncorked the kim chee. OMG, this had to be the ultimate bad smell. I have had some really, really "stinky" FR cheese, and this was the ultimate. Our eyes were burning. We were getting physically ill. We fled to the lanai and closed the door. It took a half-hour to get to a point that we could breath. Tears were flooding down our cheeks, and we were gasping. I would have called 911, but the phone was inside and the door was securely shut. We sat outside for about three hours (no wine!), before we could even open the door. This was 100 year-old "death in a jar." I'd rather face a rabid Balrog, than get near that jar of kim chee. Now, I've had kim chee, usually the packaged variety, but nothing like this batch. I'll rub fresh habaneros into my eyes, before I'd be in the same block, as that jar of kim chee. Yeah, that's it. Hunt Mon Nov 17 19:59:55 -0800 2008 4179442 11329 Bill Hunt 2 4181869 This reminds me of a childhood friend whose Korean mother used to let her know from time to time that she was "in deep kim chee." Apparently, the reference was rather accurate. :-) Mon Nov 17 20:09:51 -0800 2008 4181844 222865 FoodChic 1 4181897 Miracle Whip for me. Sickly sweet. Adds no other flavor than sugar. Not really sure how ppl add it to canned tuna. Sugar flavored tuna is not for me. Honestly, it's even hard for me to think about it. The stuff is just so wrong, and all of the cheap, sweet, sugary fake mayo imitators out there as well. Nothing worse than ordering a sandwich, and getting sweet mayo instead of real mayo. Who are these people that like sugary sandwiches?? Sugary potato salad? Sugary Cole slaw? What gives? Mon Nov 17 20:21:33 -0800 2008 4179442 111530 gordeaux 2 4182862 I agree 100% on the Miracle Whip. I'll add eggplant and any mushroom. Tue Nov 18 08:41:40 -0800 2008 4181897 92744 invinotheresverde 2 4183083 I agree with you 100%. There is nothing worse than biting into a salad or sandwich and tasting "sweet" where sweet should never be. Just awful. Tue Nov 18 09:49:29 -0800 2008 4181897 109905 laliz 2 4225742 Yes! I hate Miracle Whip! Tastes like corn syrup. Just ...grrrrr. We can't even be friends if you like Miracle Whip. Deal breaker! Sat Dec 06 14:21:36 -0800 2008 4181897 136150 sweetmaggie 3 4226652 Funny, Miracle Whip and margarine are my Achille's heel. Why bother? Some places up here sell lobster rolls made w/ the whip. Oughtta be illegal. Deal breaker for me too. Sun Dec 07 04:06:12 -0800 2008 4225742 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4181901 Thanks to CH, there are animal parts I never ever even considered edible: Head (brain, eyes), throat, genitalia, among other things, oh my. We are talking mortgage payoff amounts here for me to partake! And I love chicken and pigs feet, tripe and oxtails... go figure. Mon Nov 17 20:23:44 -0800 2008 4179442 10877 Sarah 1 4181998 mayonnaise, absolutely disgusting. since i won't eat it, that makes me avoid potato salad, macaroni salad, etc. Mon Nov 17 21:02:48 -0800 2008 4179442 229028 marietinn 2 4208717 You should try real german potato salad - never any mayo Sat Nov 29 15:42:29 -0800 2008 4181998 15128 RichK 1 4182227 Imitation abalone sucks, but I would have some for $$.It's found at far too many Mexican mariscos places north of the border. Turkey burgers sandwiches with wonder bread and packaged lunch meat, arrrgggh, child abuse! Tue Nov 18 01:31:16 -0800 2008 4179442 128722 streetgourmetla 1 4182663 The smell of canned peas literally makes me retch every single time. I can tolerate young fresh baby peas, but I certainly won't seek them out. My mom is the same way. She told me that when I was three, she had made us chicken pot pies (frozen) and she was choking down the peas as to not impart her dislike on me. She looked over and I was diligently picking out my peas and so she did the same.... Tue Nov 18 07:38:05 -0800 2008 4179442 118114 Mattkn 2 4182721 When I was a kid I felt that way about onions. I would pick out every tiny speck of onion from a sauce or casserole. I went a month without dairy because my parents told me cows sometimes eat wild onions. Eventually I matured to a point where I would eat a dish that "contained" onions (like ice cream, according to the parents) as long as I didn't taste the onions. Now I'll happily use onions in cooking, but in general won't order things like onion rings or onion soup. Tue Nov 18 07:58:16 -0800 2008 4182663 135311 mpjmph 2 4183347 I, too, removed peas from my chicken pot pies. I don't now, but when I was a kid I removed them because they were powdery inside and I didn't like that texture. Tue Nov 18 11:09:18 -0800 2008 4182663 196419 Kate is always hungry 2 4184606 I am so with you on the peas. Absolutely disgusting. I won't touch anything that has peas in it. Even the smell turns my stomach. Couldn't pay me enough to eat them. Sad thing is, this is my hubby's favorite veggie, and every so often he likes to have fresh baby peas. UUGGHH Tue Nov 18 18:23:19 -0800 2008 4182663 89250 catrn 3 4185238 I have a friend who feels this way about peas too. I asked him why his aversion was so intense, all he could tell me was that when he was a young boy, he was served peas, and all he kept thinking about was little aliens popping out of them. No clue as to why, but he could never eat peas. Wed Nov 19 03:59:41 -0800 2008 4184606 10147 michele cindy 4 4187183 That's too funny. I think I am going to have that image in my head now everytime I have to cook them. I was forced to eat them as a kid. Found all kind of imaginative ways to get rid of them (putting them on my fork then tipping it at it went in my mouth so they would fall and the dog would get them). Parents figured out quickly what I was doing. I would then have to sit at the table until they were gone. Still couldn't do it, went to bed early a lot. So this has been a life long aversion. Wed Nov 19 15:23:20 -0800 2008 4185238 89250 catrn 2 4215212 When I was a kid, my mom would make Tuna cassarole with canned cream of mushroom soup. Itty, bitty chopped mushrooms. I picked out every single piece. And if I missed one, I could tell right away and would gag. The texture was NASTY. Tue Dec 02 13:20:31 -0800 2008 4182663 49823 Terrieltr 3 4215389 Terrieltr, Oh, that brings back many BAD memories. I have been able to eat a few mushrooms as an adult, but not if they have been cooked too much. But those dang canned mushrooms make me gag, too. Tue Dec 02 14:06:49 -0800 2008 4215212 80937 danhole 4 4220326 They don't resemble food at all. Cheap musrooms, badly prepared. Yeah, never going to sell me on those. Thu Dec 04 10:33:21 -0800 2008 4215389 49823 Terrieltr 1 4182773 fish, shellfish, anything that has eyes and comes from the sea basically. i wish i liked it, it would be nice a nice, grown-up thing to get over it, but i can't. seaweed is yummy, though. Tue Nov 18 08:12:12 -0800 2008 4179442 63462 missfunkysoul 1 4182837 I am shocked by the food aversions I'm seeing here! Someone somewhere has to do a study on this...why does one person hate Limburger or other ripe cheese (which is something I enjoy immensly) and another person love Miracle Whip (a product that proves conclusively Satan is alive and well and living at Kraft Foods)? It just goes to show that everyone is different, and for a million different reasons. That's what makes the word go round I guess, and it is certainly one of the things that I enjoy most about these boards. Tue Nov 18 08:34:23 -0800 2008 4179442 116047 The Professor 1 4182870 I'm vegetarian...so meat, poultry, fish. Also: Olives Chevre White Chocolate Mayo Plain tofu...gag! Margarine Lentils....just to spare myself the intestinal distress :) Tue Nov 18 08:44:14 -0800 2008 4179442 82082 hypertomatoes 1 4182880 No realistic amount of money for mammal eye balls or okra. Not even to be on my plate uneaten,sacrifice polite and REFUSE,firmly!!!! Tue Nov 18 08:46:13 -0800 2008 4179442 203919 lcool 1 4182892 Frozen peas. I do like fresh ones staight from the garden, though. Tue Nov 18 08:50:10 -0800 2008 4179442 138693 SusieS 1 4182966 I've been thinking about this topic, trying to remember what have I eaten that I will never put back in my mouth. 2 things come to mind. Smoked salmon that comes in the vacuum sealed package. You would have to pay me more than $20 if I had to take a full bite of it. Tastes like cat food to me. Also, one year my MIL made some canned asparagus for Thanksgiving. I think she just dumped it in a pan and warmed it up. I was pregnant, but being polite. Took one bite and all I could think of was that this is what urine must taste like. I had to excuse myself, so I could spit it out and rinse my mouth. I have had asparagus since, steamed, and I like it, but that stuff was vile. Maybe for more that $50 I may take a bite, if I've had a drink first. Tue Nov 18 09:10:57 -0800 2008 4179442 80937 danhole 1 4182992 Money, whatever. What would push me more than money is the host/guest relation. That is, what would I decline to eat that my host put in front of me? I wasn't certain there is much of anything ... until I thought of a piece of butter thickly spread with margerine. *gag* Tue Nov 18 09:24:30 -0800 2008 4179442 59951 thinks too much 2 4186220 We had a thread on "obligatory eating" a while back, and I pointed out that it will offend your host more if you gag on the food than if you politely refuse it. I was referring in that post to dog (served to some by her Korean in-laws to-be), which you couldn't pay me enough to eat -- it would be like being a cannibal! I've got one that I haven't seen mentioned: avocado. Hate, hate, hate. The last time I missed a chunk in my Mexican food I reflexively spit it out the second I realized it was in my mouth. On the other hand, if I managed to choke it down, I don't think it would make me feel icky in retrospect, like eating eyeballs would. I don't have an aversion to avocados in principle, just in practice. Wed Nov 19 10:33:48 -0800 2008 4182992 10159 Ruth Lafler 1 4183023 I've been trying to think of what I wouldn't eat under any circumstances and probably eyeballs and that dammmm rat Sam the Man likes to fool his guests with are the two I'd avoid at all costs. On the other hand, no one has ever offered me any money to eat anything. Untill someone out there pays me in the neighborhood of Warren Buttet's last year's bank acount, I'm quite satisfied with my current foods of choice. Tue Nov 18 09:34:19 -0800 2008 4179442 75332 Gio 1 4183495 Raisins- ick! Tilapia b/c I saw a show where they were used to clean the water in a Hippo enclosure. I tried to like foie gras and toro but the consistency makes me gag. White asparagus, Miracle Whip, Ham salad, tripe or anything organy probably wouldn't suit me well... eels or anything worm like- NO WAY. Not a huge fan of marshmallow fluff For Money, I'd try certain bugs like a grasshopper or ant. I'd be a terrible fear factor contestant but generally don't consider myself a picky eater. Tue Nov 18 11:50:31 -0800 2008 4179442 139194 lhb78 1 4183760 Anise. Anything in that realm, including fennel, makes me run promptly in the other direction. Also, put me in with the mayo-haters. Ick! Tue Nov 18 12:59:53 -0800 2008 4179442 84143 chloe103 2 4184196 Welcome to the mayo-haters, lol. I agree with the fennel, eww. Tue Nov 18 15:43:47 -0800 2008 4183760 229028 marietinn 1 4184304 lemons and anything that lemon has lemon in it! Tue Nov 18 16:30:31 -0800 2008 4179442 12933 meb903 1 4184458 Cantelope and Cranberries for me.... Tue Nov 18 17:28:52 -0800 2008 4179442 178033 JanPrimus 1 4184507 Brains, most obviously cow brains. I got into a kick reading science books on prion diseases and boy, I wholeheartedly reject that part of my family's ranching tradition. Not even for money. Liver, miracle whip, tarragon and very ripe bananas are tied as distant seconds. Tue Nov 18 17:47:19 -0800 2008 4179442 64882 Vetter 2 4184545 Going back a few years, we had a wine dinner with a well-known Napa vintner at our country club. The day before, mad-cow disease had just made the headlines in the US. Cows were being disposed of and beef-trade with Canada was being halted. Guess what the third-course was. Yes, you got it. The entire room gasped in unison. I believe that I was the only one, out of 200+, who even tasted it. Let's just say that it was not MY thing, regardless of the wine pairing. Still, as they say in the comedy world, "timing is everything." Hunt Tue Nov 18 18:02:52 -0800 2008 4184507 11329 Bill Hunt 1 4184561 Margarine. Is it even food? Visiting relatives went to Denny's for breakfast one time and as I don't like typical breakfast foods and wasn't particularly hungry (after all, we were in a Denny's), I ordered a grilled cheese sandwich. Eeuew! Coated with margarine...AND they garnished it with a slice of pinkish no-flavour tomato that probably travelled a thousand miles in a truck which is my second no-can-eat (the tomato, not the truck). I love a real tomato though. Tue Nov 18 18:08:44 -0800 2008 4179442 64491 mickie44 1 4186214 Food chic and Nyleve - we must have been separated at birth!!! Ditto with the egg thing - can eat scrambled IF the egg is whipped to death with an egg beater and a littl milk, but if ONE HINT of white is showing, whole thing is down the disposal. As for the deviled egg dilemma - will only admit this in anonymity: I lick out the middle and my niece eats the white...we have to hide to do this. We are ashamed. Wed Nov 19 10:31:58 -0800 2008 4179442 230549 lindsley 2 4186240 lindsley, LOL! I can just see you two hiding behind the house sharing your deviled eggs! Thank heaven you have a partner in crime. Wed Nov 19 10:41:54 -0800 2008 4186214 80937 danhole 3 4186525 Oh, no, danhole....you've seen us!? :) Wed Nov 19 11:59:44 -0800 2008 4186240 230549 lindsley 3 4186571 I married my partner in crime. My husband will eat both yolk or white, but I tell myself I'm looking out for his cholesterol count when I give him the hollowed-out devilled egg white. Wed Nov 19 12:15:36 -0800 2008 4186240 12383 Nyleve 1 4186799 I've not yet been able to make myself eat beef tongue. I'm sure it's delicious, but I cannot deal with it. I've even had it deliciously grilled in front of me when other diners were enjoying it, and not tried even a little bite. I consider myself a fairly adventurous eater, excepting that there are apparently some parts I cannot eat, as of yet. Here's the thing: every time I see beef tongue, I somehow involuntarily think of a cow licking me. I don't even remember when this happened, or if it did, but that image and feeling just WON'T leave my mind whenever I see it. I know, it's odd. Latent vegetarian inclinations, which clearly need to be psychoanalysed. <wink> Wed Nov 19 13:31:16 -0800 2008 4179442 24126 amyzan 2 4187008 Oh, you probably wouldn't have enjoyed eating at my place a couple of weeks ago when I made tongue. I was acting childish, sticking the big tongue by my mouth and acting really stupidly in front of DH pretending I had some super power mega tongue. Luckily, he's very tolerant of my warped sense of humor. I'm sure a psychoanalyst would have a field day figuring that one out. Wed Nov 19 14:26:02 -0800 2008 4186799 10763 Miss Needle 3 4187044 the divine miss n, that made me laugh! the only suggested augmentation: a heartfelt "mooooooooo.!" Wed Nov 19 14:38:38 -0800 2008 4187008 105717 alkapal 3 4187054 Hilarious. Going to have to do that for my five year old daughter. Problem will be after both playing with the tongue chasing each other around the house, having to then cook and eat it. Wed Nov 19 14:41:23 -0800 2008 4187008 36661 Sam Fujisaka 3 4187068 fried egg must. be. cooked. in. bacon. grease. (and whites cooked, yolks runny. (serve with good stone ground buttered grits. or nice buttered toast. or good corn pone. ps, i do not have a cardiologist....yet. ;-)) Wed Nov 19 14:44:39 -0800 2008 4187008 105717 alkapal 3 4187213 In some circles that would be a REAL turn on =) Wed Nov 19 15:33:41 -0800 2008 4187008 42572 Eat_Nopal 4 4187355 Well, that was my intention with him! : ) Wed Nov 19 16:32:57 -0800 2008 4187213 10763 Miss Needle 5 4187505 I think what you were missing was a Blood Sausage in your hand. Wed Nov 19 17:41:03 -0800 2008 4187355 42572 Eat_Nopal 6 4187559 holy moly!!! here on chowhound?!? Wed Nov 19 18:04:56 -0800 2008 4187505 105717 alkapal 2 4187208 "Latent vegetarian inclinations, which clearly need to be psychoanalysed." You are having issues with sexual intimacy. Wed Nov 19 15:32:27 -0800 2008 4186799 42572 Eat_Nopal 3 4187230 Not even!!! Indicated is deep-seated sub-cutaneous confusion between his/her father and a squash brought about unfulfilled yet much criticized by peers childhood longings for zucchini and guilt as to vegetable identities. Wed Nov 19 15:43:38 -0800 2008 4187208 36661 Sam Fujisaka 4 4187569 oresteian zucchini complex? aeschylus meets freud? only on CHOWHOUND! Wed Nov 19 18:10:16 -0800 2008 4187230 105717 alkapal 2 4217488 Tongue - the only food that tastes you back. Wed Dec 03 10:03:14 -0800 2008 4186799 88544 Ima Wurdibitsch 3 4225737 LOL, yep, that's the aversion in a nutshell! Sat Dec 06 14:19:34 -0800 2008 4217488 24126 amyzan 2 4222851 When I was younger, I went skiing with a friend whose family was from Russia. We were having thanksgiving dinner with traditional russian cuisine and she somehow coaxed me into trying a piece of meat that looked very unappetizing. As soon as I started chewing I immediately knew it was tongue. The toughness/texture/sight of it was extremely awful...that and the bathroom trip soon after... Fri Dec 05 08:54:01 -0800 2008 4186799 245010 SOBoston 1 4186963 undercooked egg whites. a ga-ron-teed trip to the ... well, you know..... (TMI, i know...) on a lighter note, offal. i pronounce it awful. <alright, chowhounds,-singin'-the-praises-of -offal, don't jump on me, ok?> and andrew zimmern is, well, a little perverse, if i do say so: "i just LOVE grubs!!" ok, buddy, go for it! <i repeat, no "grub-eatin'-offal-lovin'-hounds need apply to bash me here....as if that will forestall some of you who "love, love, love" this type of food).> Wed Nov 19 14:14:16 -0800 2008 4179442 105717 alkapal 1 4187012 Kidney! Other organ meats are fine. Wed Nov 19 14:27:30 -0800 2008 4179442 11995 pikawicca 1 4187051 This thread is cracking me up! Love it. Raclette cheese--smells like a combo of dirty underwear, BO and rotting feet. I've tried it twice in the last 5 yeears and just can't do it. Milk--I tried really hard to drink it when I was a teenager, but the taste just gags me. It's fine in coffee, but not on its own. Fried eggs--actually, I've never had a fried egg. I am going to try one, I really am. Hopefully soon. I'm trying to decide if I should make my own at home where I can retch and gag in privacy, or if I should go to my favorite farmers breakfast cafe where I could at least chase it with a huge fluffy biscuit. Wed Nov 19 14:40:10 -0800 2008 4179442 157998 Petrichor 2 4188184 Oh, here's one; I can't drink coffee with milk. It's so natural to me that I don't even think about it, but some years ago I had a capuccino and it made me gag. Couldn't finish it. When I was a kid and my parents made fresh coffee, I'd aways ask for a cup and never drink it, but it smelt so good. When I finally tried it black, it all made sense :) Thu Nov 20 01:46:32 -0800 2008 4187051 180623 Soop 3 4188262 I thought I was the only one. I have no idea why anyone would do such a thing, unless they're used to really bad coffee Thu Nov 20 04:22:30 -0800 2008 4188184 30139 aklein 4 4188735 Yeah, white coffee doesn't taste of coffee - it tastes like milk Thu Nov 20 07:54:33 -0800 2008 4188262 180623 Soop 1 4187493 Coconut. Coconut. Coconut! Never! -Mary www.BestinKitchen.com Wed Nov 19 17:37:03 -0800 2008 4179442 129054 MEH 1 4187621 -Organ meats - including and especially foie gras - Diet salad dressing - Coke or Pepsi (though I like a diet soda on rare occasion) Oh and I hate ginseng. Anything with ginseng tastes like metal to me. Wed Nov 19 18:35:46 -0800 2008 4179442 240339 Chefsquire 1 4187849 I've eaten a lot of stuff, that makes people sick, from all over the world. I mean regular Andrew Zimmer (Bizarre Foods) stuff. In my 34 years of eating, the only thing that has ever caused me to regurgitate is yogurt. Plain old yogurt. But, for money I'd eat it. I've tossed cookies before, and I'll do it again. Might as well get paid for it. I do want to try durain. And not the genetically altered stink-less durain. From what I've seen, it is wretched smelling (even by Asian standards). But if Bourdain can eat it, then there's hope. The other is putrid shark form Iceland (frequent viewers of the travel channel now know where I get my list of things to try). If there's anything prepared for human dining that is that bad, I expect that would be it. But to date, there is nothing I've tried that I would not eat for money. Wed Nov 19 20:25:32 -0800 2008 4179442 240374 Bomberman760 1 4187978 Beets. Even the smell makes me gag! Wed Nov 19 21:45:27 -0800 2008 4179442 114194 milkyway4679 1 4188020 Tuna noodle casserole, especially with embedded peas, makes me wish I had no tongue, nose or soul. Wed Nov 19 22:07:15 -0800 2008 4179442 13870 kittywithawhippet 2 4188095 Yuck! Made me remember eating dinner at my neighbor's house when I was a kid. They served tuna casserole with potato chips on top. I couldn't eat anything below the soggy, hot potato chip layer. Wed Nov 19 23:03:42 -0800 2008 4188020 196419 Kate is always hungry 1 4188141 ketchup - it's like someone stabbed a tomato and let it rot raw bell peppers pickled anything Thu Nov 20 00:07:11 -0800 2008 4179442 212885 AngelSanctuary 2 4188185 Yeah, I dislike ketchup. Luckily as a condiment it's easily avoided. Thu Nov 20 01:48:22 -0800 2008 4188141 180623 Soop 3 4188623 Game meats. We were flying to Iceland on Icelandic Air and were served meatballs. I asked the attendant what kind of meat they were made of. I couldn't really understand her and thought she said, "Reindeer". What ensued was a dialogue of her saying "Reindeer" and me saying "Reindeer???" several times. Yep, reindeer meatballs and no I didn't eat them. Later in the trip we met a woman from Denmark and I told her the story. She was astounded that we were served reindeer....because it is so expensive and considered such a delicacy. Thu Nov 20 07:19:50 -0800 2008 4188185 22620 DaisyM 4 4191241 We took a family trip to Sweden when I was in middle school, and my most prized souvenir was a box of reindeer jerky. It's was good stuff. I can't imagine that reindeer meatballs, especially those served on an airplane, would taste much different than any other processed and hermetically sealed meat product. Not really an argument for eating them, but I can't see any reason not to eat them if reindeer was your only objection. Fri Nov 21 06:11:00 -0800 2008 4188623 135311 mpjmph 3 4205097 haha, not when you are friends with ketchup fanatics who wants to slather insane amount of it on everything =.= Wed Nov 26 22:45:06 -0800 2008 4188185 212885 AngelSanctuary 1 4188739 Jimmy Dean Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit Butcher Wrap Sandwich or Jimmy Dean Sausage & Egg with Cheese Filled Biscuit Breakfast Sandwich. Not that I always felt this way.... but now I have more respect for my body. Thu Nov 20 07:56:16 -0800 2008 4179442 137946 Scargod 2 4188914 Liver and kidneys, or anything that tastes like liver and kidneys. Only foodstuffs that really make me gag. Foie gras and the like, which don't really taste like regular liver, are fine. Thu Nov 20 08:48:16 -0800 2008 4188739 12327 PegS 1 4189729 monk fish, I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT, and no, it doesn't taste like lobster (which I love) Thu Nov 20 12:39:42 -0800 2008 4179442 238324 2dogs2 1 4190341 I'm loving this thread! Too funny. Would only eat for lots and lots of money: Any type of insect, I don't care how tasty/crunchy/bbq-saucy they are Brains (I may never get over it) Tofu (the texture/smell is a total turn-off for me) Mayo (unless it is well-mixed into something in such moderation that it becomes impossible to detect) Head Cheese (another one that traumatized me at a young age) Thu Nov 20 16:44:19 -0800 2008 4179442 102095 vvvindaloo 1 4190370 I probably eat a few bites of everything listed so far without even a glass of water. In fact I actually like a good 3/4ths of what I've seen mentioned. And with a glass of water, a beer or some milk, I could probably choke down a few ounces of anything for money. But without the help of a liquid, gotta say the three things in the "normal" food range (e,g, no Bourdain warthog anus or durian or femented seal) that might trip me up if I had to eat a cup of them on a bet would be cooked cauliflower, peas and raisins. Even then I might get away with the peas and raisins because they're small. But even with a bad cold I can't get past the smell of cooked cauliflower. Thu Nov 20 17:01:31 -0800 2008 4179442 24421 Panini Guy 2 4190665 hilarious. warthog anus really? sadly, i missed whatever episode that was on! i bet you could eat durian without batting an eyelash. you should actually try it sometime. Thu Nov 20 19:14:04 -0800 2008 4190370 64215 cimui 3 4191209 By all means catch that episode - it's the one where AB is in some savannah partaking of a bushman ritual kill. If there was every a meal that put Bourdain's ethos of not offending the host's culture to test, that was it. Nobody sells durian around here. I was at an event in Toronto recently where someone was willing to drive me to a durian right then and there and I was willing to go, but we'd already started drinking beer and I was told durian and beer definitely do not mix. It'll have to wait - though I am very intrigued. Fri Nov 21 05:47:28 -0800 2008 4190665 24421 Panini Guy 4 4196979 Panini Guy, I THINK the asian grocery store in the strip, the one next to Wholey's, has/had durian, though it may have been frozen. If you're really looking to try it, I'd bet that's the one place that might have it. Sun Nov 23 20:09:21 -0800 2008 4191209 15507 Rick 5 4207426 Every Chinese grocery in Toronto sells frozen durian at the least, but you really need to go to one of the markets on Dundas or Spadina, and get a whiff of the fresh stuff. Then, like me, you'll wonder just how hungry the first guy to eat this stuff was, and second, how in the world he convinced the second guy to try it. No amount of money will get me to eat this stuff.. well, maybe $100 billion Zimbabwe dollars... Fri Nov 28 18:05:26 -0800 2008 4196979 48210 KevinB 6 4207983 kevin, apparently you sell out pretty cheap: $100 billion Zimbabwe dollars... Sat Nov 29 08:06:50 -0800 2008 4207426 105717 alkapal 6 4210720 Would it be wrong for me to say that I pay for that stuff?? I LOVE IT. Whether it's at room temperature, or in the freezer for about half an hour to sort of firm up like icecream...mmmmm! Sun Nov 30 19:29:08 -0800 2008 4207426 166743 pinkprimp 1 4190379 Yeah, call me a food whore. I'll eat it all... brains (crumbed and wrapped in bacon), tofu, kimchi, tongue, sweetmeats, pizzle, liver, beets, runny yolks, canned peas. But kidneys??? I mean, come on people, do you know what those things DO??? It's totally psychological, but I swear they smell JUUUUUST like their function. **shudders violently** Thu Nov 20 17:05:01 -0800 2008 4179442 86137 purple goddess 2 4190399 OK... I'll bite..... What exactly is "pizzle." OTOH, maybe I don't want to know................. Thu Nov 20 17:15:06 -0800 2008 4190379 75332 Gio 2 4190459 Let's call a spade a spade: they smell like piss. Thu Nov 20 17:38:50 -0800 2008 4190379 11995 pikawicca 2 4190667 Methinks you are having a tastebud orgasm just thinking about delicious kidney pie.... Thu Nov 20 19:14:16 -0800 2008 4190379 137946 Scargod 2 4190669 i thought kidney was pretty shady and undelicious, too, PG -- until I made a steak and kidney pie earlier this year. that was really good!! Thu Nov 20 19:15:07 -0800 2008 4190379 64215 cimui 3 4190832 no no no.... All that adding kidneys to a pie does, it make the whole pie taste like whizz. And Gio, pizzle is a pretty common ingredient in pho, and umm.. let's just say, that what the kidney's start, finishes at the pizzle. AND you want to get all freudian and oedepal?? My Dad was on dialysis for years, due to losing both kidneys, and every time my Mum would serve them, I would get all weird about it.. Dad not having any and all.. How's THAT for an unresolved Electra complex?? Thu Nov 20 21:03:21 -0800 2008 4190669 86137 purple goddess 4 4190886 -Tripe...I think intestine-oriented items in general, even sausages that have actual casing. -Durian (I know, I know, I'm missing out....but that smell) -Rocky mountain oysters -Anything in those rotating vending machines where they have "real" food like sandwiches....yech -Feet (i.e. chicken feet, pigs feet) -brains I too find mayonnaise revolting...also, for some reason, certain slimy foods. I love okra, but find natto pretty unbearable. Also, herring in cream and gefilte fish. I guess I'm not much of organ meat person. But I'm on the whole open - a friend of mine goes hunting and cooked goose for use. Yum. Thu Nov 20 21:44:59 -0800 2008 4190832 61343 firni 4 4191133 Perhaps more than I wanted to know.. but now I know pizzle is penis. I have not run across penis dishes, but I have not been to Asian countries. (Speaking of more than you may want to know), Pizzle walking sticks: http://cgi.ebay.com/Bull-Penis-Walking-Cane-conversation-piece_W0QQitemZ220200702474QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116 Probably light duty. Fri Nov 21 04:46:16 -0800 2008 4190832 137946 Scargod 5 4191174 scargod, ROTFLMAO!!! one of your best lines ever! but look at some of the "piz-scription" (!) of the product: "Organ is reinforced with metal rod to make it sturdy · High gloss polyurethane finish · Features label (This shaft is made from the actual reproductive organ of a bull…skillfully fashioned by professional “shaftologist”)." _______ i never knew there were "professional shaftologists" -- or maybe i just heard about them by another name..... {;^D Fri Nov 21 05:23:30 -0800 2008 4191133 105717 alkapal 6 4191229 RLMAO.. ho-boy! I knew some women who were...(amateurs) Fri Nov 21 06:06:38 -0800 2008 4191174 137946 Scargod 6 4192230 "but look at some of the "piz-scription" (!) of the product: "Organ is reinforced with metal rod to make it sturdy · High gloss polyurethane finish" The company's health insurance broker recently shared his wackiest insurance claim story... which seems to match this ad verbatum =) Fri Nov 21 11:43:55 -0800 2008 4191174 42572 Eat_Nopal 5 4194641 haha, hahahaha.....i bet every time you take a walk with that thing, a bull smiles in heaven..... OMG that is a good one...i love how it comes with an optional rubber tip. Sat Nov 22 15:05:15 -0800 2008 4191133 153184 im_nomad 4 4191318 *laugh!* i have to disagree about the whizz tasting pie, but i love your expression and i think i'm going to have to use it a lot from now on as some sort of aphorism. sort of like "one bad apple spoils the barrel"? :) Fri Nov 21 06:38:36 -0800 2008 4190832 64215 cimui 5 4191449 one bad pizzle spoils the sizzle? don't get your pizzle in a twizzle? fo' shizzle, my pizzle? (fo' shizzle, faux-pizzle, for viagra fans....) Fri Nov 21 07:33:31 -0800 2008 4191318 105717 alkapal 6 4193345 Fo' shizzle my nizzle, it do... Why doncha jump my pizzle till it fizzles. Then seez what's left sizzlin? Fri Nov 21 20:03:42 -0800 2008 4191449 137946 Scargod 6 4193402 >>one bad pizzle spoils the sizzle brilliant. someone should make a state motto out of that one! Fri Nov 21 20:41:03 -0800 2008 4191449 64215 cimui 7 4193682 or at least a restaurant/chain's new ad slogan Sat Nov 22 03:59:10 -0800 2008 4193402 30139 aklein 1 4194404 Foie gras and veal. Even the thought brings tears to my eyes. No amount of money could ease that. I do make a point of never preaching to my friends or family. They're exercising their freedom of choice as am I. Sat Nov 22 12:49:33 -0800 2008 4179442 12072 Googs 2 4195300 Add those to my list, too--and anything that is still alive. Sat Nov 22 23:28:43 -0800 2008 4194404 196419 Kate is always hungry 1 4194449 Well, I'm a pretty ecumenical eater. I loathe, loathe tripe, but would eat it for $100. What I would have to rachet my price up, way up, is eating anything alive --- live sushi for example. No wiggling or squirming. Maybe a semester's tuition for my college age daughter? Yeah, I'd be shameless. Sat Nov 22 13:11:55 -0800 2008 4179442 10844 berkleybabe 2 4194470 I'm with you on the tripe. And you can add brains too. Oh, and there is no amount of money that could tempt me to kiss Andrew Zimmern! Noooo way! Sat Nov 22 13:24:35 -0800 2008 4194449 112096 Caroline1 3 4194720 Menudo, yum! Sat Nov 22 15:44:49 -0800 2008 4194470 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4194957 Excuse me...I don't know of any sushi or sashimi that uses anything live. Sat Nov 22 18:10:46 -0800 2008 4194449 137946 Scargod 3 4195060 In upscale Sushi places, not catering to the American petty burgeosie, its not unknown to have a live lobster sashimied before your eyes, or to be served live eels etc., Sat Nov 22 19:06:42 -0800 2008 4194957 42572 Eat_Nopal 4 4195253 I've had the live lobster sashimi. I never would have ordered it myself, but I was there as a guest and my host went and ordered it before I even realized what was going on. The platter came to the table with the lobster still alive, but the tail (I don't remember about the claws) had been cut off and was prepared as sashimi. Once that was eaten, they took the lobster away to make soup, which they brought back to the table a few minutes later. So nothing that you eat is wriggling or squirming: you're eating the tail end while the front is still wriggling. Sat Nov 22 22:04:08 -0800 2008 4195060 84143 chloe103 5 4214653 I have also had live lobster and it was GREAT...my husband is fisherman in Bermuda and we took a live spiny lobster to our local sushi bar and chef who we have known for over 12 years..and it was the BEST...Would love to have it again.... Tue Dec 02 10:21:38 -0800 2008 4195253 237148 bermudagourmetgoddess 4 4213510 At tsukiji market I've had 'still moving shrimp' a few times. It stops moving once you start biting. Mon Dec 01 21:00:39 -0800 2008 4195060 101545 lost squirrel 5 4214807 Also at the wharf market and restaurants Inchon,Korea.Live eels (skinned) racing around a bucket is only half as distracting as the still walking? tentacle from a giant octopus or squid that suckers across the table.To be sure not the best way to introduce newcomers/first timers to sushi etc. Tue Dec 02 11:12:51 -0800 2008 4213510 203919 lcool 3 4195331 Golly gee (again), I thought sushi was rice. The Shashami Kid Sun Nov 23 00:38:50 -0800 2008 4194957 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4194628 Geoduck! I'd never, ever eat one of those things. Just picturing it in my mind is a nauseating. Yuck! Sat Nov 22 14:54:58 -0800 2008 4179442 238115 laurachow 1 4194664 I'm finding many posts hilarious...very average, "normal" foods that no one can be paid to eat. I haven't eaten meat in nearly ten years, but i'm sure for the right price, if i was in a bind, I might consider it. It would be a VERY high price however. Who, after all, says you have to keep it down? I may never live down the guilt however. Lots of things i'd prefer not to eat, i'd easily be paid to eat. Thing is, there is no agreed upon definition of "basic food". What i'd be horrified to eat here, can be quite appetizing and basic on the other side of the world. But......i'm pretty sure sheeps eyeballs are not everyday food eaten in the same way most people have their morning toast. I would have one HELLUVA hard time biting into an eyeball as it looked back at me. Maggoty cheese? would take an awful lot of funds as well. Ditto on the live sushi. I know a group that had a fundraiser once along these lines. Sat Nov 22 15:16:27 -0800 2008 4179442 153184 im_nomad 2 4194809 You doesn't actually "chew" a sheep's eyeball -- you just slurp it down like an oyster. Sat Nov 22 16:47:31 -0800 2008 4194664 11995 pikawicca 3 4195010 well i can't speak from experience obviously....just thought i'd remembered Bourdain talking about the crunch, same goes for the Lonely Planet version. Wouldn't that be kinda wide to "slurp"? Sat Nov 22 18:34:40 -0800 2008 4194809 153184 im_nomad 3 4195142 icca, not true! Can slice and eat for better appreciation. Sat Nov 22 20:21:15 -0800 2008 4194809 36661 Sam Fujisaka 4 4195168 Before or after it's cooked? From what I recall from disecting an eyeball (sheep's? pigs? teacher's? who knew?) the vitreous humor is kind of liquidy, isn' it? Anyway, my uncle, who actually did eat sheep's eyes in Saudi Arabia, said it was rather like a huge grain of caviar or a really big grape with a skin that was hard to pop. I think of Uncle Hank every time I eat a grape... Sat Nov 22 20:38:40 -0800 2008 4195142 112096 Caroline1 1 4196117 There isn't almost any food that I dont like, heck I even love Buttermilk, but I absolutely gag on plain mashed potatoes, I can handle them only if they are burried in gravy. Sun Nov 23 13:10:16 -0800 2008 4179442 12130 malibumike 2 4196186 Like a lot of stuff but cant stand Liver even with onions.I worked as a short order cook and to this day can cook a mean batch of Liver and Onions.I just wont eat it! Sun Nov 23 13:44:14 -0800 2008 4196117 242656 Flatland 2 4205484 Ick, I cannot tolerate mashed potatoes from a box--that horrible, gummy texture and artificial taste that lingers in my mouth (although I have found that a decent gravy will do wonders in terms of masking the taste/texture). Thu Nov 27 08:28:09 -0800 2008 4196117 12045 gloriousfood 3 4205945 I have an odd comfort food love for boxed mashed potatoes. then again, i love all things potato-ey Thu Nov 27 16:48:42 -0800 2008 4205484 153184 im_nomad 1 4205397 With some help from another thread, I finally discovered something I wouldn't eat:: makizushi (or any sushi, for that matter) made with brown rice. Thu Nov 27 07:30:37 -0800 2008 4179442 36661 Sam Fujisaka 2 4205529 I offhand cannot think of any food I would not try once, Having said that I once had "eyefish" sushi which were almost transparent little wormlike thing that if I did not know and trust the sushi chef maynot have gome there, but it would take some cash to make me eat again Thu Nov 27 08:55:49 -0800 2008 4205397 32853 mmalmad 1 4206412 Again, I am not a fussy eater at all, just prefer "quality" foods. After another wonderful Thanksgiving meal with lots for which to be thankful, I just can't help but remember my Thanksgiving 41 years ago in Nov, "67 as a corpsman on Marine recon along the Ho Chi Minh Trai in N.Viet Nam and eating creamed chicken c-rations wrapped in a poncho in the driving rain, on Thanksgiving Day, and swearing I'd never eat c-rats (or Spam) again for any amount of money. Since "68 I have have eaten neither, but with the passage of time, I am curious and do wonder what c-rats would taste like "back in the world". I'm not anxious to find and buy some, by any means. I just remember of being so tired of eating them only to keep the bod going. As time goes by... Fri Nov 28 06:11:17 -0800 2008 4179442 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4207090 You eat creamed chicken..... enchiladas :) Thank you for your duty to your country. Luckily I dodged that bullet (for lack of a good metaphor). Fri Nov 28 14:11:24 -0800 2008 4206412 137946 Scargod 3 4236587 Hey, pork enchiladas for this dude, New Mexican style. Not a great chicken or beef fan. Wed Dec 10 14:03:33 -0800 2008 4207090 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4207153 pray tell, do you have a recipe for "creamed chicken wrapped in a poncho" ? ;) Fri Nov 28 14:57:05 -0800 2008 4206412 153184 im_nomad 3 4207241 Yes, huddle in jungle where one is not supposed to be, far from home base, watch battalion of NVA slither by 30 m. away, try to contract anus and fail. Voila, Creamed Chicken in Poncho. Try it some time. A very memorable experience. Lima Beans and Ham in Pants is good too. Fri Nov 28 16:02:09 -0800 2008 4207153 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4225721 Same with 'chipped beef on toast' or lamb during WW11...however, that being said, there's an entire population of people who wouldn't dream of not eating Spam. The Hawaiians are notorious Spam eaters and find every imaginable way to prepare it. It's not that hard to find in any market on the mainland so therefore someone's enjoying it :). Sat Dec 06 14:02:02 -0800 2008 4206412 239340 latindancer 3 4226662 My son and his Korean wife know better than to serve it or take me to a restaurant that serves Spam. Three weeks on a hill top w/ NOTHING (really) but Spam to eat and NVA to look at does funny things to one's attitude. Full cans were great target practice for a 45, though. Sun Dec 07 04:18:51 -0800 2008 4225721 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4206444 Velveeta. I smelled it once, and then promptly threw up in the back of my mouth. Fri Nov 28 06:46:10 -0800 2008 4179442 137960 link_930 2 4207092 Ah, Velveeta; the glue of nachos.. Fri Nov 28 14:12:34 -0800 2008 4206444 137946 Scargod 2 4207156 T.....M.........I...... (mental note, do NOT chowhound and eat supper at the same time.......) Fri Nov 28 14:58:15 -0800 2008 4206444 153184 im_nomad 2 4239891 Oh, and something I learned recently: cheap scotch. *shudder Thu Dec 11 14:51:27 -0800 2008 4206444 137960 link_930 1 4208725 Beets- cooked raw cold hot Same for cooked carrots and asparagus and brussels sprouts. But give me some good headcheese and blutwurst mmmmmm! Sat Nov 29 15:47:56 -0800 2008 4179442 15128 RichK 1 4209854 I'll try anything twice. Except sea urchin. Never. Again. Sun Nov 30 10:44:06 -0800 2008 4179442 11274 Jax 2 4210129 Yep.there are other takers here for that! They can have mine as well Sun Nov 30 14:00:18 -0800 2008 4209854 204342 FriedClamFanatic 1 4210227 No amt. of $$$ could persuade me to eat .....HEAD CHEESE. Sun Nov 30 14:46:20 -0800 2008 4179442 36312 HillJ 1 4210232 eel, snake, or anything else that slithers. horrifies me. Sun Nov 30 14:49:25 -0800 2008 4179442 244596 llgb 2 4210360 eels don't slither. Sun Nov 30 16:04:09 -0800 2008 4210232 105717 alkapal 3 4211095 In my imagination they do, ad that's just as bad! Mon Dec 01 01:27:21 -0800 2008 4210360 244596 llgb 4 4211103 if you really want to wig out on eels, watch the tin drum movie. and speaking of slithering, how about noshing on some delicious monkeyface prickleback! http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/12/FDG6G6H4CO1.DTL Mon Dec 01 01:43:31 -0800 2008 4211095 105717 alkapal 1 4210599 I love homegrown summer tomatoes. I will eat them as a meal. I like the little grape tomatoes. I put those in salads.. but I cannot STAND storebought /restaurant tomatoes. They taste like the smell of formaldehyde. Sun Nov 30 18:14:22 -0800 2008 4179442 12633 rHairing 2 4211723 I Hate Marshmallows! I can't stand anything with marshmallows in it. Not Smores, Rice-Krispie Treats, etc. The texture, the sweetness, the sticky-ness, is sickening to me. I can't explain it. I don't even like holding a jar of the stuff! Mon Dec 01 09:41:58 -0800 2008 4210599 135170 kpaumer 3 4213401 LOL! "I don't even like holding a jar of the stuff!" ---- wow, you've got it bad, kpaumer! Mon Dec 01 20:05:28 -0800 2008 4211723 105717 alkapal 2 4218805 You've got my vote on this one. The only way I will eat tomatoes is from my garden or farmer's market. I refuse to order anything in a restaurant that has tomatoes as they usually follow the 5,000 Mile Rule (maybe it's the exhaust fumes from all that burned fuel that make them taste like that). Wed Dec 03 17:26:22 -0800 2008 4210599 64491 mickie44 1 4213519 Capers, why ruin a perfectly great baked salmon with vinegar soaked capers? making it all sour and caper juice running down the filet instead of salmon fat. .............disgusting Mon Dec 01 21:03:02 -0800 2008 4179442 154523 AndyGanil 2 4214326 Tell you what... tuck those capers in Veracruzana sauce and you might have a different opinion. Tue Dec 02 08:35:09 -0800 2008 4213519 42572 Eat_Nopal 2 4291442 LOL! That's how I feel about dill and/or mustard on salmon. I'll take your capers, though! Fri Jan 02 20:25:56 -0800 2009 4213519 105625 EWSflash 1 4214220 clam bellies, uni, ultra-pasteurized milk (warm), mutton, mozzarella sticks and bubble tea...blech Tue Dec 02 08:00:33 -0800 2008 4179442 245010 SOBoston 2 4224342 eurgh....clam bellies. my very first attempt at fried clams, and i bit into this "thing" that burst in my mouth.....given that I had no idea what it was, I thought I had eaten something bad, and was eating them with a fellow uninitiated diner. It took a very very long time before I ever tried them again, clam bellies aside, I wasn't a fan anyway, no loss. Fri Dec 05 17:56:47 -0800 2008 4214220 153184 im_nomad 1 4214249 Oh yea, and my mother's baked mac n'cheese: pound of American cheese, stick or two of butter, milk...she knows not to even offer me a portion...rest of my family thinks of it as food utopia...I think it's more like porn...heinous to even see. Tue Dec 02 08:08:51 -0800 2008 4179442 245010 SOBoston 2 4214659 I refuse to eat McDonalds, I think that is the only food that I can say that I WILL NOT EAT, that is if you want to call anything that comes from McDonalds food! Tue Dec 02 10:24:12 -0800 2008 4214249 237148 bermudagourmetgoddess 3 4214844 Really? Everything from the menu? Not even a milkshake? A salad? LOL. Tue Dec 02 11:23:22 -0800 2008 4214659 142652 madgreek 4 4216835 REALLY! Life it way too short to McDonalds...including the salads or milkshakes. Thank goodness in Bermuda there are NO McDonalds Wed Dec 03 06:02:47 -0800 2008 4214844 237148 bermudagourmetgoddess 5 4217393 it's my opinion that if we can psychologically get past the idea of eating meat (a living thing's flesh), milk (cow formula as someone already pointed out), eggs (unborn chicken babies), brains/hearts/livers/kidneys/eyeballs (duh), then i don't see the reason to protest against a few chemicals and artificial additives in McDonalds. There's nothing better than a big mac on a hangover once in a while - you know you love it!! ;) Wed Dec 03 09:40:43 -0800 2008 4216835 203186 roygbiv 6 4217486 I just don't like McDonald's...as you may not like a certain place...I don't like McDonalds. My hangover treat...a nice hot Whopper...that is when I am in the US.. Oh by the way I love eggs, brains, sweetbreads, kidneys, livers, have only had fish eyes...but I don't drink milk...don't like the taste! Wed Dec 03 10:02:52 -0800 2008 4217393 237148 bermudagourmetgoddess 7 4219471 hehe fair enough ;) Thu Dec 04 02:23:11 -0800 2008 4217486 203186 roygbiv 6 4224432 If you enjoy hangovers and Big Macs, then fine... I don't want either or to have one to justify the other. Are you sure you are not starting with a "BM" and then needing a stiff drink after eating "IT"? Fri Dec 05 18:38:51 -0800 2008 4217393 137946 Scargod 2 4441858 HAHAHA i agree, it's just like porn- highly enjoyable and deeply shameful... Sun Feb 22 13:25:20 -0800 2009 4214249 242801 CoryKatherine 1 4220365 Here goes gang... I recently put my fork down at the dinner table and proclaimed out loud that I do not like Okra! I have tried it every which way and I simply do not like it, and have no desire to ever eat it again. (The cook understood, as he didn’t really care for it either.) A couple years ago, I had a similar epiphany and declared my dislike for Lentils. However, with the proper balance of hope and reluctance, I might give them a second chance. Also, with apologies to all its fans, I have an extreme dislike for Kim-Chee. The smell and the taste nauseate me. Thu Dec 04 10:40:24 -0800 2008 4179442 233294 cuccubear 2 4220612 My BF and I are pretty adventurous travellers. We'll sample almost anything, once. We've tried dog, guinea pig, fish eyes, sheep brains, deep fried bugs and many other delicacies. That said, here is a list of dislikes and "won't eat again" items: I'm not a lover of eggs and meat in general, though I'll always taste it in case there are exceptions. I don't like milk. I have an aversion to most organ meats, though I've eaten chicken livers, foie gras and the liver and kidneys of a rabbit. I can't stand pig's liver. The smell, texture and taste of tripe will put me off an entire meal, no matter how good the rest of it is. I had one taste (that was deposited in a napkin) of intestines in Chengdu, China. I don't like uni, but for the uni haters among us, a worse preparation is cooked sea urchin. I tasted it in Italy -- reminded me of the erasers on the ends of pencils. If I have to be polite and eat sausages, I will do my best to peel away the casing before touching the meat. Two of my most memorable food moments have been in Asia. In Laos, I split an order of 3 bamboo skewers of meat with my BF. One bite told me I was eating raw buffalo liver that was merely charred on the outer layer. No way. My BF got stuck with all 3 skewers. The other "treat" was in Cambodia. It was early morning at Angkor Wat and we were peckish. We saw a vendor selling boiled eggs. I've already mentioned that I'm not an egg lover, but I'm a good sport, so we got one each. It came with some herbs and a dish of pepper and salt, which struck me as odd because usually a boiled egg comes without accompaniments. Locals appeared to be giggling as well. Just as my BF cracked the shell, I realized that this was going to be a fetal chicken egg. The chick is incubated for a couple of weeks, before the egg is boiled up. The inside contains a partially formed chicken (or duck), complete with bones, beak and feathers. The liquid inside was ashy coloured. My stomach started to turn. I watched him take a bite or two, then retreated to our hired tuk-tuk to wait for my nausea to pass. My BF, bless his proud soul, dutifully ate his. He was refunded for my untouched egg. I'm sure he made some friends at the stand, but when I asked if he'd ever eat another, he said "one was enough". Thu Dec 04 12:04:43 -0800 2008 4220365 239809 1sweetpea 3 4220645 I have one all-too-often served dislike: underripe, tasteless tomatoes. I'll pick every last one out of a salad. My father calls them atomic tomatoes. It's an even bigger crime to see them in restaurants where I live, since it is a massive hothouse tomato growing region. I see these hideous excuses for tomatoes in some grocery stores, but usually the worst examples are served by restaurants, both high end and low end! In my opinion, if the atomic ones are the only ones a restaurant can afford to buy, then stop serving them altogether -- at least until summer, when something better is available. Even then, some places have the nerve to keep on serving up the non-tomatoes. They're beyond awful. I suppose I'd stomach them, though, for big $$$. Thu Dec 04 12:15:39 -0800 2008 4220612 239809 1sweetpea 3 4222382 Pigs liver (very fresh) as an ingredient in Pate' and terrines is OK by me.However the kidneys a totally different story.Even our three dogs won't touch them,nor will the crows,speaks volumes. Fri Dec 05 05:50:26 -0800 2008 4220612 203919 lcool 4 4222427 yep, when the crows don't eat it -- look out! Fri Dec 05 06:18:51 -0800 2008 4222382 105717 alkapal 5 4222973 It isn't as if these are classy crows,good zip code / neighborhood will out.All this past month we have had to pick nasty fast food wrappers out of the bird water hole.They steal them at the renovation/construction project 4 doors away,drop the wads into water for the relaxed method of openning and eat all scraps,leave all trash.All of this ill mannered posturing after they finish the dog food and table scraps we serve.Yes we want them.The are the only easy alternative to the Cooper's Hawk and the Northern Gosshawk loitering here ALL day.We call them the "wet your pants birds" the Mynah "CoCo" goes bat guanno when they are too close or around too much.I think they are the only thing that intimidates "sin in a black satin suit" CoCo Fri Dec 05 09:32:23 -0800 2008 4222427 203919 lcool 2 4222320 cuccubear, i'm on your "meh on lentils" team. i didn't even eat dirt (which they taste like to me) as a kid! but fresh young tender okra fried up southern-style, with some field peas and cornbread alongside, is one fine meal for me! and 1 sweetpea, no "duty" would ever make me eat that fetal chick egg! i know "saving face" is very important in asian cultures, but i'm not that strong to eat gross-out (to me) foods. Fri Dec 05 04:53:21 -0800 2008 4220365 105717 alkapal 1 4222469 Soft egg white. Ughhh Fri Dec 05 06:36:47 -0800 2008 4179442 64459 jnk 2 4222528 for me, the white must be cooked. if it is even the tiniest bit uncooked, it is really bad news for me. like the tiniest speck of "bad" lettuce or fresh spinach. sends me a-runnin'.... Fri Dec 05 07:00:56 -0800 2008 4222469 105717 alkapal 1 4222764 I can't deal with sweet potato. I've tried it a variety of ways now, but... bleurgh! Fri Dec 05 08:32:12 -0800 2008 4179442 245915 hollow_legs 1 4224279 Its got to suck being some of you... no sweet potatoes, okrah, cauliflower etc., Fri Dec 05 17:23:49 -0800 2008 4179442 42572 Eat_Nopal 2 4224450 I too, think, "what do these people like(?)", if so many things gag them... Fri Dec 05 18:50:19 -0800 2008 4224279 137946 Scargod 3 4224507 Pop Tarts & Coke, of course! Fri Dec 05 19:25:41 -0800 2008 4224450 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4224660 as the cauliflower-phobe, I'll note I can eat it raw. just not cooked. the smell gets to me. i know EXACTLY what I'm missing. and it doesn't suck at all. it would suck if i couldn't eat something i wanted to. but I'll happily go out with you for maguay worms and grasshopper tacos. Fri Dec 05 21:36:15 -0800 2008 4224279 24421 Panini Guy 3 4224788 "but I'll happily go out with you for maguay worms and grasshopper tacos." Oh... geez.. okay, I guess you are redeemed =) Fri Dec 05 23:42:12 -0800 2008 4224660 42572 Eat_Nopal 2 4225008 well, to be truthful, I remain amazed at times that many on this board manage to eat at all with all the gagging and "I threw up in my mouth" (my new word usage pet peeve btw) Sat Dec 06 06:53:56 -0800 2008 4224279 153184 im_nomad 3 4225090 i think that phrase is gross, too. Sat Dec 06 08:11:15 -0800 2008 4225008 105717 alkapal 4 4291453 Ditto that... Fri Jan 02 20:32:54 -0800 2009 4225090 105625 EWSflash 5 4441860 but so accurate Sun Feb 22 13:26:04 -0800 2009 4291453 242801 CoryKatherine 3 4225426 I was reminded by SO that suggestions and inferences can play a big part in how people react to food smell, texture and taste when they are given something blindfolded. I recently had a parmesan cheese laden soup with granules of barley and carrot in it. SO said that you might be convinced it was vomit if you were influenced to think that it might not be something you would like and if the cheese odor was the first thing that struck your nose. You guys have really made me nauseated and sick to my stomach talking about gagging, throwing up and .... vomiting! Ewww, ick, ughhh, bleurgh! GAG!!!!!!!!! Thanks a lot! :) Sat Dec 06 11:17:33 -0800 2008 4225008 137946 Scargod 4 4226973 and yet sadly, even after reading that, the soup still sounds appealing to me and I want the recipe :) Sun Dec 07 08:44:06 -0800 2008 4225426 153184 im_nomad 5 4231950 This is probably close: Barley Soup with barley, Chick Peas, chicken stock and small amount of diced carrots. Once done mash or puree soup till peas are pulverized. Add grated Parmigiano Reggiano. Tue Dec 09 07:14:57 -0800 2008 4226973 137946 Scargod 1 4224526 I am trying to get over my dislike of beans. I can succeed in some cases. However I simply cannot eat baked beans or pork n beans. My mother served pork n beans and ground beef or pork n beans and hot dogs at least once a week. GAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fri Dec 05 19:36:11 -0800 2008 4179442 86005 amethiste 2 4224791 Don't feel bad, I love beans and I even I can't figure out what possessed anyone to brutally dismember the honorable bean in the form of baked beans. Fri Dec 05 23:44:37 -0800 2008 4224526 42572 Eat_Nopal 3 4224885 In '74 I made my first trip from New Mexico to Maine. We went to a Downeast baked bean public suppah. I thought the beans were dessert served first and the neon red "red snappah" hot dog accompanying the beans were a visual "treat". Took some gettin' used to, but after 20 years, they are edible. I propose a military time machine draft for fussy hounds. Two years of c-rations and Spam and afterwards, no complaints, mate (except maybe Pop Tarts.). Huevos rancheros (w/ pinto beans) for breakfast. Sat Dec 06 04:26:01 -0800 2008 4224791 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4224903 passa, you crack me up with your writing: "baked bean public suppah" and "the neon red "red snappah" hot dog". i got visions of william windom playing "dr. seth hazlitt" on "murder she wrote"! Sat Dec 06 04:57:23 -0800 2008 4224885 105717 alkapal 3 4225028 I imagine it has something to do with, in some cultures, an abundance of dry foodstuffs such as beans and also molasses....to form a high energy, cheap, stick to your ribs food. Molasses has iron and such, it's not all bad. Fat back pork for a bit of flavor. Makes for a good in-between meal when all you have is fish and potatoes, and the game meats are running out. Not all cultures had a strong agricultural base (my own in particular back in it's very early days), so no tomatoes and i'd imagine spices were very few and far between. Molasses (and rum :) ) was regularly traded for salt fish back in it's day. This pre-dates me, however molasses was everywhere when i was growing up, and I still have a love for the stuff. I love my father's baked beans, although i've had some from a couple of other kitchens that were way too syrupy. Canned doesn't even come close. Salt codfish cakes and a side of baked beans.....mmmm...... Sat Dec 06 07:11:21 -0800 2008 4224791 153184 im_nomad 4 4225569 im, If ever down in Rockland, Me (great Blues Festival and ok lobster festival), get the fish cakes and beans at the Rockland Cafe for breakfast. Sat Dec 06 12:31:21 -0800 2008 4225028 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4226534 Yup makes sense... btw, I have no problem eating Baked Beans in terms of gagging etc.,.. but whenever I have the misfortune of being served... I am always puzzled why someone finds them compelling. Although truth be told... one time my generous host sent me with leftover baked beans... this was around the time I had read about Haitian mud cookies so I was in no mood to through food away.... I just fried up a bunch of diced bacon... ladled on the beans added some Rasputin porter? and a couple of whole chipotles... simmered for 20 minutes... the result was quite edible, quite edible. Sat Dec 06 23:22:01 -0800 2008 4225028 42572 Eat_Nopal 5 4226663 Funny, though beans w/ fish cakes for breakfast is a different animal and a great cure for a hang over. My FIL was a cook in logging camp in Maine long ago and I learned to like this combo from him. Sun Dec 07 04:22:00 -0800 2008 4226534 93538 Passadumkeg 5 4226665 There's virtually no canned baked beans that I can tolerate. Many want them to be very sweet, too. Gag. Like you, I can "doctor" them into something edible with bacon, onion and jalapenos or chipotles. In the morning, I like beans and rice with my eggs. Nothing like a big meal of huevos rancheros before skiing Taos! Sun Dec 07 04:25:02 -0800 2008 4226534 137946 Scargod 3 4291455 I kinda like baked beans. I add a lot of molasses and consider it dessert. Fri Jan 02 20:34:39 -0800 2009 4224791 105625 EWSflash 2 4224884 SUGAR...........excessive........GAG!!!!!!!!! would be my response to the problem.Take great components and ruin them in the execution. Sat Dec 06 04:22:24 -0800 2008 4224526 203919 lcool 1 4225700 Margarine and goat. The thought of either one of them makes me physically ill. ugh. Sat Dec 06 13:53:14 -0800 2008 4179442 239340 latindancer 2 4226666 Hey Latino Bailando, next time I'm in Walnut Creek, we can go out on a margarine and Miracle Whip rampage! Build a huge bonfire! Sun Dec 07 04:25:03 -0800 2008 4225700 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4227127 You're on! :). I can just imagine the strange yellow/orange glow. We can dance around it while drinking shots of tequila. What a party. Sun Dec 07 10:21:26 -0800 2008 4226666 239340 latindancer 4 4227176 With posole and tamales (red chile pork)! And pulque too? Sam, how much to drink a liter of pulque in one draught????? Sun Dec 07 10:43:42 -0800 2008 4227127 93538 Passadumkeg 5 4227284 This is getting better by the minute. Sacrficing margarine and Miracle Whip to the gods while dancing and drinking pulque. Yeah... Where do we meet? Sun Dec 07 11:42:13 -0800 2008 4227176 239340 latindancer 5 4227286 Of course with posole and red chile pork tamales... I'm all in. Sun Dec 07 11:43:52 -0800 2008 4227176 239340 latindancer 6 4227589 Third week in June or the middle of July? Flyin' to see the kids in Korea and Thailand. Got a buddy in Belmont Shore who needs a visit and would probably join us. (In 1971, he, my bro and I stood lookin' down on The Truckee R, each w/ our own bottle of Almaden Mountain Red Burgandy and we broke into a rousing version of "Darcey Farrow".) I could use a stop "to prevent" jet lag and for a real taco truck fix. Oh yes, one more point of clarification. Do we dance to traditional Mexican folk, "La Curucucu Paloma", "De Colores", etc., cumbia, merengue, salsa or regaton? Or All the above? Gotta get back to my black bean soupstew. Sun Dec 07 14:34:17 -0800 2008 4227286 93538 Passadumkeg 5 4227659 Remember, you can or are always forced to win if you start drinking pulque - it always cones in a single (long, disgusting, slimy, vomit-tasting) strand! I love goat and would even eat it covered with MW before I'd have more pulque. ?Y que te pasa, latindancer? !Todos de nosotros latinos se comen la cabra con gusto! Sun Dec 07 15:03:35 -0800 2008 4227176 36661 Sam Fujisaka 6 4228338 Asado al palo. Patagonia. Sun Dec 07 21:14:12 -0800 2008 4227659 239340 latindancer 1 4226886 Scotch eggs are the single most revolting thing I've ever heard of. Once I was offered at a party by 2 new classmates, and after hearing what it was, I said 'i'm a vegan.' I slowly had to pretend to fall off the vegan wagon over the next couple months. I'm not opposed to the ingredient: egg (although, I don';t eat hard boiled eggs) covered in ground sausage and breadcrumbs and deep fried. Sun Dec 07 07:52:45 -0800 2008 4179442 22624 relizabeth 1 4230711 This reminds me of Jeffrey Steingarten and his quest to eliminate all his food phobias...as someone who used to dislike (to the point of being nauseated) cream cheese, egg yolk, peppers, strawberries, raw onion, oatmeal and guacamole and now loves all of those things, food aversions can mostly be overcome. I don't think I've seen anything on here that I wouldn't eat prepared the right way (including balut!). As to all the Miracle Whip people...I totally agree with you that it's repulsive, but couldn't you see someone like Grant Achatz doing something amazing with it? Never say never. Mon Dec 08 16:36:48 -0800 2008 4179442 232454 caitlinh 2 4230795 Miracle Whip has it's place IMO....even though i'm more of a mayo gal. Just one point on the above...re: raw onions. I love onions, but despite the fact that I can eat my weight in hot peppers with little (knock wood) consequence, raw onions and raw garlic feel like they are burning holes in my stomach. It's not a food phobia , and i'm known to ignore it and eat them anyway. I eat them like they're going out of style cooked. Not ALL food aversions are just of the "ewww icky" variety....some i'm guessing (not mine necessarily) do have their roots in physical problems, and I wouldn't necessarily say "food aversions can MOSTLY be overcome" Mon Dec 08 17:11:38 -0800 2008 4230711 153184 im_nomad 1 4234597 Beets, liver, giblets and any protein that not's cooked well-done (raw cookie dough being the exception) Tue Dec 09 22:50:56 -0800 2008 4179442 244717 Steady Habits 2 4234833 ......Beef well done ?????????? or fish the same seems so????? Wed Dec 10 05:27:16 -0800 2008 4234597 203919 lcool 3 4240865 Yes, beef well-done, LOL. Now...what about the fish? Thu Dec 11 21:38:35 -0800 2008 4234833 244717 Steady Habits 1 4235354 I do believe that I will win with mine. I like almost everything, and can uncomplainingly eat everything else....Except for coffee WITH SUGAR!! Can't figure out why. Truth is that I prefer iced coffee WITH sugar, but I find the hot stuff genuinely undrinkable when sugar has been added. I cannot figure out if it is simply something psychological, or if there is a biochemical thing going on here. Wed Dec 10 08:37:15 -0800 2008 4179442 246675 szmeterling 2 4235438 Now, that is interesting to me because a huge turn-off to me is to be in a room (or, way worse, a car) with a cup of stale, cold coffee with milk and sugar in it...black coffee no problem...but a half a cup of leftovers can nmake me feel quite queasy and if I had to drink, well lets not go there. But I LOVE hot 'regular' or even 'double/double' Tim Hortons coffee (a sort of Dunkin' Donuts version of coffee up here north of the border). Wed Dec 10 08:58:58 -0800 2008 4235354 24738 LJS 2 4240869 Completely with you on that anti-coffee-with-sugar deal. Ugh. Blech. Thu Dec 11 21:40:04 -0800 2008 4235354 244717 Steady Habits 3 4244322 count my vote for that one...however I once got a mixed up freebie from a coworker and drank it in the interest of staying awake at work ;) Sometimes one must sacrifice. To me, coffee is meant to be bitter. IMHO people who load 4 cream and sugar into a coffee, don't really like coffee. Can you even taste coffee in there? Tea on the other hand, was something I was allowed to have when I was little, with lots of milk and sugar (and probably not a whole lot of tea). To this day, I still prefer my tea milky and sweet. to each their own i suppose. Sat Dec 13 12:44:12 -0800 2008 4240869 153184 im_nomad 4 4244705 I would disagree with "all" coffee being bitter. I just ground up some Starbuck's whole bean Gold Coast, and to me, it was anything but bitter. Sat Dec 13 16:37:45 -0800 2008 4244322 137946 Scargod 5 4244877 I think Starbuck's (any bean they roast) tastes like burnt rubber....and you're right, not bitter. Sat Dec 13 18:28:53 -0800 2008 4244705 239340 latindancer 6 4244957 What's a Starbuck? Can ya hunt 'em? Sat Dec 13 19:23:24 -0800 2008 4244877 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4244968 A lot of coffee is brewed bitterly - far too much of what's consumed (and thrown away). It's a sad story. However,. specialty coffee (beans graded at 80+ according to SCAA standards) shouldn't be. Just the same,II can show you how to make even a 95+ rated coffee sour or bitter. It's pretty easy. And there are multiple avenues. First, you can underextract the flavor compounds by not having a long enough immersion/steep time or overextract by letting the beans sit too long in water . This can also be done by brewing with water that's either too hot or not hot enough enough for the selected brewing method. To some extent it can even be achieved by screwing up the grind. Voila, three ways to ruin your coffee if you're not paying attention. We often wonder why so many othewise good restaurants have bad coffee - simple answer is that it's generally not somebody's primary job. So they're not paying attention. Sat Dec 13 19:30:37 -0800 2008 4244322 24421 Panini Guy 5 4245109 I guess I should explain what I meant a bit more, I don't necessarily mean bitter in the true sense, that makes it sound unpleasant. Sat Dec 13 20:59:15 -0800 2008 4244968 153184 im_nomad 4 4245794 " I still prefer my tea milky and sweet." i m nomad, you must not really like tea. Sun Dec 14 09:39:14 -0800 2008 4244322 105717 alkapal 5 4246924 ah but there is a difference between having a bit of milk and sugar in tea, and the example I gave, 4 cream and sugar....which is drowning in the stuff. I didn't say there was anything wrong with sugar in coffee, I commented on those who are essentially having coffee flavored cream. there are occasions when I like the tea without anything in it, say in an appropriate restaurant setting. But then again, I also love chai, steeped in milk. Regular run of the mill tea, I have with a bit of milk and sugar. I don't have my spoon standing up in tea flavored syrup however. Sun Dec 14 19:35:51 -0800 2008 4245794 153184 im_nomad 5 4287251 I, for one, love tea. I often buy very high grade teas and drink them straight, as they must be. But a teabag of Orange Pekoe or Earl Gray - sweet and milky is a mighty fine way to drink it. Thu Jan 01 06:03:34 -0800 2009 4245794 246675 szmeterling 4 4287245 Do not get me wrong, I do not just dislike coffee with sugar. I simply CANNOT drink it. I once got the wrong take away coffee, with sugar...tried to drink it and actually could not. It was akin to drinking a cup of my own spittle. and just like imnomad, I love my tea sweet and milky. Thu Jan 01 05:59:56 -0800 2009 4244322 246675 szmeterling 2 4291473 When slipped a "sweet tea" my mouth tries to spit it out before my mind has registered that it's sweet. I just despise the taste, feel, whatever the trigger- of sweet ANY KIND of tea. Green tea's almost worse- why would you want to eff up a refreshing, healthy, lovely tasting glass of iced tea by adding sweetener??? I'll never understand it. Fri Jan 02 20:42:53 -0800 2009 4235354 105625 EWSflash 3 4291848 well, if you grew up in the south, you'd understand, embrace it and rave about it in online food discussion groups. like me! ;-). and i can also sip the finest ceylon dimbula or nuwara eliya b.o.p. tea. http://www.angelfire.com/wi/SriLanka/ceyl_tea.htm#DIMBULA Sat Jan 03 04:57:13 -0800 2009 4291473 105717 alkapal 4 4293229 Mebbe so, Alkapal, but I did spend four years growing up in Millington, Tennessee- does that count? Sat Jan 03 15:30:49 -0800 2009 4291848 105625 EWSflash 5 4293250 ewsflash, perhaps! let's just love on our tea the way we love on it, for sure! ;-). Sat Jan 03 15:41:21 -0800 2009 4293229 105717 alkapal 1 4235393 What I can't eat? Clowns. They taste funny. Wed Dec 10 08:47:40 -0800 2008 4179442 192786 Potrezebie 2 4236599 I like eating Brownies, ooooo, touche. Wed Dec 10 14:06:00 -0800 2008 4235393 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4236774 1. Venison 2. Coleslaw (traditional type) 3. Rabbit Not for $5 . . . Not for $500 Not in a box . . . Not with a fox Wed Dec 10 14:48:59 -0800 2008 4179442 121084 michelle in laguna 2 4237740 michelle, might i interest you in some green eggs and ham? ;-). http://thatotherpaper.com/austin/dr_seuss Wed Dec 10 21:40:49 -0800 2008 4236774 105717 alkapal 3 4263203 Very cute! I could actually do the green eggs and ham. But the others . . . uh; No. You know you cannot tolerate it when you were raised by the : "If you throw it up; you have to eat it anyway DAD". That is how I knew. Put me down for the sea Urchin as well; nothing to prove here. For those that do; Wasa in Tustin Ca not so harsh. Read your posts here . . . what part of Missouri are you from? :) Sat Dec 20 22:45:12 -0800 2008 4237740 121084 michelle in laguna 4 4291946 who? me? i'm from florida. Sat Jan 03 06:14:37 -0800 2009 4263203 105717 alkapal 1 4239146 Eggs (except for omelets and quiches--but the other ingredients need to overpower the eggy taste) Mayonnaise/Miracle Whip--disgusting disgusting disgusting in any incarnation. I am throwing up a little in my mouth just thinking about it. Bleccch!!! I can't even eat any kind of salad (i.e. chicken salad) if it has even the tiniest bit of mayo. Vanilla flavored foods White chocolate (it's not even chocolate--what's the point?) Gamey meat (venison, rabbit, etc) Goat cheese Fast food If you paid me enough I would eat of any of the above things. But it would take a WHOLE LOT. I'd probably eat goat cheese for the least amount--the rest I would really have to consider :) Thu Dec 11 11:12:13 -0800 2008 4179442 148249 massgirl 2 4244997 I can't stand eggs, either, but I will eat them in a fritatta, an omelette or a quiche. Go figure. I couldn't eat a poached egg or a fried egg or scrambled eggs if you paid me. And Egg Salad literally makes me queasy. Agree on white chocolate, too. Raw onion Not a pork eater, except bacon. Here's a goat cheese trick for you. It's wonderful rolled in breadcrumbs or chopped nuts and then microwaved for about 10-15 seconds, then served on a salad. Make sure you have a nice dressing. It's also great stirred into a tomato sauce: it just makes it creamy with a little bite. Sat Dec 13 19:45:33 -0800 2008 4239146 83766 brendastarlet 1 4240631 Whole sea cucumber- cooked- just lying there on the plate. Waiting for chopsticks. Thu Dec 11 19:33:27 -0800 2008 4179442 79896 shallots 1 4241063 Scrapple. Haven't eaten red meat or chicken since age 13, but always loved the taste of meat, other than some organ meats, & will cook it for other people. Bacon frying still smells like heaven & the first lab that can clone pork will have me at the door begging for a bite. After decades, I still miss sausage. And then there is scrapple, the vilest food on the planet (except maybe Pop-Tarts, but are they really food?). Now I eat kimchee -- hell, I make kimchee, several varieties. I like natto. I love durian. Bring on the stinky cheese (no maggots, please) & the fermented shrimp paste. Will it reek out the room? I'll have seconds. But DH -- formerly a pathologically picky eater (lived on microwave popcorn, frozen pizza, ramen noodles & fast food when we met) & still fussy about strong flavors -- is hopelessly addicted to scrapple, & has been since childhood. DH does not cook, & won't be learning anytime soon, since he managed to lop off a fingertip (no bone, at least) while slicing bread by holding his very own special imported left-handed bread knife in his *right* hand [why?], up in the air several inches above the cutting board [why??], & attacking the loaf, which he held in his left hand, also up in the air [why???]. During the subsequent hours in the emergency room, he was never able to explain this, but it's not worth risking a repeat. So we buy scrapple at the farmers' market, or during trips back to his parents' house, & I cook it, trying not to breathe & fully aware that the smell will be in my nose for hours. Greater love hath no woman. Best diet aid ever = one whiff of scrapple. Fri Dec 12 02:01:58 -0800 2008 4179442 138056 mshenna 2 4241146 mshenna, you say "slicing bread by holding his very own special imported left-handed bread knife in his *right* hand [why?], up in the air several inches above the cutting board [why??], & attacking the loaf, which he held in his left hand, also up in the air [why???]" ------ i feel compelled to inquire, after re-running that mental video: "were any pharmaceutical products perhaps involved?" {;^D Fri Dec 12 04:21:37 -0800 2008 4241063 105717 alkapal 3 4265355 Aside from the Valium I gulped down dry once he'd been stitched up (hint: do not watch)? No. When he explained to the ER staff how he had cut himself, his story sounded so improbable that they had a social worker come by to ask him if he'd been a victim of domestic violence. In the next cubicle was a man who had put a fillet knife through the palm of his hand. Saturday morning: not a good time for men in kitchens. DH was quite chipper, of course -- I have photos of him sitting there grinning -- since he knew perfectly well he would never again have to get up early & make breakfast. Or do anything else requiring knife use at any time of day, which is why I get scrapple-cooking duties. For those who love the stuff, slicing it & putting it on a cookie sheet at 400 degrees until crispy (you can turn it once, in my case while wearing a noseclip) is the simplest way. Mon Dec 22 03:02:37 -0800 2008 4241146 138056 mshenna 2 4249192 What is scrapple? Mon Dec 15 16:48:48 -0800 2008 4241063 199931 ginael 3 4251831 Scrapple id a thrifty dish made with scraps left over from the butchering bound with corn meal and seasoned with a lot of black pepper. Very popular in southeastern Pennsylvania. It's boiled like porridge and then allowed to set in a loaf shape, sliced and fried up, especially for breakfast. I like it, but a lot of people don't. Me, now, I will pretty much eat anything, even things I don't actually like, if they're put in front of me by my host. But I literally cannot imagine putting a canned sardine in my mouth. Tue Dec 16 14:57:28 -0800 2008 4249192 41016 Meann 4 4252299 LOVE scrapple...and also especially the Cincinnati version made with oats, "Goetta". Great stuff... Tue Dec 16 17:31:49 -0800 2008 4251831 116047 The Professor 5 4252443 Ditto, bring scrapple and apple butter back to Maine every visit to NJ/Pa. Tue Dec 16 18:24:33 -0800 2008 4252299 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4255714 Hey ginael, you should look up "Philadelphia Scrapple" at wikipedia.com... noticed another post from you where you said you spend time there with a significant other. You could surprise your sig. other with a ~ tasty ~ plate of Philadelphia Scrapple! They might not be your sig. other very long after though! Wed Dec 17 21:39:26 -0800 2008 4249192 246587 sdsometimes 1 4245007 Brats. Can't stand the taste, smell, or texture, and hate the way they look. Sat Dec 13 19:49:54 -0800 2008 4179442 83766 brendastarlet 2 4287865 If only they're parents would discipline them... Then there might be hope. ;) Thu Jan 01 11:56:26 -0800 2009 4245007 49823 Terrieltr 1 4247866 A long while ago I was in New Orleans on a business trip when my host took me to a family restaurant which he obviously knew well. After chatting with the family he didn't even order but just instructed the owner (?) that we would have whatever the family was having. It was something unidentifiable, white-ish and sitting on top of pasta. Everyone (owner included) looked at me (the big shot down from NYC) to see if I approved of this special dish. I had know idea what it was but smiled, stabbed it with a fork and gingerly put it in my mouth and swallowed. Never have I eaten something that I strained to swallow, hit my stomach, and returned so quickly and with so much vigor. I had had my first and last taste of tripe. Mon Dec 15 09:01:21 -0800 2008 4179442 248573 Tyrone Slothrop 1 4249100 My going rate to eat a spoonful of mayonnaise would be $30. And I'd need to wash it down immediately with a martini. Shaken, not stirred. Very dry, no olive. Mon Dec 15 16:12:32 -0800 2008 4179442 248284 taos 2 4249179 I'm just curious since so many people mentioned mayo and myself too I dislike it. Are we talking any mayo (real deal, home made..fancy to miracle whip) or? Mon Dec 15 16:43:12 -0800 2008 4249100 224081 BamiaWruz 3 4251613 For me, it's mayonnaise in ANY form. Homemade, generic, gourmet, Miracle Whip, etc. I cannot stomach it all. The very smell of it makes me sick to my stomach. On a positive note, when my family has spring and summer parties it's pretty easy to watch what I eat because so many things have mayo in them. And those things don't tempt me in the least bit. I'd rather go hungry, actually. Tue Dec 16 13:35:13 -0800 2008 4249179 148249 massgirl 4 4251866 Ohh ok I see. Good to know. Personally I only hate mayo with certain things (eggs, tuna..most sandwiches) , but I understand where you're coming from and I've met people who hate it, the smell and all. Thanks! :) Tue Dec 16 15:09:34 -0800 2008 4251613 224081 BamiaWruz 1 4250004 I agree with fresh coriander...and the same goes for cucumber and beetroot for me (although if the money was right...I'd grin and bear it, as most would) Making me drink hot milk would cost considerably more as would those fluorescent, processed Kraft 'cheese' slices, frozen ready-meals, sausages (excluding good Spanish or Argentinian chorizo), margarine, black pudding and kidneys. As for the many bugs and animal body parts I have not tried yet, my philosophy is that ignorance is bliss...if you don't tell me what it is beforehand, I'll happilly gobble it down. Tue Dec 16 01:57:41 -0800 2008 4179442 240789 Paula76 2 4250757 Thanks Paula, I just thought of two more to add to my list: cilantro (okay in salsa, though) and raw cucumbers (will eat tzatziki sauce). Tue Dec 16 09:16:07 -0800 2008 4250004 196419 Kate is always hungry 1 4250776 As I re-read this thread, I realized my previous post included things I disliked to eat and not things I would not eat for money. So, to answer the question: I would not eat brains (which they sell in buckets at the grocery stores here) or other kinds of popular, edible offal. I just feel that there are so many others things I'd rather eat that probably look and smell a heck-of-a-lot better. brrrrr! Tue Dec 16 09:20:15 -0800 2008 4179442 233294 cuccubear 2 4251725 Passionfruit and Cheetos. Also banana "flavor" (like in Runts candy). These are the only two things I can think of off hand that I wasn't able to acquire a taste for as I got older. Tue Dec 16 14:18:27 -0800 2008 4250776 214279 ndelson 3 4251870 Banana flavoured anything is the worst in my opinion, the taste lingers, it's awful. I remember this from my childhood in gums and candies.. Sickening. Tue Dec 16 15:10:39 -0800 2008 4251725 224081 BamiaWruz 4 4255813 That is a nasty smell. I wonder why it has to be so strong. I smell it (or overripe bananas) and get immediate heartburn. Wed Dec 17 22:38:07 -0800 2008 4251870 137755 Sal Vanilla 3 4441864 the bananas are the best runts!!!! Sun Feb 22 13:28:54 -0800 2009 4251725 242801 CoryKatherine 4 4883027 I OD'd on Runts as a kid and can't stand them now. After my grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary, I saw a punch bowl filled with the candy and mentioned to my grandmother how much I liked them. Half an hour later, I ended up with a grocery bag full of them. As everyone left the party, they took a small handful of the candy and passed it along to me. Nanny decided to stop playing games and just emptied the bowl into her purse which was lined with the bag. Somehow she decided the payment for the party included the bowl of candy. Wed Jul 22 22:14:55 -0700 2009 4441864 152043 TampaAurora 2 4252504 oh. yeah. the "brains sold in buckets" place. maybe they should open a franchise here in d.c. we could sure use some. Tue Dec 16 18:40:13 -0800 2008 4250776 105717 alkapal 3 4253465 HA! There must be an import ban on them in the District, that's why you can only get them here in the sticks. ndelson, speaking of artificial flavoring - it's artificial strawberry flavoring that I can't stomach, especially in one of those box-mix cakes everyone loves to bring to picnics. Wed Dec 17 07:34:14 -0800 2008 4252504 233294 cuccubear 1 4254708 For me, it's split among: Cooked Vitamin A vegetables--sweet potatoes, carrots, butternut or acorn squash. The texture as well as the flavour. Exceptions: adding so much sugar and spice and making it into a pie or pureeing and adding a very strong stock to mask the flavour. I can't even eat the slices/chunks of carrots in chicken noodle soup unless I hold my breath. Banh Xeo--the Vietnamese omelet made with cornstarch, shrimp, and bean sprouts. I used to be forced to eat this, and through this monstrosity discovered the "hold your breath and swallow without chewing" eating technique. I believe that my hatred for cornstarch and refined corn products began here. Papaya--smells like arm pits and tastes worse. Passionfruit. Durian--smells like rotting flesh. Artificial banana flavouring. Yuck Basically, if I have to hold my breath to consume it, it's not worth eating. At any price. Wed Dec 17 14:11:43 -0800 2008 4179442 224238 Caralien 1 4255803 I cannot eat giant clam or urchin egg sacs. Honestly I involuntarily upchuck them. Very embarrassing. Sauteed liver (brings on the gag reflex). Maybe for 10K I would eat it, but I could not guarantee I could keep it from revisiting my plate. The texture and the look of it is absolutely revolting! There are not enough exclamation points for that. I would rather eat my shoe. Soy nuts. I have to wash my mouth out if one sneaks in disguised with chocolate. Sturgeon. It fills my nasal cavity (the smell) and I feel ill. That coupled with the texture. GAGOLA! I have an acute sense of smell. Sometimes a curse. Wed Dec 17 22:30:50 -0800 2008 4179442 137755 Sal Vanilla 1 4256063 I forgot about smoked birds. Why anyone would take any delicious bird and make it taste like dried out and chewy ham mixed with rubber is beyond me. Thu Dec 18 04:57:59 -0800 2008 4179442 224238 Caralien 2 4256094 poor caralien, obviously you have not had the opportunity to enjoy the delectably juicy and tender smoked chicken of the south! Thu Dec 18 05:20:55 -0800 2008 4256063 105717 alkapal 3 4256577 I've had it, and gagged (we go to SC regularly to visit with family). Ditto with smoked duck and turkey. I don't mind smoked pork and beef, but birds? Absolutely disgusting. Thu Dec 18 08:37:03 -0800 2008 4256094 224238 Caralien 4 4258073 Do you like smoked turkey from the deli (sliced for sandwiches). Thu Dec 18 16:50:14 -0800 2008 4256577 137755 Sal Vanilla 5 4259902 no. Fri Dec 19 11:18:27 -0800 2008 4258073 224238 Caralien 3 4258040 Mr Alkie, Waaaait a minute! Mr Weber, Mr Brinker and I make foul smoke, I mean wicked good smoked fowl (including wild eiderduck grouse and turkey). Princeton U was the place to go for learnin' in the first half of the 19th century. There were riots at the beginning of The War of Succession and according to some The Stars and Bars were even raised over the campus. (Princeton was also one of the 4 capitol cities of the US of A.). A lot of fine dining in Princeton too. ps But don't eat BBQ or okra north of the Mason Dixon Line. Thu Dec 18 16:38:07 -0800 2008 4256094 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4258814 whoooaaaa there, mrs. passie, i meant no affront to the yankees who smoke! Thu Dec 18 23:45:22 -0800 2008 4258040 105717 alkapal 4 4260973 collards, by the way, are really good at Je's in Newark and Last Legg's in New Brunswick. Haven't found any decent okra from anyone except my mother-in-law from South Carolina up North. Fri Dec 19 17:59:45 -0800 2008 4258040 224238 Caralien 2 4258072 Caralien - You have not had a properly smoked bird. It is neither dried out or chewy. the exact succulent opposite in fact. Thu Dec 18 16:49:17 -0800 2008 4256063 137755 Sal Vanilla 3 4259925 Sal, I don't like smoked birds. Period. Even if the texture were not like a tire (like the smoked turkey I had from Texas 2 years ago, which was moist), the smell is rather offensive to me. I have relatives who know how to BBQ and smoke meats and poultry properly. The birds--blech. Pig, cow--yum! Bird--I'll pass. If it's put on my plate and the dog isn't around, I'm happy that paper napkins exist. More for you, and I'll politely decline. Fri Dec 19 11:26:02 -0800 2008 4258072 224238 Caralien 1 4263646 A few Christmasses ago a British friend came over with a traditional English Christmas treat, canned smoked oysters. Of course we had to eat them or offend our friend. It was one of the most disgusting things I've ever put in my mouth. My poor wife wound up gagging them up in the toilet. Never again. Sun Dec 21 08:25:56 -0800 2008 4179442 40407 ligature 2 4287357 if you are ever "stuck" with a can of smoked oysters, try this dip: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,161,151160-247207,00.html it is mysteriously addictive, and you would not suspect it had smoked oysters in it. i've also seen the recipe made with a touch of worcestershire, and made into a log, then rolled in fresh, chopped parsley. Thu Jan 01 07:38:35 -0800 2009 4263646 105717 alkapal 3 4287380 this sounds really tasty. I think I'll try it. Do you prefer the chives or olives? Thu Jan 01 07:52:47 -0800 2009 4287357 10147 michele cindy 4 4287386 i like both (but i'm a sensory-overload hog!). make it into the log and roll in the parsley (use waxed paper to help). festive! it really is delicious. Thu Jan 01 07:56:48 -0800 2009 4287380 105717 alkapal 1 4288029 It appears that a lot of people are averse to eating a lot of things! I thought I was being overly picky with my aversion to organ meats (except for gizzards and the odd natural-casing sausages). Especially brains. I think working as a biomedical photographer for 36+ years and the smells encountered in the OR during that time has had something to do with it. Otherwise, I really hate dill. And banana-flavored foods (I like bananas plain, though, usually). And as much as I've truly enjoyed many Asian and Indian homemade curries, the smell and taste of commercially prepared "curry powder" makes me flat-out gag. Thu Jan 01 13:20:44 -0800 2009 4179442 105625 EWSflash 2 4288669 Fried chicken gizzards are so good! Thu Jan 01 18:41:05 -0800 2009 4288029 115828 hotteacher1976 1 4288037 Re- organ meats- I had me two big old bowls of menudo this morning, with tripe, voluntarily, so I guess tripe's not on my list of -not-for-love-or-money food, either. Thu Jan 01 13:24:51 -0800 2009 4179442 105625 EWSflash 1 4288054 Tofurkey. The nastiest thing next to Jell-O. Thu Jan 01 13:34:00 -0800 2009 4179442 123694 RI Swampyankee 1 4288472 There is very little I won't eat, I'm definittely an omnivore; I love eggs, organ meas, goat/sheep cheese, blue cheese, blowfish: I'm just not that gutsy Banana compound: you couldn't pay me, I'll spit out a dessert onto my plate in a fine dining restaurant if it's made with fake banana. I really like real bananas though Frozen Shellfish: not all frozen shellfish, but some, even expensive stuff, will make me gag for hours, especially crab and lobster. Again though, I love the real, fresh stuff Thu Jan 01 17:00:55 -0800 2009 4179442 252737 hungryungry 1 4314190 Cilantro. It absolutely kills me that I can't eat it. Can't even get it down--I just gag! (Did I mention that I used to live in Mexico? Talk about painful...) Sat Jan 10 12:25:43 -0800 2009 4179442 196581 stay_classy 2 4323792 IIRC, there is a compound in cilantro that tastes very different to some people, & Cilantro Horror is an inherited trait. DH cannot tolerate fresh cilantro at all, swearing that it tastes like cheap soap; I have (generally) a better sense of smell/taste than he does, but can't pick up any soapiness. And we live near a bunch of terrific Mexican and South Asian restaurants, so it's either screen the menu carefully or cook it at home ... . Judging from the look on his face when he has tasted any, the flavor must be awful. (But coriander seed seems to be fine -- it's just the leaves, apparently -- is that also true for you?) Tue Jan 13 17:44:13 -0800 2009 4314190 138056 mshenna 3 4441115 Very interesting, mshenna. I could graze my way through a field of fresh cilantro and had no idea about Cilantro Horror. That said, my nearly-nonexistent gag reflex surges to the forefront when smelling or tasting epazote. I wonder if that affects some people similarly- other than me. I can't imagine that people even consider it to be a "flavoring:. Sun Feb 22 08:38:00 -0800 2009 4323792 105625 EWSflash 1 4319665 Things you would have to pay me a lot of money to eat: Mayo straight from the jar (I don't like the stuff on sandwiches either, but it's almost tolerable in a sandwich if there isn't too much and its flavor is hidden) Most seafoods (more on that later) Most organ meats Beer Scotch Blue cheese Olives Things you would have to pay me A WHOLE LOT of money to eat Salmon (the worst fish ever) Peas (just the smell makes me gag) Brains or eyeballs (and I don't know if I could do eyeballs even if I were paid) Bugs Mon Jan 12 14:06:37 -0800 2009 4179442 116495 Avalondaughter 2 4524968 Love everything on your list except the jarred mayo. Sat Mar 21 08:07:39 -0700 2009 4319665 36661 Sam Fujisaka 3 4535210 I have no problem with jarred mayo unless it's Miracle Whip, but draw the line at bugs, eyes, brains, and most of the organ meats. Tue Mar 24 18:16:00 -0700 2009 4524968 105625 EWSflash 1 4324543 Too many things to even mention them all. Common things like mayo, milk as a beverage, salad dressings, anything with too much vinegar in it(I hated the smell of vinegar so much as a child that my older siblings would torment me with it), pimento cheese, lots of cheeses--the list goes on and on. It's a problem trying not to eat things in certain situations. Eating them then throwing up would also be a problem though. Odd thing is that I'm not squeamish. I'd eat a well-cooked rat or fried grasshoppers. Wed Jan 14 02:08:52 -0800 2009 4179442 13930 Chimayo Joe 2 4324786 hmmmm......likes rats but not cheese. very interesting! ;-). Wed Jan 14 06:11:53 -0800 2009 4324543 105717 alkapal 2 4424126 Joe, the important question is do you eat Chimayo chile & where do you get it; better than Hatch. Tue Feb 17 06:05:11 -0800 2009 4324543 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4424041 I thought of one more over the weekend. I was watching a cooking show and the recipe called for buttermilk. I might be able to cook with it, but as for drinking it, you'd have to pay me! Tue Feb 17 05:10:00 -0800 2009 4179442 10147 michele cindy 1 4427098 Rare to medium poultry Tue Feb 17 19:11:52 -0800 2009 4179442 12469 chaz 2 4441121 Ewwwwww, ditto that! Sun Feb 22 08:39:36 -0800 2009 4427098 105625 EWSflash 1 4441879 my list is short- raw carrots avocados raw cucumbers pickles and i'd eat any of them for $20. Probably $10. or $5. Then again I'm pretty broke. So If anyone is looking for some entertainment, I'll do a lot of things (nonsexual) for a price Sun Feb 22 13:31:36 -0800 2009 4179442 242801 CoryKatherine 1 4441887 well i try to revist things i think i dislike every now and then to make sure it just isn;t a habit. so i was out by myself for a bit of dinner, while working on some writing, and i decided to throw caution to the wind and order calves liver, which i hated since childhood - and have not eaten since childhood. There are so many thing i like now that i may not have liked then - so i ordered liver and onion i could tell it was well prepared, very tender and flavorful. I'm glad i ordered it. now i know my dislike of it is not a habit. i don;t like it. Sun Feb 22 13:36:04 -0800 2009 4179442 135229 thew 1 4442003 Cilantro (what you call fresh coriander) ihatecilantro.com - $10 to eat it and another $10 of hard cider to wash it down Head Cheese or Black Pudding - $50.00 Oysters - As the VISA commercial used to say : Priceless -- I wouldn't eat 'em, not even for money. I don't even like seeing them shucked. Sun Feb 22 14:21:43 -0800 2009 4179442 95137 mcsheridan 1 4525046 I've got three. I discovered they wouldn't stay in my mouth (independent of one another by the way) in most unfortunate fashion. I am an otherwise quite adventurous eater. 1. chitlins 2. rocky mountain oysters 3. orange roughy Sat Mar 21 08:40:36 -0700 2009 4179442 47694 litchick 1 4528018 Truffles! Which I know, to most, is a complete and total sacrilege. The taste, the texture, especially the smell, the way it permeated everything. I have tried and tried to love them the way the rest of the world does, but no luck. They make me retch. Some people feel bad for me, but just think of the money I save! Sun Mar 22 14:49:33 -0700 2009 4179442 173021 hungrystudent257 1 4534211 Now that I see this thread revived, I thought of one more thing: I would not eat any part of the human body or by-product thereof. I guess I should sell my stock in Soylent Green, hunh? Tue Mar 24 13:17:10 -0700 2009 4179442 233294 cuccubear 1 4534360 I'm unable to choose just one. Even the thought of the following foods makes me feel ill, mayonnaise, coleslaw, parmesan and papaya. Tue Mar 24 13:51:43 -0700 2009 4179442 277016 Thunderduck 1 4534972 Pickled herring Tue Mar 24 16:54:52 -0700 2009 4179442 219682 Babyducks 2 4535221 Yeah, I could never see the appeal, either. Tue Mar 24 18:18:24 -0700 2009 4534972 105625 EWSflash 1 4535370 I pride myself on being an omnivore--willing and able to eat and enjoy nearly any fairly conventional food--but I can't abide anything that tastes like anise/black licorice/fennel. Makes me gag...I must have had a bad experience with it as a child. You couldn't pay me to eat anything in that family. Tue Mar 24 19:10:14 -0700 2009 4179442 25557 Cakegirl 1 4536482 My in-laws--born and bred in the Hamburg area of Germany, came to Michigan in the mid-50's. A Christmas tradition they made every year and took great pride in was "Herring Salat" It was a mix of finely chopped salted herring, apples,, raisins,hard boiled eggs, cranberries, and some sort of sweet & sour sauce they always kept secret. The concoction--especially when it was heavy with the chopped raw fish--was the most disgusting looking thing I've ever seen. I tried it a couple of years just to fit in and it was disgusting....& I'm a foodie who likes about anything but you can't pay me enough to scarf down a bowl of this crap. Wed Mar 25 08:04:49 -0700 2009 4179442 145651 Goldendog 1 4539365 Cazu Marzu. If you dont know, look it up. Wed Mar 25 23:57:17 -0700 2009 4179442 229240 goldendawn7 2 4540508 I will not eat for the remainder of the day after reading that one! Thu Mar 26 10:09:40 -0700 2009 4539365 10147 michele cindy 1 4875634 I won't say I would not eat them for, say $5,000, but I greatly dislike uncooked spinach, uncooked mushrooms, buttermilk (as a beverage), borscht, tempeh, and papaya. Mon Jul 20 17:31:25 -0700 2009 4179442 252189 h2Bn 1 4876576 I'd like to add Spam to my list. It would take at least $15.00 for me to try it. Never had it and without someone paying me I doubt I ever will. Tue Jul 21 05:34:44 -0700 2009 4179442 10147 michele cindy 2 4876607 michele, i had to laugh at your "at least $15.00" figure for spam. you have a $25 price for goat cheese, yet you have a goat kid as your screen avatar. hmmmm. (or is it a lamb; i saw fur and not wool, right?). Tue Jul 21 05:47:25 -0700 2009 4876576 105717 alkapal 3 4877162 i created a group on FB called "Goat Cheese Stinks". The photo I used was just one of the cutest goats I ever saw. So I thought I would use it here too. My own cats were getting tired looking... Tue Jul 21 08:59:05 -0700 2009 4876607 10147 michele cindy 1 4876866 There isn't alot I wouldn't at least try or eat, but once on Bizarre Foods, Andrew Zimmern ate these intestines that hadn't been cleaned out, and were stuffed with other veggies and stuff, but he said he could still taste the "last meal" if you know what I mean. That, I absolutely could not eat. Tue Jul 21 07:28:48 -0700 2009 4179442 1092518 emmaleeb 2 4877806 Actually I can picture eating that, depending on the situation. Context is everything! There's a favorite scene of mine from the movie "Tampopo", (a must, by the way, for every Foodie), where the Yakuza character is assasinated on the street by several gunshots as her girlfriend runs to his side. In the ensuing dying breaths the Yakuza character tries to calm her down describing a dish that he'd like to have with her someday. From the sound of the dish and the entire "logic" of it I don't think I'll have any qualms about eating such a thing, at least how it was described in Tampopo! I won't reveal the "secret logic" of it, but it'll be clear in this YouTube clip subtitled in English: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvu_2pwtFu8 Tue Jul 21 11:57:25 -0700 2009 4876866 20300 cgfan 3 4877944 Ha, by "the last meal" he meant he tasted the last meal that the ANIMAL had eaten, aka he was basically eating half-digested almost-excrement. But yes! I must see that film. It seems so eloquent and lovely. Tue Jul 21 12:31:34 -0700 2009 4877806 1092518 emmaleeb 2 4877973 Of course they had been cleaned. There are times when ruminant intestines are cleaned and cleaned, but retain just a bit of that grassy taste. Its not really bad if you don't think about it too much. Perfectly clean and those types of dishes are really good. Tue Jul 21 12:39:18 -0700 2009 4876866 36661 Sam Fujisaka 1 5011269 This is a fairly hilarious thread. Who knew how many people don't like mayo. I thought it was the great American all purposes condiment (or is that ketchup?). I used to be a very adventurous eater, as a chef, I tried it all. Heart, gizzards, racoon, wild boar, bear, venizon, bison, tongue, sweetbreads, organ whatever, although tripe is not my favorite. Now my food issues are more politcal, no goat, lamb, veal or rabbit. I like the creatures too much. I have no vegetable or fruit issues. I like stinky cheeses,milk, eggs and ketchup. I eat eel, shark and pickled herring. I like okra, bananas and cauliflower. Asparagus is heaven and Limberger is too die for. I feel blessed that I have an open mind (or mouth.) However, I saw A. Bourdain eating roasted armadillo recently and I have to say it would be a no go for me, not even for the big money. No eyeballs either. I have to draw the line somewhere. Or Zimmern with the sea slugs from the bottle, described as brackish and crunchy. Dear god. Oh and no pulque. Mon Sep 07 12:20:09 -0700 2009 4179442 1095104 bushwickgirl 1 5083185 Add huitlacoche to the $15.00 list. Tue Oct 06 11:56:53 -0700 2009 4179442 10147 michele cindy 1 5085308 Double salt black licorice picked up and eaten in Amsterdam. O M G repulsive. There is no amount of money. Wed Oct 07 08:38:42 -0700 2009 4179442 239340 latindancer 2 5099103 I have tried doing that thing of having something 5 (or is it 10?) times but w/licorice every time made me shudder, gag, and wash my mouth Tue Oct 13 06:29:00 -0700 2009 5085308 14210 olia 2 5172548 lol, I recently tried these for the first time, and despite the fact that I dislike regular licorice, I actually quite liked this stuff. Wed Nov 11 07:57:49 -0800 2009 5085308 153184 im_nomad 1 5086734 black licorice. Makes me gag just thinking of it! Wed Oct 07 15:57:02 -0700 2009 4179442 1114649 donlat3 1 5090384 Raw sea urchin is one of the few foods I don't care for, at any price. To my palate, it tastes like green oak wood that's been coated, shellac and dirt. Weird. Don't even get me going on the texture... Fri Oct 09 04:06:26 -0700 2009 4179442 84963 Journey 2 5090412 How about sea cucumber? Slime eels? Oscar Meir Wieners? Fri Oct 09 04:32:38 -0700 2009 5090384 93538 Passadumkeg 1 5098250 crawfish Mon Oct 12 17:24:32 -0700 2009 4179442 1110069 Sensuous 1 5145845 Canned creamed corn is the one thing I cannot abide. I'm not a huge fan of canned corn the regular way as it smells overcooked as is. But that creamed corn is just vile. It appears already consummed. Sat Oct 31 17:32:12 -0700 2009 4179442 290845 KristieB 2 5148962 It is nasty, isn't it...blech! Mon Nov 02 08:51:30 -0800 2009 5145845 233294 cuccubear 1 5151792 The genitals of any animal, any type of blood-related dish (e.g., blood sausage) or insects, partially due to religious reasons, partially because it's gross. Tue Nov 03 07:57:10 -0800 2009 4179442 286144 jAmbre 1 5153572 minced meat pie. Tue Nov 03 16:55:17 -0800 2009 4179442 10147 michele cindy 1 5168270 I don't like eggs of any kind except hardboiled, but I'll eat them occasionally. What I REFUSE to eat is a soft shell crab. The idea of it makes me want to convulse. Mon Nov 09 15:07:34 -0800 2009 4179442 1123131 cweaver90 2 5168582 but the hard shelled ones are ok>??? Mon Nov 09 16:58:46 -0800 2009 5168270 135229 thew 1 5181621 Organ meats of any kind. I did eat a Rocky Mountain Oyster one time, but it took more than money, it took a lot of alcohol! Sat Nov 14 13:12:28 -0800 2009 4179442 1123849 CouplesCooking 2 5182359 I agree. And LIVER is the worst food memory of my childhood. Sat Nov 14 20:03:59 -0800 2009 5181621 225684 jerry pittman 1 5184497 Here in MN we frequently get called for focus groups to test new products. I was once offered $75 to taste test a new flavor of oatmeal- had to turn it down flat, no hot cereals shall pass my lips. A textural thing, along with the smell- no thanks. Sun Nov 15 20:32:20 -0800 2009 4179442 63153 MNLisaB