580251 Mon Dec 15 10:43:59 -0800 2008 278 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 4248139 Hi my chowhound friends, What are some food that most people love but you feel you really enjoy as much as they do? For me, chickpeas, lentils, and tamales are some that I can think of. The first two were food that I never even encountered until I came to the States. While most of my friends love them, and they will go out their ways to find really good falafels or lentil soups, put chickpeas and lentils in their salad, I just never really like them that much. I mean, I have had what they called the best falafel in Manhattan and I am sure there are even better ones out there, but I don't think I will ever go crazy about them (and I love fried food) Same for tamales. I have friends that crave for them, but I never feel that I love them. I don't dislike them, but they will not be my choice if other alternatives are availalble. I just think in these cases my personal taste doesn't agree with others, because most people love them like I love sushi or very good pasta. So what about you? What are some of the food that are very commmonly loved by your friends but you don't? Mon Dec 15 10:44:00 -0800 2008 54254 kobetobiko 1 4248183 Beets. I hate beets. Had to eat them as a kid, because we had to eat whatever came from our victory garden. Blecch! Foie gras, but mostly for ethical reasons. Not a food, but I'm one of only two adult Californians that don't lke wine. Mon Dec 15 10:56:04 -0800 2008 4248139 131118 Xiao Yang 2 4327577 I have to agree with beets for the same reason...the were forced on me as a kid. They also seem to grow a plenty in the organic farm that I have a share of. Yuck - it makes me popular with my coworkers who ask for them! Wed Jan 14 20:31:56 -0800 2009 4248183 214071 blancadog1 2 4729654 I hate beets too. My tastes have changed to where I love most vegetables, but beets are still gross. Sun May 31 07:47:02 -0700 2009 4248183 136251 Fromageball 1 4248222 SUSHI!! My friends tell me it's an "acquired taste," but I don't understand the need to try to acquire a taste for something when there are so many wonderful things to eat. BEER..would rather eat my calories than drink them. CHOCOLATE CAKE...give me a great carrot cake with cream cheese frosting or anything with lots of peanut butter anyday. Mon Dec 15 11:08:12 -0800 2008 4248139 89594 allieboy 2 4248245 Oh Chocolate. I am ok with chocolate, but definitely not a huge fan. Usually I will go with other choices (savory first, then other sweets like fruity ones) before I go with chocolate cakes. Most of my girl friends said I am the only girl that they know who don't like chocolate! Mon Dec 15 11:17:09 -0800 2008 4248222 54254 kobetobiko 3 4248791 I thought I was the only girl like that!!!!! I'm the same as you, savoury first. Chocolate dead last. Mon Dec 15 13:54:03 -0800 2008 4248245 69079 starlady 4 4250217 Cheese over chocolate any day of the week. Tue Dec 16 05:59:03 -0800 2008 4248791 13722 small h 5 4250922 Agreed. Chocolate does virtually nothing for me. Tue Dec 16 10:09:12 -0800 2008 4250217 92744 invinotheresverde 6 4251975 I'd love to be slathered in either, but not both together... Tue Dec 16 15:42:12 -0800 2008 4250922 64003 bulavinaka 3 4255272 I will reach for fruity and savory over chocolate any day. Everyone thinks I am strange because I don't swoon over the thought of a chocolate cake. Wed Dec 17 18:13:29 -0800 2008 4248245 87837 RGC1982 3 4266087 I'm with all of you on chocolate. I do like certain chocolate truffles/fine chocolates, but I haven't had chocolate ice cream since I was a kid (and I am an ice cream addict). I don't know how many times I have been disappointed after an otherwise marvelous meal in a restaurant because 3/4 of the dessert options are chocolatey (the molten chocolate cakes, the double chocolate this and that, etc). Mon Dec 22 09:48:11 -0800 2008 4248245 48389 racer x 4 4267215 There is a place near us that serves a chocolate cake that I once brought to a pot luck (no time to cook and feeling lazy.) Any serving beyond one the thickness of a knife is enough to send you into a coma. Mon Dec 22 15:43:55 -0800 2008 4266087 43623 chilihead 3 4274450 i'm also one of the few people who don't particularly like chocolate i'd go for other flavours such as fruity ones aswell, and definetly just prefer more savoury dishes rather than sweets. Fri Dec 26 13:44:03 -0800 2008 4248245 235412 umbushi plum 2 4248378 I'd really disagree with your friends who tell you it's an "acquired taste" Most of the ppl I know are hooked on it after their first try. Anyone here go through the "Sushi Cravings" after they tried it a few times? LOL. Also, do not write it off because some of it has raw fish. There are PLENTY of options that contain cooked fish, or no fish at all. Anyway - my short list: Miracle Whip (of course.) Sugary Tartar sauce. (who are the people that EAT that stuff? Sheesh! Oh, I LOVE tartar sauce made with real mayo, but spare me that sweet sugary stuff. Sugary fish? No Thank You!) Roasted Red Peppers. Sorry. I just don't get it. American Cheese. What could be worse? What's that SMELL? Frosting on a cake. Very few and far between are the times I've had good frosting. I'd really rather just have plain cake. Beer. Never been able to get into it. I do like Pacifico, Sol, and Newcastle - only because they have no flavor. Chicken Breast. Stew meat fake bbq pork ribs...hmmm, how long since there's been an outburst on this subject? J/K. Mon Dec 15 11:53:12 -0800 2008 4248222 111530 gordeaux 3 4256509 I was sure that my child was the only kid around that refuses to eat a grilled chesse-it is because she won't TOUCH american cheese. Now give her thin slices of parmigano reggiano, sharp cheddar or gruyere and she's all over it, but she won't have anything to do with american cheese! Thu Dec 18 08:20:18 -0800 2008 4248378 66054 Razorback 4 4262315 People have tried to convince me that there are different grades of American Cheese (there's the good kind in the deli and then there's that other stuff...). Yuck. Molten yuck. Velveeta too, although telling someone that if it weren't dyed, it would be transparent, often turns their stomach enough to possibly turn them against it. Now if they actually sold clear velveeta, I might be interested in using it in one of those "looks like X but actually is Y" types of meals (mashed potatoes with gravy presented as a sundae....) Sat Dec 20 13:28:30 -0800 2008 4256509 224238 Caralien 5 4264673 American "cheese". Yecch indeed. I grew up thinking Velveeta = cheese, and Miracle Whip was mayonnaise; now I can't eat either! And I LOVE good cheese!! Sun Dec 21 17:22:47 -0800 2008 4262315 160926 Kinnexa 2 4267410 Nowadays, give me salt over chocolate. I think I ate too much of it growing up that I don't care for it much anymore. Once in a while, yes. But, I don't have the sudden urge for it like I used to. Mon Dec 22 17:31:42 -0800 2008 4248222 115828 hotteacher1976 1 4248229 Eggs.no way, no shape, no how. Fine in cakes and cookies, but not by themselves You might also want to check this thread out: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/572886 Mon Dec 15 11:10:55 -0800 2008 4248139 204342 FriedClamFanatic 2 4248244 Sushi, I eat it but don't love it Ground Beef in any form other than between two buns with melty cheese. Salmon Offal Mussels Dolmas Fruit...other than lemons Mon Dec 15 11:17:01 -0800 2008 4248229 96905 bubbles4me 3 4251648 No sushi or salmon for me either. I'm not a big fan of ice cream either. Anything really sweet is foul to me. I'm much more of a savory person. Kale and swiss chard Chicken nuggets or any processed chicken thing turkey roll (you know, like the deli turkey - ick) squishy white bread (i.e. Wonder bread) jello Tue Dec 16 13:46:56 -0800 2008 4248244 71241 lynnlato 4 4259772 turkey roll - Good Call. What IS that suff anyway? Do ppl think that turkeys are rectangular animals? That is DEFINITELY not turkey. I had turkey at thanksgiving a few eeks ago, and it sure wasn't THAT stuff. How do stores SELL that stuff? Fri Dec 19 10:27:53 -0800 2008 4251648 111530 gordeaux 3 4255091 Do most people love offal? I float it past my family and friends as a dinner idea, the only taker is my husband. The rest squinch up their noses and act like I just farted. Wed Dec 17 17:01:35 -0800 2008 4248244 137755 Sal Vanilla 4 4255099 LOL!!!!!!! Wed Dec 17 17:04:52 -0800 2008 4255091 71241 lynnlato 4 4255260 It's definitely not something I would surprise friends or family with :) Wed Dec 17 18:08:56 -0800 2008 4255091 131001 c oliver 4 4255443 My parents spent their honeymoon in Quebec City. They drove there in a pink cadilac and our adventurous eating habits have their roots in their time there. Sweetbreads, liver, smelt, and on. The idea of expanding our notion of food was always present (even though we were in the middle of " the land of Iceburg.") Offal appeared every now and then. Polish duck's blood soup, pickled herring, and ham hocks all crossed the table. I might have hid the liver under the napkin once or twice, but I feel as if it made me more willing to try something new, and at times enjoy the experience. Take note of my nametag. We never ate spicy as kids, but their daring fed my daring. to me nothing is more bland as comfort food and nothing more comforting as something new. Wed Dec 17 19:21:18 -0800 2008 4255091 43623 chilihead 4 4257335 That probably depends on what you mean by "most people." Lots of people in many parts of the world like offal (eg China, with a population over 1 billion). But probably few USAers. Thu Dec 18 12:11:33 -0800 2008 4255091 48389 racer x 4 4261588 A couple, my daughter, and I went for the walk along the Rio Cali last night to see the Christmas lights (really spectacular with lots and lots of lights and displays that stretch across the river - and for several km. Along the sidewalks are hundreds, maybe thousands of food and drink vendors. ONE vendor was selling what must have been crispy fried chicken intestine. I got a plate and it was really, really good! My friends (an American and a Colombian) and my daughter declined. I looked for more later along the stroll, but the guy was the only one! Sat Dec 20 06:28:34 -0800 2008 4255091 36661 Sam Fujisaka 5 4261744 Sounds great, Sam! Do the lights in Colombia look the same as elsewhere? Sat Dec 20 08:06:57 -0800 2008 4261588 204342 FriedClamFanatic 6 4261875 Hey, Clam. More Mary, Joseph, Jesus, and the three Kings than Santa and Snow. Plus lots of local themes: cane trucks and tractors, whales, fish, birds, stars. Billions of lights big and small, all colors; strung across the river and the trees along both sides, which have walkways and roads. This was the best year yet. Quite something. Sat Dec 20 09:17:19 -0800 2008 4261744 36661 Sam Fujisaka 7 4261902 Hey, we saw the Northern Lights last night walking the dog. It was zero degrees F. and tidal ice cakes were thrust upon the shore. Nor' Easter hitting us w/ a foot of snow. Just got in from our unheated garage from working on our John Deere snow blower. Yes sir, cappy gonna be a white Christmas. Sat Dec 20 09:30:10 -0800 2008 4261875 93538 Passadumkeg 4 4262318 i love offal! Sat Dec 20 13:29:28 -0800 2008 4255091 212885 AngelSanctuary 2 4252278 Eggsactly, cakes, cookies, pancakes, mixed with milk for fried fish, shrimp, chicken, all ok; the only reason I buy eggs. This might be because my older brother used to sit across from me at the breakfast table, mouth wide open, while he ate his eggs. Oh, I forgot to mention, they stink to high heaven. Tue Dec 16 17:25:08 -0800 2008 4248229 198541 James Cristinian 1 4248249 Tomatos. Arrrggghh. It's such a curse to dislike them but I do. The ripe, ruby chunks or slices of tomato that make others orgasmic make me retch. My tomato sauce has to be silky smooth. No slices on sandwiches, salads, etc. Lol, I tell you..it really is a curse. And they are EVERYWHERE!! For example - I was at a very nice market the other day and was snooping around the hot entree counter for some tasty lunch and came upon a Shepard's Pie. COVERED with diced tomato. I thought it odd. And got some yogurt instead, LOL! Raw onion (cooked are fine)..burns my mouth and, imho, completely overwhelms any other flavor in the dish. Also, like tomatoes, people go nuts over them and put them in or on everything but dessert. Yuck. Mon Dec 15 11:17:49 -0800 2008 4248139 74127 shelly59 2 4248278 Totally with you on the maters. Hate it when a pizza place uses a chunky sauce instead of smooth.... nasty Mon Dec 15 11:27:28 -0800 2008 4248249 165021 Firegoat 2 4729752 I'm the same with both of those. I can't stand the texture of raw onions or tomatoes, and I hate the taste of raw tomatoes, but cooked is fine as long as they are pureed nice and smooth so there are no chunks. I also LOVE onion soup. Sun May 31 08:22:49 -0700 2009 4248249 136251 Fromageball 3 4737897 Yup, my immersion blender is my friend! I recognize that veggies are necessary for some things, like soup. I just don't want to bite into them. Tue Jun 02 22:27:14 -0700 2009 4729752 237929 tracylee 1 4248251 Chocolate never really did it for me. I honestly would rather have a bowl of Fiber One over a Hershey's Kiss any day of the week. Mon Dec 15 11:18:57 -0800 2008 4248139 68363 JungMann 2 4259847 With all due respect, Hershey's is to chocolate what Velveeta is to cheese. I don't eat hershey's either. But dark or bittersweet choc, 70% and up, not too sweet - that is a dream... Fri Dec 19 10:56:40 -0800 2008 4248251 12912 sasha1 3 4261561 Or a total nightmare for those of us for whom dark chocolate induces migraines. I'd take a Hershey kiss anyday over 70% and up because I can continue with my day unscathed. Sat Dec 20 06:03:11 -0800 2008 4259847 107671 queencru 4 4262497 I'm sorry - I had no idea they were a migraine trigger. My husband gets them sometimes (not from choc) and he can be laid up for 2 days... Good thing there's much choc variety in the world, isn't it :) Sat Dec 20 15:05:52 -0800 2008 4261561 12912 sasha1 1 4248356 Goat cheese, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, watermelon, plain white milk to drink and saffron are all things I don't really care for that seem to be popular with nearly everyone else I know. Mon Dec 15 11:47:05 -0800 2008 4248139 101907 ms. clicquot 2 4248503 Lavender, as in herbes de Provence. It tastes like potpourri to me. Also eggs. I've tried to like them. I've eaten them every way possible. The more disguised they are, the better. The smell of hard cooked eggs in my fridge makes me want to vomit, but my SO adores them, so I don't do any deep inhaling when rooting in a fridge that contains them. On the topic of eggs, I don't like tobiko (flying fish roe) at all, but I do like ikura (salmon roe) and good quality caviar (beluga, sevruga, osetra). I also dislike most meat. This comment will surely stop most people in their tracks. Even when I was more willing to eat meat or poultry, it had to be either stewed or tender and served with a sauce. For example, I'd sooner eat a lamb shank than a lamb chop, or a pan-fried pork dumpling at dim sum vs pork loin, chop or roast. Something about the dry chewiness of proteins is a turn-off to me (not to mention the dead animal angle). I guess the sauce masks the flavour of the meat and helps ease it down. Softer proteins appeal more to me, such as fish, seafood, legumes or tofu. Mon Dec 15 12:23:22 -0800 2008 4248356 239809 1sweetpea 3 4248559 Actually I'll add lavender to my list as well. I had a lavender creme brulee in Provence a few years ago and it was like eating a dish of hand cream! I love how it smells but please keep it out of my food! Mon Dec 15 12:39:55 -0800 2008 4248503 101907 ms. clicquot 4 4249344 I agree about lavender. That creme brulee sounds repulsive! Mon Dec 15 17:49:24 -0800 2008 4248559 11778 irishnyc 5 4249577 i third the lavender. it tastes like soap to me. there's a hard, lavender flavored candy that's the texture of those necco wafers and sold in the same size/shape package as the small packets of hall's cough drops you buy at the cash register. they make me mildly nauseous in a way that no other food i can think of right now does. Mon Dec 15 19:21:56 -0800 2008 4249344 64215 cimui 6 4337230 are you sure you're not thinking of Violet candy? I love the stuff, sounds exactly like what you are describing...I've never seen lavender flavored! Sun Jan 18 15:34:54 -0800 2009 4249577 65040 cheetobrain 7 4353091 There are lavender pastilles in the Victorian French tins. Violet too. Plus violet gum. I used to try to like it, but I prefer the mint versions. Sat Jan 24 04:21:18 -0800 2009 4337230 224238 Caralien 8 4353167 i recall a lavender scented creme brulee i had once in napa valley. nope. not for me! Sat Jan 24 05:33:05 -0800 2009 4353091 105717 alkapal 8 4358112 yum! next time you see them send some my way ;) I love anything flower flavored! Mon Jan 26 07:41:34 -0800 2009 4353091 65040 cheetobrain 8 4730309 Oh my, those are so good! I had to quit buying them because I overindulged- as long as I had them I COULDN'T NOT HAVE ONE IN MY MOUTH. Easier not to buy than not to eat, sadly. Sun May 31 12:46:01 -0700 2009 4353091 105625 EWSflash 3 4249036 I'm with you on the evil hard cooked eggs - for me it's hard-boiled ones... chowhound.chow.com/topics/549324 Scroll down about two-thirds of the way down the thread. I feel like vomiting just thinking about it... :P Mon Dec 15 15:48:26 -0800 2008 4248503 64003 bulavinaka 3 4738601 I'm with you on the smell of eggs being so vile in many different combinations. I can't even walk into most breakfast restaurants because the egg smell makes me feel sick to my stomach. Though if they're hidden in bread pudding or you dump enough sugar in them to control the eggyness when you're talking mergengue then I can sometimes enjoy them. Not a huge fan of milk, but I suspect it's mostly because my Mom had a finish your milk before leaving the dinner table rule instead of some sort of clean plate club deal and only partly because of the mucousy feeling when it goes down my throat. Wed Jun 03 07:57:40 -0700 2009 4248503 11781 beachmouse 4 4745416 I was the same way with milk and I think I can blame it on those little milk cartons we got with school lunches. You HAD to drink it and it was always lukewarm. Nothing worse than lukewarm milk. Hot milk, for cocoa is fine, but not lukewarm. My milk aversion changed when I went to college in a small town in East Texas. They had a giant milk dispenser that kept the milk ice cold, and it was so good. You could get chocolate or white. I think I gained about 5 lbs because of that milk. So if it's really cold I like it, but not any other way. Now I like this Promised Land organic milk - especially the strawberry flavor. Fri Jun 05 10:05:49 -0700 2009 4738601 80937 danhole 5 4746810 oh danhole, my elementary school in sw florida had the same lukewarm milk in the little cartons. i can smell it now! fortunately, we had *cold* milk at home! Fri Jun 05 16:30:13 -0700 2009 4745416 105717 alkapal 5 4746832 Mrs Hole,m that sounds fantastic. Business idea: attractive young people on roller blades with backpacks of dry-iced milk packs at Epcot or Disney. Fri Jun 05 16:38:28 -0700 2009 4745416 36661 Sam Fujisaka 6 4748188 Sam, I truly believe that more children would really like milk if it was super cold! Sat Jun 06 10:01:52 -0700 2009 4746832 80937 danhole 5 4746951 I can go one better. Lukewarm milk, flash back, somewhere between second and fourth grade, the kid across from me opened his chocolate milk and was savouring it, UNTIL, he realized it was curdled and spit the chunks out on his tray. Some 45 years or so later I still eyeball and sniff any, and all miik I drink. Yes Dani, that Promised Land milk is like liquid crack. I prefer the chocolate, in small quantities, but the strawberry is a close second. Fri Jun 05 17:21:04 -0700 2009 4745416 198541 James Cristinian 6 4746974 mmm....where can i find this promised land? ;-). ah, here it is on algore's amazing internet: http://www.promisedlanddairy.com/OurProducts.html i'm checking via email if they sell it here in arlington, virginia. Fri Jun 05 17:31:09 -0700 2009 4746951 105717 alkapal 6 4748180 James, I really like all the flavors of Promised Land! And you are right, not too much. Of course if you pour too much you run he risk of lukewarm ;-) Nothing in the world more disgusting than curdled milk, for me anyway. After days of no power, after Ike, I finally gave up and opened the fridge to toss stuff. You can imagine what the milk was like! I had to sit down and catch my breath. Sat Jun 06 09:56:25 -0700 2009 4746951 80937 danhole 1 4248421 Celery. I think it's the strings. Mon Dec 15 12:05:32 -0800 2008 4248139 61392 sparkalina 2 4248581 I'm with you on raw celery sticks. My mother used to cut the strings out, which made it look as if it had been flayed. I was won over to stir-fried celery in Chinese restaurants. They tend to cut it on the diagonal, but in thin slices so that the strings aren't very long. It helps with the stringiness a great deal. Mon Dec 15 12:45:34 -0800 2008 4248421 239809 1sweetpea 2 4262305 Celery tastes like soap to me, as does Earl Grey tea. Sat Dec 20 13:24:18 -0800 2008 4248421 224238 Caralien 3 4262385 Don't mind celery or Earl Grey tea. What tastes like soap to me to cilantro. I once read that it's a genetic thing that has to do with enzimes. Sat Dec 20 13:59:54 -0800 2008 4262305 24468 chicgail 4 4316206 I wish you had not brought up cilantro. Now I have to go wash my mouth out with bourbon. Sun Jan 11 11:09:04 -0800 2009 4262385 251167 billieboy 1 4248511 Sweets in general. I live in a veritable sweet desert, without a gumdrop tree in sight. Even when it comes to pie I go towards tart or savory. Things like Southern Sweet Tea, moonpies, cotton candy and other ultra sweets make me nauseous. Mon Dec 15 12:25:31 -0800 2008 4248139 43623 chilihead 1 4248568 mushrooms. Here in California they are everywhere. Sushi - meh, I like the dragon rolls which everyone tells me is not sushi. :) Chocolate - again meh, I prefer caramel flavors Cilantro/coconut milk - just can't eat either of these Fish - Most of it's OK but won't go out of my way to eat. Love shellfish though Mon Dec 15 12:42:59 -0800 2008 4248139 56784 lanersg 1 4248621 FISH. leave em all in the ocean. were destroying them anyway, leave them alone. they all taste like they been cut from one giant fish. cod, scrod, haddock, sea bass, roughy, flounder, same stuff, different names, bluefish is different and disgusting in a whole different way. cant reheat it, expensive. "good for you"... bullshit . mercury, salmonella. people who love it seem to think they are superior somehow. best used as fertilizer. Mon Dec 15 12:59:49 -0800 2008 4248139 72635 hyde 2 4257165 Yes yes yes! I hate fish too. I hate anything that grew in water. That means no crustaceans or mollusks either. People always tell me such and such a fish is good and isn't "fishy" but they're all fishy to me and I hate fishiness! Thu Dec 18 11:23:45 -0800 2008 4248621 116495 Avalondaughter 2 4259152 I used to hate Hate HATE fish, too. After a childhood spent choking down the bones of milkfish and abiding the briny smell of salted and fried fish, I rarely order fish when dining out. But now that I'm learning to cook fish on my own, I'm starting to get over my loathing and finding methods that prepare fish in ways I find not only palatable, but delicious. Fri Dec 19 06:47:53 -0800 2008 4248621 68363 JungMann 2 4263233 I am not a fan of fish either and never ate them in my childhood. Then I started having salmon and these days I eat salmon and plain rainbow trout about once a month and I will even have hammour (a common white fish in the Middle East, where I currently live). But I cannot stomach other kinds of fish and I can only eat a certain amount of salmon or trout before my stomach starts protesting. Love other seafoods, however. Shrimp, scampi, mussels, oysters and calamari are all foods of heaven to me. Sat Dec 20 23:16:47 -0800 2008 4248621 81926 Roland Parker 2 4276447 I'm with you. Fish is horrible, evil stuff. Not just fish, but all kinds of seafood: shrimp, prawns, oyster, eel, octopus, caviar, calamari, lobster, crab. Just say no. Sat Dec 27 15:07:51 -0800 2008 4248621 19148 aynrandgirl 1 4248673 Okay, leaving off things that I don't like, because I've named those before many times- these are all things that I do like or at least will eat, but don't LOVE with the passion that other people seem to: oysters apricots, plums, nectarines (though I LOVE peaches) strawberries carrots feta beets balsamic viniagrette eggs Like I said, I enjoy all of the above, but don't understand when people go into that rapturous kind of trance when thinking about them. Mon Dec 15 13:15:39 -0800 2008 4248139 113376 Olallieberry 1 4248684 Lobster. Most people I know at least enjoy it, if not out-and-out love it. It doesn't repulse me, and I can eat it in a pinch, but I'd rather not. Its flavors are lost on me. Mon Dec 15 13:19:54 -0800 2008 4248139 186923 Cachetes 2 4249602 my take on lobster, too, cachetes. i don't hate it, but i don't go into tizzies of delight, either. i think it's from being force fed the stuff as a kid. Mon Dec 15 19:33:17 -0800 2008 4248684 64215 cimui 3 4249624 This reminds me- I do not see the thrill of crab at all. Every time I try it, I think "Are you serious?" I am fine with in a warm format, but it just grosses me out cold. Mon Dec 15 19:39:06 -0800 2008 4249602 107671 queencru 4 4249676 so true. what a difference a few degrees makes! Mon Dec 15 20:09:43 -0800 2008 4249624 64215 cimui 4 4250160 Yes! Crab dip is okay, but that's pretty much it. When I was about 8, I remember fishing with my father and siblings off the Jersey shore. This was a particularly exciting trip b/c I surprisingly caught a crab on my fishing line. That evening, as my father and uncle cooked up the catch of the day, they ceremoniously cooked the crab and placed it in front of me. Imagine my disappointment as I took my first bite and, well, blech. My brother was thrilled to receive my castoffs. Tue Dec 16 05:27:06 -0800 2008 4249624 186923 Cachetes 4 4262335 Crab meat that has already been shelled, I like, a lot. As does my husband. But when we ordered of steamed bluecrabs, we did our best to eat them (removing the skirt, etc.), but kept seeing giant bugs on the table. I love eating whole, fried, soft shell crabs too. But in the shell it's simply a huge bug. I don't mind knowing where my food comes from and what it looks like naturally, and certainly eat a lot of food which some find questionable, but we've sworn off steamed/boiled whole crabs for now. Sat Dec 20 13:37:07 -0800 2008 4249624 224238 Caralien 5 4262350 I know exactly what you mean, I'm the same way and once I bought some fresh ones at the fish market (though they were dead) I had a hard time actually picking them up to cook because they looked like huge bugs in my kitchen.. freaky! Sat Dec 20 13:44:50 -0800 2008 4262335 224081 BamiaWruz 1 4248692 Balsamic vinegar- I cannot wait for this trend of sticking it on everything to go out! Risotto- I just can't get into it, but most of my friends love it. I am pretty picky about the types of rice I like, and don't like anything particularly soggy unless it is a rice soup. Sushi- I will eat it, but I will not go out of my way to eat it. I lived in Japan for two years and at some work parties, sashimi was one of the few edible items ordered, and I think it really lost its allure at that point. As someone farther down the thread pointed out- frosting. I am one of those people who always waits until the pieces are coming out of the middle of the cake because I want as little frosting as possible. Typically I eat the cake around it and leave a wall of frosting. Onions- ugh- can't stand them. I hate how it's often left out in a description of the item. I always ask to make sure there are no onions and whether they can be removed if there are onions. Mon Dec 15 13:23:59 -0800 2008 4248139 107671 queencru 2 4328482 I'm so with you so on the balsamic vinegar and frosting. I also wait for a piece with as little frosting as possible then scrape the rest off. It;s just a waste of good strawberries when they're glazed with balsamic. Thu Jan 15 08:13:08 -0800 2009 4248692 158403 jcattles 2 4671893 I've made risotto numerous times and it NEVER turned out soggy. Sun May 10 19:02:19 -0700 2009 4248692 290845 KristieB 1 4248838 Apples. I can tolerate them cooked, but do not like them raw. I'm not wild about cinnamon, either. Mon Dec 15 14:37:23 -0800 2008 4248139 51433 ptenoid 1 4248925 there have been some recent threads in this same vein, but these topics are always fun. common things others love that really hold no appeal for me [but i can keep it down if necessary to be polite]: milk chocolate super-sweet or sugary foods - candy, very sweet cakes/pastries frosting - i like some cakes as long as they aren't to sweet [or dry!], but frosting rarely enhances the experience full-fat ice cream [i don't like the heavy mouthfeel] iceberg lettuce - it's like chewing water, and if i'm gonna do that i'd rather have ice cubes! and while it's not necessarily the most popular food on the planet...coconut. it's the one flavor [and aroma] that will automatically make me gag. i'm slowly learning to tolerate small amounts of lite coconut milk in certain recipes, but i still shudder at the thought of eating actual coconut meat [due to both taste & texture]. Mon Dec 15 15:13:42 -0800 2008 4248139 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 4248957 The food that others love that I find completely vile - Pancakes, big fluffy, syrupy pancakes. the thought makes me shudder, all that mushy sweet...ugh! I have no problem with nice thin swedish panackes or crepes. Milk chocolate - too sickly sweet. Love dark chocolate. Mon Dec 15 15:23:39 -0800 2008 4248139 20274 llinza 2 4729758 I hate the fluffy pancakes too, when I cook them I squash them down and get crispy. Sun May 31 08:24:06 -0700 2009 4248957 136251 Fromageball 2 4730316 I like all pancakes, but not with syrup, especially that grotesque aboination that tries to pass itself off as maple flavored syrup. Real maple I might dip my pancakes in every so often, but I NEVER pour it over pancakes. I like pancakes plain, and eaten with my hands Couldn't agree more about the chocolate. Sun May 31 12:50:17 -0700 2009 4248957 105625 EWSflash 1 4249085 People are always kind of puzzled when I tell them I do not really like chocolate. Or cake of any sort. Something about the texture. It's so ... fluffy. Except tiramisu. I like that. Is that cake? Also, do not like licorice. Yuck! Tastes like floor cleaner -- what I think floor cleaner might taste like. I would rather have a root canal than eat olives. Any of the gazillion varieties. And don't even get me started on mayonnaise. I'm gagging writing about it. Do not understand the appeal, though I do like all the ingredients that go into mayonnaise. Interesting. Mon Dec 15 16:07:07 -0800 2008 4248139 248284 taos 2 4249262 All breakfast foods. Eggs, bacon and mayonnaise. Makes "breakfast for dinner" difficult in the meremere clan.. Mon Dec 15 17:16:32 -0800 2008 4249085 162964 meremere 1 4249330 Bananas. I remember eating these as a child, but now.... And what's worse is all the fruit smoothies that seem like they would be so good have banana in them. I can't take anything with banana or banana flavored. I don't know too many people who don't like these. Raisins. I don't know when I stopped eating these either, sometime in my teens I think, but yuck. I can duck around them sometimes in a cake or such, but I've grown less and less tolerant. Celery. I can tolerate some things made with cut up bits or flavored with it but I can't eat it as celery sticks whether alone or with any possible accompaniment. Jelly/jam/preserves/whatever. You know, the fruit stuff people put on toast, or worse, use to ruin a perfectly good peanut butter sandwich. Argh! Those do not go together. Even as a young child I knew this. Gum: Maybe not strictly food, but somehow I never enjoyed this despite some trying. Couldn't figure out the appeal. Was the only kid and now seem like the only adult who doesn't want gum. I do believe it's partly why I have no cavities in my teeth, though. ;-) But then again, if chewing gum would help me eat less.... ;-) Pancake syrup. That fake stuff, far as I can tell most people like this. Took me longer, but now I essentially can't eat it at all. If I eat out and get pancakes, french toast or a waffle, I generally just put butter on it. This preference has caused me to stick more to omelets when eating out for breakfast. Beer. That's a good one, I see someone else used it. There are times when I'd really like to enjoy a beer, but so far it has baffled me. I have tried a number of styles and haven't found one that does anything for me. Water. Okay, a bit silly, but on typical average work and home days I struggle to drink plain still water, even if it's bottled from a spring in Fiji or wherever. Mon Dec 15 17:42:34 -0800 2008 4248139 40162 CrazyOne 2 4250006 OMG I hate gum. It's not food, why put it in your mouth? Tue Dec 16 02:00:57 -0800 2008 4249330 13150 babette feasts 3 4264683 YES!! I hate gum, the idea of gum, the smell of gum, the whole thing. Seeing someone chew gum (let alone HEARING someone chew gum!) can leave me gagging. Why anyone puts this crap in their mouth I can't imagine. Sun Dec 21 17:27:59 -0800 2008 4250006 160926 Kinnexa 4 4264725 I grew up with a proper Southern mother and gum chewing was considering one of THE rudest things to do. I NEVER had it and I too detest mouths opening and closing and the sound - blech. Sun Dec 21 17:51:04 -0800 2008 4264683 131001 c oliver 2 4250148 I'm the same with water. What helps for me is if its reeaallly cold. Tue Dec 16 05:23:10 -0800 2008 4249330 113376 Olallieberry 2 4250881 I'm with you on the water too. Everyone I've ever met thinks it's SO weird...which I guess it is, but I can't help it! Tue Dec 16 09:53:58 -0800 2008 4249330 14093 Melanie 3 4316237 Water is ok if it is thinned down a bit. Bourbon or rye seem to cut the bland taste :) Sun Jan 11 11:19:01 -0800 2009 4250881 251167 billieboy 4 4337244 ha! I prefer mine thinned down with diet coke mix and bubbles! Sun Jan 18 15:43:44 -0800 2009 4316237 65040 cheetobrain 2 4729774 I hate listening to other people chewing gum. I only chew it occasionally as a quick breath freshener because it gives me a headache(another reason I don't understand how some people can endlessly chew gum like a cow...I would have migraine-level headaches from doing that.). Sun May 31 08:31:17 -0700 2009 4249330 136251 Fromageball 3 4741288 look at their eyes when they're mindlessly smacking away. they are channeling THE ARCHETYPAL COW. Thu Jun 04 02:38:09 -0700 2009 4729774 105717 alkapal 1 4249340 Jerk chicken - I had a client in Jamaica, and I spent a couple months over the course of a year there. The firm I was working for was located in downtown Kingston, and they picked me up every morning in an armoured car, with a driver and a guard holding a machine gun. Since going out for lunch was out of the question, the firm brought a buffet lunch in every day, and jerk chicken was the least exotic of the menu items. So I got really sick of jerk chicken. And now I can't even smell jerk seasoning without gagging. Mon Dec 15 17:46:34 -0800 2008 4248139 124908 jeanmarieok 1 4249401 I eat almost natural food w/o complaint, but do not like processed foods (Think POP Tarts) and chain restaurants. Is this another Chowhound whiney list? Mon Dec 15 18:15:34 -0800 2008 4248139 93538 Passadumkeg 2 4249521 ooh, that reminds me...peanut butter that contains anything other than peanuts [and perhaps a little salt]. i don't get the appeal of Jif, Skippy, or any of those other beloved mass-market brands of PB. they're much too sweet for my taste, and the emulsifiers lend an unpleasant texture to them. i'll take natural, crunchy PB over that stuff any day. Mon Dec 15 18:59:13 -0800 2008 4249401 103920 goodhealthgourmet 3 4249531 We eat Teddy low salt or no salt; cheap & good. Mon Dec 15 19:04:15 -0800 2008 4249521 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4249446 Beer. vinegar. Not because it's sour. I love lemons but vinegar just smells rotten to me. Yuck. Hershey's chocolate. tastes like someone puked in it. Mon Dec 15 18:35:31 -0800 2008 4248139 108538 hala 2 4276454 Hershey's uses soured milk, that's why it has that awful flavor. Sat Dec 27 15:11:16 -0800 2008 4249446 19148 aynrandgirl 1 4249450 Soymilk. It makes me gag. Thankfully my doctor told me to stay away from it. Mon Dec 15 18:36:07 -0800 2008 4248139 239340 latindancer 1 4249563 i don't really consider myself a picky eater at all. i like durian, natto, stinky tofu and a lot of other unmentionables. but i really don't have all that much fondness for: pizza pasta chocolate peanut butter cinammon Mon Dec 15 19:16:40 -0800 2008 4248139 64215 cimui 1 4249736 I think it's very interesting that many of us have some of the same items on our lists. For me: green peas eggs beets beer apricots olives roast beef baked potatoes (but love them done any other way) and MAC & CHEESE!!! Mon Dec 15 20:36:06 -0800 2008 4248139 48389 racer x 2 4252670 Second on the mac and cheese. Yuck. Only crossed my lips once, and that was enough. Tue Dec 16 19:51:07 -0800 2008 4249736 195256 jules1026 2 4261741 yes, it is pretty interesting how some foods seem to 'group'. a person who dislikes x often also seems to dislike a, b, and c. wonder if there are inherent biological reasons why we prefer some of the foods and avoid some of the foods we do. perhaps some of the reason has to do with digestibility for a particular person? that might explain cheese and eggs in any case. Sat Dec 20 08:05:49 -0800 2008 4249736 64215 cimui 1 4250001 I second the motion for beets and beer. Also, it seems very fashionable these days to add coriander to anything and I cannot stomach the stuff (unless ground and mixed in curries). I think that after my teens which, as you'd expect, were inundated by junk food, I can't even tolerate the sight of any of these places or what they serve. I can eat sushi but don't get much excitement from it; it is a bit like having leftover rice with bits in it for me (sacrilege for many, I know!). Another thing Brits tend to love is cucumber with anything which I find disgusting in whichever form it comes. And as for baked beans...not for me. Tue Dec 16 01:47:27 -0800 2008 4248139 240789 Paula76 1 4250012 Hamburgers. Never liked them, except as a kid I did like fast food hamburgers, especially at the local place with the condiment bar where you could really load up on the pickles. Beef in general is something I never order in a restaurant or cook for myself, but will eat if served at a party or something. Mac & cheese. It can be good, but I just don't have the nostalgia/cravings. Mom never made it. PB&J. I think I had my first one at girl scout camp, maybe only one. I was the one in school grossing out my friends with blue cheese or liverwurst sandwiches in my lunchbox. Lobster/crab. Too sweet, and hate the stringy texture of crab. Lobster is better, but pretty much wasted on me. Ketchup. Too sweet. French fries get dijon. Honey mustard anything. Again, too sweet. I like sweet things, but as dessert, not on my salad. Fried rice. People I work with seem to go crazy for it, but I don't really get why. Creme brulee. Can be good in small quantities, but otherwise falls into what I consider the 'pile of goo' family of desserts that are so popular. I prefer more textural intrigue. Mascarpone. It's not cheese, it's just thick cream, and tastes only like cream. Bland, boring. Tue Dec 16 02:15:10 -0800 2008 4248139 13150 babette feasts 1 4250252 I read through this entire thread, waiting to see if uni was mentioned so that I could just add my "I second that!", but no. So I guess I really am in the minority when it comes to sea urchin. Not only do I not get it, while others are oohing and aahing over uni and extolling its "pure essence of the sea," it makes me gag. Tue Dec 16 06:17:33 -0800 2008 4248139 10787 Deenso 2 4250405 Deenso, there are many people who don't like uni [i'm not one of them, i love the stuff...but i digress]. this thread is about foods you dislike that "Most" people love...and uni isn't exactly common fare to most people, nor is it beloved among all sushi & sashimi lovers. Tue Dec 16 07:12:14 -0800 2008 4250252 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 4250424 I might have mentioned these before: * Peanut butter and any variation of peanut butter sweets - did not grow up with it, do not associate it with any comforting childhood memories..The combination of peanut butter and chocolate gives me nightmares.I do love almond butter, though. * Chocolate - I am slowly learning to like dark chocolate. On the same vein, any desserts that are too sweet. Will take a croissant over chocolate cake any time. * Key lime pie or any lemony desserts - I love sour (sour cream, yogurt, kefir....), but lemon coulis on cheesecake just ruins the cake..... * TJ's stir fries - they all taste too sweet or too salty. Tue Dec 16 07:18:28 -0800 2008 4248139 95793 jeni1002 1 4250487 Coffee or anything coffee flavored. This includes tiramisu. I've been to so many banquets where tiramisu is the dessert, I've lost count. If it's a banquet near home I can take it home to my husband, but out of town it goes in the trash. Raw onion. Why do people chop them up tiny and put them in innocent salads (tuna, chicken, potato, cole slaw, etc.)? They are nasty! They overwhelm the taste of whatever they're added to, and give me indigestion for about 2 days afterward. Tarragon. There's something about that herb that I just can't stand. Tastes like soap to me. But I love cilantro. Go figure. I won't make any recipe where tarragon is the major flavor. For small amounts I'll leave it out or substitute something inoffensive like parsley. Tue Dec 16 07:43:21 -0800 2008 4248139 40284 AmyH 2 4250499 I'll second your vote for coffee. I like the smell of some kinds of coffee. But the taste of coffee ruins an otherwise good dessert. Tue Dec 16 07:47:26 -0800 2008 4250487 48389 racer x 3 4250791 Regular coffee smells like raw sewage to me. Those fancy hazelnut and vanilla flavors do smell good to me, but I can't abide the taste of them. Unfortunately, my husband loves, loves, loves coffee. He grinds his beans fresh each morning and brews it up in some special contraption. The smell of it makes me gag and I have to stay out of the kitchen. He can't understand what the problem is. Tue Dec 16 09:26:20 -0800 2008 4250499 40284 AmyH 2 4250522 I don't often like coffee flavoured things (or things made with coffee, like tiramisu), but I do like coffee as a beverage (or at least did when I used to be able to drink it but I'm not allowed to have any coffee at all any more, not even decaf, because of possible ulcer worries with my new stomach pouch). I also don't like peanut butter in things but I like peanut butter. For instance, I like PB&J but I don't like peanut butter cookies (but I do like Reeses peanut butter cups...). :) I don't like tarragon but it has a vaguely licorice flavour I don't care for. I don't like licorice anything in general. I do like Green Goddess dressing though, in spite of the tarragon in it. Tue Dec 16 07:55:27 -0800 2008 4250487 119275 Morganna 2 4250845 I feel the same way about dried tarragon, but it's a whole different animal - er, herb - when it's fresh, it's much more subtle and I actually like it. Or do you dislike both fresh and dried. Tue Dec 16 09:43:33 -0800 2008 4250487 14386 BobB 3 4251185 I don't care for either, but maybe I should try it again. Maybe my tastes have changed. But it's one of the few herbs that I don't grow, and paying several $ for a bunch of it would be painful. I'll have to think about this... Tue Dec 16 11:28:41 -0800 2008 4250845 40284 AmyH 4 4262362 I'm not a fan of tarragon either, but had one roommate who loved using it. I know it's traditional in sauces for fish, but it's tastes like soapy licorice to me. If you're at a farmer's market or nursery, break off a leaf and try it. Star anise I will only use when making asian soups--they don't taste correct otherwise--but in nothing else. The jar I have is primarily used to supply part of a wedding gift--I found one with mostly whole pieces (the fragility and rarity of finding an unbroken star is used to represent the fragility of relationships, as a reminder to take care and keep what's precious intact). Sat Dec 20 13:48:01 -0800 2008 4251185 224238 Caralien 3 4251407 I didn' t know fresh and dried would be so different. :) I'll have to give fresh a go. I've only ever had dried. :) Tue Dec 16 12:34:37 -0800 2008 4250845 119275 Morganna 4 4251534 They really are - dried tastes soapy and weird, but fresh has more like a very mild anise flavor (to my taste buds, at least). Tue Dec 16 13:11:41 -0800 2008 4251407 14386 BobB 5 4256476 I haven't tried dried tarragon, but the fresh version has a very off taste that I don't like at all. Marjoram is even worse. It tastes like Palmolive to me. Thu Dec 18 08:07:29 -0800 2008 4251534 68363 JungMann 6 4256599 I wonder of this is related to the well-known phenomenon that makes cilantro taste like soap to many people? Thu Dec 18 08:44:39 -0800 2008 4256476 14386 BobB 7 4259157 That would be an interesting; I'd be interested to hear some confirmatory evidence as I've never heard of this before. Perhaps the marjoram phenomenon is less widely discussed because it occurs in fewer cuisines than cilantro. Fri Dec 19 06:49:15 -0800 2008 4256599 68363 JungMann 8 4259371 Could be. I'm in the "cilantro tastes fine" camp, and marjoram tastes quite mild to me - I'm not sure I could even pinpoint its flavor in a dish. It's only dried tarragon that sets me off. Fri Dec 19 08:16:53 -0800 2008 4259157 14386 BobB 2 4261262 AmyH, I echo you exactly on the tarragon! I've always wondered why I liked cilantro and hated tarragon. I still remember a tarragon roast chicken my mother made when I was maybe 12 years old, and it still makes my stomach a little queasy. Fri Dec 19 21:02:01 -0800 2008 4250487 64882 Vetter 3 4265653 I think for me it's the memory of a chicken dish I had in a fancy restaurant somewhere. So it must have been fresh tarragon. Then again, I seem to recall not liking something my mother made with tarragon, and she never used fresh herbs, so it's possible I don't like fresh or dried. But I'll be a good chowhound and give it another try one of these days, just to make sure. Mon Dec 22 07:17:19 -0800 2008 4261262 40284 AmyH 1 4250567 Salmon - with a qualifier. I LOVE lox. But I (and husband too, thank goodness) may be the only people on the West Coast who don't swoon over it. It's alright, I don't spit it out or refuse to go to someone's house if they're serving it, but it does less than nothing for me. If done on the grille, I like it better cause you get the little crunchies and blackened bits. Just thinking about it - prebreakfast - makes me icky :) Tue Dec 16 08:12:39 -0800 2008 4248139 131001 c oliver 2 4251753 I used to be quite the same about salmon, but then I spent awhile living in the Pacific N.E. and was introduced to Copper River Salmon...which has of course then ruined me for life when it comes to Atlantic Salmon. Tue Dec 16 14:27:45 -0800 2008 4250567 43623 chilihead 3 4251923 To me, Copper River is no different than others. Live in Oregon and NoCal and it just doesn't sing to me. Tue Dec 16 15:25:05 -0800 2008 4251753 131001 c oliver 4 4259526 If I have to eat salmon (and have a choice), Copper River always wins. But if I really, really have a choice? I don't choose salmon, I just don't think it's great and some of types (King) are just too overpowering for me - it's too rich and I always feel a little queasy after eating it. I'll stick with Halibut, thank you very much. Fri Dec 19 09:07:07 -0800 2008 4251923 15250 sebetti 1 4250578 Milk - Makes me vomit, never drank it as a baby and I refuse to drink it now. Syrup - Too sweet and sticky. Actually, I have to be completely honest, I have a syrup-phobia. I can't have it anywhere near me for fear of spilling it and getting the stickiness all over me. Ketchup - It's not that I outright hate it, I just don't see the need for it. Tue Dec 16 08:16:00 -0800 2008 4248139 220914 krisrishere 2 4262330 Yes, ketchup. Why would anyone put ketchup on anything? First of all it reminds me of a rotten tomato, and second, it covers up the taste of things. Sat Dec 20 13:35:21 -0800 2008 4250578 212885 AngelSanctuary 3 4262466 I'm not a big fan of ketchup either, or for that matter, mustard. I like my hamburgers and hotdogs plain (the latter MAYBE with some chopped onion & Sririacha). No lettuce, tomato, etc. No Cheese! And i drink my coffee black, no sugar. I figure over the years, I have foregone over $15,000 worth of "extras" that the rest of you folks got for free. So if you'd like to send a check, Email me and I"ll give you a snail-mail address! Better still, let me make this my holiday present to you all! Happy Holidays! Sat Dec 20 14:43:34 -0800 2008 4262330 204342 FriedClamFanatic 1 4250613 Chocolate. Maybe on top of some candy, but alone or in cake...nope. And COOKED (or smoked or seared or steamed) salmon. I LOVE raw salmon - could eat plates of it - but bring it near heat or smoke and I just can't do it! Tue Dec 16 08:26:05 -0800 2008 4248139 201585 RosemaryHoney 2 4250773 I second salmon. I love every fish but that one..and I've tried it on several different occasions because it looked good, but I hate it. Tue Dec 16 09:19:40 -0800 2008 4250613 220914 krisrishere 1 4250616 Eggplant. I think they're truly lovely to look at, but don't care for the taste and especially don't like the texture. Tue Dec 16 08:26:34 -0800 2008 4248139 14386 BobB 2 4251412 OH! Here's one! Eggplant for me, too. HATE the stuff. Also I hate zucchiiininisndfidni (or however you spell it) Tue Dec 16 12:35:24 -0800 2008 4250616 119275 Morganna 3 4251531 That's funny - I used to hate zucchini too, but somewhere along the way I've learned to tolerate it, though I don't actually seek it out. Eggplant I actively avoid. They both share an unpleasant kind of mushiness somehow. Tue Dec 16 13:10:23 -0800 2008 4251412 14386 BobB 4 4251881 BobB, question about the eggplant texture - do you just dislike it as a cooked veg, or in all incarnations? it can be transformed into a completely different experience in something like baba ghannouj... Tue Dec 16 15:13:08 -0800 2008 4251531 103920 goodhealthgourmet 5 4253289 Don't like baba gannoush either. I suppose if I were literally starving I could eat it, but I don't enjoy it so why bother? Wed Dec 17 06:20:58 -0800 2008 4251881 14386 BobB 6 4320959 Weird, I like eggplant except as baba gannoush. Mon Jan 12 22:09:49 -0800 2009 4253289 152043 TampaAurora 7 4338289 Me too. I love eggplant in almost all forms but, I'm not really a fan of baba gannoush. I think it might be the tahini. Hummus that has a lot of tahini in it I'm not a fan of, too. Mon Jan 19 06:46:20 -0800 2009 4320959 18011 Jacey 8 4672360 Well, what's really interesting is that eggplant itself doesn't have much of a flavor. It takes up the flavors you cook it with. And you have to cook the shit out of it so it gets that velvety, creamy texture. Nothing worse than underdone eggplant, and I suspect that is what a alot of eggplant haters here had. Deep-fried eggplant & zucchini slices with tzatziki or skordalia.... delish. Mon May 11 02:08:30 -0700 2009 4338289 116513 linguafood 9 4672686 or a very bitter taste it can have sometimes (preventable) Mon May 11 06:32:27 -0700 2009 4672360 203919 lcool 1 4250687 The foods that are at the bottom of my go-to list are: Kim Chee – no. No. NO! Arroz con Gandules – can and will eat it, but far from my favorite Red Velvet Cake Tofu and, believe it or not... Ice Cream – I like it, but meh...I usually leave it. Tue Dec 16 08:49:12 -0800 2008 4248139 233294 cuccubear 2 4250862 I almost never eat ice cream.... but once or twice a year I get a craving for hot fudge sauce on soft serve ice cream.... and nothing else will do. At least I stop short of getting the Peanut Buster Parfait at Dairy Queen...... Tue Dec 16 09:48:26 -0800 2008 4250687 165021 Firegoat 3 4250913 I get those cravings too, but when I want ice cream I usually want plain vanilla, smooth and creamy. The more "things" in the ice cream, or the more "fancy", the less I want it. I will however, augment my ice cream with a few pretzel sticks. Tue Dec 16 10:06:58 -0800 2008 4250862 233294 cuccubear 4 4264699 I thought I was the only one...ice cream leaves me cold (pun intended). Once in a great while I like a bite or two of something loaded with crunchies, like Ben & Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk, but generally I just don't like the stuff. Same goes for most candy, except small chocolate bars once in a while. Also whipped topping, marshmallows (oh, dear: fluff! Blecch!), soft-serve, yogurt, all that sweet creamy stuff. No thanks!! Sun Dec 21 17:36:08 -0800 2008 4250913 160926 Kinnexa 1 4250927 peanuts/peanut butter just aren't tasty,I have tried countless brands.Ketchup,I have yet to find it "good" with anything.Plain baked ham (not country cured or smoked) I even get requests for it from friends who like mine a lot.There is not a thing wrong with it.However there is nothing about it to miss. Tue Dec 16 10:10:47 -0800 2008 4248139 203919 lcool 2 4251887 i'm another one who doesn't understand why people love ketchup i don't even want it on my burger. the only food on the planet i think it even remotely enhances is a hot plate of extra-crisp, peppery, Jersey diner home fries...and even then a little goes a very long way. Tue Dec 16 15:15:04 -0800 2008 4250927 103920 goodhealthgourmet 1 4250951 For me, it's boozy desserts, esp. tiramisu and trifle, and anything with Grand Marnier in it. And, you guessed it, sweet liquors like Grand Marnier (which is only logical, isn't it?) Tue Dec 16 10:18:11 -0800 2008 4248139 12413 pâté chinois 2 4251890 gack. ditto on the boozy desserts [i'm not big on dessert anyway], or sweet liquor of any kind - either as a beverage or in noticeable quantities in food. Tue Dec 16 15:16:22 -0800 2008 4250951 103920 goodhealthgourmet 2 4729795 I'm the same, I nearly vomited eating liquor-filled chocolates. I can't do chocolate martinis either. Sun May 31 08:38:39 -0700 2009 4250951 136251 Fromageball 1 4251236 Offal = awful in my book. Bell peppers (green, red, yellow, orange, purple...can't stand any of them). Onions - unless they're cooked to oblivion or encased in batter and deep fried. Even then, I tend to pull out the offending onion and just eat the fried batter. Celery - stringy...yuck. Liver. Licorice/anise/fennel...tastes like cough syrup to me. Tue Dec 16 11:43:53 -0800 2008 4248139 43228 TripChick 2 4251806 ditto to all of the above Tue Dec 16 14:44:45 -0800 2008 4251236 165021 Firegoat 2 4252346 I kinda figured offal went without saying. Tue Dec 16 17:49:18 -0800 2008 4251236 40284 AmyH 1 4251326 Cornbread Mint Marshmallows Cilantro Pepsi Curry Goat Cheese Feta Cheese Chipotle Catfish Orange/chocolate combination Milk (whole or low fat) Ranch Dressing Pepperjack Cheese Anything cooked with or containing wine and/or alcohol Buffalo wings Tue Dec 16 12:08:47 -0800 2008 4248139 109905 laliz 2 4251419 I wonder if you'd like my "buffalo" wings. They're not the typical sort of wings prepared the typical way. Though I've had too many people say "Oh you'd LOVE the way *I* make XYZ" to be so arrogant as to be certain you'd love it the way I do it. ;D I don't even really call them buffalo wings, I call them cracklin' wings. :) Still, I'm not especially fond of wings overall myself. They're awfully fatty. :) Tue Dec 16 12:37:21 -0800 2008 4251326 119275 Morganna 1 4251384 beer steak (or any slab-o-meat) salmon (or any cooked fish, for that matter) most vegetables watermelon plain milk chocolate (without nuts, or crunchies, or something) sweet lime anything (save the lime for vodka/tonics) curry Tue Dec 16 12:28:48 -0800 2008 4248139 237929 tracylee 1 4251590 Cumin...Esp on beef. It reminds me of the fried burrito grossness of elementary school lunches...blech. Tue Dec 16 13:27:22 -0800 2008 4248139 56183 soypower 1 4252199 --Flavored coffee...can't even stand to have it made in our coffee maker, as I can still taste the "amaretto" or whatever in the next pot. Gag. ---Lobster. It's okay, but not the end all and be all of seafood. Give me fresh Florida Gulf shrimp anyday. ---Crab. Except in a crab cake. ---Chocolate. Okay, but that''s it ---I second the sweet tartar sauce. Use Duke's Mayo, available in the SE United States or online. Has no sugare whatsoever. Just add some capers, onion, dill pickle etc ---Honey mustard ---Sweet cornbread. Real southern cornbread does not contain sugar. Tue Dec 16 16:55:43 -0800 2008 4248139 12296 steakman55 1 4252264 Many of the foods on my list have been covered here, so I guess they aren't really commonly loved. Flavored coffee, salmon (because I am just so bored by it, Copper River excepted), zucchini, risotto, balsamic vinegar. I will branch out a little to include cocktails and say Cosmopolitans, which yes, some of my friends still drink. I think it's the triple sec. Vile stuff, that. I'm not too thrilled by pizza. Or relish. Three bean salad is kind of gross. Halvah is too intensely greasy, although I like sesame seeds, otherwise. Oh, and kasha, which tastes like sand. Tue Dec 16 17:18:16 -0800 2008 4248139 13722 small h 1 4252290 Marshmallows, hate the stuff, don't understand why everyone drools over those gummy white things. On the other hand I like burnt marshmallow! (I mean very toasted that it's almost burnt, then I squeeze out the squishy part and just eat the toasted jacket) Chocolate and sweets, I'm not crazy about it. Cheese cake, can't tolerate it, most people I know love it. Chicken breasts (so dry..) I prefer the legs and more fatty/juicy parts between the bones. White bread, ewe! (except for french toast I can tolerate it) Lobster and crab (love seafood but not crazy about lobster, esp when the shell gets in between the meat, gag) Risotto, I don't want soggy rice, I like long grain varieties most. Apples-Oranges-Bananas: Very common and loved fruits, but I don't like them. Ice cream-Caramel-Toffee-fudge: While people drool over it I run away. Celery (the strings, I peel mine) Tue Dec 16 17:30:02 -0800 2008 4248139 224081 BamiaWruz 1 4254256 Bananas: tried them every which way - as is, in bread, in smoothies - and I hate them all Eggplant: has an odd aftertaste to me Cheesecake: I understand the fascination, but I'm just not into it Cantelope and Honeydew: yuck! Veal: memories of my mother's bone-dry, gray shoe leather veal cutlets Wed Dec 17 11:47:05 -0800 2008 4248139 87282 lawgirl3278 1 4254397 Here are the food that I see everywhere and I just don't like them at all, and I know at lot of them have been mentioned already: Mac & cheese mushrooms when cooked, especially if mushy salmon oysters, although the only ones I have ever had were in my mom's thanksgiving dressing and seem like little balls of snot, to me anyway. Never chewed one, just swallowed quickly. horseradish, and I have tried it many times - bleech Dijon mustard Wed Dec 17 12:30:34 -0800 2008 4248139 80937 danhole 1 4254630 Pie. I like a good chocolate mousse pie with graham cracker crust but that's about it. It's the pastry I don't care for. I don't like meat pies either. Goat Cheese Fish/Seafood/Sushi Mayonnaise Jello Watermelon; actually any kind of melon Fruity alcohol drinks Coconut Wed Dec 17 13:39:57 -0800 2008 4248139 139180 Blush 2 4326269 I'll second the watermelon. Every 4th of July picnic I feel like a communist because I pick the watermelon out of the fruit salad. Wed Jan 14 12:46:02 -0800 2009 4254630 16340 alanstotle 1 4255025 I dislike a lot of things most people really like/love: Cheese: never been a fan, the only kind i like is parm (love cottage cheese and ricotta) Pancakes: too heavy but like waffles Burgers: don't get the big deal Potatoes: in any way, shape or form (same with rice--boring) Tiramisu Cheesecake Fruity Desserts Pies Most pastas Wed Dec 17 16:32:15 -0800 2008 4248139 18011 Jacey 2 4255104 Lord! You must be very thin. And to think I get pissy with my mother in law for disliking onions. I just keep reading your list over and over in utter disbelief. I so wish I hated potatoes and cheese. Wed Dec 17 17:06:46 -0800 2008 4255025 137755 Sal Vanilla 3 4357408 Yes, I am thin and very happily so. I love eating and dining out, but choose (and like) foods that have more nutritional wholesomeness than the "crap" a lot of people enjoy. Sun Jan 25 20:20:08 -0800 2009 4255104 18011 Jacey 4 4364055 what's "crap" about potatoes or cheese? Tue Jan 27 19:19:48 -0800 2009 4357408 153184 im_nomad 1 4255097 Egg white omelets those hideous white asparagus! I am also no fan of truffle oil. It tastes like dirt. Kahlua. Soy nuts. Absolute vomitus. Wed Dec 17 17:04:23 -0800 2008 4248139 137755 Sal Vanilla 1 4257191 Peas Seafood of any kind Olives Beer Scotch Blue cheeses of all sorts. I'm not fond of potatoes that aren't fried or mashed with lots of other ingredients. I can handle Yukon Golds and some other waxy potatoes, but I really hate russets in any form that isn't mashed or fried. I have decided recently that I don't like coffee. To me it's just vile, bitter mud. I never wanted to be one of those people who depend on it anyway (and it's sad to see how many people are dependent on it. Don't drink coffee and you'll sleep better and you won't "need" it anymore). I like coffee flavored things like ice cream, but as a beverage it's just nasty. Thu Dec 18 11:29:05 -0800 2008 4248139 116495 Avalondaughter 1 4257221 love peanut butter love jelly hate peanut butter and jelly Thu Dec 18 11:35:46 -0800 2008 4248139 135229 thew 1 4258728 yes i know i'm odd... bananas (can't stand the taste) orange (don't like taste or the idea of peeling and the stench on your fingers) avocadoes olives feta and blue cheese (allergic to dairy anyway, but i didn't eat these even when not allerg) bell peppers salmon strawberries potatoes sandwiches - as a kid mom had to pack me a thermos beans esp black and garbanzo - if necessary will eat navy and maybe pinto but i just don't like the texture and like mealy-ness? sesame (rules out hummus, baba ghanoush, tahini) ginger cilantro ...it looks like not much is left, but there's tons... i swear. Thu Dec 18 22:15:51 -0800 2008 4248139 15572 Emme 2 4259384 Wow - sandwiches - no matter what's in them, or what kind of bread they're made with? That sounds like more of a phobia than a taste issue. Perhaps you were bitten by a baguette as a baby? ;-) Fri Dec 19 08:20:06 -0800 2008 4258728 14386 BobB 3 4259660 My youngest daughter didn't eat sandwiches either, even though her sister, father and I did. It was a real pain to pack a lunch for her. It didn't matter what kind of bread you used, either. She would eat ham on crackers but not on bread. Now since she has a child packing a lunch she realizes how much trouble it is, so to set an example she has started eating plain old ham on wheat bread sandwiches so her son will eat them. She still isn't crazy about them but at least she will eat them. And an occasional grilled cheese. Go figure. Fri Dec 19 09:45:46 -0800 2008 4259384 80937 danhole 4 4259913 I sympathize so much. My 6 y o is like that. No sandwiches. And I have to pack lunch. It used to be that homemade "lunchables," fried rice, pasta salad, couscous, meatballs were ok. But he is getting pickier. The child is like Kevorkian. He will go on a food strike before letting an offending morsel pass his lips. He recently sent home - untouched - a perfectly good pepperoni pizza that he had eaten the day before. His response - mommy, I wasn't sure it would taste good cold. Well, he didn't even try it! I can only hope that he will grow out of it. And have picky children of his own someday :) Fri Dec 19 11:22:48 -0800 2008 4259660 12912 sasha1 3 4259696 One of my daughters likes bread and rolls, likes meat, will tolerate cheese, but hates sandwiches. She'll take a sandwich apart and eat the components separately. Fri Dec 19 10:00:41 -0800 2008 4259384 40284 AmyH 4 4260167 At least she will eat the bread. Mine wouldn't even eat the bread. The only way I could get fiber in her was through whole grain crackers, because she wouldn't eat beans either. Needless to say she had some real issues with constipation. Fri Dec 19 12:44:05 -0800 2008 4259696 80937 danhole 4 4260257 Thinking further about this - I used to be the kind of kid who wouldn't eat any of the corn that had touched the mashed potatoes, so maybe it's not a phobia (as I only half-jokingly suggested earlier) so much as a dislike of foods mixed together, Fri Dec 19 13:16:36 -0800 2008 4259696 14386 BobB 3 4261235 no i never liked things together. i classify the world into "separate eaters" and "mix-em eaters" - those who eat everything separately and those who like to mingle bites. i don't like the taste of all the sandwich components together. now being allergic to gluten, i don't miss sandwiches :) as a kid, my nanny used to slice up the different componenets of sandwiches, like cheese, tomatoes, sometimes some sliced turkey and drizzle with Italian with Cheese dressing... that still sounds so good to this day... alas, i can no longer eat dairy or gluten. but no never bitten by a baguette or any sort of sandwich type vehicle. i was never much of a bread eater anyway, which i think baffled and made jealous my mother who constantly tried to avoid the forboden starch. Fri Dec 19 20:42:05 -0800 2008 4259384 15572 Emme 1 4260300 Bacon and--regional BIG favorite--country ham. I don't detest bacon, but I don't like it. I like a tissue-thin piece of country ham occasionally, but only on if it's accompanied by a sweet potato biscuit. Fri Dec 19 13:27:52 -0800 2008 4248139 48876 mamaciita 2 4260362 OMG........while i repspect your choices, based on the number of "Bacon with Anything" type posts on here and elsewhere, you might be the only person in America (or wherever) that doesn't like bacon. Good on you for sticking up for it! (Sorry, personally I adore Bacon) Fri Dec 19 13:51:40 -0800 2008 4260300 204342 FriedClamFanatic 3 4260424 No, there are at least two - my wife doesn't care for bacon either. Leaves more for me! Fri Dec 19 14:10:44 -0800 2008 4260362 14386 BobB 3 4277076 Um, I know a ton of people who don't like it and those who choose not to eat it for religious and health reasons. It is one of the most naturally salty/fatty foods around. Sat Dec 27 22:24:49 -0800 2008 4260362 18011 Jacey 4 4277247 not eating for religious reasons has zero relationship to liking it or not. Sun Dec 28 05:12:44 -0800 2008 4277076 135229 thew 5 4277786 Agreed - the number of people who don't like the idea of it greatly exceeds the number who don't like the taste. Sun Dec 28 11:16:23 -0800 2008 4277247 14386 BobB 6 4320967 Maybe that's why it was so easy for me to give it up, I like the smoky taste, but could never figure out what the fuss was about. Watching someone eat a fatty piece of bacon made me gag as a kid. I would peel the fat off and just eat the pork pieces that were left. Before I gave up pork products completely, I was always much happier with turkey bacon. Now I'm on a search for turkey bacon like I had from an Amish restaurant that was actually turkey! Mon Jan 12 22:15:30 -0800 2009 4277786 152043 TampaAurora 7 4321545 Huh? What is turkey bacon that's NOT actually turkey? Tue Jan 13 07:22:01 -0800 2009 4320967 14386 BobB 8 4322004 Overprocessed turkey parts in "light" and "dark" with more ingredients than I can identify. Tue Jan 13 09:26:17 -0800 2009 4321545 152043 TampaAurora 1 4261510 I don't like caviar, which is probably a good thing. I mean, if you're going to hate something, make it something really expensive! My DH detests bananas, and will not eat raw tomatoes, though he will eat things made from tomatoes like spaghetti sauce and occasionally bruscetta if there are other ingredients and the tomatoes are fairly finely cut up. He will not eat ketchup, though he uses it for the base for his BBQ sauce. Sat Dec 20 05:09:58 -0800 2008 4248139 34558 roxlet 2 4261678 I am picky with tomato, I can't eat just any sauce out there but just to make it clear I adore the flavour of tomato and I can't live without it though I'm kind of allergict to it. Call it a phobia but my throat is extremely sensitive to the peels, those tiny tiny little rolled up peels that are ground up in the sauce, I know a strained sauce from a regular one and that's just looking at it through the jar or if it's something like ketchup or tomato pasta testing it on a white plate. If you try it yourself you'll find little tiny dark coloured "rolls" which are the peels. Pepper peels on the other hand I can tolerate, just not tomato and this is why I can't eat tomato dishes when I'm out, at restaurants, invited somewhere, or just pick up a pizza because if the sauce isn't "strained" (tomatoes peeled before hand) I won't eat it. The frustrating part is that when I explain my situation to people they often say "oh no there is none in the sauce" but when I test it the sauce is not tomato peel free.. or they just don't believe/"get" it. Sat Dec 20 07:32:44 -0800 2008 4261510 224081 BamiaWruz 1 4261687 I didn't see one mention of this in this long thread: pumpkin pie or any dessert that has all those cinnamon/nutmegy spices in it. Similarly I hate cloves in anything, including ham and can just barely tolerate allspice. Sat Dec 20 07:38:05 -0800 2008 4248139 24468 chicgail 2 4262142 Chicgail, I am only faced with the pumpkin pie peer pressure once or twice a year, so it is never on my mind, but now that you mention it, I must agree. I didn't grow up eating it. When I finally had an opportunity to taste it I was horrified. I do not like pumpkin or the spicing with the sweetness. I like each spice in savoury cooking, but there's something about the chemistry with the pumpkin, the spices, the sugar and the dairy that turns my stomach. My SOs family doesn't believe me. They think I just don't want to eat it because of the calories and fat. They're wrong. I'm not a dessert eater, but I'd reach for many other dessert items before submitting to pumpkin pie. Sat Dec 20 11:34:00 -0800 2008 4261687 239809 1sweetpea 3 4262381 I think I'd starve to death before I ate pumpkin pie. Maybe I'd eat the crust. I'm always thrilled when someone says they're bringing apple pie or something chocolate for T-G. Sat Dec 20 13:58:11 -0800 2008 4262142 24468 chicgail 1 4262470 I've decided after reading all these, I'm a fussier eater than I thought! Folks keep mentioning things and I say, "Yeah, you know, I don't really like that either!" Sat Dec 20 14:45:31 -0800 2008 4248139 204342 FriedClamFanatic 2 4262508 Golly gee FCF, I feel just the opposite, I'm very surprised at how fussy so many "chowhounds" are. These negative food threads always get a lot of responses. There must be something about modern American urban/suburban culture that elicits this. Sat Dec 20 15:09:37 -0800 2008 4262470 93538 Passadumkeg 3 4262617 I would like to believe that most people here have at least tried a lot of things and decided for themselves that something wasn't to their taste, rather than discounting something outright. It's been interesting to see what people adore which others don't, what they find over-rated, what they can't live without, and what is considered disgusting. My guess is that if someone compared the lists, they would mirror one another. Sat Dec 20 15:57:49 -0800 2008 4262508 224238 Caralien 3 4262707 keg, I'm with you. So many hounds don't like houndish foods. Has always been a surprise. I've always been hard pressed to find something I didn't like: finally settled on brown rice sushi! Sat Dec 20 17:03:56 -0800 2008 4262508 36661 Sam Fujisaka 3 4262955 Chacun se gout, as they say<G> Sat Dec 20 19:28:35 -0800 2008 4262508 204342 FriedClamFanatic 2 4729820 I'm the same way, I don't really consider myself picky(because I will try anything once...and don't generally hate very much), the stuff I love changes all the time though. But there are plenty of things I am "meh" on. Sun May 31 08:49:17 -0700 2009 4262470 136251 Fromageball 1 4262502 Ketchup - if a tomato were stabbed and left to rot... Sat Dec 20 15:07:28 -0800 2008 4248139 212885 AngelSanctuary 1 4262631 Pasta in general Casseroles Pizza Hot dogs Mac & cheese Chicken soup/chicken noodle soup Most sandwich incarnations (grilled cheese, ham and cheese, chicken parm, etc) Meatloaf Potatoes Bacon Mealy apples (cough, Red *not*Delicious, cough) Frozen/"add water and heat" entrees Most kinds of salad dressing Chocolate chip, shortbread, store-bought packaged cookies Frosting on cake Whipped cream To summarize: the majority of "American comfort foods," I suppose. I don't actively dislike them but I don't get intense cravings, either. I figure it's a function of my cultural background more than anything, though it does make for an annoyingly abbreviated list of options for lunch when I'm at work. Sat Dec 20 16:06:19 -0800 2008 4248139 154921 sukekiyo 2 4265568 I thought I was the only one to avoid red and golden apples of the non-delicious varieties. They taste bad, mealy potatoes which have been sitting around too long. Mon Dec 22 06:41:03 -0800 2008 4262631 224238 Caralien 1 4262786 Cookies. They totally turn me off.. Sat Dec 20 17:46:31 -0800 2008 4248139 224081 BamiaWruz 1 4263950 Gin - blech! Everyone around me wants a "refreshing" gin & tonic, and the smell just makes me gag. Miracle Whip - gross Green Bell Peppers - especially cooked Roasted Red Bell Peppers - why are these so popular? Earl Grey Tea - maybe a similar flavor to the gin? Anything with a Smoked flavor - it makes me feel like I've been standing in a smoke pit. Sun Dec 21 10:52:20 -0800 2008 4248139 14921 Just One Bite 2 4264110 That's interesting re roasted red peppers. I was just thinking about that the other day. We'd had a nice arugula salad in SF last week to which they'd added mushrooms (fine) and roasted red peppers. I think they were novel a number of years ago but I find the flavor pretty overwhelming most of the time. Sun Dec 21 12:04:41 -0800 2008 4263950 131001 c oliver 2 4265137 oh gosh pepper (i did list them above) repeat on me for days... and i forgot to mention smoked flavor! i don't like that either or BBQ! yuck. Sun Dec 21 21:23:44 -0800 2008 4263950 15572 Emme 1 4264829 Flan! Sun Dec 21 18:30:28 -0800 2008 4248139 145036 kolachman 1 4265521 Ketchup (defined during Reagan's era as a vegetable????) Mon Dec 22 06:06:45 -0800 2008 4248139 224238 Caralien 1 4267420 White Bread Tomatoes Mayo (except in tuna salad or cole slaw) Ranch or Thousand Island dressing Apple pie Mon Dec 22 17:34:44 -0800 2008 4248139 115828 hotteacher1976 1 4270863 Coriander is the devil's herb. Straight milk is yucky. Pre-packaged and frozen meals will kill you. Anything with msg, high fructose corn syrup, soy bean and/or hydrogenated oils will kill you and your family. Wed Dec 24 06:05:36 -0800 2008 4248139 250949 Lampredotto 1 4274313 Ranch dressing. I just don't get it. I think it is the scurge of the American dining scene. I especially dislike people who sub it on a Caesar or Greek salad - what gives with that? Fri Dec 26 12:42:56 -0800 2008 4248139 193007 StuartRebDonald 2 4277329 A real, homemade ranch dressing is wonderful to my palate. I have only had that a few times in my life, when my Gramma was feeling especially generous in the kitchen (as opposed to her normal way of just stuffing us silly, she would spoil us with her homemade ranch dressing). It's like green goddess dressing. Any version in a bottle sucks, but once you've had it freshly made with real tarragon and shallots... mmmm :) But yes, ranch on a caesar or greek salad is sacrilege. :) Sun Dec 28 06:52:06 -0800 2008 4274313 119275 Morganna 2 4315858 I can't stand Ranch, either. I'm so disappointed when a salad shows up with Ranch unannounced. Sun Jan 11 08:33:47 -0800 2009 4274313 10626 phoenikia 1 4274430 can't stand rosemary, nutmeg, basil, five spice powder, and shredded lettuce on sandwiches---what's up with that? always a stain waiting to happen! I do like cilantro, though. Fri Dec 26 13:36:03 -0800 2008 4248139 161011 nolanani 1 4276857 Ever since I was little, I would do anything to avoid a steak dinner. I just never liked steak. I'm okay with hamburgers, though. Oh, and I'm fine with a roast beef sandwich - especially when the roast beef is barely cooked. Go figure! I despise feta cheese and olives. Greek salad is out of the question here. I never much liked beer. Sat Dec 27 19:45:17 -0800 2008 4248139 63311 puppymomma 1 4279462 Just thought of another one...Green Bean Casserole. Yuck.! It was a staple at holiday time for years when I was growing up, but I could never stand the taste. I don't know why - I love green beans and I love fried onions, but for some reason I hate this food/dish! Mon Dec 29 07:07:49 -0800 2008 4248139 233294 cuccubear 1 4313976 Polish (or any other smoked variety) sausage. Raw tuna, raw salmon. Cooked spinach. Hard boiled eggs. Beef. Sat Jan 10 11:10:10 -0800 2009 4248139 255918 alohapam 1 4314335 For me it's anything in the jelly/jam/preserve family. Especially on toast. YUK! And I'll take my PB without the J. Sat Jan 10 13:26:02 -0800 2009 4248139 253542 cycloneillini 1 4315351 - Meat - any type - Olives - Sun dried tomatoes Sat Jan 10 22:18:01 -0800 2009 4248139 115150 etoiles 1 4315825 Creme Brulee. Vanilla ice cream. Whipped cream Roast beef/ Prime Rib Grilled Chicken Breast Cheap sushi. I suspect many chowhounds wouldn't love cheap sushi, but most of my non-chowhound friends seem to love cheap sushi, food court sushi, airport sushi, grocery store sushi, etc. I used to grin and bear it, but I'm so turned off when I detect ammonia in a bite of fish, or when when I start to think of the living conditions of imported softshell crab that was inside the spider roll that I ate. So, for peace of mind and tastebuds, no cheap sushi under any conditions is one of my resolutions for 2009. Crab cakes made from canned/pasteurized/frozen crab Surimi/krab in hot dishes like enchiladas, especially when I don't expect it. Sun Jan 11 08:23:25 -0800 2009 4248139 10626 phoenikia 2 4315890 and add to the cheap sushi list..."All you can eat" sushi (shudder.) Sun Jan 11 08:48:53 -0800 2009 4315825 43623 chilihead 2 4315910 I am not a lover of sushi, nor do I have a lot of experience with it, but I do enjoy a few bites of it when I go out with friends who love it. (I tend to order the soups at Japanese restaurants - I adore the mix of flavors and textures.) I agree that the foodcourt sushi (and its ilk) are pretty bad for the most part. For me, it is generally that the flavors all seem kind of mushed together, and they are either very bland or overly sharp, with one agressive flavor overriding everything else. Sun Jan 11 08:57:53 -0800 2009 4315825 186923 Cachetes 2 4326667 ditto on cheap sushi, a lot of my friends seem to think quantity = quality, I try to resist the urge to roll my eyes at one of them when she said how much she loved white tuna. And then she asked me what good places have good california rolls, I just told her how oxymoronic it was. Wed Jan 14 14:30:06 -0800 2009 4315825 212885 AngelSanctuary 3 4327192 i know good sushi - and i like white tuna, whatever fish it happens to be. ANd if someone likes california rolls, well, good for them - i hope they find the best ones they can, and friends who appreciate friendship enough to share them Wed Jan 14 17:38:00 -0800 2009 4326667 135229 thew 2 4676294 I enjoyed reading your opinion about cheap sushi, because I am the opposite. I'll happily eat cheap California rolls from a supermarket or mall. I think it's because of the homemade "sushi" my Taiwanese parents would make for us when we were kids, which had all kinds of inauthentic stuff like carrot, cucumber, fried egg and sesame paste thrown in there, which we enjoyed the hell out of. Tue May 12 07:41:32 -0700 2009 4315825 149565 RealMenJulienne 3 4729668 Steamed carrot, fresh cucumber, and Japanese omelette are very traditional ingredients in traditional nori maki. Sun May 31 07:52:16 -0700 2009 4676294 36661 Sam Fujisaka 3 4730327 If I haven't had too much to eat already at a sushi bar I'll order a nice tamago for "dessert" as long as the egg is made in-house. The premade stuff is pretty horrible compared to when everybod used to make their own. Sun May 31 12:54:51 -0700 2009 4676294 105625 EWSflash 4 4737900 Mmmm, love tamago as dessert. My sushi chef used to tease me and offer it to me first to "try to get me to leave". Tue Jun 02 22:29:18 -0700 2009 4730327 237929 tracylee 1 4316202 Everyone seems to love (or at least tolerate) parsley! i cannot stand it! Sun Jan 11 11:07:34 -0800 2009 4248139 31796 Hallie_ray 2 4317033 Milk - I love cheese, ice cream, and most dairy products, but raw milk makes me nauseous, I've never been able to drink it. Beef/steak - it always tastes really boring after the first few bites Roasted Red Peppers (ditto to whoever mentioned this above) Beer - just don't get it - I normally enjoy bitter flavors, but hops don't appeal to me White bread/most pastries like muffins - I really like nutty flavors and enjoy whole grain bread, so perhaps I don't enjoy Sausage/hot dogs PB&J - Kids used to always bring squished PB&J sandwiches to school and it grossed. me out. To this day, I've never had one. Actually, sandwiches in general don't appeal - like the person's daughter above, I take them apart!!! Mayonnaise - can't stand No idea why people go nuts for BBQ. I will eat it, it's not bad, but...don't crave it. Milk Chocolate - blech Chinese food - I'll eat it, but I really don't enjoy it the way that some of my friends do . I've really tried, and have the good fortune of friends who have taken me to great places (i.e. not suburban "Chinese food") and invited me to dine at their houses...but I've just never gotten to the point where I'd chose it over Vietnamese or Thai or anything else. Sun Jan 11 17:07:48 -0800 2009 4316202 61343 firni 3 4321947 Never really thought about what I didn't eat that other people loved ...Here is goes Milk - Never ever liked it! White Bread Lamb - I will still try it, but will never order it out or say Oh man I just got to have some lamb...that will never happen Chocolate or anything sweet - would rahter have cheese ;) Love cheese Indian Food (curry's) they all taste the same Carrots - I hate them...Save a carrot, let them grow! With everyone on the Jello Ranch Dressing (any creamy dressing for that matter) Gum - I am from the South also and this was a BIG NO NO Ah yes and Beer, never understood the big attraction to cold barley soup Tue Jan 13 09:13:29 -0800 2009 4317033 237148 bermudagourmetgoddess 4 4322649 Olives. I hate them. And I have had 'gourmet, imported' and those crappy pimento stuffed ones. I do like and use olive oil though. People think I'm a weirdo. Tue Jan 13 12:05:09 -0800 2009 4321947 189528 Whosyerkitty 5 4676204 Olives make me gag, as do all kinds of pickles. There's something about the brining I guess. Ketchup Mustard, but only as a condiment. I'll cook with it, no problem As you can probably guess, I usually eat my hog dogs plain, or with chili and cheese. Tue May 12 07:12:03 -0700 2009 4322649 102571 mordacity 1 4327245 So interesting, I started a thread with the same question with virtually the same title when I joined Chowhound about two years ago. It got immediate responses (which thrilled me as a newbie). It also got immediately deleted. Which has always puzzled me. Anyway, I have an issue with sushi, which is greatly popular in Toronto. It's funny because I really liked it when I was introduced to it in Japan many years ago. I'm also getting sick of gourmet poutines -- you know, the ones with great fries but covered in duck confit and jus or foie gras, etc and mozarella and whatnot. I like poutine, mind you, but some of these are getting too precious. I'm also with others on the thread who don't like coconut or cilantro. Also, can't stand marzipan. Although that may not be in the category of "food that most people love". Hate licorice. Wed Jan 14 18:03:38 -0800 2009 4248139 98493 JamieK 2 4330718 i am with you here. Yikes, on Marzipan and cilantro. I know, not a good thing in the same sentence. Sorry Thu Jan 15 19:25:13 -0800 2009 4327245 243858 amazing grace 2 4331185 There must be some chemistry involved.Fresh !! right now from the coconut ,the meat is lovely.Muck with it in ANY way ,as far I am concerned it becomes ?,just awful as a cooked or raw component.NO MATTER WHAT . Almonds are fine ,as is almond paste ,marzipan is gaggy ,gluey. Cilantro is mostly a personal chemistry thing.I try to be very careful how I use/serve it.A large no-no with those affected and wine.As a chef and wine educator I never let it slip below the radar when teaching or serving socially. Fri Jan 16 04:32:23 -0800 2009 4327245 203919 lcool 1 4327337 Asparagus. I feel deeply ashamed about it because I pride myself on eating everything. There are a few other foods I dislike, but to despise something so widely adored just makes me feel like I'm missing something. And I try to like it, I honestly do, and I just HATE it. Wed Jan 14 18:45:39 -0800 2009 4248139 75268 smittys 2 4327343 now that is truly sad. Wed Jan 14 18:48:15 -0800 2009 4327337 98493 JamieK 2 4327369 I don't care for green asparagus, but I don't mind white asparagus. Also don't care for green peppers, but I like red, yellow and orange bell peppers. Wed Jan 14 19:02:34 -0800 2009 4327337 10626 phoenikia 2 4327513 I hated the mushy (overcooked?) asparagus I would always be served as a child, but I've come to appreciate crisp asparagus as an adult (although I never have a taste for asparagus and never seek it out on menus). Okra, on the other hand, I have always loved in stews (gumbo is one of my favorite dishes) or if cooked just enough to still be crispy, but have always detested when served mushy and slimy by itself. Wed Jan 14 20:07:42 -0800 2009 4327337 48389 racer x 2 4333379 Smitty-- There is no shame in not eating asparagus. There are biological reasons for some of us not to eat it. More for everyone else! Right? Fri Jan 16 16:59:18 -0800 2009 4327337 196419 Kate is always hungry 1 4327570 Miracle Whip Dill Risotto or any rice dessert (love it steamed or in pilaf, though) beer Tabasco, or any hot pepper sauce that has vinegar as an ingredient Store-bought cookies (Pepperidge Farms excepted) Milk chocolate Store-bought tortilla chips Any apples besides Granny Smiths Rum Cola Cinnamon ( It's fine in its place, it just ends up in far too many places it shouldn't, like in coffee, tea, and potpourris that people put in bathrooms) Banana flavored desserts Mint Chamomile Bottled Ranch Dressing! HATE IT Most organ meats I didn't know there was so much stuff I hated.... Wed Jan 14 20:28:52 -0800 2009 4248139 105625 EWSflash 1 4328603 I can tolerate these foods, but don't neccessarily like them: Coconut- like the flavor but hate the texture Ketchup Lobster Ice Cream Frosting Balsamic Vinegar Pumpkin Pie Ham Apples-I like apples but hate the peels Miracle whip-only in mac salad Tarragon-fresh only Pate Love Creme' Brulee' but hate the crunchy sugary topping Foods I've tried but do not like at all: Black Licorice Coffee Salmon Sweet Pickles Oysters Caviar Meatloaf Green Bean Casserole Shrimp Fois Gras There are many foods that I haven't tried but would be willing to. Thu Jan 15 08:43:19 -0800 2009 4248139 158403 jcattles 1 4336800 Keeping in mind that I no longer eat any meat at all.......I used to, until ten years ago, so I know what it tastes like. I eat just about everything else under the sun. The most common response to people finding out that I don't eat meat is "OMG don't you ever just crave a good STEAK!?!?!?!", usually followed by them telling me how much they love steak and would never be able to give it up. My answer: No, I don't, never really did... and it's most definitely not something I crave, or miss one bit. To this list, I also add milk. I know plenty of people who just love a tall glass of white milk, the thought of which makes my stomach flutter a bit, in a not so nice way. I love all other dairy products, I just really really don't like milk. I'm also one of those women who doesn't go all out nuts at the thoughts of chocolate, even though it's not something I dislike, and i'll partake from time to time..... but most of my friend's eye's glaze over when they see the stuff...lol. Not something I crave. Unlike the OP however, I love chick peas, and could eat them straight out of the can. Sun Jan 18 12:14:57 -0800 2009 4248139 153184 im_nomad 2 4341679 My condolences- if I didn't eat meat, the last thing i'd crave is a big juicy steak, and can't imagine myself asking that of a noncarnivore. On the other hand, if I order a big juicy steak, I don't expect to get any grief about it, either. I'm with you on the chocolate, especially milk chocolate. a nice rich bittersweet occasionally, maybe, but I almost resent the inference that because I'm female and weigh too much it's because I can't keep away from chocolate. Tue Jan 20 10:35:46 -0800 2009 4336800 105625 EWSflash 3 4343721 "noncarnivore" = "NARNIVORE" ? ;-). Wed Jan 21 04:37:07 -0800 2009 4341679 105717 alkapal 4 4343766 Only if you eat magic lions. While sitting in the wardrobe. Wed Jan 21 05:27:35 -0800 2009 4343721 14386 BobB 5 4343788 LOL -- works for me! but that's the Narnia-vore. ;-)). subtle difference -- yeah, so subtle it is just one letter. but i tried "nonivore" , but that means eating nothing, and that didn't quite work, either. hmmm.... maybe i should just shut up!! (i hear hounds going, "yeah, do that!"). Wed Jan 21 05:44:03 -0800 2009 4343766 105717 alkapal 6 4354472 You both crack me up... Sat Jan 24 15:34:45 -0800 2009 4343788 105625 EWSflash 3 4353264 nah, I don't dole out grief about meat.....indulge away. Heck, i've even cooked it for others. I've just got zero desire to eat it. The only thing that even remotely bothers me in the area of meat is watching someone gnaw relentlessly on a bone, but that could be for many reasons ! I don't like getting grief about what I eat either....be it the "WTH kind of freak food is THAT!?" kind of people....the "ewwww" types...right.down to the flipside when other vegetarian / vegan types feel the need to tell me that I'm not a "real" vegetarian, or that egg i'm eating is etc etc etc. LOL to the Narnivore ! If that means i'd gladly share a meal with James McAvoy or Liam Neeson....i'm in !!!! Sat Jan 24 06:39:32 -0800 2009 4341679 153184 im_nomad 4 4353328 "right on" to the narnivore dining mates! Sat Jan 24 07:14:48 -0800 2009 4353264 105717 alkapal 2 4729802 I eat meat and never crave or order steak in restaurants. I'll eat it if someone prepares it, but I never seek it out. Sun May 31 08:41:33 -0700 2009 4336800 136251 Fromageball 3 4729967 I'm in the same boat for steak. I just don't get the appeal. If someone is serving it at a party I'll eat it, but I would much rather have chicken or fish. I usually order fish or tuna tatar at steakhouses... Sun May 31 10:06:23 -0700 2009 4729802 18011 Jacey 3 4729994 I used to be the same about steak until I started to grill them myself. Now I don't eat them so often not because I don't like them - I still do as much as ever - I'm cutting back to maybe four times a year because I'm trying to reduce red meat consumption as a whole. Sun May 31 10:20:10 -0700 2009 4729802 64003 bulavinaka 1 4338106 oysters tamales Mon Jan 19 04:15:51 -0800 2009 4248139 105717 alkapal 1 4338615 pasta, potatoes and white bread! i do not like those things. they are bland and unsatisfying to me. weird, eh? (on the other hand, i cant seem to find a vegetable that i dislike...) Mon Jan 19 08:59:41 -0800 2009 4248139 39333 elenoise 2 4357412 I'm with you on both ends. I'm not the hugest fan of corn, but then again, that's more of a starchy "white" food. Sun Jan 25 20:21:07 -0800 2009 4338615 18011 Jacey 1 4357299 cheesecake french fries pizza Sun Jan 25 19:28:08 -0800 2009 4248139 40743 lawyerlady 1 4357378 I don't love: caviar, raw oysters, truffles, pate, or any of those extra gourmet things. Never have and I don't get it! That's my true confession. Although I do love escargot. Sun Jan 25 20:06:02 -0800 2009 4248139 22298 gourmandadventurer 1 4645038 Crab -- meh on all counts, but especially when cooked whole and I have to hammer through the autopsy to get a bit of meat and a whole lot of unmentionables. it's okay cold in a light salad, but don't really miss it Lobster -- I like it okay, but the boring boiled lobster, especially when served with boring boiled potatoes and corn... what the heck? A glass of milk --- I can deal with chocolate milk, but I can't remember the last time I grabbed a glass of plain white milk. I know, I know, you can't have layer cake or pancakes without it... yes I can! Anything with the word "casserole" attached to it; worse if it says surprise Dill --- actually, this should be in the HATE category Mayo --- a category unto itself... hate, fear, dread, evil, sinister and nauseating Fri May 01 07:26:35 -0700 2009 4248139 30139 aklein 1 4671899 I hate canned peas and creamed corn. The peas smell like feet or body odor and cream corn looks as if someone ate it once already. Blech and double blech. Sun May 10 19:06:25 -0700 2009 4248139 290845 KristieB 1 4672327 Spam and frozen pizza, 2 threads going on right now. Stuff in a can. My last Pop Tart was eaten in 1972. Breakfast cereals. 'Nuff whining, back to work! Mon May 11 00:26:30 -0700 2009 4248139 93538 Passadumkeg 1 4729663 lobster - i don't get it. nice enough, i guess. but not a flavor i would bother with. and POP-TARTS. blech. Sun May 31 07:50:33 -0700 2009 4248139 230242 madkittybadkitty 1 4730267 Ketchup/Catsup call it what you may, but I loathe the stuff. Funnily enough, I like barbecue sauce. I hate Miracle Whip but looove mayo but it MUST be Kraft or Hellmans. I really don't care for savory and sweet foods mixed together. For instance I like shrimp and I like coconut, but coconut shrimp? Bleh! Peanut butter and/or jelly. No matter what my mother did she could never get me to eat one of those sandwiches. The only way I can tolerate peanut butter is in a Reese's Cup. Grape jelly is vile. I might have a berry preserve once in a very great while (as in I can't even recall the last time I did). Really not a fan of pasta or red sauce, probably because I ate it each Sunday without fail for the first 16 years of my life. I don't care if I ever see it or eat it again. Meanwhile my older brother loves and and can eat it every day. Sun May 31 12:29:24 -0700 2009 4248139 119816 MysticYoYo 1 4747450 Cheese. I cannot stand cheese (and no I am not lactose intolerant). I do not have a phobia of it like my dad (I kid you not- he's freaked out in restaurants before!) and I keep on tasting it on occasion... my friend insisted I try some in Paris because "the cheese in Paris is superior to what we have".... blech. I cannot even eat mozzy on pizza. Fri Jun 05 21:44:31 -0700 2009 4248139 16149 NicoleFriedman 2 4747501 How fascinating! Are you relatively young, if you don't me asking? I actually hated (or at least disliked) cheese for many years, too, up until past college graduation. A few years ago, around the same time I started liking cooked fish, I also suddenly started liking cheese. I think in part, it was because I'd grown up with lower grade mass produced cheeses and associated it with that sweaty, giant chunk of softening cheddar we used to take with us on camping trips. For the first time, I had raw milk cheese and wonderful cheese / wine / other pairings that helped me understand the nuance of really good cheese. Partly, too, my tastebuds just changed. Give it time, keep trying occasionally, and someday you might discover that it tastes delicious to you. (Sorry... hope that didn't sound (p/m)atronizing, since I don't mean it that way at all!) Fri Jun 05 22:36:49 -0700 2009 4747450 64215 cimui 3 4748024 I was exactly the same way. I looooove cheese now...all kinds, but as a kid, i couldn't stand it. When my family would order pizza, i would pick off all the cheese. One time, my older brother tried to force me to eat a slice with cheese b/c he was convinced i would like it, and i could not stop gagging. I have no idea what changed, but some time around college, i started loving the stuff. I still don't like a ton of it on one dish, though. If a dish has too much cheese on it, i still take some of it off. Sat Jun 06 08:42:04 -0700 2009 4747501 157030 iluvtennis 1 4748070 YOGURT(sp?). Yuck, hate it. Bad smell, bad texture, just plain bad! Of course, my favorite scones from ym favorite bakery use yogurt in thier rec- but I WILL NOT be seen tucking into a large(or small) serving of this yucky dairy product... Also- sour cream, bleu cheese dressing, ranch dressing(ok, yes, dressings and dips in general). Sat Jun 06 09:04:03 -0700 2009 4248139 140744 Bunnyfood 1 4750543 Salmon Dried Fruit Oatmeal Edammame Trendy food cooked in duck fat Sun Jun 07 12:41:30 -0700 2009 4248139 165622 terkalin 1 5102716 Sandwiches... Deli Meats, blech Cheesecake Mock Meat Ranch Dressing Cantaloupe Vodka (not a food, but as pointless as chewing gum) Tarragon Banana Mexican Pastries Wed Oct 14 11:07:17 -0700 2009 4248139 261632 PickleQueeen