That's Absolutely Disguisting.

[toggleswitch2]

Mixfinder said:

There are almost no absolutes in cooking except "that's absolutely disgusting"

Fennel, something I cannot get my children to eat.

Most things I am willing to try and re-try as my taste evolves over the centures ---er--- decades.

Definitely not:
For me it's okra. Isnt it's nickname "snot"? *LOL*
Also most forms of egg (unless its hidden in something) are off the menu.

What is it you won't eat?
(ROFLMAO and be nice)!

 

[marukap]

Calve's brains...NOT gonna' happen!

 

[bajaespuma]

I love fennel and okra, but I cozied to them late in life. I think children's taste buds are much more sensitive than adults and they have strong reactions to strong flavors.

But I also think, as Chris Rock said,there's too much food in this country and no middle-class and up child gets hungry enough to eat what's in front of them. And then, of course, there's McDonalds...

One of my last food disgusts is sauerkraut:
...looks like death
...smells like death

and even then I've eaten freshly-made sauerkraut and have eaten it in things like soup. I just won't touch the stuff that comes out of the bags and goes on hot dogs.

 

[ronhic]

Not a big fan of eggplant/aubergine

...and I certainly don't do brains or calves liver....

But, lambs liver is fine....oh, and I LOOOVE black pudding...

 

[rapunzel]

Steamed chicken feet, bugs, maggots and worms of any descrip

...liver, calves tongue, pigs trotters in aspic, kokorezzi (pardon my spelling), all of these things and anything offal I will not put in my mouth. Oh, I also don't eat anything with tentacles or animals with personalities. I don't do pork, mutton, horsemeat, rodents or snakes. Fish has to be boneless and not be too fishy.I dislike most Chinese - it all tastes the same and smells off.

I actually really like fennel, okra, witlof, artichokes (especially the heart) - it's all in the preparation. What you are stewing in that frying pan looks really yummy actually.

rapunzel

 

[bugsyjones]

I don't like condiments. By that, I mean Mayonaise, Mustard, KETCHUP, Salad Dressing...etc.

For some reason, watching someone eat ketchup with their french fries completely repulses me. I instantly loose my appetite.

I'm ok with MOST vegetables, as long as they are cooked or in a dish. To me, vegetables like squash, eggplant, and parsnips have little to no flavor so I don't really care for them.

To add to the list of dislikes:
Animal Organs (including brains, intestines, liver, testicles, or any other organ)
Pork (including bacon, sausage, and ham)
Asparagus
Oriental and Indian Food
Chunky tomato sauces (must be blended and chunk-free)
Pickles or anything that has been 'pickled'

There's probably more, but I can't think of them right now.

~Tim

 

[goatfarmer]

Any animal's organs, ie liver, heart, brains, etc. Don't like carrots, sweet potatoes, or radishes, but will eat them in a pinch.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Hmm.

While watching mayonnaise drip off someone's chin may bring a chuckle to me, aversion to mustard and ketchup sure is interesting!

See 2:24

 

[sudsmaster]

Are you a taster?

There are basically two kinds of people when it comes to foods: tasters, and non tasters. Tasters can detect various bitter substances and are naturally more picky about eating, especially when they are kids.

Non-tasters can't detect some bitter substances and therefore are less picky about what they eat.

It's thought that the taster gene developed to help early humans avoid poisonous plants etc. It's thought the the non-tasters thrived because they were able to eat more types of foods that were bitter but not necessarily poisonous.

Me, I think I'm a "taster". I've never been all that fond of bitter foods, and often I'll add too much salt to things (salt masks bitter flavors in foods). As I've grown older I've learned to tolerate certain bitter flavors (like in bitter beer) but more often than not I'll pass on the liver, bread crusts, burnt meat, etc.

However I also have an aversion to most melons, such as watermelon. Makes me nauseous. Don't know why! I can eat a really sweet cantalope or honeydew, but watermelon is generally not well tolerated by my gut.

 

[autowasherfreak]

Definite No

Mushrooms
Liver and onions my mother's favorite
Rocky mountain oysters
Brussels sprouts
Chicken livers, gizzards or heart
Oysters

I love most vegetables and fruits. I was at a friends house for a 4th of July party and he made asparagus wrapped in bacon, and it was the first time since I was a kid that I liked asparagus.

Even as I kid I loved vegetables. I would pick tomatoes right off the vine and eat them like an apple. I even liked parsnips, turnips, and rutabagas.

 

[danemodsandy]

Here Goes:

Things I absolutely will not eat:

- Yams and sweet potatoes. These make me gag and retch; they're my strongest aversion. Neither has crossed my lips since I was old enough to spit.
- Hominy. I am certain that hominy is on the menu in Hell. In fact, hominy may BE the menu in Hell.
- Corn flakes. Ick, yuck and petooey.
- Marshmallows. Arrgh.
- Canned peas and canned corn. Excuse me, but I have to go unswallow now.
- Romano cheese. I am wild about most cheeses, but not this one.

Things I'm picky about:

- Cold breakfast cereal. I will eat Cheerios or raisin bran, but that's about it. And not often, either.
- Seafood. I'm okay with crab, lobster is uninteresting (I'll eat it, but you're wasting your money treating me to it, because I'm happier with tuna), and shrimp is acceptable only boiled and chilled, with cocktail sauce. I cannot abide the smell of a seafood section in a grocery store, either - I have to walk by as quickly as possible.
- Dried beans. I cannot handle the smell of the things cooking, though I will eat them if need be.
- Apples. Okay once in a while, in a well-made apple pie or tart. I do enjoy Granny Smiths as an eating apple. If you ever see me eating a Red or Golden Delicious, have me tested for Alzheimer's, because I have obviously forgotten who I am.

Even as a very small child, I enjoyed things many people don't - there was never any problem getting me to eat broccoli, spinach, Brussels sprouts, carrots, mushrooms, squash, fresh peas or the like. And there was no keeping me out of the olive jar, ever.

 

[gadgetgary]

Mushrooms

The taste like 'musty basements'

BTW Chris,

What is 'black pudding'?

 

[ptcruiser51]

My stomach turns

just READING some of this stuff!

Organ meats=cat food. Enough said.

For some reason, veal tastes like cardboard to me - no flavor.

Custard anything makes me gag.

 

[hoovermatic]

Black Pudding

From the BBC Food website:

Making blood sausage at home is no easy task, as the recipe harks back to a time when everyone kept livestock at home. If you want to make your own black pudding, first and foremost a strong stomach is required. Then you'll need access to some pigs' blood. Fewer abattoirs seem willing to supply fresh blood (unless you're having your own animals butchered) so it's not that easy to get hold of. As an alternative you can use dried blood, but you'll need to locate a specialist trade producer. Talk to your local butcher about how to find both dried blood - and the sausage casings you'll need to make the puddings.

Seasonings vary from maker to maker, but black pepper, cayenne pepper, mace, herbs, and coriander are frequently used flavourings. These are added to the blood, oatmeal and suet/fat mixture, which is cooked together and used to fill the casings. Finally, the puddings are lightly poached for five to ten minutes.

Sounds awfully grim but no full English is complete without it.

As for things I won't eat, there are very few things. Oysters are one and bush tucker. Never had bush tucker so not sure what I am basing that comment on but it all looks revolting. Some of the things the Chinese eat traditionally are a bit gross but am sure they might baulk at tripe and onions, a traditional if rarely cooked British 'delicacy'!!!

 

[rp2813]

I would like to launch a campaign to eradicate zucchini from the planet. At the ripe old age of 55 I've finally decided to become militant in my anti-zucchini stance. I've given it 55 years to make itself interesting and it hasn't happened. Just because something is easy to grow doesn't mean it's going to be delicious. Indeed, being easy to grow should be the first tip-off that it's going to be a crashing bore.

The native Americans had the right idea. Nip it in the bud and eat the blossom instead, and in the process spare the rest of us one more zucchini to deal with.

Zucchini, YOU'RE FIRED!

 

[aquarius1984]

1. Black pudding, nothing makes me want to vomit more than the thought of that! Im gagging as I type it has that much effect.

I ate it for years as a child and did enjoy it. The moment I fond out what it was made from I couldnt get it past my lips.

Ironically I like my steak rare and dont bat an eyelid at the plate once finished.

Weird isnt it?

2. Scrambled/poached/hardboiled eggs and egg mayonnaise.

Texture taste and smell.

Will eat fried eggs with bacon or on a piece of buttered toast and the egg must be well salted, and only enjoy a soft boiled egg but only eat the yolk.

3. Never had them but tinned creamed mushrooms probably wont ever see my shopping basket. I love raw and cooked mushrooms but somehow that dosnt appeal.

4. Hearts.... not going into that one. They often featured stuffed with Paxo throughout my childhood. Still have vivid memories of mother dearest preparing them.

I love liver, kidney and associated products such as Faggots which are called 'Savoury Ducks' (pronounced Savri Ducks) to us who originate in South Cheshire and Staffordshire.

Just these things that dont do anything for me.

I just so wish I could get Paul to enjoy a nice plate of liver and onions, tried to fob him off saying it was meat stew but got nowhere. I was sussed out within seconds of it entering his mouth and all I got was another hour in the kitchen making him something else to eat.

4. Margarine or those "I Cant Believe I Wasted My Money On This Butter Substitute Shite" and those health spreads.

Nothing and I mean nothing is worthy of spreading on my bread/toast unless its REAL BUTTER - all they achieve is me wretching and ultimately going hungry. The great british piece of white toast is a fake without butter.

Lurpak, Shirgar, Country Life, President french butter I love them all along with the locally made ones from farm shops etc etc.

Now supposedly better than marge as they are a natural product and not full of chemicals butter will always be the one I use on my toast, pastry and cakes.

 

[sudsmaster]

Ralph,

There is zucchini, and then there is zucchini.

The supermarket variety is very much on the bland side. It looks nice in the bin, but the taste just isn't there.

I grow my own, and favor the "nuttier" varieties, such as Romanesco, Greyzini, Trombetta di Albenga (a climbing one).

The trick with cooking zucchini is:

1) Don't overcook it
2) Let it absorb flavors from seasoning/juices

My favorite way to prepare it is stir fry. First coat bits of chicken, pork, beef, shrimp, whatever with a corn starch/salt/garlic/hot pepper mixture. Then brown at high heat, remove, drain, return oil to wok/pan. Then cook the zucchini slices and other veggies (beans/peppers/whatever) in that until almost al dente. Add more oil if necessary. Then add back in the drained meat and cook till the meat is "done" (takes a very short time). This way the zucchini doesn't get watery (it gives up its water to the wok) and it absorbs extra flavor. It's important though to start with a flavorful variety.

Sometime I'll have to trick you into eating some prepared this way... lol...

 

[peterh770]

Offal, squid, octopus, anything that looks like an oversized insect, anything that looks back at me from the plate, raw fish and/or sushi.

 

[danemodsandy]

Now, Now, Suds!

"Sometime I'll have to trick you into eating some prepared this way."

I have often thought that "keeping after" an adult to eat something they truly can't abide - let alone slipping it into them surreptitiously - should be against the Geneva Conventions or something. My own mother cannot get her head around the fact that I cannot get sweet potatoes to go down - after all, she likes them, and she is Queen of the Universe, so how dare anyone else not like them! For years, I've suffered through "Oh, but you'll like these," or "You're just being silly - these are my sweet potatoes," with my stomach doing barrel rolls the whole time she's waving them under my nose. *

That's bad enough, but putting something someone does not want into that person's body without their consent is a form of violation of that person. Mom's done that, too.

There are so many foods I like, I eat those and I hope you'll do the same. No need anyone suffering through anything they detest, sez I.

* When I was a baby, my paternal grandmother (a saint, but a lady who did not give in to any child's tantrums very often) once tried to feed me sweet potatoes. About the third time she had to clean up sweet potatoes spat all over the high chair and wall, she very sensibly came to the conclusion that she was playing a losing game - if a kid would eat spinach and wouldn't eat sweet potato, the kid obviously had a real problem with sweet potatoes, not a problem with pickiness in general. Would that my mother had been so wise!