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For me it's boiled okra.  Not so much to taste or the texture - it just will not go down my throat.  Period.  I'm talking whole pods, good ol' southern food.  No way.  Bad memories as a child so as an adult - out of college and on my own - I decided that it was all foolishness and one evening I took a serving at a cafeteria.  Nope.  It just didn't work.  The more I chewed the larger the mass grew.  That was back in 1977 and I've not tried again.

 

Rutabagas are a close second.

 

Sushi - no interest in finding out one way or another.

 

lawrence
 
This is a fascinating thread! I like most 'standard' foods, with the exception of oysters and clams. It's interesting to learn which textures/flavors are abhorrent to some of us. Liver, mushrooms, eggs, and oysters are on a number of lists.
 
A few I hate:

1. Mayonnaise, Hate the taste and would rather have a sandwich dry. Miracle Whip and other "salad dressing" products are even worse. This includes dressings made with the vile slop. YUCK!!!

2. Green Peppers, The fastest way to ruin a perfectly good dish is to add those revolting things. I will eat them raw in a salad though.

3. Raw onions, I cook with onions but can't stand the texture of them raw.

4. Asparagus, Good for garbage can filler only.

5. Peas, unless it's split pea and ham soup you can keep em.

6. Canned Tuna, I can't understand how anyone can eat something that stinks that bad. I can only eat tuna as sushimi. Same goes for salmon.

7. Flake coconut, I'll eat the fresh stuff but those white shreds of hell make me sick.
WK78
 
1. Mushrooms. Hate the taste and hate the texture. Doesn't matter what kind.

2. Marshmallows. Something about that soft puffy texture makes me wanna hurl. That goes for lemon meringue too.

3. Crustaceans. I really don't have any reason to hate them, I just do. I will not under any circumstances eat them. Ironically I love crab cakes and will eat crab dip.

4. Tripe. Someone ordered it at an upscale Cantonese restaurant, I was stupid enough to try it and I pretty much spit it across the restaurant and nearly hurled in someone's lap...

Outside of that I'll pretty much eat anything, provided it passes my taste test.

Kevin it's funny you mentioned the Durian, I actually forgot about it until you mentioned it. Back in May my brother took us to a Taiwanese dessert shop and after we got done and were hanging out I smelled a gas leak. It got to the point where I started quietly freaking out then mentioned it to them and my brother argued and said "that's the durian" and I said "NO that smells like the mercaptan used In natural gas! There's a gas leak!" And then we left. Next day we go back, he orders the Durian and I about fell out of my chair when it came. OMG the smell was horrible! Nobody would try it after smelling it except my dad, whom after doing that had to run to the bathroom and wash his mouth out (and yet he's known for eating nasty rotten moldy food and liking it)
 
I'm very lucky...

Because I like absolutely everything there's to be eaten, from land, sea, air, whatever. Here's a picture of one of the two King Crabs my wife cooked for this last Father's Day lunch. It was at least a six pound beast, no kidding!
Emilio

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A little off post: I live in a "village" in So Ga. There is one "supermarket" an Ingles. This is a conversation overheard in the bread isle:

her: do we need bread?
him: I don't know
her: how bout some rolls
Him: what kind?
her: hotdog or hamburger. Wait, I think I have some hotdogs in the freezer, we could cook those.

him: (swear on my mothers grave) Well I was thinking of pulling some of those squirrel out the freezer. We could put them on hot dog rolls.

It was a very short shopping trip for me...
 
Interesting topic. My hates:
1. Liver (and offal in general)
2. Oysters/Clams
3. Anchovies
4. Fatty fish (mackerel,...)

Otherwise I'm pretty omnivorous. I actually enjoy durian (a durian smoothie is really delicious). Mushrooms, yum (raw or cooked--I'll happily polish off a tray of mushrooms nibbling during the day).
 
Interesting thread!

I am amazed at some of the common food in question like peppers, mayo, onion in whatever capacity. For me,

 

1 No meat parts other than chicken, beef, pork, fish in the form to which we are accustom.  With the exception of beef liver.

2 No runny eggs. They must be cooked all the way.

3 Anchovies

4 Peanut butter! Nothing in it, or taste like it! Just nasty all around!

5 there are a few things that i dont care for but will tolerate.

6 Bananas other than the real thing. No flavored stuff, candy, cake, or anything like that.

 

Thats all i can think of for now?
 
1. Wild game (especially venison "deer", blegh!)
2. Guacamole.(but I do like avocado, go figure)
3. Raw onions (but like them cooked)
4. Miracle Whip. (but "salad dressing" is fine, along with real Mayonnaise)
 
cannot stand

canned tuna, mackerel, canned fish of any kind. If a body part smelled like that most people would head straight for the doctor.
 
For me--Mushrooms,Liver,Cream Cheese,Sour cream,Oatmeal breakfast cerial(but LOVE Cheerios!)Ham,Only like my eggs scrambled or in things.Raw tomatoes,but like them in things.Asparagus--except cooked on a grill-then its good.Oakra--YUCKK!!
 
I'm lucky

I must come from another planet... there is no 'regular' food that I cannot stand!   I don't think I could handle the warm monkey brains à la Indiana Jones, though.  Must be that slavic 'You eating what is on plate or you getting to taste of back of hand' food ethic I was raised with... LOL 

 

I remember as a brat I hated strong-flavoured veggies like cabbage, cooked broccoli (overcooked if my mother was on KP duty), and brussells sprouts.  But when I tried them again in my early 20s I liked them.

 

I do not care for artificial flavours in baked goods or confections though...  That's why I like to make my own using real vanilla or other extracts.   
 
Wow, I thought *I* was a picky eater. If I added all the above exclusions together I'd starve in less than a week.

Now, making a kid eat liver once a week can get you arrested for child abuse. If you did it to me I'd just kill you.

Mom ruined all manner of dishes with raw onions. What, she couldn't spell SAUTEE? WTF, she took French.

A southerner who hates ketchup? I thought there were more southerners who hate the ABSENCE of ketchup.

Mayo doesn't make me puke. Just makes me want to.

I like lobster but I can't afford it. I like fried shrimp, but then I also like fried okra and onion rings (see above). For that matter, I liked airline food back when there was such thing. Love fried fish sandwiches (pollock, cod) but nothing that actually TASTES like fish.

Ahh! School cafeteria food. How could anyone eat anything that smelt like that? I ate rolls and corn and chocolate milk. But wait, survey says those are pukeworthy too.

How can anyone (not suffering anaphylaxis) hate peanut butter?

Let's do dinner. Have your dietitian call mine. Shouldn't take them more than a month to sort.
 
Foods that I can't stand-

Coconut- one of the most vile things god ever placed on the planet...also the smell of it as well.

Okra- just doesn't appeal to me

Sauerkraut- never acquired a true taste for it

Raw Oysters- Just the thought of them going down my throat and making a u-turn cause they don't like where they are headed. (you catch my drift on that one)

 
 
RE School Food!

My elementary school had as good if not better food than ANY restaurant I have ever been to, but I knew all the older ladies that worked there, and my Dads first cousin made the rolls every day...I have NEVER eaten a yeast roll to this day as good, my Grandmother worked there before I was born, and a few of the ladies had been there since those days,I was there from 1st thru 6th grades, 71-77.Grandmother worked there from 58-63.Middle school was GREASY and vile, high school a little better, but nothing came close to the food at Lower Creek Elementary School in Lenoir NC.
 

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