What foods do you DESPISE!

[DADoES]

 
Many of the foods mentioned have not crossed my path or not been tried.

Love peanut butter ... jar and a spoon, or a sandwich with sugar sprinkled ... but need to keep it minimal due to oxalates.

Detest egg nog.

Had a stomach upset incident years ago after having some honey, although I don't suppose the honey was the cause as it doesn't spoil, and avoided it for a long while but have mostly gotten over it.

Oysters are nasty.
Will not take boiled eggs or fried but like scrambled.
Boiled/cooked/canned cabbage but slaw is OK.
Liver and other organ meats.
Licorice.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Along with Licorice, I'm surprised no one here has mentioned Root Beer or Root Beer-flavored stuff...

Wonder how a lot of people I know dislike Onions, but actually love Garlic; me, it's the opposite: I cannot imagine ANYTHING without Onion--gimme it anytime!

Garlic, though--it STANKS!!!!

-- Dave

 

[circlew]

I forgot olives and Fritos. I used to like then until I ate them together when I was in 5th grade. I got very sick afterwards, and haven't eaten them since. I still can't even stand the smell of Fritos.

 

[frigilux]

Fritos & Olives: I had a similar experience with peanuts when I was a kid. Ate a vending machine bag of peanuts just as I was getting the stomach flu. Couldn't eat peanuts or peanut butter for a few years after that.

 

[whirlpolf]

"if possible, can I have it without onions, please?"

Interesting thread this is.
I might have understood "I do not like xy food" but I was not aware of "I despise xy food".
Very astonishing to what an extent some childhood mistreatments are the story behind the story.

Anyway, I work in the quick food area (food to go, pizza and all that).
The food is prepared freshly, goes to the shelf for about 10 seconds and is baked from there and handed out and sold after a few minutes, the prep cycles and baking patterns overlapping so that each client has his/her meal in a matter of 15 seconds (which means a continuous flow of raw meals towards the shelf for the baking cycle on and on, so that the oven is always full.)

And how do I HATE them, these ultra-picky pale allergy mystery creatures on high heels (can I have it without xy but more 7 on one corner, yet less 20 on the other side? Have you got something without gluten, without lactose, without ....) (I am continously waiting for the ultimate "without anything at all")

And those 6 foot 2 guys with wrestling shoulders mumbling "please no onions, please, please no!"
Hey! A guy not eating onions, how far have we come? Pansies!
Onions are good for your blood and they help "any grandpa climb on the bike" (as you will problably guess).

Months ago I was still eager to fulfill these Heidi Klum extravaganzas but today I just shout "no. next"

The only exceptions I make are pregnant mothers or persons with REAL allergies (as in most cases it turns out to be "I dunno, I just don't eat them") - and THAT is just a bad childhood or some other high-maintenance attitude, not an allergy.

Extra wishes of extra princesses are neither any good for our baking shop and its speed (one miss for 10 secs in the team and a whole oven full with 8 meals is burnt) nor are they any good for my nerves.

Which does not mean that I reject any "shudderings" of anyone at all, but please just don't see our business then. With more than a dozen variations (even veggies and vegan ones, with kosher and what have you, there is plenty to pick from without slamming the whole queue to a standstill).

The latest trick: Choosing the cheapest standard veggie size asking "but can I have just some meat bits on it ? Just a few, just to have the taste?" (the meat version is 1 € more) - once I get to explaining that this means 1,- more they start a lengthy discussion about "unflexible customer service". So which part of no didn't they get? It is: No, goodbye, next.

 

[twintubdexter]

Gluten...

Isn't it amazing how many people suddenly find themselves "allergic" to gluten? I watched one of those "reporter on the street" things where they stopped people and asked them about it. Most people said they could not eat it and knew it was bad for them yet almost no one knew what it really was. Every shelf in the grocery store has labels that proclaim "Gluten Free." I expect to see it on packages of Charmin very soon. Apparently those words make stuff sell.

 

At least Mrs. Noh Nah Ning spoke the truth about doughnuts and never mentioned gluten..."you know they are bad for you!"

http://https//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXt-x6lkFvY

 

[ovrphil]

Despise would fit the response of my teens and early 20's to some foods. Keep in mind, my mum was English/Scottish and whether it fits or not, she didn't really like to fuss for meals. So, the following were my most hated and still do not appeal to me at all, along with just the foods I've tasted after leaving my good mom's cooking:

1)Spanish Rice. Prepared well-cooked - well cooked pork chops or other in rice and tomato sauce.

2)Stuffed Green Peppers(believe I'm allergic to these, but not the orange, yellow or red variety)

3)Asparagus (although I will eat the tips, generally no likey this veggie which my Nanna and Grandpa grew abundantly on the sunny side of the white single car garage.

4)Capers

5)Most, not all, sushi,escargots(snail), lobster(it's just too rich for me) and oysters(God bless those who can swallow a bad head cold. tmi, I know.)

6)Indian food - I can't include EVERY kind, but from tasting everything that was offered at a large engagement party, I didn't enjoy anything I ate. Some curry is sweet, but I have yet to discover a love for Indian food.

7)Stewed Tomatoes

8)Liver/Liverwurst

9)All lunchmeats, except Boar's Head products

10)Most fast foods(90%)

11)Many pastas - dislike spaghetti, linquini, and macaroni, but I love a well-made mostaccioli which is hard to find.

12)Lima Beans - can eat them, but don't like!

13)Plain white bread, plain pancakes, white rice, and white cakes/cupcakes.

14)Poi, but I love TAROT chips! Hawaii was the only place I found large bags of large, delicious TAROT chips

15)Some of the Southern greens; not that I can't eat them, but that they don't agree with my "system".

16)Greasy food - i.e; most anything fried.

and that's enough from me. Interesting how people hate or can't eat coconut, milk,
and other things I enjoy.

Another interesting thread - I really enjoy discovering other's likes, dislikes and interests.

 

[launderess]

In no particular order:

Brains
Meatloaf
Frogs legs
Rabbit
Chitterlings
Haggis
Liver
Kidneys
Tongue
Full English Breakfast - Bacon fried, poached or scrambled eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, fried bread or toast with butter, sausages, and baked beans by themselves aren't bad, but all on one plate and first thing in the morning is more than one can endure.
Kippers - Well they aren't that bad going down, long as they stay down. Oh and the smell whilst cooking puts me right off.

 

[arbilab]

...6 foot 2 guys with wrestling shoulders...no onions...

Probably had dates (either gender) and didn't want their breath to reek.

 

[gusherb]

Re Gluten

The current trend towards GF, even for people that have no allergy to it whatsoever makes those of us who've been diagnosed with a legit allergy to it (Celiac) look stupid. Whenever I order something and request GF I always wonder if they think I'm another one of "those picky morons".
OTOH there is a major flip side to the current GF trend, SO many options! I started eating GF in 2003, back then and for the longest time staying GF was very hard to do unless you just stuck purely with protein and vegetables.

These days I still stay away from the stuff but every once in awhile I give in for the things i love (like pizza, baked goods etc). Can't do that too much or the symptoms start coming back fast.

 

[twintubdexter]

I certainly did not intend to offend anyone with food allergies. I'm glad people like Jonathan who should avoid gluten have so much to choose from. I just meant to draw attention to the sudden influx of gluten intolerant people and the endless products on market shelves that shout GLUTEN FREE! "No High Fructose Corn Syrup" runs a close second. A few years ago it was "I'm hypoglycemic!" On "The Nanny," Fran Fine's mother Sylvia was always tossing that around. She'd fain lightheadedness and ask for her medicine...a spoon and a squeeze bottle of Hershey's syrup. 

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

(Meow, meow, meow!!!!)

Did I ever mention that I don't like Tuna?! Or canned salmon or any kind of raw fish that isn't SUSHI?! That's CAT FOOOD to me...!

 

Maybe buried in a COOKED Casserole, yes! As for a TUNA SANDWICH, No!

 

And I remember at camp someone wanting tuna put in the macaroni & cheese before I had my turn to have the last helping WITHOUT!

 

Yeh, I'm still dwelling on how "the one man's meat is a another man's poison", but I won't go on ranting about it here, right now....

 

 

 

-- Dave

[this post was last edited: 7/6/2015-02:43]

 

[laundromat]

1. Lymburger cheese.
Anything that smells like shit goes no further then my nose
2.Egg Plant
3 Lobster
4.Lentils
5.gritts
6.Hominy
7.Spam
8. Miracle Whip
9.Cool Whip
10.fruit cake

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

An "I USED To Like":

Have you ever had a food you used to loved to eat & was a very simple, satisfying snack or treat that you could always count on to keep you full in a good, savory way?

I have: CRACKERS!

Now...! Have you ever eaten something that seemed to just sit in your stomach, and do nothing but make it ache and can no longer stand even in a bowl of soup, mainly because it would linger around after the soup was gone?

Well, yes, I have: CRACKERS!

(And not as in "fire", either, as this song hopefully suggests...)

-- Dave[this post was last edited: 8/14/2015-16:55]

http://https//m.youtube.com/watch?v=FiEQB60-qls

 

[bwoods]

and for a different reason

I despise lobster and those people who cook the poor animals alive. It is cruel, disgusting and inhumane.

You know what a steam burn or hot water burn feels like on your hand. Can you imagine what being submersed in it must be like. Animals, even Crustaceans, have a nervous system and feel pain.

BTW, One poor man knows what it is like. Did you read about the man, yesterday, who got trapped in the oven at Bumble Bee Tuna? He was in the back of the room sized oven cleaning it, and apparently no one knew it. They pushed in several tons of tuna and trapped him inside and he was literally cooked to death.

Bumble Bee said they would be scrapping all their ovens and getting new ones that don't need to be cleaned by hand.

 

[bwoods]

rephrase

Let me rephrase the statement made above when I said "I hate people who cook the lobsters alive." I mean I hate the ACTIONS of those who cook lobsters alive, not the people themselves.

 

[philr]

The only time I saw lobsters being cooked, I felt really bad. I know animals in their environment get killed by other animals too and I do eat all kinds of meat if others killed it for me but I can't stand seeing them die. Since I'm not exactly slim, I probably eat more meat than most people who kill it for me do... I should be more concerned about that, I'd probably loose some weight too. 

I did kill a few animals by accident while driving (among them, quite a few insects but larger ones too) but I can't even intentionally kill a spider... I am quite patient at relocating some insects outside of the house without hurting them. If I find them in the cold season, I leave them where they are or just move them to another room as I don't want to leave them outside!

 

[tolivac]

On YouTube years back they showed videos of cooks cutting up crabs,other sea animals raw and alive-then patrons eating the parts raw and alive.Another video shows a person biting into a live crab!Its claws and legs drooped after it was bitten.GROSS!!

 

[jetcone]

Omg this is amazing

what a thread !!!

 

For me if you feed me this on a plate I will confess to ANYTHING !

 

1: Salmon in any form

2: Brussels sprouts, they taste like horse-breath balls !!

3:Cream sickles- got violently ill on them as a kid. What is odd is I like Orange Julius though- but I  never got sick on a OJ.

4: Red licorice !! Can't even stand the scent! Bought a pack at 4 years old while we were returning from Nantucket in 1959- hit  a storm on the ferry crossing back to the mainland , got wayyyyyy nauseous -- NEVER AGAIN !!

 

PS that King Crab looks Delicious !!!

 

[bwoods]

to agree with Phil

First, what foods do I despise to eat (beside lobster because of the suffering)..almost none..unfortunately. That's why I could and should lose about ten pounds ha.

Phil, I thought I was just about the only person in this world who doesn't like to kill insects. I too try to trap spiders, and an occasional grasshopper and take them outdoors. When I do kill an insect I attempt to do it instantly so they don't suffer. With five cats, I try to catch a spider before they do, as it will see a fate worse than death at the hands (that is mouths) of my cats.

I feel less sympathetic toward roaches as they spread disease, but even then I try to make their demise painless. They didn't ask to be a roach and didn't ask to be put on this earth. They are only trying to live the life they have been given. But unfortunately I can't have my house be a sanctuary for them. And if I don't kill them, by cats will take care of it for me, and not so humanely. Fortunately, I rarely get them.

You know the expression. If it's in your house, it's a "waterbug" (said softly with a smile). But if it's in your neighbor's house...it's a ROACH!!! (said with loud disgust)

I remember when my family an I went to Florida. My mom found roaches in the room and my dad went to the desk to get another room. The clerk downplayed it and informed my dad that the hotel did NOT have roaches but what he saw, if anything, may have been a "Florida Waterbug." Right. the waterbug probably came in to spend the night after surfing all day.