What foods do you DESPISE!

[gyrafoam]

P'tcha.
Miracle whip.
Anything strange from the sea or land. Nothing with no legs other than fish. Nothing with more than four legs.
Nobody's goat. No venison.
Nothing that once squealed.
Tongue.
Raw fish or meat.
Viscera other than liver.
Undercooked vegetables.
Grape Nuts cereal.[this post was last edited: 12/17/2018-18:51]

 

[norgeway]

Hey Steve,,,,

I will take all the shrimp and scallops and crab you wont eat,,,LOL And the Miracle Whip!

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Mmmmmm! So will I, as those are all foods I like to eat, although I don't know what anyone sees in those spiny crab legs you have to shuck just to get that puny meat out of, which lobster is also like, unless you get a (Yum!) well-stuffed tail...

 

But for those of you who might these these flavors of sparkling juice by RW Knudsen and possibly might want to try:

 

<span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #ff0000;">DON'T!!!! </span>

 

(They--especially the PUMPKIN!--are really that bad...)

 

 

 

-- Dave

[this post was last edited: 12/31/2018-11:58]

 

[kate1]

I’m the kind of person who can eat just about everything. There are very few things I strongly dislike. Most things that I thought I didn’t like, I’ve found that I actually do like them when they’re cooked or prepared well. Among the few things that I just cannot stand are canned mushrooms (I adore mushrooms but they turn to awful, slimy slugs in a can), Miracle Whip, Easy Cheese, oysters, cheap beer, Lima beans, low-fat dairy (especially skim milk and other nonfat dairy, it’s whole fat or nothing for me), artificial sweeteners, and almost anything with artificial cherry or grape flavoring (I think I revert back to childhood dosings of medicine).

 

[imperial70]

no semen please.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

"So, what's in that Secret Sauce?"

Okay, what was it about Red Baron that reminded me of School Food Pizza?!

Not the cement crust, the rubbery cheese, or the Kroger-brand pepperoni that I always buy, (and tastes good—great, in fact—on everything else I put it on) but somehow the sickening smell of all of the above really got to me...

I hope I ever buy another plain cheese and go back to my Kroger-brand that I make my kind of choice, that this disgusting experience (I prefer Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron, or in the case of pizza, it's DiGiorno, Jack's or Tombstone, that reminds me of my local hi-class pizzeria or at least a tolerable take-out joint or even a 7-11!) will never..., happen..., again..., !!!!...

(Yes, only the box (which you may as well eat, and throw away what's in it) was photo-worthy!)

-- Dave[this post was last edited: 1/24/2019-15:43]

 

[circlew]

"Red Baron that reminded------

me of school food pizza". That may be because many schools serve Tony's Pizza, which is made by Schwan's, which also makes Red Baron, Freschetta and other brands of pizza. One of my friends used to work at their Northern Kentucky facility.

I've always liked the Red Baron Deep Dish individual pizzas pretty well.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Well, thank you CIRCLE W for telling me, as I've never eaten any of those other kinds (though I wonder of such irony every time I see a Freschetta's truck making me believe it's a flagship brand) and lastly, it's good to know my Kroger brand is not in those lowly ranks!

 

 

 

-- Dave

 

[iowabear]

Frozen pizzas are amazingly cheap.  Tombstone brand is popular here and are often on sale for $3.  Can't expect much for that price (and you don't get much!) 

 

[luxflairguy]

I bought a Freshetta pizza for dinner this past week.  I took only 2 bites before I went to the kitchen and made scrambled eggs!  I'm surrounded by pizza franchises living right besire a college campus.  I don't like then, either!

 

[lordkenmore]

I've had Red Barron pizzas. I can't remember the specific varieties, but I know I've had more than one cheese-only topping pizza in the last year or so. I didn't think it was the best thing ever, but I had no complaints, particularly given the price. Indeed, I have a sense that it was a welcome buy at one point--really cheap at a point where the grocery budget was practically used up for the month...

That said, the only pizza I've had in recent history has been frozen. And my budget hasn't permitted buying better varieties in some time--the mass market brands are the best I've had in quite some time. Also, while I had Red Barron in the last year, it's been a number of months. So it's entirely possible that the recipe changed between my last pizza, and Dave's.

It's been a long time since I had Freschetta, but I liked the brand many years ago. BUT I haven't been as happy recently, although it's been more "disappointing" and "not as good as I recall" than "this stuff is so terrible and I won't finish it!" (I can't recall what topping varieties, but it would have been something meat free.)

Although, for me, it's irrelevant how good or bad these brands are. I no longer eat dairy, and assuming I stay away from dairy for the duration, it's not terribly likely I'll have any conventional frozen pizza again.

 

[lordkenmore]

>Can't expect much for that price (and you don't get much!)

No, you can't expect much!

I remember seeing really, really cheap single serving pizzas. At something like $1 each on sale. Or something like that. In retrospect, I half wish I'd tried one, just to see "how bad is thing?!" before I quit eating dairy.

But I recall cringing at the ingredients. Fake cheese was in one product. I remember some other brand that made you think you were getting an Italian Grandma pizza. Then, I look at the ingredients, and saw "High Fructose Corn Syrup." I thought sarcastically: "Yes. Every Italian Grandma cooks with that stuff each and every day."

 

[iowabear]

I was a latchkey kid and I grew up eating cheap frozen pizza, boxed mac and cheese, TV dinners, etc.

 

So today a cheap frozen pizza is a sort of comfort food as ridiculous as that sounds.  My long-time ex was a pretty good cook, but once in a while he'd make Hamburger Helper Beef Noodle because he ate it growing up.  I knew better than to complain!

 

[sudsmaster]

Frozen Pizzas...

I think the best frozen pizza is DiGiorno brand. I prefer the "Supreme" variety in any pizza, as well as the "rising crust" type. A close second is the Safeway Signature Select House brand Supreme rising crust pizza.

For fresh pizza, Costco's "Combo" (equiv to what the frozen vendors call "Supreme") is generally very good. As are offerings from local vendors like Mountain Mike or Marina Pizza.

I don't do Papa John's because of their corporate politics. Domino's, Round Table, meh.

 

[wayupnorth]

Ironically, I have a DiGuirno Supreme in the oven as we speak. Should be ready shortly.

 

[sudsmaster]

Bon appetit

 

[appnut]

Ralph, my pizza preferences are pretty much the same as your.  Supreme, but the 3-meat (meat lovers) pizza also.  And always rising crust.  HEB's private label brands are really a cut or two above what other store's house brands are.  Their pizza is no exception.  

 

[norgeway]

a pizza is like a steak

I do not fix a box pizza or a steak at home those require me sitting down in a restaurant,,,lol

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

(Pssst... It's MUSHROOMS!)

After having these go bad on me a number of times, and reeking of the origin that they actually come from (which is why a majority of people are turned off by) I simply refuse to let another one in my house or even up to my mouth, unless ordered on something when eating out or taking in a carry out, or perhaps offered at a invited over to dine, if any of the aforementioned are a REPUTABLE SOURCE...!

-- Dave

 

[tolivac]

I HATE mushrooms,too!!!The picture almost made me sick!

 

[askolover]

I don't remember if I mentioned avacado???  Textures are a thing for me.  I can't swallow avacado, or lumpy mashed potatoes, don't like squash, won't eat much in the seafood category either.  We go to NOLA and Tony will get gobs of seafood while I get red beans and rice or catfish.

 

[sudsmaster]

Wow. I guess I'm more of an omnivore than I thought.

I like mushrooms and avocados. So much that I planted a number of avocados in my yard. I don't grow mushrooms for consumption, of course, but one of my favorite dishes to make is semi-chinese style Mushroom Chicken (from a Joyce Chen cookbook), with fresh, not canned, mushrooms. Canned mushrooms are OK for pasta dishes and soups. Squash and seafood (most of it) is fine too, especially mexican gray zucchini in a stir fry.

As for mushrooms, I guess they grow in compost, but proper compost is sweet smelling, clean, and not shit. Also commercial mushroom operations are carefully controlled, to keep wild spores out.

But I don't look down on those with food dislikes. It's a natural instinct, and I figure if one is starving, the survival instinct will overrule the food avoidance instinct.
I suspect a lot of food hating is psychological, but again to each his own.

 

[vacerator]

Anything which smells very

"fishy". Fresh quality seafood should not. The ocean stinks like fish from anything decaying in it. Fresh clams, crab, most fish, lobster and other crustations, molusks, oysters, scallops, or shrimp do not.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

I will never put those up to my mouth ever again!

These pinwheels, we used to occasionally get in the break room:

I don’t miss them after I threw a number of them away after they hadn’t been kept in the refrigerator and the package hadn’t even been open, some when they were rotted and others when I knew if they sat out any longer were also going to spoil…

— Dave

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

What’s a gallon of water that’s mostly all-liquid that’s going to take the rest of the year to eat and of which the matzoh balls are nearly eaten up in it that I had to substitute boiled spaghetti and made it hotter than hell?

Yes my daughter made this soup using ten cups of water, of which luckily I have a cold but have to wait for now to cool off…

— Dave

 

[gelaundry4ever]

Coleslaw

I don't like coleslaw. It's not as good as a real salad as far as taste. I like a nice salad with Italian dressing, or balsamic vinaigrette.

 

[gelaundry4ever]

mayonnaise

I'm with iheartmaytag. I can't stand mayonnaise anymore. I used to like it when I was a kid, but not anymore. The taste is BORING! Give me some hot sauce any day of the week!

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Well, it’s Tony’s Night! The folks who make Red Baron and claim it’s better than Jack’s and I know when I compare those box-less pizzas (merely just wrapped in plastic with it even without a cardboard bottom) like Tombstone or a store’s private label or some generic brand to Jack’s that Jack's is still good…

So I felt hesitant about it, though what had me buy it was seeing tons of it unsold and this one being a Supreme with all the toppings just for the disappointing smell of “I won’t like this!” to come out of the open, still frozen package…

Anyway my wife wanted pizza and with the freezer full of ones clearly much more desirable that I’d like and would want to wait til I’m in the mood for and more hungry, just made this one…

Even with any hankering for, just half-heartedly forced down my one piece which at best was okay, while my wife ate what was another… Then in the fridge the rest put away of what would be two more…

Of which this morning were reheated and finally finished eaten by my wife though only as rule it’s usually no pork or vegetable toppings, just plain cheese…

At least there’s a fun activities thing on the back I did…

— Dave[this post was last edited: 8/23/2024-21:33]

 

[circlew]

My buddy Sam worked at the Sabatasso division of Schwan Foods in Florence,KY for two or three years back in the late 90's. They made Tony's, Red Baron, Little Charlie's, and Freshcetta pizzas. Seems like I had pizza about everytime I was over at their house during that time.

 

[yuccadew]

How about Head Cheese? When I was a child, things like this were served, and also fatty meats. To this day things like that gross me out.

I also don’t like Chicken Wings. The bones & skin get to me.

However, I do okay with many fish, and pretty much all vegetables.