What foods do you DESPISE!

[appnut]

Most of y'all wouldn't eat at my house.  I love to cook with every color there is of peppers as well as onion and mushrooms to liven up the meal.  Try not to be dull in food preparation.  Can be heavy handed with spices.  Love eggs.  Lots of whole wheat products as well as multigrain.  I view white flour as evil and cause of so many ills.  Keep skins on as much as possible.  Too much good nutrients and fiber contained within.  Legumes.  But for what I don't like and almost hate:

 

Most vegetables I love.  But don't like eggplant.  Nor watermelon.  Fish of any kind, yuck.  Wild game yuck.  Licorice.  I don't like the spices or texture of Thai food nor Middle Eastern food. 

 

[aquacycle]

Mayonnaise
Eggs
Bananas
Mushrooms
Liver
Tomatoes (although I love tomato sauces)
Kippers
Beetroot

And finally, and this might upset a few people, I loathe cheese. Any kind of cheese. And melted cheese is even worse.

 

[aquacycle]

Appnut, you'd hate eating at our house. We eat a LOT of Thai food

 

[appnut]

Chris, one of  my coworkers hates cheese.  She also does not like white meat chicken or anything that is kind of "creamy" nor Italian food.  Consequently, my work group has never been invited to my house.  Between all that and all but one is diabetic, no motivation to cook for them.  They get offended because I never bake for them.  I don't want to contribute to the delinquency of their diabetes. 

 

[askolover]

for me

1.  Broccoli

2.  Asparagus

3.  Guacamole....can't even swallow a tiny bite

4.  cooked cabbage (love it raw)

5.  Beets

6.  Green peas

7.  most seafood besides cod...no shrimp, no crab, no lobster, no oysters, no clams

8.  Turnip greens, collard greens, spinach

9.  butter beans and lima beans

10. Never tried sushi...not gonna

11. Kimchi...Tony is part Korean and he loves it...the whole house smells like it

12. Anything still moving or bleeding

 

 

But I'm not picky......

 

[warmsecondrinse]

I eat almost everything. My ex's Italian grandmother and her friends used to try to come up with something 'the American' wouldn't touch. I won!

But there IS a short list of things I will NOT touch:
1. RAW apples. But I'll eat apple-anything cooked.
2. Fennel, licorice, anisette... GAG ME! Seriously? licorice flavored celery? God's revenge on mankind.
3. Asparagus.... revolting.
4. Root Beer... total NFW.
5. Jelly fish, insects ... no, thank you.
6. Plain stewed tomatoes.

That's about it. weird, right?

I like liver, heart and game meat. I like *every* vegetable I've tried except for asparagus. I love snails, and any crustacean come to think of it.

There's stuff I'd never buy/cook myself or order in a restaurant, but do eat when it's put in front of me: tripe/flaczki, kidneys, sheep brains.

Weirdly, I don't like mixing sweet and savory foods. but like spicy food.

Jim

 

[xraytech]

For me it would be:
Turkey
Dark meat chicken
Pork(other than ham bacon and bulk sausage)
Raw peppers
Scrambled eggs
Wild game
Any seafood(with exception of tuna salad or crab cakes during lent)
Organ meat
Any type of melon
Bananas(but I love banana bread)
Yogurt
Gelatin
Sweet potatoes
Milk
Corn
Beets
Beef or lamb that is less than medium-well
Ketchup
Ranch dressing
Marshmallows
Graham crackers
Hot dogs
Any mint flavor
Cinnamon
Cilantro
Milk chocolate
Any type of cold breakfast cereal
Hot breakfast cereal: oatmeal, farina, mush, grits etc
And above all coconut, just the thought of it can make me vomit.

Some dishes that turn my stomach are: chili, chicken noodle soup, hamburger helper

 

[whirlykenmore78]

I forgot two major ones:

Steamed Blue Crabs:If done properly as in the Old Line State are my favorite seafood ever! IF not made in the true "Merlin" tradition they taste like the mud in Bawlmer harbor.
Crab Cakes: Don't put green peppers in them and bread them. Thats a waste of crab shit cake. Use a tried and true MD recipe and grill the cakes on a well buttered grill or fry them in the deep fryer without breading.
WK78

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

There is really nothing I don't like except I cannot stand RAISINS--unless they're baked into something (but not bagels or store-bought bread) even though I can tolerate them in cereal ie. Raisin Bran...

I had a phase where I did not like bananas (though I loved them as a little boy, but later, stopped eating them), though I love them now as long as I have something good to eat with them....

I don't know why when I was little I didn't like MILK, after being fed it as a baby--I must have been Force-Fed, if I was in a stage where I was again circa. Kindergarten & First a Grade, then everyone left me alone & let me quit drinking it, until almost my twenties, when I just had to drink it with sweets, and DO like it...!

Now, right now I am so disenchanted with MEAT! Seems as though NOBODY (my mother-in-law, in particular) will let me eat it...! There's health reasons, the Kosher vs. non-Kosher product (I can't understand why we're not allowed to eat meat that looks GOOD!, but when I see a rump roast or ham go by, at where I work at, I have to check to see if my tongue is still in my mouth) and rising costs! So I don't know where to go there...

What good is having a slow-cooker or a broiler in my stove? (I ran my oven broiler with nothing under it, and the heat down there with nothing under it, but to almost burn up the stove wasn't a good thing!)

So excuse my rant, here...

Oh, WATERMELON! Has NO TASTE to it, but I flavor it with syrup, or at least eat it with other fruits, so I like it, after long ago, in my childhood, being asked in a surprising tone: "You don't like all-American watermelon?!"...

-- Dave[this post was last edited: 6/29/2015-03:44]

 

[askolover]

forgot Milk!

I like cheese, ice cream, milk shakes, yogurt, even eat cereal....but I can NOT drink MILK! The school system tried to force me to drink it when I was in kindergarten and first grade....so in first grade I started taking my own lunch and did so for the next 7 years until I started high school. HS was different, they had tea, punch, lemonade, and good old water as alternatives to MILK.

 

[appnut]

I've heard it said taste buds change every 7 years.  May explain why some things we detested in childhood now like or can passably eat.  I used to hate raw tomatoes, now I will eat them in salads some, but not always. 

 

[sudsmaster]

For as long as I can remember, I can't stand watermelon. Don't know why, but I find the taste nauseating. Used to be most types of melons had similar effect, but I can tolerate cantaloupe and honeydew melon if it's perfectly ripe. Unripe, no way.

 

Other than that, the usual suspects:

 

Liver (pate is OK)

 

Sea urchin (disgusting)

 

Raw clam (cooked is OK, and I do like sushi/sashimi)

 

Tripe

 

Anchovies (not on my pizza, please)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mrb627]

Gotta add 1 more...

Olive Loaf. Hated it as a child and still do!

Malcolm

 

[xraytech]

Malcolm, Olive loaf is one of my favorite deli meats, the other being Dutch loaf(old fashioned loaf)

 

[twintubdexter]

this has got to be one of the most fun topics ever

I'd better not say anything nasty like "some of you people sure are picky." "Particular" or better yet "discriminating" is probably a better choice of words. There's plenty of things I don't eat. 

 

Raw seafood. A friend and I drove to Venice (Southern California, not that anyone would think I meant Italy) and we visited a popular sushi bar. Watching people eat raw fish made me sick. Swallowing raw oysters whole was equally nauseating. The things people put in their mouths in the name of "trendy." 

 

I was addicted to milk and drank it like water. It's one of the many things I shouldn't have due to my diabetes. They gave us milk, pint-sized waxed cartons, in kindergarten and first grade. You lined up and got your milk and the teacher would come around and hand out graham crackers. I'd chew the corner of the carton and then stick my thumb in it. When the teacher got to my desk I'd pull out my thumb and the milk ran all over the floor. The class laughed their heads off but I was soon crossed off the milk list. I was a bad kid. We had milk delivered when I was young, about 8 quarts every other day. My mom had a crush on Louie, the attractive milkman which could explain why my brothers and I drank so much.

 

I love anchovies. If you're ordering a pizza with others, telling them to make it half anchovies will almost always guarantee half of the pizza will be yours. 

 

I don't believe cauliflower or broccoli was ever intended to be eaten raw. They're delicious when cooked. 

 

Chicken salad sandwiches are one of my favorite things (a diabetes no-no) but I hate it when people add apples, grapes, walnuts or miniature marsh mellows. I'm not a fan of savory mixed with sweet. Applesauce with pork chops, pineapple on ham...I guess that's more tradition than trendy but I'll pass. Mango chicken...it's a good thing the Colonel has passed.

 

 

 

[sudsmaster]

Foods I like

I like some foods that some people here hate. Go figure.

 

Broccoli: (I listed it as my favorite food on a card in the 1st grade!). My mother was very amused. I think I acquired a taste for it when my parents coaxed me to eat it by telling me I'd be like a dinosaur eating trees. After that I was hooked.

 

Avocados: a perfectly ripe avocado is the food of the gods. I enjoy them sliced with salt, mashed with hot sauce for salsa. I have even put them in blender with hot chicken broth, jalapeno peppers, and garlic, and made  a very tasty soup.

 

Artichokes: another great food, although I've learned one can over-do them (the inulin starch they contain is not digestible). I'm traditional, I like to eat them with mayo (a favorite condiment)

 

Black olives

 

Brazil nuts (only if they are not spoiled, rancid, or rotted!)

 

yada yada yada... there are more but you get the picture...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mrboilwash]

Centrum`s slogan "Helps fill nutrititional gaps" finally makes some sense to me after reading this thread.
Amazing how many don`t even like the most common foods.

 

[countryford]

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There's plenty of things I don't eat. Raw seafood.

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I'm with you on that one. YUCK!!

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The things people put in their mouths in the name of "trendy."

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What do people put in their mouths? LOL

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I was addicted to milk and drank it like water.

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I'm addicted to milk as well. I don't drink it quite like water, but I do have a couple of glasses of it with my supper.

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I love anchovies. If you're ordering a pizza with others, telling them to make it half anchovies will almost always guarantee half of the pizza will be yours.

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I've actually never had anchovies on pizza. I tried to order it once, but that pizza place didn't have anchovies.

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I don't believe cauliflower or broccoli was ever intended to be eaten raw. They're delicious when cooked.

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I have to disagree with you on this one. I love cauliflower and broccoli raw. Dip them in some ranch dressing. To die for.

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Chicken salad sandwiches are one of my favorite things (a diabetes no-no) but I hate it when people add apples, grapes, walnuts or miniature marsh mellows.

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I as well like chicken salad sandwiches but not with all that extra added in.

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I'm not a fan of savory mixed with sweet. Applesauce with pork chops, pineapple on ham...

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Another thing that I don't care for is pineapple on pizza. It does not belong there. Quit trying to put it there.

 

 

[mysteryclock]

Can't stand raw tomatoes (love all forms cooked / processed however), cucumbers (any form), boiled okra (fried to death or in gumbo is fine), hominy, frog legs, raw oysters (both textures bug me). That's really about it. There are some other things like buttermilk that I wouldn't drink on a bet, but are essential to some recipes so I use quite a bit.

I am at least fortunate to not have any significant food allergies. We have both a tree nut and shellfish allergy in my house, so Thai food doesn't happen too often around here....

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

I love tomato juice until it turns into KETCHUP...!

-- Dave