Foods You Hate

[IrishEyes]

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What foods do you dislike?

Personally, I can't stand

Applesauce
Jello
Baked Potatoes
White Chocolate
Kale
Popsicles
Watermelon
Peas
Grapefruit
Pie with fruit filling (apple, cherry, blueberry)
Cheesecake
Almonds

Other than that, I'm a pretty adventurous eater. I like trying new dishes from other countries. I love to cook.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. Sauerkraut. I won't eat something that smells like a fart.

[Kali]

15. ha, I don't like it either

though it doesn't smell like farts to me - it actually smells kind of ok, but I can't stand the taste

[pansypoo53219]

75. well, i agree mostly. except BAVARIAN kraut baked over pork.

i hate beer, cheese, not gonna try asparagus. no brussel sprouts. eggs, PUDDING and sea food. oh. MANGOS + i ain't even gonna try guava.

[rusty quoin]

100. It's not a Reuben without kraut

[rusty quoin]

101. Anyone say head cheese yet?

[Arkansas Granny]

124. And that's why I don't eat Reubens.

[DetlefK]

131. If you prepare it right, you'll love it. Here's 2 recipes:

Squeeze the Sauerkraut as hard as hard as you can, to get rid of all the juices. LITERALLY AS HARD AS YOU CAN.

Recipe 1:
Rip the Sauerkraut into small pieces and fry in a pan in lard until crispy.

Recipe 2:
Oil a baking-pan. Rip the Sauerkraut into small fluffy bits and spread evenly in the pan. (Maybe mix with a small, diced onion.)
Put seasoned meat on top: 1/2-inch-thick slices of pork-belly, sausage, steak...
In the oven at about 180°C. 30 minutes, then flip the meat, then 15 more minutes.
The Sauerkraut will be salty-sweet and crispy.

[smirkymonkey]

177. I love sauerkraut!

I'm not even German, but I still love it.

[mr_lebowski]

189. I absolutely LOVE a good Reuben sandwich ... but don't like sauerkraut taste in any other context

Odd, I suppose ...

[Rhiannon12866]

190. My Polish grandmother made pierogi with sauerkraut (kapusta)

I have since learned from my aunt that the kind made with potatoes are Russian. She would rinse and drain the sauerkraut first to get some of the sourness out and I'd snag a little dish of it before she did that. I know a lot of kids don't like sauerkraut, but all the kids in my family grew up loving it. My Babci was a wonderful cook, made everything from scratch and never used a recipe.

[smirkymonkey]

193. Sounds delicious!

I love pierogi! I love sauerkraut on kielbasa as well.

[TEB]

201. Especially after

When I was kid my uncle drink beer eat sauerkraut oh geez my aunt would say go outside your stinking up the place.

[PJMcK]

2. Easy

Organ meats
Brussel sprouts
Okra
Uni (sushi from Sea Urchins, yuk!)
Haggis (no offense, IrishEyes!)

Otherwise, I'll probably eat anything.

Eat well this weekend.

[Kali]

17. oh yeah organs

I don't even consider them meat, and I raise beef cattle!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

45. Organ meats are cat food.

[Kali]

208. or bait

[forgotmylogin]

84. I can occasionally get into well-cooked chicken livers...

Either nicely sauteed and seasoned or breaded and fried. When it's that small, the bad part of the "livery" flavor can cook completely away.

Not a fan of liver that's bigger than an hors-d'oeuvre.

[Docreed2003]

107. Pretty sure haggis..

Falls into the "organ meats" category!!! You're not missing much...I'm sure some consider it an acquired taste, but it's not my thing!

[PJMcK]

151. Have you ever had haggis?

It's in an awful food group all its own!

[mr_lebowski]

114. Frozen Brussel Sprouts are unfortunately all a lot of people have had ... they SUCK ...

I think they're part of a class of veggies a lot of people grew up hating because of the way they were packaged when they were young.

Beets are another example ... fresh beets are a delicious addition to a nice salad, really they're SOOOO different from the disgusting purple monstrosity that people born < 1980 or so were exposed to as kids.

So are lima beans and spinach, which were typically found frozen (bad) or canned (even worse). Frozen Broccoli as well ... freezing totally changes the taste. Same with bell peppers, they don't freeze well at all imho.

I grew up despising all these things, because the versions I ate growing up ... were canned or frozen.

There's a few veggies that withstand freezing well (corn is a good example), but Brussel Sprouts, Lima Beans, Broccoli, & Spinach are NOT in that group, and canned purple Beets also SUCK.

I'm telling ya, properly prepared (I'm a big fan of having them grilled) Brussel Sprouts, I've come to learn, are actually quite delicious, and literally taste NOTHING like the bitter disgusting frozen abominations your parents made you eat. As are everything else I've named above (though Lima Beans are still pretty boring).

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

139. I hated Brussels sprouts when I was a kid. Much later I decided to try them

again to see if they still tasted like rotting garbage as I remembered. I was told they're good if you roast them with a little olive oil. So I cooked some up per a recipe I found that was supposed to be delicious.

And guess what?

I still hate them.

[MFM008]

146. I would put the bs

In my pocket and flush them as a kid...
I like them now..

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

161. Now that I have a garbage disposal I can get them out of my life that way.

Except that I don't buy them.

[mr_lebowski]

186. How to make 'em taste great ...

1) Get really big ones first of all ... 2 inches from top to bottom or more ... fresh, of course ...
2) Trim the thick base off, and slice into halves
3) Toss with some olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, & pepper in a bowl, then cover and marinade in fridge for 1 hour.
4) Add a little water to help steam, and briefly microwave to partially cook ... this is so they won't take too long in the next step (else they dry out)
5) Arrange on hot charcoal grill with flat/inside part of the sprout facing the flame and cook for 5-8 minutes depending on hotness and how long you microwaved
6) Flip and grill the outer side for 2-3 mins
7) Eat ... and PROFIT!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

195. Here's the problem: I also hate onions and garlic.

So the nasty taste of Brussels sprouts would not be improved in the least by adding the nastier flavors of onion powder and garlic powder.

[smirkymonkey]

178. I will agree with you on organ meats, uni and haggis!

Ugh! Completely disgusting. In fact most of the things that make me sick are animal foods - Lamb also disgusts me.

Nothing vegetarian makes me sick, although some things appeal to me more than others.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Liver

By contrast my elderly father thought nothing of jumping in the car and driving 2-1/2 hours each way between NJ and PA to go to a restaurant just for its liver and onions! Ewwwwwwww!

[IrishEyes]

5. I've never had liver.

My mother was forced to eat it as a child and she swore that she would never feed her kids it.

[Freddie]

7. My mom too

Therefore I've never had it. Things will stay that way.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. My mom cooked it sometimes and tried to get us kids to eat it.

But we wouldn't. The texture is weird and mealy; it smells like pee and tastes like burned meat soaked in pee. I know how it tastes because sometimes I had to eat a symbolic bite before I was allowed to leave the table. If I said I didn't like a certain food mom would always say, "How do you know you don't like it if you haven't tasted it?" So I had to taste it. Every time.

[TexasBushwhacker]

67. Yeah, I can't handle the texture

I also don't like mollusks because of the texture. Clams, oysters, calamari, escargot. No thanks!

[Freddie]

125. Me too with rubbery things

Mullusks and mushrooms. No.
Some foods are generational. My Millenial kids and their friends (and my 3 yo grandson!) all love sushi. Can't bring myself to try it (not crazy about cooked fish, let alone raw).
Same with my parents. They were Greatest Generation, very meat-and-potatoes, the most "ethnic" food they ever had was spaghetti once in a while. I remember they would have taco night at the folks' assisted living place thinking "that generation doesn't eat tacos."

[TexasBushwhacker]

150. Yup, no shrooms or sushi for me either

I've tried different kinds of sushi and they were all blech. I had a friend who spent a lot of time in Japan on business and loved sushi. She started feeling unwell and found out she'd gotten a liver fluke. It took a year to kill the damn thing.

[Tanuki]

133. My mother served us liver exactly once. I nearly retch just thinking about it.

My brother had a pet newt that lived in a bowl and I said the liver smelled exactly like the newt's bowl. Although it was merely an honest observation, I later gave myself credit for keeping liver off the menu forever after that My other unpalatables are okra and especially chitterlings.

[kimbutgar]

21. My Dad loved liver coated in flour with salt and pepper and onions fried in the skillet

I liked it also but my mother did not so she only cooked it for my Dad like Father's Day or his birthday. My husband forbid me from ever cooking liver in our home. Once we were on a cruise and they had liver and onions on the menu. I ordered it and enjoyed it, my hubby would not kiss me until I brushed my teeth twice! Ha ha!

[irisblue]

36. That is how my mom and therefore I make it.love it.

I have baked it low heat 8 hrs to make cat & dog treats.

[kimbutgar]

42. You reminded me that my Dad used to buy liver and gizzards for my dog and baked it for his food

He used to go to this meat packing place and get 5 lbs of the livers and gizzards weekly. He Baked it up for my dog and that is what he ate. The dog lived to 17years old despite getting hit by a car and distemper. My dad said this was better food for him than canned dog food.

[irisblue]

43. 2 of the (Angel) dogs had epilepsy. They both did better on home made foods.

So I made their food for years. 3rd dog, liked the treats, but not the raw foods, So after a bit, she went back to premium kibble. Liver, gizzards, chicken necks whacked into dice sized chunks & mackerel & other inexpensive fish were the meats. The cats LOVED gizzards day.

[haele]

47. Depends on how you cook it.

It can't be fried to the consistency of shoe leather, and it's got to be fresh so it doesn't end up mealy or taste like it's going rancid.
I can cook it well, but to me, it's like Cilantro is to others. I'm not fond of the taste, so I do have it, I prefer it in a terrine with a lot of spices, herbs, fresh veggies and a home-made aspic that doesn't taste like fatty jelly.

Haele

[iamateacher]

4. Quinoa

It looks like worms and the texture is weird. Eggs and applesauce...again the texture.
My sister-in-law does not like vegetable cut up small in casseroles. She calls them "hidden vegetables. "

[Freddie]

11. Quinoa and all these trendy-healthy foods

Mostly bleah. Seen on FB: "Always cook your kale with coconut oil. Makes it easier to scrape out of the pan and into the wastebasket."

[smirkymonkey]

194. One of my favorite kale quotes...

[Corvo Bianco]

27. Oh good! I was feeling so lonely with my Quinoa complaint, no longer!

Quinoa makes me nauseous... I want to like it but something's not right about it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

40. Me, too. It's not quite horrible but not good enough

to bother buying or eating. The consistency is weird and the taste is really blah.

[forgotmylogin]

85. Quinoa plain has no top flavor and a broccoli aftertaste.

It really needs to cook with a meat or a flavorful stock/soup to be pleasant.

[iamateacher]

156. It's the appearance (little worms)

and the texture. I am a vegetarian and eat very healthy, but ...I...just...can't!

[forgotmylogin]

173. Are you sure it was quinoa?

Rice can look like maggots, actually. All the Quinoa I've seen is bead-shaped like popcorn.



Maybe, but this looks more like barley or couscous to me.

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[iamateacher]

202. When you cook quinoa...

There are little sprouts in it that look like worms. My son loves it and eats it all the time. His favorite is a spicy Aztec Stew I made in an attempt to make myself like it. But quinoa also gets gooey the second day after cooking and ruined the leftovers. Well, he ate them! I am sticking to other grains....even if they don't have as much protein.

[Freddie]

6. Agree on the white chocolate

Sweet wax. Has no business calling itself chocolate.

Mushrooms
Clams and oysters
Undercooked meat, especially burgers
Hot cereal

[cyclonefence]

8. olives, any color

can't get them down even if hidden in a sauce

[sakabatou]

56. Agreed

[TexasBushwhacker]

66. Me too!

Once every few years I'll get one at a salad bar, just to see if I still hate them. I do!

[mr_lebowski]

119. Agree, Olives suck ...

[Freddie]

134. My son won't eat olives

Love the green but not the black ones myself.
Mom always put out a relish dish (pickles and green olives) with meals. When my boy was 3 he insisted on having a "grape."
I wanna grape!
Honey, they're not grapes, they're olives. Don't taste like grapes at all.
I wanna grape! He was 3. This went on for a while. So I gave him one. To this day he won't eat olives.

[smirkymonkey]

179. Funny how tastes are. I love olives. I would put them in everything if I could.

[Kali]

209. ooo I love olives

but please don't put them in food (exception is greek salad and even then I pick them out and eat separately)

[MFM008]

9. Creamed corn

Baby corn.
Powdered milk
Okra

[mr_lebowski]

120. Creamed Corn & Baby Corn is always canned ... and canned veggies pretty much all suck ...

You ever had a good creamed corn dish made with fresh ingredients though? Like, grilled sweet white corn, shorn from the cob, then sauteed lightly with a bit of butter, half-and-half, sugar, and salt & pepper ... most importantly, not overcooked, so the corn is still crunchy? Man, it's delicious, totally different from like Del Monte canned 'creamed corn'.

[MFM008]

145. Ok

What happened was the last time I got physically sick I was 12 years old and I had cream corn. I might try it how you laid it out.
Corn abortions(tiny corn) are still off menu...

[mr_lebowski]

187. Yeah I got no excuses for baby corn ... it's an abomination ...

A bizarre, canned (basically pickled) semi-corn-like monstrosity that defiles nature ... yuck.

Canned 'Creamed Corn' though is just a disgusting, processed imitation of a dish that, properly made, is actually pretty delicious (assuming you like buttered corn on the cob with salt and pepper ... cause that's what it is, just corn on the cob ... but off the cob, lightly sauteed with a little added cream). The canned version though is kinda like Chef Boyardee ravioli ... a horrific bastardization ...

[Codeine]

198. I loved creamed corn as a kid, but as an adult I find it revolting.

Same with applesauce and maraschino cherries. For some reason my palate says "nope!"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Onions! Ick! Yuck! Ptooey!

Especially the raw red ones. I can tolerate small amounts of the sweet Vidalia types buried in something if they are cooked almost to oblivion. Otherwise - blechh!

Also on my no-eat list:

Garlic in identifiable pieces

Any of the cruciferous vegetables (cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, etc.) except for broccoli if it has a lot of cheese sauce on it.

Kale (another cruciferous vegetable). I don't know why it's so fashionable now. It's like eating a Brillo pad that tastes like cabbage.

Arugula - very bitter

Greek yogurt - too sour

Rutabagas, turnips - tastes like dirt

Liver, kidneys, other innards - tastes like pee

Kombucha - inexplicably fashionable and also tastes like pee

Cheap milk chocolate like Hershey bars

[Corvo Bianco]

28. My mom's side of the family doesn't like onions and that's a tough one...

I feel bad for them because onions are in evvvverything, often minced, boom their meal's ruined.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

31. Both of my siblings hate onions, too.

It might be a genetic thing. My mother didn't care for them much either but would sometimes put small amounts of them in things like casseroles, and my brother would pick out even the tiniest pieces. Restaurants put the damn things in everything, so now I ask if a dish has onions and if so, can they be omitted. I once got a tuna salad sandwich (at a restaurant) that was so badly polluted with chopped raw onions that it was inedible - the flavor had soaked into everything. Onions in tuna salad? Seriously?

[Corvo Bianco]

33. Well yeah, onions belong in everything.

According to my palate

[mr_lebowski]

118. Mine too ... if not onions, then onion powder ... goes in like everything I ever make ...

Garlic is a close second.

Red, Yellow (Regular or Sweet), White, and Scallions ... I literally eat 'em CONSTANTLY.

I also adore bell pepper, esp. the sweeter ones like yellow/orange, but green is okay too.

[Warpy]

113. Scallions are a little better

I'm not sure I'd like raw yellow onion in tuna salad and I do love onions. Scallions are much milder so you don't taste ONION!, just an undercurrent of flavor that helps the tuna and celery along.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

140. But not much.

I don't even like an "undercurrent" of onion flavor.

[Warpy]

149. Liver is liver to me, too

no matter which animal it grew in.

[blur256]

78. I am actually allergic to onions

And they are in everything! Makes eating out tough. I feel their pain.

[forgotmylogin]

91. I hated onions most of my life...

but at some point discovered I enjoy the flavor of onion but don't like when they're cooked slimy like you'd find in Italian beef or piled on a steak. I like cooked onions chopped into tiny 1/4 postage stamp-sized pieces, or big enough that they can be pulled out after cooking in a dish. I'll eat a little bit of very thinly sliced crunchy raw onion in a salad or on a burger, but don't want it dangling all slimy-like.

[Mrs. Overall]

12. Anything containing goat or sheep cheese--

I cannot eat it--just the smell alone makes me feel as if I might throw up.

I wish I liked these cheeses because they are relatively healthy and are in so many great recipes, but I can't even be near them.

On edit: Also hate mussels. Love clams, but mussels have a horrible texture and are too briny and strong tasting.

[IrishEyes]

18. How about feta cheese?

That is fairly healthy.

[Mrs. Overall]

20. Nope, hate the smell and taste of feta even though it is fairly mild.

Can't take romano or provolone either.

[Kali]

19. oh yeah!

I can do a little HOT, fresh-off-the-grill lamb, but if it gets cold and all the other goat/sheep things make me gag.

[Mrs. Overall]

22. Oh, thanks for the reminder--I also can't stand any sort of lamb meat (or mutton).

It has that same musky taste and smell that causes me to feel sick to my stomach.

[smirkymonkey]

204. I think lamb tastes like dirty socks!

My mother loved it, but fortunately my dad hated it so we almost never had to eat it. It always tasted like it had gone bad or something.

[TexasBushwhacker]

216. LOL - I read an interview with Jennifer Lawrence

They were at a restaurant and the waitress brought them some lamb meatballs "on the house". JLaw didn't know what to do because she hates lamb and says it "tastes like feet". She ended up wrapping them in a napkin and slipping them into her purse. She didn't want to seem ungrateful.

[smirkymonkey]

217. I'm glad I'm not the only person that thinks it tastes like stinky feet!

lol!

[kimbutgar]

13. Bell peppers any food that has peppers in it.

I can deal with jalpeanos flavoring and can put crushed dried chili pepper flakes in foods but gag on the taste of bell peppers green, red and yellow yuck!

[Boomerproud]

49. Thank you, I don't feel so lonely now.

I can't stand to even look at red peppers in food much less taste them. YUUUK! Mushrooms and cooked celery are also on my list-and they are in EVERYTHING!

[Kali]

14. undercooked chicken, pork, or seafood

rare beef is fine.
also hate soggy bread
nuts, raisins, or olives in food (some exceptions, cookies being the most obvious for the nuts and raisins) - otherwise they are great
ripe bananas, can't even look at overripe ones
there is a lot more but I can't think of them - will read the other replies and I am sure will be reminded of some

[Warpy]

112. Well, that's just common sense and it serves you well

Salmonella and e-coli aren't fun, nor are some of the really interesting parasites carried by raw shellfish.

[sarge43]

16. Cooked carrots, baked beans, watermelon, kale, califlower. n/t

[jpak]

23. Blue whales - taste like blue

Hyenas - taste like laughing
Buzzards - goes without saying
Poison Ivy - tastes like burning
Tumbleweed - not enough weed

[CatMor]

24. Meatloaf

Boneless skinless chicken breasts
Egg whites
Mushy cooked carrots

[pansypoo53219]

76. ooh. i discovered HOT 'raw' carrots. boil 6 min w butter. anti mushy.

[CatMor]

80. I will have to try it. Thank you for the tip.

[forgotmylogin]

93. I had trouble with raw carrots...

They require so much chewing...I think I gagged on raw carrot as a child and never forgot it. I can eat a little raw baby carrot nowadays.

However...sweet-glazed cooked carrots are delicious; cook them down in some maple syrup or honey and a little brown sugar with a pinch of salt.

[Freddie]

159. Cooked carrots

I'm the only one in the family that likes them. Recently tried a divine recipe: cook baby carrots til barely tender, drain. Add a little butter, orange juice, a little cornstarch to thinken and halfed red grapes. Mmmm and healthy too.

[forgotmylogin]

174. I will try orange juice with carrots!

That sounds great!

[Coventina]

25. Lima beans

[red dog 1]

170. Art Bell used to tell the story of how his mother made him eat lima beans, even though he hated them

...so he'd swallow each lima bean whole -one by one - with a drink of milk.

[Kali]

210. oh gack

kidney beans too, they dehydrate you. gross!
and I love most other beans.

[drray23]

26. Beets. Raw, juicy beets.

As a kid in a boarding school, they would force me to eat them when it was on the menu at lunch. Each time I ended really sick. This marked me for life. Just looking at raw beets gives me nausea.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

29. Animal fat! Any and all. I love meat of all kinds but it has to be trimmed of all fat after

cooking, or like bacon the fat fried to a crisp.

Several years ago I met an old friend for dinner at a prime rib joint. When our meals were brought to us I meticulously cut away the fat from my prime rib and asked the waiter to take it away. My friend said "If you don't want that, I'll take it." I gave it to him.

When we had originally placed our orders he had requested a "side of mayo".

As we ate our meals he slathered the mayonnaise on the fat before each bite. I damn near retched.

And that dear children is the last time I had prime rib!

[smirkymonkey]

205. I am the same way! I like meat, but I cannot eat a scrap of visible animal fat at all. I will gag

on it. I know people that love it and will eat it like it is a delicacy. I don't know how they do it - I honestly couldn't get it down if I wanted to. It's so revolting to me.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

206. 👍🏻

[Kali]

211. when I was a kid I couldn't even eat the crispy bacon fat

now I love any that is hot and crispy, on prime rib I can eat some but not huge chunks of it.

mayo on fat? are you sure that wasn't horseradish that is often served with prime rib?

[Floyd R. Turbo]

212. It was mayo! We had horseradish as well, but he asked for a side of mayo when we ordered.

[Kali]

213. so some more oil on his fat?

gross!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

30. Here goes

Broccoli
Spinach
Brussels sprouts
Cauliflower
Liver
Eggs
Milk
Pudding
Anything coated with panko
Most meats with a bone of any description
Raw carrots unless shredded fine
Kale
My own shorts and
I also refuse to swallow anything sourced from a Republican that isn't 100 years old that hasn't first been analyzed and verified safe by a Democrat.

Thanks

[DetlefK]

191. This list made me sad. So sad. You poor, poor thing.

No Broccoli? No Cauliflower?
Not even steamed and seved with an onion-cream-sauce?

No spinach?
Not even finely chopped spinach mixed with cream, and a roux made with some garlic?

No Brussels sprouts?
Not even roasted in butter to caramelize them and then a splash of water added to steam them?

No Liver?
Not even as scrambled eggs with liver and onions?

No Eggs?
Raw eggs are a bit weird, but no eggs at all? Not even hardboiled?

No meat with bones?
Now you are SERIOUSLY missing out on something. Cooking meat with the bone still attached makes it extra-tender.



Honest question:
As you avoid so many kinds of food, how come you don't get vitamin D or mineral deficiencies?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

200. Don't be sad, the earth offers many many alternatives

The Bs & Cs-
These two have tastes that I don't care for either raw or cooked.

Spinach-
I should have been more specific here. I add baby spinach to my raw salads. I view this as a healthy and more palatable option. It is the standard cooked affair which I find objectionable for reasons of texture, odor and taste.

Sorry no BS for me-
It is mostly based on odor; I can't get by that smell at all.

Liver-
Why do I avoid thee/Let me count the reasons. Liver and onions smell so bad. I had a short bout of anemia as a child and was basically forced to eat it. About 3 out of 4 times I ate it, I began vomiting and it was clear this wasn't going to work.

Eggs-
Let's not go there. They were another childhood aversion of which the texture became a vector for the queasiness to set in. I have overcome this enough to be very comfortable cooking them and the wife claims my omelettes are chef quality.

Bone-in meats-
This is complicated. Of course we have whole chickens and turkeys. Pork chops and steaks are not foods I have issues with. My problem here is an economic one. I consider the ration of waste to consumable food when choosing a cut of meat. For simplicity, I tend to avoid expensive cuts that include bones because of the complicated considerations of determining portion size.

We sometimes grind our own meat for some dishes and find the flavor is often superior and money is always a consideration.

As for other foods, we love various eggplant dishes including baba ganoush. We also have family recipes for stuffed celery, cucumber and onion salad and tabbouleh.

Fish and shellfish are favorites here such as cod, crab, clam, flounder and tuna. We use olive oil almost exclusively and use a variety of cheeses. Cabbage and sauerkraut are very popular with my wife and I but not so much with our daughters.

Nutritionally we all take a multivitamin daily. We add nutritional yeast to various dishes along with turmeric. Onions and garlic are very good for you and we add add them anywhere they fit.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. One other thing I forgot to mention:

That horrible Thanksgiving dish made with sweet potatoes and marshmallows. Yuck, so awful and sickly sweet! My SIL always makes it and I always don't eat it. One year she accidentally set it on fire when melting the marshmallow topping in the broiler. I was delighted and she was pissed, not only because the marshmallows caught fire but because I was happy about it.

[IrishEyes]

34. Most people I've met don't like sweet potato casserole but I don't mind it.

My thanksgiving food that I don't like is pie. Pumpkin pie is okay. I'm not a fan but I will eat a small slice. However, I can't stand apple, cherry, blueberry or any other pie with fruit in it.

[Freddie]

41. Pumpkin pie is delicious...

One piece, once a year. Coated with Cool Whip. Luckily it's a very easy pie to make as it's mandatory at Thanksgiving.
Same with sweet potatoes. One serving annually is sufficient.

[pansypoo53219]

77. i forgot pumpkins AND squash AND okra.

i made liver for my cat. tried. it smelled awful.

[Doreen]

64. My ex makes this sweet potato soul style.

A lot of sweet potato and a crap load of brown sugar and OMG it is good. No marshmallows.

[mr_lebowski]

121. Yeah, not a big sweet potato guy at all ... though I love pretty much any other kind of potato ...

Not a yam fan either ...

[Freethinker65]

35. Beets

[irisblue]

37. Canned green peas

Freeze dried peas, like those in hole in the wall Chinese fried rice.
Peas, like those in otherwise very good chicken salad....sideeyes@ Macs Scottish Pub.
Lima beans, like flattened peas.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

38. My brother and I loved canned peas, but not to eat.

We'd go into the bathroom and throw them at the mirror - they splatted beautifully.

[forgotmylogin]

94. Frozen peas are great...

Peas that are overcooked and mushy are no good (like from a can).

I love to make fresh creamed peas by cooking them very gently in 1/2 cup of milk that you shake up shake up in a jar with a little corn starch and 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, fresh black pepper and a little salt.

[mr_lebowski]

188. Peas, like corn, are among the few veggies that aren't rendered almost inedible by freezing ...

At least, to my taste. There's also various types of beans that survive freezing w/o becoming terrible-tasting ... but most veggies to me are ruined by the freezing process.

Fruit I think at least in a sense freezes better ... though not to just 'eat' as though it were a fresh version like you can with frozen corn or peas ... but frozen fruits make dang good smoothies, and a nice addition to other frozen things like ice cream, and frozen fruit pies come out reasonably okay.

[Jamaal510]

39. Cheese (except when eating pizza),

mayonnaise (except when eating tuna), and butter.

[red dog 1]

44. Mushrooms, Hominy, Beef Tongue, Catsup, All Shellfish, Escargot, Onions, Relish, Salsa, Hot Peppers

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I could go on, but I won't.

When I was about 10 or so, I was sent to a very expensive boarding school for 2 years
(and my parents were not wealthy)
and nearly every night they served hominy, and if you didn't eat everything on your plate, they used corporal punishment (Christian Brothers)

I could not eat that damn hominy without gagging, so I devised a method of wrapping each hominy in a napkin & putting the napkins in my pocket.
Eventually, I got caught & received the "board of education"

Decades later, I re-united with a good friend from that shithole boarding school and he told me that we were served beef tongue regularly.
(I must have repressed that because I have absolutely no memory of ever eating tongue)

[rickford66]

99. Me too.

I have dozens of stories where I've found them unexpectedly in my food. I got one in a Perkins Pancake one time.

[crazycatlady]

48. Cucumbers, mushrooms, eggs

[Leith]

50. Most of My Hted Foods Have Already Been Mentioned

But I have a couple new ones:
- fried mushrooms - my mom used to cook them and it drove my sister and me out of the house
- brussels sprouts - the last time I had one (about age 12), I bit half and started chewing. I looked at the other half and there was half an insect in the middle.
- liver
- liverwurst
- sauerkraut
- breakfast sausage - it's like somebody is trying to disguise bad meat. Well, any sausage except peperoni.
- candy that sticks to your teeth. This includes gummy bears and Jolly Ranchers.
- tomatoes. George Carlin was right.
- blueberries. It's like they have ground glass in them.
- pumpkin spice
- pea soup / canned peas
- wintergreen. Yes, a harmless mint but I have a horror story about a restroom in a gas station. The cleaning solution was wintergreen scented, but nobody did any actual cleaning.
- any kind of whisky (I've never even tried Scotch)

I got food poisoning from rice about 3 years ago. It started about 9:30 pm on a Sunday and I couldn't get out of the bathroom until Tuesday morning. That's right - no sleep for 36 hours AND I had to clean the bathroom before I could finally go to bed. You can imagine how unpleasant that was. I've had small amounts of rice only once or twice since then.

edited to add: squid (call it calimary if you like, it still tastes like Lux Liquid smells).

[Freddie]

126. "Honey, those aren't onion rings!"

The rest of the family likes calamari. No thank you.

[OnDoutside]

51. Build a wall to keep mushrooms out. Yuck.

[LisaM]

52. Mushrooms, fish and seafood, olives.

You'd be surprised how ubiquitous those few things are in foods.

[Sneederbunk]

53. My, my. Lot of picky people here.

[Duppers]

70. I was thinking the same thing!

But my of my dislikes have been named.

Liver, meatloaf, beets, animal fat (lately all animal meat, except fish and some seafood). My hubs thinks I'm extremely picky.

[smirkymonkey]

207. There are a lot of dislikes I can understand, but certain ones puzzle me

because they seem so bland and simple. Like cucumbers. I happen to love them because they are refreshing and I love the subtle taste. I even make cucumber water. But they don't have a strong taste so I don't understand why so many people have such an aversion to them.

[Hoyt]

54. MAYONNAISE. Can't swallow anything with it. People consider me a picky eater, but I do like liver.

Although, I am OK with everything on your list.

[NCjack]

83. All of my body's senses are offended by mayonnaise. nt

[Hoyt]

86. Well put. I don't like its looks, smell, consistency, taste, or even the thought of it.

[Freddie]

127. I wish I hated mayonnaise!

It's responsible for a fair portion of my hips. For those of us who love the stuff, what's gross is the low fat/fat free "mayo" products that I try in an attempt to limit the damage. They're ALL horrible. Ok to mix with other stuff to make a salad dressing, but plain on a sandwich...a dry sandwich is preferable.

[Hoyt]

135. The calories I save from no mayonnaise is more than offset by pies and cookies. :(

Luckily, I do exercise often which helps some.

[applegrove]

55. Creamed corn and squash. I remember sitting at the dinning room table

when I was 4. I was told I had to eat my squash. I could not swallow it and packed it into my cheeks. My cheeks got bigger and bigger. My very polite grandmother told me I looked like a chipmunk. In the years that followed we kids were each allowed one thing we did not have to eat by mom. What a relief that was.

[Rhiannon12866]

122. I don't like squash, either

My mother always made it for Thanksgiving and she was the only one who ate it.

[sakabatou]

57. Pistachios

[Mme. Defarge]

58. I've never liked celery.

Used to choke and gag on those strings when I was little. Besides, I have no desire to have "celery breath."

Glad someone mentioned quinoa. If I'm doing the Orthodox Lenten fast (no meat - including fish, except shell fish - no dairy including eggs, no olive oil - that's in the Greek tradition, in others it's no oil, period - and no wine which really means no alcohol) I will get my complete protein the old fashioned way by combining beans and rice.

Not overly fond of Asian food, but during Orthodox Lent it's a godsend. Or, perhaps I should say "Godsend".

[SeattleVet]

59. Broccoli rabe

Couldn't stand the bitter taste as a kid, so whenever my mother made it we kids had to sit at the table until we finished it...sometimes for well over an hour or more, until it was at room temperature and even more foul to us. Thinking about the taste can still make me gag a little, almost 60 years later. Unfortunately, my mother and father really loved it, so it was a semi-regular item on the dinner menu. (Parents - PLEASE don't do this to your kids! I really think that I would have avoided a lifelong gag-reflex aversion to this item had it not been forced on me so often as a child.)

I'll happily eat pretty much all of the rest of the things mentioned in this thread, and many more. I love all types of seafood...including squid, sea urchin, sea cucumber, clams, oysters, snails, limpets, conch. Lamb, liver, kidneys, calves brains (can't get those anymore!), Rocky Mountain 'oysters' (testicles), heart, pancreas...all OK by me. Chitterlings - had 'em, not a huge fan, but wouldn't turn them down if offered again. Just really not to my taste. All sorts of Asian 'specialties'. Pretty much any type of wild game. Have enjoyed snake, alligator, frog (have a pack of frog's legs in the freezer right now), rabbit, squirrel, deer, buffalo, elk, ostrich, kangaroo, emu, and even lion one year when I lived in NY (a local restaurant had an 'exotic game' week once a year). All types of fruits and vegetables (minus the one exception, above). Durian. Jackfruit. 'Hundred-year' eggs. Chicken feet. Sheep's head (Capozelle). Goat.

(I will admit that there is one food item I might have a problem with...I don't know if I can actually eat balut. The opportunity has not really presented itself, but there is just something about it that puts me off a bit.)

[Wolf Frankula]

60. I liked Watermelon as a kid

Can't stand it now.

Peanut butter, or as I call it pean shit. Won't eat it, won't eat or drink anything that has it in it. But here's a good recipe for home made.

Ingredients:

1 pint used crankcase oil. MUST be used.

1 half pound fresh goat flop. Must be fresh. And MUST be goat, sheep, cow, pig will NOT do.

1/4 cup peanuts for taste.

Mix goat flop and crankcase oil thoroughly. Stir in peanuts completely.

This makes creamy. If chunky or extra chunky is desired, add one to two handfuls clean gravel,

Wolf

[forgotmylogin]

95. Not a fan of watermelon...

I didn't even like watermelon flavored bubble gum.

[smirkymonkey]

182. Really? Watermelon is probably my favorite food.

That and cucumbers. I love watery foods.

[forgotmylogin]

199. I can eat it, but I wouldn't ever choose it.

I'm not a huge fan of melon except on rare occasion where a cantaloupe is *perfectly* ripe.

[alphafemale]

61. Not much anymore.

I have challenged it all my life.

I still don't like sweet pickles but have overcome my aversion to Mayo.

Oysters were a leap of faith of not even knowing and "ick" factor.

Love sauerkraut now. (It tastes way better than it smells.)

Will probably never be able to eat liver.

When my mother cooke that I went up to my room and shoved a towel under the door.

[Lunabell]

62. Cooked celery.

Love it crunchy and raw, but cooked? Yuch!

[doc03]

63. I can't think of anything I don't like.

[Doreen]

65. Mine are

Liver
Olives ( all kinds )
Dill pickles
Powder milk
All canned vegetables
Cream of corn
Pistachios
Coleslaw
Boxed mac & cheese
Figs
Prunes and prune juice
Strawberry milk

I can not think of anything else. I like unusual foods and most foods.

For those who are old enough to remember "Mommy Dearest" think about the steak scene and substitute it with liver and a father and I lived that scene.

[3catwoman3]

68. Relatively short list for me.

Liver - blecchhh! My mom didn't like it either, but used to serve it because it was supposed to be good for you. One time she tried to tell me it was fish, which she knew I liked - worst tasting "fish" I ever ate. I do like liver wurst.

Fig Newtons - I ate way too many one time when I was 14, with dire gastrointestinal consequences. I am now 66, and haven't touched one since.

Acorn squash - the texture makes me gag.

Bananas - another texture thing.

Any canned vegetable.

Any creamed vegetable, especially if it was canned before it was creamed. Cream of vegetable soup is especially vile. My mom would send it in my thermos for school lunch. I was always tempted to dump it in the cafeteria trash, but I was somehow sure she would know I had done that, so I would gag it down.

Powdered milk - in an attempt to cut down on the cost of all the milk my brother and I drank, my mom would buy powdered milk and mix it half and half with regular milk. That technique did not disguise the chemical taste.

Egg salad sandwiches - we used to assemble a week's worthy of school lunch sandwiches every Sunday night, and my mom would freeze them with the plan that they would thaw by lunchtime without spoiling. Egg salad on white bread does not thaw in a pleasing fashion - really soggy and gross.

A triple whammy school lunch would have been an agg salad sandwich, cream of veg soup, and the milk mix.


I love sushi, but completely agree with the person upthread who does not care for uni/sea urchin. It felt furry in my mouth, and tasted terrible.

[Doreen]

165. I have never met or talked to anyone who hates liver but likes liver wurst.

I thought I was the only one. I also agree with the love of sushi but do not care for uni/sea urchin. I just do not like the taste as I am not a texture sensitive eater. A funny little note on liver wurst is that every German I have spoken to does not like it because their mothers made them eat a lot of it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

69. Cilantro tastes like soap to me

I'm really sensitive to bitter tastes. I don't like beer either.

[Duppers]

73. Me too!

But less as I've aged.

[forgotmylogin]

96. I've read that 1 in 3 people have a special aversion to cilantro.

Apparently, a third of people have a taste bud configuration that consistently makes it taste like soap, not so in the other 2/3.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

183. Yep.

I get it that some people like the taste of cilantro, but I can get incredibly riled up when someone tries to make it okay by saying, "But there's only a *little* cilantro in this dish." Okay, then. I'll only sprinkle *a few* soap chips on your food, not a lot.

[Phentex]

136. Me too

and for my son as well

[NotASurfer]

71. Cheese

It's an edible form of spoiled milk. I can tolerate the bland stuff, but the stinky stuff is too close to the aftertaste of vomit.

Bleu cheese is worse. Tastes like spoiled milk with freon added.

I don't get the texture of cottage cheese at all. Or why squeaky cheese curds are a consideted snack food in Wisconsin.

No offense to the city of St Louis, but Provel?

And unrelated to cheese, I never understood ketchup on hot dogs.

[pansypoo53219]

81. i never understood mustard on hotdogs.

[mr_lebowski]

116. I never understood NOT mustard on hot dogs ... nothing is more essential to a good hot dog to me ...

KETCHUP, OTOH ... BLECH!!!

Not a fan of sweet relish either, though a fresh crunchy dill relish is DELICIOUS on dogs.

[WePurrsevere]

72. Lima Beans, Quinoa, Cilantro, Catfish & Canned Veggies

I'll try pretty much anything, and enjoy even things I know a lot of others don't like but I have a hard time getting the above past my lips.

I've tried them with various ways of preparation and will try them occasionally again just to see if my tastes have changed or someone has a way of making them that's edible. For instance I've gotten to be okay with baby lima beans with a recipe using bacon that a friend made me try but the mature ones are still a no go.

[Rabrrrrrr]

74. Pretty much only green peppers and natto.

I do like Jell-O, but I'd add that I don't like any with marshmallows, nuts, or vegetables in it.

And I've never eaten insects or worms, but as adventurous as I am, I don't foresee that I'd ever try them.

[forgotmylogin]

79. Pickles, and raw tomato

Pickles as an ingredient or condiment in any fashion are a complete dealbreaker. I tell restaurants to please not even put the pickle on the side because the juice (shudder) will run into the other food. I will eat brussels sprouts or cabbage in a spring roll, but I am very put off by the smell of cooked cabbage and sauerkraut (sauerkraut is slimy and pickled.) Oddly, I'm okay with apple cider and balsamic vinegar in certain applications, just not pickled. I do like pickled ginger with sushi, but that is very sweet and nothing like the pickle smell. I even don't mind dill as a seasoning, it's the leaving a vegetable to rot in acid that skeeves me.

I do not like the texture of uncooked tomato and will avoid or pick off whole tomato chunks in a dish or a salad and will shake them off a chip if eating salsa. I do not eat ketchup, but am fine with smooth tomato sauce, spaghetti sauce or BBQ sauce.

I think my major malfunction is any food that is slimy with a skin and/or seeds. Fresh sauteed asparagus=good, Slimy canned asparagus=bad. I used to be very opposed to bell peppers until I tried them raw and liked them much better. If they are cooked to a slimy-soft consistency (as in stuffed peppers), I don't like them. I prefer them raw or just lightly stir-fried so they are still crunchy. I also prefer red or orange or yellow bell peppers as they are less bitter than green ones. I can now even eat sweet red and yellow baby bell peppers whole like a strawberry.

[Laffy Kat]

104. You and me, forgotmylogin.

I grew up in the south and cannot STAND raw tomatoes or pickles. I don't even like being in the same room as pickles. And ketchup? Don't even go there. In restaurants I always say, please no pickles or tomatoes on the plate, and of course, there's always both. So when I point out the offending veggies, the wait staff will usually just shrug and remove them. Thanks a lot. Once a pickle has come within a mile of your food you can still taste it. Arrrrgh. But, like you, I'm fine with tomato sauce. It's a completely different flavor.

[Thirties Child]

82. Liver, melons.

When I was three I wandered into the alley and ate a pile of rotting watermelon rinds. Left me sick and hating melons. What a terrible first memory.

[eShirl]

87. anise-flavored black licorice

bleccch!

[madaboutharry]

88. Here's mine

Fish sticks
Gravy over mashed potatoes
Oysters
Tuna sushi
Goat cheese
Celery
Cauliflower
Liver and onions
Chili powder
Fatty beef (85%) ugh!

[Solly Mack]

89. Boiled spinach

I will eat it raw. I will eat it in pasta dishes.

But if you place a serving bowl of boiled spinach in front of me, I ain't touching it. And the floating bits of hard-boiled eggs throughout gives it the look of larval infested boiled grass.

Beets. No way, no how. Don't like them.

Boiled okra. Again, no way, no how. Well, in gumbo, yes. But only in gumbo.

Keep in mind, I'm from the South.

Pickled eggs. Ain't happening.

Pig feet - Nope.

Horseradish - blech.

Fried chitterlings, yes. Boiled - not in this lifetime. I've had both, prefer them fried if I'm going to eat them at all.

Sweet cornbread. May as well eat cake.

Sweet grits. May as well eat pudding.

Not fond of most desserts. Do like Tiramisu.

Fresh fruit over fruit in pies.

I do enjoy a peach or blackberry cobbler though. If it's done well.

Adore dark chocolate. Not so much milk chocolate.

Not especially fond of apples at all.

Love most vegetables though. With the stated exceptions and willing to try them all until I'm not.

Calf liver & most other assorted other organ dishes. But I will eat chicken livers - fried just right between almost too crispy and still tender or wrapped in bacon.

I've eaten rattlesnake but been there, done that, no reason to ever do it again. It was fried, tasted a lot like a light crispy pork rind, of which I have tried but don't eat.

No to "crackling".

No to chow-chow (relish).

I'm sure there are other things.

The thing is, people enjoy what they enjoy and that's a good thing!

[forgotmylogin]

97. Same here with spinach.

I'll eat raw baby or regular spinach cut up as a salad, but the stuff that's cooked or from a can looks like what comes out of your clogged drain.

I make a killer apple pie/cobbler by cutting up leftover apples that are a little too ripe to eat into thin slices, shaking them with some sugar and cinnamon and lemon juice, letting them sit 20-30 min, then bake them directly in the pie - no precooking the apples. They remain crisp and juicy and just sweet enough in the pie.

[Solly Mack]

98. My husband loves apple pie. I'll have to try that.

Thanks!

[Auntie Bush]

90. Clams, oysters, fish, liver, egg whites.

[NNadir]

92. Okra.

[Laffy Kat]

103. It's an acquired taste that's for sure.

I can't handle it boiled, but breaded fried to within an inch of it's life, yum.

[Laffy Kat]

102. Beets, organ meat.

Did I mention beets?

[Rollo]

105. Reading this I guess I'm not so fussy about relatively common foods...

But I am not a big fan of:

Watermelon (unless it's really ripe and sweet - same goes for other melons)
Liver (disgusting)
Flan (too bland)
Tiramisu (ditto)
Molé


I don't think I've ever had kale, but I do like spinach, chard, broccoli, cabbage, etc.

As far as sauerkraut, not a big fan of the overly acidic store bought, but I make my own kimchee (flavored with bonito powder, not anchovies) and find that is excellent as a garnish on hot dogs, as well as with rice etc.

As a kid I wasn't fond of mashed potatoes but that was probably because my mom never put enough salt or butter in them. When I started cooking for myself, I discovered I liked them.

[Rollo]

108. Foods people here say they hate but are OK with me...

Olives - especially black. I can eat a whole can without blinking
Onions - green or globe, best if sautéed
Lamb - it's just nice
Bell peppers - as long as they are not spoiled or moldy inside
Carrots - they really make a salad pop
Lima beans - OK
Mushrooms - full of umani, what's not to like?
Cucumbers - another essential salad item
Eggs - one of the most perfect foods
Mayonnaise - love it, but only the good stuff.
Celery - especially the tender heart
Broccoli - it was my favorite food on a kindergarten questionnaire
Cilantro - adds that je ne sais quoi to any mexican dish
Raw tomato - another essential salad item
Pickles - OK, I have distinct preferences. My favorite is homestyle or Polish style. But they can be hard to find.
Black Licorice - YUM!

[Skittles]

106. spaghetti

ugh, GROSS

[lunamagica]

109. Onions, onions ONIONS!!!

Now, I like raw onion on a salad, pico de gallo...but cooked onions? YUCK!!! even the stench of onions cooking makes gag..

Why, why does almost every dish includes onions?

[Binkie The Clown]

110. Even before I became a vegan I never liked steak. Yuck. Dead muscle tissue.

These days, all meat and dairy even smell disgusting to me. I'd have a hard time forcing myself to eat any of that disgusting crap any more.

[Warpy]

111. I can be polite and choke anything down but liver

not even cut into little pieces and tried to swallow it like pills. My throat closes up and it won't go down. Doesn't matter if I haven't eaten for a day or two. Yes, been there.

My ex loved the stuff, so I tried cooking it for him one night. When he saw me lean over and hurl into a trashcan, he knew it wasn't going to happen again.

I had no problem when we'd go out and he'd order it. I had no problem buying it raw and giving it to the cats.

Just don't expect me to eat the stuff, ever.

Obviously, there are foods I like better than others: chocolate will always win out over mashed turnips. However, I know better than to try to live on chocolate, so turnips have shown up on the menu over the years.

[Doreen]

166. You are like me when it comes to the smell of cooking liver.

I just about hurl myself.

[mr_lebowski]

115. Of the relatively common things ...

1) Most frozen vegetables (corn is one of very few exceptions), and pretty much all canned vegetables. Though I love practically all fresh vegetables, even when cooked, as long as they're not turned to mush. Stir-Fry and Grilled veggies in particular I'm a big fan of.
2) Olives. I literally don't like any kind of Olive. Yuck.
3) Fish, or other seafood, that has even the slightest 'fishy' taste. Cannot STAND 'fishy', though I like really fresh non-fishy-tasting seafood okay, esp. lobster & crab with lots of butter. Never could warm up to oysters, mussels, or scallops though.
4) Organs. Can't do it. None of 'em.
5) Eggs, unless mostly or all Whites, and a small % of the overall content. Don't mind 'egg drop' in asian soups, and I'll do an omelette with one whole egg or 2 egg whites, and a whole bunch of other delicious stuff, but I don't dig plain eggs at all. I've literally never eaten a 'deviled egg'. No interest in trying one. In fact I'll pluck any pieces of hard-boiled egg out of a dish I wasn't expecting them in, all but the smallest pieces. Really don't like the texture of 'em.
6) Bologna ... never could stand that stuff. Don't mind most other meats of that type, love me a Pepperoni pizza for example, but ... HATE bologna.
7) Anything 'gamy' ... i.e. wild animal meat in general ... Wild Duck and Rabbit are the ones I know of, doubt I'd much like Bison or Venison though I've not had them.
8) Canned Tuna ... yuck ...

Surprised there's not more cucumber and cilantro on this list ... both have fairly widespread genes associated with them that make them taste WILDLY different (and not in a good way) to certain people vs. how they taste to others. Cucumbers are horribly bitter to some, and for others Cilantro tastes like a mouthful of soap. I LOVE both, in fact, especially together ... a nice cold cucumber/cilantro/tomato salad with a well-balanced sweet/sour vinaigrette ... is one of my fave things.

Growing up though, things I disliked or even hated were (everything above and):
1) Mayonnaise
2) Mushrooms
3) Pickles or Relish (dill or sweet)
4) Spinach, Brussel Sprouts, Lima Beans, Broccoli, Asparagus
5) Raw Tomatoes
6) Cheese (unless melted like on Pizza).

I've outgrown all those aversions except sweet pickles/relish ... never could warm up much to either ... but I love a good fresh cold crunchy Dill Pickle now ... gotta be crunchy though ... the ones they keep at room temp at the supermarket though I still think kinda suck. Though, oddly, I don't mind that sort of 'canned' pickle on a McDonalds burger (well, when I have one, which is about every 3 years or so).

Funniest thing to me about my change in taste is w/Mushrooms ... I mean I HAAAAAAATED them growing up. Now I can scarely imagine a Steak w/o sauteed mushrooms on top ... They're like mandatory. Still not a big fan of them on pizza though, and not a big raw mushroom guy.

[pnwest]

117. Tofu. Bleccchhhhh...

[yuiyoshida]

123. Foods I hate...

Beef
Pork (including bacon)
Veal
Buffalo
Venison
Indian Curry
Raw Beets
Boiled Spinach
Mussels
Carrots (Love carrot Juice however, fresh squeezed)
Scrambled Eggs
Most "Kids" Sugar Sweetened Cereal
Kale
Nutella/HazelNuts (Allergic)
Raw Strawberries (Allergic)
Fruit and Nut Cake
Almond Nut Cheese balls
String Beans


(I am sure there are other things I forgot)

[Doreen]

167. OMG!!! I can not live without Nutella!

I do not spread it on anything I just get a spoon and the jar and watch a movie. I was introduced to Nutella in Germany before it was introduced here in the states.

[yuiyoshida]

172. Just a spoon full and I will have

Hives for a month. I would rather not eat it than be in constant pain and itching for a month.

[Doreen]

175. Yeah, that is understandable. I love mincemeat pie but for some reason am allergic to it.

Sucks.

[bluecollar2]

128. Tripe...n/t

[betsuni]

129. I had grilled tripe, Korean-style, for dinner.

Sometimes tripe is stinky and gross, but tonight it was fatty and soft and chewy and delicious.

[bluecollar2]

142. I'll take your word for it...

[Doreen]

168. I like tripe best in menudo.

[DinahMoeHum]

130. Hard-boiled eggs, canned tuna fish. . .

I used to eat those when I was a kid. Today, I won't touch them, and even the smell of them
makes me puke.

[smirkymonkey]

192. Ugh, can't stand either one of those!

In fact, I can't even stand to be in the same room as someone eating a hard boiled egg or tuna salad. It makes me want to vomit.

I love fresh tuna steaks though.

[Rhiannon12866]

132. I second the Peas

[Phentex]

137. Avocado and coconut flakes

I love the taste of coconut so coconut milk and soups and such don't bother me. But I hate the texture of the flakes and I am sorely disappointed when I bite into a cookie or granola bar and the gritty coconut flake comes through. Ick!

[parkia00]

138. Worms, insects, grubs, larvae.....butter

and LIVER. Basically anything else I would eat. Butter is ok in certain stuff like pancakes and scrambled eggs or a steak. But I cannot stand the smell of fried butter like some dishes here basically called butter chicken or butter prawns. It's basically deep fried in butter. I also do not like pop corn because of the butter.

Liver I simply do not like to be eaten straight. But having a little liver as an ingredient in some other dish is fine like pate. Liver added to pork soup makes the soup much richer and dense. I will relish the soup but will not eat the liver.

Pork brains.... cause it taste like liver.

Generally I like pork offal... except liver/brains. I also like chicken gizzards. Cubes of congealed pork blood cut into small cubes and added to a soup is nice. Sometimes added to rice porridge as well. But it changes the color of your white rice porridge into a reddish pink. Some folks don't like that. Have never tried blood sausage. Always wanted to.

I LOVE Haggis! I'm talking about the original version from Scotland. Nothing like having a freshly boiled round of Haggis placed before you and having it sliced across and it opens up before you showing its peppery insides.

Generally do not like fizzy drinks.

Wine or any alcohol. Just do not like the taste and I have to force myself to gulp it down. Includes beer as well.

Favorite snack is Cantonese stewed pig intestines. But must not be over cooked. Overcooked it gets rubbery. Properly done it is a bit crunchy like a fresh steam clams.

I do not eat eyes. Ears, snout, cheeks, lips, skin etc is fine.

I love soy bean milk but not fond of tofu.

Sushi..... just no..... that's disgusting!

[lunasun]

141. Headcheese, liverworst the only things i can think of

I eat differently than I used to but I used to have a fondness for a sausage made with pig snouts .Polish kishkA yum

[femmocrat]

143. Most of mine have been mentioned, but I can't eat anything breaded and fried.

Causes stomach problems.

Also hate tomato sauce for the same reason.

And I won't eat any kind of game. Even if it's processed into something else.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

144. It's interesting to read about what foods other people hate

or love. It makes me wonder why some things taste bad to some people and not to others. I have read that there are some genetic factors that cause some people to be unusually sensitive to bitter flavors (which might explain why I don't like most of the cruciferous vegetables, arugula or onions). But fruit pie? Cheesecake? How could anybody not like those things? But I hate onions and garlic (I wouldn't be a good Italian), and many people inexplicably love it.

I love, or at least like, many of the foods mentioned in this thread:

Applesauce
Jello
Baked Potatoes
Watermelon
Peas
Grapefruit
Pie with fruit filling (apple, cherry, blueberry)
Cheesecake
Almonds
Olives
Feta cheese
Beets (if roasted)
Pumpkin pie
Mushrooms
Cucumbers
Eggs
Mayonnaise (I put it on things that most people put ketchup on)
Cilantro
Fish
Avocado

Go figure. If you don't like that stuff there's more for me. And you can have all of my onions and kale.

[IrishEyes]

147. Cheesecake is too rich and heavy for me.

I like all other kinds of cake.

[JHan]

154. My aunt feels the same way, but she loves it when I do cream cheese panna cotta ...

....topped with glazed fresh fruit - So a cross between cheesecake and panna cotta.

[hunter]

148. Anything that's sweet when it ought to be salty or just plain roasted.

For example, I consider honey roasted almonds an abomination. They are ruined. I can't eat them.

I'd much rather eat Cheerios than suffer "Honey Nut" Cheerios.

[shenmue]

152. Eggs

[JHan]

153. after reading everyone's replies I now realise I probably have the stomach of a scavenger

I can't think of a single food I dislike - my issue is more with how food and produce is prepared rather than the food/produce itself.

[TDale313]

155. Mushrooms.

There are others I don't love, and not a fan of spicy. But mushrooms I will either pick out or skip the dish.

[Freddie]

160. Years ago was in a Chinese restaurant

Asked for moo goo gai pan, without the mushrooms. Waiter gave me a very puzzled look. Turns out the translation of the dish is "chicken with mushrooms." I would eat the chicken and veggies and pick out the mushrooms. I have since found other Chinese dishes that don't include fungus.

[catbyte]

157. Lima beans, liver, lamb, swiss cheese, goat cheese, kale, anything with prunes,

seaweed, sushi, fishy-tasting fish & carob. Those are the worst offenders.

[LyndaG]

158. Mincemeat Pie

Filling looks like - I hate to say what it looks like.

[Doreen]

169. As far as mincemeat pie goes I like it but for some odd reason I am allergic to it.

[Homer Wells]

162. Hominy. Nuff said. Nt

[Homer Wells]

163. Also, that nasty

Green Bean casserole they serve at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

[Freddie]

180. One of my favorites!

Should make it more often than 2x year (I make it at Christmas too). Whole family loves this stuff. But I use cream of celery soup instead of the nasty stuff with mushrooms.

[samnsara]

164. mushrooms! Any ocean phlegm such as oystrers, clams, mussels....

....organ meats!

[Yonnie3]

171. Southern style stewed tomatoes

I believe the recipe is:

2 cups canned tomatoes
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup salt

simmer until it looks like vomit.

[JHan]

176. lollolololol

[smirkymonkey]

181. Mine are...

Milk
Tarragon
Lamb
Organ meats
Eggs that have the whites and yolks separated
soggy bread, or anything made with soggy bread
hot dogs
fatty meat
gristly meat
just any gross meat

[Jack-o-Lantern]

184. Anything made from the rotting flesh of dead animals.

Cannot even imagine making my body a grave.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

196. I'm not fond of *rotting* meat, either.

Most people prefer it fresh.

[GaYellowDawg]

218. It's pretty awesome cooked.

Anyone who calls meat "rotting flesh of dead animals" or some other such b.s. is a flippin' moron.

First of all, there's this thing called "refrigeration" which slows the "rotting" down almost completely. Then there's this ancient but lovely technology called "cooking" which takes care of those pesky microbes. Follow that with freezing, smoking, or salt curing, and the "rotting" is put on hold almost indefinitely!

And anyone who's ever had a good dry-cured steak knows that controlled "rotting" can make an incredible meal.

You know, anyone who trots out "rotting flesh" is protesting a little too hard. I bet they sneak bacon cheese burgers and weep in self-loathing afterwards. The culinary version of Republican moral crusaders in airport bathrooms.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

185. Jello. It has the texture of recycled snot.

Needless to say, I never fixed jello for my kids.

[Miles Archer]

197. Feta Cheese

At first, I thought the salty / tangy taste was interesting.

Then I realized that any time I ate anything with feta cheese in it, all I could taste was feta cheese.

From my childhood, I hated "ambrosia" (canned fruit cocktail mixed with Cool Whip) and any kind of Jello mold.

I also tend to get sick any time I eat ground turkey. I don't know if that's because the skin is ground up with the meat, or if it's dark meat AND skin, or what. I can handle cooked turkey breast, but that's it. I would never order a "turkey burger" or buy frozen meatballs in the market that had ground turkey in them.

[Sophiegirl]

203. I feel lonely here...

I'm one of the few and far between folks that hates mint.


....and olives.

[IrishEyes]

214. My best friend hates mint.

She is the only person I know who doesn't like mint. She really hates it. Personally, I love mint. I am undecided about olives.

[nuxvomica]

215. Celery, kale, raw onion

And I'm allergic (technically, "sensitive&quot to anything from the sea but when I wasn't, I still didn't like scallops or shrimp.

[alphafemale]

219. Aggressively have worked on shortening the list since becoming an adult.

I don't think rejecting food is very mature.

Beets, Liver and Sweet Pickles at this point.

Liver being the worst of those.

The very smell brings teats tp my eyes.