Foods you can't stand

[hanca]

Somehow this hardly seems like sufficient revenge. More like encouragement.

It makes them stop when they get the egg. The tradition says something like that we should be happy to be whipped to make you look younger. (I suppose you suddenly feel younger when you are running away from the males to escape). And the egg is like a reward for males that they have done good job (of whipping you/making you younger). I really despise this custom. I can't help it but I find it humiliating to be whipped, even if it is only symbolically (although they do get carried away sometimes). Maybe I am too much for equal rights, but I always wondered why the females don't whip the males in the afternoon, if the males are supposed to do it in the morning (till midday).

 

[skateboy]

It makes them stop when they get the egg. The tradition says something like that we should be happy to be whipped to make you look younger. (I suppose you suddenly feel younger when you are running away from the males to escape). And the egg is like a reward for males that they have done good job (of whipping you/making you younger). I really despise this custom. I can't help it but I find it humiliating to be whipped, even if it is only symbolically (although they do get carried away sometimes). Maybe I am too much for equal rights, but I always wondered why the females don't whip the males in the afternoon, if the males are supposed to do it in the morning (till midday).

Hanca, which country is this?

 

[twinsissv]

I'm a carnivore...I admit it! I can't help it...sorry! But...lamb? I would starve before I'd eat lamb. I learned some years ago that the little lambs are taken away from their mothers at twelve weeks old and slaughtered...such tender meat you know. From that day on...NO LAMB FOR ME!!! Never had any and never will have any...Easter or not!

 

[meggonzo]

Bell peppers
mushrooms
peas
pickles
fish, but I can do seafood
Miracle Whip
gamey meat
beans
cucumbers

 

[Japanfan]

It makes them stop when they get the egg. The tradition says something like that we should be happy to be whipped to make you look younger. (I suppose you suddenly feel younger when you are running away from the males to escape). And the egg is like a reward for males that they have done good job (of whipping you/making you younger). I really despise this custom. I can't help it but I find it humiliating to be whipped, even if it is only symbolically (although they do get carried away sometimes). Maybe I am too much for equal rights, but I always wondered why the females don't whip the males in the afternoon, if the males are supposed to do it in the morning (till midday).

This is a very strange tradition and seems misogynistic.

Of course the gals should have equal opportunity to whip the guys.

 

[PRlady]

Celebrating Easter in my country would be really painful for you. We hard boil eggs (loads of eggs), then we spend hours decorating them. Then on Easter Monday males carry braided whip from willow tree and are whipping females on their bottom. Females pay them off with the boiled decorated egg. (No, we are not a nation of masochists and I can assure you that the females don't particularly enjoy this awful tradition. If you get up early and have anywhere to hide, good for you. This whipping ends at midday.)
Because you never know how many males will turn up, you usually make more eggs than needed because you really don't want to run out (how else would you make them stop?). So then the whole family spend about a week eating all those hard boiled eggs!

hanca, I gotta ask: where do you live?

I'm going to go easier on my fish-hating daughter. She seems to have a lot of company.

I adore peanut butter and have not yet found one Israeli who can stand it, so I figure some of this is cultural.

And I love lamb and duck. If both are in the menu, it is really hard to make up my mind.

 

[hanca]

This is a very strange tradition and seems misogynistic.

Of course the gals should have equal opportunity to whip the guys.

Hanca, which country is this?

I PMed you so that we don't take the thread away from the original topic. I mentioned this ghastly custom because most families usually end up with lots of boiled eggs and then the whole family keep eating them for a week. (I did suggest to dump them but wasting food is not done in my country).

 

[smurfy]

Oh - this thread makes me feel so normal.
I don't like raisins either - as a kid that intrigued me as I love grapes.
Also I do not like Fig Newtons. They were my dad's favorites and he joked he didn't have to worry about my eating them.
Then I read 'Ramona the Pest' - and according to her - there are worms in fig newtons. I rest my case.

I do like eggs.
Cheesr - I love pizza and cheeseburgers. But to snack on cheese and crackers just seems boring.

Causes of dislikes
My mom said she got really sick eating fish when she was carrying me ??
Heriditary - I dont' like bananas, neither does one of my brothers and 1 of his 3 sons. So my sister in law thinks it might be heriditary??
Environment - just what you are use to, raised on. My mother did not put salt in anything, so I find a lot of food salty. In general her cooking was bland, no onions, spices, peppers -and they just don't agree with me. My system never learned to digest?

 

[quartz]

I'm surprised at how many don't like eggs or fish. I eat them about once a week,(not together).
We live ten minutes away from Lake Erie and fresh perch and pickerel are one of my favorite summer foods.

 

[Spun Silver]

It makes them stop when they get the egg. The tradition says something like that we should be happy to be whipped to make you look younger. (I suppose you suddenly feel younger when you are running away from the males to escape). And the egg is like a reward for males that they have done good job (of whipping you/making you younger). I really despise this custom. I can't help it but I find it humiliating to be whipped, even if it is only symbolically (although they do get carried away sometimes). Maybe I am too much for equal rights, but I always wondered why the females don't whip the males in the afternoon, if the males are supposed to do it in the morning (till midday).

It sounds like a bizarre mating ritual, where the male proves his virility and the female rewards him with her ovum. Yes, please try turning the tables some day. Do you still have to go through this living abroad, and/or after you are married?

 

[Wiery]

Gefilte fish. :ack2:

 

[katmari]

I have food allergies and intolerances (There's nothing quite like finding out you are allergic to something by taking a bite, swelling up like a balloon and having to be rushed to the emergency room in anaphylactic shock‎.) so I have to be cautious about foods. Fish, shellfish and moldy cheeses are all on the never to be eaten list.

Taste and texture change when foods are cooked and there are some I like/dislike based on preparation. Carrots and spinach I like raw but can't stand cooked. On the other hand I like cabbage cooked but can't stand it raw.

Then there are some foods I just don't like such as miracle whip and onions.

 

[hanca]

It sounds like a bizarre mating ritual, where the male proves his virility and the female rewards him with her ovum. Yes, please try turning the tables some day. Do you still have to go through this living abroad, and/or after you are married?

Of course not. My husband would never dream of taking a stick or whip at me. If he did, I would divorce him. But if I remained in my birth country, I would probably have to celebrate it. Even if I arranged with my husband that we won't be following this particular tradition, you can't avoid the whole extended family and male friends. They would turn up, all keen to 'earn' the egg. When I used to live at dormitory, I made sure that I was safely hidden on that particular morning.

 

[KatieC]

Of course not. My husband would never dream of taking a stick or whip at me. If he did, I would divorce him. But if I remained in my birth country, I would probably have to celebrate it. Even if I arranged with my husband that we won't be following this particular tradition, you can't avoid the whole extended family and male friends. They would turn up, all keen to 'earn' the egg. When I used to live at dormitory, I made sure that I was safely hidden on that particular morning.

How did you decorate them @hanca? I'm asking because I dropped my tin of decorated, blown out Easter eggs last night and broke them all.

I've found I will eat some foods in other countries that I won't touch at home. Like cabbage and beer (not together). Can't stand them normally, but eat/drink them all the time in Kenya.

 

[Vagabond]

Except for @quartz, none of you is invited to dinner at my place.

There are a few of you with whom I might go out to dinner, but not if you're going to comment on what I order or what I eat.

 

[IceAlisa]

I love fish, excepting salmon which has to be smoked for me to eat it. And fish has to be very fresh. Love seafood. Love eggs, live off them practically. Can I come to dinner @Vagabond ?

 

[Fridge_Break]

Ranch dressing -- the smell alone makes me nauseated to the point to where I feel ill for awhile afterwards. I will only have it if it is in a recipe where the smell and taste are hidden. Even watching people dunk their chicken in it makes me gag.

Not a fan of seafood/fish, either. We didn't have it much outside of fishsticks when I was growing up because my parents aren't big on it. And I think the deal was sealed when I was a teenager working at the grocery store and I had to clean up a bag of fish that had broken open and spilled on the floor. The scent just about killed me.

I have a food allergy to onion, so I avoid it when I can. I rather like the flavor it bring to foods, but the consequences of consuming them is not fun Onion powder and salt doesn't seem to have an affect on me, however.

Raw broccoli and cauliflower. Maybe it's by association with the ranch dressing thing, but both of these vegetables need to be cooked if I am going to eat them. I actually really like broccoli when it's been cooked, broccoli cheddar soup is one of my favorites!

 

[Vagabond]

I love fish, excepting salmon which has to be smoked for me to eat it. And fish has to be very fresh. Love seafood. Love eggs, live off them practically. Can I come to dinner @Vagabond ?

Nope. Anyone who doesn't like barbecued salmon, roast lamb, or chicken liver is relegated to the might-go-out-to-a-restaurant list at best.

 

[IceAlisa]

 

[quartz]

OMG....salmon is my favorite. I would eat it 2-3 times a week if I could. My favorite way is when my husband marinates it in Italian dressing and then BBQ's it. Add shrimp on a skewer doused in garlic butter, and holy crap, it's like foreplay.

 

[once_upon]

MILK! It's gross.

Liver, gizzards, calamari, tongue (those circular tastebuds thingys make me want to puke just thinking about them). Gamey meats. Any green blended crap like kale...I just can't even think about drinking green snot no matter how healthy it supposedly is.

 

[altai_rose]

MILK! It's gross.

Liver, gizzards, calamari, tongue (those circular tastebuds thingys make me want to puke just thinking about them). Gamey meats. Any green blended crap like kale...I just can't even think about drinking green snot no matter how healthy it supposedly is.

I love liver, gizzards, tongue (spicy Sichuan-style tongue that my mom makes!), gamey meats, and kale (love it whole in soups; impartial to blended kale)!

But I agree with you about milk and calamari! Ick!

 

[IceAlisa]

Russians eat tongue too, but the skin is usually peeled off so no spikey taste buds.
I like it.

I don't see the point of kale smoothies. Kale as a side dish is OK.

 

[myhoneyhoney]

liver, asparagus, egg plant, gamey meats, raw seafood, tentacles....

 

[ice dance]

Rice. The cause of many bitter arguments and much mistrust around mealtimes.
Also milk. I just never liked the taste.
Plus many other things - I've always been a picky eater.

 

[hanca]

How did you decorate them @hanca? I'm asking because I dropped my tin of decorated, blown out Easter eggs last night and broke them all.

I've found I will eat some foods in other countries that I won't touch at home. Like cabbage and beer (not together). Can't stand them normally, but eat/drink them all the time in Kenya.

Everyone has their way of decorating eggs. The easier and most lazy way is to boil them and then dye them and then stick some fancy stickers on them. But because the eggs show how much you care for tradition , you usually try to make more effort. For example, you wrap them around various leaves before you submerge them into the dye, to make interesting patterns, or you decorate them with wax and then dye them (and then you take off the wax and have there the patterns that we not dyed because it was under the wax) etc.

Usually you do all that with boiled eggs. You can prepare some blown out eggs, (raw egg, two small holes one at each end and gently blow the content of the eggs out, then decorate it carefully), but those are mostly for decoration. You wouldn't give those out as a reward for being whipped.

 

[hanca]

MILK! It's gross.

But I agree with you about milk and calamari! Ick!

Milk? That's good for you. Calcium! What about cream if you don't enjoy milk? Or perhaps mixing something into the milk to make it more like a milkshake? (I could live off milkshakes. Especially the thick ones, that are closer to runny ice cream rather than to milkshake, with a chocolate bar mixed into it)

 

[twinsissv]

MILK! It's gross.

Liver, gizzards, calamari, tongue (those circular tastebuds thingys make me want to puke just thinking about them). Gamey meats. Any green blended crap like kale...I just can't even think about drinking green snot no matter how healthy it supposedly is.

 

[once_upon]

Milk? That's good for you. Calcium! What about cream if you don't enjoy milk? Or perhaps mixing something into the milk to make it more like a milkshake? (I could live off milkshakes. Especially the thick ones, that are closer to runny ice cream rather than to milkshake, with a chocolate bar mixed into it)

No, just no
Cream would be like drinking Go-Lylity (which is a medicine used to clean out the colon before colonoscopy). Thick glycerin soap taste.
I can occasionally eat ice cream, but if it starts to melt - gross. I will eat yogurt if it is whipped Yoplait - some posters tell me that is mostly sugar, so it doesn't count in their book. Greek yogurt is like eating pure cream, again gross.
Milk is gross and I can not even think about drinking it without gagging.

 

[paskatefan]

I don't think I would ever want to try haggis, based on the ingredients!