Foods you can't stand

[skateboy]

I mean... foods you can't bear to put in your mouth at all. Mine are...

Raw tomatoes. I seriously want to throw up if if I put one in my mouth, even if it's in a sandwich or burger. A seriously violent reaction. (I'm fine with them pureed, or in a sauce.)

The other is eggs. I can sort of deal with them in an omelet or really well scrambled, but only if I absolutely have to. The thought of eating hard boiled or runny makes me want to remove my own stomach with a knife and fork.

So, what are your hated foods?

 

[skatefan]

Garlic
In any way, shape or form
Not only does the smell of it cooking make me want to vomit, the smell of it on someone's breath is disgusting.

 

[Japanfan]

Regular mustard, the kind people put on hot dogs and hamburgers. I can tolerate Dijon if it's mixed into a sauce or salad dressing.

And headcheese - who eats that stuff, any way? IIRC it is popular in some Eastern European countries.

 

[twinsissv]

...fruitcake...(sorry Mom)

 

[clairecloutier]

Eggs. I don't like either the flavor or texture of them. I put them in baked goods, where you can't taste them, but that's it. I have not eaten an egg, in any form other than baked goods, in about 30 years. (Same goes for omelets, flans, crime brûlée, etc.).

Protein sources in general are a little iffy for me--I don't like any kind of dark or organ meats, some shellfish, and even some fish such as salmon/bluefish. guess I'm not a very adventurous eater. I do love all vegetables, beans, and dairy, though.

 

[alj5]

asparagus. Tastes like eating a stick to me.

(but i love brussel sprouts and cauliflower...go figure)

 

[skatesindreams]

Cheese, in any form.

 

[purple skates]

Cilantro and roasted red pepper.

 

[emason]

Eggs: I will eat a scrambled egg, or occasionally some egg salad, IF I have made it myself and doctored it up so I really can't taste the egg. I will have hidden eggs in baked goods or puddings, etc., but a fried egg, a poached egg, a soft-boiled egg? A 1,000 times no.

Organ meats: Take your fried liver and onions or your chopped chicken livers and move along, please.

 

[flyingsit]

Mashed potatoes. They honestly make me gag. Anything with that same texture does.

I also despise spinach, other "greens", all bell peppers... basically I have an overdeveloped bitterness sensitivity so a lot of things read as bitter to me and I hate bitter!

 

[PRlady]

Wow. I love cheese, chicken liver, eggs, mashed potatoes, spinach, garlic and cilantro. None of you are invited for dinner.

But I do hate cottage cheese, both the taste and the texture. And calamari if it isn't fried. So rubbery and it reminds me of what the original squid looked like. Yuck.

 

[cygnus]

Seafood in any form (apart from a few white fish ie "fish and chips" kind of fish.) Also beets- I don't want my veggies bleeding on my plate. Organ meats of any sort- liver makes me gag.

 

[icie]

Not a liver lover.

 

[PDilemma]

Brussel sprouts. Oysters. Cottage Cheese. Won't touch any of those.

I also really don't like bacon. I will eat stuff with a little bacon in it, but I will not eat a strip of bacon by itself. Apparently, this is incredibly weird in our now bacon-obsessed country (is that the whole country or a Midwestern thing?).

 

[vesperholly]

Runny egg yolk tastes like wet dust. I also hate eggplant, which always tastes and smells bitter and rotten to me, no matter how fresh or nicely prepared it is.

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

Bananas. As a child I ate some spoiled banana pudding and became quite ill and now can rarely eat anything that smells and/or tastes of banana.

 

[skatesindreams]

As a child I ate some spoiled banana pudding and became quite ill

That's what happened to me with cheese; and I've had other unpleasant experiences with it. also.

 

[skipaway]

Mushrooms, olives and any organ meat.

 

[Kasey]

Mayonnaise. Just. Uck.

I can eat greens (like kale or swiss chard) either raw, in small amounts in a soup or blended in my protein shake; I can't just steam up a bunch of greens and then attempt to eat them. Massive gag reflex.

And I haven't eaten pork since I was about 7, but that's for reasons other than distaste.

 

[flyingsit]

Ditto to olives and all organ meats. And cilantro.

 

[Cachoo]

I used to dread liver and onions night when I was a kid. I still dislike liver, olives, prunes, apricots and the hottest peppers. I don't understand loving heat when it actually disguises the taste of the pepper. I don't like raisins in anything or on their own. The one exception is raisin bread. Golden raisins are okay.

I don't hate cauliflower: It's just so damned boring. I don't understand it's appeal.

 

[quartz]

Vegetables cooked in the old Dutch style - boiled for three days into a slimey sloppy mess of phlegm and mucous. I have no clue how a firm and crunchy vegetable may have become such an evil thing that it must be pulverized, smashed and destroyed in order to be considered "edible".

 

[Jot the Dot Dot]

Cabbage, gives me a headache. Also liver, tastes like rubber!

 

[pat c]

Liver or any kind of organ meat. Lutefisk.........ugh.

 

[jadingirl]

Peas - I can't stand the taste or texture so of course they are my daughter's favorite vegetable! I love broccoli though so I steam up broccoli and peas for dinner almost every night.

Any liver - organ meats - can't stand the smell and must confess I have never even tried to taste them - the smell is so offputting as it is

 

[Spun Silver]

Meat, chicken, fish -- lifelong vegetarian here (although I don't inflict that on my pets; I will pick meat out of my husband's bones... i.e., the bones on his plate ... for my dogs and cats). And hard-boiled, fried, or poached eggs creep me out. From the veggie world, sauerkraut, Brussels sprouts, and lima beans top the list.

 

[quartz]

Gum. Even more so, other people with gum. Chewing like cows. For HOURS. And HOURS.
ALL. FREAKIN. DAY.
Stop it now. You are gross.

 

[IceAlisa]

Cilantro--I've heard it's genetic and the smell of cilantro is to me the smell of gasoline or something like it.

Liver-- A Jew who can't stand chopped liver, that's me. But I am totally fine with fois gras.

Onions that have been boiled like in a soup--I will not eat soup that contains bits of onion floating around. Or sauce. Finely chopped fried shallots are OK. Raw onions are OK. It's the jellyfish-like texture of a cooked onion that grosses me out.

Lamb--too gamey. I've had all kinds of professionals cook it and swear up and down that THEIR lamb is not gamey. Nope. Gamey.

Pork--not for religious reasons, I am not observant, but because I've seen a slide of human muscle riddled with trichinosis in my college biology lab. Haven't touched it since. Totally irrational, I realize but can't help it, some memories just stick with you, vivid as ever. If it's a highly processed pork product so that nothing survives, like pepperoni on a pizza, I may eat it but still, rarely touch it.

Meat, chicken, fish -- lifelong vegetarian here (although I don't inflict that on my pets;

Thank goodness for that. I recall a case in Portland, when a couple forced their kitten to be vegan like them. Geniuses brought a malnourished, dying kitten to the vet, who saved him and didn't give him back to the owners, thankfully.

 

[purple skates]

I couldn't tell you if I hate the taste of liver or not - never tried it and never will!

 

[IceAlisa]

@BlueRidge come and tell us about your hatred of coffee yogurt. No food aversion thread is complete without it.