"The unpalatable truth" Your Food Hates

[mat]

The Guardian UK had this blog which I thought was both hilarious and enlightening, with the comments proving taste is not universal. I thought it might be worthwhile to see what the VV audience thought - so here goes.

Post your food hates - what you seriously cannot abide, something that if it is included in a dish or meal puts you right off!!

Here are mine -

Durian fruit - a noxious, rotten smelling fruit from South Asia that many think is a delicacy.

Tripe - well, the English version, of white, sticky sheep intestine strips, boiled, and usually served in a white sauce with onions.

Mushy peas - again English. Perfectly decent peas crushed to a paste - no flavour and gangrenous colour.

Chaume Cheese - a very popular Belgian Cheese that both smells and tastes of sweaty shoes gone bad. (and I even like unpasteurized Danish Blue)

Up to you now - have fun!!!

[Holden West]

I've had durian. It tastes like bubblegum and has the consistency of bread dough. But it smells so bad, public places in Asia have "No Durian" signs everywhere.

Still, I'd try durian again before I'd try that English crap like mushy peas. Who in their right mind eats that?

[Ms. B. Havin]

Kidneys. Organ meats generally (except liver).

[amor de cosmos]

Originally Posted by mat

Here are mine -

Durian fruit - a noxious, rotten smelling fruit from South Asia that many think is a delicacy.

Tripe - well, the English version, of white, sticky sheep intestine strips, boiled, and usually served in a white sauce with onions.

Mushy peas - again English. Perfectly decent peas crushed to a paste - no flavour and gangrenous colour.

Chaume Cheese - a very popular Belgian Cheese that both smells and tastes of sweaty shoes gone bad. (and I even like unpasteurized Danish Blue)

Up to you now - have fun!!!

wtf all those things sound really exotic... except tripes & mushy peas. anyway the only thing I can think of off the top of my head is mushrooms.

[mat]

I forgot sheep eyes!! We were 'almost' served those in Morocco in a mountain hut while climbing Mount Toupkal back in '87. Our guide was so proud to bring out a huge mountain of couscous with this 'stew' of mutton and veggies poured over. We all eagerly dug in after a long day of high altitude hiking. I went for seconds and as the spoon went into the couscous this eye looked back - my climbing partner, a hardy Aussie girl, promptly projectile vomited all over the dish.

Apparently we had 'bought' the entire sheep when he asked earlier in the day for $5 to get food for dinner. They had used everything in the stew but the eyes were placed near the bottom for serving as they were considered the best part.

I cannot actually say I dislike sheep eyes, having never actually had one - but the thought...

[Nparker]

That's enough to make me turn vegan.

[Phil McAvity]

Mushrooms-Feel like rubber and taste like dirt.

Onions-Taste like what my sweaty armpits smell like, and they're spicy hot too.

Parsnips-Just nasty tasting with a doughy, pasty feel.

Tomatos-Can't figure out if they are a fruit or vegetable. Either way, they suck.

Steak and Kidney pie-Made the mistake of having this homemade at a friend's place years ago. Their whole place smelled like a back alley in New Orleans after Mardi Gras. Just disgusting.

Olives-Rubbery, really nasty tasting little things.

Calamari-Tastes okay if you like chewing on tires.

Anything spicy. I'll never understand why people want to burn their mouths when they eat. I seem to live in a society of masochists. Very strange.

[G-Man]

Hmmm... I like pretty much everything...

Ok yes most animal organs though the occasional liver is pretty good.

Water chesnuts are boring...

Oh yeah and sea urchin gross!

[vandervalk]

Eggs and ANY organ meat.

[Holden West]

[G-Man]

^ I thought we were only discussing food products?

[gumgum]

I eat everything, but I do think mangoes taste like sick.

[Mike K.]

Caraway seeds! Can't stand the taste of them. For some reason caraway flips my gag reflex switch on even though I'm not allergic to them or anything.

[mat]

Originally Posted by G-Man

Hmmm... I like pretty much everything...

Ok yes most animal organs though the occasional liver is pretty good.

Wonder if you might like this - my wife and I were looking for a restaurant in a small French town a few years back. Walking down a side street an utterly offensive smell (somewhat like sewage) floated out of a fairly crowded restaurant. We avoided that place and much later found out what the 'delicacy' was.

Apparently there is an American version - although I have never heard of it being sold in Canada.

If anyone can discover something more disgusting post it..

[Ms. B. Havin]

^ gastronomic coprophilia...

[Baro]

I'm not a fan of cilantro or most curries/indian foods. (Although I do like some indian foods, mainly their dumpling-shaped items and the pekora things are delicious too)

I like anything from super spicy Korean to boring English food. From sushi made from random scraps as a joke from the chef, to a can of spam.

[amor de cosmos]

Originally Posted by Baro

I'm not a fan of cilantro or most curries/indian foods

curry powder is just a spice blend, so would it one of the spices that goes in it? (usually cumin, coriander, cinnamon, ginger & other stuff)

[gumgum]

Curry powder is actually derived from the curry leaf. It is a single equation, not a blending of other spices.

[amor de cosmos]

we're both right:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_powder

[Holden West]

Coincidentally, The Times-Colonist's Pam Frier writes about her food hates and invites readers to submit theirs.

[vjm]

I hate ricotta cheese, it smells like barf

[julienne]

canned sardines
sheep's eyes (although my partner has tried them to no ill effect)
tripe
durian
undercooked egg white
cod sperm
mackerel
uni (sea urchin roe)



Foods I hate seeing in restaurants.

Tomato-rice soup
Cream of broccoli soup
wraps
chopped raw onion as a garnish
sprouts

[vandervalk]

Not that this is going to change you mind.

But "Uni" (oo-nee) is the Japanese name for the edible part of the Sea Urchin. While colloquially referred to as the roe (eggs), uni is actually the animal's gonads (which produce the milt or roe).

Yum.

[julienne]

Originally Posted by vandervalk

Not that this is going to change you mind.

But "Uni" (oo-nee) is the Japanese name for the edible part of the Sea Urchin. While colloquially referred to as the roe (eggs), uni is actually the animal's gonads (which produce the milt or roe).

Yum.

Wow! Thanks for the facts.

[victorian fan]

Fast Foods (fatty, greasy, MSG, salty)
Over cooked vegetables
Huge portions (all that waste)