The Great Big Manky Foods Thread [Merged]

Mussels *shudder*

I gagged on one in front of Blackie from Glenroe

Also hate prawns, all the little legs. Ugh.

Lamb smells disgusting!! I have to leave the house if someone is cooking it, plus the feel of it in your mouth is just horrible!!

egg based sauces- bernaise, hollandaise, custard, any of that stuff. Runny Scrambled eggs also (egg juice!) Eggs Benedict (egg on egg) is a particular nightmare. I quite like eggs though, and mayo, it's just completely irrational. Took me a while to get myself back onto eating eggs after nearly getting sick seeing 2 crows fighting over a fried egg when I was little, just turned my stomach

FortuneChip wrote: »

Tomatoes!
I used Tomatoes in cooking, like a tin or whatever, I'll use tomato based products like Puree etc, but I can not go near a raw tomato. Like on a burger, sandwich or anything. I hate the look of them, the smell of them, texture... everything. They actually induce gag reflex if they go near me,

Yeah, I am the same with peppers and onions. No problem if they are diced up rrreeeaaalllllyyy finely or ground into a sauce, but the full things give me the same gag reflex. Almost like my throat closes up when I try to swallow them, absolutely rank!

I am not a big fan of raw tomato either, unless they are VERY ripe and crunchy (e.g. no give, they would burst if you tried to squeeze them), but you should try cherry tomato (again, only ripe and crunchy). You will never see them sliced open (so no smell) and if you get them small and ripe enough, they are basically like slightly larger berries. They just explode in your mouth and the flavour flies everywhere, great in rolls or salads. I think 'piccolini' are the smallest ones you can find easily in Ireland, worth a shot.

I can't get enough of mushrooms though, except they have to be cooked in butter or something similar. It's no wonder so many kids hate them when their parents insist on cooking them in vegtable oil... again, rank!