Food that could taste nice but you won’t try

StrawbsM · 31-01-2023 2:01pm #1

There’s a few everyday food items that I have never tasted before and I just can’t make myself try them. They could be really tasty for all I know but in my head, they’re gonna make me vomit if I put them anywhere near my mouth.

Bourbon biscuits - Don’t ask me why as I don’t know why. I love chocolate but I look at a bourbon and it doesn’t give me those “ooooh choccy” feelings.

Pot Noodles - If I’m at the kettle making a cuppa and you put a pot noodle on the counter and ask me to fill it with water, I’d flat out refuse. I ain’t going near one of those things. Mad thing is I will order noodles for my Chinese takeaway.

McDonalds hamburgers - I swear I have a genuine phobia of these. I’ll eat a McChicken sandwich and I’ll eat a hamburger from other places but if a McDonalds one was put up to my face, I’d faint. Totally irrational I know but this feeling is out of my control.

Am I a lonesome weirdo or does anyone else dislike a food item that they’ve not even tried before?

fatherted1969 · 31-01-2023 2:07pm

Prawns, not a hope

GLaDOS · 31-01-2023 2:09pm

I've never tried shellfish and I never will. Too icky.

StrawbsM · 31-01-2023 2:10pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182438#Comment_120182438

I hate peeling the feckers

StrawbsM · 31-01-2023 2:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182452#Comment_120182452

I do eat shellfish but I sometimes wonder do I actually like it or the flavours it’s cooked in. Texture of mussels is bleurgh

31-01-2023 2:16pm

Coddle. Disgusting Jackeen reprobates.

HeidiHeidi · 31-01-2023 2:24pm

Another shellfish-phobe here.

I finally gave in and tried lobster last year, and it was absolutely disgusting! I'd love to love scallops, everyone is always raving on about them - but fear the same, and after the lobster experience I'm now even more afraid to try them.

31-01-2023 2:25pm

Crab is the shellfish that people who are wary should give a try. If they don’t like that then they probably won’t like anything else either.

Fighting Tao · 31-01-2023 2:26pm

Jellied eel. It’s more to do with what I think the texture would be.

StrawbsM · 31-01-2023 2:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182564#Comment_120182564

I’m with you on that one. Real London dish.

Dial Hard · 31-01-2023 2:47pm

I love valve shellfish (mussels, clams, scallops etc.) but I'm not mad about crustaceans, so generally avoid crab, lobster etc. I like the taste of prawns but not the mouthfeel.

I'll try pretty much anything "normal" once as the "I know I won't like it" thing is just so infantile, but I'm not sure I could get past the gag reflex on escargot.

And obviously that's not getting into the whole global esoterica thing. Wichity grub and whatnot. The whole competitive gross-out thing is of zero interest to me.

kabakuyu · 31-01-2023 2:55pm

Pate, could not stomach it, also liver.🤮which i did try years ago.

Dslatt · 31-01-2023 2:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182702#Comment_120182702

Liver is great, fried with a heap of ions, gravy, mash and greenbeans, godly food. Cheap as chips too

kabakuyu · 31-01-2023 2:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182712#Comment_120182712

Is that lambs as opposed to pigs?

Apiarist · 31-01-2023 3:02pm

Mussels and other valve shellfish. Not going to try them unless I am in a Bear Grills type situation and have absolutely nothing else to eat for weeks.

Jafin · 31-01-2023 3:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182502#Comment_120182502

100% this. When I was 10 or 11 the woman who used to mind me after school made this a few times and I had to force it down. Something about boiled sausages, or boiled meat in general, makes me want to puke my guts up.

ohnonotgmail · 31-01-2023 3:06pm

Peanut butter. the thought of it alone is enough to make me retch.

Dslatt · 31-01-2023 3:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182714#Comment_120182714

Yeah twould be lamb, its not too disimilar to a mince burger in texture

Dslatt · 31-01-2023 3:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182502#Comment_120182502

Thats the stew with sausages as the meat right?

Trotters · 31-01-2023 3:10pm

Bubble tea.

They told me it is made with tapioca. What we used to call Frogspawn.

They also tell me it is delicious, but...

31-01-2023 3:11pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182755#Comment_120182755

Yes, boiled sausages with a sickly white colour that often burst open like a sore.

Dslatt · 31-01-2023 3:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182768#Comment_120182768

Disgusting jackeen reprobrates indeed

StrawbsM · 31-01-2023 3:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182768#Comment_120182768

I never knew what coddle was till now. Someone pass me the bucket 🤮

HeidiHeidi · 31-01-2023 3:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182748#Comment_120182748

OMG I'd sit down with a spoon and finish a jar in one sitting if I let myself!

Gregor Samsa · 31-01-2023 3:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182768#Comment_120182768

Mickey stew is delicious, but I can see how culchies would be put off by the look.

There's lots of thigs I won't eat at all, but it turns out now that I think about it, that I have tasted them first.

I've never tasted Guinness, and I won't. No matter that I know for certain that it's a cold liquid, it just looks like it would taste of warm sludge. And the strange thing is, I have tasted warm sludge (magic mushrooms in honey and whiskey), and it was fine.

ohnonotgmail · 31-01-2023 3:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182787#Comment_120182787

I'll swop you a jar for some lobster.

Xander10 · 31-01-2023 3:21pm

Scallops. Always seem to be a starter on posh menus, but look of them puts me off.

Steak tartare

raclle · 31-01-2023 3:43pm

I'm the same with a McDs burger but my reason is I don't consider it proper beef. I'm kinda fussy with food in general though.

Badly Drunk Boy · 31-01-2023 3:44pm

Burgers, steak, pasta, eggs.

Well, I've eaten a few shop-bought, home-prepared chicken burgers out of politeness, but that's all.

No to beef burgers and steak, yet I grew up on corned beef sandwiches. (I hear they're slightly related. 😉)

I'll eat noodles but not pasta. Maybe it's more to do with the sauces that come with them.

I won't eat whole eggs, no matter how they're cooked but don't mind if they're an ingredient in stuff.

Salad cream ✔️ Mayonnaise ❌

Cheese too. 🤮

I'm sure most of these things are probably okay, since so many people seem to love them, but I can't bring myself to partake. I'm a philistine.

Thelonious Monk · 31-01-2023 3:46pm

Dubliner here who never encountered that sausage stew in his life by the way. I've always found it odd how many Irish people wont eat seafood given we're an island, wonder why that is? I enjoy the ceremony of eating oysters and mussels are lovely when done nice.

John_Rambo · 31-01-2023 4:08pm

I'd try any food that's not mind altering. Must be my Dublin reprobate upbringing.

Also, don't get the whole "won't try/eat seafood" thing.

FortuneChip · 31-01-2023 4:19pm

I've never had a cup of tea.

Nothing about it appeals to me. I've made cups of tea for other people and had them tell me it was great. That I put zero effort into making it, tells me the bar must be low, but that so many people drink it tells me "maybe it's nice?"

Otherwise, I've tried most food that's been up for grabs. I can't recall anything I turned down, none that IMO could have potentially tasted nice anyway.

Dial Hard · 31-01-2023 4:24pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182920#Comment_120182920

Cultural hangover from it being a religious fasting requirement is one of the reasons I've seen put forward. Maybe once upon a time, but the whole "fish on Fridays" thing was over and done with two generations ago, pretty much, but I still know loads of people who won't eat it.

I have to confess, I find the whole fussy eater thing weird in general. Food is such a joy to me. I once cancelled a first date because the guy admitted to only eating sausages & chips and frozen pizza. I genuinely couldn't share my life with someone like that.

Thelonious Monk · 31-01-2023 4:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120183088#Comment_120183088

My dad thinks it's because it was viewed as a peasant food and beef and lamb were what people aspired to be eating. I couldn't be around someone who ate like that all the time either, a clear indicator we're totally different people.

Supercell · 31-01-2023 4:29pm

Scrambled eggs, the stench, the look, the texture..no, just no.

Mad_maxx · 31-01-2023 4:30pm

Frogs legs

raclle · 31-01-2023 4:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120183088#Comment_120183088

I have to confess, I find the whole fussy eater thing weird in general.

There's a lot of different factors to consider why someone might be a fussy eater. It could just be a psychological thing, allergies, taste buds or how their stomach reacts to certain foods. For me I don't like tomato sauce because I find it really sweet and feel physically sick from it.

Electric Sheep · 31-01-2023 6:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120183116#Comment_120183116

I think you are right. Here in New England both oysters and lobsters were considered to be poverty food at one time. Most people seem to have gotten over it though🙂

31-01-2023 6:45pm

Oysters. I did try putting one in my mouth, spat it out immediately and tried feeding it to a local dog who refused to take it.

Itssoeasy · 31-01-2023 6:49pm

Mushrooms. The texture not the taste of them. Didn’t used to like sweetcorn but while I haven’t had it in ages i wouldn’t be against it now.

don’t drink tea or coffee which to some people makes me a complete weirdo. I just never liked the taste of it.

Other than that I’ll give most things a try. Love fish of any kind.

Mech1 · 31-01-2023 6:53pm

Not fully heated can of ravioli.

Since then no ravioli.

Was my first and last attempt at it.

igCorcaigh · 31-01-2023 7:01pm

Well, some of you are very picky. I thought we would have more extreme foods here.

I hate offal such as liver and stomach (had both as a kid), but would try again if well seasoned. Brain has a nice creamy texture, apparently.

I draw the line with bugs though; even if they are just crunchy or chewy with no bad taste, nope. Same with bread made from fly flour. No way.

igCorcaigh · 31-01-2023 7:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120182806#Comment_120182806

Magic mushrooms taste vile; it put me off tea for ages 😦

MarkR · 31-01-2023 7:06pm

Periwinkles. Particularly at the seaside. No thank you.

whisky_galore · 31-01-2023 7:10pm

Insects, that the UN keep on asking us to eat for the good of the planet.

Wonder do they serve them up at the UN canteen? Bloody well doubt it.

Thelonious Monk · 31-01-2023 7:14pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120183955#Comment_120183955

the UN keep asking us to eat insects, really?

Greyfox · 31-01-2023 7:15pm

I don't know how people can live without tea. I think it's odd the amount of people who don't try common food, you could be missing out on something that tastes amazing

Thelonious Monk · 31-01-2023 7:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120183980#Comment_120183980

i prob have 3 or 4 cups of tea a year, i find it pretty bland, drink a lot of coffee though

whisky_galore · 31-01-2023 7:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120183970#Comment_120183970

Do keep up.

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/may/08/if-we-want-to-save-the-planet-the-future-of-food-is-insects

31-01-2023 7:34pm

Loads for me. I eat tuna, salmon, cod, haddock etc.. but the likes of oysters, mussels, scallops, clams and other shellfish are things I'll never try, they look horrific. Mushrooms, blue or rare steak, duck, aubergines, courgettes, offal, blue cheese, sourdough bread & cooked cabbage smells rank, there's no way I'm putting it in my mouth (that's what she said).

Thelonious Monk · 31-01-2023 7:45pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120184003#Comment_120184003

well they have a point but that's the Guardian not the U.N. or the WEF or whatever asking us to eat insects.

Food that could taste nice but you won’t try

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