Foods you never liked the look of

NSAman · 28-08-2020 10:50AM

kowloonkev wrote: »

It's a shame really that as a small island nation we can only eat seafood if it's boneless and/or wrapped in breadcrumbs. If all the countries in the world were on a restaurant menu Ireland would be for the kiddies.

But .. COVID didn’t start here.

Cannot eat many veggies, water cress, cucumber, aubergine, pickles...they all have a horrid chemical taste to me.

I love the taste of mushrooms but the look of em is enough to make me puke.

Pretty adventurous with food, will try almost anything, but if I dislike it.. it isn’t just mental it is a physical reaction too..:)

murpho999 · 28-08-2020 11:01AM

Sardonicat wrote: »

Yeah, I get what you're saying but that is what oysters look like to me. I love fish but shellfish and seafood just make me think of insects which I have a phobia of, so I was never going to give them a chance. But oysters just look vile. The only other food I won't eat based purely on how it looks is blue, veiny, furry cheese. To me, that's rotting food.

Ok that you like fish means you're halfway there.

if you tried some peeled prawns in something like a prawn cocktail then you might not be so against it and then you can work from there.

Years ago I couldn't handle being in Portugal and being served fish with there heads and tails still on or prawns being served complete.

After a while though I just got used to it and challenged my fear and got stuck in.

Also the fish that you like is also seafood so I don't get why you say you don't like seafood.

Badly Drunk Boy · 28-08-2020 11:11AM

kowloonkev wrote: »

It's a shame really that as a small island nation we can only eat seafood if it's boneless and/or wrapped in breadcrumbs. If all the countries in the world were on a restaurant menu Ireland would be for the kiddies.

I hate bones in fish! I actually had two smoked cod this week (not breaded nor battered) and there were some bones, but nice decent-sized ones that I could deal with. What I hate is when there are loads of really small but potentially dangerous bones. Many years ago, I was in Barcelona with my ex and we stopped for a meal in a restaurant we found. I got some sort of fish that was riddled with bones. My ex was laughing her head off at my attempts to deal with the situation... :mad:

Sardonicat wrote: »

Yeah, I get what you're saying but that is what oysters look like to me. I love fish but shellfish and seafood just make me think of insects which I have a phobia of, so I was never going to give them a chance. But oysters just look vile.

Things like prawns are arthopods, as are insects, so really they're just underwater insects.

Nearly...:pac:

28-08-2020 11:24AM

I've always detested ketchup - the horrible smell from it, the fact that child me thought it looked like blood, even the sound it makes coming out of the bottle....I can't bear to even think about it. Also put me off tomato in general, I'll eat pizza, lasagne etc. but don't eat tomatoes raw.

Also prawns/shrimp etc. - seafood in general I'm not big on, but it's the black soulless eyes staring back at you that really put me off. I'll eat prawn crackers though!

tedpan wrote: »

Tuna, hated the smell since I was a kid. Never tried it.

+1. I might try tuna steak or sushi, but how anybody eats that horrible mushy tinned stuff is beyond me. Maybe it tastes like heaven, I don't know. But the smell is unbearable.

McGinniesta · 28-08-2020 11:35AM

I'll eat pretty much anything but the only thing I cant handle is anything coffee related. The smell and taste make me nauseous.

Sardonicat · 28-08-2020 12:58PM

murpho999 wrote: »

Ok that you like fish means you're halfway there.

if you tried some peeled prawns in something like a prawn cocktail then you might not be so against it and then you can work from there.

Years ago I couldn't handle being in Portugal and being served fish with there heads and tails still on or prawns being served complete.

After a while though I just got used to it and challenged my fear and got stuck in.

Also the fish that you like is also seafood so I don't get why you say you don't like seafood.

I have tried peeled prawns, they are squidgy , cos they are insects. They have the texture of what they are. Bleurgh!
Seafood is an expression for sea critters with exoskeletons , shells or tentacles as opposed to fish.

When I was about 6 and out shopping with my mum I met a school friend who pointed to the packets of dried fruit and told me they were squashed flies and bees and wasps. I've never been able to eat a currant, raisin or sultana without gagging since.

Ande1975 · 28-08-2020 12:59PM

Anchovies.... ugh
I ordered a Cesar salad in a restaurant in Dublin once and nearly fainted when I saw these hairy things on top. I genuinely thought there were insects on my salad and sent it back. I had never seen anchovies before and never on a salad like that.

Jebus, that isn't fish that's bait!

28-08-2020 01:00PM

andekwarhola wrote: »

Butter beans. Even as an adult, they make me retch.

Oh i love butter beans... they're great in a potato soup

Seamai · 28-08-2020 01:16PM

Undercooked baguettes, often found and sandwich counters, they look anemic and they are under cooked and doughy. I remember once picking out a nicely browned and crusty one and the woman behind the counter said to me, "that's burnt, let me get you a better one".Some of them look like they've barely seen the inside of an oven.

Seamai · 28-08-2020 01:17PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Oh i love butter beans... they're great in a potato soup

They're actually good on a pizza.

whisky_galore · 28-08-2020 01:18PM

KungPao wrote: »

Just saying oysters is not sufficient for me, I’m afraid.

Could you please expand on this?

Swallowing a giant gob of cold snot.

Seamai · 28-08-2020 01:18PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Yeah or sucking off a pirate

Shiver me timbers! I've never tried that.

whisky_galore · 28-08-2020 01:21PM

Turnip.
Coleslaw.
Vinegar.
Ketchup.
Beetroot.
Cranberry sauce with turkey, gawk.
Brown sauce.
Pickled things

whisky_galore · 28-08-2020 01:24PM

Bat, pangolin..

Coopaloop · 28-08-2020 01:28PM

Porridge or rice pudding (anything lumpy like that) cottage cheese, white sauce/parsley sauce/bread sauce. Cauliflower.....
For years I thought I didnt like kidney beans, never even tasted them, but the name and the general appearance of them put me off them...so I never tried chili. But I made it myself one day and it turns out I do like them.

dark crystal · 28-08-2020 01:30PM

Olives are vile. I'd never tried them up until a few years ago, so decided to give them a go one evening and was retching for ten minutes afterwards. Evil.

I also hate bell peppers, the smell/taste is vile to me. They have such a pungent taste, that even a small amount of them can infect the taste of the whole dish.

Beetroot is another food I just can't take to. Ugh.

Hamsterchops · 28-08-2020 02:59PM

Tapioca, yak

Sardonicat · 28-08-2020 03:04PM

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Tapioca, yak

EEEWWW. Frog spawn!

28-08-2020 03:04PM

Gravy cheese chips saw it in the UK on previous visits, tried it this time round. My instincts were correct

Was turned around on Russian salad though. Not the bought one but my wife makes it and it's now one of my favorites.

28-08-2020 03:05PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Turnip.
Coleslaw.
Vinegar.
Ketchup.
Beetroot.
Cranberry sauce with turkey, gawk.
Brown sauce.
Pickled things

That's a terrible recipe

Chiorino · 28-08-2020 03:06PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Turnip.
Coleslaw.
Vinegar.
Ketchup.
Beetroot.
Cranberry sauce with turkey, gawk.
Brown sauce.
Pickled things

So basically anything sharp or tart?

Surreptitious · 28-08-2020 03:21PM

I think people get beetroot wrong. It's a bland vegetable that has to be boiled. You are all thinking of pickled beetroot in the jars.

Surreptitious · 28-08-2020 03:29PM

bluewolf wrote: »

Oh i love butter beans... they're great in a potato soup

Beans are a very good protein. The thing is they soak up the flavour of what they are cooked in. Very healthy eating.

ShatterAlan · 28-08-2020 03:37PM

Tripe is definitely the worst. It actually scares me it's so disgusting looking, like some dreadful organism you'd see on Dr. Who.

Most offal is pretty disturbing to.....liver (which I like) hearts, kidneys, brains give me the shivers.

Used to hate the look of oysters but now they don't bother me as I'm pretty much addicted to them and could probably down 30 of them no problem.

raclle · 28-08-2020 03:40PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Turnip.
Coleslaw.
Vinegar.
Ketchup.
Beetroot.
Cranberry sauce with turkey, gawk.
Brown sauce.
Pickled things

I'm similar.

Don't like red, brown, burger sauce. Mayo or coleslaw

Do like most other things

Weird I know

Thelonious Monk · 28-08-2020 03:58PM

Surreptitious wrote: »

I think people get beetroot wrong. It's a bland vegetable that has to be boiled. You are all thinking of pickled beetroot in the jars.

it's lovely roasted. Some real oddballs on this thread regarding food!

Surreptitious · 28-08-2020 04:03PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

it's lovely roasted. Some real oddballs on this thread regarding food!

It's an under rated and good vegetable. Lovely mixed with red cabbage at crimbo. Yes and nice roasted plus full of vitamins. I don't know are people just afraid or something. Food has been a massive part of my life and I think everyone should at least try something before rejecting it.

Brian? · 28-08-2020 04:09PM

Seamai wrote: »

I'm pretty adventurous when it comes to food but never got sushi. It's not even the raw fish but the cold sticky rice, yuk!

Don't judge sushi by the stuff you get in boxes in supermarkets.

Sushi rice should be warm when served, the same temperature as the hand it's made in.

Brian? · 28-08-2020 04:10PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Yeah or sucking off a pirate

How many pirates have you fellated?

Trekker09 · 28-08-2020 04:18PM

liquorice - It's the only thing I can't eat

Foods you never liked the look of

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