What food do you like that other people think is horrid?

Links234 · 12-02-2014 03:20PM #1

For me it's haggis!

Can't beat some good, proper haggis with neeps and tatties, it's amazing.

Also, black pudding! And scotch eggs. And last year, I had one absolutely gorgeous scotch egg at a pub in London where instead of sausage meat they made it with black pudding. Awesome

How about you?

Rachiee · 12-02-2014 03:21PM

Barbeque beef flavour super noodle sandwiches

Mr. Incognito · 12-02-2014 03:23PM

The Bannana Sausage Pancake.

BEST Hangover Cure ever.

Sausage, Blackpudding, Bannana all sliced up, covered in Lyons Golden Syrup and wrapped in a pancake.

Devine.

pickarooney · 12-02-2014 03:23PM

Okra

dark crystal · 12-02-2014 03:25PM

Brussels sprouts.

Links234 · 12-02-2014 03:25PM

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

The Bannana Sausage Pancake.

BEST Hangover Cure ever.

Sausage, Blackpudding, Bannana all sliced up, covered in Lyons Golden Syrup and wrapped in a pancake.

Devine.

Hmm, for me it would be a peanut butter and bacon sandwich

Links234 · 12-02-2014 03:28PM

dark crystal wrote: »

Brussels sprouts.

You're disgusting! :eek:

osarusan · 12-02-2014 03:28PM

Whale.

Not so much that the taste is horrible, as the idea of killing/eating it is horrible, but it does taste nice. Better cooked than as sashimi, in my experience.

BlurstMonkey · 12-02-2014 03:30PM

A shocking amount of Irish people don't like/eat tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms, garlic, any form of salad, peppers, etc. etc. So I think you could well get a wide range of replies, but all of them much more boring than haggis, which I think I'd really like to try the once.
The auld lad thinks pasta is some kind of nefarious toxin and he thinks even less of indian food.
I saw a guy in Subway a week or two back order a foot long roll with ham, cheese and nothing else. Toasted please. Sweet Christ, what kind of a dud do you have to be.

WilyCoyote · 12-02-2014 03:32PM

Stuffed sheep's heart, lamb's liver, kidney, black pudding, buttered toasted ciabatta and a mug of Lyons tay.

macplato · 12-02-2014 03:33PM

None of the examples so far are really horrid... apart from okra

Tripe would be my favourite horrid food.

mixery · 12-02-2014 03:34PM

Blutwurst.

biko · 12-02-2014 03:36PM

Pickled herring.
Fish roe.
Whey butter.

KungPao · 12-02-2014 03:37PM

BlurstMonkey wrote: »

A shocking amount of Irish people don't like/eat tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms, garlic, any form of salad, peppers, etc. etc. So I think you could well get a wide range of replies, but all of them much more boring than haggis, which I think I'd really like to try the once.
The auld lad thinks pasta is some kind of nefarious toxin and he thinks even less of indian food.
I saw a guy in Subway a week or two back order a foot long roll with ham, cheese and nothing else. Toasted please. Sweet Christ, what kind of a dud do you have to be.

Yeah, what's with that?

I have friends who'll order a kebab...with no veg. A burger, no onions. A curry, no onions etc.

One of them also would never eat mushrooms. I think they taste amazing myself.

My nephew worries me. Meat and carbs, doesn't even like baked beans or eggs, never mind veg.

BraziliaNZ · 12-02-2014 03:41PM

dark crystal wrote: »

Brussels sprouts.

same, i go weeks on end eating them every day, i just can't understand why there's such a hatred towards them, it's racist is what it is.

BraziliaNZ · 12-02-2014 03:43PM

BlurstMonkey wrote: »

A shocking amount of Irish people don't like/eat tomatoes, cheese, mushrooms, garlic, any form of salad, peppers, etc. etc. So I think you could well get a wide range of replies, but all of them much more boring than haggis, which I think I'd really like to try the once.
The auld lad thinks pasta is some kind of nefarious toxin and he thinks even less of indian food.
I saw a guy in Subway a week or two back order a foot long roll with ham, cheese and nothing else. Toasted please. Sweet Christ, what kind of a dud do you have to be.

lol, yeah, it's so Irish. My boss back home used to freak out when waiters gave veg or onions or anything on the side when he ordered steak, like get them away from me. I doubt there's many places where asking for a plain big mac or cheeseburger doesn't bat an eyelid. I suppose we don't really have the climate for salad though!

BlurstMonkey · 12-02-2014 03:45PM

KungPao wrote: »

My nephew worries me. Meat and carbs, doesn't even like baked beans or eggs, never mind veg.

Ya, that sounds typical. I know it's your nephew but seriously, it's the parents. My own diet when I was little was poor, I can look back and say that. This weird limited Irish diet that kids here get. Processed foods, chips, sausages, just all pure crap with no variety.

BlurstMonkey · 12-02-2014 03:58PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

same, i go weeks on end eating them every day, i just can't understand why there's such a hatred towards them, it's racist is what it is.

People don't know how to cook them. They were served soggy balls from hell when they were little. Just these disgustingly boiled things. If people tried giving them a roast and having some some melted cheese on top or the like they'd eat them up!

The Backwards Man · 12-02-2014 04:00PM

I like dulse.

Bacon and cabbage too

Rothko · 12-02-2014 04:00PM

I love brussel sprouts

padd b1975 · 12-02-2014 04:02PM

Cheddar cheese and salad cream sandwich.

GHOST MGG · 12-02-2014 04:03PM

Hákarl when i was in iceland.(its fermented shark)..i tried it as ive eaten a lot of weird and wonderful foods on my travels
all i can say is...you need a strong stomach.helped that i was wasted at the time

Aphex · 12-02-2014 04:03PM

Cremated toast.

Boom_Bap · 12-02-2014 04:06PM

Fish finger sandwiches with tomato ketchup. I get lots of abuse for that.

The Diabolical Monocle · 12-02-2014 04:07PM

The infamous Christmas mince pie.
Controversial.

Pinch Flat · 12-02-2014 04:08PM

Love fish - the amount of people that hate it in Ireland is astounding
Oysters
Olives
Dark chocolate
Billtong
Kippers

BraziliaNZ · 12-02-2014 04:08PM

BlurstMonkey wrote: »

People don't know how to cook them. They were served soggy balls from hell when they were little. Just these disgustingly boiled things. If people tried giving them a roast and having some some melted cheese on top or the like they'd eat them up!

I like them stir fried and crunchy. But tbh my favourite way is boiled into an unrecognisable mush with a little butter and salt.

BraziliaNZ · 12-02-2014 04:08PM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Love fish - the amount of people that hate it in

It's incredible, given we're an island. My dad reckons it's because it used to be considered kind of a peasant food, not sure how true this is though but it's a good theory.

Kablamo! · 12-02-2014 04:10PM

Jackeens for the most part seem to hate curry cheese chips, god alone knows why

Pinch Flat · 12-02-2014 04:11PM

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

It's incredible, given we're an island. My dad reckons it's because it used to be considered kind of a peasant food, not sure how true this is though but it's a good theory.

Yeah always wondered this myself. Pretty strange for a relatively small island. Good theory though!

KungPao · 12-02-2014 04:14PM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Love fish - the amount of people that hate it in Ireland is astounding
Oysters
Olives
Dark chocolate
Billtong
Kippers

People love fish in Ireland, man! Cod 'n chips, oh yeah!

But yeah, fish and (most) vegetables seem to be way down the list of consumed foods here.

My mother hates salmon, tuna, shrimps...madness. You can't beat a tasty grilled salmon, a tuna and cheese sambo, fried shrimps. Oh hell yeah.

What food do you like that other people think is horrid?

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