Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
179 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Name the worst food/foods you have ever eaten and won't eat again. Mine, Liver and mixed vegetables (Original Post) debm55 Feb 25 OP
Which "mixed vegetables" are you referring to, deb? True Dough Feb 25 #1
Canned or Frozen. corn, peas, lima beans, green beans. debm55 Feb 25 #3
I'm with you there True Dough Feb 25 #4
Thank you very much True Dough. debm55 Feb 25 #23
I don't like lima beans, flash frozen vegtable are just are healthy as fresh. Historic NY Feb 26 #133
Thank you very much Historic NY. I didn't know that about the flash frozen veggies', I agree with you on the lima beans. debm55 Feb 26 #138
Tripe CanonRay Feb 25 #2
Thank you CanonRay. I never ate it but saw others eat it. debm55 Feb 25 #5
It even sounds True Dough Feb 25 #6
Same here. ariadne0614 Feb 25 #16
Thank you ariadne0614 debm55 Feb 25 #31
I cannot stomach menudo.... LeftInTX Feb 25 #63
Thank you LeftInTX. I'll pass. debm55 Feb 25 #97
Peas. I'm at my most diligent when picking peas out of a dish. But... CrispyQ Feb 25 #7
Thank you CrispyQ. I hate peas and lima beans. Yuk debm55 Feb 25 #24
Rocky mountain oysters. Ocelot II Feb 25 #8
Thank you Ocelot ll, I never had. But I know what they are. Yuk. debm55 Feb 25 #25
They are disturbingly rubbery. Ocelot II Feb 25 #27
Oh my, that sounds terrrible Ocelot II debm55 Feb 25 #33
And their Southern Version which comes from pigs yellowdogintexas Feb 26 #134
Squid in their own ink Goonch Feb 25 #9
Thank you Goonch. I think. debm55 Feb 25 #26
I will take yours! Easterncedar Feb 25 #67
You my friend are a brave soul. debm55 Feb 25 #100
My parents were interested in good food Easterncedar Feb 25 #109
Thank you very much that you had such a loving family that was open to new experiences with your 6 siblings. You are debm55 Feb 25 #113
Schloss Cheese from Austria. Very strong flavor and smell. Onthefly Feb 25 #10
Thank you very you, Onthefly for warning us. debm55 Feb 25 #34
Liverwurst EverHopeful Feb 25 #11
I used to eat as a kid. Now I can't stand the look of it. debm55 Feb 25 #35
Lark's tongues in aspic EYESORE 9001 Feb 25 #12
Thank you EYESORE 9001, Didn't know it was a real thing, Just an album. I won't ask about the other. debm55 Feb 25 #39
What's lark's tongues in aspic? Polybius Feb 25 #46
A dish popular from medieval times to the regency era mwmisses4289 Feb 25 #48
Thanks for the info! Polybius Feb 25 #58
Turducken is sometimes eaten around here around Thanksgiving. Yuk debm55 Feb 25 #101
Looked This Up Once ProfessorGAC Feb 26 #170
Liver and onions yuck TommieMommy Feb 25 #13
I have hated liver and onions my whole life. debm55 Feb 25 #41
I order liver and onions whenever I see it on a menu. Love calf's liver, because it's more tender. sinkingfeeling Feb 25 #44
Yes. Properly cooked, it's wonderful. Easterncedar Feb 25 #68
thank you Easterncedar, I heard if it was prepared properly it was good. My mom overcooked everything. The smell of it debm55 Feb 25 #103
Thank you sinkingfeeling. debm55 Feb 25 #120
Liver, Red Flannel hash and justaprogressive Feb 25 #14
Got that right justaprogressive. debm55 Feb 25 #42
Creamed corn - double yuck! leftieNanner Feb 25 #87
thank you leftieNanner. Creamed corn is very Yukky, debm55 Feb 25 #118
Almost anything that was served to me in my time in a nursing home. Botany Feb 25 #15
We were so worried about you! yardwork Feb 25 #30
Thank you Botany and glad you are no longer in there. debm55 Feb 25 #45
Tuna melt at Sconic. Spit it right out. Not sure how they stay in business SheltieLover Feb 25 #17
Me either. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 25 #61
They're popular in the south thou. SheltieLover Feb 25 #65
Thank you SheltieLover. Best to make at home. I heard Sonic's food was crappy. Never eaten there. Happy for that debm55 Feb 25 #119
Escargot. Also, tofu. And oysters. Dorothy V Feb 25 #18
100% agree on the escargot! Moostache Feb 25 #53
Agree Moostache. I will never eat it. Yuk debm55 Feb 25 #122
Thank you very much Dorothy V. Never had and never will eat escargot. Yuk. Tofu I like in sweet and sour soup . And I debm55 Feb 25 #121
Tofu is like hamburger..gets its flavor from spices and sauces Demovictory9 Feb 26 #171
Lima beans and raw fish sushi catbyte Feb 25 #19
Thank you catbyte. I agree with you on your choices. Lima beans are crappy. I never tried raw any thing. I have never debm55 Feb 25 #124
Once ate a piece of pizza that I didn't realize had an anchovy on it until that foul taste went into my mouth. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 25 #20
Many years ago , my friends ordered a pizza with everything. I was okay with that as I liked veggies and the meats. Took debm55 Feb 25 #125
Shudder! I have never and never will taste a sardine, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 26 #167
Same here. One year we had a teacher who would bring in canned sardines with mustard and crackers. I could not stand it debm55 Feb 26 #169
Brussel sprouts - hard little balls of bitterness MIButterfly Feb 25 #21
Brussel sprouts repel me too, and I eat almost everything. hedda_foil Feb 25 #80
Thank you MIButterfly. I hate brussel sprouts, But I love raw oysters. debm55 Feb 25 #126
Someone told me you're supposed to just swallow raw oysters without chewing them. MIButterfly Feb 25 #129
In my case I have ordered on the half shell. or fried. Raw oysters are swallowed whole. However, I stopped eating when debm55 Feb 26 #149
Cut a cross into the bottom of the Brussels sprouts dickthegrouch Feb 26 #164
Brussel sprouts- Satan's little cabbages. underpants Feb 27 #174
Satan's little cabbages! LOL! MIButterfly Feb 27 #175
I hate them with the fire of a thousand suns ☀️ underpants Feb 27 #176
I always have people telling me it all depends on how they're prepared. MIButterfly Feb 27 #177
Same with liver. debm55 Feb 27 #178
Liver - yuck. MIButterfly Feb 27 #179
Anything with bell peppers or chilis dickthegrouch Feb 25 #22
Thank you dickthegrough. Chilis i can not stand. debm55 Feb 25 #128
Lutefisk... regnaD kciN Feb 25 #28
It's OK. But then, I'm church basement Lutheran. marble falls Feb 25 #40
I agree, Thank you regnaD kciN. I hear it is terrible debm55 Feb 25 #130
Liver, kale spooky3 Feb 25 #29
Thank you spooky3. I will gladly give it to you. debm55 Feb 26 #146
Escargo or however it's spelled RoadRunner Feb 25 #32
Snails in hot garlicy lemon butter on toast points, ummmm ummmm! marble falls Feb 25 #38
Marble Falls debm55 Feb 26 #148
I agree RoadRunner. debm55 Feb 26 #147
The only thing I will not eat is high scoville numbered hot sauces. I think I could eat most insects, grubs especially. marble falls Feb 25 #36
Thank you marble falls. I couldn't eat insects. debm55 Feb 26 #150
Haggis. Tarzanrock Feb 25 #37
Me either . Thank you Tarzanrock debm55 Feb 26 #152
I loooove haggis dickthegrouch Feb 26 #163
I really really LOVE Chicken livers w/ onions ❤️ IrishBubbaLiberal Feb 25 #43
Braised with a little gravy! I love calves liver, too, but not too well done - keep it tender. marble falls Feb 25 #52
Thank you IrishBubbaLiberal . I think I'll pass. debm55 Feb 26 #153
Water buffalo foreskin. In Xian China. rsdsharp Feb 25 #47
Just reading it , rsesharp , makes me sick. debm55 Feb 26 #154
On the plus side, the stewed eels that came next were pretty good. rsdsharp Feb 26 #172
i'ii pass debm55 Feb 27 #173
Pate de fois Gras, kale, caviar, apricots. mwmisses4289 Feb 25 #49
I agree . thank you very much mwmisses 4289 debm55 Feb 26 #155
I'm allergic to apricots dickthegrouch Feb 26 #166
dickthegrouch, I am so sorry. I can see your point for not eating. debm55 Feb 26 #168
Rice pudding. Demovictory9 Feb 25 #50
I like rice pudding and tapioca pudding. yum debm55 Feb 26 #156
Tapioca..ugh.. the lumps Demovictory9 Feb 26 #162
When I am sick it tastes good. Even when I am not. Thank you Demovictory9 debm55 Feb 26 #165
Cow tongue and cow brain. OLDMDDEM Feb 25 #51
I remember an episode of All in the Family EYESORE 9001 Feb 25 #54
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA. That is funny. Thank you EYESORE 9001 debm55 Feb 25 #115
Lengua tacos are the best! JoseBalow Feb 25 #57
Yeah! I love em! LeftInTX Feb 25 #64
Menudo? More like Menudon't! JoseBalow Feb 25 #71
Thank you JoseBalow. What is it. debm55 Feb 26 #145
Thank you JoseBalow. debm55 Feb 26 #157
Thank you OLDMDDEM. I couldn't imagine eating them. debm55 Feb 25 #116
I agree. Thank you OLDMDDEM Could not eat. debm55 Feb 26 #158
Scungili displacedvermoter Feb 25 #55
Dare I ask ---what is it? debm55 Feb 25 #92
Conchs displacedvermoter Feb 25 #95
Oh I had one down in the Bahamas. Please don't tell me what it was made of. I thought it was a shellfish. debm55 Feb 25 #96
Conchs are a shell fish displacedvermoter Feb 25 #99
Good That is what I thought I was eating. I agree with you.The shell are beautiful. debm55 Feb 25 #108
we had conch fritters in The Keys, just for the experience yellowdogintexas Feb 26 #135
Thank you, There were street venders all over, I was okay but not something I wound eat again debm55 Feb 26 #140
Dare I ask ---what is it? debm55 Feb 25 #93
Lamb kidneys. greatauntoftriplets Feb 25 #56
Thank you very much, greatauntoftriplets. You are a brave soul. I don;t think I could keep either down. debm55 Feb 25 #90
I just took a small bite. greatauntoftriplets Feb 25 #98
Ika no shio kara - Thin sliced raw squid mixed with heavily salted, fermented squid liver The Polack MSgt Feb 25 #59
Thank you The Polack Msgt. It sounds terrible. debm55 Feb 25 #89
Uni - in the general category of sushi, but not quite, IMO. 3catwoman3 Feb 25 #60
Thank you 3catwoman3. Sorry but that sounds awful. debm55 Feb 25 #85
Chicken livers. OldBaldy1701E Feb 25 #62
Thank you OldBaldy1701E, I use to give that to my cats. debm55 Feb 25 #79
We went to a dim sum restaurant grumpyduck Feb 25 #66
Thank you very. Doubt if I could eat that. debm55 Feb 25 #78
Chitterlings, aka "chittlins". liberaltrucker Feb 25 #69
thank you liberaltrucker. I have never eaten. But saw them in the freezer section of the store. I felt sick just looking debm55 Feb 25 #77
fried or boiled they are disgusting. yellowdogintexas Feb 26 #136
Currant filled doughnut LogDog75 Feb 25 #70
Thank you LogDog75, I don't think I would either. debm55 Feb 25 #76
blue cheese surrealAmerican Feb 25 #72
Thank you surrealAmerican I like it limited amounts in mt salad. But very limited amounts/ debm55 Feb 25 #75
Sea Cucumber, way back in 1977... GReedDiamond Feb 25 #73
Thank you GReedDiamond, I don't know if I could eat it either debm55 Feb 25 #74
Ridiculously spicy chili Shermann Feb 25 #81
Thank you very much Shermann, I had that happen at a restaurant here. I had one teaspoon and could not,would not finish; debm55 Feb 25 #83
Chipped Beef on Toast from my GP6971 Feb 25 #82
Thank you very much GP6971, They would serve in our HS for lunch. I took a PB and J sandwich instead. debm55 Feb 25 #84
Liver and tripe Dr. Shepper Feb 25 #86
Thank you Dr.Shepper. I have eaten liver, Yuk, but never tried tripe. The name , tripe sounds like crap. debm55 Feb 25 #88
Split pea soup. maveric Feb 25 #91
Oh my. I don't like any with peas . I am with you. Sorry your father made you eat it. debm55 Feb 25 #94
Agree with you... Mike Nelson Feb 25 #102
Thank you Mike Nelson. Mother used to make me eat stewed tomatoes with torn pieces of white bread thrown in. debm55 Feb 25 #105
I tried Durian fruit at a Birthday Party in China, once. Maybe the weirdest thing I ever ate. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 25 #104
Thank you very much OAITW r.2.0 What did it taste like? I have heard of it, but never have eaten. debm55 Feb 25 #114
The taste was neutral, kinda like a custard, texturall. The smell though, I remember it being like nothing I smelt OAITW r.2.0 Feb 25 #123
Thank you debm55 Feb 26 #144
Liver 🤢 Clouds Passing Feb 25 #106
Agree. Clouds Passing and include with that the smell when it is cooking. debm55 Feb 25 #111
This is the first time Ive posted this symbol Clouds Passing Feb 25 #112
Thank you Clouds Passing . Always a first for everything. And with liver it is a first. debm55 Feb 25 #117
Eggplant! Squash! (although I can eat fried zucchini) LoisB Feb 25 #107
Thank you LoisB. I love fried zucchini. The other two I can take or leave. It depends on the way it is prepared. debm55 Feb 25 #110
Roquefort Cheese ! stonecutter357 Feb 25 #127
Thank you very much stonecutteer357 for that nasty cheese debm55 Feb 26 #143
Liver eith tomato or ketchup, tripe, brain, pig's ears, b russel sprouts flor-de-jasmim Feb 26 #131
Thank you very much for the yukky foods. Had relatives that would eat pickled pigs feet. debm55 Feb 26 #142
Cauliflower... there is not enough cheese in the world to overcome cauliflower. Norrrm Feb 26 #132
Thank you very much, Norrrm. I agree with the cauliflower and the fried pickles debm55 Feb 26 #141
anchovies, sardines, octopus, squid, oysters, (notice a trend here?) crab yellowdogintexas Feb 26 #137
Thank you yellowdogintexas, I agree whith your list. However, I do like oysters. No organ meat for me eithter. I will debm55 Feb 26 #139
LIVER. UGH! The smell makes me vomit. Seriously. I became vegan years ago but... CousinIT Feb 26 #151
I was always anemic as a kid. so my mother would make it. Said it was good for my blood. My mother isn't a very good debm55 Feb 26 #159
Tripe Zambero Feb 26 #160
Thank you Zambero. I have not or will eat tripe debm55 Feb 26 #161

True Dough

(22,747 posts)
4. I'm with you there
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:13 AM
Feb 25

I usually try to eat a mix of fresh steamed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and chopped kale with a lot of meals.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
138. Thank you very much Historic NY. I didn't know that about the flash frozen veggies', I agree with you on the lima beans.
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 09:17 AM
Feb 26

ariadne0614

(1,944 posts)
16. Same here.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 12:00 PM
Feb 25

It was around 1978 at a funky waterfront bar in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. The experience haunts me to this day.

LeftInTX

(32,761 posts)
63. I cannot stomach menudo....
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 04:15 PM
Feb 25

Everyone eats it, but me....

Menudo: A traditional Mexican soup made with cow's stomach (tripe), hominy, and red chili broth

CrispyQ

(39,494 posts)
7. Peas. I'm at my most diligent when picking peas out of a dish. But...
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:13 AM
Feb 25

I use pea protein for my protein shakes. Add enough choco syrup & anything tastes good!

Hi Deb!

Ocelot II

(124,314 posts)
8. Rocky mountain oysters.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:15 AM
Feb 25
The only way they could have been worse is if they'd been served with Brussels sprouts and red onions.

Ocelot II

(124,314 posts)
27. They are disturbingly rubbery.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 01:30 PM
Feb 25

And it's obvious what they are when you see them. I tasted one on a dare, but even if I hadn't known what it was I'd have hated it. There wasn't much flavor but texture was really nasty, kind of like overcooked liver held together with wood glue.

yellowdogintexas

(23,194 posts)
134. And their Southern Version which comes from pigs
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 02:12 AM
Feb 26

Also called Mountain Oysters, without the 'Rocky' part

Goonch

(3,883 posts)
9. Squid in their own ink
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:19 AM
Feb 25

"Eating squid in its own ink" refers to consuming squid that has been cooked in a sauce made from its own ink sac, creating a dark, rich, and savory dish often found in Mediterranean cuisine, particularly in Spain where it's called "calamares en su tinta"; the ink provides a unique flavor and color to the dish while still being safe to eat" YUCK!

Easterncedar

(4,256 posts)
67. I will take yours!
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 05:48 PM
Feb 25

Loved it back when I lived with someone back in the 80s who knew how to make it. We’d buy blocks of frozen squid at our local grocery store in Ohio and clean them, saving the ink sacs. Not something I can buy anymore.

Easterncedar

(4,256 posts)
109. My parents were interested in good food
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 10:10 PM
Feb 25

And my mother was a wonderful cook. I was very lucky to have them, and am always grateful for the experiences they worked hard to give me and my 6 siblings.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
113. Thank you very much that you had such a loving family that was open to new experiences with your 6 siblings. You are
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 10:20 PM
Feb 25

very lucky.Easterncedar.

Onthefly

(821 posts)
10. Schloss Cheese from Austria. Very strong flavor and smell.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:35 AM
Feb 25

I like most cheeses but this one is extremely odiferous.

EverHopeful

(482 posts)
11. Liverwurst
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:41 AM
Feb 25

is the worst for me

Once hadn't eaten for 4 days and payday was still a day away so when a friend came by with liverwurst I was grateful and thought I'd enjoy it. Nope. Was fine waiting until payday.

EYESORE 9001

(28,067 posts)
12. Lark's tongues in aspic
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:55 AM
Feb 25

I’ve never been offered this dish, but I would not eat it on general principle alone. I don’t know if it’s even a real thing or just the title to a psychedelic rock album. Another thing I wouldn’t eat: ortolan. Not even gonna describe it here.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
39. Thank you EYESORE 9001, Didn't know it was a real thing, Just an album. I won't ask about the other.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 01:51 PM
Feb 25

Polybius

(19,789 posts)
46. What's lark's tongues in aspic?
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 02:19 PM
Feb 25

I looked it up, and all Google told me was that it was the name of some obscure 1973 song by some band called King Crimson.

Edit: Nevermind, I found it - yikes!

mwmisses4289

(912 posts)
48. A dish popular from medieval times to the regency era
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 02:38 PM
Feb 25

(and maybe a bit later if I recall my history correctly). It was the tounges of larks in jelly (think of those weird jello dishes from the 1950's). It was basically a conspicuous consumption type of dish, showing off how wealthy you were. Sort of like the different birds inside each other (turducken ain't a new idea, lol). As far as I know, it had fallen out of favor by the end of the Victorian era.

Polybius

(19,789 posts)
58. Thanks for the info!
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 03:36 PM
Feb 25

Fascinating! I had to look up "turducken" too, and that one actually looks delicious! I've never seen it here in NYC though.

ProfessorGAC

(72,360 posts)
170. Looked This Up Once
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 03:41 PM
Feb 26

Apparently, Roman's & later European monarchy did eat various dishes using larks' tongues.
Was considered a delicacy.
I'm not a fan of gelatinous food, so what is in the aspic barely matters. Panna cotta is one of the only foods that use gelatin I'll eat.
The lark dishes were considered a sign of decadence by the idle rich in Europe.

sinkingfeeling

(55,072 posts)
44. I order liver and onions whenever I see it on a menu. Love calf's liver, because it's more tender.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 02:14 PM
Feb 25

debm55

(44,360 posts)
103. thank you Easterncedar, I heard if it was prepared properly it was good. My mom overcooked everything. The smell of it
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 09:20 PM
Feb 25

with the burnt onions was terrible. to me

Botany

(73,878 posts)
15. Almost anything that was served to me in my time in a nursing home.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:59 AM
Feb 25

I knew I had to eat to build myself back up but some of the things my body would
immediately refuse to accept or go out the back door in an hour or so.

The oatmeal was fine and the milk was OK but they used to serve a 3” egg product
square with some velvety type of cheese on it along with sweet canned fruit in jello.

I would drink the milk, ate some of the toast, and drank the juice. And I love coffee but
theirs was decaf and tasted liked it was brewed with a dirty sock. Door dash, my
son, and my debit card got me through.

Btw getting an Apple tablet and getting back on DU was life saver.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
119. Thank you SheltieLover. Best to make at home. I heard Sonic's food was crappy. Never eaten there. Happy for that
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 10:52 PM
Feb 25

Dorothy V

(311 posts)
18. Escargot. Also, tofu. And oysters.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 12:11 PM
Feb 25

The escargot was in France, no less. Couldn't even finish the first bite.
Tofu is to me a monument to bland crossed with yuch.
Never actually ate oysters. Can't get past the look of them.

Moostache

(10,446 posts)
53. 100% agree on the escargot!
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 03:03 PM
Feb 25

My one and ONLY experience with escargot was in a 5-star restaurant in Las Vegas back in 1997. My wife and I went to Vegas on an anniversary trip and went to dinner at one of the fancy places off the strip. I spit it out into my napkin and downed my drink, my water and a second drink afterward! Disgusting is underselling the experience for me!

Tofu is just bland and texture-lacking to me...the spongy-ness of it is sort of off putting...

I do like bacon-wrapped smoked oysters though...just won't see me sucking them off the half-shell though! Slimy and nasty!

debm55

(44,360 posts)
121. Thank you very much Dorothy V. Never had and never will eat escargot. Yuk. Tofu I like in sweet and sour soup . And I
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:08 PM
Feb 25

love oysters. Prepared any way. In Boston I would get fried oyster sandwiches.

catbyte

(36,773 posts)
19. Lima beans and raw fish sushi
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 12:17 PM
Feb 25

Lima beans are mealy and gross. Raw fish is a texture thing. I ordered it once and my gag reflex kicked in so intensely that it was all I could do to remain composed at the table in the restaurant. Yikes, lol.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
124. Thank you catbyte. I agree with you on your choices. Lima beans are crappy. I never tried raw any thing. I have never
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:18 PM
Feb 25

eaten sushi.

50 Shades Of Blue

(11,117 posts)
20. Once ate a piece of pizza that I didn't realize had an anchovy on it until that foul taste went into my mouth.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 12:29 PM
Feb 25

40 years later I still feel like gagging! (Pizza had NOT been ordered with that topping, and the restaurant was so dark inside I didn't notice it.)

debm55

(44,360 posts)
125. Many years ago , my friends ordered a pizza with everything. I was okay with that as I liked veggies and the meats. Took
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:27 PM
Feb 25

bite and had this crappy salty thing on it.---an anchovy. When to the bathroom and spit it out. I would also have to add sardines to the foods I can't stand also.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
169. Same here. One year we had a teacher who would bring in canned sardines with mustard and crackers. I could not stand it
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 03:32 PM
Feb 26

and ate lunch in my classroom instead of the faculty room

MIButterfly

(296 posts)
21. Brussel sprouts - hard little balls of bitterness
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 12:49 PM
Feb 25

and raw oysters. Years ago, I worked in a restaurant that began adding different menu items every couple of months or so.
They would have meetings so we could taste the new items and could better describe them to the clientele. I liked every single thing except the raw oysters. I had one and never again.

I also don't like peas but if they're in a soup or pot pie or stew, they don't bother me. I do like snap peas though. Go figure.

MIButterfly

(296 posts)
129. Someone told me you're supposed to just swallow raw oysters without chewing them.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:43 PM
Feb 25

Is that true? I seem to recall we also had to try Oysters Casino and I liked that. Maybe it was the bacon!

debm55

(44,360 posts)
149. In my case I have ordered on the half shell. or fried. Raw oysters are swallowed whole. However, I stopped eating when
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 10:20 AM
Feb 26

Last edited Wed Feb 26, 2025, 04:17 PM - Edit history (1)

they put a warning on them , to not eat raw. But they still sold them . The taste is like eating a raw egg with a salty taste.

dickthegrouch

(3,982 posts)
164. Cut a cross into the bottom of the Brussels sprouts
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 03:03 PM
Feb 26

And add a teaspoon of sugar to the water you’re boiling them in. Also remove from the heat as soon as they are soft all the way through.

underpants

(190,020 posts)
174. Brussel sprouts- Satan's little cabbages.
Thu Feb 27, 2025, 07:26 AM
Feb 27

I hated them and my mom used to make them a lot. They smell and taste like sewer.

I swore I’d be part of breaking the cycle with my daughter but every damned foodie restaurant here has their take on it and she likes them.

The honest truth is that every recipe has one goal - make them not taste like brussel sprouts. You could do what some recipes do to a shoe in an effort to make them edible.

MIButterfly

(296 posts)
175. Satan's little cabbages! LOL!
Thu Feb 27, 2025, 03:10 PM
Feb 27

I never heard that before! "The honest truth is that every recipe has one goal - make them not taste like Brussel sprouts." Hilarious! Thank you, underpants, for the good laugh! I'll remember this one for sure!

underpants

(190,020 posts)
176. I hate them with the fire of a thousand suns ☀️
Thu Feb 27, 2025, 03:16 PM
Feb 27

If hate for brussel sprouts were people, I’d be China!

MIButterfly

(296 posts)
177. I always have people telling me it all depends on how they're prepared.
Thu Feb 27, 2025, 03:26 PM
Feb 27

I have absolutely no intention of finding out. Someone once told me to brush them with olive oil and salt and roast them in the oven. Like hell I will. No Brussel sprouts in my house ever!!! I don't even like seeing them in the store.

MIButterfly

(296 posts)
179. Liver - yuck.
Thu Feb 27, 2025, 04:16 PM
Feb 27

My idea of the worst meal ever served would be liver and Brussel sprouts.

They wrap bacon around water chestnuts and chicken liver and call it Rumaki. I don't care what they call it - it's still liver and it's still nasty.

dickthegrouch

(3,982 posts)
22. Anything with bell peppers or chilis
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 01:02 PM
Feb 25

Some restaurants' only flavor profile seems to be from bell peppers or chilis. I can't touch them. Hate the smell.
Means I can't eat anything Mexican, or Indian.
Sadly at this age there's a lot of other things I can't eat either, but those are the absolute worst.

marble falls

(64,796 posts)
36. The only thing I will not eat is high scoville numbered hot sauces. I think I could eat most insects, grubs especially.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 01:49 PM
Feb 25

dickthegrouch

(3,982 posts)
163. I loooove haggis
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 02:56 PM
Feb 26

And its close cousin faggots and pease pudding.
And all these liver haters just have never had it cooked correctly. When dried out it is indeed horrible, but when lightly braised and moist, wonderful IMHO.

IrishBubbaLiberal

(1,402 posts)
43. I really really LOVE Chicken livers w/ onions ❤️
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 02:12 PM
Feb 25

Chicken livers pan grilled with some butter and garlic and grilled onions

Yum Yum Yum!

Add some red wine too

I wish I could eat once a month,
But just enjoy maybe THREE times a year

Get organic fresh chicken livers

dickthegrouch

(3,982 posts)
166. I'm allergic to apricots
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 03:06 PM
Feb 26

Can’t touch even apricot glazed pastry.
Took me a long time to figure that out.

EYESORE 9001

(28,067 posts)
54. I remember an episode of All in the Family
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 03:07 PM
Feb 25

Edith was preparing Archie’s lunch for work, asking if a tongue sandwich would be OK, to which Archie replied that he wouldn’t eat anything that’d been in a cow’s mouth. Edith then suggested a couple of hard-boiled eggs instead.

displacedvermoter

(3,678 posts)
95. Conchs
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:58 PM
Feb 25

Served in various sauces. Italian Xmas Eve specialty, awful.

And it is funny as I have had conch fritters, and they are good, a Caribbean specialty.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
96. Oh I had one down in the Bahamas. Please don't tell me what it was made of. I thought it was a shellfish.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 09:01 PM
Feb 25

yellowdogintexas

(23,194 posts)
135. we had conch fritters in The Keys, just for the experience
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 02:22 AM
Feb 26

Tough and chewy but the taste was nice. I would probably like a stew better

debm55

(44,360 posts)
140. Thank you, There were street venders all over, I was okay but not something I wound eat again
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 09:41 AM
Feb 26

greatauntoftriplets

(177,511 posts)
56. Lamb kidneys.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 03:11 PM
Feb 25

They tasted like piss. This was in Ireland, and was a mixed grill so there were other, more palatable things on the plate. I took one bite of the thing.

Cow tongue. The texture is icky.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
90. Thank you very much, greatauntoftriplets. You are a brave soul. I don;t think I could keep either down.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:52 PM
Feb 25

The Polack MSgt

(13,556 posts)
59. Ika no shio kara - Thin sliced raw squid mixed with heavily salted, fermented squid liver
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 03:51 PM
Feb 25

Usually served as a sauce on hot white rice.

I spent a long time in Asia (more than a decade) and have been married to an asian woman for 38 years.

I routinely eat things most Americans would balk at, but this one is a solid no.

Not just no but HELL NO

3catwoman3

(26,534 posts)
60. Uni - in the general category of sushi, but not quite, IMO.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 04:02 PM
Feb 25

I love most sushi and sashimi. Not this.

From Google - Uni sushi is a Japanese dish made from the gonads of sea urchins. It's a delicacy that's often eaten raw as nigiri sushi or sashimi. Uni has a creamy texture, light, sweet, and briny flavor, and is sometimes served with a raw quail egg.

The uni I had was absolutely horrible - it not only tasted awful, but also felt furry in my mouth. I'm told maybe it wasn't as fresh as it should have been. I've never been brave enough to try again.

grumpyduck

(6,660 posts)
66. We went to a dim sum restaurant
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 05:07 PM
Feb 25

with friends a number of years ago. They loved the stuff, so we let them order. Soon plates of complete (head, tail, everything) critters show up. Our friends proceeded to happily dissect and eat the offerings, but we were a bit, ah, creeped out. We managed to eat some of it, but let's say we were still hungry when we left.

I've eaten lobster, crab, softshell crab, cornish game hens, oysters, escargot, chicken wings, and lots of other things, but those plates of complete critters were like something out of a horror movie.

More recently, one of the dishes at a pot-luck lunch was crayfish. The lady across from me disassembled one and ate it, but I had to pass.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
77. thank you liberaltrucker. I have never eaten. But saw them in the freezer section of the store. I felt sick just looking
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:09 PM
Feb 25

them

yellowdogintexas

(23,194 posts)
136. fried or boiled they are disgusting.
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 02:26 AM
Feb 26

One time someone held a chitterling fundraiser, you could get them fried or boiled.
There was a rather large crowd and you could smell it all over town

BLECCHH

LogDog75

(401 posts)
70. Currant filled doughnut
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 06:48 PM
Feb 25

I was in England and I stopped by a bakery to pick up some donuts. I bought the usual and saw a currant filled doughnut and decided to give it a try. When I got home it tried and and almost threw-up vomited when I saw the currant filling. The currant berries were crushed where I took a bite and the berries looked like dead files. I never ate another currant filled doughnut again.

GReedDiamond

(5,433 posts)
73. Sea Cucumber, way back in 1977...
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 07:32 PM
Feb 25

...at a Korean restaurant in Los Angeles.

This was a meal with my new Korean wife and her family, who were visiting from South Korea.

I almost threw-up all over the table.

Shermann

(8,914 posts)
81. Ridiculously spicy chili
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:18 PM
Feb 25

I ordered it in a popular local restaurant, and it had a warning on the menu. I shrugged that off and ordered it. It was so spicy I could only eat a spoonful or two and was in serious pain. I went home hungry.

I'm actually something of a chili head now so I can't say I wouldn't try it again. Building up your heat tolerance takes time.

As for foods I wouldn't try again I'll go with Brussels sprouts.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
83. Thank you very much Shermann, I had that happen at a restaurant here. I had one teaspoon and could not,would not finish;
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:26 PM
Feb 25

It was hot.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
84. Thank you very much GP6971, They would serve in our HS for lunch. I took a PB and J sandwich instead.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:33 PM
Feb 25

debm55

(44,360 posts)
88. Thank you Dr.Shepper. I have eaten liver, Yuk, but never tried tripe. The name , tripe sounds like crap.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:43 PM
Feb 25

maveric

(16,838 posts)
91. Split pea soup.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:53 PM
Feb 25

My father used to make it with pieces of ham fat in it. Disgusting.

And the prick would make me eat it.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
94. Oh my. I don't like any with peas . I am with you. Sorry your father made you eat it.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 08:57 PM
Feb 25

Mike Nelson

(10,543 posts)
102. Agree with you...
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 09:20 PM
Feb 25

... on liver. I would add brussels sprouts, lima beans, and stewed tomatoes. Love raw tomatoes... but stewed is awful.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
105. Thank you Mike Nelson. Mother used to make me eat stewed tomatoes with torn pieces of white bread thrown in.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 09:27 PM
Feb 25

I it

OAITW r.2.0

(30,015 posts)
104. I tried Durian fruit at a Birthday Party in China, once. Maybe the weirdest thing I ever ate.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 09:20 PM
Feb 25

The smell and taste did not jive with the texture of this fruit,

debm55

(44,360 posts)
114. Thank you very much OAITW r.2.0 What did it taste like? I have heard of it, but never have eaten.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 10:28 PM
Feb 25

OAITW r.2.0

(30,015 posts)
123. The taste was neutral, kinda like a custard, texturall. The smell though, I remember it being like nothing I smelt
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 11:17 PM
Feb 25

before. Kinda repulsive, but attractive, at the same time. Weird. like I said, like nothing else I have encountered, food-wise.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
110. Thank you LoisB. I love fried zucchini. The other two I can take or leave. It depends on the way it is prepared.
Tue Feb 25, 2025, 10:11 PM
Feb 25

Norrrm

(1,253 posts)
132. Cauliflower... there is not enough cheese in the world to overcome cauliflower.
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 12:33 AM
Feb 26

Fried pickles... once in a lifetime is plenty.

yellowdogintexas

(23,194 posts)
137. anchovies, sardines, octopus, squid, oysters, (notice a trend here?) crab
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 02:35 AM
Feb 26

However, we ate anchovies and sardines in Spain which were very fresh and cooked just like any other fish. They were quite good. However we could not get past the octopus rings chewy and strange but they did look like onion rings.

Brains and eggs. In Evansville Indiana there is a huge fall festival with all kinds of food from little booths and the most popular booth was the fried brain sandwiches. (the festival is actually an amazing fundraiser for lots of little groups like highschool bands, etc.) However the brain sandwiches looked like a chicken fried steak sandwich.

Pretty much all organ meat except really fresh calves or veal liver.

I have never tried menudo or tripe and never will.

Is Durian the fruit that is also called the Rotten Fruit because it smells so bad. SOmewhere out on the internet there is a video of cats being offered Durian. All of them react badly to it but the funniest is the one that tries to bury it

debm55

(44,360 posts)
139. Thank you yellowdogintexas, I agree whith your list. However, I do like oysters. No organ meat for me eithter. I will
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 09:29 AM
Feb 26

have to look up Durian as I never eaten it.

CousinIT

(11,248 posts)
151. LIVER. UGH! The smell makes me vomit. Seriously. I became vegan years ago but...
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 10:26 AM
Feb 26

My mom cooked liver and onions when I was a kid/teen.

I LITERALLY HAD TO LEAVE THE HOUSE. I could NOT stand the smell of it.

I tasted it once and -- same. Vomited all over the kitchen table. They never asked me to "try it" again.

It is the NASTIEST goddamned stuff besides maybe maggot-infested shit itself.

BLECH, BLECH and TRIPLE BLECH.

debm55

(44,360 posts)
159. I was always anemic as a kid. so my mother would make it. Said it was good for my blood. My mother isn't a very good
Wed Feb 26, 2025, 11:09 AM
Feb 26

cook. As soon as I came home the smell of the liver and onions would make me sick. She would put a guilt trip on me that the liver would make me better health wise. I never knew if it was onions or the liver that made me sick. But it did.I still can recall the smell.

Latest Discussions»The DU Lounge»Name the worst food/foods...