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True Dough
(22,747 posts)Gotta know.
debm55
(44,360 posts)
True Dough
(22,747 posts)I usually try to eat a mix of fresh steamed broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and chopped kale with a lot of meals.
debm55
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Historic NY
(38,862 posts)The difference is barely discernable
https://www.goodrx.com/well-being/diet-nutrition/frozen-vs-fresh-veggies]
debm55
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Ugh
debm55
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True Dough
(22,747 posts)like something gross.
"You're eating that tripe again?"
ariadne0614
(1,944 posts)It was around 1978 at a funky waterfront bar in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. The experience haunts me to this day.
debm55
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LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)Everyone eats it, but me....
Menudo: A traditional Mexican soup made with cow's stomach (tripe), hominy, and red chili broth
debm55
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CrispyQ
(39,494 posts)I use pea protein for my protein shakes. Add enough choco syrup & anything tastes good!
Hi Deb!
debm55
(44,360 posts)Ocelot II
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debm55
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Ocelot II
(124,314 posts)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.
debm55
(44,360 posts)
yellowdogintexas
(23,194 posts)Also called Mountain Oysters, without the 'Rocky' part
Goonch
(3,883 posts)
"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!
debm55
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Easterncedar
(4,256 posts)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.
debm55
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Easterncedar
(4,256 posts)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)very lucky.Easterncedar.
Onthefly
(821 posts)I like most cheeses but this one is extremely odiferous.
debm55
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EverHopeful
(482 posts)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.
debm55
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EYESORE 9001
(28,067 posts)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
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Polybius
(19,789 posts)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)(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)Fascinating! I had to look up "turducken" too, and that one actually looks delicious! I've never seen it here in NYC though.
debm55
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ProfessorGAC
(72,360 posts)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.
TommieMommy
(1,851 posts)debm55
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sinkingfeeling
(55,072 posts)Easterncedar
(4,256 posts)I love a little bacon along with it, too.
debm55
(44,360 posts)with the burnt onions was terrible. to me
debm55
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justaprogressive
(3,385 posts)Creamed corn....
debm55
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leftieNanner
(15,937 posts)My dad used to mix it in scrambled eggs.
debm55
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Botany
(73,878 posts)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.
yardwork
(66,277 posts)It's so good to have you back.
debm55
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SheltieLover
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OldBaldy1701E
(7,691 posts)SheltieLover
(66,687 posts)Maybe their taste buds have been deep fried?
debm55
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Dorothy V
(311 posts)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)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
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debm55
(44,360 posts)love oysters. Prepared any way. In Boston I would get fried oyster sandwiches.
Demovictory9
(35,415 posts)catbyte
(36,773 posts)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)eaten sushi.
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,117 posts)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)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.
50 Shades Of Blue
(11,117 posts)debm55
(44,360 posts)and ate lunch in my classroom instead of the faculty room
MIButterfly
(296 posts)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.
hedda_foil
(16,694 posts)debm55
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MIButterfly
(296 posts)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)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)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)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)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)If hate for brussel sprouts were people, I’d be China!
MIButterfly
(296 posts)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.
debm55
(44,360 posts)MIButterfly
(296 posts)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)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.
debm55
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regnaD kciN
(26,976 posts)…no competition.
marble falls
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spooky3
(37,361 posts)I’ll take your mixed vegetables!
debm55
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RoadRunner
(4,649 posts)Snails that pop when you bite. Did it once, never again.
marble falls
(64,796 posts)debm55
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debm55
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marble falls
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Tarzanrock
(708 posts)Sorry, Scotland.
debm55
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dickthegrouch
(3,982 posts)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)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
marble falls
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rsdsharp
(10,670 posts)debm55
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rsdsharp
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mwmisses4289
(912 posts)How any one can eat that stuff is beyond me!
debm55
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dickthegrouch
(3,982 posts)Can’t touch even apricot glazed pastry.
Took me a long time to figure that out.
debm55
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Demovictory9
(35,415 posts)debm55
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Demovictory9
(35,415 posts)Sometimes it's not taste but texture.
debm55
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OLDMDDEM
(2,455 posts)EYESORE 9001
(28,067 posts)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.
debm55
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JoseBalow
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LeftInTX
(32,761 posts)But, I hate menudo. I can't stomach that tripe!
JoseBalow
(7,240 posts)I never touch the stuff!
debm55
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debm55
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displacedvermoter
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displacedvermoter
(3,678 posts)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
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displacedvermoter
(3,678 posts)They have beautiful shells.
debm55
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yellowdogintexas
(23,194 posts)Tough and chewy but the taste was nice. I would probably like a stew better
debm55
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debm55
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greatauntoftriplets
(177,511 posts)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
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greatauntoftriplets
(177,511 posts)They were disgusting.
The Polack MSgt
(13,556 posts)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
debm55
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3catwoman3
(26,534 posts)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.
debm55
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OldBaldy1701E
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debm55
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grumpyduck
(6,660 posts)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
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liberaltrucker
(9,154 posts)Pig intestines, yuck!
debm55
(44,360 posts)them
yellowdogintexas
(23,194 posts)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)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.
debm55
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surrealAmerican
(11,609 posts)I get that a lot of people love it. To me, it just tastes wrong.
debm55
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GReedDiamond
(5,433 posts)...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.
debm55
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Shermann
(8,914 posts)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)It was hot.
GP6971
(34,566 posts)army days. Haven't touched it since.
debm55
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Dr. Shepper
(3,153 posts)I absolutely detest.
debm55
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maveric
(16,838 posts)My father used to make it with pieces of ham fat in it. Disgusting.
And the prick would make me eat it.
debm55
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Mike Nelson
(10,543 posts)... on liver. I would add brussels sprouts, lima beans, and stewed tomatoes. Love raw tomatoes... but stewed is awful.
debm55
(44,360 posts)I it
OAITW r.2.0
(30,015 posts)The smell and taste did not jive with the texture of this fruit,
debm55
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OAITW r.2.0
(30,015 posts)before. Kinda repulsive, but attractive, at the same time. Weird. like I said, like nothing else I have encountered, food-wise.
debm55
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Clouds Passing
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Clouds Passing
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debm55
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LoisB
(10,173 posts)debm55
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stonecutter357
(12,833 posts)debm55
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flor-de-jasmim
(2,205 posts)debm55
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Norrrm
(1,253 posts)Fried pickles... once in a lifetime is plenty.
debm55
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yellowdogintexas
(23,194 posts)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)have to look up Durian as I never eaten it.
CousinIT
(11,248 posts)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)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.
or anything flavored by it. Menudo comes to mind.
debm55
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