# 50 of the worst things to eat ever ..... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 14, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658 "2016-12-14T03:11:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CoastalMaineiac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/21 "2016-12-15T00:55:05Z")
What? [Kiviak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiviak) didn’t make the list? Surströmming? ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/22 "2016-12-15T01:44:59Z")
There’s dark chocolate. Then milk chocolate. Unsweetened chocolate is good for baking. Cocoa powder, sugar butter and milk equals fudge. You get the point. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/23 "2016-12-15T17:05:12Z")
Isn’t most table salt mined anyway? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/24 "2016-12-15T19:29:30Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > There’s dark chocolate. Then milk chocolate. Unsweetened chocolate is good for baking. Cocoa powder, sugar butter and milk equals fudge. > > You get the point. Sort of like that bit from whatever live concert about chocolate cake for breakfast - milk, flour, eggs, sugar … and I do actually agree, why is a bowl of cereal made of wheat with sugar and milk with a slice of toast with butter and jam and a cup of coffee OK, and effectively the same ingredients aren’t? While I tend to prefer stuff like eggs in some form [mmmmmm runny poached eggs with toast] and a couple pieces of bacon [and I am ok with it being pork, turkey or beef based, and have occasionally had vegetarian bacon made from seitan and enjoyed them though vegan cheese sucks] because I don’t have the strongest sweet tooth, I have nothing against a good bowl of cereal [though I admit I prefer homemade granola to store bought stuff, mainly because I can pick and choose what goes into it] WHile I wouldn’t want to give one of my goddaughters a twinky every day for breakfast, but what is the real difference between a piece of pound cake or a breakfast muffin? Carrot cake and carrot cake muffin? Yet it is more acceptable to eat a carrot cake muffin for breakfast than a slice of carrot cake yet back when I was working a restaurant I saw the same tub of mix being used for both products, and when I worked for US Foodservice I sold hotels the same tubs of batter that were used for breakfast muffins and dessert cakes … ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/25 "2016-12-15T19:37:10Z")
well one of the things ive seen over and over on these sites are things like "don’t use microwavable containers because they leak poisonous gasses and he like in your food " or food dyes cause almost every mental ailment in kids … ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/26 "2016-12-15T19:39:49Z")
Guys, are we really questioning such well known sources like “Talia Fuhrman, author of Love Your Body?” What do “Jen Hansard and Jadah Sellner, authors of Simple Green Smoothies” have to gain by telling us not to be pre-made smoothies? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/27 "2016-12-15T21:38:41Z")
One of my favorite proverbs: Eat healthy. Exercise regularly. Die anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/28 "2016-12-15T21:48:50Z")
Cite is not working for me. I click on the slide show but it just takes me to another article. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/29 "2016-12-15T22:08:06Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Everyone who’s 79. People who are 95 even more so. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/30 "2016-12-16T03:11:03Z")
My judge for foods not to eat is the React channel: [PEOPLE VS. FOOD - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL73YndQawY3MC79qrr7Oj7Cq_I2iQvJao) (kids vs. tripe is my current favorite) ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/31 "2016-12-20T12:57:38Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Reminds of a customer at my store who wanted “fresh” salt, and wanted to know the “use by” date because she didn’t want “spoiled” salt. Bwuh? 😕 > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Did you point out that tge salt was millions of years old when it was put into containers? Millions? Salt is potentially _billions_ of years old! Naw, didn’t say a word, didn’t roll my eyes - I’m there to sell stuff, not educate people. > [@Kimballkid](#): > > Isn’t most table salt mined anyway? Yep. Although most large salt deposits are the dried remains of ancient seas, so even if it’s mined, it’s also arguably sea salt, too. It’s just that the mined stuff is usually (though not always) refined to remove impurities like trilobite shit. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/32 "2016-12-20T13:45:53Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Cite is not working for me. I click on the slide show but it just takes me to another article. 😕 You need to back up. Don’t go forward. The article is a piece of shit and reads like it was written by the Food Babe. Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/33 "2016-12-20T19:24:30Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > … > Although most large salt deposits are the dried remains of ancient seas… Think of it as a fish poop reduction, to put it in foodie terms. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658/34 "2016-12-20T19:59:58Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Melted cheese is one of the Food Groups, isn’t it? Of course. It’s an essential source of melted cheese vitamins. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/50-of-the-worst-things-to-eat-ever/774658.md?page=1)