# Are there food items that you automatically say you do not like... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 24, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025 "2018-11-24T20:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/41 "2018-11-25T20:45:00Z")
[Well, I was going to express a dislike of squid, but I guess babies top my list](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0549.html) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/42 "2018-11-25T23:07:54Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > My mom made [Indiana sugar cream pie](https://www.saveur.com/sugar-cream-pie-recipe) for Thanksgiving last week. I actually laughed when she was listing off the ingredients. Sounds dreadful. How does that recipe even work? I was thinking there would be eggs in it to make it a custard pie. But the filling is sugar, flour, and cream. There’s no eggs or gelatin or tapioca or cornstarch. And it’s not frozen. Can a half a cup of flour really set two cups of liquid? It seems like it would just fall apart as soon as you cut a slice. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/43 "2018-11-25T23:11:27Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Anything spicy hot or with hot peppers. Or bugs. I love chocolate, but I won’t eat chocolate-covered termites. Right, too spicy and I am out, and I see no reason to eat bugs. I did eat some fried grasshoppers and grub while doing a survival thing, and that is enough. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/44 "2018-11-25T23:15:09Z")
Squash and okra. I never found them appealing. I probably tried a few bites in childhood, but don’t remember. Okra is slimy. Squash looks gross. > **[Simple Zucchini and Squash Recipe - Southern Plate](https://www.southernplate.com/squashzucchini/)** > > Quick and easy, this simple but sensational sauteed zucchini and squash recipe makes the perfect healthy summer side dish for any meal. People constantly ask me to try butternut squash. I admit it looks tasty. [https://goo.gl/images/yrm13w](https://goo.gl/images/yrm13w) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/45 "2018-11-25T23:22:18Z")
On my “nooooope” list: - Mushrooms - Olives - Mustard - Pickles - Deviled eggs Yes, I’ve tried them, more than once. No, I really, really don’t like them. No, I’m not willing to try them again. No, I don’t think that I’m going to change my mind about them at this point. Yes, I know I’m a fussy eater. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/46 "2018-11-25T23:29:08Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > I don’t avoid gluten, and found them quite tasty. Too pricey for routine purchase, but the crust was crispy and flavorful. Once your taste buds accept the fact that you are eating pizza that is not on top of some sort of bread, it is quite good. Unsurprisingly, it tastes best with all-veg toppings. I had it for the first time last week, and while I probably wouldn’t seek it out, I would happily eat it if served to me. Ordinary things I don’t/won’t eat are few, but they include bleu cheese, cranberry sauce from the can, black coffee, and orange marmalade. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/47 "2018-11-25T23:45:53Z")
Lamb and veal but not so much on taste as on principle. If I’m going to devour an animal, I’d rather wait until it’s an adult. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/48 "2018-11-25T23:57:53Z")
No. Not that the household diet, when I was growing up, wasn’t all that varied. Mom had a “you have to at least try it” rule for stuff that did find it’s way to the table. I’ve been pretty experimental as an adult. I don’t know if I don’t try, after all. There’s still stuff I haven’t wanted to try. I won’t say I don’t like them, though. ---
**Author:** ![motu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/motu/32/259_2.png) [@motu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motu)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/49 "2018-11-26T00:09:13Z")
Raw onions. I cook with them all the time but I cannot stand raw onions. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/50 "2018-11-26T00:17:50Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > …but you’ve never really had? Or, you’ve had it so long ago, you’re not even sure what it tastes like, but you “know” you don’t like it? > > Maybe it’s only me, but I do this weird thing that is a bit hard to explain. I am absolutely adamant that I hate such foods, and I have zero interest in actually trying them to see if it is actually true. I get defensive when I come up against the “how do you know…” argument, and that only hardens my resistance. > > A few I can think of off the top of my head: > > [ul] > [li]Cranberry sauce[/li][li]Egg nog[/li][li]Beets[/li][li]Nutella[/li][/ul] > > I suspect I’m the only one on earth, but I thought I’d ask. > mmm > > ETA: Thought of another: Any fancy coffee drink (and by ‘fancy’, I mean anything other than black coffee) Nutelle and egg nog are incredible. Not together, but they are great. Cranberry sauce is good, but nothing special. Beets suck. As for me, The only thing is crawfish. I go to a buffet sometimes that has crawfish, but I refuse to eat it because I don’t know how (don’t want to eat a bunch of sharp shells), and I’m scared of parasites (even though it has been properly prepared). ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/51 "2018-11-26T00:25:52Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Squash and okra. > > I never found them appealing. I probably tried a few bites in childhood, but don’t remember. > > Okra is slimy. > > Squash looks gross. > [Simple Zucchini and Squash Recipe](https://www.southernplate.com/squashzucchini/) > > People constantly ask me to try butternut squash. I admit it looks tasty. > > [https://goo.gl/images/yrm13w](https://goo.gl/images/yrm13w) Unless you or your family pronounce it “ok-ree,” you probably won’t like it. I love seafood, but have never tried raw oysters. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/52 "2018-11-26T06:18:41Z")
Coagulated blood is often served in soup. The taste is OK but I’m squeamish about eating it. Fried rat seems disgusting, but I’ve probably eaten some unknowingly. But the funniest story took place in one of Bangkok’s girlie bars. Three girls invited me to eat with them. By now I know that such an invitation is just a meaningless polite gesture like asking “How are you?” But I sat down and started dipping sticky rice into the plate to eat what they were eating. The bar was dimly lit so I had no idea what it was. When the snack was almost gone, the food became visible: I could see silhouettes of insect parts, like housefly wings, against the plate. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/53 "2018-11-26T06:23:58Z")
I realized I did that several years ago and generally have stopped doing it, but it turns out that a lot of the foods that I did it with are still yucky, or still yucky in most forms, and also in my list of asthma triggers. Canned mussels don’t trigger my asthma, but I never met one I liked; fresh ones can be yummy but I dislike not being able to breathe. Depending on who I’m dealing with, “I don’t like it” is more acceptable than “it’s one of my asthma triggers” when the food in question is one that’s not necessarily to everybody’s taste. In Belgium I’d explain mussels trigger my asthma, in Spain I say I don’t like them, and either way works to keep the yucky ones away from me and the yummy ones away from _by ggogged doze_. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/54 "2018-11-26T07:46:47Z")
I thought of one relatively common food I won’t eat; venison. That’s based on a specific health concern. I know that there are no reported cases of CWD being transmitted to humans via eating deer meat. But I think it’s a realistic possibility. My understanding is that other similar diseases can be dormant for decades before being diagnosed. ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/55 "2018-11-26T12:32:30Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > [Brassica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica) is probably what you’re looking for here. It covers broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, turnips, kale and (I hadn’t realized before reading the wikipedia page just now) canola/rape and mustard. I actually happen to like two of those things (and only two): broccoli and cabbage. The others, I wouldn’t deign to even try! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/56 "2018-11-26T20:13:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I thought of one relatively common food I won’t eat; venison. That’s based on a specific health concern. > > I know that there are no reported cases of CWD being transmitted to humans via eating deer meat. But I think it’s a realistic possibility. My understanding is that other similar diseases can be dormant for decades before being diagnosed. CWD? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/57 "2018-11-26T20:31:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > CWD? 😕 Chronic Wasting Disease is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy which affects deer, cattle, sheep and humans and is associated with prions. When affecting humans, it’s known as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease. ---
**Author:** ![Ashtura](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ashtura/32/2963_2.png) [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/58 "2018-11-26T20:46:12Z")
I cannot think of a food I’ve been offered and refused. I wouldn’t do that. I’d try most things once offered to me unless I had a moral objection to it (like dog). However, there are certain things I cannot recall having but assume I wouldn’t like. 1. Most types of sushi 2. Haggis 3. Oysters 4. Brain anything 5. Blood anything 6. Tongue anything 7. Insect anything Basically, if it looks like it was featured in the dinner scene in Temple of Doom, no thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/59 "2018-11-26T20:47:07Z")
I tend to be pretty easy to feed, or at least I try to be. My wife and I have a small but significant number of overlapping food likes/dislikes. She loves eggplant and roasted squash, which I strongly dislike. I love broccoli and olives, and she can’t stand 'em. But when it’s her turn to cook, you know I’m gonna eat what she makes, because that’s just how it goes. The closest I come to the sort of dislike described above is fake baked goods. Vegan brownies, spelt bread, almond-flour lemon cake, Xylitol-sweetened cookies–whatever it is, I’m pretty prejudiced against it. My mom is borderline diabetic and way more interested in what she eats than I am (and always has been, whether it was Weight Watchers in the eighties or veganism or Atkins diet or 70s-style vegetarianism or the Cabbage Soup diet or what have you), and loves to make alt-bakery items like these and tell me about all the odd substitutions she’s used for flour and sugar. I’ll take a couple of bites to be polite, but my inner monologue is super snarky. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025/60 "2018-11-26T22:36:36Z")
I like offal. When the opportunity presents itself, I enjoy kidneys, liver, sweetbreads, tripe, etc. But I have never eaten brains, nor wanted to. The last-published story by underground cartoonist **Dori Seda** was “Let’s Eat Brains.” The following link includes the final two panels, in which Dori finally tastes her roomate’s vaunted brains recipe and immediately heaves it back up. > **[Dori Seda](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/seda_dori.htm)** > > Dori Seda was an American alternative comic artist who blossomed in the 1980s. She wrote and drew several tragicomical autobiographical stories which depict the seedy side of life. A talented artist, she was able to write funny stories with sometimes... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-food-items-that-you-automatically-say-you-do-not-like/825025.md?page=4)