# Foods I Hate
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 22, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276 "2000-11-22T13:37:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/1 "2000-11-22T13:37:52Z")
I like virtually _everything_, except the following, which for some reason I _can’t stand_:
**Red licorice**. I don’t know why, but I _can’t stand_ red licorice. Yet black licorice is my favorite.
**Tomatoes**. Nasty, squishy, and slimy. I’ve always hated tomatoes.
**Mushrooms**. Yuck.
**Liver**. Just the thought of eating an organ designed to filter blood makes me want to puke.
\*\* Hard Liquor.\*\* I _love_ beer, but whisky tastes like gasoline.
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### Author:  [@Carina42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carina42)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/2 "2000-11-22T13:47:16Z")
Soda pop in ANY form.
Anything made with nutrasweet or the like; horrid aftertaste.
hot dogs, boloney, any kind of artificially coloured mystery meat.
Sweet & sour anything.
Cat food. ick.
Shredded wheat.
Poi.
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### Author:  [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/3 "2000-11-22T13:48:37Z")
Yeah.
Liver - any organ meat really. Bluh.
Eggplant - it’s the texture.
Most squash -
And … drumroll…my #1 all time blech?
Cream of Wheat.
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### Author:  [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/4 "2000-11-22T14:09:23Z")
Liver
Wax beans
Lentils
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### Author:  [@Corixidae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corixidae)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/5 "2000-11-22T14:22:23Z")
Gah, liver is an affront to God. Kidney pie too.
Brussels sprouts are nasty.
Can’t abide most types of squash, although I love zucchini.
Calamari.
Avocados, except in guacamole. One of my (now ex-) staffers brought in something he called “avocado pie” – avocados whipped with Cool Whip, then put in a graham-cracker crust. Horrendous. Unbelievably bad. How this **EVER** occurred to anyone…
Mangos and papayas. Both way too sweet.
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### Author:  [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/6 "2000-11-22T14:23:48Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Commander Fortune \*
> \*\*Yeah.
>
> Liver - any organ meat really. Bluh.
> Eggplant - it’s the texture.
> Most squash -
>
> And … drumroll…my #1 all time blech?
>
> Cream of Wheat.
> \*\*
Aw, c’mon! I love Cream of Wheat! Especially the box: the guy with the hat serving up a piping hot bowl of C of W. Mmmmm.
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### Author:  [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/7 "2000-11-22T15:46:08Z")
Creamed corn. Just the way it looks – ugh.
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### Author:  [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/8 "2000-11-22T16:11:25Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Crafter\_Man \*
> \*\*I like virtually _everything_, except the following, which for some reason I _can’t stand_:
>
> **Red licorice**. I don’t know why, but I _can’t stand_ red licorice. Yet black licorice is my favorite.
> \*\*
I’m with you on the licorice thing. I hate both red and black. Actually, the black is even worse than red, IMHO. Licorice IS NOT candy. It’s just gross.
Liver.
Sweet Potatoes.
Brussel Sprouts.
Eggplant.
“Cookies and Cream” flavored anything, specifically ice cream.
Peaches.
Peach-flavored Iced Tea.
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### Author:  [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/9 "2000-11-22T16:18:35Z")
Onions. It is not the taste I mind (onion salt and power are good flavorers)- it is the texture. You bite innocently into a hamburger or take a spoonful of baked beans, and there is this nasty hard crunchy sliver of something between your teeth. Yuck. Onions in salsa, or all black and crunchy with pirogies or the dread liver (yum. Particularly chicken livers) are acceptable.
Tomatoes belong smashed up into pulp flavored with oregano, parmesan cheese, a tiny bit of habanero (sp) pepper and a bit of sugar, heated well, and smeared over pasta or bread products. Tomatoes **do not** belong raw in any form save salsa.
I drink Coke or Pepsi with pizza, wings, or when I am at Primanti Bros (hold the tomato), but for the most part I think it tastes like battery acid.
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### Author:  [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/10 "2000-11-22T16:29:20Z")
I’ll second most of the OP’s list.
Except, I got no problem with Red Licorice. Black licorice on the other hand ought to be eradicated from the universe.
And marshmellows. Ugh, I can’t even touch them without gagging.
But, I’m starting to change my tune a little on some mushrooms. I’ll certainly not go out of my way to eat them, but I won’t refuse a slice of pizza with mushrooms on it. Those big portabello suckers? Yeesh, I can’t imagine chewing on that and keeping it down.
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### Author:  [@PurePhreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurePhreak)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/11 "2000-11-22T16:46:54Z")
liver
tounge
and Kinsey why don’t you like peaches
mmm… peaches
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### Author:  [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/12 "2000-11-22T17:07:29Z")
Cabbage, artichoke, okra, cauliflower, brussel sprouts
Every organ meat _but_ liver (liver’n onions! mmmm!)
Coffee (can’t drink the stuff myself, can’t stand coffee-breath in others)
Durian (this Asian stuff tastes like aluminum licorice)
Rocky Mountain Oysters (they might taste okay, but I’m unwilling to find out; I’m not letting testicles anywhere near my mouth)
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### Author:  [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/13 "2000-11-22T17:09:07Z")
Steak, fish, and any licorice except brown twizzlers. That and any kind of nuts.
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### Author:  [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/14 "2000-11-22T17:09:33Z")
Banana’s are pure evil. I have literally dispised Banana’s since I was a baby, and even the smell makes me ill to this day.
Tomatoes need to be cooked.
Liver/Kidney - Their job is to filter toxins from the body, lets put the toxins back in, Yea!! Not to mention the texture is rather icky as well.
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### Author:  [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/15 "2000-11-22T17:57:02Z")
There are a few things I don’t like, and thus don’t eat, but only two things I actually **hate:**
Rhubarb and oysters.
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### Author:  [@boli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boli)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/16 "2000-11-22T18:08:35Z")
Ahh, foods I hate. There are so many, I don’t even know where to start.
The biggie: seafood. I’m talking any conceivable type of seafood. Tuna, shrimp, lobster, oysters, fish… sweet jesus, I’m getting sick to my stomach even typing those words. The only person I’ve ever known that hates seafood as much as I do is my sister.
Liver, mushrooms, black and green olives, cooked carrots, alfredo sauce, mustard, beets, peanuts (actually, ANY nuts), chocolate, anything peach-, apple-, watermelon- or wintergreen- flavored, well, you get the idea. I won’t touch any of that stuff.
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### Author:  [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/17 "2000-11-22T18:26:44Z")
Banannas
squash
eggplant
zuchinni
mushrooms (although a few on a pizza is OK)
unsweetened tea (yep, I’m from the south)
chocolate flavored foodstuffs (ie ice cream and cake)
dark chocolate
asparagus (they are vile)
runny eggs
I’m sure that there are a few more. That’s all that I can think of right now. Some things that are characterized as foods people hate, like spinach and broccoli, are foods I like.
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### Author:  [@Scarred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarred)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/18 "2000-11-22T18:54:45Z")
Mrs. Scarred is not allowed to bring sauerkraut or liver into the house. I will allow asparagus, as long as she warns me ahead of time so I can get my own dinner and then sleep in a different room than her.
My daughter hates anything that’s not white. I can’t count the number of dinners that looked like: plain pasta, cauliflower, and jicama. A couple nights ago I refused to make pasta unless she tried sauce. She took the sauce on the side and was dunking individual strands of spaghetti into it. You take what you can get…
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### Author:  [@Wildest\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wildest_Bill)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/19 "2000-11-22T19:02:22Z")
LIVER LIVER LIVER this has got to be the grossest food ever. When people order it at Luby’s I look at them like they are idiots with no taste.
Second that gross red stewed ocra stuff. My dad made me eat it when I was a kid and I threw up.
But I like fried ocra.
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### Author:  [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-hate/42276/20 "2000-11-22T22:03:37Z")
These top the list:
raw tomatoes (cooked ones I love)
cucumbers
anything very sour, especially all citrus fruits except pineapple
bean sprouts
cauliflower (looks like a giant tumour)
pork – that distinctive pork flavour. Ham is great, though.
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