Peas
Raisins
Lima Beans
Squash
Sweet Potatoes
Mustard - not quite a food but related
Fortunately you have erred on the side of reality, because you do, in fact, like the one and only real licorice. There is no red licorice, only black, so there really is no need for discussion.
Being a total omnivore (if it stands still long enough I’ll eat it), there are very few things that put me off my kibble. The few things that do are:
[li]Fried liver[/li]
Come on, we’re talking about fried mud here, not food. I love pates and liverwurst but cannot eat fried liver for the life of me.
[li]Shredded dried coconut[/li]
Packing materials hold more appeal for me than this abomination. I love fresh coconut and coconut milk, but the dried stuff is inedible.
[li]Bitter melon[/li]
How anyone is able to choke this stuff down is beyond me.
Mike, my Korean sushi chef friend fed me a quail’s egg with fresh horseradish that had the texture of room temperature lung butter, but that’s a combination of things that I otherwise enjoy. Strawberry or banana flavored foods are pretty detestable, but as usual, I love the fresh fruits.
Cottage cheese (those vile little lumps)
Shrimp (in any form)
Macaroni and cheese (cook it for my family, but won’t touch it)
Lobster (and I’m from Maine!)
On the other hand, I love liver, lima beans, black licorice, and…gasp…
Are you sure about that? I’ve got some that I am sure you would enjoy.
I hate most condiments. Thats mustard, ketchup, relish, mayonaise, horseradish, ect. My family ordered hamburgers tonight, and I always get mine plain. However, the burger place forgot to leave all the stuff off of mine, so I had to eat mine tasting of pickle. It was very unplesant.
Various common ones (cottage cheese, mushrooms, anything with too much sauce) but the one I get strange looks for is cheese. I don’t like cheese, and on occasion have gone without eating when the only available food has a noticeable amount of cheese in it.
But, hypocritically, I like chee-tos, cheese nips, doritos, that sort of thing.
I don’t know. People always think it’s weird, but I just don’t like them. I like most other fruits…apples, pears, grapes, bananas…etc. I just don’t like those disgusting fuzzy things. They taste like soap to me.
I LOVE SEAFOOD! We’re even getting oysters for Thanksgiving. We’ll have some raw (YUM!!!) and steam some and eat them with garlic butter, and my mom is making oyster stuffing! I love crabs, oysters, mussles,lobsters, and all kinds of fish. But I hate peaches.
Are you kidding? Dark bittersweet chocolate is the best thing in the world! But I hate peaches.
{b]sauerkraut** – I’ve never tried it, but I can’t stand the smell.
Jello– Animal byproducts…shudder I used to love Jello until I figured out what was inside geletin. Now I can’t even look at it without gagging.
ham loaf – Like meatloaf only ham in place of it. I never ate it but the look and smell scare me away.
I like almost everything. You’re talking to a girl who ate a hamburger that had a maggot in it when I was in Costa Rica…but I was so hungry I didn’t care and ate the entire hamburger anyway. shrugs
I’m surprised so many people dislike raw tomatoes. I love them, and assumed everybody else did too.
I hate Macaroni and Cheese from a box (with powdered cheese-like substance or gooey cheese-like substance), but I love the homemade stuff (only if it’s made with extra-sharp cheddar cheese and not American cheese or–egad!–Velveeta).
I rather dislike beef liver, but I don’t hate it. I like pork liver and liverwurst, but I have to admit a little bit goes a long way.
Sauerkraut? MMM-mmm, good! Brussels sprouts? I gobble them raw! Creamed corn? Delicious!
The worst foods are the orange vegetables: Sweet potatoes, squash, pumpkin, and carrots. But I love orange fruits: peaches, canteloupes, tangerines, and oranges.
Merely annoying:
For some reason–I have a mild aversion to both corn, and peas. They’re actually not that bad–just that I usually won’t eat them if given a choice.
Vile:
I’ll eat pickles occasionally–but only if I’m in a really whacked-out state of mind. They’re actually pretty good if they’re not the dill type.
I’d rather bite off one of my fingers:
Papaya fruit (I’ve never tasted it. I’ve never been able to get close enough because of the -smell-)
Thai-style curry (I’ve never had any other kind. I’m too afraid to experiment again because of the nightmares this heavily-spiced food caused. It wasn’t ‘hot’–just incredibly ‘strong’)
Mushrooms (I just know they have mushrooms in hell. They probably thrive on a mulch of brimstone+souls of the damned)
Seafood (Am I allergic? I’m not sure. Smoked salmon is about the only thing I’ve been able to barely keep down–even though it tastes pretty good. Shellfish are nasty.)
Semen (It’s not the smell or the taste–it’s the banana-slug texture)
EGGPLANT EGGPLANT EGGPLANT!!! How such a vile vegetable managed to find its way to the dinner table I’ll never know.
Large Shrimp: I don’t like the texture, though I will eat the tiny cocktail shrimp in pasta.
Bitter Melon: Bleah. Even my mom hates this stuff.
Papayas: The smell, and the sight of the seeds inside them when sliced open freaks me out for some reason.
Lychees: My mom loves these bizarre little fruits, and will get angry with me when I don’t eat them.
Cream of Wheat: Narsty.
Sweet Potatoes: I don’t know who decided to name them “potatoes.” The potatoes of the world should rise up in protest.
Coleslaw: Ugh.
Wow… I’m pickier than I thought.
I love tomatoes, too, but have known many people over the years who don’t…usually they are big tomato sauce fans. I always figured it had something to do with the texture.
Fo me it’s texture more than taste that defines what I do and don’t like. I hate jello, mayonnaise, cream sauces, melted cheese (I like good hard sharp cheddar just fine), and yogurt, mainly because they all are slimy and slippery. I also have never developed a taste for liver or most vegetables that come at the beginning of the alphabet (artichoke, avocado, brocoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower).
This thread is making me HUNGRY.
The most disgusting food ever is that barfesque slime known as grits.
One man’s meat is another man’s poison, or so the saying goes. I have to agree. Many people here have pronounced vile things I really like, and a similar number have agreed with my tastes on at least one item or other. I revile the taste of licorice (same for horehound) but adore Brach’s red whips (common name: red licorice – even if it isn’t licorice-flavored).
I dislike most uncooked vegetables – most of them taste bitter to me. Even carrots. My mom (raised during the depression) will eat anything that doesn’t get up off the plate and walk away (same for my late father) so it’s unlikely my dislikes are genetic (unless I got some strange recessive trait).
I try not to dislike anything generally (ot theoretically) recognized as edible solely because its raw ingredients are made from something I consider “yucky”. I will try anything once. If I don’t gag, I may ask for seconds, but only if I really like it.
I’ve had dried squid in Korea (taste and mouthfeel like fish-flavored jerky), escargot and frog’s legs in Germany (escargot: rather like cooked ground sausage; frog’s legs: flavor and texture intermediate between fish and chicken). I like most seafoods, but will pass on raw oysters. Brussel’s sprouts: anything that makes me gag before I get it near my mouth is not going in it. Kimchee: not bad, once you get past the “aroma” (and there are many varieties to choose from). Sauerkraut: no. Not ever. Asparagus: Fried, maybe; boiled? HA!
Am I a picky eater? I suppose so, but I can eat at any restaurant in town without disgracing myself. This does not mean I’ll eat all of the stuff I can’t stomach that’s on my plate, but that I’ll make the attempt. Exceptions: raw onions or tomatoes. Eating those gives me the heebie-jeebies.
I am inordinately proud that I can eat without gagging (and enjoy) a salad made with (don’t laugh) iceberg lettuce, croutons, bacon bits, and thousand-island dressing. I was twenty-one before I would voluntarily eat a salad, and was relieved when I finally discovered there was a combination of salad-like things I could not only stomach, but enjoy. Is red cabbage supposed to be bitter?
~~Baloo
I like mushrooms alot, but heres the thing; when you have a big portabello mushroom, its hard not to think “I’m about to eat a big piece of fungus”. The grey juice doesn’t help either.
If prepared properly, liver is quite good. It only develops that nasty bitter taste if you overcook it.
Being from Japan I can take most seafood - various types of fish and shellfish, sea urchin, octopus, sea cucumber, etc. The best (and most expensive) is the spiny lobster or crayfish (my dictionaries don’t agree on the translation) - it has no claws and looks like shrimp, except it’s 10 inches long. Try it if you ever come to Japan - at least in a miso soup, if not the sashimi (raw).
The only thing I don’t like is “shiokara” - salted raw calamari and squid guts. It’s very popular and my parents love it. I think it’s OK if it’s really fresh, but not otherwise. Also I had trouble finishing an entire “sea urchin bowl” (huge bowl of rice completely covered with raw sea urchins) - first half was good, but by the time I finished it (which I did) I was about ready to throw up.
The only American food I don’t like is root beer. I’d probably get to like it if I tried it a few more times but I see no particular reason to do so. I’ve never knowingly eaten spam, so I don’t know about that.
I couldn’t eat fruit cocktail as a kid, the canned stuff, because for some reason I HATE pears. I think it’s the sandy texture. Also, I hate cottage cheese and, agreeing with so many other replies here, liver.
Onions - very allergic to them and have ended up in the emergency room (if a cooked dish contains uncooked celery, the texture and crunch nauseates me since it seems like an onion)
Cabbage
Peppers - green and red, cooked or uncooked
Mustard - just plain blecch!
Mayonnaise - in excessive amounts where it is just dripping off the sandwich - just enought to keep the sandwich together is fine with me, no more
I am acquiring a taste for grits. It is going slowly, but I am learning to tolerate their existance on my plate at breakfast.
To end on a happy note - I love pomegranates. If anyone ever wants to win me over, bring me a wonderfully ripe pomegranate.
Other people hate shellfish. Even before I went vegetarian, I couldn’t stand any type. To me, they always taste like something that went bad. I can’t stand even a little bit mixed in with a lot of other stuff.
Jello. How anyone can eat anything with that texture is beyond me. Since I’m veggie, I don’t have to eat it anyway.
Brocolli. I can eat it raw, but if it’s cooked, the stench dives me out of the room.
I, also, cannot abide celery. And whoever thought of putting peanut butter on it was ill.