# Foods I will not eat **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381 "2014-11-11T22:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/101 "2014-11-16T00:55:49Z")
I recall a little verse by Ogden Nash, on celery: a generally moderate “take”, but essentially inclining toward agreement with the consensus in this thread. Celery, raw Develops the jaw – But celery, stewed Is more quietly chewed. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/102 "2014-11-17T20:38:27Z")
I generally don’t do shellfish - Lobster, crabs, crayfish, shrimp… no thanks. I look at them and all I can think is “these are giant bugs that happen to live in the sea. I don’t eat land bugs so I’m not about to start with seas ones.” I also won’t eat clams, but oddly enough I do like raw and roasted oysters. And Brussels sprouts. That’s the devil’s cabbage. ---
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/103 "2014-11-17T20:47:24Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > [ol] > [li]Fruitcake[/li][li]Raisins[/li][li]Snails[/li][/ol] > (As you all know, there is actually only one fruitcake in existence. It keeps getting regifted it from person to person, because nobody wants to actually eat the thing.) This reference made me all nostalgic for 90’s Saturday morning cartoons. On topic: I won’t eat the following Watermelon Melon Peanuts combined with salty/savory foods Mint in anything other than a mojito Dried fruits Candy (especially hard candy) Clove Licorice Mushroom soup (I can eat mushrooms in anything else) ---
**Author:** ![justmeetee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@justmeetee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justmeetee)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/104 "2014-11-17T20:50:03Z")
I have a fairly long list so won’t go into it. However there are two things on my list,avocados and anything in the squash/zucchini family other then pumpkin pie. My sister always insists that if you put them in other complex foods as an ingredient you don’t even taste them. Which begs the question, if you can’t taste them WHY USE THEM? ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/105 "2014-11-17T20:54:16Z")
> [@DingoelGringo](#): > > People who eat kidneys and liver apparently have no idea that thetse organs are full of poisons in their work of removing them from the body. Nonsense. The liver doesn’t store toxins. Eating liver is one of the healthiest things you can do, nutrient wise. It is high in cholesterol, that’s about the only negative. Especially if you fry it in bacon grease (I do). ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/106 "2014-11-18T22:19:49Z")
Foods I refuse to eat _again_: Beets. I grew up eating, and hating, canned pickled beets. I will not eat beets in any form now. Fresh beets taste like dirt. Pickled beets taste like pickled dirt. Roasted golden beets with olive oil and sea salt taste like salty, olive-oil enhanced dirt. Canned green beans. Grew up eating them. Possibly the only common American foodstuff more disgusting than beets. Foods I refuse to try: Organ meats Bugs in any form Raw clams or oysters Balut ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/107 "2014-11-20T00:23:12Z")
Ketchup and satan’s jizz aka Miracle Whip are the only things I won’t eat. I really do not care for maraschino cherries or okra and will avoid them if possible, but I wouldn’t absolutely refuse to eat either of them. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/108 "2014-11-20T01:06:40Z")
I can’t think of anything I’d refuse to eat, through I make it a policy to avoid primates. Thereare plenty of things I don’t particularly like, but that I’m fine choking down if served. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/109 "2014-11-20T01:13:20Z")
Mustard Ketchup Mayo Pickles, pickled anything for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs\_Ducky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrs_ducky/32/6227_2.png) [@Mrs\_Ducky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs_Ducky)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/110 "2014-11-20T17:38:25Z")
Olives and that vile greasy, salty meat known as SPAM. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/111 "2014-11-20T18:33:23Z")
No meat, seafood, eggs, or dairy. Everying else i try to shove in my face in as large of quantities as possible 🙂 Just please put the cilantro & sundried tomatoes in small doses, but everything else i’m on board. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381/112 "2014-11-20T18:42:27Z")
> [@DingoelGringo](#): > > People who eat kidneys and liver apparently have no idea that thetse organs are full of poisons in their work of removing them from the body. No they aren’t. Please stop spreading this nonsense. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-i-will-not-eat/704381.md?page=5)