Foods I will not eat

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.

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.

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)

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?

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).

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

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.

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.

Mustard
Ketchup
Mayo
Pickles, pickled anything for that matter.

Olives and that vile greasy, salty meat known as SPAM.

No meat, seafood, eggs, or dairy. Everying else i try to shove in my face in as large of quantities as possible :slight_smile:

Just please put the cilantro & sundried tomatoes in small doses, but everything else i’m on board.

No they aren’t. Please stop spreading this nonsense.