# Foods (seemingly) everyone likes but you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320 "2019-02-11T03:19:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/1 "2019-02-11T03:19:18Z")
Inspired by the thread discussing what smells good but can’t be eaten. Many people responded that one such food was coffee. Me, too. I find it interesting considering that coffee is one of the most abundant products available. I began to think of other foods and beverages that are exceedingly popular in the US that I really don’t like. Wading through the web, there is clickbait that I often see that appears to be banana slices in a pot of boiling water, and that put me back on that train of thought. I really don’t care for bananas; other than people who are allergic to them, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like them. Onions are another. I have some sort of intolerance for them; they make my mouth tingle and upset my stomach. Every time I eat a meal prepared by others I need to ask if onions are in the food. Some people are shocked that anyone could dislike onions. Got any foods that you don’t eat, making you stand out from the crowd? ---
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/2 "2019-02-11T03:36:19Z")
Beer, wine, pretty much any alcohol. Mustard Avocados Indian food (your tandooris, your masalas, etc.). ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/3 "2019-02-11T03:37:49Z")
Carbonated beverages. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/4 "2019-02-11T03:46:44Z")
Sauerkraut. No, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/5 "2019-02-11T04:09:36Z")
Sushi. Nope not gonna. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/6 "2019-02-11T04:15:23Z")
I mean, there’s nothing I really dislike or won’t eat, but I just don’t get popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/7 "2019-02-11T04:22:47Z")
Oysters or any other raw fish. ---
**Author:** ![UCBearcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/77aa72/32.png) [@UCBearcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UCBearcats)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/8 "2019-02-11T04:30:05Z")
Mayonnaise ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/9 "2019-02-11T04:33:05Z")
corned beef…… id just rather just have a nice grilled or bbq brisket …… ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/10 "2019-02-11T04:34:45Z")
LOTS of people I know don’t like seafood/sushi/oysters/etc in one form or another (more for me!)…as far as what everyone seems to like except me, yeah, my vote is coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/11 "2019-02-11T04:40:34Z")
Watermelon (or any melon, for that matter)- always hated it Lobster- ate too much of it ($15 Tuesday dinner specials) so stopped liking it Sushi- ditto, unless it’s something inventive or rare Oysters- realized I really only liked the horseradish and Tabasco Asparagus- smelly pee scares me ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/12 "2019-02-11T04:59:08Z")
- Mayonnaise. Sight, smell, taste, mouthfeel grosses me out. I’m supposed to like it because, as some try to get me to rationalize: “Do you eat eggs?” Sometimes. Hard boiled or fried with hard yoke. Nothing runny: Yuck. “Vinegar?” In some food preparations, yes. “Oil?” Olive oil only. “Lemon juice?” Here and there. Ultimate logical “gotcha” zinger: “Well, why not mayonnaise?” - Asparagus: Looks like a virus magnified 1000 X ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/13 "2019-02-11T05:15:48Z")
It seems like most people can’t imagine eating a burger or fries without ketchup. Yuck. Ketchup is a vile substance that I don’t want anywhere near my food. And, like others in this thread, coffee and sushi. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/14 "2019-02-11T05:29:20Z")
Joining in on the sushi hate and I’ve tried it multiple times. I love seafood but hate sushi. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/15 "2019-02-11T05:36:27Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > I really don’t care for bananas; other than people who are allergic to them, I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like them. I have a friend who will not eat bananas. She’ll eat banana bread, canned bananas in fruit cocktail, banana-flavored candy, etc. but the peel and eat variety? Nope. For her, it’s a texture thing. I am not a fan of eggplant, coffee, or ketchup. Lots of people love those things, but not me. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/16 "2019-02-11T06:01:07Z")
Pasta. Everybody loves it. I don’t even like it. I can eat a little of it, to be polite. Ice cream. People think I am like some kind of hellbeast because I don’t like ice cream, but when I connected with members of my birth family, none of them liked it either. These are just the ones almost everybody likes. Most of the other things on my list are things not well liked by a lot of people and, of course, loved by others. Like liver. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/17 "2019-02-11T06:32:13Z")
Chocolate Coffee Alcoholic beverages ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/18 "2019-02-11T06:46:53Z")
How I like my eggs is on someone else’s plate. Apple pie? I will pass thank you. Cranberry sauce? No I’ll just have more stuffing. Venison is a waste of a good pest deer. Pumpkin anything? Get your bland gourd and unpleasant seasonal spices out of my everything. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/19 "2019-02-11T06:57:19Z")
There is a whole category of crappy “nostalgia” fast food that everyone in the US seems to love as they were fed it as a kid. But as I didn’t grow up here, just tastes like crappy fast food to me. Tater tots and Kraft Mac and cheese are classic examples. Sloppy joes would be on the list (had no idea what it even was before I moved to the states) but for the fact I don’t mind it. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/20 "2019-02-11T07:27:02Z")
Coffee. RAW onions. I’ve liked ketchup all my life but with in the past year or so, I’ve been passing it up. Not sure what happened there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320.md?page=2)