# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/61 "2019-02-11T19:13:52Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Me too. Even as a child. Watermelon and Cantaloupe look great, smell okay, but the taste is just awful. That’s funny - I loathe the smell of melon, especially cantaloupe. In the early 90s, when cucumber melon was the smell du jour, I was miserable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/62 "2019-02-11T19:43:07Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > 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. Yes, venison! It has a sweetness that makes me think I’m eating spoiled meat, and it turns my stomach. Aside from that, I don’t like the taste or texture. I love sushi, though. There are so many varieties, I wonder what the uniting factor is for hating it. There’s something about the way sushi rice is prepared that I find positively addictive.\* I have to have sushi at least once a week – even if it’s just simple inari. - the vinegar? 'cause I \*love \*vinegary foods. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/63 "2019-02-11T20:38:10Z")
I don’t like peanut butter or peanuts. I had gotten to the point where I was just meh on PB, and then I developed an allergy - eating anything with peanuts upsets my stomach I don’t like pickles at all. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/64 "2019-02-11T20:40:20Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Yes, venison! It has a sweetness that makes me think I’m eating spoiled meat, and it turns my stomach. Aside from that, I don’t like the taste or texture. > > I love sushi, though. There are so many varieties, I wonder what the uniting factor is for hating it. There’s something about the way sushi rice is prepared that I find positively addictive.\* I have to have sushi at least once a week – even if it’s just simple inari. > > - the vinegar? 'cause I \*love \*vinegary foods. Almost certainly the vinegar. When I have sushi that is not particularly sour, I enjoy it, but I know that what I enjoy is heavily westernized. Another factor may be the texture for sashimi and non-roll sushi ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/65 "2019-02-11T20:41:21Z")
I’m indifferent to milk chocolate. I don’t like most potato chips (crisps). But I\* loathe\* popcorn. j ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/66 "2019-02-11T21:02:21Z")
[ul]I can’t deal with eating fresh bananas - texture issue. They’re fine IN stuff. [/ul] [ul]I hate cheesecake and cheesecake flavored things.[/ul] [ul]Mushrooms, though the world is probably about 50/50 on those, most people around me seem to love them or at least enjoy them. Keep your fungi away from me.[/ul] [ul]I honestly don’t much care for chocolate. It certainly has its place, but if my choice is between a chocolate bar and no candy at all, I’ll just go without.[/ul] [ul]American cheese. Barf. I hate that it’s the ONLY option in most fast food joints. I hate that so many people not only tolerate it, but scarf it down.[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/67 "2019-02-11T21:03:49Z")
Lamb. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/68 "2019-02-11T21:22:12Z")
I will try anything once, though I do have some dietary allergies and sensitivities that I avoid. I dislike bell peppers, or anything with an anise-y liqquorice-y taste like celeriac, fennel, bell peppers have an anise undertaste. I will admit I am also not really into most peppers of any particular heat, the idea of too hot to eat doesn’t appeal to me. Okra - living in the south, I had it more times than I care to remember. NO way pr preparation made it edible. Grits. Yuck. Zucchini and eggplant have the same machine oil undertaste that I also get from shark and swordfish, no idea why. Ultra fishy tasting fish - sardines, mackeral, that sort of thing. Can’t even take really fishy cat food around the house. Not fond of liver or kidneys, tongue, most other meats are fine, though I may like some less than others. Really dry wines, if I want tannins I will chew on a tree. ---
**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, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/69 "2019-02-11T21:39:35Z")
> [@LoneRhino](#): > > I think I just met Bizzaro me. HA! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/70 "2019-02-11T21:48:18Z")
Onions, which are apparently the Borg of restaurants (resistance is futile). :rolleyes: Order a burger, sandwich, or salad without onions, especially to-go, and often they’re on there anyway. Read a menu description and, no matter how floridly detailed it is, often the description will not mention onions but the dish will have them anyway. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/71 "2019-02-11T22:03:18Z")
For a lot of my adult life, the answer would have been pasta. Used to find it bland, vaguely unpleasant, and not something I ate by choice from, like age 12 to 30. Around then, I started eating it grudgingly because my then-partner loved pasta dishes, and it grew on me. Still not something I actively seek out often, but will occasionally enjoy. Except farfelle. Damn, do I hate farfelle. ---
**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, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/72 "2019-02-11T22:12:34Z")
> [@CelticKnot](#): > > popcorn don’t live up to its aromatic hype Yeah, well put. For something that smells that good, it is especially disappointing. That said, while I did initially vote popcorn, I do like the occasional bag of cheese popcorn mixed with caramel corn. By “occasional,” I mean like once ever year or two. I also remember one of my odder WTF experiences, going to a movie theatre in Germany to watch “Shakespeare in Love” with a friend of mine. Since it’s the movies, I’m compelled to buy popcorn, because that is what one does, and even if I don’t eat much, whoever I’m with will. I take my first bite into the popcorn, expecting salty, buttery goodness, and I get a faceful of _sweet_. I don’t know if it’s a regular thing, or if it’s just that theatre or region or what, but my brain took a few seconds to wrap itself around the subversion of expectations. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/73 "2019-02-11T22:37:43Z")
I, too, was surprised in that original thread how many people shared my aversion to coffee. Also, I avoid: Eggs Grits Beer Wine Spirits Jalapenos, or any hot pepper Just for fun, I also dislike jazz, and will happily turn off Miles Davis to listen to Colbie Calliat. And I’m thoroughly sick of the Boston Red Sox. You’ve lifted your stupid “Curse of the Bambino”, Boston, now quit wangsting over Bill Buckner and how important the Sox are to baseball history, and how much you hate the Yankees; the rest of us are tired of hearing about it. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/74 "2019-02-11T23:18:55Z")
Buffalo wings. Iced tea. ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/75 "2019-02-12T00:47:05Z")
Milk. I like milkshakes, many cheeses, yogurt (especially Greek yogurt–yum!), but I can’t stand drinking plain, unadorned milk. Ick. Even as a kid, I would turn down milk and cookies, if it meant I had to drink the milk. And breakfast cereal dry can be OK, but the minute milk touches it, it becomes disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/76 "2019-02-12T00:58:48Z")
Coffee melon coconut wine ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/77 "2019-02-12T01:33:30Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I’m aware of quite a few folks who don’t particularly like a particular fish or even a class of seafood (e.g. sushi, shellfish), but I don’t know of anyone but me who despises seafood in any and all forms. Now you know of someone else- I can’t stand ANY of it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/78 "2019-02-12T01:48:47Z")
Mushrooms Avocados Raw onion Raw tomato Seafood (shrimp, losbster, etc. fish is fine) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/79 "2019-02-12T01:56:05Z")
> [@typoink](#): > > Except farfelle. Damn, do I hate farfelle. Why? It’s just a _shape_. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320/80 "2019-02-12T01:58:01Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Why? It’s just a _shape_. IME, all those folds give you a piece of pasta that’s often simultaneously overcooked, al dente, and undercooked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-seemingly-everyone-likes-but-you/829320.md?page=5)