# Foods That Make You Want to Vomit **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 1, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987 "2003-06-01T20:27:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/1 "2003-06-01T20:27:16Z")
This afternoon for lunch my mother asked me to bring her up a plate of potato salad. Potato salad has always been a food I consider to be, to say the least, pretty foul. While scooping a couple of forkfuls onto a plate, what with the smell, and the chunky consistency, I was forced to look away and felt horribly nauseous. I also feel sick at the sight of large quantities of mayonnaise, mustard, pasta salad, and some corn-related products. With all of these, most of the problem is the smell. _shudder_ Oh yeah, baked beans bother me something fierce, too. What food activates your gag reflex? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/2 "2003-06-01T20:30:57Z")
Boiled cabbage - the smell and the look Any type of greens ---
**Author:** ![Felonious\_Mink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Felonious\_Mink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felonious_Mink)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/3 "2003-06-01T20:32:21Z")
Tapioca… Tripe and onions… Oh, 'scuse me, I have to go and retch… ---
**Author:** ![Mith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Mith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mith)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/4 "2003-06-01T20:46:13Z")
boiled meat sometimes runny eggs can be foul back bacon clams most sausages sardines ---
**Author:** ![RahRahMah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@RahRahMah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RahRahMah)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/5 "2003-06-01T20:55:34Z")
Ham Sandwiches. When I was younger my cheap parents had the brilliant idea of buying a LOT of luchmeat making whole sandwhiches and freezing them for later. Well, these things got freezer burn and when nuked were positively putrid. Its years later and even now the thought of them makes me sick. I’ll also second the runny eggs Wilted lettuce in a sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/6 "2003-06-01T21:07:18Z")
I’ll second **Orange Skinner** on mayonnaise. I’ve always hated the taste of it. Oddly enough I can eat it if it is mixed in with tuna, and I also like some products which have a similar consistency to mayonnaise, such as ranch sauce/dressing. I don’t like bananas. It isn’t so much the taste, but the mushy texture makes me want to hurl whenever I feel it in my mouth. I hate olives, too. They have a really odd taste that I have never been able to stomach. I’ll third the runny eggs. Mine have to be hard or scrambled to be palatable. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/7 "2003-06-01T21:08:45Z")
Only one food I won’t eat. Baked beans. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/8 "2003-06-01T21:30:02Z")
Baby cereal (have had to babysit my best friend’s baby many times.) Salmon – can thank my mom for that, a bad salmon loaf made for a violently ill techchick at age nine. Never again. Cooked mushrooms, I can eat them raw but can’t stand the texture of cooked mushrooms. \< shudder \> Poorly raised raw chicken. Those yellowish and lumpy fat deposits make me wanna hurl. I like cooked chicken but rarely have it around my house because of that nasty looking fat. Chicken shouldn’t have that fat, they should be lean! Most hard shell seafoods, except shrimp. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/9 "2003-06-01T21:39:48Z")
Onions. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - onions are the devil. And mushrooms. I don’t eat fungus. Fungus is not food. ---
**Author:** ![Romola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e36b37/32.png) [@Romola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Romola)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/10 "2003-06-01T21:54:10Z")
Miracle Whip smells like candy-fied mayo. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/11 "2003-06-01T22:02:51Z")
Fried liver. It is one of the only foods I absolutely detest. I adore paté, liverwurst, braunschweiger and leverpostej. Liver = Fried mud! I can barely think of any other foods that I can’t choke down if I have to. The only other thing that even comes close are the large Pacific oysters. I tried (for the second time) a cooked one the other night and it was still a pasty, gooey garlicked lunger on the half shell. I love to little bits all raw oysters of any smaller size. I haven’t tried brains or prarie oysters yet, so there may be some other items with my name on them out there somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/12 "2003-06-01T22:04:50Z")
PS: Welcome (a)boards, **RahRahMah**! Any relation to Yo Yo Mah? ---
**Author:** ![Ally424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/82dd89/32.png) [@Ally424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ally424)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/13 "2003-06-01T22:16:51Z")
I remember last Christmas Eve, my dad had a brilliant idea to make Clam/fish chowder. Well I guess they forgot to put it into the fridge before bed, and in the morning the whole house smelled like the sour milk/cream with the added smell of fish and clams. ABSOULTELY DISGUSTING. Also, my dad puts hot peppers in the microwave to dry them out to make hot flakes. HORRIBLE. Besides those, onions, runny eggs…add those to my list too. ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/14 "2003-06-01T22:33:26Z")
For some reason, the combination of jelly and butter on toast is nauseating to me. I also abhor pork. The idea of eating a pig is utterly repulsive. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/15 "2003-06-01T22:34:26Z")
Welcome, **Ally424**. I hate, loathe, and despise fish, unless it’s cod, and deep-fried. That includes all other seafood, too, so clams, shrimp, oysters, sea cucumbers… they’re all revolting. I’m not too keen on sauerkraut, either. ---
**Author:** ![insomnia4AM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@insomnia4AM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insomnia4AM)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/16 "2003-06-01T22:53:13Z")
Liver, beets, runny eggs, and miracle whip comes to mind right now. I also detest butterscotch, but that comes from when I was a kid, and my cousin forced me to eat it, even though I was sick. I can’t bring myself to taste it to this day without having memories of barfing all night. ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/17 "2003-06-01T23:01:20Z")
Ahhk! Runny eggs are foul. Drippy yolk…eww. Butternut squash also horrifies me. Also, gross and weird meat-related things. Seeing as I haven’t eaten meat for the past 7 years, I understand why. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/18 "2003-06-02T00:28:47Z")
The only thing that makes me retch is mint. Yep, mint. I’m fine if I see it, see someone eating it, or even smell it. Brushing my teeth with Aim every day is fine. But if I put something in my mouth with the intention of ingestion, it had better not have mint. A few years ago I mistakenly started eating one of those chocolate mint girl scout cookies. That was close. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/19 "2003-06-02T00:34:41Z")
But I love raw eggs. break a couple of eggs into a glass and slurp up the yolks, then chase it with tomato juice. Yummy. But I gag on just the smell of Kraft dinner, even though I love cheeze and pasta. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987/20 "2003-06-02T00:46:28Z")
I hate cooked onions when they hide in other foods. For some reason, my brain interprets that sudden little crunch as “Ohmigawd, _cockraoch!!_” I don’t know why, because I have never accidently eaten a roach, but it still happens. Also, salad. I hate the consistancy of lettuce and the like. Bleagh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-make-you-want-to-vomit/178987.md?page=2)