# Foods with the most unappetizing names **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600 "2015-05-09T03:21:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/121 "2015-05-14T10:12:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rapeseed oil. They had to rename it Canola oil. > > [But there are still holdouts.](http://static.theglobeandmail.ca/99d/news/national/article24058138.ece/ALTERNATES/w620/TIS101_Sask_Rape_Slogan_20150421.JPG) In England it’s sometimes, as the cultivar rather than the oil, just called rape. There’s one sign on the London-Essex route that specifically says “rape farm” but it’s on a fast-moving bit where I really could not take a picture. I also remember being told by a doctor (in Essex) that my hayfever was because of all the rape in the area. I assume he was talking about the plant… ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/122 "2015-05-15T11:12:15Z")
I’ve tried **haggis** , homemade, and I rather enjoyed it. I imagine if it hasn’t been made to a good recipe it’s not going to be very nice. The food **Balut** sounds okay until you find out what it is :eek: The only food I’ve refused to eat. Another: **Frogs Legs** , sound unappetising but tastes like chicken ---
**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:** [May 15, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/123 "2015-05-15T15:13:04Z")
Bouillabaisse. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/124 "2015-05-15T17:51:21Z")
I never thought bear claws were that great a name for a pastry. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/125 "2015-05-16T13:04:52Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > The food **Balut** sounds okay until you find out what it is :eek: The only food I’ve refused to eat. That is pretty creepy. It is like someone couldn’t decide if they wanted chicken or an egg. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/126 "2015-05-16T23:50:37Z")
> [@Garula](#): > > A Japanese rice bowl with chicken and eggs is called “oyakodon” which would literally translate as “parent and child rice bowl.” Or “mother and child reunion”. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/127 "2015-05-17T00:01:37Z")
> [@Johnny\_Angel](#): > > Spotted Dick > Blood pudding > Toad in a hole > Ho cake > Shit on a shingle > [@Honey](#): > > Blood pudding > Spotted dick > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Mung bean. > Fish cake. > Fish sauce. > Blood sausage. If it helps, in English it isn’t called “blood pudding” or “blood sausage”. In face, “blood” isn’t in the name at all. And it is “Toad in the hole”. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/128 "2015-05-17T04:58:18Z")
> [@JustinC](#): > > … > The food **Balut** sounds okay until you find out what it is :eek: The only food I’ve refused to eat… I was served one of those once, except it was a chicken embryo, not a duck. It had some feathers, but there was still a lot of egg white. A Chinese friend ate it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/129 "2015-05-21T03:32:17Z")
Pumpkins, squash etc are commonly lumped into the term _fock_ in Thai. Rhymes with “clock” but sounds close enough to “fuck” that an American lady I knew who was trying to learn Thai almost fainted dead away when she was, as a learning assignment from her teacher, going around a market asking the vendors, “\*Nee arai? Nee arai? \*” (What is this? What is this?) and was told _fock_ by one guy. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/130 "2015-05-21T06:20:04Z")
Runza. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a8b319/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600/131 "2015-05-21T06:29:31Z")
Cullen Skink - a Scottish fish soup. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-with-the-most-unappetizing-names/719600.md?page=6)