# Foods you dislike except in that one certain combination **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554 "2013-01-27T19:52:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/41 "2013-01-29T00:27:36Z")
Hate cilantro, but in most salsas, I can’t taste them so I’m fine with it. I guess it sorta is in line with the topic. I don’t actually start to like cilantro, I can just stand it because I can’t taste it ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/42 "2013-01-29T01:37:50Z")
Black coffee makes me nauseous. Coffee with creamer/milk and sugar - I can’t get enough! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/43 "2013-01-29T01:47:02Z")
I also dislike mayo in most forms, but there are several Columbian/Puerto Rican restaurants in town (i.e. having cuisine from both countries.) There’s a mayo-based garlic red sauce that isn’t too bad, but I’m not sure which country it comes from. I can even taste the mayo in it and it’s not bad. Plus, the dressing in Chili’s Quesadilla Explosion Salad. But I order it with dressing on the side because I only add a _very_ little bit. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/44 "2013-01-29T02:20:57Z")
Can’t stand tomatoes unless they’re in Hunts Ketchup. Always loved ketchup because it doesn’t taste like tomato. ---
**Author:** ![moejoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@moejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moejoe)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/45 "2013-01-29T02:51:05Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The only time that I ever, ever, ever eat ricotta cheese, is when I make lasagna, and then it’s a must. (Is that stuff good for anything else?) Stir some into your pancake batter, yum city. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/46 "2013-01-29T03:29:42Z")
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve hated eggs and all egg dishes (omelets, breakfast tacos, etc.). But at Chinese restaurants, I’ll happily eat assorted versions of egg foo yung. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/47 "2013-02-01T02:08:27Z")
Yellow mustard, except in honey mustard dressing and McDonald’s hamburgers. (I also tolerate it in deviled eggs if they are done right.) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/48 "2013-02-01T11:02:29Z")
I tend to agree with George Carlin’s comment about tomatoes: “They’re not finished.” Grind them to paste, and mix them with vinegar and spices. Then they are finished. I don’t like mushrooms as a main ingredient. Chop them up, and mix small quantities of them with large quantities of something else, and they’re great. The French had a great idea with pâté. Take something utterly disgusting. Chop it up so fine that it cannot be identified by appearance or texture. Mix it with spices until it cannot be identified by smell or taste. Suddenly, it is delicious. I don’t like cheese or tomatoes, but I love pizza. I don’t generally like mustard, but I love honey-mustard dressing. I don’t like pecans as an ingredient in any dish. But, give me a bowl of shelled pecans by themselves, and I will eat them all day long. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/49 "2013-02-01T12:07:11Z")
I generally don’t like kidneys, but I love a steak-and-kidney pie. Not a pumpkin fan - except in pumpkin fritters. > [@bobot](#): > > ricotta cheese […] Is that stuff good for anything else? Cheesecake. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/50 "2013-02-01T12:37:46Z")
Closest I come is coconut, which I only like in three things: Mounds (Bounty) bars, pina coladas and Samoa Girl Scout cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/51 "2013-02-01T20:15:55Z")
Black olives - unless it’s on a pizza. With a lot of other stuff. Avocados - unless it’s guacamole. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/52 "2013-02-02T03:32:23Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I won’t touch celery unless it is in Beef Stew. Then it is delicious. And the celery must be sliced on the diagonal, so the stalk to stringy part ratio is stalk favorable. And have to make it right before I shower, and wash my hair and get rid of the icky celery smell on my hands. I really hate celery. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/53 "2013-02-02T03:40:03Z")
Oh, and to turn the thread on its head: I hate strawberry flavoured things. I love fresh strawberries, in a bowl with a tea spoon of sugar on them. I can add this mixture to the top of yogurt, ice cream, or cheesecake. Or eat it plain. But I hate strawberry flavoured things… from jam to dipped Pocky Sticks, from Tequila Rose to strawberry lip gloss… all strawberry flavourings make me gag. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/54 "2013-02-02T03:52:17Z")
> [@MegaBee](#): > > Don’t like bananas. Rather like banana bread. I have a huge aversion to bananas. I can’t stand the taste, the smell, and especially not the texture. Last week I had to peel a banana for a kid and I held it with a paper towel while peeling so I didn’t have to actually touch it. I can’t recall the last time I put a piece of banana in my mouth. 15-20 years? But I will eat banana bread with no fuss. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/55 "2013-02-02T06:08:45Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > Oh, and to turn the thread on its head: I hate strawberry flavoured things. > I love fresh strawberries, in a bowl with a tea spoon of sugar on them. I can add this mixture to the top of yogurt, ice cream, or cheesecake. Or eat it plain. But I hate strawberry flavoured things… from jam to dipped Pocky Sticks, from Tequila Rose to strawberry lip gloss… all strawberry flavourings make me gag. You got a problem with [beaver ass](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castoreum#Food_use)? ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/56 "2013-02-02T07:28:13Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > Oh, and to turn the thread on its head: I hate strawberry flavoured things. > I love fresh strawberries, in a bowl with a tea spoon of sugar on them. I can add this mixture to the top of yogurt, ice cream, or cheesecake. Or eat it plain. But I hate strawberry flavoured things… from jam to dipped Pocky Sticks, from Tequila Rose to strawberry lip gloss… all strawberry flavourings make me gag. That reminds me that I like most fresh fruit, but cooked fruit of any kind nauseates me. I love fresh raspberries, but I don’t like anything that has raspberries or raspberry flavoring in it (like raspberry vinegar, raspberry gelatin, raspberry candy). Raspberry-flavored stuff doesn’t taste remotely like real raspberries to my palate. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/57 "2013-02-02T07:52:47Z")
Vegetarian for many years; pescatarian now. I have always hated liver of any sort, prepared any way; however, I LOVE pate’! It’s evil and I love it. I’ve only had it three times in my life (within three days…location, location, location.) But, I couldn’t get enough of it. Hypocrite. ---
**Author:** ![SecretaryofEvil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@SecretaryofEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecretaryofEvil)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/58 "2013-02-02T10:24:53Z")
> [@Trepa\_Mayfield](#): > > I like me a bagel with cream cheese. But cream cheese anywhere else, like in a dessert or something, is disgusting. Now that you mention it, I can’t imagine eating cream cheese on anything other than a bagel. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554/59 "2013-02-02T20:30:33Z")
> [@SecretaryofEvil](#): > > Now that you mention it, I can’t imagine eating cream cheese on anything other than a bagel. What about cheesecake? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-dislike-except-in-that-one-certain-combination/648554.md?page=2)