# Gross foods you ate as a child **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286 "2004-04-05T02:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bittersweet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@bittersweet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bittersweet)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/1 "2004-04-05T02:49:00Z")
What are some of the gross, weird things you ate as a child, either by choice or by force (as in your parents made you)? Do/would you still eat those things now, or would you steer way clear of them? When I was about 8 years old, my parents started taking me to a nutritionist because they thought it would help my asthma improve (yeah, _right_). One of the things this woman suggested that my parents give me was **onion slices in honey** , because it would loosen congestion. Ugh…needless to say, it did nothing for me except strengthen my gag reflex. The only time I would eat that crap again now would be if I was getting paid good money to do it. Another food I’ll probably never touch again is **liver** , for obvious reasons. Just not a big fan of animal organs. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/2 "2004-04-05T03:01:05Z")
Maybe not gross, but definitely weird: I used to spread Cool Whip onto Wonder Bread. I look back and cringe. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/3 "2004-04-05T03:14:54Z")
When we were little, my brother, sister and I had a contest to see who could chew up an adult One-A-Day vitamin without spitting it out. Anyone who has tried this can attest to the awfulness of the taste. By the way, I won. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mike1dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mike1dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike1dog)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/4 "2004-04-05T03:47:19Z")
I used to eat Spagettios(sp?) every day. I know that’s not particularly weird, but I couldn’t imagine eating those dayglo orange things at all anymore. By the way the Liver is not really an organ but a gland, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Critical\_Mass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@Critical\_Mass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical_Mass)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/5 "2004-04-05T03:55:47Z")
My mother made something for me that sounds strange yet I remember it as a comfort food (I haven’t had it since I was a kid). Very soft boiled eggs mixed with white bread and milk with salt and pepper. Mom would make this for me when I was sick and didn’t have the appetite for anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/6 "2004-04-05T03:59:43Z")
At age 4: Cheddar cheese smothered with maple syrup, YUMM! ---
**Author:** ![100watts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/b487fb/32.png) [@100watts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/100watts)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/7 "2004-04-05T04:03:39Z")
Well, I once put a snail in my mouth, does that count? Freaked my mom right the hell out. The really disgusting thing my brother and I used to do was to take a piece of uncooked spaghetti, run it along the top of the butter stick, and then dip it in the sugar bowl. It’s an Atkins nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/8 "2004-04-05T04:21:16Z")
As a child (when I was about 6 years old) I went for almost a year eating nothing but Vegemite sandwiches and drinking only pineapple juice. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/9 "2004-04-05T04:32:03Z")
When I was little one of my favorite sandwiches was brussel sproutes and mayonnaise. It’s been years since I’ve had one of those, and it doesn’t sound appetizing, or all that filling either. ---
**Author:** ![RindaRinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RindaRinda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RindaRinda)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/10 "2004-04-05T04:45:06Z")
Hellmann’s mayonnaise slathered on white bread. Just the mayo. Vienna sausages. I tried both as an adult and nearly gagged. ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/11 "2004-04-05T04:50:06Z")
I used to eat frozen mixed vegetables right out of the bag. Mmm, crunchy. **mike1dog** - glands are a TYPE of organ. Liver’s definitely an organ. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/12 "2004-04-05T04:50:57Z")
> [@RindaRinda](#): > > Hellmann’s mayonnaise slathered on white bread. You forgot to cover it in Heinz ketchup, that’s why it made you gag! Mustard on gingersnaps was a favourite. Also eating all of the orange, including peel and seeds, very methodically, always in the same order. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/13 "2004-04-05T05:18:46Z")
> [@RindaRinda](#): > > Hellmann’s mayonnaise slathered on white bread. Just the mayo. I still eat those occasionally and I’m 22. The best part is licking the excess mayo off the butter knife before washing it. What? ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/14 "2004-04-05T05:39:21Z")
Ketchup sandwiches. Just ketchup and bread! ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/15 "2004-04-05T05:45:58Z")
> [@100watts](#): > > Well, I once put a snail in my mouth, does that count? Freaked my mom right the hell out. Me too and worse. I grew up on a farm and evidently had quite a fancy for dry sheep droppings when I was little. I also swallowed hooks, chewed up and swallowed glass and drank kerosene. Grilled snake is probably the weirdest thing I ate, yummy. The food which I was forced to eat and detested was tinned peas (when fresh were out of season). I can still see myself gagging trying to swallow those damn peas. As soon as I left for school I never touched them again, just seeing them on the supermarket shelf makes me shudder. ---
**Author:** ![RindaRinda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@RindaRinda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RindaRinda)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/16 "2004-04-05T06:11:37Z")
> [@MoodIndigo1](#): > > You forgot to cover it in Heinz ketchup, that’s why it made you gag! > [@Aesiron](#): > > I still eat those occasionally and I’m 22. The best part is licking the excess mayo off the butter knife before washing it. You guys are weird. OTOH, my habit of scraping off and eating the brown stuff on the bottom of the pan after frying meat is completely normal. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/17 "2004-04-05T07:00:32Z")
Let’s see… butter and sugar raw potatoes syrup sandwiches (syrup and bread, that’s it) lettuce sandwiches (lettuce, bread, salt and pepper) quik powder (I’d mix it with a little water and make a paste or I’d get a glass of milk and a spoon, put quik on the spoon and dunk it in the milk so it was covered and pull it out then eat it… without dropping it into the milk to make chocolate milk) Yes, this was all willingly. Why are you looking at me odd? ---
**Author:** ![Low\_Key\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@Low\_Key\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Low_Key_1)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/18 "2004-04-05T10:26:33Z")
PB and brown sugar sandwiches. I used to love these. Haven’t had one in maybe 10 years though. I wonder if I’d still like them? Perhaps that will be my lunch today… Whenever I tell people about these they usually seem to think it sounds really gross - I don’t think it sounds _that_ bad. ---
**Author:** ![NutMagnet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@NutMagnet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutMagnet)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/19 "2004-04-05T10:57:06Z")
Peanut butter, banana and honey on white bread. (Maybe I should have just injected it right into my heart, avoiding the entire digestive process.) Lettuce and mustard on white bread. Cream of mushroom soup on toast. You have to eat this with a fork and knife. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2004, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286/20 "2004-04-05T11:02:08Z")
Sugar Sandwiches. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gross-foods-you-ate-as-a-child/238286.md?page=2)