… about food, anyway. This IMHO thread about desserts made me realize that generally, I like most foods that I’ve tried (and I’m always willing to try something once). Here are the exceptions:
Hot hot foods - I love the flavor of peppers, but I just can’t eat 'em if they’re too spicy. I’m a weenie, I know.
Hominy - I’ll just eat the corn and use the lye for, um, whatever you use lye for.
Beets - I haven’t had these since I was a kid, and I thought they tasted like dirt then, but they probably shouldn’t be in this list since I’d be willing to give them another shot now that I’m all grown up.
Okra - I don’t care HOW crisply you fry it, I’m not going to like it. Exception: My MIL’s pickled okra is quite tasty.
Store-bought white bread - It’s okay for grilled cheese, but otherwise I prefer bread with some flavor. And nutrients. (Note: this isn’t really a dislike, more of an “I’d prefer something else” thing.)
Limburger - Great Googly Moogly! This stuff is just nasty! The Cheese Board should revoke its license. “Dear Limburger: We regret to inform you that you are not allowed to call yourself cheese any longer. We understand that this may come as a shock to you, for which we apologize. You may want to apply to the Biological Weapons Board, as you seem to meet most, if not all, of their criteria. Best of luck in the future.”
I’m the exact same way. I don’t like white bread most of the time, I love wholegrain bread for everything, sammies, toast etc, except for grilled cheese it has to be white bread.
The only thing else I am really fussy about it cheddar cheese, I only like the medium, and I only like the kind you can get from one particular cheese place (Eldarado Cheese)
Well, I’m not picky either. As long as you don’t try to make me eat foods I hate.
Bananas. I can’t even be AROUND them. I will leave if you open one in front of me. I get nauseated by the smell. I wish they would declare them to be “endangered” or something so no one would ever open one in front of me again.
Refried Beans - BLECH - if I wanted to eat paste, I’d be back at work. No, wait, I mean I’d be back in KINDERGARTEN. Yeah, KINDERGARTEN.
Strawberries (or ANY berries) - just eeewwww.
Have I mentioned bananas?
Lima Beans. They are simply preformed (using aforementioned paste) refried beans that have been food colorized. They can’t fool me no matter how hard they try.
Peas. Something that when frozen makes an excellent projectile with which to blow out of a straw at an unsuspecting younger brother sibling thereby boinking him upside the head with it should not have it’s noble purpose muddied by cooking.
Sushi/sashimi: Yeah, I know only one involves raw fish, but I don’t know which it is so I’m not taking any chances. The whole thing is just way too conceptually weird.
Squid.
Sauerkraut.
Hm, maybe I was frightened by the letter “S” at an impressionable age…
I cannot stomach tomatoes. Even the smell of a raw tomato makes my stomach lurch. Oh, and those McGriddles from McDonalds. Take yummy eggs, heavenly bacon, and scrumptious cheese…and slap them between Satan’s buttcheeks. Nasty.
I draw the line at tomatos. I love tomato-based things, like sauces, soups, and ketchup, but I cannot stand the texture of a slice of tomato. Ick!
Though, strangely, my family had a cat once who absolutely LOVED to lick the seeds and slime from the center of a slice of tomato. He was also crazy about black olives and Doritos.
You are my new favorite person. I ache to learn more of your philosophy. Please, spread this knowledge to everyone you meet.
Anyone who cannot abide this triumvirate from Hades is a god, and should be worshipped as so. BTW, mustard too.
