# I believe I have discovered the worst “food” item in existence **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 23, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-i-have-discovered-the-worst-food-item-in-existence/942741 "2021-05-23T14:11:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 85
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-i-have-discovered-the-worst-food-item-in-existence/942741/85 "2021-05-31T06:57:10Z")
Seekers of the most foul food need only re-read the Marmite story: > [@The Marmite Horror](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-marmite-horror/512627): > > If it appears that I write these words in haste, I beg your forgiveness - but my time is brief, for I cannot know how long my sanity will endure. For I have tasted of That Which Must Not Be Named - that which its acolytes, in foul ceremonies of ancient Pagan faiths, call “Marmite” - and I fear my mind cannot long endure the memory of that hideous flavour. My G-d, my G-d, my G-d - No. G-d help me, no! I will finish this, my last and greatest duty in this life. For the sake of my soul, that it mi… > [@](#): > > . . . For the sake of my soul, that it might be saved though my mind cannot. And for you, Gentle Reader, that you might hear the warning I was too arrogant to heed . . . --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-believe-i-have-discovered-the-worst-food-item-in-existence/942741)._