# If there is something with \_\_\_\_ on the menu, I won't order it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2010, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306 "2010-02-09T18:29:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/41 "2010-02-09T23:47:29Z")
Broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts, spinach, pretty much any green vegetable. I’ll eat everybody’s foie gras who doesn’t want it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/42 "2010-02-09T23:48:21Z")
> [@ragerdude](#): > > What’s up with Chilean sea bass? Sustainability problems. The Patagonia Toothfish is getting very over-fished. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/43 "2010-02-10T00:10:10Z")
Yogurt. Not on, in, under or over on the side. Not wrapped around raisins, frapped with fruit, frozen, fried, or disguised as ice cream. No. Yogurt. (or lamb) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/44 "2010-02-10T00:22:48Z")
Beef - any form, except maybe steak. with Potatoes. Carrots. Gravy. I get SO SICK of it, it seems to be all I cook for The Man. Except steak. I’ll not turn down a nice steak. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/45 "2010-02-10T00:24:38Z")
Mayonnaise. There are other things I avoid, including melted cheese and brussels sprouts, but mayonnaise is at the top of the list. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/46 "2010-02-10T00:26:02Z")
Cilantro/coriander fennel asparagus avocado mushrooms It’s not that I won’t eat this stuff if it’s put in front of me, but goddamn if I’m going to pay for the privilege of eating that nasty shit. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/47 "2010-02-10T00:36:49Z")
Peppers Any animal from the water. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/48 "2010-02-10T00:37:05Z")
Add one more mushroom hater to the list ---
**Author:** ![dragoncat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6a8cbe/32.png) [@dragoncat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragoncat)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/49 "2010-02-10T00:39:52Z")
Beets. I’d rather not even be in the same building. It doesn’t matter how you cook them.\* [SIZE=“1”]\*With one little exception: I will happily eat them in borscht. Yummy![/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/50 "2010-02-10T01:40:59Z")
> [@dragoncat](#): > > Beets. I’d rather not even be in the same building. It doesn’t matter how you cook them.\* > > [SIZE=“1”]\*With one little exception: I will happily eat them in borscht. Yummy![/SIZE] They make the whole room stink nasty. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/51 "2010-02-10T01:54:51Z")
Basil. No one wants to hang out with the girl with hives. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/52 "2010-02-10T01:58:50Z")
Another vote for mushrooms. They are an automatic, unequivocal deal breaker. I once was taken to a vegan restaurant, and while I don’t really go for that ordinarily, I was impressed by how good most of the dishes sounded–except that 2/3 of them had mushrooms! Blech!!! It’s the texture and consistency that I hate the most, but everything about them turns me off in the worst way. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/53 "2010-02-10T02:12:46Z")
Meat. blargh. Other than that I’m pretty easy to please. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/54 "2010-02-10T02:17:58Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I’ll eat everybody’s foie gras who doesn’t want it. Save some for me! Tasty, tasty cruelty. As for mine: bell peppers (actually, lots of green veggies aside from broccoli), sauerkraut, Italian sausage, beets, and raisins. Then there are the things that may have an ingredient I don’t like, but I might try it if everything else sounds tasty. Mayo is one such ingredient. I’m also not a huge fan of “curry” (as in, the powder that you’d buy at most American grocery stores) but I am aware that there are different kinds of curry, and I have found curry dishes that I liked. ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/55 "2010-02-10T02:35:05Z")
Fried or boiled eggs. Houston’s has an awesome spinach salad with warm bacon dressing… and I always forget to tell them to hold the diced boiled egg. Ick… and it isn’t even like I can just toss the halved or sliced egg away (or give it to an egg eater). It’s everywhere! Boiled eggs reek to me. I don’t know how the rest of civilization tolerates 'em. When people talk about putting a fried egg on a hamburger, I puke in my mouth a little. I do like fried egg in pad thai or fried rice, but it better be mixed in and without big honkin’ chunks. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/56 "2010-02-10T02:42:27Z")
Peppers. I hate the way they taste and I loathe the way they continue to taste for the next several hours. Even a small minced up amount triggers massive repeats and heartburn. And, of course, liver. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/57 "2010-02-10T03:33:49Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Yep. That’s me. > > ETA: It’s nice to think that I can sit down anywhere at any time and eat whatever is placed in front of me. Same here. I do recall being around 10, and hating just about all food, though. Just didn’t like much of anything; don’t know if that was mom’s cooking or what, but really…I didn’t care for food. This didn’t go over well, especially when I had breakfast waiting for me at lunch cause I didn’t finish it in the morning, and of course all the starving people in Africa wanted my peas at dinner… I remember wishing VERY hard, I think it was my 12th birthday wish, something close to that…I wished that I would just like all the food in the world, that I would enjoy food. Not sure when it happened \ but I got my wish! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/58 "2010-02-10T14:56:23Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Basil. No one wants to hang out with the girl with hives. Bell peppers give me hives. Interestingly, it’s only bell peppers. Jalapeno, poblano, anaheim, serrano, thai, you name it - I’m fine with those. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/59 "2010-02-10T15:16:45Z")
Meat. Also, cauliflower and cabbage. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306/60 "2010-02-10T15:36:03Z")
Red and yellow peppers. Also, for some reason, jalepeños. In fact, anything with large chunks of pepper. I don’t like the taste. Of course, for the past, like, 10 years, everything’s had chunks of bell pepper in it… That being said, I like spicy. I really like spicy. When I found out about sriracha–the rooster kind–that was like heaven. All of the kick, none of the icky chunks. Also, honestly, anything with gravy that isn’t from Bob Evans or Boston Market. I’ll have gravy at home, or at a relative’s, but gravy at your general greasy spoon seems to be crap. The exceptions are loaded with enough salt and fat that I don’t care. Also, pork. Not ham or bacon, but pork. I don’t like pork. I don’t really like beef except for steak, either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-there-is-something-with-____-on-the-menu-i-wont-order-it/528306.md?page=4)