# It tastes like sin, why do people eat it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517 "2011-06-23T02:23:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Imago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/85e7bf/32.png) [@Imago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imago)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/21 "2011-06-23T03:33:45Z")
> [@GameHat](#): > > _snip_ > > …reads package… > > “There’s no tea in this hot mess! It’s potpourri! Damn you, and fuck yo ‘tea’!” As much as I love herbal tea of every stripe, that still made me laugh. My entry for this list: everything spicy. Why do people like it so freaking much? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/22 "2011-06-23T03:43:30Z")
> [@zombywoof](#): > > Coffee…I’d be hard pressed to choose between its smell, taste, and physiologic effect for what I hate most about it. Amen, agree completely. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/23 "2011-06-23T03:50:52Z")
Green beans. I can make myself eat them, but I’d rather not. They’re a lot better when they’re roasted/browned in the oven, which helps get rid of the greenbeany taste, but that’s a pretty recent innovation. Why would people \*knowingly \*make a casserole out of them and serve it at Thanksgiving? ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/24 "2011-06-23T03:53:13Z")
I am confused by “tastes like sin,” because sinful things are delicious. Just to squick people out: I like sweet potatoes mixed with beets. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/25 "2011-06-23T03:59:27Z")
Pickles. All pickles. Dill, sweet, bread & butter, whatever… it matters not. They all taste awful to me. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/26 "2011-06-23T04:03:11Z")
Avocado. Wasabi. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/27 "2011-06-23T04:05:33Z")
The big three for me are all popular items with what seems to be the rest of the world: Bananas Pickles Coconut Those three I hate, but another popular one I don’t care for much is watermelon. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/28 "2011-06-23T04:08:43Z")
Peanut butter. I like peanuts, satay sauce, cant get enough of that stuff but crack the lid on a jar of skippy or sun pat and I am gagging. Marmite however is the ambrosia of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/29 "2011-06-23T04:18:41Z")
olives of any type. blue cheeses. eh, make that any strongly-flavored cheese. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/30 "2011-06-23T04:21:34Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > I wanna try durian. I smelled that stuff on a trip to china - no - no you don’t - trust me. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/31 "2011-06-23T04:21:39Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Tea. Regular tea. So gross. Problematic when I lived in the South, where everyone automatically gets sweet iced tea, all the time. To this Yankee, sweet tea is disgustingly cloying. Tea should be served black (or green?) No sweetener, no milk. Just delicious bitter alkaloids. Tea is so good when people don’t ruin it ;D ---
**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:** [June 23, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/32 "2011-06-23T04:26:31Z")
Batting 100% so far. Yummy foods. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/33 "2011-06-23T04:30:50Z")
Durian. Evil, evil fruit. Liver, although maybe that’s not as popular as I think it is. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/34 "2011-06-23T04:31:45Z")
Eggs – UNLESS they’re scrambled, or an omelet (since an omelet is basically scrambled eggs anyways). But any other way? Ick! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/35 "2011-06-23T04:34:07Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sin tastes great, and I’ll bet I love 95% of the things mentioned in this thread. I love the taste of sin in the morning. It tastes like … Victory. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/36 "2011-06-23T04:37:13Z")
Reading the incredible variance in replies here, it so interesting to think WHAT actually goes into determining a person’s particular tastes. Perhaps some may have slight nutritional or vitamin deficiencies which predispose them to prefer unusual foods? Or maybe there is some psychological aspects involved? IDK, but I HATE cooked mushrooms. The raw variety I actually can enjoy every now and then, but once they are cooked, I can’t even smell them without my stomach turning a little. Cooked mushrooms and soymilk. Ewww. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/37 "2011-06-23T04:43:58Z")
Really hot, spicy food. I want to taste flavor, not singe my tastebuds off. Avacado. Tried it several times. Bleh. Runny eggs. \>shudder\< ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/38 "2011-06-23T04:44:22Z")
I never could stand the idea of carrot cakes (hated biting into carrot strands) until I tried Trader Joe’s recently… yummy… who woulda thunk? ---
**Author:** ![TehBearJew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eb8c5e/32.png) [@TehBearJew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TehBearJew)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/39 "2011-06-23T04:47:16Z")
Mushrooms ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517/40 "2011-06-23T04:51:57Z")
Oh escargot, I tried enough times but just can’t do it… barf. And any internal organs except sausage casings I guess. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-tastes-like-sin-why-do-people-eat-it/586517.md?page=3)