My only remaining strong distastes amongst generally available western foods are lima beans, cauliflower, broccoli and brussels sprouts. There were a number of foods, mostly vegetables, that I hated intensely due to my experiences at boarding school, but having had them properly sourced, sauced, and cooked/served I’m all for them now: beetroot/beet, spinach, cucumber, sweet potato/yam.
And herbal “tea” is not tea, dammit! There is no tea in it! None.
Call it an infusion, a tisane, a potation, a steeping, but it ain’t tea.
Tomatoes. Fresh, ripe ones. It’s both taste and texture. They are fine if ground up in pizza sauce form, etc. Lately I can tolerate fresh tomatoes if they’re in a sandwich or something and it’s more effort to pick them out.
Hmm . . . That could be the basis for a diet. Buy nothing at the supermarket but technically edible things that disgust you, and just wait and wait until you’re hungry enough to eat them.
I cannot stand sweet potatoes. To me, they are something found in Satan’s diaper. Also, beets. On the other hand, I don’t get the hate for peanut butter. As long as you’re not allergic to peanuts, that is. Or the hate for bananas. Delicious with corn flakes. In fact, I love peanut butter and nanner sandwiches. At least I don’t deep-fry them.
Celery – all those nasty little threads! If it’s cooked in a recipe (like stuffing), fine. But raw? It makes me choke. I’d rather eat mushrooms or tomatos.
Avocado. Not so much the taste - but how it feels in your mouth - ew.
Mango. I would rather lick my own armpit than taste/smell/touch a frigging mango. Blah.
God, I hate coffee. I’d rather drink drain cleaner.
Seconded, though I will special order my sandwiches without. They’re fine if they’re in pizza sauce, ketchup, etc.
You and I are in agreement here.
For my own contribution (as opposed to me just saying “me, too!” to everything already said), let me add:
Vegetables. Just about all of them. Potatoes, carrots (raw), and I can tolerate lettuce and/or raw spinach on sandwiches or in salads. Speaking of salads, a salad consists of lettuce (or spinach, as noted above), cheese, Caesar dressing (if ANY dressing), and either chicken or steak. Bacon bits are okay. No tomatoes, no eggs, none of that shit. Shredded carrots are allowed, also.
And eggs, as Guin said, are only permissible scrambled, or in an omelet.
Another vote for beetroot here, imagine my shock, horror and repulsion when I arrived in Australia and found they put them on burgers over here. In the UK I only ever saw them on salad which is bad enough but burgers… BURGERS!?!
I’m an Aussie who dislikes beetroot but I think I’m in the minority in that regard. Most of the people I know think it’s some sort of food of the gods or something. One friend eats so much of the stuff that her urine turns purple. Not that I’ve seen it - I’m just reporting what she told me.
I mention this only to demonstrate, if we ever needed it, that not everyone’s tastes are the same. Heck, she probably even likes tofu, for all I know.
I’ll just list the more common foods as my list would be pages long:
Cheese of any kind.
Any cream based sauce
Any mayonnaise based dishes - cole slaw, potato salad, etc.
Most seafood - I love shrimp and lobster, though
Pickles - once its evil juice has seeped all over the plate the meal is ruined
Butter - oddly I love buttery popcorn but if you put it on my toast or pancakes I’m not going to eat them
