# Last food you threw away after one bite? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2016, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108 "2016-10-20T08:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/141 "2016-11-07T18:16:32Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Chicheme, which is one of my wife’s cultural dishes. I googled that and I’m still confused. Is it a drink or a food? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/142 "2016-11-07T18:35:03Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I googled that and I’m still confused. Is it a drink or a food? The way my wife and other members of her family make it, it is a food eaten with a spoon. I guess you could drink it, although its consistency and thickness would make drinking a bit of a challenge. I have only had my wife’s and her mom’s (both equally horrible) but I guess making it with cornmeal instead of corn would change it somewhat. I don’t know. I do know that my wife’s family and all her relatives love it as my wife makes it. {{shudder}}. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/143 "2016-11-08T02:38:25Z")
When my younger niece got married in my back yard several years ago, she made brownies for the occasion. She shaped them round, baked them, wrapped them in fancy doilies, etc. and put one at each guest’s place setting. I tried one bite. It was the color of dog poop, hard as cardboard, tasteless, and dry. I could not finish it. Many guests left their wrapped, probably having picked them up and realizing that hefty brownies are probably not a good thing. Post script: She had met the guy online, dated mostly by phone, none of his family showed for the wedding, and a year or two later they divorced. It was THOSE DAMNED BROWNIES, I tell you! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/144 "2016-11-08T04:31:34Z")
I just remembered my ex’s muffins. He was an extreme health nut … all natural ingredients, nothing extra to make the food palatable. Well, these muffins were only 1/2" high and dense as rubber. Tasted like saw dust. They were like hockey pucks, without the fun. But they had lots of bran, if you could only get a bite inside you. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/145 "2016-11-08T13:51:55Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > You eat banana peels? :dubious: Smokes them, maybe? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/146 "2016-11-08T16:44:41Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > When I was a kid, we were at a wedding reception buffet. My grandmother, who was very observant and kosher, tried what she thought was tuna salad. As soon as she put it into her mouth, she knew it was ham salad.\* My mother once had an unfortunate experience where she got what she thought was pâté at a buffet. Turned out to be some kind of chocolate paste. :eek: \*And how did she know it was ham? Hmmmm…:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/147 "2016-11-08T17:03:04Z")
A head of romaine lettuce that was grown in Canada ! It’s so bitter I can’t eat it . I have a whole head left and I am thinking of throwing it outside for the rabbits to eat. All of Market Basket lettuces is coming from Canada now. Yucky ! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/148 "2016-11-08T18:20:44Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > \*And how did she know it was ham? Hmmmm…:dubious: It was an obviously unfamiliar taste, ruling out anything kosher. Or … someone may have nudged her and whispered, “Hey grandma, I didn’t know you ate ham.” At any rate, she practically knocked over several tables on her flight to the ladies’ room. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/149 "2016-11-08T18:40:57Z")
Persimmons (or kaki) are a thing here in Italy so I tried them. Consistency of snot\* and taste of sugar and not much else. Didn’t finish the one I had and threw out the rest. Not a fan of lychee either - it’s a bit like eating raw chicken thighs. \*I later found out there is a variety that is more solid and slightly crunchy and those are fine by me, even if they don’t rock my world. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/150 "2016-11-08T18:42:45Z")
Oh, I also once tried raw dry-cured sheep prosciutto in Norway. It was handed out at a party, so I didn’t need to throw it out, but one bite was sufficient. I love lamb, but this took the sheepiness about 5 factors too far. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/151 "2016-11-09T16:29:10Z")
Went into an [Asian dessert restaurant](http://www.sugarmarmalade.com/) in Toronto and almost turned and left immediately due to a disgusting smell. I was giving the wife “are we really going to eat HERE?” -looks which she misunderstood for something else. A while later we’re perusing the menu and I noticed that they served durian topped ice cream. Having heard of durian’s legendary status I ordered it, excited to try something exotic. When the durian-topped ice cream was placed in front of me, it instantly clicked what the source of the overpowering smell was when we walked in. I’d heard that the taste was nice if you can get past the smell, so I shoved a spoonful of durian into my mouth. Incredible. I’ve never had to force myself to swallow like that. Had to make a conscious effort to force each individual mouth and tongue muscle move to consume the fruit. It tastes exactly like it smells. Stopped at the first bite, but unfortunately because the durian is so incredibly pungent, I had durian flavoured burps for a couple of hours after the incident. Misery. ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/152 "2016-11-09T16:42:19Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Ivylad took me out to a restaurant for my birthday and I decided to try the duck. The server asked how I wanted it, and I pleaded ignorance and said, “Whatever the chef thinks is best.” > > Well, the duck breast came out rare, and I may have hurt his feelings by sending it back to get cooked longer. I still couldn’t eat it. We took it home for leftovers and then I surreptitiously threw it out for the local wildlife to munch on. [Properly cooked duck breast is red on the inside](http://honest-food.net/2014/12/15/how-to-cook-duck-breasts/). You can’t compare it to red meat when trying to gauge its doneness. It’s best to know what the meat is and how it’s served before assuming the chef made a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/153 "2016-11-09T18:43:09Z")
Leftover red beans & rice from Popeyes. It had only been in the fridge overnight so shouldn’t had gone bad already. Even reheating didn’t help it to not be a disgusting mess! ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/154 "2016-11-11T10:26:39Z")
Store-brand oatmeal I bought at Kroger recently. It smelled “off” and tasted horribly bitter. How the hell do you screw up oatmeal? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108/155 "2016-11-11T20:52:03Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > Store-brand oatmeal I bought at Kroger recently. It smelled “off” and tasted horribly bitter. How the hell do you screw up oatmeal? Did you contact the store? This may be something that needs to have the batch recalled. Persimmons are not fit to eat until they appear overripe and are on the verge of rotting. It’s almost persimmon season here in the Midwest! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-food-you-threw-away-after-one-bite/769108.md?page=7)