# Meals of death **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2004, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139 "2004-05-14T17:19:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/61 "2004-05-15T06:37:10Z")
I don’t get grossed out by flavors, no. I only get really grossed out by _textures_. In particular, that spongy, slippery, rubbery, unchewable texture of: - oysters - whole clams - scallops - gristle in a steak - tendons in a chicken leg - anything cooked in its own skin _not_ outweighed by battered bread at the magical 9:1 ratio Ewww. ---
**Author:** ![duffer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duffer/32/1026_2.png) [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/62 "2004-05-15T07:06:00Z")
Here’s one I used to love. Mushrooms. Loved them to the point when I was about 3 or so that my mom had to physically set up a barrier to keep me out of the kitchen when she cooked my dad’s steaks. Can’t stand 'em now. Anything that can grow equally well in a sidewalk crack, base or side of a tree, or a pile of shit is nothing I want to eat. Plus the texture is wierd. Alas, my wife loves them, and I’m a good cook. So I make them for her. However, I will not even touch the damn things. I don food-server gloves to make them. On the other hand, she is sickened by mayo and sauerkraut, both faves of mine. So to even it out, as the fungus is cooking, I’ll force her to watch me dip some raw frauk into mayo and eat it. We have a give and take type of marriage. 😃 I also noticed liver mentioned. If you’ve never eaten it, just smell it. It’s one of the very few things that you can taste just by smell. It’s freaky. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/63 "2004-05-15T13:00:09Z")
My biggest meal of death is any kind of shellfish. Even before I gave up flesh, I could not stomach shellfish. It tastes like something that has gone bad. Tofu. I read that “tofu tastes like its name sounds,” and it’s true. Calling it bean curd and saying it’s healthy is like saying Jeffrey Dahmer did good by killing the queers. Jello. Anything with that color, that taste, and especially that texture is not edible. The drink would be instant decaf flavored coffee. Coffee supposed to be brewed, have caffine, and taste like coffee. Not be as processed as Kool-Aid. ---
**Author:** ![NajaNivea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/64 "2004-05-15T15:31:23Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] [ul][li]Tomato aspic. Yes, tomatoes are technically a fruit. That is _not_ an excuse.[/ul][/li][/QUOTE] I imagine someone must eat this abomination, because I’ve seen it in the grocery store, but… _who?_ And for the love o’ god, _why?_ I can’t even fathom. On my own list, headcheese. Every time I go to the deli, I have to consciously avoid stopping and staring at the blob of meat jello with bits of noses floating in it. ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/65 "2004-05-15T17:55:17Z")
Only two things that I can think of, Asapragus, and mushrooms. The worst is mushrooms, and they put these little b\*\*tards in EVERYTHING. Whatever it is, you seem to bit into it and they’re _there_, adding that unmistakable aura of decay to the whole thing. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/66 "2004-05-15T18:30:09Z")
I can handle most mushrooms—to me they’re fairly flavorless. I can even eat them if they’re freshly grilled. Most mushies that make it into commercially prepared food, however, fall into the slippery-rubbery-slimy-spongy category of stuff I won’t eat. So do chicken gizzards. Ewwwww. If pressed, the only flavor I really don’t care for—though one which I have eaten and can do again—is artichoke. ---
**Author:** ![EvilGhandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@EvilGhandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilGhandi)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/67 "2004-05-15T19:34:33Z")
Some of the dishes mentioned here are my absolute favorites. Lima beans, love em, the flavor and texture are absolutely perfect to me. I cant understand how anyone could dislike them. My wife and son leave the house if I dare to put them on the stove. Sauerkraut, brussel sprouts and liver I absolutely love em but I can see how people could be repelled by them. Yes I \*can \* smell that, I happen to like it. No my list; Durian, I swear to god, anyone who says they like this is just trying to make people puke. Tripe, Tastes fine, just cant get past the sensation of chewing fibreglass. Kidney, Dunno how you guys prepare it but I can always pick out a slight urine flavor. Bagong, Philipino dopers? do you guys actually eat this stuff or is it just to make the white people leave so you can have all the delicious stuff to yourselves? Lup Chong, I have tried to like it. It is a perfect hiking food, sausage that needs no refrigeration for weeks on end, I can barely gag it down if I am starving. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/5daacb/32.png) [@Old\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Goat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/68 "2004-05-16T03:46:46Z")
Gee, you folks have lead a sheltered life. Nobody mentioned Hominy. Add Lime Beans and you get Succotash (diarrhea of the gods). Now you know what Sylvester was talking about. Mutton (not lamb). The Army could cook this so it looks just like roast beef. One sheep can feed 50,000 men and sitll have 90% of it left over. Always wondered where they got the sheep. (Figured some Field Grade’s girlfriend died) Rutabagas, parsnips and turnips. My mother would periodically cook this stuff just to remind us of what could happen if we really pissed her off. Fish eyes. When my cousins were kids, cook a Rock Cod and they would fight over the eyeballs. (3 kids, 2 eyes) bleah!!! That does it, I’m checking in on the weight loss thread. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/69 "2004-05-16T10:30:40Z")
> [@EvilGhandi](#): > > Lup Chong, > I have tried to like it. It is a perfect hiking food, sausage that needs no refrigeration for weeks on end, I can barely gag it down if I am starving. Hey, I love that stuff! Of course, it tastes much better when sort of lightly fried, and is a bit too salty to eat on it’s own, but it’s not THAT bad… 😛 'course, growing up eating it might have something to do with it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/70 "2004-05-16T17:00:05Z")
Olives are the eyeballs of Satan, as far as I’m concerned. I don’t like ricecakes (do people even still eat those?) I don’t care if they’re nice and crunchy, so is styrofoam and I don’t eat that. (Though for all I know styrofoam may have more flavor.) I don’t like tofu, sprouts, avocado, or raw broccoli. They may be healthy and good for you and all that, but that doesn’t change the fact that they taste terrible. I don’t eat root vegetables (turnips, parsnips, beets and that other godawful stuff that was obviously intended for consumption by moles rather than humans.) Onions are the only exception. I love onions. And speaking of onions, I love liver and onions. And asparagus, though I have to admit that no matter how you cook it it’s rather bland. ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/71 "2004-05-16T17:47:30Z")
**Milk** - I was allergic to it until just recently, so while my mother tries to get me to drink it, I gag. It tastes and smells TERRIBLE. My brother LOVES milk but I cannot STAND it! **Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwhiches** - Ever since I was about 3 I have had to eat these at my baby sitters. I just stopped eating them round age 10. I had to eat them almost every day for lunch for like 5 years. I hated them now. I now gag when I smell it. I HATE P&J. It is the worst combo EVER. **Tomatoes** - Ewwwww… The fruit that pretends it’s a veggie. It’s all juicey, and like sour and ew… I have ALWAYS hated tomatoes, ever since my mother gave me some when I was a toddler. ---
**Author:** ![IUchem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/aca169/32.png) [@IUchem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IUchem)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/72 "2004-05-16T18:53:07Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > I have been served the Lunch From Hell. By my step-grandma, and in front of my other grandma. It featured not one, not two, not even three, but **FOUR** different mayo-based salads. Even the fruit salad was made with mayo. I don’t really remember what the others were, I think one was ham and one was chicken and the third completely escapes me. I was too busy eyeing the plate of plain bread thinking I can always just eat that and grab something later… > > The sheer horror I felt when I beheld the Lunch From Hell is indescribable, unless you hate mayo as much as I do. > > Fortunately, my mom’s husband hates the stuff as much as I do. I figured she knew that, so I worked up the nerve to say something. Lo and behold, there was turkey in the fridge, along with margarine (as opposed to the White Goo of Death) so I had myself a nice sandwich. > > Oh, it’s funny now. But at the time, it wasn’t! Although most of the foods described so far (and subsequent to this post) are things I will happily ingest; although, I understand the aversion to the multitude of salads containing mayonaise or its derivatives - - even though I am personally willing to eat most of them - - but 4 at time is overkill - no? I hope the Dopers out there will enjoy the following link (to “Recipes of the Damned.” --IUchem > **[脱毛 - Just another WordPress site](https://thermalindustries.com/)** > > Just another WordPress site ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/73 "2004-05-16T20:43:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Fat: can’t choke it down, makes me do the cat hurkhurkhurkbleah thing. Wow. Just wow. Literary genius. Hmm, there aren’t that many foods I don’t like. Green olives Asparagus Cucumbers Watermelon flavoring (I love watermelon… all watermelon flavoring is like sour sugar.) Shellfish (Bleaugh!!! (or hurkhurkhurkbleah… I haven’t laughed that hard at an SDMB quote in a while… I guess it’s obvious that I’m a cat owner.) ---
**Author:** ![Studioworks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Studioworks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Studioworks)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/74 "2004-05-16T22:41:40Z")
I’m okay with the cream part, but something about eating something with the look and texture of boogers is not very apetizing. BTW I’m okay with other cream of … soups, it’s just mushroom. Also Mushroom soup is okay if it is used as a sauce for something else like the forever confused (at least for me) shepards pie, and misc variants of meat pie or pork chops, etc. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/75 "2004-05-17T00:19:29Z")
> [@IUchem](#): > > Although most of the foods described so far (and subsequent to this post) are things I will happily ingest; although, I understand the aversion to the multitude of salads containing mayonaise or its derivatives - - even though I am personally willing to eat most of them - - but 4 at time is overkill - no? I hope the Dopers out there will enjoy the following link (to “Recipes of the Damned.” --IUchem > > [脱毛 - Just another WordPress site](http://www.batemania.com/recipes/archive.html) That site is close to brilliant! ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/76 "2004-05-17T14:32:15Z")
Oh, yeah, I cannot stand mayonnaise or peanut butter either. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/77 "2004-05-17T15:31:44Z")
> [@luluBahrain](#): > > Oh, yeah, I cannot stand mayonnaise or peanut butter either. Sacrilege! PB&M sandwiches rule! Mutton: Sheep are not food. Sheep are either pets or sex partners. Nasty, greasy, slimy, oily, barnyard-flavored gag material. Goat: See “mutton”. Good for cheese manufacture and trimming your hedges. Head cheese: Good god. How did this ever arrive on a plate for consumption? Someone had to work very hard to come up with meat in a jelly, and work even harder to convince anyone to eat it. “You try it.” “Not me, man, _you_ try it.” Fuck _that_, it looks like cat hurk." Did I mention oysters? Yeah, think I did, but it’s worth mentioning again. Snot is not food. Especially when it looks like it was hacked up by a hippo. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/78 "2004-05-17T15:35:58Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sacrilege! PB&M sandwiches rule! > > Mutton: Sheep are not food. Sheep are either pets or sex partners. Nasty, greasy, slimy, oily, barnyard-flavored gag material. > > Goat: See “mutton”. Good for cheese manufacture and trimming your hedges. > > Head cheese: Good god. How did this ever arrive on a plate for consumption? Someone had to work very hard to come up with meat in a jelly, and work even harder to convince anyone to eat it. “You try it.” “Not me, man, _you_ try it.” Fuck _that_, it looks like cat hurk." > > Did I mention oysters? Yeah, think I did, but it’s worth mentioning again. Snot is not food. Especially when it looks like it was hacked up by a hippo. For some reason, this culinary intolerance strikes me as odd coming from… **Chefguy**. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/79 "2004-05-17T15:39:28Z")
**Chefguy** not together, silly. But my mom did put some horrid things together in sandwiches when I was growing up. ie: Velveeta and sugar Velveeta and peanut butter Peanut butter and butter My mind has blocked out the rest. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2004, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139/80 "2004-05-17T15:56:32Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > For some reason, this culinary intolerance strikes me as odd coming from… **Chefguy**. Strangely, the food store I invested in (Snotlike Products and Rancid Meat) failed almost immediately. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-of-death/245139.md?page=5)