# "Normal" foods that make you retch
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [June 9, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142 "2002-06-09T21:27:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/1 "2002-06-09T21:27:05Z")
Inspired by the “unpopular foods you like” thread… what so-called normal foods make you recoil in horror?
Mine:
1. mustard. Can’t even stand the smell.
2. pork. I cannot eat any part of a pig. Ever.
3. cherries. Nasty, popping sensation in the mouth. Ick.
4. mushrooms. Grow under dead logs. Need I say more?
5. tomatoes. Squishy, slimy, and the guts are the consistency of snot … eeewwww.
6. beans. Pasty. Foul-smelling. I’ll starve first.
7. white bread (store-bought, at least)… mushy, tasteless, wimpy.
8. prime rib. If this isn’t the grossest thing I’ve ever seen on a plate… I can’t even watch other people eat it.
I’ll probably think of more, but just for starters…
The world’s pickiest eater? Possibly.
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### Author:  [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/2 "2002-06-09T22:38:45Z")
Mayonaise. I can’t stand it. Probably the nastiest condiment known to man.
I also can’t stand the thought of eating oysters…ugh…
The stuff you posted above just kinda makes me hungry…
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### Author:  [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/3 "2002-06-09T22:42:02Z")
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> \*Originally posted by SMUsax \*
> **Mayonaise. I can’t stand it. Probably the nastiest condiment known to man.**
I forgot that one… I’m with ya on mayonnaise, but I LOVE Miracle Whip. Go figure…
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### Author:  [@Melandry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melandry)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/4 "2002-06-09T22:44:08Z")
Celery. Celery is evil. Even the smell makes me want to retch. How can people eat that? How can they even be in the same room with it?
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### Author:  [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/5 "2002-06-09T22:49:09Z")
1. Onions - allergic to them, just the smell of them make me retch.
2. Chicken broth - drank it for 3 weeks afer my surgery, even walking by it in the grocery store is enough to get me nauseated.
3. Beef broth - see #2
4. Liver - ick.
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### Author:  [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/6 "2002-06-09T22:51:36Z")
Dill is evil.
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### Author:  [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/7 "2002-06-09T22:51:50Z")
Tomatoes
White rice (it’s the texture…makes me gag)
Ketchup
over-ripe bananas (some people call them ripe. I like mine a little green)
I could talk about things like tripe, but that’s not necessarily a “typical” thing around here.
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### Author:  [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/8 "2002-06-09T22:54:49Z")
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> \*Originally posted by LolaCocaCola \*
> \*\*Dill is evil. \*\*
Reminded me of another one… pickles. Their innards are that same snot-like consistency.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/9 "2002-06-09T22:56:52Z")
okra
Boiled cabbage (a house clearer if ever there was one)
Mayonnaise (which is odd, since I used to eat mayo sandwiches as a kid)
squash
tuna fish
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### Author:  [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/10 "2002-06-09T22:57:58Z")
Cereal. Any kind. I CANNOT stand it. At all. Even thinking about it for too long…
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### Author:  [@My\_Darn\_Snake\_Legs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/My_Darn_Snake_Legs)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/11 "2002-06-09T22:59:42Z")
ugh…I forgot Tuna. I absolutley hate tuna! Probably because it is usually mixed with Mayo…ugh…
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### Author:  [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/12 "2002-06-09T23:02:15Z")
> [@](#):
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> okra
Okra is God’s cruel little joke.
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### Author:  [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/13 "2002-06-09T23:03:50Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Netbrian \*
> \*\*Cereal. Any kind. I CANNOT stand it. At all. Even thinking about it for too long… \*\*
Does that mean you are the one living person who doesn’t like Rice Krispies Treats? 😃
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### Author:  [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/14 "2002-06-09T23:11:34Z")
Well, I don’t like them. Whether or not I’m the only living person that doesn’t is something for greater minds than I to decide. =)
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/15 "2002-06-09T23:12:35Z")
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> \*Originally posted by Netbrian \*
> \*\*Well, I don’t like them. Whether or not I’m the only living person that doesn’t is something for greater minds than I to decide. =) \*\*
You ain’t the only one!
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### Author:  [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/16 "2002-06-09T23:15:59Z")
Mayonaise
Raw Tomatoes (cooked are good)
Mint (eewwwwww!!! even the smell makes me wretch)
Beans
Any Mexican food
Mushrooms (like slimy little leeches)
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### Author:  [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/17 "2002-06-09T23:21:49Z")
Peppermint tea is meant to be an anti-nauseant, but it has the ability to bring my guts to my throat.
Good retch material!
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### Author:  [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/18 "2002-06-09T23:44:45Z")
peanut butter - dry, pasty…just nasty
celery - horrible horrible flavor.
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### Author:  [@ezra\_brooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ezra_brooks)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/19 "2002-06-09T23:50:14Z")
coconut
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### Author:  [@odd-socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/odd-socks)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-that-make-you-retch/113142/20 "2002-06-10T00:08:04Z")
**Lsura,** I’m with you on the overripe bananas. Plus:
1)garlic - its smell & taste - ugh.
2)the thought of offal makes me feel queasy; never tried it, never will.
3) snails / oysters. Never tried either, not sure if I would.
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