Are there any foods that would be considered “normal” by your peer group (in terms of age, where you live, what ethnic group you’re a part of, etc.) that you absolutely can’t stand?
For me, it’s peanut butter. Peanuts are fine; peanut oil is tolerable in cooking in moderate amounts. But hand me a peanut butter sandwich and I’ll start gagging.
The last time I tried to eat one was my freshman year of college–I was desperately hungry, it was too late for anyplace to be open, and the only thing in the room was a loaf of bread and jar of peanut butter that my roommates had as part of our emergency stash. I choked down maybe three bites before I almost threw up, so I gave up and chucked the rest in the garbage.
Tuna salad, egg salad, macaroni salad, potato salad – basically any kind of salad that doesn’t contain any salad ingredients.
Other than that, some of the standard midwestern fare. Gag me. But none of my peers eats that sort of stuff. Last weekend I was reminded of egg cutlets and creamed peas. My entire horrible abused childhood came rushing back to me.
Beans. Refried, in burritos, whatever. Chili beans, lima beans, black beans…all are vomit-inducing. Everyone I know eats beans and one shape or form and everyone who knows me gives me grief about me not eating them. “But they’re so GOOD for you!”
Is it good to watch me throw up in my plate? Didn’t think so…
Mayonaise.
I once was starving for lunch and ordered a turkey sub from a small place sans mayo. Drove back to work and opened it to find it had mayo on it.
The whole thing went into the trash and I went without lunch that day.
All of my friends and my boyfriend love sushi but I hate it. And yes I’ve tried multiple varieties. Luckily the place my bf likes to go to get sushi in his town has fantastic teriyaki beef so I don’t mind. But I won’t even try sushi anymore, I’m over it totally.
I can’t stand ricotta cheese. If I’m unaware of its presence in my food, I don’t care. If I know it’s in there and I don’t have to eat it to be polite, I won’t go near the stuff.
I also think plain yogurt is disgusting, but I’m going to try making my own, so hopefully that’ll be less sour.
I don’t like to drink milk. I think the taste, combined with the texture is kind of gross. But I drink it anyway because I’m supposed to.
I don’t hate carrots, but they are incredibly boring even when sauced up and I would not choose to eat them, raw or otherwise.
It’s always just as sour when I make it at home. Which is fine for me, because I like it, but if you don’t like the sourness you might be disappointed. Plain yogurt is sour by nature, at least far more sour than the pre-flavored kinds most people in the US are used to.
No eggs. Under no circumstances. As an ingredient in something like cake or whatever, I don’t mind, but eggs alone, prepared any style, disgust me.
No milk. Ever. I have not drunk milk once in the past 18 years. It makes me want to puke. If I ever needed to force myself to puke for whatever reason, a glass of milk would do it in two seconds.
I can’t stand tomato soup or tomato juice. LOVE fresh tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, pretty much ANYTHING else with tomatoes, just not the soup and juice. YAK
And while we’re on tomatoes, my brother HATES ketchup. Never has liked it. Orders his burgers plain.
I am with you on this one. Why do they even call these salads? I can’t stand watching people make them OR eating them. I usually just leave the room or look the other way. blechh…
I like cheese, and I like burgers, but I hate cheeseburgers- always have, always will. I like peanut butter, and I like jelly, but I hate peanut butter & jelly. I hate squash of any kind, cucumbers, and melons, except for watermelon. Those all seem to be foods that most, if not all, of the people I know like.
If they aren’t slightly green, I absolutely hate bananas. If they are, they are one of my favorite foods. This sucks because if I buy a bunch, they go “bad” within a day or two.
Red apples are gross, except Pink Ladys and Honeycrisps. Pears are gross as well. It’s the grittiness of both of these that is so awful.
It’s odd that I can try almost any vegetable and like it, but I dislike most fruits apparently.
ETA: Aw, Alice cucumbers and melons are my favorite things in the world. I guess that means we can’t be friends.
I will not eat another green bean or pea in my life. I grew up on multiple military bases where green beans and/or peas seemed to be a staple of EVERY SINGLE meal. I cannot count the number of times that as a child I was given the “there are starving children in (name the country)” speech. I am sure they are great fresh or right out of the garden as so many people tell me but having been required to eat the possibly Vietnam era canned green beans and peas as a youth has made me swear them off forever.
