# Normal Foods You Loathe **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108 "2009-06-17T20:52:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/21 "2009-06-17T22:06:47Z")
Canned peas. Still wondering what an egg cutlet is! ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/22 "2009-06-17T22:26:37Z")
I think an egg cutlet sounds kind of intriguing. I like the taste of bananas, but they make me gag. Likewise yogurt, pudding, and applesauce. Hate cottage cheese. Don’t like any kind of cheese cold and by itself or on a cracker, etc. It has to be melted on a sandwich or pasta or just about anything, really – then I love it. I do like those cream cheesy spreads like Boursin. I do not like the taste of charcoal-grilled meats. I love almost all veggies except raw celery. For this reason I adore tomato juice, but loathe V-8 which tastes like celery juice to me. Cooked celery is fine. And to bring this post full circle back to eggs, I make a lovely celery cream sauce for the scotch eggs I make once a year. I wonder how it would be on an egg cutlet? ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/23 "2009-06-17T22:51:20Z")
Egg cutlets sound like deep-fried potato-stuffed hard boiled eggs. [http://www.tajrecipe.com/indian/cooking/recipes/Egg-Specialities/Egg-Cutlet\_245.aspx](http://www.tajrecipe.com/indian/cooking/recipes/Egg-Specialities/Egg-Cutlet_245.aspx) As for me, I hate raw apples and related fruits. They’re mealy. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/24 "2009-06-17T22:56:16Z")
Oranges. I love orange juice, but won’t eat oranges because I don’t like the texture. Fresh tomatoes. Canned are fine, as are juice, tomato sauces and soup, but fresh tomatoes are revolting. Strawberries. Fine with things like jam or strawberry flavoured stuff, the proper things are mostly horrid. Cherries in any form. Fruitcake and things like Christmas pudding. Apart from them often containing various fruits and nuts that I either dislike or just plain loathe, they also have a tendency to be laced with booze. Can’t stand things with booze in 'em. Most types of fish or fish based products - Tuna salad being one of those items so disgusting that I can’t be in the same room as a person eating it. Coconut. Coffee. Cream and any type of milk apart from skimmed. Any form of poultry that isn’t breast. So no drumsticks or wings for me. I still maintain that mayo is the Devil’s spunk. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/25 "2009-06-17T22:59:22Z")
Tofu. Even if it didn’t sound like toe foo, I’d still shy away. It’s weird. I have tried several times to like sauerkraut. No dice. It’s a terrible waste of good cabbage. I love cabbage. Why do folks go to so much trouble to ruin it? John Hodgeman is spot on about oysters. Until I heard that, I thought I might try oysters again someday. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/26 "2009-06-17T23:14:12Z")
Cole slaw, cauliflower and creamed corn ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/27 "2009-06-17T23:16:54Z")
I used to like fresh tomatoes back when they were red and juicy. Today’s tomatoes are pink and hard and tasteless. Gross. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/28 "2009-06-17T23:35:32Z")
Beer. Coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/29 "2009-06-17T23:44:51Z")
Loathe is too strong a word, but I have never really liked cake. Brownies, yes. Cookies, you betcha. Cake, not really. ---
**Author:** ![GameHat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ed655f/32.png) [@GameHat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GameHat)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/30 "2009-06-17T23:45:14Z")
Peas. The taste and texture are nauseating to me. Cantaloupe. Just tastes “off” to me. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/31 "2009-06-18T00:26:22Z")
Broccoli. (Only thing I ever agreed with Bush Sr.) Cauliflower Asparagus Brussel Sprouts Cabbage Rhurbarb Celery Pears ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/32 "2009-06-18T02:07:52Z")
> [@badbadrubberpiggy](#): > > 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. Interesting. The homemade yogurt I’ve had was a little sweeter than the store-bought. I’ve never figured out how to get mine to taste like that, so I assumed I was doing it wrong. Maybe I need my own cow. Boy, will that be hard to explain to my husband. 🙂 Now that you mention it, I hate the pre-flavored yogurt even more than plain - it tastes like chemicals to me. I’d rather choke down plain yogurt or put in some honey. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/33 "2009-06-18T02:11:29Z")
Bananas. I think I like the flavor (banana bread is faboo) but it feels like fiberous mucas going down. Actually, I’m looking to have more little adventures in my life. I’ve just decided to try bananas again. I’ll let you know tomorrow how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6f9a4e/32.png) [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trapezoidal_jellyfish)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/34 "2009-06-18T02:48:08Z")
oatmeal. or any kind of hot cereal. but mainly oatmeal. can’t even smell it without getting nauseous. awful taste, even worse texture. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/35 "2009-06-18T03:12:29Z")
Cheeseburgers. I never learned to like the texture of melted cheese in any form, but combined with a greasy burger — _:::runs away to toilet, barfing noises ensue…:::_ ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/36 "2009-06-18T03:25:20Z")
> [@trapezoidal\_jellyfish](#): > > oatmeal. or any kind of hot cereal. but mainly oatmeal. can’t even smell it without getting nauseous. awful taste, even worse texture. Have you ever tried cream of wheat, made with milk instead of water? With a little sugar and butter on it? Food of the\* gods\*, I tell you. I can hardly stand oatmeal, but I love me some c.o.w. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/37 "2009-06-18T03:26:21Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Cheeseburgers. > > I never learned to like the texture of melted cheese in any form, but combined with a greasy burger — > > _:::runs away to toilet, barfing noises ensue…:::_ The good thing about not liking cheese on our burgers is we always get fresh, hot burgers! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/38 "2009-06-18T03:45:01Z")
Egg cutlets = deep fried deviled eggs. (yes, really.) I can’t drink milk. It’s a glandular excretion for heaven’s sake! Ewwwwww! ! ! OK in ice cream though. . . or if previously swallowed and in turn excreted by micro-orgnaisms, preferably French ones. Eggs, I go through stages where I think about what they are, and then can’t eat them for a month or so, until the soft cowl of denial settles gently back over my head and shoulders. . . Beans. Its the texture, definitely. I try to sneak them into dishes, but I always know they’re there. Even hummus feels mealy to me, no matter how much I blend it. I’ve tried beans dried, frozen and canned. (What is it in canned goods that makes them all smel like dog food?) At any rate, I’d love to try fresh beans, I have an idea they might be more palatable. But maybe not. Ground meat in any form. Hot dogs, balogna, sausage, hamburger, just forget it, I can’t, it’s too gross. Do you _KNOW_ what they put _IN_ there?!? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/39 "2009-06-18T03:51:59Z")
I loathe cheese. This locks me out of a wide variety of foods, including poutine and pizza. Every five years or so, I try a little cheese to see whether my tastes have changed enough to like it; so far, the loathing remains strong. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-foods-you-loathe/500108/40 "2009-06-18T04:01:10Z")
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