# Straight Dopers rate the world's worst foods **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 1999, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636 "1999-10-27T22:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![GirlFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecd19e/32.png) [@GirlFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GirlFace)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/121 "1999-12-06T20:53:00Z")
I recently took sweet potatoes off my “won’t do it” list, but candy corn, circus peanuts, and black licorice will never pass my lips. When I look at candy corn, all I can think of is rotten teeth. S.O.S. is another thing I’ll never understand. My husband thinks it’s great, and adds more crap to it to make it look even more vile than the original, pathetic version. My son once ate baloney and peanut butter sandwiches. What a hork-fest. Wax beans are also hideous. They bother my teeth with that squeaky sensation. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/122 "1999-12-06T21:22:00Z")
> [@](#): > > black licorice will never pass my lips --GirlFace Heh! Forgot that one. My dad used to tell me that black licorice is made only at the _end_ of the day at the candy factory, by sweeping up all the spilled sugar and dumped/stepped on candy on the floor, mixing it together and forming it into “whips.” Yeah, that sounds about right. 😉 * * * **StoryTyler** _I am too in shape! :::muttering::: Round is a shape._ ---
**Author:** ![torq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@torq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torq)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/123 "1999-12-06T21:25:00Z")
My boss has (I have no idea why) a French phrasebook. Among other things, it lists local specialty dishes that you might want to try should you happen to be stuck in France for some reason. I cannot recall the name of it, but one dish struck us both as being way, way up there on the list of disgusting foodstuffs. It was, basically, sweetbreads in a cream sauce stuffed into a sausage casing. ---
**Author:** ![Lucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 1999, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/124 "1999-12-06T21:48:00Z")
Hot Pickled Mango is the most revolting thing I have ever had the displeasure of tasting. It is a very popular condiment in Nepal, which just goes to show that if you’re hungry enough… Absolutely disgusting. * * * “I should not take bribes and Minister Bal Bahadur KC should not do so either. But if clerks take a bribe of Rs 50-60 after a hard day’s work, it is not an issue.” ----Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Current Prime Minister of Nepal ---
**Author:** ![Anomaly22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Anomaly22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anomaly22)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/125 "1999-12-07T03:09:00Z")
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM 🙂 CORN DOGS! love 'em! I forgot to add, any or most forms of ‘Cajun’ cooking, especially when they got to char the damn food black first. Along with any eyeball from any type of animal prepaired in any way! (Talk about wanting to barf!) ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/126 "1999-12-07T03:53:00Z")
Clamato. Clam juice and tomato juice cocktail. Works even faster than Syrup of Ipecac. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 1999, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/127 "1999-12-07T20:21:00Z")
To Torq: Bill Cosby did a routine for his album _Inside the Mind of Bill Cosby,_ concerning foods he wouldn’t eat. He assumed sweetbreads were bull testicles. His reaction was, “You’re kidding! I ain’t going to put them things in my mouth! It took me 18 years to learn to kiss a girl right–it’ll take me another 54 to eat _them_ fellows!” ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 1999, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/128 "1999-12-09T01:26:00Z")
To StoryTyler: In reference to the gray-meat burrito, I suspected that the meat had started to spoil. I sure wasn’t going to eat _that!_ ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/129 "2000-02-08T19:04:00Z")
Sorry, I know this is an old thread but here you go: -military field rations specifically: Ham Omelette - the eggs have been in the military since 1982 and it’s grey and pink, any questions? -cobra venom sacks in brandy - apparently some kind of delicacy in some middle eastern country, I read about it in “Rogue Warrior” about that Navy Seal guy Marchinko(sp?) he said he felt dizzy and disoriented after, you don’t say? ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/130 "2000-02-08T21:56:00Z")
old thread, schmold thread Vegemite is the leftover yeast product of the beer-making process. Yuk. It is one the most disgusting things I have ever smelled and there is no chance in hell that’s going to pass my lips. And I like haggis. And Clamato juice (makes a great bloody mary). ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Gretchen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Miss\_Gretchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Gretchen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/131 "2000-02-09T03:13:00Z")
OK, I saw something called “Mr. Brain’s Pork Faggots” in a Sainsbury’s in London. What the hell is that? And why? So many questions. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/132 "2000-02-09T14:47:00Z")
Miss Gretchen - I can not even hazard a guess. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/133 "2000-02-09T15:07:00Z")
God knows where it came from, but I once ate phesant with creamed turnip. I dont know if phesant is supposed to taste nice, but it tasted revolting, and I hate turnips anyway, but these creamed ones had the texture of vomit. I had to eat it all so as not to offend the cook. I was sick that night like never before. * * * J “Cast a cold Eye, On Life, On Death, Horseman, ride by” W.B. Yeats ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/134 "2000-02-11T00:06:00Z")
I am surprised at the number of foods listed here that I think are good! Re Persimmons: I once worked at a restaurant at which the obnoxious chef insisted that all persimmons were completely inedible and were only intended to be a garnish. At our next staff meeting I brought a bunch in (very ripe, of course) and passed them around right when he stood up to describe the day’s specials. Everyone loved them. Now for some disgusting foods: - Linguine with sauteed veins - an actual dish I saw on a menu in Italy. Don’t know how they could collect enough veins but just the thought was revolting. - Brains - Goat curry ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/135 "2000-02-11T00:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > OK, I saw something called “Mr. Brain’s Pork Faggots” in a Sainsbury’s in London. Isn’t faggot British slang for cigarette? Isn’t it also a bundle of sticks? I’m guessing it was probably sausages or jerky sticks. Why “Mr. Brain” I don’t know, unless that’s the part of the pork they sausaged or whatever. I don’t know… I like pork sausage but that still doesn’t sound very appetizing. * * * “I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy [The Kat House](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/home.htm) [Join the FSH Muscular Dystrophy Webring](http://members.aol.com/gr8kat1/KatGen/fshwebring.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Crystalguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Crystalguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crystalguy)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/136 "2000-02-11T04:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by orangecakes: > **I LIKE lima beans!What’s with You???** Absolutely! Lima beans with a little ham for flavoring, cornbread and buttermilk just can’t be beat. Worst food ever has got to be lutefish. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/137 "2001-01-18T01:03:48Z")
I’m posting this now because–silly me–I never did make the connection before–between liverwurst and “Braunschweiger,” which is what our family has always called it. I like it. I’d squeeze a layer of Oscar Mayer Braunschweiger from the casing onto a slice of bread, and add mustard and a slice of cheese, and another slice of bread. Braunschweiger sandwich. I used to have it all the time during childhood and adolescence, and I feel embarrassed now making a connection between Oscar Mayer Braunschweiger and the liverwurst apparently widely despised by the Teeming Millions. :o ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/138 "2001-01-18T04:21:30Z")
I like Liverwurst, the taste is bearable, it’s just the thought of what it’s made out of that stops me from eating it. Vegemite is really, really yummy. I grew up on it [being an Aussie and all. Everyone should have a jar of Vegemite in their cupboard]. Can someone tell me what ‘headcheese’ is? Some basic things that I can’t for the life of me eat, are: - Anchovies…[ack, ugh…disgustingly vile…] - Eggplant - Mushrooms - Olives - Spam - ANY seafood whatsoever - Kidney beans and any other type of bean or bean product ---
**Author:** ![woolly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@woolly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woolly)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/139 "2001-01-18T07:05:55Z")
Grass Carp Served to me a couple of time in north central China (Nanjing, Suzhou, Shanghai)as the centre piece of a welcoming banquet. Claimed to to be considered a great delicacy by the locals. Suspect they know it’s gawd awful and serve up as a practical joke on stupid Westerners who don’t know better. Dirty great big freshwater fish (2-3 feet long). Steamed and served whole. Eaten with chopsticks. Tastes like mud and fermented seaweed mixed with fish oil. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636/140 "2001-01-18T08:12:11Z")
There is a Chinese dish called ‘Three Squeals’ which is late-term still-living rat embryos. It’s called Three Squeals because it squeals once when you pick it up with the chopsticks, a second time when you dip it in soy sauce, and a third time when you pop it in your mouth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dopers-rate-the-worlds-worst-foods/13636.md?page=8)