# Things you don't eat/drink because of it's taste/smell. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430 "2008-11-06T09:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Renz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Renz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renz)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/81 "2009-05-30T03:27:58Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Chipotle is about the only restaurant I go to where I trust the guac is super fresh. Been eating at Chipotle for 5 years, every week and it’s still my favorite food :). On topic! I’d have to say any sort of sea food is just repulsive to me. I think the smell is partially from the mucus that fish secrete (correct me if I’m wrong.) Generally, I love the style of German food, but for some reason I just cannot eat it. It looks delicious, but it really never is. I would love to visit the country, but I’ll feel like a wimp eating at American restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/82 "2009-05-30T04:27:03Z")
I don’t eat liver or oysters. Some people will assume that this is because I do not care for their flavors. While I do not care for the flavors, this is not the reason I do not eat them. I do not eat them because they are not food. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/83 "2009-05-30T04:27:59Z")
> [@Renz](#): > > Been eating at Chipotle for 5 years, every week and it’s still my favorite food :). > > On topic! I’d have to say any sort of sea food is just repulsive to me. I think the smell is partially from the mucus that fish secrete (correct me if I’m wrong.) > > Generally, I love the style of German food, but for some reason I just cannot eat it. It looks delicious, but it really never is. I would love to visit the country, but I’ll feel like a wimp eating at American restaurants. **Renz** , German food in Germany is wonderfully better than nearly all German food outside of Germany. To me, German restaurants in America seem use far more vinegar than I ever encountered in Germany. Also, while fat plays a prominent role in German food, most of it doesn’t seem greasy. And American wurst is the worst. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/84 "2009-05-30T04:29:27Z")
Milk. Can’t stand the taste or the smell, and either is enough to make me barf. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/85 "2009-05-30T16:53:11Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > Hamburger. I have to cook it at least 3 times a week, and I hate the grey ooze that leaks out, the fetid smell, and the half inch of grease I have to dispose of. Get hold of some bison meat. There’s a _lot_ less fat in it. To most people, that makes it not taste as good (the flavor is in the fat, after all), but you don’t end up with greaseburgers, and I quite like the taste. When barbecuing, it sounds like you may be using too much heat/flame. Sear it good right over the heat, but cook slower and you won’t get that hockey puck on the outside/raw on the inside problem. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/86 "2009-05-30T22:22:15Z")
Don’t mind me I’m just bookmarking this for the next time there’s a British food thread. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/87 "2009-05-30T22:59:41Z")
Sauerkraut… 'nuf said… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/88 "2009-05-31T02:23:05Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > the smell is enough to make your mouth clamp shut. If, however, you don’t inhale while eating it, the taste is delicious. > > This assumes you are eating singaporean or malaysian durian. Otherwise, you are on your own. _blecchh!_ ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/89 "2009-05-31T04:14:41Z")
Pickles. Bleh. ---
**Author:** ![Uzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/91b2a8/32.png) [@Uzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzi)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/90 "2009-05-31T06:09:41Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > My son loves those canned Chef BoyRDee ‘things’, but whenever I open a can of 'em for him it’s all I can do to not yakk from the smell. That is some nasty crap, man. The step-son eats it all the time. Yeech! Olives (although Olive oil is good). Oysters. Anything that looks like I had a bad cold and blew my nose on the plate shouldn’t be eaten. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2009, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430/91 "2009-05-31T06:16:03Z")
I bought some lovely meaty oysters from Coffin Bay yesterday. However, I cannot bring myself to like them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-eat-drink-because-of-its-taste-smell/471430.md?page=4)