# Things you eat despite their taste or smell. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978 "2009-05-19T16:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/1 "2009-05-19T16:23:25Z")
Inspired by the thread \* Things you don’t eat/drink because of it’s taste/smell.\* which seems to have the most obvious answer in history - we don’t eat things that taste or smell bad. However there are a few cheeses that smell pretty bad but are in fact very tasty, particularly blue cheeses. And some dishes with coriander smell like they won’t taste good but they do. Any other things? ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/2 "2009-05-19T16:56:26Z")
I grew up on sauerkraut and weiners for lunch. Now when I heat up some sauerkraut for a Reuben sandwich, my wife will leave the house because of the smell. I swear, this isn’t why I still eat it. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/3 "2009-05-19T17:18:56Z")
Cabbage, and related plants. They are as delicious as they are stinky. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/4 "2009-05-19T17:42:03Z")
Cheerios smell like urine to me. I have no problem eating them, but if someone else is eating them near me, it sort of grosses me out. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/5 "2009-05-19T17:45:21Z")
Echoing the blue cheese sentiment. Gorgonzola and Double Gloucester with Stilton are quite smelly, but really tasty. Papaya smells like vomit to me, but I do like papaya salad. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/6 "2009-05-19T17:49:55Z")
A friend of mine makes amazing lamb stew. Every time I eat it, I first smell it and think, “wait, why am I putting this is my mouth?” But then I take a bite and remember - because it tastes nothing like it smells. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/7 "2009-05-19T17:53:22Z")
I haven’t eaten it in a long time but [gefilte fish](http://chewonthatblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/gefilte-fish_closeup.JPG) aint exactly pretty. I am ,bar none, the pickiest person I know food wise and I could still eat it. I love peanut butter but can’t stand the smell if someone else is eating it. I also like scrambled eggs but the smell of them cooking is quite nauseating to me. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/8 "2009-05-19T17:56:57Z")
I love drinkable yogurt, especially the raspberry kind. But in a high concentration, like inside the bottle itself, the raspberry drinkable yogurt smells a lot like sour cream, which I can’t stand. But it tastes great. I just avoid sticking my nose in the bottle and inhaling. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/9 "2009-05-19T18:43:19Z")
kim chee. Salted fish. ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/10 "2009-05-19T18:55:38Z")
For me it is macaroni. I don’t like the taste or smell of it. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/11 "2009-05-19T19:14:52Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I also like scrambled eggs but the smell of them cooking is quite nauseating to me. ditto. The smell of cooking eggs might as well be rotten eggs to my nose. Makes me sick to my stomach. But I still like scrambled eggs and omlettes. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/12 "2009-05-19T19:15:51Z")
> [@Lungfish](#): > > For me it is macaroni. I don’t like the taste or smell of it. You like neither, yet you eat it? ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/13 "2009-05-19T19:19:21Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Cheerios smell like urine to me. I have no problem eating them, but if someone else is eating them near me, it sort of grosses me out. Yep. I love Cheerios, but I cant be in the same room with someone else who’s eating them. There’s a Panamanian dish my SO makes that looks and smells like vomit (to me) called Chicheme (sp?). I don’t know if it tastes good because I leave the house when she cooks it, but she loves it. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/14 "2009-05-19T20:07:35Z")
I don’t have any sense of smell, but I did try Limburger cheese because of its reputation. I figured, if it stinks and people still eat it, it must taste pretty good. It was okay. I drink wine despite its taste. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/15 "2009-05-19T20:09:34Z")
Oh. Yeah. Pretty much anything alcoholic. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/16 "2009-05-19T20:14:03Z")
As a kid, I would NEVER eat mustard, because I absolutely hated the smell – it made me want to gag. Finally, my dad dared me to try it (when I was about, oh, eight maybe?) and I found out that I loved mustard. (Honey mustard is definitely one of the tastiest things on the planet!) Turkey bacon smells nasty when you cook it, but it’s pretty tasty – and not as greasy as regular bacon. (Do they make beef bacon? Just curious. Otherwise, would turkey bacon be kosher?) ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/17 "2009-05-19T20:52:06Z")
[Durian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian) is supposed to have a pretty wretched stench but lots of people eat it anyway. I’ve never even seen one in real life so I don’t know if I’d be brave enough to ignore the smell and give it a taste. ---
**Author:** ![Lungfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lungfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lungfish)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/18 "2009-05-19T22:38:01Z")
> [@Lungfish](#): > > For me it is macaroni. I don’t like the taste or smell of it. > [@Aesiron](#): > > You like neither, yet you eat it? Yup. My girlfriend likes macaroni, so when she cooks it for us I eat it. She knows I don’t like it. I just smother it in ketchup and eat the macaroni with a smile. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/19 "2009-05-19T23:01:45Z")
Vagina. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978/20 "2009-05-19T23:58:04Z")
Mango. It smells like something rotten to me, but it tastes fantastic (as long as I don’t inhale). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-despite-their-taste-or-smell/496978.md?page=2)