# Typical foods that people eat that you never have tried **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714 "2009-03-17T02:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/41 "2009-03-18T01:37:57Z")
If there’s any actual food (by which I mean: not candy or instant-microwave dishes) that people eat over here that I haven’t had yet, I’m game. I think I’m going to have a go at pig’s feet, if they’re in my supermarket tomorrow (credit crunch has made the meat section a lot more interesting!) ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/42 "2009-03-18T01:41:55Z")
Oh, I thought of another one that will shock a lot of you - beer. It smells TERRIBLE. Okay, I’ve sipped it a couple of times and it TASTES terrible, too. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/43 "2009-03-18T01:47:05Z")
> [@MissGypsy](#): > > I’ve never tried sushi. I’m not averse to trying it, but I just haven’t done so yet. Ditto on the never tried, but I am averse to trying it. I can’t get past the “raw fish” thing conceptually. Yes, I am aware that there’s more to it than that – I don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/44 "2009-03-18T01:59:06Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Ditto on the never tried, but I am averse to trying it. I can’t get past the “raw fish” thing conceptually. Yes, I am aware that there’s more to it than that – I don’t care. If it is any consolation I didn’t try sushi until this last year and all because of my daughter. She took a cooking camp and really wanted to try sushi, so we took her out to a sushi restaurant. She loved it, and my wife already loved it. So there I was sitting with my teriyaki (good by the way), and thinking—hell I should try that. So about a month later she did well on something and we let her pick the place to celebrate and of course she chose Sushi. So we went again but this time I decided to try it. LOVED IT!!! If you had told me that I would have been shocked. I easily say it is one of my favorite foods now. Go ahead try it 😉 You can try starting with something a little tamer–like the ebi. It is basically a cooked shrimp on the rice and go from there. Or a California roll–no uncooked fish there. After you are comfortable then you can try the raw fish! ---
**Author:** ![EpicNonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@EpicNonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EpicNonsense)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/45 "2009-03-18T02:30:32Z")
> [@GorillaMan](#): > > Roe? > > Unless you want it processed into caviar 😉 Either way, I’m not keen, and not through squeamishness (I’ll eat anything!) but because I just don’t like the taste. Caviar is what I was trying to get at.. 😉 Never heard of this “Roe” term. ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/46 "2009-03-18T02:31:39Z")
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I’m 50 years old. My mom never fixed me one in my lunch and they just always sounded gross to me. Peanut butter and jelly seem like an unlikely combination. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/47 "2009-03-18T02:39:12Z")
Hmm, the raw oyster thing is the only thing that anyone’s mentioned that I haven’t tried before - I haven’t ever been in a situation where they would exist. I typically hate shellfish, but would try them for the experience, just in case. I can gag at least one of anything down, just to say I’ve tried it and don’t like it. Pigs’ feet for me don’t count, because I don’t consider them a ‘typical’ food. Is hominy ‘typical’? I love grits, but have never eaten hominy. So I guess my list of foods of questionable ‘typicality’: Pigs’ feet Hominy Caviar Field greens (fiddleheads, dandelion greens) Gooseberries Parsnips (that I know of) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/48 "2009-03-18T02:47:51Z")
Cooked canned beets. I can’t get past the smell. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/49 "2009-03-18T03:33:23Z")
Most meat. I’ve had some beef, chicken, turkey, tuna, and some sort of unremarkable fish. Never eaten anything from a pig or any other animal. Beets. Those ubiquitous small, pale mushrooms that are chopped up on pizza or in salads. Plain yogurt. I love the fruit-flavored stuff; I’ve just never had it plain. Less-common foods: okra, collard greens, brussel sprouts, rye bread, mango, cranberry juice. I’m sure there’s more. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/50 "2009-03-18T03:38:16Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I worked at McDonald’s for mumble years and never tried a Big Mac. I mean, have you _seen_ those things? I just ate a Big Mac for the first time in my life last week. Wasn’t that great. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/51 "2009-03-18T03:43:12Z")
I must have been a bad college student, cuz I never ate ramen. Never just appealed to me ---
**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:** [March 18, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/52 "2009-03-18T03:54:23Z")
Pickles. The smell is so awful that they can’t possibly taste good, which is a shame because they have basically no calories. I’ve never tried oysters because the look like phlem, but I’m not really sure that’s all that strange. No mac and cheese, now that’s strange. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/53 "2009-03-18T04:21:15Z")
I can’t drink milk without a bit of chocolate powder in it. The taste of straight milk makes me ill. Also count me in for never trying chowder, raw oysters, sushi or liver. ---
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/54 "2009-03-18T04:46:21Z")
I have never eaten: Spam Vienna Sausages Tuna Potato/egg/tuna/macaroni or any other such salad Raw clams or oysters Chittlins or however you spell southern cooked intestines Collard/turnip/mustard greens Green beans Pinto/navy/black beans Chicken/cow/pigs feet Deviled eggs There are plenty more, if I think about it a while. These things have never and will not ever even touch my lips. None of this, “just one bite” nonsense for me. Oh, and add me to the, “never had a Big Mac” tally. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/55 "2009-03-18T05:14:33Z")
Pickles ketchup mustard raw oysters sushi Nope, ain’t gonna happen. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/56 "2009-03-18T05:33:11Z")
Board ate my first post, so I’ll be more succinct; milk, ketchup. Not never, though, just never voluntarily, and not since I was eight or so. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/57 "2009-03-18T05:34:36Z")
I’m another one who has never eaten sushi. Ed ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/58 "2009-03-18T09:55:37Z")
I’ve never eaten any meat other than beef or chicken. I’ve been a vegetarian most of my life and for the period that I wasn’t, I still kept kosher, so my options were limited. I didn’t eat that much meat even when I was trying it out, it didn’t do anything for me. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/59 "2009-03-18T12:01:46Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > I just ate a Big Mac for the first time in my life last week. > > Wasn’t that great. I _knew_ it! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714/60 "2009-03-18T12:39:50Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I’ve never had a Twinkie. I’ve never had a Twinkie either! Yay us! I’m glad you posted this because I was having a hard time thinking of a _typical_ food I have never tried. I can’t say _never_, but I don’t remember ever tasting a strawberry. I know I tried one once when I was quite small because my parents know I had a severe allergic reaction, but I don’t remember it. It must have made quite an impression on my subconscious, though, because I’ve never had the urge to try one again. Sometimes when people learn I am allergic to strawberries, they think they should feel sorry for me, as if I am pining away for them, but really the idea of eating a strawberry is about the same as eating a rock for me. In my mind, it’s like a non-food. I do vaguely wonder about the texture of them … with all those little seeds they look like they would be gritty, and that doesn’t seem very appetizing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typical-foods-that-people-eat-that-you-never-have-tried/489714.md?page=4)