# What Do You Eat That Your SO Finds Disgusting? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2006, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148 "2006-02-19T02:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/21 "2006-02-19T04:18:19Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > She loves the way I cook cauliflower, I add a special ingredient that gives it a bit more flavor. Vat iss diss ingredient? I am trying to eat more fruits and vegetables (as per the weight loss 2006 thread) and would like to make cauliflower more appealing. Spill! ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/22 "2006-02-19T04:31:40Z")
\ Try slicing the cauliflower in thin slices, drizzling it with olive oil and salt, then baking it at 350 for a halof hour or so until the edges caramelize. It is fantastic that way. \ My husband would die before eating any cheese, but a stinky, strong one like blue cheese would probably be the most disgusting to him. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, though. The only thing he eats that I won’t is soft cooked eggs. Yech. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/23 "2006-02-19T04:33:29Z")
I like fries with mayo, which grosses my boyfriend out completely. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/24 "2006-02-19T04:41:08Z")
> [@Savannah](#): > > Vat iss diss ingredient? I am trying to eat more fruits and vegetables (as per the weight loss 2006 thread) and would like to make cauliflower more appealing. Spill! My first thought was that he ejaculates on the califlower. 😛 Bob ---
**Author:** ![jakeline](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@jakeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jakeline)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/25 "2006-02-19T05:05:22Z")
Where to start? My dear husband, **Asimovian** , had odd food hangups. First and formost, he is revolted by chocolate and the taste of coffee. He claims that he is a “super taster” and his tastebuds are simply superior. Also, pretty much any vegetable aside from spinach and tomatoes are gross to him as well. In exchange, I hate the texture the tomato seed goo. Nas-tay! ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/26 "2006-02-19T05:52:42Z")
I eat bananas, celery and radishes, canned beets and carrots and rye bread, none of which my wife will touch. She didn’t used to go near tomatoes, until I showed her my skill at BLT making. Now she’ll eat them anytime. ---
**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/27 "2006-02-19T06:36:08Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > She won’t touch anything with eyes. Specifically [_shirasu_](http://takeyama.weblogs.jp/photos/saijiki/ryouri_052.html) (tiny fish, usually boiled). OMG, that IS truly revolting! My girlfriend likes mac 'n cheese - but dowsed in yellow mustard :eek: . Also, I know it’s perfectly acceptable to most, but I think bleu cheese tastes like mildew, but she loves it. She, on the other hand, thinks drinking skim milk is incomprehensible… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/28 "2006-02-19T06:40:13Z")
Oh dear, where to start? Mrs. **Piper** dislikes my pickled eggs, kippered herrings and, most definitely, my blood sausage. She’s not keen on lapsang souchong or peppered pappadums. Forturnately, she’s quite sound on haggis and encourages me to make it from time to time, when the ingredients are available. ---
**Author:** ![Penchan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Penchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penchan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/29 "2006-02-19T06:58:16Z")
I love durian, pork floss and I think they’re fried anchovies? (I buy them in Thailand, so I’m not sure which fish it is). He just gives me an offended look when I eat any of these and goes “ewwwwwww!!” until the smell dissipates. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/30 "2006-02-19T07:40:51Z")
Of the “real” food (i.e, proper meals) that i eat, my wife doesn’t find any of it disgusting. We mostly like the same things. But i have a very sweet tooth, and she finds some of the candy i eat disgusting. One in particular that she can’t stand is [Twizzlers Cherry Pull-n-Peel](http://www.candydirect.com/bars/Licorice-Pull-and-Peel-Cherry.html). She even gets grossed out by the smell when i open the packet. I’m a vegetarian, so i’m not keen on the meat she eats, but it’s not really that i find it disgusting, it’s just that i don’t eat meat. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/31 "2006-02-19T07:49:07Z")
Until recently, he hated sushi and sashimi. I turned him into a believer, but he still hates Chinese food and chocolate Necco wafers. I can usually seduce him into taking me out for Thai with the promise of lots of Thai tea. He eats braunschweigert, which pretty well grosses me out, and can stomach Spam, canned beef hash and other gross things, mostly canned _shudders_. And he likes mixing stuff into Mac and Cheese, which is heresy. Canned tuna tops the list of gross add-in items (and as a standalone item, too, I can’t stomach the stuff). ---
**Author:** ![Dervish\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Dervish\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervish_Jones)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/32 "2006-02-19T08:24:09Z")
He eats bleu cheese (otherwise known as curdled vomit), rye bread, and biscuits with sausage gravy. The only way I can eat sausage is in small links with maple syrup, and white gravy is a pasty, pepper-flavored substitute for the real thing. He finds many of my attempts to eat healthy disgusting. Mashed tofu on crackers, granola, and scrambled eggs with tomato and frozen spinach. ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/33 "2006-02-19T12:56:24Z")
He thinks my tofu chocolate pie is disgusting. Good, more for me. He likes liver and onions. I will not allow liver and onions to be cooked in any of my pans. He also eats chicken gizzards, which as far as I’m concerned are only suitable for catfish bait. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/34 "2006-02-19T14:18:28Z")
Shit on a Shingle. I can do sausage gravy, but if it’s ground beef, count me out. The fact that military men LOVE this stuff is just beyond me. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2006, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/35 "2006-02-19T14:45:55Z")
I am SO-less but I started out on plain ordinary “gateway” SPAM and graduated to the crack of SPAMs, the one with the built in Tabasco sauce. I have never had to share a single can that I have ever bought - my sons, my friends, my lady friends - none of them is interested in trying it. I have to limit myself because I will open a can to make a sandwich (sometimes with lettuce and tomato) but then I just eat the rest a slice at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/36 "2006-02-19T16:13:06Z")
> [@urban1z](#): > > My first thought was that he ejaculates on the califlower. 😛 > > Bob Gosh, that’s an ingredient I won’t be able to reproduce for myself. I guess I’ll have to stick to the parmesan-herb seasoning mix I bought the other day. ---
**Author:** ![homeskillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@homeskillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homeskillet)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/37 "2006-02-19T17:31:30Z")
In a word … **Snails** ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/38 "2006-02-19T17:44:32Z")
I mix chopped dill pickles and mustard into my cottage cheese. It looks bad, but I’ve eaten that way since I was a tiny child. **Suburban Plankton** thinks it’s so gross. So much so that he had to say something derisive every single time I ate it. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. This went on for like the first two years we were married. Finally we had a big fight over it (his derisiveness, not the cottage cheese) and now he doesn’t mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/39 "2006-02-19T17:58:21Z")
Me: I love olives, blue cheese, and broccoli. She won’t touch any of it. Her: she loves eggplants and anchovies. I keep trying to like them, but have so far failed. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148/40 "2006-02-19T18:14:22Z")
Miguel is disgusted by my love for canned stewed tomatoes, covered with parmesan cheese. But this is a guy that thinks huitlacoche on a tortilla is a little slice of Heaven. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-eat-that-your-so-finds-disgusting/345148.md?page=3)