# What do you refuse to eat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237 "2001-02-28T17:19:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nymysys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f6c823/32.png) [@Nymysys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nymysys)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/21 "2001-02-28T19:30:00Z")
Mushrooms. Period. **"Not even portobellos? They’re really…_MMMPH!_"** ::beats said person into bloody pulp after sticking handful of gasoline soaked rags in their mouth:: **NO! NOT EVEN PORTOBELLOS, YOU IDIOT! NOR SHIITAKES, LENTINULAS, MORELS, MORCHELLAS, CHANTERELLES, HEDGEHOGS, AMANITAS, RUSSULAS, BOLETUS, AGARICUS, MATSUTAKES, LOBSTERS, ENOKIS, COPRINUS, SPARASSIS, OYSTERS, HERICIUMS, WOOD EARS, ARMILLARIAS, HONEYS, BEEFSTEAKS, STOPHARIAS, BLACK TRUMPETS, OR BOLENTES! DO YOU THINK NO ONE HAS EVER _THOUGHT_ OF OFFERING ME A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MUSHROOM BEFORE?! THAT PERHAPS I’D GONE ALMOST 28 YEARS AND TRIED ONE LITTLE MUSHROOM ONCE AND TURNED MY NOSE UP? DO YOU THINK IT’S _FUN_ NOT EATING SOMETHING MOST OF THE CIVILIZED WORLD EATS?** \ Sorry 'bout that. Now, as I was saying. No beans/legumes/lentils, the only two exceptions being green beans and hummous. No coconut. No artificial sweeteners. I think that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Lowellster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2bfe46/32.png) [@Lowellster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowellster)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/22 "2001-02-28T20:04:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Nymysys \* > **Mushrooms. Period.** > > **"Not even portobellos? They’re really…_MMMPH!_"** > > **::beats said person into bloody pulp after sticking handful of gasoline soaked rags in their mouth::** Thank you, Nym. That was definitely a contingency of people who needed a good beating. Perhaps you can come up with something equally appropriate for these folks: **"What?! How can you not like mushrooms? They don’t even taste like anything!"** **IF THEY DON’T DAMN TASTE LIKE ANYTHING, THEN WHY DO YOU INSIST UPON EATING THEM? HUH?! TELL ME THAT?! DO YOU ACTUALLY LIKE THE TEXTURE, YOU FREAK?!** I’m sorry too. But I feel better already. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/23 "2001-02-28T20:27:47Z")
Tomatoes in anything resembling their natural state, including juice. Process the hell out of 'em and I’ll try. Pasta/pizza sauce is fine. Ketchup/catsup is great. It can be tomato based as long as it doesn’t taste like it. Feet of anykind. Guts (except deep fried cracklins in cornbread). Tongue (dead ones anyway. Some live ones are OK, though I don’t swallow). I think that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalMuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@DigitalMuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalMuse)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/24 "2001-02-28T20:29:38Z")
Most of the time, I refuse to eat all food. But on the days when people force me to eat stuff I wont eat the following: Red Meat Fish Most fruit celery lettuce mayonaise nuts and alot of other stuff I can’t think of off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/25 "2001-02-28T20:38:23Z")
Mushrooms. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/26 "2001-02-28T20:50:34Z")
I am the opposite of a picky eater (I’ll try just about anything), but I _will not_ drink the toxic waste of beverages, Sunny Delight. Am I the only person that notices that this stuff has a really suspicious chemical aftertaste? And the beforetaste isn’t anything to write home about, either. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/27 "2001-02-28T20:51:51Z")
Stuff I won’t eat because it’s gross: Brussel Sprouts Eggplant Liver and other organ meats Tripe Sauerkraut Cabbage Stuff I won’t eat because it triggers migraines: Carrots Sourdough bread Raw peanuts Red wine Avocados/Guacamole ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/28 "2001-02-28T21:19:47Z")
I’m not a very picky eater, especially after a year of culinary school–I’ve probably have had to eat just about anything you can get on a menu. But… I _hate_ fennel. It’s such a trendy little vegetable, and it’s all over the place… and I can’t stand it. Raw broccoli gives me horrible stomach cramps, so I avoid it–but I love it cooked. ---
**Author:** ![OrcaChow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e47c2d/32.png) [@OrcaChow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrcaChow)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/29 "2001-02-28T21:41:22Z")
Brussel sprouts Artichoke Cabbage Sauerkraut Beets Radishes Okra Feta cheese (_fetid_ cheese) Greek olives Caviar Headcheese Tongue ROCKY MOUNTAIN OYSTERS (what sick fuck invented this dish?!?) Haggis Sea urchin gonads (reportedly a delicacy in Japan) Raw fish Fugu (I don’t like meals that double as Russian roulette) The worm at the bottom of a tequila bottle Bird’s nest soup (someone correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it essentially bird-saliva soup?) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/30 "2001-02-28T21:43:01Z")
Cottage cheese and pears. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/31 "2001-02-28T21:50:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Low-fat spreads. I don’t understand why anyone would slather their bread in damp, bubbly margarine when they could use less butter. Ugh, thanks **Tansu** , that is one I forgot. Margarines are an abomination to nature. Unless you’ve got high cholesterol, I see no reason to eat it. Blech! But, all you people that don’t like mushrooms, well…that’s just…well…wrong! Here, just try this one tas… ::falls down, after getting hit in head with rock thrown by **Nymysys** :: ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/32 "2001-02-28T21:58:55Z")
Brussel sprouts. I used to hate celery, but I changed my mind about that. Some dishes are not as tasty as others, but I don’t think that has much to do with the food itself, but rather a bad combination or preparation. I tried tripe when I was in France and as long as I had my eyes closed it was pretty good. But brussel sprouts are just plain evil. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/33 "2001-02-28T22:25:08Z")
God, I love so many of the things here! Many mushrooms make meals marvelous…onions, leeks, shellfish, broccoli… I’m convinced some of the hatred is because these things are so often cooked badly. Broccoli either needs to be cooked quickly at high heat, or very slowly over low heat (cauliflower especially benefits from this approach - both of 'em get a flavor that’s almost nutty, and that sulfrous, cabbagy odor and flavor disappear). Mushrooms need to be cooked, but just through - not 'til limp. Undercooked they’re bland and watery, overcooked they’re nothing, but in between - what flavor! It’s like aged beef! Green peppers and strongly flavored onions should be cooked the same slow, low way, to bring out the sweetness. Red peppers, and especially orange and yellow peppers, are naturally much sweeter anyway, but it doesn’t hurt them. I’m almost ready to give brussels sprouts another chance. Maybe even lima/butter beans (they’re limas on steroids), although I don’t like the mushiness. Liver is a problem. But I like heart, kidney and sweetbreads. Never had entrails, but I’d try them. Raw beef? Yes! Go to an Ethiopian restaurant and try the marinated steak cubes (I can’t remember their name, I think it’s something wot). Rabbit, goat, venison, elk. Crab is the most wonderful, I think it’s better than most lobster. (But I had a bad incident with soft-shells when I was little, so I haven’t dared since.) Squid, octopus, eel (oh, grilled eel sushi…yum). Clams, mussels in broth, scallops (sea scallops, creamy, just broiled). And raw of everything, especially good squid - really clean flavor. Seaweed, pickled kelp (really, it’s great). Cheese! The stronger the better! (I’ve never had limburger, but I’ve had plenty strong ones.) Yogurt, sourcream, mmmm. Ok, my dislikes: oysters, natto (this really vile Japanese fermented soybeans), lutefisk (cod that’s been dried and preserved in, honest-to-god, LYE, which is then soaked and boiled), urchin, live food (during my Japan days I was once served, at a formal banquet, teeny tiny goldfish swimming in a little finger-bowl). Probably won’t try trotters or haggis. Will try rocky mountain oysters, if I don’t have to go out of my way, or roasted waterbugs (friends travelling in Thailand said they smelled wonderful, but wouldn’t try them - what’s the difference between a big waterbug and a langostino, anyway?). ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/34 "2001-02-28T22:58:20Z")
**Dragwyr: _WEIRD veggies??_** 😃 I loved that! Being a weird veggie meself, I don’t eat meat. (My rant is similar to **Nymysys’: NO! I don’t eat fish. NO! I don’t eat chicken. CHICKEN=MEAT! _aaaaaaaaargh!_** :rolleyes: ) Other things on the No-Thank-You list include: - raw tomatoes (tomato juice, tomato sauce, all OK) - peppers - sauerkraut - radishes - orange-flavored anything (REAL OJ and the actual fruit are fine) - raw onions I’ve never had anchovies or brussell sprouts. My list used to be a lot longer (eggplant, mushrooms, onions, nuts)…but when I went vegetarian, my, um, taste buds changed. Things I previously couldn’t stand became standards…and, more importantly, GOOD. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/35 "2001-02-28T23:07:47Z")
Yukky stuff I won’t eat… Liver Venison Those “wierd” veggies previously mentioned. Souse (Pig brains) or Calf brains Veal Fish Raw meat Aspic Pork rinds Mushrooms ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/36 "2001-02-28T23:10:50Z")
Let me chime in with the burssels sprouts. Instant nausea Also cooked brocholi and cauliflower. Both are excellent raw. Bell peppers - their horrid taste and weak Scoville factor are a blot upon the glorious food source that is the pepper family black olives - I’d rather be bronzed, thank you. Canned tuna - quite possibly worse than the aforementioned sprouts. Other than that, I’ll eat about anything. I’ve had cobra, goat, monkey (flesh and brain both), raw deer liver, cat (I got the willies about it after I found out what I had eaten and wouldn’t knowing do it again, but I can’t deny it was damn tasty), sheep brain (mixed in scrambled eggs of all things -delicious), grubs and beetles, to name just a few of the weirder meals I’ve had. Every one was a treat. ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/37 "2001-02-28T23:29:02Z")
I don’t eat anything that still has bones. Except possibly some fish. I will not eat visible fat on a steak, or in pork and beans, or anywhere. I will not eat Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip, given any sort of choice in the matter. Other than that, I’ll probably give it a try, assuming whoever’s serving it to me does too (no poisons here, please) ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/38 "2001-02-28T23:33:41Z")
Anything not kosher. Tomatoes. “Mushy” fruits (peaches, plums, nectarines, etc.) Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Farmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@Farmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/39 "2001-02-28T23:45:26Z")
Mushrooms are bad, slimey and nasty. Although, I’d be tempted to try the _good_ mushrooms. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2001, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237/40 "2001-02-28T23:46:40Z")
English peas. Bleech! Mushrooms, organ meats, potted meats, olives, kidney beans, refried beans, navy beans, the aforementioned semi spoiled dairy products, guacamole, cooked carrots, radishes, broccoli, califlower…yuck. Just yuck! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-refuse-to-eat/56237.md?page=3)