# What do your friends and relatives eat that you find to be just plain nasty? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 14, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972 "2022-07-14T22:03:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/1 "2022-07-14T22:03:29Z")
What do your friends and relatives eat that you find to be just plain nasty? My landlady’s son eats Chef Boyardee ravioli straight from the can, _without heating it_, like he’s a criminal on the lam or something. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/2 "2022-07-14T22:38:49Z")
Most of my friends and family seem to like asparagus. I wouldn’t call it “nasty”, exactly (the last time I tried some, I disliked it less than I used to), but it’s definitely not to my taste. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/3 "2022-07-14T22:40:01Z")
Cilantro 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/4 "2022-07-14T22:50:29Z")
Agreed. I’m in the minority of people for whom it tastes like dish soap because of genetics. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/5 "2022-07-14T22:51:10Z")
I have never liked ketchup or coffee. Eggplant is unappealing to me, too, no matter how it’s prepared. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/6 "2022-07-14T22:52:00Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Cilantro In case there’s anyone who’s still unaware (and has missed the several [previous threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap/382598) discussing it), cilantro tastes bad/“soapy” to some people for genetic reasons. My answer: I’ve always found the smell or taste of tea to be nasty, and I can’t understand why so many people like it. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/7 "2022-07-14T22:55:02Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > My landlady’s son eats Chef Boyardee ravioli straight from the can, _without heating it_, like he’s a criminal on the lam or something. It’s especially good if you crumble up some saltine crackers in it! (Although I haven’t had that snack in about 22 years). For me, it’s mayo. Or Miracle Whip. Either one is just nasty. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/8 "2022-07-14T22:56:53Z")
Its better that way. non criminal here ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/9 "2022-07-14T22:56:57Z")
Cooked bell peppers. And even worse, hot peppers. Holy shit, people act like that stuff tastes good, when just the smell is enough to put me off of actual food. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/10 "2022-07-14T22:57:18Z")
Shrimp. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/11 "2022-07-14T22:57:20Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > In case there’s anyone who’s still unaware (and has missed the several [previous threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap/382598) discussing it), cilantro tastes bad/“soapy” to some people for genetic reasons. Yeah, my 23andme report says I’m one of those people. I already knew that. I even hate the smell. But it doesn’t taste like soap to me. It tastes the way your mouth tastes after you throw up. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/12 "2022-07-14T23:01:14Z")
My sister and mother will eat straight off the kitchen counter. As in lay a slice of banana bread directly on the counter (while the fiddle with their phone) and then come back and eat it. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/13 "2022-07-14T23:05:08Z")
I don’t find it “nasty”, but I’ve never liked watermelon all that much. It’s more a texture thing than anything else. It feels like a sponge to me. A wet, sweet sponge, with seeds in it. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/14 "2022-07-15T00:30:24Z")
Jello. In all its forms. It’s like eating the world’s biggest snot-ball. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/15 "2022-07-15T00:37:00Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > It’s like eating the world’s biggest snot-ball. And it’s made by boiling bones! [Family Feud]Good answer! Good answer! [/FF] [https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to-make-gelatin-from-animal-bones/](https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to-make-gelatin-from-animal-bones/) ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/16 "2022-07-15T00:49:49Z")
I’m not sure I’d call it “dish soap”, but it definitely tastes like some sort of cleaning chemical to me. Second the hate for bell pepper (even raw, I hate how they smell, let alone taste) and spicy-hot. The hopefully brief trend for “Flaming Hot” everything is IMO obnoxious, as hard as it can be in a convenience store to find snacks that aren’t in that category (and I’ve even heard of Flaming Hot _Mountain Dew_). Not everyone wants to eat pain! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/17 "2022-07-15T01:03:16Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > My sister and mother will eat straight off the kitchen counter. As in lay a slice of banana bread directly on the counter (while the fiddle with their phone) and then come back and eat it. Huh? You object to them using the counter as a temporary plate? What is objectionable about that? At least assuming they clean up their crumbs afterwards. Now if you really mean they then stick their face in there and bite hunks off the bread laying there no-hands and thereby end up licking the countertops, well I’d think they’re kinda low-rent, but as long as they wash the counter afterwards, I have no objection living in the same house with them. At least not over that. Depends on how many other feral moves they have. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/18 "2022-07-15T01:10:19Z")
As referenced in some other thread, lima beans. I’ve reached the limit of my lifetime broccoli tolerance so that’s out now. Also coffee. Not all beer but a lot of beer has extra of whatever makes beer simply not taste good. The result is really nasty tasting beer. ---
**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:** [July 15, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/19 "2022-07-15T01:18:29Z")
There are people I love who will eat lettuce that reeks of decaying animals and tastes like toxic chemical spills. They say it’s arugula, but you can’t fool me. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/20 "2022-07-15T01:27:06Z")
There are a few foods I have never learned to like, despite trying repeatedly Lima beans. Uch. I love many other types of beans, but not lima. Beets. No matter how prepared. Cauliflower. Even when disguised as pizza crust or rice or crackers, it’s still not to my taste. Those are the big 3. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972.md?page=2)