# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/281 "2022-08-01T15:12:51Z")
> [@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. I have a friend, in one of my D&D groups, who does this. Pre-COVID, the group would get together for a gaming weekend every fall – we’d rent a condo at a resort in the Wisconsin Dells, and play together for several days. Part of the routine was that we’d all go to the little grocery store in the Dells once we got there, and buy food for ourselves for the weekend. My friend would buy several cans of Chef Boyardee pasta, and then eat it straight from the can. When everyone else would go “eeeeew,” he’d defend himself, by insisting, “Heat has no flavor!!” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/282 "2022-08-01T15:13:54Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That also applies to fish who spawn in fresh water, like salmon. Them’s fightin’ words! Fresh wild-caught salmon is divine. Definitely a different ball game than the usual farm-raised stuff you get in grocery stores. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/283 "2022-08-01T15:49:26Z")
Not from Minnesota, eh? There’s nothing better than _fresh_ [Walleye](https://www.sos.state.mn.us/about-minnesota/state-symbols/state-fish-walleye/), deep-fried in a beer-batter coating, eaten on the shore just feet from where it was caught mere minutes before. We were on a business trip to San Jose and went out to eat at The Fish Market (sadly now closed). One of our group was an avid Minnesotan fisherman. His first question to the waitress was “Where’s the walleye?”. We all laughed at him, but we knew what he meant. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/284 "2022-08-01T15:53:21Z")
Nope. Makes no difference. Relatives all over the PNW, lived in Alaska for a spell, had it BBQ, on a bagel, as a steak…I just hate salmon. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I do hope you mean mahi-mahi, sometimes known as the common dolphinfish. (Pedantic Mode On) Dolphin, sometimes known as mahi-mahi or dorado. Let’s keep the naming order straight. They started calling it by the Hawai’ian name when NBC started showing _Flipper_ in prime time.(Pedantic Mode Off) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/285 "2022-08-01T16:34:57Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > There’s nothing better than _fresh_ [Walleye](https://www.sos.state.mn.us/about-minnesota/state-symbols/state-fish-walleye/), deep-fried in a beer-batter coating, eaten on the shore just feet from where it was caught mere minutes before. Great example! Placed along side cod cooked similarly does anyone think there’s a big difference? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/286 "2022-08-01T16:38:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > But halibut, sole, pollock, cod, dolphin…all delicious. I’m not very familiar with mahi mahi, but halibut, sole, pollock, and cod are all bland white-fleshed fish, and are pretty inoffensive. I happen to like the stronger-flavored and oilier fish: mackerel, blue fish (both need to be extremely fresh, as they go “off” quickly) salmon, fresh tuna, trout, char, etc. But I can understand preferring the bland white-fleshed fish. I’m not familiar with fresh walleye, either, fwiw. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/287 "2022-08-01T16:39:54Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I never said it was _ **GOOD** _, just that it’s not actually very spicy. yeah, we have different thresholds. That stuff is far too spicy for me to consume. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/288 "2022-08-01T17:17:13Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Catfish? > > I could see someone not liking freshwater bass, but trout and catfish seem like they are inoffensive, at least. > > You like saltwater fish, correct? Catfish is the worst freshwater fish. As for saltwater fish – I’ll eat sushi with the best of 'em, and I love shellfish. But if you gave me a plate of swordfish or orange roughy or what have you I’d pass. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/289 "2022-08-01T20:38:34Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I could see someone not liking freshwater bass, but trout and catfish seem like they are inoffensive, at least. I don’t care for trout or catfish, never had freshwater bass. Maybe I’d like it? But both trout and catfish are bland with an odd aftertaste. A muddiness? Hard to describe. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/290 "2022-08-02T00:43:03Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > seem like they are inoffensive, Catfish are bottom feeders. Mom said that if they were wild caught, she could taste the river bottom. Don’t ask me, though. I made myself sick eating too much catfish when I was a kid, and I haven’t been able to eat it since ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/291 "2022-08-02T02:10:12Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Also, coffee. Smells great. Tastes like dirt water brewed with a pinch of distended asshole. I drink Taster’s Choice. It doesn’t taste distended at all. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/292 "2022-08-02T02:19:35Z")
Things sprayed onto coffee for $100, Alex. I do like Colombian coffee, and Wegmans store brand is REALLY cheap - a container lasts me a week or more - but I use it now and it tastes like it has had an artificial spray on it… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/293 "2022-08-02T02:25:29Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > yeah, we have different thresholds. That stuff is far too spicy for me to consume Okay, but it’s an objective fact that bell peppers contain zero capsaicin and score 0 on the Scoville scale. Sure, there’s a lot of subjectivity in _degree_ of spiciness, but that doesn’t apply when there’s _zero_ heat in the first place. They’re as spicy as a tomato. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/294 "2022-08-02T02:38:29Z")
I think you read the post as one statement when it was two statements. The post that started this was basically “I hate bell peppers _and_ I hate people making every thing super spicy”. It sounds like you were thinking the person didn’t like bell peppers because they were spicy. I hate bell peppers because they taste dusty to me. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/295 "2022-08-02T02:45:47Z")
Ahh, that may be. I guess the comment about spiciness wasn’t actually related to the one about the bell peppers. There are some foods that I guess I could call “dusty”, but bell peppers aren’t them. Odd. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/296 "2022-08-02T02:53:10Z")
And i didn’t make that post, but i hate cooked bell peppers (fresh raw green peppers are okay) which aren’t hot, but taste really nasty. And i also hate anything with capsaicin. The more the worse. There are other foods that some people describe as hot or spicy that i like, including cinnamon, ginger, cress, black pepper, and (in tiny amounts) horseradish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972.md?page=14)