# 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:** 9
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/161 "2022-07-17T17:35:26Z")
Gawd no. I’m not a fan of marshmallows, but they do not improve the inherent ickiness of yams. Barf. Only get whipped cream in hot chocolate. Marshmallows are annoying little nasty lumps. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/162 "2022-07-17T17:58:59Z")
I like s’mores, come to think of it I bet peeps roast nicely! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/163 "2022-07-17T18:18:11Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Only get whipped cream in hot chocolate. Marshmallows are annoying little nasty lumps. The trick is to make the chocolate hot enough and leave the marshmallows in it long enough for them to melt into it. Come to think of it, I haven’t had chocolate-marshmallow ice cream in ages. A childhood favorite! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/164 "2022-07-17T18:41:20Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > The trick is to make the chocolate hot enough and leave the marshmallows in it long enough for them to melt into it. Nah. Makes it too sugary. I’d rather have the richness and creaminess of the whipping cream. In high school, my group liked to go to the Apple Pan after a movie or whatever. They only have whipping cream for their hot chocolate, and we used to sit on the counter side where one particular guy worked. We called him the Mad Whipped Cream man. We’d end up with almost more cream than chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/165 "2022-07-17T18:46:01Z")
I have both marshmallows and whipped cream in mine. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/166 "2022-07-17T18:48:43Z")
Holy hell! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/167 "2022-07-17T18:50:09Z")
I’m a sweet guy. 😁 ---
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/168 "2022-07-17T18:52:23Z")
Hee, I don’t doubt that. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/169 "2022-07-17T18:59:53Z")
I like to stir the hot chocolate with a candy cane too, especially around Christmas. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/170 "2022-07-17T19:27:20Z")
I actually like that, too. I won’t let the entire cane dissolve, but the pepperminty taste is nice. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/171 "2022-07-17T19:30:35Z")
Yes, and then take the cane out of the chocolate occasionally and lick it. ---
**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 17, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/172 "2022-07-17T19:53:23Z")
Don’t forget to add the warmed dark rum. 🙂 ---
**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 17, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/173 "2022-07-17T20:13:41Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Marshmallows period. Only acceptable as a topping for yams You can’t stand marshmallows but you find yams acceptable? That’s just crazy. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/174 "2022-07-17T20:23:04Z")
Lamb’s Navy! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/175 "2022-07-18T01:38:48Z")
Not so much a food, but certain relatives are or were in the habit of mixing together everything on the plate into a jumbled mess and pouring sauce on that. Foods are usually better individually. Some foods taste bad on their own, or have an unpleasant texture, but are okay to cook with. There are few foods I do not like if cooked properly. There are a few foods rarely cooked properly (calamari tends to be overcooked). ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/176 "2022-07-18T01:39:43Z")
Or Yams Navy? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/177 "2022-07-18T08:02:53Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Lamb’s Navy! Add a drop or two of Lamb’s Navy to a nice Virginia Flake, let it sit for a month, and bingo–you’ve got a nice Navy Flake pipe tobacco. ---
**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 18, 2022, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/178 "2022-07-18T16:13:21Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Are you a supertaster? > > I’m very glad I’m not a supertaster. It seems to really limit one’s diet. I like being able to eat almost anything and try new things without getting disgusted. Just to be specific, “supertaster” refers to people with extra taste buds who are unusually sensitive to sweet, salty, sour, and especially to bitter. They don’t generally taste more flavors. Tasting sulfur is probably due to the sense of smell, which is closely linked to “flavors”. I’m not a super taster, but I do have a better-than-average sense of smell. It’s not as good as it was when I was younger, but I’ve done things like identify that packaged cookies had canola oil among the ingredients, recognize that the sauce encrusted “chicken leg” was some meat I didn’t recognize (turned out to be rabbit) and realized that a co-worker must be in the office today because I smelled his aftershave near his cube. (And there are tons of receptors involved with smell, and I’m sure that some people are more or less sensitive to specific chemicals, or molecular shapes.) Anyway, yeah, one result of having an excellent sense of taste is that I’m a picky eater. But another is that I enjoy food immensely. I think I get more out of a meal than most people. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I am here to propose a theory. I believe that _any_ food can be made mentally grody if you think about it deeply enough and from the proper angle. There’s a lot to this theory. An insightful friend once suggested that anything that violates the boundary between you and not-you is intrinsically icky, and the only exceptions to that are violations that we expect to give us pleasure. And that’s why people often feel revulsion at food we don’t like, sexual practices that don’t turn us on, and anything we excrete, be it shit or snot. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/179 "2022-07-18T16:24:26Z")
My husband loves to eat cinnamon raisin bagels with whitefish. Ugh! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-your-friends-and-relatives-eat-that-you-find-to-be-just-plain-nasty/967972/180 "2022-07-18T16:29:55Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I’m not a fan of marshmallows, but they do not improve the inherent ickiness of yams. I’ll go out on a limb here and guess that by “yams” you mean sweet potatoes? I like baked sweet potatoes with lots of butter, some dark brown sugar or maple syrup, and a pinch of salt. My daughter prefers them to regular baked potatoes, but without the sugar or syrup. [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=8) [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=10)