# What Foods Do You Dislike that Everyone Else Loves? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 26, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473 "2013-01-26T21:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/41 "2013-01-27T01:33:38Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Oh yeah, canned tuna. Can’t eat it or be around anyone who is even thinking about it. I love yer basic tuna sandwich, but just the thought of cooked tuna (usually in casseroles) makes me queasy, and the smell will make me run. ---
**Author:** ![anontanijat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@anontanijat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anontanijat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/42 "2013-01-27T01:56:34Z")
> [@Blaster\_Master](#): > > Seafood. It’s the fishy flavor. People will tell me to try this or that, that whatever I had wasn’t prepared right and it doesn’t taste like that if it is. So I try it, and the fishy flavor is still there. If it’s well prepared, the fishy flavor can be a lot more subtle, but it never goes away and it’s always revolting. I hate the flavor of seafood as well. It tastes/smells too fishy AND slightly rotten to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/43 "2013-01-27T01:58:58Z")
Side salads. They are not food, they are rabbit-cage decorations collected into a bowl with some dressing poured over it. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/44 "2013-01-27T02:05:11Z")
Bacon ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/45 "2013-01-27T02:05:28Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > olives. Can’t stand them. the merest taste of them makes me gag. And yes, I’ve been through the “oh, try _these,_ they’re so much better than canned ones” spiel. Still make me yak. Yep. Never met an olive I liked. Put it on my pizza, and you’re dead! Wasabi. I eat lots of Japanese food, but can’t stand wasabi. Actually, it’s mustard in general. Grey Poupon? I poop on it! The only mustard I can tolerate is French’s, and only on hamburgers and hotdogs. Beets. All the rage, I know, and I thought it was maybe because I only had the canned kind as a kid. Nope. The freshest, most “wonderful” beat salad takes just liked the canned stuff. > [@RetroVertigo](#): > > Bacon. Do you have a death wish? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/46 "2013-01-27T02:06:10Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > My deep and abiding shame is my utter lack of tolerance for sushi/sashimi. It isn’t from lack of exposure, either. Everyone in my family loves it but me. But raw or undercooked fish just makes me gag. When I watch cooking shows and judges go on how the tuna is perfectly prepared while being deep red in the center I just have to shake my head at my utter lack of a sophisticated palate - I couldn’t get that stuff down if you paid me\*. > > - Possibly related as I get older I also have less and less tolerance for “fishy-tasting” fish. Can’t eat sardines anymore for example and I used to love them. It’s pretty much down to thoroughly cooked firm, very fresh white-fleshed fish like lingcod or halibut. I have also always disliked the “fishy” taste, but when I was living in Japan I found that fresh, raw fish didn’t taste as “fishy” as most of the cooked fish I’d had in the US. YMMV, but I always had to force down my mother’s salmon dishes but the first raw fish I ever tried was salmon sashimi and I thought it was fine. Not my new favorite food or anything, but perfectly tolerable. Although if it’s the notion of raw fish itself that bothers you then the possibly less fishy taste probably doesn’t help much. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/47 "2013-01-27T02:07:48Z")
I don’t like: sweet potatoes liver (except boiled chicken livers) avocado cilantro Brussels sprouts grapefruit It’s too bad since some of these look yummy and are nutritious. I have tried them all numerous times to make sure I don’t like them, so don’t try the “eat it more often and you’ll learn to like it” line on me. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/48 "2013-01-27T02:08:01Z")
Hamburger with mayo. Inedible. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/49 "2013-01-27T02:38:06Z")
Rare steak. Cook my food, please. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/50 "2013-01-27T02:51:02Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > I like bananas well enough, but whatever is used for “banana flavour” is utterly rank. Yes. Almost always, “banana flavor” has a bizarro chemical taste. Although I don’t find it nearly as repellent, “peach flavor” is apparently hard to pull off as well. Top of my list: Watermelon. I’ve given it “one more try” at least a thousand times- just as awful at 62 as it was at 7. Cantaloupe. ---
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/51 "2013-01-27T03:29:55Z")
Peanut butter. Coffee. Olives. Blue cheese. Hard boiled eggs. Liverwurst. Doritos. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/52 "2013-01-27T03:36:47Z")
I’m yet another coffee-hater. I can’t stand the flavor, and strongly dislike the smell. Some coffee-drinkers have tried to convert me with really _good_ coffees, and they’ve smelled a little less foul. Similar story for the smell of beer, but I’ve never actually tasted it, since I have an intolerance for alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/53 "2013-01-27T03:46:02Z")
Cheese Mayonnaise ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/54 "2013-01-27T04:00:24Z")
Cooked salmon. I love salmon sashimi, which I think tastes like smooth, meaty butter in a good way. Cook it and it acquires this nasty fish flavor and looses all the good textures. ---
**Author:** ![andrewbub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@andrewbub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewbub)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/55 "2013-01-27T04:27:57Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Cooked salmon. I love salmon sashimi, which I think tastes like smooth, meaty butter in a good way. Cook it and it acquires this nasty fish flavor and looses all the good textures. i’m in the same boat. give me raw or cold smoked/cured fish over cooked fish any day of the week. i also think grapefruit tastes like ear wax. i’ll try it once every few months, but i haven’t been able to ever enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/56 "2013-01-27T04:30:14Z")
Salmon, lobster, shrimp – basically seafood except canned tuna and the mildest of white fishes. Beer and wine ---
**Author:** ![Steener122](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Steener122](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steener122)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/57 "2013-01-27T04:39:00Z")
Mushrooms Olives Pickles Tea Salami Sushi Coffee ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/58 "2013-01-27T05:38:41Z")
I dislike meat, eggs, green beans, fruit salad, peaches, cherries, blue cheese, and crunchy granola bars which fall apart as you’re eating them and are almost devoid of taste. I like chewey granola bars. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/59 "2013-01-27T05:47:04Z")
Cilantro. Most people talk about cilantro like it’s a miracle from God and life would be incomplete without it. All I taste is soap, and it contaminates every single part of whatever it’s in with the flavor of Ivory. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/60 "2013-01-27T06:26:11Z")
Every thread like this makes me think more and more that I lucked out having ended up with a palate that allows me to enjoy virtually all foods. I’ve never liked blue cheese, mind you. Maybe it’s an acquired taste that I could eventually acquire myself, but that hasn’t happened yet. The last time I had it, it was on a blue cheese bacon burger, and it ruined the meal for me. Okay, I also don’t much care for shellfish, but that’s it; also, I live really far inland, so getting fresh seafood is problematic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473.md?page=4)