# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/81 "2013-01-28T05:16:37Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > But LOTS of people hate peas. In my experience they’re one of the most ferociously hated common foods there is. They don’t qualify. Brussels sprouts & organ meats are way up there, but I hate peas also. ---
**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/82 "2013-01-28T05:24:55Z")
Count me among the masses that love green peas and brussel sprouts. I don’t like green olives though. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/83 "2013-01-28T05:52:11Z")
> [@GreenElf](#): > > Count me among the masses that love green peas and brussel sprouts. I don’t like green olives though. I love green peas (fresh or frozen, despise canned). I’m not fond of brussels sprouts or green olives, although I love black olives. I also dislike cooked egg yolk, such as in hard-boiled, but like the whites. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/84 "2013-01-28T06:04:24Z")
Raw oysters. I thought people only ate that crap on a dare… ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/85 "2013-01-28T06:05:47Z")
According to Americans, all Australians love Vegemite. Not _this_ Australian, and I know plenty of others who also don’t like the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/86 "2013-01-28T07:05:05Z")
Dark chocolate. To me, its horrid tasting stuff, a mouth full of bitter. I understand that some people think it’s a real treat. I find it nearly inedible. There are a lot of other foods that I don’t like, but they tend to have their fair share of detractors. Dark chocolate is one of the only almost universally loved foods that I don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/87 "2013-01-28T14:51:18Z")
Donuts… cake donuts are great but the other, “real” donuts just make me gag. Especially if they’re glazed or have filling. Same with danish. Something about it is just too sweet for me… and I’ll eat frosting with a spoon. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/88 "2013-01-28T14:52:33Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Coffee. I don’t see how it could be considered food, and I don’t see how any one can drink that vile substance, or even smell it. I love the way coffee looks, the way it’s nice and warm, the way it makes me feel, and the way it smells. But coffee tastes like shit. Why do you think people have to put so much into it just to get it down? And shellfish tastes like something that went bad. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/89 "2013-01-28T15:18:00Z")
Almost any kind of steak. I grew up on a cattle farm and it was a source of pride to my parents how much (due to an arrangement with a butcher) we ate T-bones and Porterhouses; then and to this day I’d rather have a piece of meatloaf than the best steak on the menu. Another disliker of alcohol in general and beer and wine in particular. Dry wine is probably my absolute least favorite alcoholic beverage that doesn’t require a bartender to make. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/90 "2013-01-28T16:32:44Z")
I’m glad to see there are others who don’t like strawberries. It seems like everybody loves them. Bananas. Green beans, although I can choke them down if they are in soup. Red beets. Most fruit. Coffee. I don’t like bacon much although it won’t make me gag or anything. I just don’t understand the love for bacon. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/91 "2013-01-28T16:35:06Z")
I too love peas and brussels sprouts. But y’all can keep the olives, I don’t care what color they are. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/92 "2013-01-28T16:39:41Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > But LOTS of people hate peas. In my experience they’re one of the most ferociously hated common foods there is. They don’t qualify. Then probably “organ meats” shouldn’t qualify either. I don’t think they fit into the category that “everyone loves.” Oysters, too. Although a lot of people love oysters, it’s far from universal. ---
**Author:** ![ads95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5daacb/32.png) [@ads95](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ads95)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/93 "2013-01-28T17:06:55Z")
I live in the southern U.S., and I don’t care for grits. I do my best to hide it. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/94 "2013-01-28T17:30:41Z")
Clams. Just about any other seafood item is the yum. Except clams… horrid little chewy pieces of yuck. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/95 "2013-01-28T17:57:20Z")
Stuff I haven’t seen on other lists (or I missed it): Black pepper (it’s tough to live near the South with this one!) Macaroni and cheese ANYTHING alfredo. Alfredo sauce is the devil’s diarrhea. Marshmallows More common, but makes people roll their eyes at me: Peanuts/peanut butter Bacon Any pork products except ham Any nuts (Most times I’ve mentioned hating peanuts or peanut butter, people ask me “Are you allergic?” No, peanuts are gross!) And the rest: Bananas Cilantro (yep, I have the gene.) Coconuts Coffee Strawberries Olives Watermelon Peas\* Licorice Pineapple \*I used to like peas, but I got sick after eating peas and carrots once in elementary school. Since then, no thanks. I still don’t eat small cubed carrots, either. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/96 "2013-01-28T18:24:20Z")
Mushrooms. How can you eat those things? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/97 "2013-01-28T18:35:22Z")
> [@MikeF](#): > > Mushrooms. How can you eat those things? I started out not liking them, and still am not a huge fan. BUT if you fry up a good steak in a cast iron pan, then sauté some shrooms in the juices remaining- man, that’s great. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/98 "2013-01-28T18:56:08Z")
Anything almond-flavored. As a kid I had to down a second piece of almond cake my aunt made, because I didn’t dare say I hated her cake. Torture. I had to do a lot of trying to find a non-minted toothpaste. Until I read this thread I thought I liked everything but I discovered there are quite a few things I wouldn’t touch anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Furious\_Marmot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Furious\_Marmot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Furious_Marmot)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/99 "2013-01-28T19:10:20Z")
Organ meats. A little bit of liver in something like pate, or dirty rice, or maybe a slice of liverwurst on a sandwich with other stuff is as far as I can go. Maybe they aren’t foods everybody likes, strictly speaking, but they seem to have become much more popular in the last 20 years or so. Sometimes it seems they have become the sort of litmus test for food hobbyists that sushi was in the 80’s. Raw bivalves. Blargh, what an awful combination of taste and texture. Gulf oysters, prepared any way. I thought I hated oysters until I had some cooked Pacific ones. Turns out they’re quite nice. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2013, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/100 "2013-01-28T19:16:17Z")
Bell peppers. All other peppers are fine. One tiny piece of bell pepper in any dish and the whole thing reeks of it. I can see why someone who likes the taste might enjoy it raw but when it’s cooked it smells like mildewy old socks times 100. Apparently there is a law that requires bell peppers be included in any dish that calls itself vegetarian, so as much as I’d like to get off the meat I can’t risk it in restaurants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473.md?page=6)