# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/121 "2013-01-29T22:35:30Z")
I don’t like chili. Don’t even like the smell of it. I’ve been told I make good chili, but I can’t stand the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/122 "2013-01-30T00:09:42Z")
I have others but the one thing that most people love that I really don’t care for is: Pasta I mean, what’s the point? It’s basically a carrier for something else, such as a sauce or vegetables or some chicken. So just give me the something else and skip the slimy dough, please. ---
**Author:** ![Deegeea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Deegeea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deegeea)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/123 "2013-01-30T00:12:25Z")
There used to be lots of foods I didn’t like. But I like nearly everything on this list. I’m still a picky eater though, because I have a few food allergies (to common foods I like just fine, but that make me ill when I eat them). The only things I still don’t like are things a lot of people don’t like: the gristly parts of meat, chicken skin, etc. And okra. I also don’t like very rare steak, but I think that’s common too. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/124 "2013-01-30T02:04:34Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > I have others but the one thing that most people love that I really don’t care for is: > > Pasta Ahh, I forgot about this. Me too. I’ve never really been a fan of any type of pasta, regardless of whatever else it’s mixed with. ---
**Author:** ![FrankJBN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FrankJBN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrankJBN)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/125 "2013-01-30T18:05:25Z")
"Seafood?!? You people seriously imagine that these count as “foods that everyone else loves”? " Let’s see, whose adverts did I see yesterday, Seafood Shanty, Red Lobster, Outback (featuring their shrimp deal) , Long John Silver and Joe’s Crab Shack (which was also mentioned by a friend). Somebody loves seafood. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/126 "2013-01-31T03:32:55Z")
I’ve got a list of things I don’t care for. I can usually ignore them without making too much of a fuss. But if you want WAR, just add cilantro. GAWD, that stuff is just NASTY. I don’t taste soap, either. To me, it’s like drinking a bottle of perfume! And it’s in damned near EVERYTHING. I have to put servers through the Inquisition before I order food, and I can spot it on a plate at twenty paces. I gag at TV cooking shows where the host grabs handfuls of the stuff and says, “Oh, it adds such a fresh taste!” There’s a website called [ihatecilantro.com](http://ihatecilantro.com) A person after my own heart! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![ChickaPicosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@ChickaPicosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChickaPicosa)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473/127 "2013-01-31T17:29:37Z")
I’ll try to exclude certain food _preparations_ that I dislike, and stick to foods I dislike in any preparation. Off the top of my head, I can list blue cheese, papaya, cilantro, avocado, hot peppers/sauce, grainy mustard, cream, oysters/mussels/clams etc., most teas, many gravies, and black coffee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-do-you-dislike-that-everyone-else-loves/648473.md?page=6)