# What foods gross you out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514 "2009-06-02T22:28:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/41 "2009-06-03T16:01:03Z")
Bananas. I don’t think my reaction is as strong as **Jadis** ’, but l also loathe bananas. Shkembe, a “comfort food” stew made of sheep’s stomachs that’s really popular in the Balkans. You can get it everywhere between Turkey and Bosnia, should you be so inclined. Just being around it grossed me out. (I’m a vegetarian, but usually I don’t give a shit about what other people eat. Shkembe is just nasty, though.) Cheese in a can, like EZ Cheese. Just looking at it makes me want to puke. Vanilla-flavored vodka. Bad experience. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/42 "2009-06-03T16:05:19Z")
Ketchup is sugary blood sauce. I will be in the other room while you eat it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/43 "2009-06-03T16:11:00Z")
I had a bowel obstruction when I was a kid. The foods I airmailed at that time have repulsed me since. I can not eat butterscotch ,Spam and a banana split. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/44 "2009-06-03T16:23:17Z")
Any of the alien looking sea foods. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/45 "2009-06-03T16:39:29Z")
I get sick if I’m in a place where someone is cooking sauerkraut. It sucks because that is a staple at so many family meals. I loooove ketchup. Put it on fries, burgers, meatloaf. Even pork chops and poorly-cooked steaks. But I cannot STAND the idea of putting it with things it “doesn’t belong with” so it needs to be gone from the table when it’s time for dessert. If someone is at the table with me wanting to put it on some eggs, I feel a little bit pukey. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/46 "2009-06-03T16:40:29Z")
Hard or soft boiled eggs… Seriously, I will fucking stab your eyes out if you come close to me with one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/47 "2009-06-03T16:42:04Z")
I wouldn’t. Eyes will remind you of… hard-boiled eggs. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/48 "2009-06-03T16:51:53Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > My husband’s like that - I’ll only cook eggs when he’s not in the house because they revolt him so much, and even then when he gets home he’ll sniff the air suspiciously before saying accusingly “You’ve been cooking EGGS!” No quiche, no creme brulee either. If it’s got eggs as a main ingredient, I cannot eat it. I make sure I specify steamed rice at Chinese restaurants (the fried rice is bad for you anyway.) I don’t like mushrooms and cooked broccoli either, but I can stomach them if I have to. But eggs…I think I’d starve to death first. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/49 "2009-06-03T16:53:12Z")
Milk. I used to be/sort of am lactose intolerant. I can’t drink milk to this day. (Though am fine with cheese.) I can’t look at it. Smell it. I really, truly hate it. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/50 "2009-06-03T16:58:34Z")
Hard boiled eggs. My dad absolutely loves them and usually cooks up a big carton of them about twice a week. Just the smell of them boiling on the stove is enough to make me gag, and I can’t even LOOK at them when they’re sliced up. Eeeewwwww. (I love scrambled eggs, though – go figure) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/51 "2009-06-03T17:24:28Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > Bananas. I don’t think my reaction is as strong as **Jadis** ’, but l also loathe bananas. Dr. Zira? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/52 "2009-06-03T17:26:44Z")
Gristle. I have targeted this as the A-number-fucking-one reason I don’t eat steak very often. I can’t stand fatty, unchewable bits of rubbery gunk in my mouth, no matter what. This includes oysters, whole clams, and chicken-on-the-bone (particularly wings and drumsticks). ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/53 "2009-06-03T17:55:47Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Dr. Zira? I don’t know what this means. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/54 "2009-06-03T17:57:14Z")
mushrooms, canned spinach, and non-muscle meats like say pig’s feet or cow tongue, and raw oysters ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/55 "2009-06-03T18:01:42Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > Shrimp. Just looking at those repulsive sea-bugs makes me ill. The idea of a lot of foods are gross, but as long as I don’t have to consume them, that’s fine. > > StG I’m surprised I like shrimp because even while I’m eating them I’m thinking “sea bug”, same with lobster tail - “giant sea bug”. I can get why some indigenous peoples eat grubs, I imagine they’re probably a lot like seafood. Just to be clear, I will never eat a grub knowingly, but it’s no worse than seafood. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/56 "2009-06-03T18:17:36Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I don’t know what this means. I thought you were making a movie reference, and that quote is a classic. The relevant clip is [here](http://you.video.sina.com.cn/b/19084361-1459842472.html). (Just let it load, and then scroll forward to about 13:00) ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/57 "2009-06-03T18:22:11Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > Drinkable yogurt type things like Gogurt or whatever. > > My husband loves them, but the idea of drinking a thick liquid like that just totally turns my stomach. > Off a spoon? No problem. Just don’t like the drinking thing. I also loathe drinkable yogurts. I made the mistake of getting one once. Once. After that, I just reverted to regular yogurt. Ricotta cheese also grosses me out, as does rice pudding and those fried dough balls soaked in yogurt and frequently served in Indian restaurants. I can take cottage cheese, but other thick, milky fluids with chunks in them just do something awful to me. Even looking at them makes me want to look away. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/58 "2009-06-03T18:55:39Z")
About the only things I will not eat, and I don’t mind if others have them, are brussels sprouts and pickle relish. ---
**Author:** ![Sudo\_Intellectual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sudo\_Intellectual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudo_Intellectual)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/59 "2009-06-03T19:14:28Z")
Bologna - the most vile processed meat product in the history of the world. I can’t even eat a hot dog that is slightly undercooked (as in non burnt) because it reminds me of bologna. I do love most processed lunch meats though, just not bologna. Orange “flavored” things - I love oranges, orange juice, any orange colored citrus fruit… I HATE anything orange flavored, orange candies, sodas, vitamins etc. All make me throw up in my mouth a little Any creamy white food substance (I know the joke is there but it’s true) - I hate Mayonaise, Sour Cream, Cream Cheese, Ranch Dressings all of them make me ill and for some reason it is really difficult for people to get when you order a burrito with NO SOUR CREAM that you actually mean NO SOUR CREAM and no I won’t eat around it because it taints all food within a 10 inch radius with its rancid yaks’ puke smell and taste. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514/60 "2009-06-03T19:25:47Z")
My biggest gross out food are raw tomatoes. I’m fine with tomato sauce, salsa, ketchup, sun dried tomatoes…basically any tomato by product you can think of but I will not touch them raw. I’m kind of envious of the people who love them because they really seem to enjoy them but I just can’t bring myself to eat the awful things. I tried a small cherry tomato picked from a local farm (after my boyfriend kept going on and on about how awesome they were) and spit it out after about 2 seconds. YUCK. Also, raw oysters are nothing more than giant sea boogers. Ew. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-gross-you-out/498514.md?page=4)