# What Foods Will You Absolutely \*NOT\* Eat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159 "2012-08-30T16:37:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/181 "2012-09-10T03:10:37Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > In the U.K. , mostly up north you get a thing called Mushy Peas, and no they’re not ordinary peas mashed (I like ordinary peas). > > They have got to be one of the foulest concoctions ever devised by man. > > The taste is like sour chemicals with a dash of body odour. > > I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re not allowed to be served in prisons as thay would constitute a cruel and unusual punishment. > > But Northeners love them ! > > Weirdos. Yes, I have tried mushy peas at British pubs in Bangkok, and they do resemble something you’d find seeping out the back end of a sick baby. ---
**Author:** ![Apollon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47774/32.png) [@Apollon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/182 "2012-09-10T07:00:02Z")
Onions. ---
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/183 "2012-09-10T15:53:03Z")
> [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](#): > > One of these threads a while back someone testified about hating cantaloupe possibly “more than anything on earth.” I don’t totally hate cantaloupe, but it makes my mouth feel “funny” afterward. I must be slightly allergic or something, so in general I try to avoid it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/184 "2012-09-10T16:30:00Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > I don’t totally hate cantaloupe, but it makes my mouth feel “funny” afterward. I must be slightly allergic or something, so in general I try to avoid it. You _do_ know you’re supposed to peel it first, right? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/185 "2012-09-10T17:04:21Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > In the U.K. , mostly up north you get a thing called Mushy Peas, and no they’re not ordinary peas mashed (I like ordinary peas). > \ > > But Northeners love them ! > > Weirdos. Correction- _some_ northerners love them. They’re the only ‘vegetable’ I don’t eat- and I’m fairly skeptical that they even qualify. I’m vegetarian, though I have eaten a few different crispy bugs, and in ye days of distante past, I did eat quite a few organ meats and random animals. I would try durian (so long as I could prepare it somewhere not in the house), but it’s bloody expensive, and massive, so I’ve not done so yet. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/186 "2012-09-10T18:32:41Z")
Oysters Liver Anchovies Turnips Rutabagas Parsnips Waitaminute, that thing says _“What FOODS will you not eat,”_ doesn’t it? None of those things are food. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/187 "2012-09-11T01:08:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Oysters > Liver > Anchovies > Turnips > Rutabagas > Parsnips > > Waitaminute, that thing says _“What FOODS will you not eat,”_ doesn’t it? > > None of those things are food. Well duh; _ **none** _ of the ‘substances’ listed in this thread are foods. Except for the delicious cantaloupe, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/188 "2012-09-11T18:22:51Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Correction- _some_ northerners love them. > > They’re the only ‘vegetable’ I don’t eat- and I’m fairly skeptical that they even qualify. > > I’m vegetarian, though I have eaten a few different crispy bugs, and in ye days of distante past, I did eat quite a few organ meats and random animals. I would try durian (so long as I could prepare it somewhere not in the house), but it’s bloody expensive, and massive, so I’ve not done so yet. I tried Durian out of curiousity, \*\*SiamSiam \*\* described it as smelling like toilet odour blocks, or some such and he was spot on. The story you usually hear is that though they smell disgusting they taste delicious. Unfortunately IME not true, they don’t just smell like toilet odour blocks… ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/189 "2012-09-11T19:08:58Z")
I’m another cantaloupe and honeydew hater. I like just about every other fruit I’ve ever tried. What really sucks is that almost all fruit salads are \>50% cantaloupe and honeydew. I can’t just eat around the offending fruits because they make EVERYTHING ELSE in the fruit salad taste like cantaloupe. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/190 "2012-09-11T20:48:02Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > I tried Durian out of curiousity, \*\*SiamSiam \*\* described it as smelling like toilet odour blocks, or some such and he was spot on. > > The story you usually hear is that though they smell disgusting they taste delicious. > > Unfortunately IME not true, they don’t just smell like toilet odour blocks… I’ve smelt one, just I didn’t get a chance to taste one. I stayed in a backpackers, and I thought there was something wrong with the drains- it turned out someone had cut up a durian on the verandah two days earlier. :eek: The local Chinese shop actually had some last week, but it was £10 per fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/191 "2012-09-12T00:45:21Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > I tried Durian out of curiousity, \*\*SiamSiam \*\* described it as smelling like toilet odour blocks, or some such and he was spot on. > > The story you usually hear is that though they smell disgusting they taste delicious. > > Unfortunately IME not true, they don’t just smell like toilet odour blocks… You, sir, are a man of fine common sense. I have zero tolerance for poseur farangs (Westerners) who claim to love the taste. It tastes like a rotting corpse. (Don’t ask me how I know.) ---
**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/192 "2012-09-12T02:35:31Z")
Oops, forgot tangerines and graham crackers, can’t even bear the smell, something to do with a 4 day train trip with my Mom and sibs. when I was about 7, and that’s all she brought to eat. And we were sick. A lot. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2012, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/193 "2012-09-12T06:12:11Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > You, sir, are a man of fine common sense. I have zero tolerance for poseur farangs (Westerners) who claim to love the taste. It tastes like a rotting corpse. (Don’t ask me how I know.) Huh, the one I tasted had sort of a nice flavor, kind of custardy, but I could still taste it on me the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that. Three days later I could still taste it on me and I was really, really sick of it. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/194 "2012-09-12T09:28:40Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Huh, the one I tasted had sort of a nice flavor, kind of custardy, but I could still taste it on me the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that. Three days later I could still taste it on me and I was really, really sick of it. I tried some durian ice cream in Bandung; it tasted like onion and cheese ice cream. No thanks. I’d describe the smell as a dirty old sneaker on a dirty diaper, with a hint of vomit. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/195 "2012-09-12T16:40:58Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > I tried some durian ice cream in Bandung; it tasted like onion and cheese ice cream. No thanks. > I’d describe the smell as a dirty old sneaker on a dirty diaper, with a hint of vomit. And the thing is durian ice cream, cookies etc tend to be not _quite_ as repulsive due to the ton of sugar dumped into it. But it’s enough to make you imagine the real putrid thing. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/196 "2012-09-12T17:06:25Z")
I’ve had durian candy. I assume it was made with real durian as I can’t imagine synthesizing it. It was not pleasant and I do not plan to repeat the experience. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/197 "2012-09-12T18:24:41Z")
Like some others, there are several things that I’m not crazy about but would eat to please someone. In actuality, the list of things I really can’t stomach is pretty short: Splenda or any other artificial sweetener. Miracle Whip Strong curry Very spicy foods Pretty much anything else is fair game, including game, organ meats, oysters, sashimi, snails, marrow, head cheese, blood sausage, etc. I’ve not had the weirder fermented (rotten) meats and fish, or balut, and to be honest I’m not quite what I’d do if faced with them. Also not sure about things like crickets… I did have a wide exposure to foods as a kid, and I do think that helps. ---
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2012, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/198 "2012-09-12T23:07:36Z")
For moral reasons: - Shark Fins - Whale Because I can’t stomach them: - Organ meat, excluding gizzards but including fois gras - Blood sausage - Insects, including but not limited to grasshoppers, ants, witchetty grubs, and cockroaches. That’s about it. I’d be willing to at least try almost anything else. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/199 "2012-09-13T02:02:40Z")
Kale. Because fuck hipsters. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/200 "2012-09-13T03:25:16Z")
Oatmeal is another that springs to mind. Absolutely gross stuff. Never understood the appeal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159.md?page=11)