# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/101 "2012-08-31T04:56:28Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > šŸ˜• Ummmm, k. When you say ā€œdirected at youā€, are you talking to _me_ this time or someone else? Yeah. Perhaps we are having a failure to communicate. ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/102 "2012-08-31T05:00:25Z")
Cantaloupe. I shuddered just thinking of it just now. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/103 "2012-08-31T05:17:49Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Yeah. Perhaps we are having a failure to communicate. I was being sarcastic that time. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2012, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/104 "2012-08-31T06:17:57Z")
Things Iā€™ve tried that I will not eat again: balut, sea urchin (raw? sushi restaurant), raw crab (Korean restaurant). Thing Iā€™ve tried that I \*might \*give another chance: durian. Things I havenā€™t tried and never will: pigā€™s feet, chicken feet, head cheese, blood-anything, insects, larvae and foods containing them. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/105 "2012-08-31T08:17:03Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > As already cited, the cat poop coffee and maggot cheese are real things. I should have said cat pooped coffee though to be clear. The coffee isnā€™t made from the cat poop, but from the coffee beans that take a ride through the cat. And itā€™s not a cat, itā€™s a civet, which is close enough to a cat for me. I thought everyone on the Dope was familiar enough with cazu marzu and kopi luwak that I wouldnā€™t have to look up how to spell them. > > Sorry if I confused you, though Iā€™m fairly sure you can get some cockroach chili and the truck stop in the town I grew up in. Extra crunchy! > > And Iā€™m a girl. šŸ™‚ Hey Iā€™ve tried kopi luwak. It tastes just like normal coffee. (I donā€™t drink much coffee) ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/106 "2012-08-31T09:32:49Z")
I thought I was a picky eater, but apparently Iā€™m not. Most of the things mentioned in this thread are on my like list. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/107 "2012-08-31T11:32:34Z")
> [@Michael63129](#): > > [cut descriptions of cat poop coffee, maggot cheese] > I think it is safe to say that NOBODY here would eat either of those even for money. I donā€™t know how you can put those two even in the same category. I _might_ if I was feeling brave have the tiniest taste of casu marzu, avoiding the wriggliest bits, but Iā€™d happily brew up and savour the civet coffee every morning if you gave it to me for free. Itā€™s still made from coffee beans. They wash them off after theyā€™ve been through the cat, you know, and then youā€™re passing boiling water over them. Whatā€™s possibly not to like? The only reason Iā€™ve never tried it is because itā€™s stupidly expensive for coffee that, by all accounts, tastes exactly like coffee. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/108 "2012-08-31T12:11:43Z")
I steer clear of deep fried tarantulas. I also would take a pass at rotten seagull (eskimo dish), and rotten shark (hakarl-it is big in Iceland). ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/109 "2012-08-31T12:16:20Z")
Mushrooms Red licorice Tomatoes Olives Cauliflower Organ meats Oysters (Have not tried them. But they just look disgusting.) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/110 "2012-08-31T13:29:14Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > and rotten shark (hakarl-it is big in Iceland). One of my friends is Icelandic and according to her, it never really has been ā€œbig in Icelandā€. These days, itā€™s kind of a minor curiosity and/or something to scare the tourists with. I wanted to try another Icelandic dish, puffin (freshly killed and cooked, not rotted!) but my wife vetoed it on the grounds that she hadnā€™t yet seen a live one. (And when we did track down some live ones, she decided they were too [cute](http://puffinpalooza.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/puffin-skip.jpg) to eat. I kind of agreed, too.) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/111 "2012-08-31T13:46:41Z")
Iā€™m not getting all of the hate for beets. I know of only two restaurants that serve them as side dishes (though the waitresses donā€™t mention them as available unless you ask), and those are about three blocks from each other. Iā€™m spending the long weekend right between them, and I will eat beets at both. I believe that tonight I will have beets along with dead sea bugs and something dug up from the ground, topped with rotten mammal juice. And maybe a nice glass of spoiled grape juice. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/112 "2012-08-31T13:55:56Z")
> [@prettydorky](#): > > Cantaloupe. I shuddered just thinking of it just now. Thatā€™s funny. Iā€™m not a hugely adventurous eater. I donā€™t eat a wide variety of fruits. But to me cantaloupe has such a perfect flavor (when exactly ripe) that I canā€™t see how everyone doesnā€™t love it. Funny how much tastes differ. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/113 "2012-08-31T13:58:08Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Thatā€™s funny. Iā€™m not a hugely adventurous eater. I donā€™t eat a wide variety of fruits. But to me cantaloupe has such a perfect flavor\*\* (when exactly ripe)\*\* that I canā€™t see how everyone doesnā€™t love it. Funny how much tastes differ. The bold part is key. I canā€™t stand most melons unless they are perfectly ripe. Then they are absolute ambrosia. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/114 "2012-08-31T14:26:01Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I wanted to try another Icelandic dish, puffin (freshly killed and cooked, not rotted!) but my wife vetoed it on the grounds that she hadnā€™t yet seen a live one. (And when we did track down some live ones, she decided they were too [cute](http://puffinpalooza.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/puffin-skip.jpg) to eat. I kind of agreed, too.) An ex of mine just adored puffins (for all I know she still does), so I wondered how she would react when she and her later-to-be husband went on a sailing trip around the islands of the North Atlantic. She informed me when they came back that after seeing how many puffins there are she had no hesitations about eating them (and they were very tasty, too). ETA She also told me that the Faroese kitchen was, well, different. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/115 "2012-08-31T14:28:21Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > What about things youā€™ve tried once and absolutely loathed? Are they things you wouldnā€™t ever eat _again_? Nothing I can think of really. Honestly, Iā€™ve never tried anything and found it so revolting that I would never, ever eat it again. I donā€™t care for broccoli, fish sauce and raw oysters, but Iā€™ll certainly eat them prepared properly. If all I had to eat was a big olā€™ plate of both covered in the third, Iā€™d tuck in. Not happily mind you, but itā€™s better than going hungry. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/116 "2012-08-31T14:40:21Z")
Iā€™ll try anything at least once. Pass the pickled deerā€™s heart, please. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/117 "2012-08-31T17:04:47Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > No matter how good anyone says it is, no matter how much cultural pressure Iā€™m under, no matter which 5-Michelin-Star chef cooked it, no matter how fresh or exquisite the ingredients are, I will not eat: > > 1. Organ meats (liver, sweetbreads, etc.). > 2. Anything spicier than Taco Bellā„¢ Medium sauce. > 3. Anything that is still wiggling. > 4. Freshwater fish. > > You? Oysters. Snotty, mucous-like chunks of phlegm. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/118 "2012-08-31T17:22:43Z")
Hot pockets. I was an overweight teenager so when I set out in life on my own I decided to establish better eating habits, which included never eating most processed foods like hot pockets or frozen dinners or frozen pizzas or most fast food. At this point Iā€™m pretty darn disgusted by that type of stuff. I donā€™t usually tell people because it sounds so damn pretentious but itā€™s not pretension, I really find them revolting. And I do eat plenty of processed foods. Anything frozen or canned thatā€™s meant to turn into a meal though, Iā€™d really prefer to go hungry. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/119 "2012-08-31T18:13:12Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Oysters. Snotty, mucous-like chunks of phlegm. Raw I agree with you. Grilled theyā€™re quite nice. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/120 "2012-08-31T18:16:15Z")
One that I forgot: Greek yogurt. That stuff is vile, and itā€™s taking over store shelves. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159.md?page=7)