# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/121 "2012-08-31T20:09:11Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I’m not getting all of the hate for beets. I know of only two restaurants that serve them as side dishes (though the waitresses don’t mention them as available unless you ask), and those are about three blocks from each other. I’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. It isn’t hatred, I just don’t care for 'em. I’ve tried them again and again over the years (recently) and they (including beet sugar) still taste like dirt to me. Now mind you, a good rich loam. But still not something I can savor. So I don’t eat them. 😉 ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/122 "2012-08-31T20:53:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Oysters. Snotty, mucous-like chunks of phlegm. Also, I join in solidarity with my fellow beet-haters. ---
**Author:** ![Michael63129](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Michael63129](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael63129)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/123 "2012-08-31T22:53:59Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > 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 I’m pretty darn disgusted by that type of stuff. I don’t usually tell people because it sounds so damn pretentious but it’s not pretension, I really find them revolting. > > And I do eat plenty of processed foods. Anything frozen or canned that’s meant to turn into a meal though, I’d really prefer to go hungry. What’s wrong with frozen/canned food? Unless it is full of artificial ingredients (or fat, sodium, and sugar) it isn’t necessarily unhealthy; in fact, [canned/frozen vegetables can have more nutrients than fresh vegetables](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CD0QFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mealtime.org%2FuploadedFiles%2FMealtime%2FContent%2Fucdavisstudyexecutivesummary.pdf&ei=sz5BUPXJO8SByAGk34DQCA&usg=AFQjCNEluBfLOLzaKEKopJha9vLYPFZQ3Q), unless the latter are straight from the farm/garden (nutrients are lost just from sitting around). ---
**Author:** ![Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Schrodinger\_s\_Platypus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schrodinger_s_Platypus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/124 "2012-08-31T23:11:46Z")
I’ll eat any foodstuff I could get my hands on, bugs and wiggly things included, the more adventurous the better. Except cilantro. That stuff is foul. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/125 "2012-09-01T00:17:01Z")
> [@Michael63129](#): > > What’s wrong with frozen/canned food? Unless it is full of artificial ingredients (or fat, sodium, and sugar) it isn’t necessarily unhealthy; in fact, [canned/frozen vegetables can have more nutrients than fresh vegetables](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&ved=0CD0QFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mealtime.org%2FuploadedFiles%2FMealtime%2FContent%2Fucdavisstudyexecutivesummary.pdf&ei=sz5BUPXJO8SByAGk34DQCA&usg=AFQjCNEluBfLOLzaKEKopJha9vLYPFZQ3Q), unless the latter are straight from the farm/garden (nutrients are lost just from sitting around). When I said “anything canned or frozen _meant to turn into a meal_” I meant “as soon as it’s opened or thawed”. I guess it was a little ambiguous since frozen peas are meant to turn into a meal, but then it’s not a useful qualifier at all since almost all food is meant to be part of a meal. To clarify though, I meant frozen or canned things that are fulled prepared meals, aka full of artificial ingredients, fat, sodium and sugar. Like spaghettis and hot pockets. But it’s not about how unhealthy they are, I really think they’re gross. I liked that kind of food as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/126 "2012-09-01T00:36:38Z")
I can’t believe no one mentioned eggplant. Speaking of snot-like. And bell peppers as someone said earlier, ruin the entire dish. I have seen no difference in the taste if the pepper is red or yellow either. I love beets though. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/127 "2012-09-01T00:40:59Z")
I probably wouldn’t eat brain due to fear of some outlandishly mutated prion, but other than that, there’s nothing I won’t at least try. The nastiest thing I ever ate was sea urchin roe (on pizza!), and I won’t be having that again. I have never seen durian, but I’d like to try it. I always wanted to try fugu but when I lived in Japan I could never get anyone to go with me to a fugu restaurant and I didn’t want to go alone. I am allergic to kiwi, of all things, but it’s not common and easy to avoid. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/128 "2012-09-01T01:42:33Z")
Bugs, brains (I’m fine with other offal), fermented meat of any type, and Miracle Whip. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/129 "2012-09-01T02:06:25Z")
I haven’t tried the more exotic gross stuff on the list (brains, balut, poop coffee, etc) but would pass. Normal things I don’t like and would prefer not to eat: Green peppers Passion fruit Caraway seeds Fennel Sea urchin Fresh papaya (but dried is okay) Black jelly beans, black licorice ---
**Author:** ![WhyWhyWhy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whywhywhy/32/7539_2.png) [@WhyWhyWhy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyWhyWhy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/130 "2012-09-01T03:08:53Z")
Epic SDMB thread. Food porn at its best! ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/131 "2012-09-01T04:35:55Z")
Eggs that aren’t cooked solid Raw meat, including Sushi Offal, except for beef liver. Custard Cream Cheese ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/132 "2012-09-01T04:59:59Z")
head cheese and trotters. But if it’s fried, game on! ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/133 "2012-09-01T08:32:32Z")
Moving over to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/134 "2012-09-01T08:40:56Z")
Sweet potatoes. Beets. Sweet potatoes. Olives. And sweet potatoes. Did I mention that I can’t stand sweet potatoes? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/135 "2012-09-01T13:48:04Z")
Cheez Whiz - imagine my horror, reading they pour it on perfectly fine cheesesteak sandwiches! In fact, melted cheddar sauce poured on food, which is found everywhere - Arby’s, Applebee’s - often with bacon bits. Ick. Scrape, scrape, scrape… Octopus or squid, deep-fried or not, stuffed/tentacles/tentacles in rings. No! Any cartilage in any meat. Bite down on the cartilage = spit out. Mint. Anything green, called ‘mint’, especially ice cream (and while I’m at it, NO chocolate chips or M&Ms in ice cream!). Includes Thin Mint cookies. It tastes exactly like mouthwash to me. A sprig of mint is OK for a garnish, but why does spearmint overtake my garden and all those fancy designer mint plants I bought at the nursery immediately curl up and die? Blood anything. Sausage, the unfortunate pressed duck, even bloody rare meat. Steak pink in the center is OK, but raw and bloody, I have a hard time getting it down. Canned peas. Why? Why canned peas? Cheap hot dogs, without casings, all fat and salt, served on cheap white bread rolls with yellow mustard - suitable only for filling up the mouths of 10 year olds at a cookout, and so getting them out of the way when the good stuff is cooked for the adults. Anything made with Splenda. Yes, I can tell. No, it doesn’t taste just like sugar. It tastes like vile chemicals. Cereal, especially sugary kids cereal, especially Froot Loops. I wish I did like cereal, but I was raised on the stuff for breakfast, and I didn’t like it when I was 7, either! Cherry flavor anything, jello, kool-aid, popsicles - tastes just like cough syrup. Corollary: fruit punch. Cloying and artificial. That’s one good thing about being a grownup, you don’t have to eat stuff you don’t like, any more. And if you give it to your kids, they either like it or don’t, and if they don’t, you can thankfully not buy it any more. ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/136 "2012-09-01T14:39:58Z")
guts of any type ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/137 "2012-09-01T15:14:53Z")
Soylent green. ---
**Author:** ![Cold\_April](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cold\_April](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cold_April)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/138 "2012-09-01T16:03:24Z")
Why are so many people anti-organ meats? Is it the taste? The texture? Or the function of them ? They are actually pretty varied in all those aspects. I had some sweetbreads (calf pancreas) once that made me think I’d died and gone to heaven. But tripe is like rotten wool carpet. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/139 "2012-09-01T16:55:04Z")
I haven’t noticed it in this thread, but usually when these discussions flow and I say I’ll never eat, say, sauteed raccoon assholes (George Carlin reference), someone pipes up with “don’t knock it until you’ve tried it!” Well, I haven’t tried it, and I’m perfectly comfortable knocking it. I’ve never sat on a porcupine either, but I’m pretty confident that I would not enjoy it. mmm ---
**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 2, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159/140 "2012-09-02T02:08:36Z")
> [@Cold\_April](#): > > Why are so many people anti-organ meats? Is it the taste? The texture? Or the function of them ? They are actually pretty varied in all those aspects. I had some sweetbreads (calf pancreas) once that made me think I’d died and gone to heaven. But tripe is like rotten wool carpet. For me, they just taste yucky, like something that was scooped up out of a dumpster (don’t ask me how I know). Since internal organs and even blood figure in so much of Thai food – which you would not know if your only experience with the cuisine is in Thai restaurants in the West – that I’m constantly on guard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foods-will-you-absolutely-not-eat/633159.md?page=8)