# What's the most disgusting food? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 2, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129 "2005-05-02T21:10:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/41 "2005-05-03T03:40:00Z")
> [@seosamh](#): > > Without the slightest shadow of a doubt, **ANDOUILLETTE SAUSAGE**. It’s the intestines of a pig (I think) Actually, strips of stomach, if I’m not mistaken. > [@](#): > > stuffed into a skin which is itself made out of the intestine of a pig. Indeed. Used to be the case for all kind of sausage, actually. What other product could have been used before the industrial age? > [@](#): > > I believe it’s the custom in France not to wash the intestines before use; I already read this canard on several english-speaking boards. Your belief is misguided. Who would want to eat shit? Even in the most remote backward farm, they’ll wash the intestine before using them to prepare sausages. I used to live in a place with many remote, backward farms. I saw pigs being slaughtered and prepared on the spot. The intestines were thoroughly washed (in order to prepare blood sausage, in these cases). Anecdotically, I once saw an intestine, still full “exploding” for an unkown reason during the process. I still remember the puzzled look of the paralyzed by surprise, covered with shit woman who was handling them. > [@](#): > > at least that’s what seemed to be the case with the one I encountered in Bordeaux a few years ago. And what made you think that the intestines weren’t washed, exactly? > [@](#): > > It tasted like (excuse me) shit. Not that I have ever eaten shit. Except probably on that occasion. I never tasted shit, either, but if what you say is true, then I probably would love it. Because I like andouillettes a lot. ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/42 "2005-05-03T03:43:13Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Liver with brussel sprouts. > > When my former MIL would cook that, I’d drop off my wife. FIL and I went to the corner bar, had sammitches and shot pool. It seems my favorite dishes aren’t much appreciated by the dopers. I love both brussel sprouts and even more so liver. Never tried both together, though. Thanks for the new recipe… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/43 "2005-05-03T03:52:41Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Feta cheese. The smell alone could kill a herd of raging rhinos. > > Ditto cottage cheese. > > Oh yeah, tripe. Tripes, Feta… Anchovies, beef tongue. Everything I like is apparently going to be listed here. I should probably try all the other stuff mentionned that I never ate, like haggis (always wanted to) and rotting herrings (I’m not enthralled by the concept). By the way, there are plenty of cheese with a much worse smell than Feta. To answer the OP, the food I hate with the greatest passion :endives. Cooked endives (I can eat them crude in a salad) . Feed me that if you want me to throw up… ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/44 "2005-05-03T03:58:54Z")
The smell of broccoli makes me gag. The sight of yoghurt and milk make me want to throw up. My husband swears hard boiled eggs are the most digusting substance on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/45 "2005-05-03T04:08:00Z")
> [@lavenderlemon](#): > > The smell of broccoli makes me gag. The sight of yoghurt and milk make me want to throw up. > > My husband swears hard boiled eggs are the most digusting substance on the planet. I’ll see your husband’s hard boiled eggs and raise him an egg salad sandwich. Anytime I smell someone making that it makes me gag. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/46 "2005-05-03T04:14:04Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > Nobody has mention kimchi yet? The smell is enough to make me sick. **Triskadecamus** brought a yummy jar of of kimchi to Gettysdope I, and I hope he blesses us with another this year. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/47 "2005-05-03T08:04:38Z")
I love kimchi and enjoy most ethnic (for lack of a better word) foods I’ve tasted. But… Vietnamese fish sauce made from fermented fish No, thanks ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/48 "2005-05-03T08:28:42Z")
I’m another one for the thousand (or hundred) year eggs. They make the balut mentioned above sound good. Instead of hardboiling a fertilized duck egg, you take the same fertilized duck egg, and bury it for a month, or so, letting it pickle in it’s own juices. :eek: Compared to that, haggis, even deep-fried, sounds good, and I’m willing to try lutefisk. Sea-cucumber, is another alleged food item that squicks me. I don’t know why, but it is. **anu-la1979** , I have one exception to your general list of organ meats: heart meat is a nice, lean meat that’s pretty good. Of course, unlike most other organs it’s actually a muscle. **zagloba** , have you ever had Worcestershire Sauce? It’s made from fermented anchovies, amongst other things, and is a descendant of Roman _garum_, which was, according to what people can tell, very similar to _Nuoc Maam_. It’s an icky idea, but… it tastes good. On the other hand - just who was the brave fool who decided to keep that old, curdled milk and make cheese from it? I love my cheese, but I sure do understand why large populations from Asia think it’s icky. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/49 "2005-05-03T08:58:43Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > The most revolting-looking food I have ever seen: [Pickled Pork Rinds](http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php) (go to volume 2). > > It’s a jar of pale, pallid skin. Dude, that site is the funniest thing I have read or seen in years! > [@](#): > > While I cannot endorse the eating of Pickled Pork Rinds, I do endorse playing with it like a puzzle. I did have some fun trying to put the pig back together, but eventually that got boring as I lost the will to live. I have tears rolling down my face, I’m gasping and talking to myself in a strange high voice I’ve never heard before. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/50 "2005-05-03T09:19:37Z")
Liver is nice, as is haggis, as are sprouts. I think the people who say they hate haggis without ever actually having eaten it need to try it. It’s surprisingly good, I prefer it even to black pudding. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/51 "2005-05-03T11:31:44Z")
49 posts and no mention of Vegemite? The dark side is taking over. Excellent. BWHAHAHA! My vote: Rollmop herrings. Grey silvery things in god knows what oil and other evil pestilence that dare to enter the same jar. I hated the sight of the things but my late father would eat them with gusto. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew! ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/52 "2005-05-03T11:32:25Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > The most revolting-looking food I have ever seen: [Pickled Pork Rinds](http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/cat_steve_dont_eat_it.php) (go to volume 2). > > It’s a jar of pale, pallid skin. Oh man that site is great 🙂 I can’t wait to try **chocolate breast milk**! ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/53 "2005-05-03T12:33:59Z")
**clairobscur** - of course, my andouillette was washed; the restaurant was actually quite fancy and I would not for a zillion years expect anyone to serve unwashed offal. But my companion at the time (the egregious Jez) confirmed that the smell of it was was pure ordure (he was not going to taste it after I retched a few times on taking a mouthful). In fact, he mentions it at regular intervals still. Chacun a son gout, as they say on the jellied eel stalls in East London. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/54 "2005-05-03T12:37:20Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > Scandinavians love eating rancid foods. A friend of mine was upset that I cleaned up his refrig while housesitting. > DUDE, it had black mold on it!! That goat cheese smelled like goat!! > > PS: Lutefisk looks and smells like something you threw up!! I have one word for all of you. JUST ONE WORD. **-------------\>** [surstromming](http://www.allscandinavia.com/surstromming.htm) **\<-------------** If you dare. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/55 "2005-05-03T16:18:14Z")
Now kimchi and haggis would go together rather well. Now [this](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0004M1BYS/sr=1-3/qid=1115137361/ref=sr_1_3/102-7869041-4548921?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=3600321&s=gourmet-food&v=glance) I can’t understand. (unless it is a cooking sauce dispite it being called clam juice). ---
**Author:** ![Mooch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/56 "2005-05-03T16:27:42Z")
No mention of **Miracle Whip**? Woof. ---
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/57 "2005-05-03T19:41:42Z")
> [@moes lotion](#): > > My nominee is **durian** - an asian fruit that has a smell somewhere between rotting garbage and particularily nasty foot odor. However, it actually tastes pretty good if you can get past the smell. I love Durian. My wife bought me some as a gag, since she didn’t think that I, white man from New England, would be able to choke it down. Now I get it whenever we go out for Vietnamese food. Mmmm…durian. ---
**Author:** ![DrLoveGun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@DrLoveGun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLoveGun)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/58 "2005-05-03T19:43:42Z")
My nominee is Clamato Juice. I can’t get over the smell of Clamato. Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/59 "2005-05-03T19:46:57Z")
Flat and warm ginger ale. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2005, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129/60 "2005-05-03T19:52:42Z")
I have an unusually, perhaps abnormally high “eeewww” threshhold. I would probably be willing to try just about anything mentioned thus far in this thread that I wasn’t allergic too. I personally draw the line at anything capable of locomotion that hasn’t been cooked. Rare, I’ll eat. Raw, uh-uh. You can take your steak tar-tar back to the kitchen and apply some heat to it, thank you very much. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-disgusting-food/302129.md?page=4)