# What's the worst properly prepared thing you have ever eaten? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940 "2017-10-27T02:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/41 "2017-10-27T15:53:22Z")
Cow throat. Cow throat does not taste bad it is just a completely useless food. It absorbs no flavor from anything it is cooked in and basically has no taste and is almost impossible to chew. One of my colleagues said it was like chewing on a tire patch. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/42 "2017-10-27T16:05:38Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > šŸ˜• My kids and wife love it! Itā€™s just creamy chicken and veggies. Whatā€™s not to like? (And if itā€™s one of the vegetables, just leave it out). Itā€™s one of the least offensive foods I could think of, and one of the few dishes that everyone in this family of reasonably picky eaters will eat. Itā€™s basically chicken pot pie without the pie part, served on noodles. You sure your mom made it properly? Even my oldest daughter (3 1/2) who doesnā€™t like anything but meat and noodles will eat it. Sometimes even with the vegetables, too! Itā€™s the creamy part. I can almost relive the gagging sensation I felt when I had it in my mouth. But Iā€™m sure yours is good :o ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/43 "2017-10-27T16:08:58Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Itā€™s the creamy part. I can almost relive the gagging sensation I felt when I had it in my mouth. But Iā€™m sure yours is good :o Ah. Iā€™m sure itā€™s like anyone elseā€™s. Sounds like a textural aversion. I get it. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/44 "2017-10-27T16:16:17Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Yes! Vegemite is foul. I really wanted to like it too. As a young ā€œMen at Workā€ fan, I was highly motivated to like it. It showed up in our college cafeteria one day and my friend (also a fan) and I decided to give it a try to show our solidarity with the band. Nope. Nope, nope, nope! Sorry, guys! Stuff tastes like you made a paste out of pure salt and dyed it with a brown crayon. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/45 "2017-10-27T16:17:06Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > Kinda falls outside the description of properly prepared, but point taken. They didnā€™t tell everyone not to eat it until after the meal? Sounds like some of my relatives. The farm market woman thought it was culinary. She made some for dinner and knew right away that it wasnā€™t cooking right, which led to her review her seed purchase records. We were the only people who bought any, luckily. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/46 "2017-10-27T16:30:49Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Vegetarian haggis. The obvious problem here is that vegetables donā€™t have lungs. It isnā€™t haggis unless it has lung in it. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/47 "2017-10-27T16:31:51Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Medium-rare steak. Blech. Yeah, I hate it when my steak is overcooked too. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/48 "2017-10-27T16:34:13Z")
> [@ZPG\_Zealot](#): > > Lute fish, edible only if starvation is the only other alternative (and the people I am with are too beloved to cannibalize). Ah, lutefisk. Even the people who _like_ it donā€™t like it. I remember seeing a lady on the news once saying, ā€œWell, when I was little, Iā€™d only eat a teaspoon or so, because it was a tradition. But now that Iā€™m an adult, I can eat a whole tablespoon.ā€ For me: posole. Sorry, not gonna try it again. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/49 "2017-10-27T16:34:50Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > Lutefisk. > > Iā€™d have to say New York style pizza. > > šŸ˜ƒ (I keed, I keed). > > Really though, itā€™s probably oysters. Living in the ā€˜heartlandā€™ itā€™s hard to get fresh seafood so when I went to Houston I decided to try fresh seafood prepared by someone who knew what they were doing. I got a combination platter which included a couple of deep fried oysters breaded with a corn meal breading. I at one and left the other. Just not my cup-oā€™-tea. > > Also, liver, tongue and heart. I tried liver once when I was young and threw up all over my plate. Never had to eat it again. > > Rocky Mountain Oysters, too. I felt the same way until I was convinced to try a grilled oyster dish. It was fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![JHBoom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/13edae/32.png) [@JHBoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JHBoom)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/50 "2017-10-27T17:57:46Z")
Eel. I assume it was properly prepared; it was in a Norwegian military baseā€™s chowhall, and the Norwegians were certainly enjoying it. It was also the most beautiful military chowhall Iā€™ve ever had the pleasure of dining in, with lots of beautifully cut and finished exposed wood beams and natural light aplenty. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/51 "2017-10-27T19:09:09Z")
Street Tacos: How did this ever become a thing? Chimichanga Chicken Van (At a catered affair) Chicken covered with some kind of sauce with olives in it. Liver: I canā€™t even stand the smell Sauteed Mushrooms served at Golden Corral. ---
**Author:** ![Pabitel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbce88/32.png) [@Pabitel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pabitel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/52 "2017-10-27T19:13:52Z")
Guacamole I donā€™t know who ever decided that avocados were edible but they didnā€™t ask me first. And while the whole fruit is bad enough somebody got the idea to mash it and add raw onions and hot pepper. You canā€™t eat it and it isnā€™t even smooth enough to use as spackle. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/53 "2017-10-27T21:05:24Z")
Jellied tongue. If the meatā€™s chewiness doesnā€™t get you, the aspic sliding down your throat will. They served it cold, but Iā€™m pretty sure temperature didnā€™t matter. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/54 "2017-10-27T21:18:57Z")
Liver in any form. Just absolutely disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/55 "2017-10-27T22:11:16Z")
Iā€™ve eaten with great enjoyment nearly all the foods listed above. Never tried haggis or vegemite. I really enjoy liver and onions. My wife once took a large ornamental kale plant and cooked with onions, carrots, potatoes, and a hunk of ham. Delish! I have had lutefisk once so I donā€™t have to have it again. But it was okay, sort of. The one so-called food that I have had that I would never have again is sea cucumber. Like concentrated gristle. We were invited to dinner at the home of my Chinese grad student. We were of the persuasion that you have to eat what is offered. It turned out that his parents were of the persuasion that you serve guests until they leave some stuff. So we ate everything and finally his mother served us sea cucumber. Presumably properly prepared. We didnā€™t finish it and she was able to stop. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/56 "2017-10-27T23:05:01Z")
YOAR MOM! (Sorry, I had to. The opportunity was too good to pass up.) ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/57 "2017-10-27T23:10:25Z")
This thread reaffirms my belief that I am not a picky eater in the least and repeated exposure to unusual foods means everything. I actually like almost all of the things listed. However, the first time I tried blue cheese salad dressing, I was working in a catering kitchen and I was shocked that we almost served a dairy product that was so obviously spoiled and vile but I caught it. I showed it to the chef, she tasted it, and said that is just what it is. I actually like blue cheese in all forms now but it took a while. I have eaten fried ants, grasshoppers, all kinds of game animals including roadkill, rattlesnakes, alligator (quite good) and lots of other exotic foods without incident. The one thing I would be hesitant to try is Icelandic [HƔkarl](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl) (shark that has been fermented for months). It smells like ammonia and tastes much worse. Even the most adventurous eaters sometimes barf involuntarily when they try it. Chitlins really do smell like pig shit when they are cooking but at least they taste sort of OK. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/58 "2017-10-27T23:27:55Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Eggplant. Prepared any way. I just canā€™t. Iā€™m the same way. Just donā€™t like it. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/59 "2017-10-28T00:28:33Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > The list of food I donā€™t like is long but if I have to single out the one thing that has come the closest to making me vomit right there at the table it would be the time my mother made Chicken a la King. I donā€™t know why anyone would put it in their face hole and I really really cannot imagine what would make the parent of a picky child think that was going to be a successful experiment. Hee. Thatā€™s one of the short list of foods us picky kids WOULD eat. šŸ™‚ Mom served it over white toast. Mine would be this dish served at a volunteer community I lived in, where the food budget was slim. Shreds of turkey plus other cut up vegetables suspended in plain aspic. Something like this, but more sparsely populated and the aspic was clear: [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d1/3a/13/d13a1387f92d6ba86dc27ede571c23ad--scary-food-gross-food.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d1/3a/13/d13a1387f92d6ba86dc27ede571c23ad--scary-food-gross-food.jpg) \>hurl\< ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940/60 "2017-10-28T02:08:02Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Hee. Thatā€™s one of the short list of foods us picky kids WOULD eat. šŸ™‚ Mom served it over white toast. > > Mine would be this dish served at a volunteer community I lived in, where the food budget was slim. Shreds of turkey plus other cut up vegetables suspended in plain aspic. Something like this, but more sparsely populated and the aspic was clear: > > [https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d1/3a/13/d13a1387f92d6ba86dc27ede571c23ad--scary-food-gross-food.jpg](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d1/3a/13/d13a1387f92d6ba86dc27ede571c23ad--scary-food-gross-food.jpg) > > \>hurl\< [Something more like this](https://www.przyslijprzepis.pl/media/cache/default_view/uploads/media/recipe/0002/71/f6fd61e7aab00ae1d2cae83bd47d916aa0dd1d7c.jpeg)? Were the people you were with of Eastern European background? I grew up with this stuff, and I love it, but, I admit, my brother also grew up with it and thinks itā€™s the vilest thing on earth. I can understand. Itā€™s certainly a hard sell. šŸ™‚ ETA: The aspic gets clearer than that, [like here](http://foodmag.pl/wp-content/uploads/images/kurczak-w-galarecie-02-full-900x600.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-properly-prepared-thing-you-have-ever-eaten/799940.md?page=4)