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Someone Asked Folks Online To Share The Food They Never Grew Out Of Hating, And 30 People Delivered
Just like that feeling of lying in bed or going number 2, eating is one of those very few reliefs that life has to offer.
But, of course, that has to be ruined for us as well because the fact that it's food doesn't mean that it's necessarily edible. But not as in it's poisonous, but more how can anyone derive pleasure from this piece of culinary... something?
And no, it's not an acquired taste for some folks as they never liked it as a child and they still don't like it as an adult. This is what Redditors were preoccupied with lately—listing foods they hated as kids and continue to hate as adults.
We've compiled a list of the best (worst?) responses in the now-viral thread, so scroll through it below, upvote, and voice your opinions or perhaps share ways or recipes on how to make the listed consumable better in the comment section below!
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#1
When we were kids, my mom said we could each choose one main dish that we didn't like, and if she served that she'd make something else for us.
Mine was liver, which was one of my dad's favorites. I thought it was so gross. Recently my wife said she wanted to try it, so we made some. Nope, still exactly as gross as I thought it was when I was 8.
Kookamunga 2 years ago
I tried it again recently after hating it as a child. I thought perhaps my palate had matured. Was like eating a mouthful of dung.
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#2
Anjelikka said:
Black Licorice flavor. How the hell does anyone under the age of 80 enjoy this hellspawn poison?
ohwowwhatfun replied:
I had it once because everyone said it's so great... Couldn't wait to spit it out.. even had tears in my eyes 😂
jserpette95 replied:
*delicious hellspawn poison. It's my favorite candy, possibly due to the fact that I liked it and nobody in the house liked it so it was always safe from candy thieves.
#3
AccomplishedWaltz802 said:
Cilantro, even tho it’s genetic.
Argentine_Tango replied:
It's genetic?
The first time I tried it was in a wanton soup. I may have vomited. I couldn't eat it for years. Then I tried it as an adult in certain dishes from my county and it's passable.
EgdyBettleShell replied:
Yup it is! It's caused by a gene that's called OR6A2, which, depending on the ancestry of, is present in between 3% to even 21% of all individuals in every human population - it codes an olfactory receptor protein that detects aldehydes from the same group of substances that we commonly use in the production of detergents, and that are naturally present in cilantro.
Bit of trivia: all the people who hate cilantro also feel a different taste than the rest of the world when eating cinnamon due to this specific gene. It's not soapy like cilantro, but it tastes much more earthy for all of you than it should for the rest of us.
Amy Taylor 2 years ago
I was so relieved to find out that it's a "thing" for some people that it tastes like soap. I thought people were out of their minds for liking it when it tastes exactly like a mouthful of soap to me.
Emma Starr 2 years ago
UGH. I hate cilantro with a passion. It doesn't taste like soap to me, just bad. Yuck.
Zophra 2 years ago
I agree - no soap taste - more like herbed vomit taste.
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I'm on board with the cilantro, it makes my salsas, guac and burritos so good. Here is my favorite cilantro comic. cilantro-6...73-png.jpg 
Missy 2 years ago
Absolutely on board with this one. I love cinnamon though - I don't quite get that part in this post.
Dead Rat 2 years ago
Same, I tried to like cilantro but I cannot escape the intense soapy taste. But cinnamon , I adore and love it in desserts and even my coffee
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Elana Horwitz 2 years ago
doesn't taste good. Wish I could experience how it tastes to people who love it.
Holly Hobby 2 years ago
Last year I read something about a small % of the world taste soap when they eat cilantro. Tastes like soap to me. Hated it since forever.
Demongrrrrl 2 years ago
How does anyone know that cinnamon tastes different to cilantro haters?
Seedy Vine 2 years ago
Cilantro tastes like soap to me but cinnamon is yummy. It does taste earthy to me, but I enjoy that taste. Don't know if it tastes that way to others.
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Kathleen Olsson-Nelson 2 years ago
To me, Cilantro tastes like soap smells and I can't stand it as it ruins the salsas and other Mexican food dishes.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
It doesn't taste like soap to me, so I don't think I have the genetic thing, but I can't stand the taste. Like a hot, bitter oddity :) It also turns my stomach and gives me reflux. Coriander seeds on the other hand I love.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 2 years ago
Seeds are okay to me, too. Hard pass on the greenery
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Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
You either love or hate Cilantro. Tastes fine to me; I even ask for it at Taco Bell.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
The name sounds like something on the third row of the Periodic Table.
Nela Rothenbach 2 years ago
OMG, finally I know why I hate cinnamon so much 😱 I knew I have the gene for cilantro but I didn't know it affects cinnamon, too.
Bree Piper 1 year ago
Not everyone who hates cilantro has that gene or thinks it tastes like soap! To me it tastes like anise/licorish, which I cannot stand. It’s a minor thing, but the automatic soap assumption irritates me as much as finding the stuff in my street taco.
The Veil of Fire 1 year ago
It neither taste like soap nor smells like soap for me. Its much worse. Its vomit I smell and taste. However it can be hidden in some foods if used extremely lightly and chopped extremely fine. Which happens only rarely so as a rule no cilantro for if I taste one bite the whole meal is ruined.
Barbara Skolly 2 years ago
I am one of those cilantro is soapy people. And this also explains why I do not enjoy cinnamon as much as others
Niall Mac Iomera 2 years ago
I love coriander, except once I used it in a meal and it tastes really soapy. Couldn't eat the meal.
Nika Strokappe 2 years ago
Hate cilantro, tastes like someone added dish soap to the dish (that was also my boyfriend first reaction to is, ow there is still soap in this plate...) But love cinnamon, like really addicted to it. :D
Ece Cenker 2 years ago
I think the same gene also makes capers disgusting for these individuals.
AzKhaleesi 2 years ago
Hmmm I don't know about that last bit. I hate cilantro but I love cinnamon. Cilantro doesn't taste like soap to me though maybe that's why? But I still hate it.
Janet Graham 2 years ago
I hate cilantro. I can down it, but it will ruin my dinner. It is often used in Mexican dishes. No, I never thought of cinnamon as a earthy flavor.
Bobert Robertson 2 years ago
I loooooooooooove cilantro! I'm like the old lady from the commercials except instead of an old lady I'm a 35 year old man, and instead of frank's red hot, I put that cilantro sh!t on everything
Kate Priestley 2 years ago
The same true of lamb chops. Some people experience a rancid taste from eating lamb on the bone which is down to their DNA.
Tammy Wait 2 years ago
I love Chines and worked at a famous restaurant. There is no cilantro in their food. I don't care for it either.
Jelo Alconaba 2 years ago (edited)
Back when we were in Africa, my father told my sister to get him some cilantro for lunch. Since it smells like a insect, my sister told me to get it and would take care of beef soup in the pressure cooker. Before I could say no she opened it and boom. Hot soup went flying. There was still pressure when she opened it. Could still remember on of the vegetable stuck to the wall. Luckily my sister didn't get premanently burnt. Wanted to give her a pressure cooker at her wedding but changed my mind. She might throw it at me.
Celia McReynolds Tinsley 2 years ago
It tastes like soap to me and my oldest son while my youngest son has no issues with the taste.
Danielle Hardesty 2 years ago
I hated it as I got the "soap taste' I just eat so much Mediterranean and Mexican I decided to get over it and did, don't mind it at all now, no soap taste either.
Sky Render 2 years ago
Wait, so everyone doesn't taste cinnamon as deeply earthy? Huh! Maybe that gene is also why Starlight Coke tastes alright to me despite so many claiming it doesn't taste very good...
Kate Jones 2 years ago
I like cilantro but there's a very distinct smell to it that I don't like. I don't mind it in dishes, though.
Sultrycapybara 2 years ago
Confirmed cilantro allergy here. It makes me vomit immediately. Makes tex mex ordering pretty complicated, since I have to check whether there is any in the meal and they use it like glitter.
Andie 2 years ago
Same! No vomiting, but need EpiPen. Developing a phobia of going out to eat, b/c it's so hard with allergies.
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MagicJacket 2 years ago
I love it. When I go to buy it I will even tear off a sprig and chew on it while I continue shopping.
Benita Valdez 2 years ago (edited)
Yeah it doesn't taste like soap to me but I hate it. I also hate mint and certain parsley has a cilantro taste to me. But I do like coriander
Exotic Butters 2 years ago
To me, cilantro tastes like summer. I love it. Sad for the folks that think it tastes like soap.
RoanTheMad 2 years ago
I don't get this with Cilantro (Coriander here in the UK) but I do with lemongrass in anything. It can be the smallest amount but it tastes like soap...
Josurf 2 years ago
Okay, I want to say something about all of these posts: ever heard the expression "an acquired taste" ? Well... this is scaly what these are. In the (recent) past people grew up, learned new things, sometimes didn't like them immediately, but learned to love/appreciate them over time. That is today's problem: no-one grows up anymore. They all get exactly what they like as a kid and subsequently stick with that taste of things. There used to be kids food and grown up foods... now people are stuck in their "kids" phase. They stopped being adventurous in discovering new tastes.... it's sad really.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 2 years ago
Dude. Don't be so quick to judge. I try plenty of things, love new things all the tine. Used to dislike spinach - love it now. Used to only eat one kind of bland chees - love different cheeses now. I tty to get as many new herbs for my food, mostly from my balcony, and i love them. Sfill can't eat coriander/cilantro withoht feeling like i bit on a bar of soap. I still don't like walnuts, either (give me fuzzy teeth+tongue)
Load More Replies... Pj Mac 2 years ago
Cilantro should be illegal. Why do stores put it in good? Can't ya plz make some,i.e. salsa, without?
Jill Ancona Noseda 2 years ago
I’ve never been to Chipotle, because I’m scared that it’s in everything!
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TheCeilingIGuess said:
The fat on meat dude. The texture, and even when it's crispy the taste... I just can't put it in my mouth without gagging.
IllSeaworthiness43 replied:
I could never understand why people like it. They say it has all of the flavor but it doesn't taste like anything at all. It's so gamey and chewy and gross. I hate that springy-crunch that the tendons and fat have. Top sirloin all the way...
If I chew it and it doesn't break down or get chewed up why the hell would I eat it.
#5
Blue cheese once almost made me throw up from nearly the smell alone, I had it in a burger and the first bite I took I immediately lost my appetite. To top it off I had covid, I wasn’t supposed to taste or smell anything but blue cheese doesn’t seem to obey that rule.
#6
Capers. What kind of a*****e looked this foul tasting thing and thought it was a good idea to add to food?
#7
Olives, I don't get how people can enjoy the taste, they immediately overpower anything else you try to eat them with.
#8
some-girl-online said:
Celery. I understand why it's important in soups and stuff, but god I hate it.
Apple22Over7 replied:
I can't stand raw celery. Like, at all. It's got an almost reverse taste/smell which is horrible, that I can only sense in the back of my throat/nose when breathing out. I just.. Urgh. The stringy texture doesn't help either.
Cooked in soups/stews/whatever I can tolerate it. But raw? Makes me feel ill.
Emma Starr 2 years ago
I like it, it's a near zero calorie way to transport dip to my face hole!
#9
HeWhomstDealtIt said:
Cottage cheese.
rianpie replied:
It’s like someone chewed white cheese for a bit and then spit it out and now I’m supposed to eat it?!
TheMultiRounderGamer replied:
As an Indian it hurts seeing someone describe cottage cheese like that LMAO.
You probably didn't cook it properly, its amazing.
ccnomad replied:
I suspect you’re thinking of paneer, which is glorious. What West Europeans and Americans refer to as cottage cheese is this sort of lumpy, not-quite cheese resulting from milk separated into curds and whey using acid. The whey is discarded.
#10
OldBob10 said:
Lima beans. Nasty little chalk pellets - NO, MOM, I’M NOT EATING THEM!!!
afoz345 replied:
My Mom would always serve them to us. She would never eat any. She always told us she had hers before we sat down. Come to find out, she hates them and wouldn’t eat them. Trickery!!!
OldBob10 replied:
Lima beans were actually my “big rebellion” as a teenager. (Why, yes - I’m very conformist. How did you know?) As a pre-adolescent I was required “…to eat one for each year old you are”. Not eating something was intolerable. Finally when I was fifteen I told her one night, “I’m not playing this game any more. I don’t like them and eating one more every year isn’t going to get me to like them any more. I’m done with this”. I don’t think they were ever served again…
#11
Rihanbrohe said:
Mayo.
Saraniah replied:
Even the name sounds horrendous! To top it off, it tastes and smells like puke.
Cyno01 replied:
Are you sure you mean mayo? I have a theory that most people who hate mayo had a traumatic experience with miracle whip as a child. I know i did.
Mayo is just eggs and oil, fairly innocuous, not really much flavor on its own, just a mild sandwich lube or a base for dips and stuff.
Miracle Whip on the other hand is f*****g nasty.
#12
This is by far my most unpopular food opinion. I hate avocado. I don’t think it’s gross or tastes TOO bad, more so that it’s unnecessary, tastes relatively close to dirt to me, and has a weird texture. I like guacamole, because it’s well seasoned and joined up with other great flavors (cilantro, lime, salt, peppers, all things I love) but the avocado craze in the USA of the last 10ish years has always baffled me. Avocado on burgers, avocado toast, avocado ice cream. I don’t get it. I don’t like the taste of it at all and don’t understand why it belongs on top of everything.
#13
living1day1time said:
Tomatoes. I hate tomatoes. But I eat salsa, ketchup, and tomato sauce. I know it is baffling but there you go.
RosenrotEis replied:
I'm the same way.
Which reminds me of one time when I was in 3rd grade, my teacher was growing cherry tomatoes and brought some in for the class to try. Another student and I both declined, stating that we simply did not like tomatoes. She asked if we were allergic, to which we said no. She then asked if we liked ketchup. My classmate said yes, and I said no(mustard is far superior IMO, but to each their own. I'll gladly trade my ketchup packets for mustard). She then asked if I liked pizza sauce. I said yes.
Her next words have burned in my head since: "Then you like tomatoes."
And then forced me to eat one. I gagged and almost threw up.
Lady, just because I like pizza and the sauce on it doesn't mean I like the bubble of seeds and mush that is a cherry tomato. And I respectfully declined in the first place.
I'm still heated about that moment.
Kookamunga 2 years ago
Love tomatoes. Here in New Jersey it's currently tomato time. I'll eat em like an apple. Gimme gimme.
#14
Mysterytophat said:
Pop tarts. I just really don’t like them. A lot of my classmates eat them. Coffee too, I think it’s terrible.
FloriaFlower replied:
I hate how dry, flavorless and boring they are relative to the amount of sugar they contain. There's like 1mm thick of filling between 2 plates of thick hard and sandy crust. Almost everything that contains the same amount of sugar is way more interesting to eat.
#15
Koomis. AKA fermented horse milk. I mean - growing up in Kazakhstan, it was okay as a child, but I didn't take to it like the other kids and it just doesn't stack up to a good PB&J with the crusts cut off.
#16
jam219 said:
Brussels sprouts.
Bophall replied:
This is another interesting one because there was a targeted selective breeding program to make them taste better that started in the 90s, so they really do taste better post 2005 or so.
So I guess what I'm saying is that if you haven't had them in more than 20 years, they will be less bitter than you remember. You might still dislike them, but they will taste better in an objective sense.
atreethatownsitself replied:
Tell that to my dad. He was traumatized by his father as a kid by sitting in this high stool type seat for hours until he finished his Brussels sprouts. They were quite literally not allowed in our house growing up.
#17
Maximiliano_Molina said:
Tripas
Argentine_Tango replied:
Same. There's a Peruvian dish my sister loves, called cau cau, that I can't stand. Even the preparation stinks up the house because you have to boil it. Ugh.
Josie Bisbano 2 years ago
It's boiled bovine stomach. Very pungent with a strong umami taste and jelly-like texture. I grew up with it in my Texan/Pacific Islander household.
#18
cardboardtube_knight said:
Chitlins.
Crosswired2 replied:
I ate them once because my daughter's grandma made them. I don't think anyone particularly liked them but everyone else got to eat them with hot sauce. I hate hot sauce so I just ate them plain. At least they tasted better than they smelled cooking, but I won't eat them again.
Kookamunga 2 years ago
Someone once heated up chitlins in the work microwave. It smelled like a decaying foot.
#19
pool_and_chicken said:
Beets.
swan4816 replied:
Came here for this. I want to like them because they're beautiful and so healthy!
car0saurusrex replied:
I never liked beets either but then I tried roasting them with green beans (drizzle the veggies with olive oil and whatever seasonings you prefer) and OMG. So good. It doesn’t taste like fried potatoes per se, but somehow it satisfies my craving for fried potatoes? Now I want to go make some.
#20
Raisins, I mean come on now. Wrinkly, tiny, the feeling I get when I eat a oatmeal raisin cookie disguised as a chocolate chip cookie. I'd rather eat stale farts then that.
West Hermans 2 years ago
A quote from the movie Benny & Joon: "Raisins used to be fat and juicy and now they're twisted. They had their lives stolen. Well, they taste sweet, but really they're just humiliated grapes."
#21
GhettoSauce said:
Mushrooms. I'm fascinated by them but I won't eat them. Unless they're magic.
Fixes_Computers replied:
I learned to be okay with mushrooms as they have a high "good stuff to bad stuff" ratio to them.
For standard white mushrooms, slicing them raw onto a salad works okay. Not much flavor, but I can understand if the texture is unpleasant. If cooked, just make sure they aren't the primary ingredient.
If you want the nutritional benefit without having to deal with the flavor and texture, blitz some in a good processor and mix them in to whatever you're making. You won't even notice them if you keep the quantity low enough.
For myself, I've also tried other varieties. I recommend going to an Asian market to find the largest selection. Enoki is fun as it's similar to pasta (with different texture to it) and it largely absorbs the flavor of whatever you put it in.
#22
BakerAnnual5453 said:
Tuna. There's something fishy about it.
Toulamarr replied:
I had a can of tuna tipped over me in primary school and the teachers wouldn't let me wash it off. I had to sit, for hours, covered in tuna, in the middle of summer. I cannot stand the smell and I would rather die than eat it.
#23
-Miss__Information- said:
Peas.
reydolith replied:
YES! STUPID GREEN DEHYDRATED EYEBALLS THAT POP PATHETICALLY AND UNAPPETIZING IN MY MOUTH!
KKarIo repliedL
Imagine eating only the dehydrated ones and thinking they suck.
Oh to never experience eating fresh ones straight from the plant.
postmoderngeisha replied:
I agree. Whenever I buy English garden peas, I never can get any into a pot to cook them. I end up popping the raw peas into my mouth while I am shelling them!
#24
Suitable_Brain7650 said:
Eggplant
AfterEpilogue replied:
Eggplant is definitely one of those dumpster foods where when I eat it I feel like a dog when it finds some dead rotting thing in the yard and nibbles on it with its jowels raised despite it being gross because it's just so bad it's good. Like it's funky as hell and if I eat it more than a couple times in close proximity I'm over it but for some reason the first time I have it in a while it's kind of fire in the worst way possible.
#25
smolinga said:
Coleslaw will never be good. Regardless of its base.
DrRichardJizzums replied:
Spent my whole life avoiding coleslaw until this year at 29. Found one place, a local BBQ joint, that makes it amazing. The main difference I've noticed is they have super thinly sliced onion mixed in with the cabbage which by itself is a game changer for me, but their dressing also has a little something different to it that I haven't been able to place. Maybe a bit of horseradish sauce? Idk but the dressing has a bit of kick usually missing from all other slaws but it's complex and delicious. The whole thing is an interesting and well seasoned affair. Since trying theirs I have ventured to try others but haven't enjoyed any others so far.
#26
Much_Committee_9355 said:
Freshwater fish, it always tasted like mud and it always will…
SuzieCat replied:
Does this include trout, bass, and whitefish? The bigger fish? I like these, but not the bottom feeder or trash fish.
Much_Committee_9355 replied:
Trout is ok, depending on the farm you get them from. I don’t really we don’t have too much bass, but whitefish is trash and still has a muddy after taste, even the really expensive Amazonian species are lackluster.
I much rather even if I eat less fish, get some hake, red snapper or mullet, even the grilled sardines I find much more enjoyable.
SuzieCat replied:
I’m with you. Just to be clear, Lake Superior has a fish that is literally called “Whitefish.” It’s not a crappy version of any whit fish. Whenever I’m at a restaurant I ask for clarification. Technically tilapia is white fish, but it’s not “Whitefish.” Whitefish is far more similar to trout, and is often smoked. It’s honestly very good. Hard to find outside of the Great Lakes region maybe.
#27
Pumpkin anything, but especially pie. As a kid it looked like baby poop to me (oldest of 6, there were always babies in the house). Even now, I just can’t.
PurpleDoople 2 years ago
Pumpkin pie is my second favorite pie next to apple pie. Both with loads of whipped cream. 🥧
#28
AeroBassMaster said:
Coconut. F**k coconut.
pomdudes replied:
Albino sawdust.
holy_plaster_batman replied:
Nothing was more disappointing to me than discovering the filling of German Chocolate Cake is full of coconut. No thank you!
#29
kiddles4321 said:
Zucchini it's f*****g disgusting.
akiroraiden replied:
Gotta ask though, have you ever tried grilled zucchini?
I used to hate it too, raw/boiled/cooked it's pretty disgusting.
But put it on a charcoal grill after it sat in salt for 2 minutes? Delish.
kiddles4321 replied:
Yeah still not a fan it's better than normal zucchini but I'll stick with other veggies.
#30
Mr_mohammad10 said:
Onions by all the types I know they're healthy but I don't like them.
idratherchangemyold1 replied:
When I was little I liked onion rings but not the onions inside the rings. I'd pull out the onions instead and just eat the crust. My parents got mad at me for doing that and I'd be like, "What, I don't like the onions." They'd say, "Be nice." What does being nice have anything to do with it? I don't like the onions... for some reason they thought it wasn't nice to take out the onions and say I don't like them? I don't get it. My parents were weird about food like that. Other stuff too but mostly food.
What do you think ?
Purple light 2 years ago
Seaweed salad (wakame) it tasted like millions of dead things rotting in an ocean and the slimy texture...
T5n 2 years ago
I tried 31 of these things. 3 of them have to be prepared a certain way for me to like them. 14 of them I generally like.I absolutely love 14 of the things
NicNor5560 2 years ago
I like your comment and how you added-up the posts and made your own stats; I've never seen that before.
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NicNor5560 2 years ago
Same so when my husband buys a rhubarb and strawberry pie, he knows it's all his.
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JJ 2 years ago
I can't stand lentils. The taste is just urgh, but the worst part is that it reminds me of the worst eating-related experiences I had at home. My mother made lentil soup from these dried lentils. It looked disgusting, smelled disgusting, tasted disgusting. I was still forced to sit at the table and eat, every time, lots of screaming, lots of violence. I tried lentils some years ago in an Indian dish. Still can't stand it and felt sick after the first bite. And this, people, is why you shouldn't force your children to eat anything they don't like.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Classic way to create a food aversion in kids! For me it was mango. I knew (and so did mum) that I didn't like it, but one day she made me drink a smoothie without telling me what was in it. I drank one mouthful and then threw up. Now even the smell repulses me.
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Jessica Bertram 2 years ago
there are very few things i really loathe: organ meats from mammals (but i like duck and goose liver patés). Lima beans. Licorice and Anise. And i have stopped eating octopus, cuttlefish, and squid because they are so intelligent. but otherwise, while i have preferences for sure, nothing else i have come across stops my stomach, and i even can eat cilantro, though it's soap. ☘️
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Kiwi fruit and mango. Mango actually is a food aversion for me, even the smell of it makes me retch!
Kyndal T 2 years ago
There's a lot of foods I just don't like but there's something from my childhood I'll never eat again. My grandmother called it "sh*t on a shingle". Slice of white bread smothered in gravy with ground hamburger meat in it. Everyone would get their plates. Men first. Then kids. Then women. Then me. By the time I sat down on the floor to eat it, it was wet and squishy. I will never eat wet bread ever again. I can't even touch it.
asexualotl (she/her) 2 years ago
what kind of rice did you eat? maybe try one that isn't sticky, like basmati. or brown rice.
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Elisabeth Middleton 2 years ago
Papiia, for whatever reason reminds me of the taste I get in my mouth after puking. It alums made me sick the first (and last) time I tried it.
SheamusFan1987 2 years ago
As an Asian, there are two food which I try to avoid like my life depended on it: bean sprouts and durian. Which is amusing because as an Asian, bean sprouts are pretty much in everything we eat and ironically enough, I come from Durian-land so yeah, I'm pretty much different in that sense XP
Amanda Moore 2 years ago
Cream corn! Repulsive stuff. I would hide the cans secretly so my mom would think we were out, so she’d never make it. Or i would cut up another vegetable and cook it myself just so i didn’t have to be forced fed cream corn. (Our rule was we had to eat at least one vegetable for dinner)
Kimberly Buchanan Fisanick 2 years ago
I have always been a 'picky eater.' When I was a kid, my dad wouldn't let me leave the table until I finished my plate. One night, everyone was in bed and my dad was going to be leaving for work. I still didn't eat everything. Everyone told me when I got older, I would be less 'picky.' Well, they are incorrect. Stuff I liked eating as a kid, I hate now. I remember how it taste and the texture of those foods. I like even less foods now. It's easier to say what I like then I don't like
NicNor5560 2 years ago
My mom's chili. One of my brother and I had to stay at the table until we ate it all or until bedtime (whichever came first) every time my mother would make chili. We hated the red beans plus it was too spicy - it's like she'd dropped the whole jar of spice in there. Now that I'm grown, it took me years to finally find a new recipe and try it. I have 3 that everyone loves in the house. One was switched with black beans instead of the red ones. The other has no beans. The last one called for a mix of beans so I used the bean medley. All of them have much less amounts of spices in them.
Holly Stevens 2 years ago
I can't stand water chestnuts, they taste like nothing, but enough like something for me to pick them out of whatever I find them in
Nadine Debard 2 years ago
I'm surprised nobody talked about anchovy. I love them but many people find it gross.
wv10014 2 years ago
Cucumber and watermelon!! And have met several others with this same intolerance for these 2 foods.
Nicholas Yu 2 years ago
Good & Plenty licorice candy. They got half of it right. Always plenty because no one will eat them.
Zaineb Bookwala 2 years ago
Only thing I really really hate is cardamom. I am ok with it in savory dishes when the flavor is masked with other spices. Unfortunately Indians are big on cardamom, specially in desserts. There is cardamom flavored milk and cookies being sold.🤮 Really restricts my dessert buying options.
Elisabeth Merz 2 years ago
May I add that I am a little disappointed that spinach didn't make it in the top 35!!!
Sojourner 2 years ago
I know I'll probably get attacked for this, but Rosemary. I use it in recipes because I feel like as an adult I have to, but I don’t like the taste. Off-putting for me.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
I don't like it either. It tastes strong and dusty. But I do put the flowers in potato salad, delicate
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Jill Chesterman 2 years ago
Hamburgers. When I was a kid, I was made to eat three in one sitting by a, well-meaning, school lunch attendant. Ruined them for life.
Ayjay bu 2 years ago
I never grew out of hating the taste of beets, which is a shame because I know they are super healthy for you.
Purple light 2 years ago
Seaweed salad (wakame) it tasted like millions of dead things rotting in an ocean and the slimy texture...
T5n 2 years ago
I tried 31 of these things. 3 of them have to be prepared a certain way for me to like them. 14 of them I generally like.I absolutely love 14 of the things
NicNor5560 2 years ago
I like your comment and how you added-up the posts and made your own stats; I've never seen that before.
Load More Replies... NicNor5560 2 years ago
Same so when my husband buys a rhubarb and strawberry pie, he knows it's all his.
Load More Replies... JJ 2 years ago
I can't stand lentils. The taste is just urgh, but the worst part is that it reminds me of the worst eating-related experiences I had at home. My mother made lentil soup from these dried lentils. It looked disgusting, smelled disgusting, tasted disgusting. I was still forced to sit at the table and eat, every time, lots of screaming, lots of violence. I tried lentils some years ago in an Indian dish. Still can't stand it and felt sick after the first bite. And this, people, is why you shouldn't force your children to eat anything they don't like.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Classic way to create a food aversion in kids! For me it was mango. I knew (and so did mum) that I didn't like it, but one day she made me drink a smoothie without telling me what was in it. I drank one mouthful and then threw up. Now even the smell repulses me.
Load More Replies... Jessica Bertram 2 years ago
there are very few things i really loathe: organ meats from mammals (but i like duck and goose liver patés). Lima beans. Licorice and Anise. And i have stopped eating octopus, cuttlefish, and squid because they are so intelligent. but otherwise, while i have preferences for sure, nothing else i have come across stops my stomach, and i even can eat cilantro, though it's soap. ☘️
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Kiwi fruit and mango. Mango actually is a food aversion for me, even the smell of it makes me retch!
Kyndal T 2 years ago
There's a lot of foods I just don't like but there's something from my childhood I'll never eat again. My grandmother called it "sh*t on a shingle". Slice of white bread smothered in gravy with ground hamburger meat in it. Everyone would get their plates. Men first. Then kids. Then women. Then me. By the time I sat down on the floor to eat it, it was wet and squishy. I will never eat wet bread ever again. I can't even touch it.
asexualotl (she/her) 2 years ago
what kind of rice did you eat? maybe try one that isn't sticky, like basmati. or brown rice.
Load More Replies... Elisabeth Middleton 2 years ago
Papiia, for whatever reason reminds me of the taste I get in my mouth after puking. It alums made me sick the first (and last) time I tried it.
SheamusFan1987 2 years ago
As an Asian, there are two food which I try to avoid like my life depended on it: bean sprouts and durian. Which is amusing because as an Asian, bean sprouts are pretty much in everything we eat and ironically enough, I come from Durian-land so yeah, I'm pretty much different in that sense XP
Amanda Moore 2 years ago
Cream corn! Repulsive stuff. I would hide the cans secretly so my mom would think we were out, so she’d never make it. Or i would cut up another vegetable and cook it myself just so i didn’t have to be forced fed cream corn. (Our rule was we had to eat at least one vegetable for dinner)
Kimberly Buchanan Fisanick 2 years ago
I have always been a 'picky eater.' When I was a kid, my dad wouldn't let me leave the table until I finished my plate. One night, everyone was in bed and my dad was going to be leaving for work. I still didn't eat everything. Everyone told me when I got older, I would be less 'picky.' Well, they are incorrect. Stuff I liked eating as a kid, I hate now. I remember how it taste and the texture of those foods. I like even less foods now. It's easier to say what I like then I don't like
NicNor5560 2 years ago
My mom's chili. One of my brother and I had to stay at the table until we ate it all or until bedtime (whichever came first) every time my mother would make chili. We hated the red beans plus it was too spicy - it's like she'd dropped the whole jar of spice in there. Now that I'm grown, it took me years to finally find a new recipe and try it. I have 3 that everyone loves in the house. One was switched with black beans instead of the red ones. The other has no beans. The last one called for a mix of beans so I used the bean medley. All of them have much less amounts of spices in them.
Holly Stevens 2 years ago
I can't stand water chestnuts, they taste like nothing, but enough like something for me to pick them out of whatever I find them in
Nadine Debard 2 years ago
I'm surprised nobody talked about anchovy. I love them but many people find it gross.
wv10014 2 years ago
Cucumber and watermelon!! And have met several others with this same intolerance for these 2 foods.
Nicholas Yu 2 years ago
Good & Plenty licorice candy. They got half of it right. Always plenty because no one will eat them.
Zaineb Bookwala 2 years ago
Only thing I really really hate is cardamom. I am ok with it in savory dishes when the flavor is masked with other spices. Unfortunately Indians are big on cardamom, specially in desserts. There is cardamom flavored milk and cookies being sold.🤮 Really restricts my dessert buying options.
Elisabeth Merz 2 years ago
May I add that I am a little disappointed that spinach didn't make it in the top 35!!!
Sojourner 2 years ago
I know I'll probably get attacked for this, but Rosemary. I use it in recipes because I feel like as an adult I have to, but I don’t like the taste. Off-putting for me.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
I don't like it either. It tastes strong and dusty. But I do put the flowers in potato salad, delicate
Load More Replies... Jill Chesterman 2 years ago
Hamburgers. When I was a kid, I was made to eat three in one sitting by a, well-meaning, school lunch attendant. Ruined them for life.
Ayjay bu 2 years ago
I never grew out of hating the taste of beets, which is a shame because I know they are super healthy for you.
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