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Folks Online Can’t Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks

When it comes to taste, we all have different palates and enjoy different foods and drinks. Some of us just love to try some new cuisines that offer us some never-before-seen dishes, while others enjoy more casual things. This is why there's no accounting for taste. But have you ever found yourself in a place where you tried something and didn’t like it a lot but continued to pretend to enjoy it? If so, you’re not alone. Reddit user @u/ExtremeCumMaster asked others online to share what is in their opinion that one food that everyone says tastes so great when in reality they just pretend to like it. The question “What food do you swear people only pretend to like?” received more than 37k responses that revealed some interesting and yet relatable answers.

While some people were interested in why others like to eat some less known foods that have a perhaps nasty-looking texture or smell and pretend to enjoy it, other users were naming things that they didn’t like at first but with time their opinion changed. How many of you also didn’t eat blue cheese or licorice because of its weird taste? Some Redditors not only mentioned foods but some drinks too, most of them being alcoholic beverages such as beer or vodka. One user also mentioned spicy food, knowing how some people love to eat extremely spicy dishes that make their mouth feel as if it's “literally on fire”.

What is one food or drink that you think others pretend to like when in reality they despise it? Don’t forget to share your answer in the comments section!

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Extremely spicy foods

I get liking a little bit of spice. But I don't see how it's enjoyable when your mouth is literally on fire.

RadiantHC , Marc van der Chijs Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Stevia...there's absolutely no way someone enjoys that aftertaste. It's a weird cult that I'm not willing to join and such a dominant flavor.

thenebulai3 , Mike Mozart Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Gold leaf - need I say more?

Satanicjamnik , tannaz Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Extremely hoppy IPAs (if drinks can be included in the discussion).

I enjoy bitterness in my beer, and I know there are some good IPAs out there, but it's gotten to the point that breweries seem to be competing with one another to see who can make the bitterest, most unappealing beers imaginable. They taste like earwax.

Ned_Shimmelfinney , Bernt Rostad Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks all artficial sweeteners

ajappinen , Becky Stern Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks I like a lot of stuff people are s******g on here, but I am in my 30s so I think tastes change as you get older.

Love me some cheese that smells of feet, anchovies on pizza and coffee strong enough that I see through time.

I used to go crazy for gummies, especially the sour ones. Now I find sweet things a bit, meh, I can take or leave it. But you'll have to prize a stinky cheeseboard out of my cold dead hands.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Paper straws.

Unintended food.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Fondant on like wedding cakes

foullittletemptress , GorillaSushi Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Grapefruit. People will be like "I love grapefruit" and then proceed to dump enough sugar on it to lose a foot.

Jenkies89 , Sophie Jonasson Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Oysters. Revolting.

MissLethalla , Charlotta Wasteson Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Tripe, the smell of it makes me gag. My dad loves it because his dad loved it.

THE BUCK STOPS HERE TRIPE.

OpenRepair4390 , stu_spivack Report

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Turkish delight, never quite did understand why that little s**t betrayed his family for some perfume flavored rubber in the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Cilantro.

Yes, I have been informed that I must have a gene that makes cilantro taste like soap. But you cannot convince me that the rest of you cilantro-collaborators aren't just pretending.

Edit: everyone saying "It tastes like soap to me, but I learned to like it" just proves my point. It's the culinary equivalent of Stockholm Syndrome.

RealHot_RealSteel , Qfamily Report

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#14

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Any of those keto substitute foods. Use your imagination as much as you’d like but lettuce wraps will never be as good as a real sandwich with bread

Live_Skin9254 , LuckyNessa Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Peeps... wtf they're terrible! The whole experience is just... terrible.

Minute_Werewolf3883 , Mike Mozart Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Cat food. I mean come on, my cat can't like eating that every day. I think she's just being polite.

Prophet_of_Duality , Isabelle Blanchemain Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Kale. You fookin’ liars!

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Circus Peanuts.

There's no way people are actually out there enjoying those things, but enough people pretend to keep them in business.

The_Sexiest_Redditor , Ted Drake Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Kombucha

Low_Piece_2828 , woodleywonderworks Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Chitterlings. My mom-in-law made some at my house, and it smelled like a grown man s***ted all over my home and walls.

anon , stu_spivack Report

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#21

Stunt foods on Instagram.

Pizza cones, Barria meat Ramen, and of course when they freaking drown a burger, and I mean waterboard it with melted cheese.

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Overnight oats. It's what I imagine prison food to be like; sloppy and cold.

Edit: no topping makes this not true.

REidson89 , thebittenword.com Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Slugs
Edit: I am soo sorry! I meant snails! Not slugs
Edit the second: I see we have a highly defended culinary niche and I am willing to surrender! Please have mercy!
Do not eat slugs! Seemingly some of them are deadly! Oddly enough I am having so much fun reading through your responses and stories xD

AvoidThisReality , Henri Sivonen Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Hákarl.

I can’t imagine someone coming in from a long day of work and tucking into a plate of fishy smelling, ammonia flavored chewy shark chunks that make you smell like a bait camp for the rest of the evening.

It seems like survival food - you will stay alive if you eat it, but it’s not appealing … to me.

If you’re Icelandic - please help me understand why this is a thing.

kickasstimus , Richard Toller Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Lutefisk

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Once upon a time I swore that salted licorice was the most vile thing ever to have graced our fair planet. However about a year ago my wife made me try some and much to my surprise, I liked it!.

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#27

Chicken feet

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Any cookie with raisins in it. Those are an insult to chocolate chip cookies.

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#29

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks The meals I prepare for them

BrianAVasquez , WordRidden Report

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#30

Vegemite

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#31

Sparkling water.

People are like "oh yeah, yeah I like it." But on the inside it's just

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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#32

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Vodka...it taste like the walls of a hospital

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks There's an emotional reaction to foods (and other sensations) that develops over time. Eventually, it gets to the point that the food--regardless of what's disgusting about it--makes you feel something enjoyable and pleasant.

If I'd never eaten Bleu Cheese before, I'd be disgusted by it now. But, I unknowingly had some when I was 4 or 5 at a family Christmas party in a cheeseball. When I eat Bleu Cheese these days, it reminds me of warm happy Christmases of decades long ago.

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#34

My roomie be eating squid out a can

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#35

Chicken liver, my family makes it for every big holiday dinner, I’m convinced that no one actually likes it but they make it out of tradition and the older people force it down.

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#36

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Fruitcake

Scary_Ad_6709 , Matthew Bietz Report

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#37

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Nattō

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#38

How the f**k can you like milk and water mixed?

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Gefilte fish

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#40

Black jelly beans

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#41

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks The fat part of the meat. Come on, the texture and taste are gross

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#42

Balut

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#43

Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Caviar. It's so salty.

Fun fact (cmiir): you're supposed to eat it with a spoon made of bone because using metal causes a chemical reaction thereby altering the flavor.

yourusernameistaken , citymama Report

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Folks Online Can't Believe That People Actually Enjoy These 30 Foods And Drinks Bitter Gourds

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Deborah Harris2 2 years ago

I've not heard of half of these and way too lazy to look them up :)

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Sherry Moore 2 years ago

Me too

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