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Hey Pandas, What Is A Food You Simply Cannot Stand?
It can be a food you hate for any reason.
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#1
Liquorice/aniseed flavour.
Anything tainted by aniseed is horrible.
Final score:
10points
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
A friend once brought a bottle of ouzo back from Greece and left it open in the kitchen. It made me gag at the other end of the house!
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#2
Oysters, can’t think of anything worse that looks like someone coughed up into a shell
Final score:
10points
CascadedFalls 1 year ago
Haha, I totally agree! I have this vivid memory of trying oysters when I was younger. It happened at a family gathering. I cautiously took my first bite, and I remember that instant gag reflex triggered by both the taste and the texture. Wanting to avoid causing a scene, I forced myself to suppress the urge to spit it out. So there I was, reluctantly eating a few more bites, all the while pretending to savor the experience. But, as you can imagine, there's a limit to the acting. Eventually, I reached the point where I just couldn't tolerate the taste any longer. Swiftly, I excused myself to the bathroom, I discreetly disposed of the remaining oyster I had concealed in my mouth. Once I returned, I used the classic excuse of "not being hungry anymore" to escape any further consumption of oysters. Luckily, I never encountered those slimy creatures again.
#3
I absolutely HATE tofu. I don’t mind the taste, but the texture is terrible.
Final score:
9points
#4
Pickles...can't even stand the smell of them🤢
Final score:
9points
#5
I cannot eat corn. It's not a taste or texture issue. It's a bad history. For a few years, I was in an abusive household, and in my last few months there, all I was allowed to eat was corn and plain bread. I can still handle bread, but Corn was something that I had hated before, and it was made infinitely worse.
Final score:
7points
ThatBlackNightingale 1 year ago
I can't stand bread lol, only certain types with certain things, same with cheese. I'm a very picky cheese and bread gal. I love corn it just doesn't sit well with my stomach. And I'm so sorry for your troubles and I hope you're okay now ❤️
#6
I have a lot lol. Zucchini, mushroom, pumpkin, papaya, cheese, cheesecake, burgers, pizza,
Final score:
7points
#7
Turnip. No matter which way it is done, mixed, cooked, seasoned.
Final score:
6points
Mr Old School Cool 1 year ago
The first few times i ate turnips in soup, i kept wondering “What is wrong with these awful potatoes?”
#8
This is going to be controversial.
Pasta I can't stand it. I always feel like someone has been sucking it before me and made it go soggy. 🤮
Final score:
6points
#9
Ketchup. Hear me out. I hate the texture of it, and the temperature difference of cold ketchup on hot foods. I also hate how gooey and sugary it is.
Final score:
6points
Mr Old School Cool 1 year ago
I was going to contribute ketchup, which is baby food. The tomato acid burns me up, and i think there might be sugar in it
#10
peanut butter or really any of those sort of things (almond butter, cocoa butter). the texture is horrible and the taste has literally made me puke before (i have a sensitive stomach. if i absolutely hate a food, it may make me gag and then puking happens. however this only happens with the worst of the worst foods).
there is one exception. at my local store they have a smoothie corner that makes this açaí and almond butter smoothie and i love it so much.
Final score:
6points
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
Except for the smoothie, all the nut butters have a TON of oil in them. Likely cause of the gag response. I could not stand Peanut Butter until I was an adult. I had cream cheese or plain butter with jelly on my sandwich for lunch.
#11
Grapefruit- it's just not exactly my favorite food in the world. I've tried it once with my grandfather, and almost instantly I removed the piece of grapefruit out of my mouth. I've tried it again around 2 years ago, and my opinion hasn't changed.
Final score:
5points
#12
Peach, even the smell is horrible
Final score:
5points
#13
Lamb.
I actually just told my Mom this yesterday. She didn't raise us to be picky eaters, and we raise sheep so we eat it fairly often, but I cannot stand the taste.
Final score:
5points
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
I hated the taste and texture of it before I stopped eating red meat. Lamb was easy to give up, pork and beef were more difficult.
#14
Pistachios and Stuffing. Both make me queasy
Final score:
4points
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
Snacking pistachios are way too salty, love the ice cream flavor though! Stuffing is another food item that has hundreds of recipe options! Wild rice and cranberries, cornbread and jalapenos, Basmati, saffron, and currants, etc...Perhaps it's the recipe that is your family tradition that you don't like, or one of the herbs included, like sage.
#15
I just can’t get myself to eat an apple
Final score:
3points
#16
Seafood and mushrooms. Also, okra.
Final score:
3points
Rose the Cook 1 year ago
Okra is rarely prepared properly making it soggy and slimy. If you don't soak it but rinse it quickly to remove any dirt and dry it throughly before cooking you might change your mind.
#17
Bread, especially just plain bread. I can't stand bread and maybe if it ha something I'll eat like half of it. Also cheese, that's just disgusting. Unless it's melted on my pasta and mixed really well so it's medium cheesy I'll eat it-im just very very picky with bread and cheese
Final score:
3points
Jane No Dough 1 year ago
If you have a sensitive nose, yeast or mold may trigger a gag impulse. Hence an aversion to most breads and cheeses, also beers!
#18
This was interesting and I thank you for the post!
Final score:
1point
Jane No Dough (Submission author) 1 year ago
This was meant as a comment on the post, not a list edition. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to delete it.
#19
Mary Kitchen corned beef hash. I had a room mate that fried it up once and the cats wouldn't leave her alone. The apt. smelled like it for hours. It's disgusting looking too.
Final score:
1point
#20
Okay so, bear with me here… water. It just tastes so bad to me and I don’t know why. I still drink it because I need it to live but every time I am left with this awful taste. I just don’t understand how people find it refreshing. :(
Final score:
1point
I iz panda 1 year ago
Personally, the main and basically only way I drink water is ice cold. Chilled enough to give anyone who touches it frostbite.
#21
Chicken. Rice also sucks but chicken especially. It's so dry and bland and genuinely horrible to eat I hate it so much
Final score:
1point
Hales M 1 year ago
Chicken really doesn't have to be dry. I think you've just had it poorly prepared. My husband's family murders meat. I'm always like 'it was already dead, you don't need to kill it again'. It instantly made sense why he hated beef and chicken. The trick to chicken is that it takes the flavour of anything around it so you need to season it. Breading keeps moisture in, keeping skin on adds flavour. Adding herbed butter or curry butter or lemon butter between the skin and the meat makes the skin crispy, keeps it super moist and adds a tonne of flavour.
#23
Durian. The smell, the taste, the texture 🤮
Final score:
1point
#24
Beets. My sister once when he were little had a shitton of them for lunch and proceeded to puke all over the bathroom... The memory makes me instantly gag. Ketchup. The sweetness does not go well with salty food to me. Seafood, just tastes like seawater to me. Avocado. Can't get past the texture and the blandness of it. I'm not a oicky eater but these are deal-breakers for me
Final score:
1point
OneHappyPuppy (Submission author) 1 year ago
Almost forgot - mastiha. Another one that makes me instantly gag
#25
I am not a traditionally picky eater but. . .
(Crunchy) onions🧅
Bananas🍌
Stuffing🍞🥔🧅?
Mushrooms mushroom 🍄
Jalapeños (Not the spiciness, the smell and taste.) 🌶️
Whole garlic cloves in food 🧄
Cake (ok, hear me out, if the frosting or cake is too sweet or there is too much frosting, big no. Thats why I prefer cream cheese icing instead)🍰
Brussels sprouts. Idc what my mom used to say, they are still gross.
Final score:
1point
I iz panda (Submission author) 1 year ago
I would rather have pie or cobbler on my birthday than cake is all 🤷🏼
#26
Onions. They're vile and there's a reason they are in the ground!
Final score:
0points
#27
This is going to sound fake but it’s true, he worst thing i ever tasted is Starfish. Not Starkist Tuna, but actual starfish from the ocean, grilled like hamburger patty in SE Asia. I have the photos.
I think they used a knife to cut the sharp, crusty legs open, and the “meat” inside was gooey and horrific, like baby food but tasting like seafood waste byproducts.
If you see starfish on a grill, just take a selfie with them - plz do not taste one
Final score:
0points
#28
Its the textures of stuff for me. Pate!! You shouldn't be able to spread meat!!! Also is if it doesn't look like food it shouldn't be eaten!! mussels, oyster etc
Final score:
0points
I iz panda 1 year ago
YES! I could love the flavor but i will gag if the texture is weird. For instance, random, crunchy, slimy onions baked into pizza. Toppings are fine but i will be mentally inspecting every bite after if i find an un asked for onion bit
#29
I really don't like truffle. It was trendy to add it to different foods, but it made me feel sick, even the smell puts me off.
Final score:
0points
#30
Avocado- Don't like the taste or texture
Final score:
0points
#31
I hate Louki or as I think it’s called in English, gourd. I dislike it because my mom makes it so often that I can’t stand the taste and the gravy anymore. There’s another food I can’t stand but I don’t know what it’s called in English. In Marathi we call it “Shira” and I can’t stand it because my mom makes it every Thursday and it’s too sweet
Final score:
0points
#32
Squash, mainly grilled. It's not that I don't like the flavor, it's just the texture. Sort of rubbery on the outside and then gooey on the inside. Makes me cringe just thinking about it
Final score:
0points
#33
The list is ridiculously long but among the top: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Grits (anything with a "beady" texture really), Most vegetables if they are cooked (raw is ok though), Red sauce (tomato, pizza, marinara, spaghetti)
Final score:
0points
#34
Yogurt. I don't care it is healthy, or people like it. I hate it! Every few months I try it again and every time regret my life choices
Final score:
0points
#35
Turnips.
Mush when cooked.
Difficult to prepare.
No amount of salt, pepper or butter will make it taste any better.
No culture hold it in any regard.
I might consider it after an apocalypse, if the poisonous stuff doesn't kill me first.
Final score:
0points
#36
I really dislike bananas, very soft or creamy cheese, foie gras, truffle and sea urchin. And I don't specifically like pastas
Final score:
-4points
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