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“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods

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It's natural for people to have different tastes – taste in music, movies, interior design, clothes. The same goes for food. Different people like the taste of different things. Some people have a sweet tooth, others go crazy for all things savory. But can we say there are foods that almost everyone likes? Pizza, maybe?

Redditor YarnSpectre wanted to know if there are popular foods people just don't get the hype about. They asked netizens 'What's one food everyone seems to go crazy for, but you just don't understand the hype?' And the people delivered – from parsley, truffles and pumpkin spice to olives, kombucha and bacon. Wait, there are people who don't like bacon?!

Bored Panda reached out to the author of this thread, YarnSpectre. She was kind enough to chat with us and tell us more about what inspired the post on r/AskReddit.

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#1

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Aussie here. Oreos….meh, there’s plenty of way better biscuits around

BingoSpong , Willis Lam/flickr Report

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"It was just one of those weird random thoughts," YarnSpectre says when we ask her about the inspiration for this thread. The Redditor explained that her brain just sometimes goes to weird places.

In her opinion, the most overhyped popular food is the croissant. Apparently, not everyone feels this way – 142 million people in the US alone enjoyed croissants in 2020. Their popularity is undeniable, but their haters are plenty as well. And YarnSpectre is not alone in this.

#2

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods People like how fondant looks, I refuse to believe a single soul actually wants to eat it

sorandom21 , Karina Kungla/pexels Report

Final score:

248points

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#3

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Energy drinks like Red Bull or Monster

DishIntelligent5645 , Mike Mozart/flickr Report

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241points

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Blogger Peter Michaels described croissants as "pretentious, overpriced toast." "I mean, they can't decide if they're bread or cake," he wrote on his blog back in 2021. "You can eat them for breakfast? Can't be a cake."

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Croissants had some haters among other commenters in this thread as well. User Scherbatskyyyyyyyy wrote: "I eat to be full, so having a bite with [a] paper-like break with lots [of] air inside is not for me, especially [if] it costs $4 and I'm still hungry."

#4

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Foie gras. F*****g gross. Texture is rotten, flavor is no better, plus the animal suffers for it?? No thank you.

jillbobaggins737 , stu_spivack/flickr Report

Final score:

223points

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#5

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Raw oysters

LivelyLingonberry , Maria Orlova/pexels Report

Final score:

213points

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#6

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Hot Cheetos or takis. Anything with the artificially colored spicy powder

jadziasonrie , Calgary Reviews/flickr Report

Final score:

175points

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People really had a lot of preferences to share – the post got over 13k comments. YarnSpectre says she didn't expect that kind of reaction. "I was very surprised. It was overwhelming," the author admits.

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Still, the Redditor doesn't think it's fair to yuck other people's yums. "It's fine to politely say 'I don't care for that', but not ok to criticize or pick apart what you think is wrong with it," YarnSpectre shared with Bored Panda.

#7

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Pumpkin spice. It’s fine, but absolutely not anything to make a fuss about

AdMaterial9419 , Valeriia Miller/pexels Report

Final score:

166points

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#8

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Those dry a*s Walmart sugar cookies

ComiNotub , Josh Rich (boysquadxyz)/flickr Report

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161points

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#9

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Kombucha

Tiny_Wasabi2476 , Geraud pfeiffer/pexels Report

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154points

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For a long time, we believed that our tongues had different taste zones. But today scientists believe that all regions of the tongue can detect different taste qualities. And not just the sweet, the sour, the salty and the bitter. There's also a fifth one – savory, also referred to as umami.

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#10

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Truffles… WTF?…. Tastes like leaf mold mixed with aged compost and everybody’s like oooooohhh… it’s expensive so I love it…….nobody needs truffle oil on their French fries damn it

tweezer606060 , Andrea Piacquadio/pexels Report

Final score:

153points

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#11

Wings. Lotta work and mess for nibbles of wet meat

Jasher1125 Report

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145points

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#12

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Boba , S**t is overrated asf

UltraGigaNiga , Steven Miller/flickr Report

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136points

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Neuroscientist and taste expert at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Brian Lewandowski told Brain Facts that the differences picked up in the different zones are there, but are too minute to actually matter.

"All regions of the tongue that detect taste respond to all five taste qualities. There are some mild regional differences in sensitivity for different taste qualities, but these differences are small enough that they do not play a clear role in taste perception."

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#13

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Caviar

malYca , Nadin Sh/pexels Report

Final score:

134points

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#14

Kale. I never understood what people saw in it.

Ok_Lifeguard_6508 Report

Final score:

134points

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#15

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Nutella. It’s just ok.

Former-Finish4653 , Emily Poisel/flickr Report

Final score:

133points

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#16

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Red velvet cake. I've had ones that were supposed to be excellent but it's just red cake.

dedmuse22 , ALINA MATVEYCHEVA/pexels Report

Final score:

130points

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We can explain scientifically why some people like a certain food and others hate it. It's apparently in your genes. Research scientist on sensory, flavor and consumer sciences Nicholas Archer writes: "The receptor proteins are produced from instructions encoded in our DNA and there is significant variation in the DNA code between individuals."

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#17

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Turkey. As a non-American living in the US, it's a f*****g miserable bird. Everyone is like Yeah but if you brine for 37.5 hours in this mixture, dry rub it for 22.7 hours, it tastes so good! Spend that amount of time and effort and any kind of meat is going to taste better than the turkey. Not to mention that people are prepared to destroy their major asset trying to cook it. Lastly, there is no turkey based fast food chain in the US. Y'all claim to love it so much but the market knows the truth.

Elandtrical , RDNE Stock project/pexels Report

Final score:

128points

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#18

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Matcha! It tastes funny!

_m01101101 , Eva Bronzini/pexels Report

Final score:

117points

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A 2013 study found that each person has a unique set of genetic variations and almost no two people have the same aroma perceptions. In fact, they claim that any two individuals have genetic differences that translate to differences in 30% of their receptors.

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#19

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Licorice!! Tried it for the first time about 2 years ago. Gulped it down in front of people, all the while fighting the urge to spit it out. Yucckkk

Working-Mountain6680 , XPeria2Day/flickr Report

Final score:

116points

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#20

Every time McRib comes back, I’m SUPER excited for it. I bite into one and then…the spongey texture hits me and makes me remember why I don’t need to buy it ever again.

Then, somehow, McRib season rolls around again 2 years later — and there I am in line…

the_yellow_jello Report

Final score:

108points

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#21

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Can it be a beverage? Cause I kind of hate IPAs but everyone else seems to love them - and I like beer, just not IPAs.

AngelOvTeOdd , Matthew Hurst/flickr Report

Final score:

107points

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#22

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Chick-fil-A. I had a sandwich. Is was... okay, but that's about it.

this1tyme , Jerry Huddleston/flickr Report

Final score:

101points

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#23

Most red velvet cakes are just sh**ty vanilla cake with red food coloring. Get one (or make one) the correct way with non-Dutch-processed cocoa powder, buttermilk, and vinegar. It's an incredibly smooth, very different type of chocolate cake.

whiskeyclone630 Report

Final score:

98points

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#24

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods I mean, people go crazy in both directions, but cilantro. There’s the whole “does it taste like soap or not” thing, but it’s usually presented as “people either think it tastes like soap or they find it amazing”. I am neither. It doesn’t taste like soap to me, but I also don’t love it. Meh.

Whiteums , cottonbro studio/pexels Report

Final score:

96points

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#25

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Riced cauliflower

turbo332 , Larry Hoffman/flickr Report

Final score:

94points

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#26

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Green bean casserole. (I'm an American)

yo_mr_peepers , Jeffrey Beall/flickr Report

Final score:

84points

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#27

Sweet pickles/relish

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#28

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Mint flavored drinks or candy. I like some mint gum or a peppermint but it’s disgusting in actual food

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#29

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods What about lobster? I can dig it with drawn butter and I ain’t mad at it. But if I’m gonna pay $29.99 for a lobster. I’d rather eat shrimp.

nosaj23e , ROMAN ODINTSOV/pexels Report

Final score:

81points

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#30

Ranch Dressing.

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Final score:

73points

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#31

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Nutritional yeast.

It does NOT taste like cheese. It smells like what I imagine an early to mid severity case of trench foot would.

entropy33 , watashiwani/flickr Report

Final score:

72points

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#32

anchovies

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#33

Macarons. I never cared for them either. I had one yesterday at a potluck, homemade ones. They were seriously something else, with some sort of butter cream and jelly inside. Never had anything quite like it. Now I wish I had grabbed a few to take home. Still won't eat store bought ones though.

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#34

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Olives.

FUBARspecimenT-89 , Polina Tankilevitch/pexels Report

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#35

Poutine. Cheese curds are a big nope from me. Especially on soggy fries. I’ve had someone tell me “but they squeak on your teeth!” as if that would somehow change my stance lol

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65points

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#36

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Spaghetti squash.
Just. No.

PiqueyerNose , Lori L. Stalteri/flickr Report

Final score:

27points

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#37

Sushi.

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#38

Kimchi.

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#39

I've lived in Texas for the last ten years, and I just don't understand why everyone here goes so crazy for jalapeños. They're alright, but they put them in literally everything except breakfast cereal. It's overkill.

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#40

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Goat cheese. I've tried and tried. Tastes absolutely terrible.

wryandginger , David Foltz/flickr Report

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19points

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#41

Alcohol. It tastes terrible.

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18points

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#42

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods Crumbl Cookies

OpportunityNorth7714 , Polina Tankilevitch/pexels Report

Final score:

17points

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#43

Avocados and Guac.

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#44

Coffee. Not really a food but I can’t stand the smell or taste. Literally everyone I know loves it

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#45

Ketchup.. yuck!

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#46

Mayonnaise

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#47

Honey. I don't like honey-flavored things. I can't explain it.

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#48

Peanut butter is disgusting. My grandfather used to call me unamerican for hating it and I always thought it was a weird insult. But it turns out it's not as common in other parts of the world? I married a Russian guy and he didn't grow up eating peanut butter and can't stand it either. Our son doesn't eat it either. I love that none of us eat it. I mean, I never think about it, but when I do remember, it makes me feel cozy.

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#49

“I Refuse To Believe A Single Soul Wants To Eat It”: 35 People Share Overhyped Foods This will probably be an unpopular opinion - but Bacon.

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Kornelija Viečaitė

Hi there, fellow pandas! As a person (over)educated both in social sciences and literature, I'm most interested in how we connect and behave online (and sometimes in real life too.) The human experience is weird, so I try my best to put its peculiarities in writing. As a person who grew up chronically online, I now try to marry two sides of myself: the one who knows too much about MySpace, and the one who can't settle and needs to see every corner of the world.

Hi there, fellow pandas! As a person (over)educated both in social sciences and literature, I'm most interested in how we connect and behave online (and sometimes in real life too.) The human experience is weird, so I try my best to put its peculiarities in writing. As a person who grew up chronically online, I now try to marry two sides of myself: the one who knows too much about MySpace, and the one who can't settle and needs to see every corner of the world.

Gabija Saveiskyte

Hi there! I am a Visual Editor at Bored Panda. My job is to ensure that all the articles are aesthetically pleasing. I get to work with a variety of topics ranging from all the relationship drama to lots and lots of memes and, my personal favorites, funny cute cats. When I am not perfecting the images, you can find me reading with a cup of matcha latte and a cat in my lap, taking photos (of my cat), getting lost in the forest, or simply cuddling with my cat... Did I mention that I love cats?

Hi there! I am a Visual Editor at Bored Panda. My job is to ensure that all the articles are aesthetically pleasing. I get to work with a variety of topics ranging from all the relationship drama to lots and lots of memes and, my personal favorites, funny cute cats. When I am not perfecting the images, you can find me reading with a cup of matcha latte and a cat in my lap, taking photos (of my cat), getting lost in the forest, or simply cuddling with my cat... Did I mention that I love cats?

Ieva Pečiulytė

I'm a Visual Editor for Bored Panda. I’m also an analog collage artist. My love for images and experience in layering goes well with both creating collages by hand and working with digital images as an Editor. When I’m not using my kitchen area as an art studio I also do various experiments making my own cosmetics or brewing kombucha. When I’m not at home you would most definitely find me attending a concert or walking my dog.

I'm a Visual Editor for Bored Panda. I’m also an analog collage artist. My love for images and experience in layering goes well with both creating collages by hand and working with digital images as an Editor. When I’m not using my kitchen area as an art studio I also do various experiments making my own cosmetics or brewing kombucha. When I’m not at home you would most definitely find me attending a concert or walking my dog.

What do you think ?

Amelia Jade 10 months ago

It is a really weird concept to me that if someone doesn't like something they assume everyone else must be lying about liking it. I hate lima beans, I've never once considered that everyone who says they like them must be faking it for some odd reason. I just assume people have different tastes.

12points

Deanna Crichley 10 months ago

Marzipan. I just hate it.

11points

VonBlade 10 months ago

I love how through these people reply "well if you add half a pound of bacon and some cheese to it it's delicious". I mean, yeah of course it is. You could add those things to red velvet cake and it would be delicious.

8points

Alethea Fletcher 10 months ago

I'm English. I hate tea. (As in the drink). You can imagine how well that goes down here...😬🤣

5points

Pa Pa Panda 10 months ago

Why isn't liver and onions on this list?

4points

Freddy M. (He/Him) 10 months ago

A lot of people in these comments are saying that you can't dislike something since it's a category under which a lot of things fall, but usually there's a lot of common taste, texture, ingredients, etc. that is used as a defining feature for most of the category. And when you reference the exceptions to this conformity as reasons why someone can't dislike something, then you're mostly just picking holes in what we define as being in the category, not what they dislike. When someone says they dislike or like food, such as sushi or alcohol, we well know what they mean, trying to nitpick doesn't really get us anywhere (I'm just giving my view on things here, I may be wrong but this is how I see it)

3points

DinsdalePiranha 10 months ago

Right after the holidays and no one mentioned my favorite — fruitcake!

3points

Papa 10 months ago

It's very near sacrilegious in my part of the country, but I just don't understand why people make such a big deal about boiled crawfish. That's too much work for that little bit of meat that doesn't taste all that good anyway. I'd rather have shrimp any day of the week.

3points

Daria 10 months ago

Raw cookie dough, and anything in aspic. Just no.

3points

Lemon 10 months ago

Absolutely cannot stand gravy

2points

JessieJ&LilyLovebug 10 months ago

Let me introduce everyone to the term "Supertaster."

2points

Jef Corb 10 months ago

I say rocks, stones, quartz and such. Flies too, but with some hoiserchupsabi it's ok.

1point

The Darkest Timeline 10 months ago

Newsflash: not everyone likes every kind of food. That doesn’t make any food “bad,” it just means we have different tastes.

1point

Anony Mouse 10 months ago

Pickled onions. It' started becoming trendy maybe 10 years ago for "house made" pickled stuff to appear on menus, especially at BBQ places. Then it became a side, and you'd have a small, sad, and sour pile of slimy purple onions taking up space on your plate. Bleah. Oh - and any "house made" ketchup. You just know it's going to be chunky, unpleasant, and taste nothing like ketchup.

1point

Ban-One 10 months ago

Lots of good stuff here. Some might be an age thing. Others quality and/or brand. And of course personal taste and likings. But with age I started to appreciate a lot more and different kinds of food.

1point

Zaphod 10 months ago (edited)

I am a super adventurous eater. My parents said that I had to try everything once, but I never had to eat if again if I didn't like it. I've had a lamb's eyeball in Morocco. I've had snake 3 ways (eggs, stew, jerky) in Cambodia. Lutefisk in Sweden. The only food that I ever refused was BALUT (a fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell.) My friend bit into one and it looked too gross. Still, I find olives are the worst.

1point

ZuriLovesYou 8 months ago

For me, it's any type of carbonated drink. How do people drink that stuff? It's awful!

0points

Annette Blanks 10 months ago

I don't think you're supposed to eat it

0points

Nitka Tsar 10 months ago

I thought this site is supposed to be European? How come nearly everything on here is so US centered? Americans probably don‘t even realize this. Most of these foods are very US American. Red velvet cake, pumpkin spice, Walmart sugar cookies, ….. I wish there would be less articles about the US. It‘s like an obsession here.

0points

Steve Hall 10 months ago

I wouldn't eat most of the things on this list, but I wonder why boiled peanuts didn't show up here. I love boiled peanuts but they are usually frowned upon by people who didn't grow up in the southeastern US.

0points

Jilly 10 months ago

Maple syrup! I haaaaaaate it!!!

0points

jasper 10 months ago

For me, it's garlic. Can't stand it. Very small amounts are okay-ish, but why is it in every.damn.thing? Why is it in every mashed potato in every restaurant? Why?? I love potatoes, but the garlic kills it.

0points

DeoManus Argentem 10 months ago

What's with the byline, "I refuse to believe a single soul would want to eat it?" I understand the hype angle, but only a couple are truly unusual! You really can't believe anybody likes Oreos or Cheetos?! I can't believe people who say they like pizza but will only eat plain cheese, but it's still good! I expected more stuff like cat/dog/horse or other things that are popular in some regions but not most!

0points

Andrea Steinacher 10 months ago

Sushi. Well. it looks nice and is a lot of work, but - whatfor did we invent fire? I do not want to eat raw fish

0points

Amelia Jade 10 months ago

It is a really weird concept to me that if someone doesn't like something they assume everyone else must be lying about liking it. I hate lima beans, I've never once considered that everyone who says they like them must be faking it for some odd reason. I just assume people have different tastes.

12points

Deanna Crichley 10 months ago

Marzipan. I just hate it.

11points

VonBlade 10 months ago

I love how through these people reply "well if you add half a pound of bacon and some cheese to it it's delicious". I mean, yeah of course it is. You could add those things to red velvet cake and it would be delicious.

8points

Alethea Fletcher 10 months ago

I'm English. I hate tea. (As in the drink). You can imagine how well that goes down here...😬🤣

5points

Pa Pa Panda 10 months ago

Why isn't liver and onions on this list?

4points

Freddy M. (He/Him) 10 months ago

A lot of people in these comments are saying that you can't dislike something since it's a category under which a lot of things fall, but usually there's a lot of common taste, texture, ingredients, etc. that is used as a defining feature for most of the category. And when you reference the exceptions to this conformity as reasons why someone can't dislike something, then you're mostly just picking holes in what we define as being in the category, not what they dislike. When someone says they dislike or like food, such as sushi or alcohol, we well know what they mean, trying to nitpick doesn't really get us anywhere (I'm just giving my view on things here, I may be wrong but this is how I see it)

3points

DinsdalePiranha 10 months ago

Right after the holidays and no one mentioned my favorite — fruitcake!

3points

Papa 10 months ago

It's very near sacrilegious in my part of the country, but I just don't understand why people make such a big deal about boiled crawfish. That's too much work for that little bit of meat that doesn't taste all that good anyway. I'd rather have shrimp any day of the week.

3points

Daria 10 months ago

Raw cookie dough, and anything in aspic. Just no.

3points

Lemon 10 months ago

Absolutely cannot stand gravy

2points

JessieJ&LilyLovebug 10 months ago

Let me introduce everyone to the term "Supertaster."

2points

Jef Corb 10 months ago

I say rocks, stones, quartz and such. Flies too, but with some hoiserchupsabi it's ok.

1point

The Darkest Timeline 10 months ago

Newsflash: not everyone likes every kind of food. That doesn’t make any food “bad,” it just means we have different tastes.

1point

Anony Mouse 10 months ago

Pickled onions. It' started becoming trendy maybe 10 years ago for "house made" pickled stuff to appear on menus, especially at BBQ places. Then it became a side, and you'd have a small, sad, and sour pile of slimy purple onions taking up space on your plate. Bleah. Oh - and any "house made" ketchup. You just know it's going to be chunky, unpleasant, and taste nothing like ketchup.

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Ban-One 10 months ago

Lots of good stuff here. Some might be an age thing. Others quality and/or brand. And of course personal taste and likings. But with age I started to appreciate a lot more and different kinds of food.

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Zaphod 10 months ago (edited)

I am a super adventurous eater. My parents said that I had to try everything once, but I never had to eat if again if I didn't like it. I've had a lamb's eyeball in Morocco. I've had snake 3 ways (eggs, stew, jerky) in Cambodia. Lutefisk in Sweden. The only food that I ever refused was BALUT (a fertilized developing egg embryo that is boiled and eaten from the shell.) My friend bit into one and it looked too gross. Still, I find olives are the worst.

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ZuriLovesYou 8 months ago

For me, it's any type of carbonated drink. How do people drink that stuff? It's awful!

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Annette Blanks 10 months ago

I don't think you're supposed to eat it

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Nitka Tsar 10 months ago

I thought this site is supposed to be European? How come nearly everything on here is so US centered? Americans probably don‘t even realize this. Most of these foods are very US American. Red velvet cake, pumpkin spice, Walmart sugar cookies, ….. I wish there would be less articles about the US. It‘s like an obsession here.

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Steve Hall 10 months ago

I wouldn't eat most of the things on this list, but I wonder why boiled peanuts didn't show up here. I love boiled peanuts but they are usually frowned upon by people who didn't grow up in the southeastern US.

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Jilly 10 months ago

Maple syrup! I haaaaaaate it!!!

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jasper 10 months ago

For me, it's garlic. Can't stand it. Very small amounts are okay-ish, but why is it in every.damn.thing? Why is it in every mashed potato in every restaurant? Why?? I love potatoes, but the garlic kills it.

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DeoManus Argentem 10 months ago

What's with the byline, "I refuse to believe a single soul would want to eat it?" I understand the hype angle, but only a couple are truly unusual! You really can't believe anybody likes Oreos or Cheetos?! I can't believe people who say they like pizza but will only eat plain cheese, but it's still good! I expected more stuff like cat/dog/horse or other things that are popular in some regions but not most!

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Andrea Steinacher 10 months ago

Sushi. Well. it looks nice and is a lot of work, but - whatfor did we invent fire? I do not want to eat raw fish

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