“AITA For Expressing My Disgust At A Dish From My Girlfriend’s Culture?”

To all the YTA... he's been eating stuff from her culture without complaint. He said no to chicken hearts. SHE wouldn't take no as an answer. Keep pushing and the answer eventually becomes rude. That's the fault of the person that won't accept the answer

I don't think he's being unreasonable . I think she should have respected his boundaries for something he doesn't want to try. I am sure there are food that Americans just love but other cultures find it disgusting

I'm Brazilian and I hate hearts chiken. It's desgusting for me, but I dont say it to people whom like it. *English isn't my first language.

American Boomer here. We used to be able to buy chicken hearts and other organs at local grocers. They weren't that uncommon in the middle 20th century. I miss chicken hearts. Yummy!

I am a "try everything once" type person, but even I have boundaries. One of those boundaries is Equus (horse, zebra, donkey), just gives me a personal ick, don't mind anyone else eating it but I won't. Been offered zebra and said no, thankfully my usually pushy dad accepted that boundary. Unlike this person apparently. People don't have to explain their boundaries to another person's standards in order for it to be respected.

NTA. I think people are overly sensitive nowadays and you can’t say anthing as simple as not liking a dish. I dated a man from Scotland for 7 years- I refused Haggis and openly told it sounds vile. No problem at all. I’m Irish, the amount of people who visit and are disgusted about black pudding.. again no problem. What’s all the fuss and being offended all about? Snowflakes

Organ meat is definitely a different texture and taste… there’s always a metallic taste to me that I find unpleasant. I kindly decline without being rude though.

If you’ve ever eaten a sausage or processed meat, you’ve eaten offal. Or as my parents used to say - “Sausages are made from sweepings”. When I asked what they meant, they said all the organs and innards “swept off the floor” (not literally, just means the giblets etc that get thrown away). Wasn’t unusual in the 70’s in Australia to eat liver (Lamb’s. Fry), feed animal brains to babies, eat tripe etc

All these people with these long drawn out ways to say no it ridiculous. How about I don't want to try it. It shouldn't take a long winded answer don't nag listen!

I’d try em lol but then I’m farm born n bred in uk n we ate everything lol being 60 n grew up with my grandparents no waste rabbits to pheasants pigeon , n my gen would hang the pheasant for two weeks omg the smell was VILE but it matured it n tasted amazing , I drew the line at liver however kidneys heart tongue all staples to bulk out stews n the like if you,ve ever eaten pate lol don’t go reading the ingredients cos there be hearts n all that in it to lol ,however YTA cos your refusal to even try it before calling it icky the very definition of disgusting 😂 learn manners lol , n if I was your gf I’d be making em n not telling what it was until you had tried it !!! how I was bought up how my kids were bought up lol n they 24-21 this yr n lad will eat anything the eldest however won’t so I am well versed in hiding stuff so she at least tries it before calling it disgusting !!! For eg she will not eat lamb or venison but me n lad love it so casseroles n she eats the lot !! TACT DUDE ,

Chicken hearts are common here in South Korea where I live as a Canadian ex-pat. They're delicious, but my friends are about 50:50 with them. I will order them myself when I'm tired of wings

My mom has a rule that I follow as well - try everything once, except desserts!

We have an amazing Brazilian churriscaria and they come around w/ all the meats. My husband LOVES the chicken hearts! Not my cuppa tea but he lights up like a Christmas tree when they bring them out of the kitchen. It's really cute.

I think saying a culture's food is "icky" and "disgusting" outright IS disrespectful or, at minimum, ignorant. Hearts are just a muscle, literally like every other meat. I can understand being hesitant regardless, but being and adult and calling it "icky" without even trying it is rude. The people here saying she "pushed it" as if this isn't just from his perspective is asinine. Defending a culture's food from someone who inconsiderately called it "disgusting" is a weird place to be. She didn't "push it" nor "not take no as an answer". She was merely defending her food from an idiot who couldn't not be a j*****s about something they weren't comfortable eating. Are people here just defaulting to "YTAs suck" because he was an a*s about it. And, again, we're only getting his side. My read is that he obviously reacted disrespectfully, which he did, and that he's now being like "I only...hurr durr". Imagine someone responding to a foods in your culture with "DISGUSTING".

Can we stop turning every culinary distaste into a cultural warzone. Otherwise, I hope you all like Labskaus and Pinkel...otherwise I'll be offended for the rest of my life.

Yes. Lie. You are expected to lie. Say something nice and find excuses and then veeeery glently let her realize you are not interested. Brazilian here. Also, try the freagging chicken hearts - i never liked the idea of them but the taste is surprisingly good.

I will try almost anything that looks appetizing. However, I will tell the person making it don't tell me what's in it for 2 weeks to guarantee it is out of my system.

i'm not brazilian but have been eating chicken hearts (and gizzards) all my life. we have par boiled them to make them tender and then fry them for a crispy outside or we simmer them until tender, cut them small and make a gravy so it all goes over rice. not for everyone but i wouldn't tell someone it's disgusting. there is a dish from india called kudipie (i know i spelled that wrong). it's made from an almost full term goat fetus. i have politely declined eating that and no one was upset.

NTA - animal parts that had a job (i.e. organ meat) have a very peculiar taste and to many people it is the metallic taste of blood. This guy has been trying and appreciating his girlfriend's "home foods" for a while, it seems, but he chose to draw a line at something he considers gross. SHE is the AH for throwing a tantrum over one negative reply.

OP could have phrased his opinion a bit different, but everyone likes what they like and shouldn't be pushed if they say no. My mom used to bring home a whole cow's tongue from the kosher butcher and boil it up. Delicious. I still like tongue when I can get it. And I enjoy liver. I've never tried any other organ meat, but I'll take a little taste if offered.

People seem to be trying to make it out to be an attack on culture, when in reality he just doesn't want to eat something and finds it disgusting. People are allowed to find exotic food disgusting or icky. Personally, i will not be offended when someone says that sour ram-testicals or fermented shark is something they find disgusting 🤣

To me, it's not so much of the body parts but more of the texture and the way it's cooked. I love hearts, livers, gizzards, feets but don't like the rubbery texture of intestines. I love pig feet braised but not pickled.

Chicken hearts are delicious, so are chicken gizzards. This guy is a baby.

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I’m with the YTA on this one. Not for his preference, but for his phrasing. I once ordered a personal supreme pizza, and my veggie hating FIL said to me “uck, that’s gross!” Ruined the meal for me. And in case you don’t know, a supreme pizza entails olives, bell peppers, onions, pepperoni, sausage. Fn delicious.