I Refuse To Eat That...

oscash said:
My husband used to go fishing at night near our place and he came home with several Bream and 2 eels. Gave the eels to the next-door neighbour, they are Italian and loved them. They gave us one to taste. I tried it but could see all the spine which reminded me of a snake, put me right off it.
Click to expand...
You wouldn't ever try eels if you had cooked them. I fried up eels for the family once and they were so active in the frying pan that I couldn't bring myself to eat one. DH and the kids all loved them.
 

hollydolly said:
if that happened to me I would never eat another egg...might sound crazy to some, but not to me,,that would put me off forever
Click to expand...
I think that very thing happened to Guy Fieri, who is a TV food personality (in case you didn't know). He runs a Food TV program called "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" and one of the long-running bits in this program is his aversion to eggs.
 
Eupher said:
I think that very thing happened to Guy Fieri, who is a TV food personality (in case you didn't know). He runs a Food TV program called "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives" and one of the long-running bits in this program is his aversion to eggs.
Click to expand...
Oh wow, well I can understand if he was put off eggs for that reason... I certainly would ...
 

I already wrote about my aversion to seafood, so I won't go there again except to say that you'll have to put a gun to my head to even consider eating 99% of it. Couple of exceptions, but just barely.

Let's add these to my mix -
  • Runny eggs of ANY type, and don't even think of frying up unscrambled eggs. They gotta be scrambled.
  • Okra (what is it about slimy stuff that appeals to so many people?)
  • Brussels sprouts (I love cabbage, but don't try to convince me that those rotten, stinking things are "baby cabbages") Keep them out of my kitchen house.
  • Indian food -- the smell, at least -- makes me gag. Chinese food isn't much better, though I can handle egg foo young, if it's prepared right. Tempura is OK, but keep that fish crap out of the batter and nobody gets hurt.
  • Well done beef. My mother wouldn't even look at beef unless it was incinerated, so I had to suffer with that until I left for cook school and learned how delicious medium rare beef could be.
  • I like my bacon chewy -- not crisp, and certainly not raw.
  • Never tried haggis, and probably would not unless copious amounts of Scotch single-malt were involved.
  • Organ meats -- NFW.
  • I can't think of a single fruit that I would not eat, unless it was slimy.
  • Canned vegetables. Frozen, OK, canned, never.
 
Last edited:
I'm finding this thread interesting. I wonder how often differences in food preferences are a result of actual physical differences in sensory perception. :unsure:

I believe cilantro is one common example. To some. it's a tasty seasoning. To others it tastes like soap. We once had some roses growing in our yard that my wife thought had a wonderful scent. I could never smell any scent at all.
 
Tommy said:
I'm finding this thread interesting. I wonder how often differences in food preferences are a result of actual physical differences in sensory perception. :unsure:

I believe cilantro is one common example. To some. it's a tasty seasoning. To others it tastes like soap. We once had some roses growing in our yard that my wife thought had a wonderful scent. I could never smell any scent at all.
Click to expand...
Cilantro for me is strange. It does taste somewhat like soap, but I love the taste!
I wonder why you don't smell those roses. Maybe "only the nose knows". :)
 
For me, it’s usually about texture.

I don’t care for soggy, flabby foods or restaurant food that comes to the table in a puddle of water because the dishes weren’t dried or the foods were not properly drained.

I do my best to salvage things like soggy pizza by crisping it in the oven but some things aren’t worth the bother.

I also find that when I don’t care for a new food I need to try it prepared a few different ways by a few different people before I write it off.

I think that most of us enjoy the foods that our parents and grandparents fed us when we were growing up, even balut eggs. 😉🤭😂
 
Eupher said:
I already wrote about my aversion to seafood, so I won't go there again except to say that you'll have to put a gun to my head to even consider eating 99% of it. Couple of exceptions, but just barely.

Let's add these to my mix -
  • Runny eggs of ANY type, and don't even think of frying up unscrambled eggs. They gotta be scrambled.
  • Okra (what is it about slimy stuff that appeals to so many people?)
  • Brussels sprouts (I love cabbage, but don't try to convince me that those rotten, stinking things are "baby cabbages") Keep them out of my kitchen.
  • Indian food -- the smell, at least -- makes me gag. Chinese food isn't much better, though I can handle egg foo young, if it's prepared right. Tempura is OK, but keep that fish crap out of the batter and nobody gets hurt.
  • Well done beef. My mother wouldn't even look at beef unless it was incinerated, so I had to suffer with that until I left for cook school and learned how delicious medium rare beef could be.
  • I like my bacon chewy -- not crisp, and certainly not raw.
  • Never tried haggis, and probably would not unless copious amounts of Scotch single-malt were involved.
  • I can't think of a single fruit that I would not eat, unless it was slimy.
  • Canned vegetables. Frozen, OK, canned, never.
Click to expand...

Oh, God, I'd forgotten how much I hate okra!
 
Tommy said:
I'm finding this thread interesting. I wonder how often differences in food preferences are a result of actual physical differences in sensory perception. :unsure:

I believe cilantro is one common example. To some. it's a tasty seasoning. To others it tastes like soap. We once had some roses growing in our yard that my wife thought had a wonderful scent. I could never smell any scent at all.
Click to expand...
JC_doubledown Ick...
 
papa tiger said:
The Last time I had Mussels was at my grandson's 18th birthday at the S.C. restaurant in Summerville, S.C.
They were good. Shrimp are my preferred sea food. Seafood at Merles Inlet & Shem Creek are great too.
Click to expand...
Back in the day mussels were really cheap and I enjoyed them in a little Italian restaurant where they were served in a garlicy red sauce. Chicken wings were also considered almost useless before Buffalo wings began appearing everywhere.
 
I refuse to eat those things that make my stomach churn.
Otherwise I am open to many food items. I love raw oysters
dipped in warm butter but its been years since I eaten them
that way, too risky imo. Love smoked Oysters. Won't eat
raw sushi. The things that look slimy and smell likewise make
me nauseous. Just getting over a stomach bug right now so
even thinking about awful foods makes he want to hurl lol.
 
Babs2u said:
Back in the day mussels were really cheap and I enjoyed them in a little Italian restaurant where they were served in a garlicy red sauce. Chicken wings were also considered almost useless before Buffalo wings began appearing everywhere.
Click to expand...
We're an Island so Mussels here are still very cheap..I like them, but I can't be bothered to cook them at home because I don't have any really big pots

It always makes me laugh in restaurants.. where they are carging an arm and a leg for a plae of Mussells that ican buy from the shop or the fishmonger for a couple of quid...I woud never pay restaurant prices fro Mussels

I often go down to the coast in summer and eat at the seaside seafood restaurants where just a few hours before the fisherman have brought in their catch...


my favourite of all is Fish chowder... which I always have when we're at the coast....deeelishus...:p
chowder-Southend-peter-Boat-HD.jpg
 
Imogene said:
I would rather pour milk and sugar on horse feed than eat:

Anchovies
Sardines
Liver, I don’t care how well it’s prepared.
Click to expand...
Anchovies fall into the "seafood" category and I've already written about that. HOWEVER -- I was surprised to discover that A1 steak sauce is made with anchovies, and I like that sauce. But when I'm looking at oily, sardine-y, packed-in-oil small fish like that, GTFO. Not interested. Ditto with smoked oysters in a can.

And yeah -- liver. My mother prepared it, I ate it, but not beyond my 17th birthday. It's a texture AND flavor problem. Disgusting. Organ meats, for that matter, can be added to my list of NFW eats.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top