What ordinary thing gives you the Ick...?

MountainRa said:
I can’t abide the smell of a skunk or the smell of gasoline.
Or cigarette smoke.

i hate commercials that show close ups of people making exaggerated faces over their food.

i’m grossed out by people sticking their tongue out to be cute. And by women making duck lip poses.
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what is skunk ? :unsure:
 

CallMeKate said:
Oh my... you and I wouldn't get along at *all* at a table. I put ketchup on fried eggs *and* fries. :giggle:
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I don't eat ketchup... but I don't mind anyone eating it... there was a story by the Chef employed by the Queen's sister, princess Margaret.

He was a top Michelin chef.. and he would prepare the best quaity meals.. and regardless of what was put in front of her, she drowned it in ketchup.. so he resigned !:D
 
BJintheUK said:
No, we just don't have them here, nor in Scotland, nor Wales, nor Ireland.

Not every country has such antisocial animals. I feel sorry for the Australians though, because just about all of their wildlife is out to kill them.
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They aren't antisocial, they just want to stay alive in the fray of living in the wild. Some people have them as pets. They get a baby skunk's scent gland removed by a vet. I knew someone in Florida who had a pet skunk that he walked on a leash.

Skunks can carry rabies. We had a rabid skunk in our yard. He was sleeping in an overturned trash can for several days. I called the police and they came over and said he had rabies. I sent the kids inside. I offered to shoot the skunk in case the officer was squeamish. He turned me down. I went inside. My husband stayed out there. The smell was horrific when the skunk died. Ordinary skunk smell doesn't bother me much, but this sure would have.

My collie said he had to go out at 4 a.m. I let him into the fenced back yard, turned on the lights, and lo and behold! He was following a skunk around the perimeter of the yard. A Rough Collie has tons of hair and I was scared he would get sprayed. The little parade continued for way too long and then the skunk climbed over the fence and left. No spraying.
 
WheatenLover said:
Catsup on eggs reminds me of Huevos Rancheros. A spicy red tomato sauce covers those eggs. My ex-husband likes grape jelly on his eggs.View attachment 468472
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grape jelly ?... you mean Jam ? this ?.....
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WheatenLover said:
I suppose so. We just call everything jelly. I know there is a difference.
I didn't taste grape jelly/jam until I was in my 50s. Then son#1 made me a pb and jelly sandwich with grape jelly. So I ditched strawberry preserves for life.
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everyone to their own...I know there's many people who have odd combination tastes...

I used to say to my husband...if you like'' eggs'' and you like ''ice cream'' why wouldn't you like it together..lol
 
I must admit I'm not partial to peanut butter. It sticks to my teeth and the roof of my mouth. Even adding jam (jelly) to it still doesn't stop it from being difficult to eat.

By the way, my favourite jam flavour is strawberry, especially if it has bits of strawberry in it as well as the seeds.
 
hollydolly said:
everyone to their own...I know there's many people who have odd combination tastes...

I used to say to my husband...if you like'' eggs'' and you like ''ice cream'' why wouldn't you like it together..lol
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Talking about odd combinations of food, when I lived in a squat in Canterbury (many years ago) a couple of my squat mates used to like making cheese and strawberry jam sandwiches. I point blank refused to even try one, as it struck me as extremely odd that they would mix sweet and savoury like that, but they seemed to enjoy the mixture of flavours.
 
BJintheUK said:
I must admit I'm not partial to peanut butter. It sticks to my teeth and the roof of my mouth. Even adding jam (jelly) to it still doesn't stop it from being difficult to eat.

By the way, my favourite jam flavour is strawberry, especially if it has bits of strawberry in it as well as the seeds.
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I have to agree about the PB... the smell is enough to make me retch... I have no idea how millions of Americans voluntarily eat that...it lok and smells like Vomit...:sick::sick:
 
The smells people carry with them make me gag. That dirty house musty smell, or that heavy smoker smell, the smell of alcohol on someone, or for sure any kind of body odor.

And what really grosses me out is when someone tries to cover those odors with perfume or cologne. Or how about Fabreeze? When did Fabreeze become a substitute for cleanliness? I hate that stuff.
 
I don't mind Marmite, but didn't know if it was a cultural thing. Peanut butter is often what we take for lunch when we have to travel for the wife's medical visits--keeps without refrigeration and it's easy. So far I haven't thought of any run of the mill thing that makes me go ick.

I don't even mind the smell of skunk, but then despite masquerading as a dog, my sense of smell is less than average.

I can think of a few things, but really most people don't need to be exposed to that, and it's not really normal stuff.
 
WheatenLover said:
Catsup on eggs reminds me of Huevos Rancheros. A spicy red tomato sauce covers those eggs. My ex-husband likes grape jelly on his eggs.
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@WheatenLover, that reminds me of Eggs in Purgatory (I love that name), an Italian version of shakshuka. I made it a few months ago.

I've never tried to make Huevos Rancheros, but they look good. They're on my list.

P.S. I was just going to say, one of the reasons I've never made them is because all the recipes call for corn tortillas, which I don't care for, but I see your photo appears to have flour tortillas. I'll have to do some searching.
 
hollydolly said:
everyone to their own...I know there's many people who have odd combination tastes...

I used to say to my husband...if you like'' eggs'' and you like ''ice cream'' why wouldn't you like it together..lol
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You ought to try a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Or pb and banana. There are only 3 ingredients. Don't put butter on the bread.
 

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