what foods can you not bring yourself to eat?

[shirt]

as a partner to this thread : http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

what foods can you not stand or bring yourself to eat? what is the worst food you've had the displeasure to sample?

mine are:

offal [liver, kidney, tripe & the like]
oily 'fishy' fish
sprouts [and cooked cabbage unless its 'proper' sauerkraut]

all due to dislike of the taste. pretty much anything else i'll eat or at least try if i haven't encountered it before. i tend to avoid fish that i have to skin/bone on my plate but thats more to do with the fact the effort/taste ratio isn't in its favour.

the worst meal i've encountered was a taste of a friend's 'meat jelly' in bratislava. essentially, a delightful meal of bone marrow :sick:

[Melman Giraffe]

offal

[Percy Flage]

Brain. Eels.

Never tried them, never will.

[XJSJohn]

Durian or fermented Tofu

[Anna_S]

Is it bad I can't think of anything I've not been able to bring myself to eat. Never been faced with anything so far...

[Invisible man]

Melman Giraffe said:

offal

seconded

[marctwo]

shirt said:

offal [liver, kidney, tripe & the like]
oily 'fishy' fish
sprouts [and cooked cabbage unless its 'proper' sauerkraut]

Agree with all of those and I'll add...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg

Had to eat one when I got married. Never again.

[staceyb]

Bananas, even the smell and the texture

[Wadeski]

no lambs liver? philistines!

personally i would stick the 100 year egg on the list...and maybe that maggot cheese from sardinia.

but i cant think of many things i would NEVER try...i mean thats just being fussy.

[threesixty]

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shirt said:

Agree with all of those and I'll add...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg

Had to eat one when I got married. Never again.

They're not that bad! well the one i ate was ok.

I cant stand cucumber for some reason, it tastes incredibley strong to me, cant even bear the smell of it.

Edited by threesixty on Wednesday 3rd June 12:36

[f13ldy]

Those eggs with a half formed fetus inside.

Like a mans kinder egg but not as tasty...

[escargot]

f13ldy said:

Those eggs with a half formed fetus inside.

Like a mans kinder egg but not as tasty...

Balut.

Me too.

Oh, and mupani worms.

[jet_noise]

Dear All,

eggs - rubbery and smelly, especially the white. I like the runny yolk from a fried or boiled egg though with soldiers, yes.
cabbage - rubbery and tough and smelly. Raw in coleslaw is OK in moderation.
celery - stringy vegetable. I don't mind the taste it's the texture that really makes me gag.
caraway seeds - just the taste.
carrot cake - conceptually it's just wrong. You don't make cakes out of vegetables.
A carrot is designed for savory stuff such as casseroles.

Odd chap Johnny Tastebud,

regards,
Jet

[exgtt]

Had some proper Sashimi from a Japanese place the other day. It had some kind of what smelt like fermented cucumber as a garnish. Was going to try but it smelled like stinky feet! The rest of it was sublime though!

[Mobile Chicane]

I will eat absolutely anything if it's prepared well, however I draw the line at insects. Which is odd, since prawns are really just aquatic woodlice.

[Invisible man]

Korean Kimchee, rotten cabbage with juice from fermented shrimp

[John.]

Beetroot. Jesus my dad sometimes has a beetroot sandwhich

[otolith]

Percy Flage said:

Brain. Eels.

Never tried them, never will.

Eel is just fish - very nice fish, but fish all the same. Jellied eels I can understand people being a bit funny about, but why eel and not salmon or mackerel?

I won't eat eel these days, but for conservation reasons, they're delicious cut into steaks and fried up in bacon fat

[f13ldy]

Invisible man said:

Korean Kimchee, rotten cabbage with juice from fermented shrimp

It is actually quite nice.

[staceyb]

John. said:

Beetroot. Jesus my dad sometimes has a beetroot sandwhich

Must be a Dad thing. My Dad has beetroot salad and then uses a piece of bread to mop up the beetroot juices.