what foods can't you bring yourself to eat?

[PurpleTurtle]

Mayonnaise

[The jiffle king]

Durian - plant/fruit In Malaysia and China. It’s a delicacy and the small of it is rancid. They double shrink wrap it in Chinese supermarkets and it makes me feel physically sick. I’ve eaten it 3 times when with local teams and just managed to eat a little but it’s awful

[Du1point8]

The jiffle king said:

Durian - plant/fruit In Malaysia and China. It’s a delicacy and the small of it is rancid. They double shrink wrap it in Chinese supermarkets and it makes me feel physically sick. I’ve eaten it 3 times when with local teams and just managed to eat a little but it’s awful

tastes better than it smells

[anonymous-user]

Fermented Herring. From about 1:30 onwards (and that's before tasting it)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmu7bHj81WI

[beerexpressman]

Cheese
tomato
All offal
Shellfish
Snails
Bananas
Mayonnaise
Fried, boiled or poached eggs (scrambled is fine)
Pork pie
sushi
olives
steak tartare
beetroot
mushrooms

Probably plus loads more I can't think of now, but I am not a fussy eater!

[Electronicpants]

Roman Rhodes said:

Fermented Herring. From about 1:30 onwards (and that's before tasting it)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmu7bHj81WI

Yep

https://youtu.be/RwqtE44WXs0?t=76

[Cotty]

beerexpressman said:

Cheese
tomato

Have you never had a pizza?

[NormalWisdom]

I have eaten (and enjoyed) pretty much everything mentioned on the thread so far. I still eat oysters despite developing an allergy to them some 15 years ago and, having spent a while working in China, consumed many things which I hadn't a clue as to their provenance!!

However, about 5 years ago, whilst working in Germany, the staff restaurant served-up Lung stew (a traditional Bavarian dish) - It was perhaps the most vile thing I have ever consumed, no amount of salt/pepper or Tabasco made it palatable. Never again!!

[Wacky Racer]

Mayonnaise

Eggs

Pickles

Beetroot

Coleslaw

Lamb

Pork

[borcy]

I'm surprised how many people dislike, cheese and tomato. A stinky cheese fair enough, but say edam, very bland and inoffensive.

Each to their own i guess.

[skinny]

I'll try most things once - the only ones i wouldn't really want to is fat juicy bugs or caterpillars.
I have tried things like embryonic duck eggs, boiled pigs ear sandwiches, pickled horse intestines, and stewed sheep brains - i wouldn't ever want to eat them again.
In terms of 'normal food' i can't eat, i can't really eat liver and find foie gras makes me feel a bit ill too.

Edited by skinny on Thursday 24th October 17:01

[Kermit power]

Tom_Spotley_When said:

The worst thing I've ever eaten was Vitello Tonato in Milan. A cold veal chop with tuna mayonnaise layered over the top as the sauce. I'd pay to never eat that again.

That's not the Vitello Tonnato, it's the restaurant. I had one for the first time in an Italian restaurant in Paris a couple of weeks ago and it was absolutely stunning!

Thin slices of veal that melted in your mouth with a lovely creamy sauce on top. Once you knew the sauce was tuna-based, it was pretty obvious, but I doubt many people would've guessed if they'd not been told.

I'd definitely recommend you try it somewhere else before consigning it to the "never again" list.

[Dr Murdoch]

beerexpressman said:

Cheese
tomato
All offal
Shellfish
Snails
Bananas
Mayonnaise
Fried, boiled or poached eggs (scrambled is fine)
Pork pie
sushi
olives
steak tartare
beetroot
mushrooms

Probably plus loads more I can't think of now, but I am not a fussy eater!

ha ha

I would raise an eye brow at anyone who didn't want to eat any of those.

(I'll concede I'm not comfortable with olives, but 'one day' my taste buds will allow them). They're not excluded for life!

[coffeebreath]

Prawns are delicious but never can a whole batch be 100% deveined, if I catch sight of the poop tube I'm done with the whole meal.

[DoctorX]

Roman Rhodes said:

Eggs

Look and smell absolutely revolting to me. Put a gun to my head and say eat the egg or a dog turd, I’d eat the turd.

Mushrooms can fk off too.

Oh, and celery.

[Captain Smerc]

But would you eat the dog turd on the celery?

[DoctorX]

Captain Smerc said:

But would you eat the dog turd on the celery?

if it meant I didn’t have the egg, bring it on.

[Captain Smerc]

[Lazermilk]

The_Doc said:

Lazermilk said:

I think I may 'win' this thread, the philippine delicacy called Balut, which I refused...

If you are brave you can click the spoiler tag...

Had a dozen ortolans cooked in brandy with my two brothers some while back near Ba?albek ????? . I seize your crown

The Wine Spectator said:

For centuries, a rite of passage for French gourmets was the eating of the Ortolan. These tiny birds—captured alive, force-fed, then drowned in Armagnac—were roasted whole and eaten that way, bones and all, while the diner draped his head with a linen napkin to preserve the precious aromas and, some believe, to hide from God.

Edited by The_Doc on Thursday 24th October 13:16

I’m not sure, we may need a vote on this to get an average of what’s worse... I googled yours and agree it is pretty fking awful, the fact they force feed and then drown the bird in the alcohol adds another level to it also, although the balut baby birds are effectively boiled alive inside their egg...
They also crack off just the tip of the egg to let them drink down the juices first, then eat all the contents, including bones and all, even the eggy bit has some kind of veins around it for added juice.
They are numbered too so you can choose exactly how developed you want the baby to be by number of days/weeks. They also stink.

Difficult one to decide which is worse imo...

Happy to share the crown if needed?

[beerexpressman]

Cotty said:

beerexpressman said:

Cheese
tomato

Have you never had a pizza?

No. Never.