Comments on: Ask The Audience: What Foods Do You Not Like?

By: Caroline

Caroline — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:01:21 +0000

When I was a kid, my mom had a sign hanging over the kitchen table that read, Try It You'll Like it. (But you have to read it in a whiny little kid voice). We always had to try wahtever she made, if we didn't like it, cereal, PB&J, or starve. There are 7 years between kids 2 and 3, and 10 between 1 and 3, so the third one got lots of weird food very early. We still joke about the time #2 gave #3 vanilla ice cream at 5 months, and got in trouble because she was too young. So he took it away and she threw a fit!____My grandfather ate pretty much anything, and his philosphy was to bring me something say try this, and after I ate and liked it, then tell me what it was. Chicken liver, squid, and tongue come to mind (liked the first 2 not the 3rd). Now I'm 32 and the only things I absolutely won't eat are anchovies and salmon (unless its smoked).

By: Carolie

Carolie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:39:36 +0000

I thought I liked everything, but I went through the other comments, just to see what everyone else said.

Three things I will only force myself to eat if I absolutely MUST for courtesy or diplomatic reasons:

Miracle Whip (EWWW…though I love mayo)
Anything with an exoskeleton
Artificial cherry or banana flavoring

Now, I try just about anything, though I rarely ask what it is. The idea of eating a SNAIL made my stomach turn…then I had escargot for the first time without knowing what it was…OMG, SO GOOD! Had some properly cooked, non-rubbery squid…FANTASTIC.

My father refuses to eat liver in any way, shape or form. He insists he’s “allergic” though we all know he just hates it.

I had a party, and made my favorite chicken liver pate with cognac-soaked currants. I found Dad standing beside the pate, eating it like someone would take it away from him. He exclaimed “This stuff is GREAT! What is it?” I refused to tell him until the next day, just so amused to watch him eat serving after serving.

By: Martha

Martha — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:10:09 +0000

Ketchup. It’s vile. I’m an elementary school teacher and when I walk through the lunch room, I’d like to barf.

By: Emmilee

Emmilee — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:15:41 +0000

green peppers.

And only since a particularly horrid incident during my first pregnancy.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:05:51 +0000

I don’t meat and seafood. I am a veggie/bread/fruit lover!

By: Meangoose

Meangoose — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:39:20 +0000

I don’t eat
- meat that is other than well done (and no raw fish, either)
-eggs, except for hard-boiled yolks
-beets
-sauerkraut

Other than that, I have things I don’t really like but I would eat them to be polite if I was a guest somewhere, etc.

By: Jendi

Jendi — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:09:07 +0000

Mushrooms are the first thing that comes to mind. I’m much more open to trying things since I became a mother.

By: angie

angie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:11:31 +0000

I’m a very picky eater.
Don’t like anything that lives in the water…
Veggies and I don’t get along either. Other than potatoes, carrots, corn and iceburg lettuce (I know, those really aren’t veggies) I’ve just started to force myself to add in asparagus, broccoli and mixed greens for salads. It’s a slow process.
Don’t like mushrooms or tomatoes, though I love anything make with a tomato (ie. sauce, dressing, salsa) and I’ll only eat onions if they’re cooked into something in smallish pieces.
Don’t like rice either, any variety. I usually substitute couscous or go without.
Oh, and orange juice, at least not the real stuff though I love oranges and orange flavored things.
I think that’s it, doesn’t leave much room for a good diet. At 26, I’ve made the decision to MAKE myself try as many new things as possible and learn to cook things I don’t like, for my husband’s and any future children’s sakes.

By: Eyebee

Eyebee — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:49:10 +0000

I avoid most processed foods, TV dinner type of stuff. Most of it tastes like it’s out of a packet anyway, so I try to aim for fresh stuff whenever I can.

I don’t like most junk food, fast food etc. Most is tasteless and bland except for all the relish they add. Give me a real burger anyday, and home made pizza.

I’m the same with beer. Give me a real beer, not something with ‘lite’ on it, that tastes of almost nothing.

I’m not keen on mint, so we use ARm & Hammer Peroxide toothpaste or Close Up (the red gel one).

I don’t like that artificial banana flavor either (although I love bananas, and eat about half a dozen a week).

Runny white in eggs. Yuck. Slimy and nasty. I love oysters though!

Kidney. I dislike the smell and the taste of it.

Soda. I don’t like the taste of any of them, and I don’t like sweet drinks anyway. Give me sweetened iced tea, and I’ll leave it every time. Drinking sweet drinks makes me thirstier anyway!

Nothing with any kind of artificial sweetener in. They all leave a nasty aftertaste.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:31:18 +0000

Broccoli, smells like feet. ‘Nough said