Foods that you strongly dislike, if there are any?

[Anonymous]

Milk — like a glass of plain milk; oysters; pie crust; liver; gravy; alcohol; turnips; blue cheese; cheesecake; trout.

The trout-hate stems from a long ago bout with food poisoning. The lifelong dairy aversion is probably a mild dairy intolerance. The others are either bitter or just gross. On the other side, I really like many things that others hate. I love asparagus, all kinds of olives, eggplant, okra, most seafoods, and good mayonnaise.

Looking at my Hate list makes me think that I might not do well in the UK. A childhood meal in London, startlingly, included what I remember as liver with gravy swathed in pie crust.

[Anonymous]

I posted earlier about Lima beans but I forgot my deep hatred of romaine and iceberg lettuce. I like other kinds of greens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think we all taste the minerals it’s just a matter of whether you like the mineral taste. I suspect people who are low iron like beets more than others.

I’m anemic and I hate them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I posted earlier about Lima beans but I forgot my deep hatred of romaine and iceberg lettuce. I like other kinds of greens.

Oddly, you probably love Lima beans in their other guise as “butter beans.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sometimes I wish I was picky. Must be nice to look at food and think “gross” instead of “sure, that turkey heart/chicken foot/eel/sea urchin looks great, I want to eat it!”

I’m one of the list of foods people above and I wish I weren’t picky. I’m not like one of those people who only eats meat and potatoes (and I know a few), but I do not enjoy being picky. In the social days I used to have low grade fear I’d be at a dinner party and be unable to cover for my pickiness. Enjoy liking a wide variety of foods. Enjoy not being quietly mocked (online! My friends aren’t buttholes) for having a “childish” palate.

[Anonymous]

Kale. It is just so bitter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Beets and I eat every other vegetable. I have tried them numerous ways, but nothing helps. I give up.

They taste like blood and dirt, right? I love them but you are like my dad. He’s not a picky eater at all ( he grew up poor) but this is how he feels about beets (and liver). It must be minerals that you can taste!

I think we all taste the minerals it’s just a matter of whether you like the mineral taste. I suspect people who are low iron like beets more than others.

Interesting. I love beets, but I'm a pretty big meat eater. Just ate a big bloody steak yesterday.

People who are low iron also love red meat!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Liver, cooked carrots, and coconut 99% of the time. It’s fine on German Chocolate but is disgusting in anything else.

Coconut is a fine way to ruin a chocolate cake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Liver, cooked carrots, and coconut 99% of the time. It’s fine on German Chocolate but is disgusting in anything else.

Coconut is a fine way to ruin a chocolate cake.

Totally agree!

[Anonymous]

I have two controversial ones: peanut butter and ketchup.

[Anonymous]

Shellfish, octopus. Too rubbery.

Offal. Too awful.

[Anonymous]

So interesting reading everyone's lists. Here's mine.

Can't do the flavor:
coconut, olives, onions, vegan cheese

Can't do the texture:
pudding, mushrooms, eggplant

Can't do the smell:
Pork, impossible burgers

[Anonymous]

Quinoa, beets. They taste like dirt in my mouth.

Liver, organ meats. Barf. Bloody roast beef.

Lima beans. Papaya smells like vomit.

That's about it. I really like most foods.

[Anonymous]

For me it's 100% about taste, not texture.

Revolting:

papaya, celery, green olives

Not revolting, but still dislike and will not eat:

cottage cheese, beets, raw kale, rice pudding, iced tea

I'm also not a fan of things like sunbutter, non-dairy "cheese", etc.

I truly like everything else.

[Anonymous]

Mussels, liver, fish that look you in the eye.