Foods you deem weird or don’t understand

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand the fake meats and fake cheeses and fake sweeteners. There are plenty of great food options that are meat and dairy free and added sweeteners free, why eat something that will never live up to the original and is way more processed.

I don’t understand liverwurst. Super processed and probably worst of the worst but it’s so good. I only ever have it when visiting my parents and even then it’s rare, but we ate it all the time as a kid. But seriously, what is it? Does it even taste like liver???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Beets. Every year I’m tempted to buy them because they’re such a pretty color. And then I cook them and remember they taste like dirt.

Also natto. If it smells rotten, I cannot put it in my mouth, I’m sorry.

Like cilantro, beets have a genetic component. They taste great to some people and literally like dirt to others, and it’s not a matter of taste, it is actually how the brain receives it. Like cilantro literally tastes like soap for people who are genetically predisposed to taste it that way.

I’m really glad you said that. I’ve tried for years to like beets and I just can’t. Maybe it’s not a character flaw after all!

I adore cilantro. 😀

Same here! I was going to ask if it is the same genetic anomaly, but since there are at least a few of us who love cilantro and can't stand beets, I guess it isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Goat cheese

x1000 makes me want to gag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beets. Every year I’m tempted to buy them because they’re such a pretty color. And then I cook them and remember they taste like dirt.

Also natto. If it smells rotten, I cannot put it in my mouth, I’m sorry.

Like cilantro, beets have a genetic component. They taste great to some people and literally like dirt to others, and it’s not a matter of taste, it is actually how the brain receives it. Like cilantro literally tastes like soap for people who are genetically predisposed to taste it that way.

I’m really glad you said that. I’ve tried for years to like beets and I just can’t. Maybe it’s not a character flaw after all!

I adore cilantro. 😀

Same here! I was going to ask if it is the same genetic anomaly, but since there are at least a few of us who love cilantro and can't stand beets, I guess it isn't.

dp.. I love both cilantro and beets in my salad.

[Anonymous]

6 pages and no one has mentioned . . .

Vegemite/Marmite. Some of the most repulsive foods. Right up there with calf's liver.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Goat cheese

x1000 makes me want to gag.

Not me, but DH doesn't like any soft cheeses (brie, goat, etc.) For him it's a textural thing.

On the flip side of this, my best friend had a new boyfriend who said to her one night while talking in his sleep "I love you more than goat cheese." We're celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary this summer.

[Anonymous]

Bleu cheese. I love stinky washed rind cheeses but I just don’t like Bleu.

[Anonymous]

i love boiled potatoes. they are the best.

[Anonymous]

Pickled beets.

[Anonymous]

Oatmeal. Look and texture is like something already chewed and vomited up. Don't get it.

[Anonymous]

Goat cheese, any organ meat, and jello. That gloopy texture is just gross.

[Anonymous]

Oregano. It ruins the taste of things for me.

[Anonymous]

Fruit in salads. Fruit salad is fine, fruit with lettuce et al is a no.

[Anonymous]

Most pocket foods. I don't like a lot of breading/bready/wrap/soft tortilla

[Anonymous]

fake/imitation meat