Foods that you refuse to eat!

[ajrsmom]

:eek: They are out there......foods, that for some reason or another, you just wont eat!!

What are they?


For me, I dont like water chestnuts or Jicama. For the most part, I will try almost anything at least one time. There aren't many other things that I can think of that I dont like....and it shows. ROFL!! :p ;)

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Good topic! I don't like beets and can peas. I will eat fresh peas or peas that aren't mushy! I also am trying to learn to eat mushrooms. But, thus far, I will NOT eat them. I don't dislike the flavor, just the texture.

[cat lover]

Brussel Sprouts! Everybody tells them they taste like cabbage and I dearly love cabbage, but WIL NOT eat Brussel Sprouts!! They smell like dirty feet to me!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Hand me Cat's brussell's sprouts please! LOL

[ajrsmom]

Brussel Sprouts! Everybody tells them they taste like cabbage and I dearly love cabbage, but WIL NOT eat Brussel Sprouts!! They smell like dirty feet to me!


ROFL!!! "They smell like dirty feet to me" HAHAHAHA!!!! :D :D

I must be tired tonight because this has made me laugh so hard!! Thanks for making my night!!

[cat lover]

You're welcome! Maybe I need to start a stand up spot and use food as the subject! LOL

[sweetnell3]

I will not eat Liver, I just don't like it. I can't eat ranch dressing it makes me sick,I guess it has something in it that don't like me lol.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Sweetnell, I am totally with on the liver. I it so gross. However, I LOVE the ranch dressing.

[sweetnell3]

I would like to eat ranch,my whole family loves it. dd won't eat squash or okra, which dh and I love ,but for the most part she'll eat anything.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I have a kid (age 26) who has a hollow leg and will eat just about anything. LOL I have never known where he puts the food he eats because he is so skinny.

[sweetnell3]

Funny my 23 is the same way,he's tall but is skinney as a rail! Lol

[DeBora4BobbyL]

LOL Oh to be in my 20s again.

[sweetnell3]

Isn't that the truth! lol

[cat lover]

Oh liver! We were forced to eat it as a kid and now I don't eat it at all either. My SIL had about three years from sides of beef in her freezer and gave it to me; my dogs had a feast for a month! It was all I could do to boil it for them though!

[ajrsmom]

I have a kid (age 26) who has a hollow leg and will eat just about anything. LOL I have never known where he puts the food he eats because he is so skinny.

My son is the same way. He is so tall and so very skinny--but only 8 ( ok, in his mind he is more like 15)!! :rolleyes:

[ajrsmom]

Oh liver! We were forced to eat it as a kid and now I don't eat it at all either. My SIL had about three years from sides of beef in her freezer and gave it to me; my dogs had a feast for a month! It was all I could do to boil it for them though!


We had to eat it as kids too. I havent had it in years because my husband loves to profess on and on what kind of organ it is....and its not a pretty picture when he is finished. Just to think about it turns my stomach.

I wont eat turkey gizzards or anything else stuffed in that bag in the turkey!!! :eek:

I dont like slimey okra either. :o

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I'll take your slimey okra! LOL

[joyann]

I cannot eat beets, liver and, believe it or not, mac and cheese. I like other pasta and I eat cheese, but I cannot eat mac and cheese. Don't know why.

[cat lover]

I cannot eat beets, liver and, believe it or not, mac and cheese. I like other pasta and I eat cheese, but I cannot eat mac and cheese. Don't know why.


Oh wow! :eek: Mac and cheese huh! I wonder if you had one sometime that just tasted horrible and that turned you off to all? LOL There are so many different ways to cook it and soooo many different recipes for it. I know some people bake it, some people prepare it stovetop. I love it so much I can't believe there is someone that doesn't like it! LOL But then again I'm sure somebody thinks that way about lots of things others won't eat.LOL

[Rbeccers]

Oh, eeww, I can't stand liver either. My father loves the stuff and if a restaurant has it on their menu he won't pass it up.

Also don't like oysters, clams or mussels, not sure why just never aqquired the taste for them. DH loves all three and tries to get me to eat them with him, I'll ususally try one and then pass on the rest (figure maybe someday I'll learn to like them, but not anytime soon).

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I have found that any seafood isn't fresh will taste fishy. I think that is why my DH doesn't care for many of things such as oysters, shrimp, and so forth. The people that aren't fish savy think I am really weird when I ask to see the eyes of the fish before I buy them. I think they think I am wanting to see the poor things in the face. I am actually looking to see if they are cloudy. Cloudy eyes mean they aren't fresh. Therefore, they will be fishy and nasty tasting.

[cat lover]

:eek: Chicken livers , and turkey necks:eek: I used to have to leave the kitchen when my grandmother would pick the neck out of that pan of roasted turkey! She couldn't wait to pull it apart and eat it; I know it is just the meat like the rest, but something about it bing the neck! I just can't get over that! LOL

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I make giblet gravy with the innards and the neck of the turkey at Thanksgiving. My DD hates it because it has boiled egg in it, but I LOVE it.

[cat lover]

I have to ask! What does the boiled egg do? I've never heard that before!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I think it is a Southern gravy. After you make a gravy with the giblets and neck (throwing out the neck and slicing the giblets) you add a couple of sliced boiled eggs. Pour over the turkey and mashed potatoes. In other words, the gravy has sliced boiled eggs it in. Type in any "giblet gravy" in any search engine and you will see all the recipes for it. I have never measured the ingredients. I hope I made sense.

[cat lover]

It made sense; it was just the egg part though that I had never heard of.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Wow. That's the only gravy we have during Thanksgiving or anytime we have turkey.

[sweetnell3]

My grandmother always made giblet gravy every Thanksgiving and Christmas ,she always put boiled eggs in it. Thats the only way I've every ate it.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

We both are from TX too. I've seen it in Southern Living magazine, so I am guessing it may not be made outside the original 13 Southern states. But, that is totally a guess.

[sweetnell3]

Maybe so, I know my mom also made for awhile ,also my mawmaw dads mother also made it that way.

[cat lover]

Crayfish! I see them all the time crawling around the creek bed that suround our property; they give me goose bumps!

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I don't think I have ever had them (I call them something different though). I wish I lived close to the ocean as I like seafood.

[sweetnell3]

I've never eaten crawfish ,but when I was a kid I would catch them, then let them go.

[cat lover]

Turnips! I must have had them fixed really weird as a kid because I have tried,but just can't get them down. DH loves them boiled with some margarine on them.. I can eat them in vegetable soup as long as I cut them up like the potatoes; that way I can't look and see which they are! So it must not really be the taste, but don't give me a plate of turnips! LOL

[Rbeccers]

I don't like coffee (get my caffine from a can) which is really wierd bacause I like jamocha ice cream (must be because it is a lighter coffee taste).

[cat lover]

Headcheese; don't know why they call it that, but because I know what it is made of there is no way I will put it near my mouth! LOL

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I don't think I have ever had head cheese, but I'll take the turnips.I can totally understand being picky about coffee though.

[cat lover]

Here is a description of it UGH!!!
Headcheese-the meaty chunks of a cow's, sheep's, or pig's head,
chopped and combined with a savory gelatinous broth
and allowed to cool in a mold

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I have to admit, it does not sound appetizing!

[oochiegoo]

Yuk!! Doesn't sound yummy to me...

[jjoj]

I don't like any type of wierd meat. lol The one thing I truly, absolutely hate with a passion, would be coconut (shudder). I can smell it about a mile away, too!

[cat lover]

OMG! LOL My Dh is the same way; I always have to leave the coconut out of things for him, but he can't describe to me what it is he doesn't like about it. Can you explain the dislike? Let's see it is sweet... ummm... I just can't figure that one! LOL

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I have noticed that many people have a dislike for coconut. I cannot for the life of my understand it. LOL I tried to give my DGD some when she visited last, but she found it "yucky."

[oochiegoo]

Wow, that's weird. I guess not too weird though, my husband doesn't like it. Darn it...ladies...what about pina calada, or parot pay tangerineies????? Oh, no.....

[cat lover]

Wow, that's weird. I guess not too weird though, my husband doesn't like it. Darn it...ladies...what about pina calada, or parot pay tangerineies????? Oh, no.....


My DH won't eat OR drink anything with the taste of coconut, not even a pina colada!

[critters]

One word... Rhubarb and Swisschard... well, I guess that's two..!
I love most veggies and for the most part am vegetarian.
I never fed my kids meat until the were over a year old. They will eat almost any veggies also. They don't like canned Spinach... they say it's slimy. And mushrooms are iffy.... Oh, and I can add Anchovies to that list of oh no I ain't going to eat that..LOL

Robin

[dallasalice1]

Boiled peanuts! Yuck.........sorry southerners. Tried them when I was in S.Carolina & I had to spit them out! Gross.....I know but its the truth.! lol

Alice

[dval]

I can't stand PEAS! YUCK!
Or lima beans...ewww!

I don't like liver either but I love the smell of liver & onions cooking.

[oochiegoo]

critters - good one! Yuk!

dallasalice1 - can't say I ever tried that...doesn't sound very good..

cat lover - there's always strawberry daiquiris!!

[redcardinalbird]

I won't eat liver, headcheese, cow tongue, lima beans, brussel sprouts, gizzards, bologna, turnips, beets, greens and maybe a few more things. I don't drink coffee or whole milk either. Some are carryovers from when I was little. Mom hid turnips in mashed potatoes, yuk. I do try foods cooked different ways as some I really end up liking even though I don't like them cooked a different way.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I find can peas GROSS! I like them raw or frozen. But, I will not eat them when they are mushy! Ewww!

[cat lover]

DeBora, have you tried steaming them?

Brains, can't even try them; just the thought stops me! LOL

[DeBora4BobbyL]

No steaming peas here. If they are even slightly mushy, I will NOT eat them. However, I like them fresh, raw, or baked into a casserole. But, I never like them from a can.

[melstar]

Any intestinal meat I'm not to fond of, unless it's the casing around a good sausage. I'm also not a fan of Uni Sushi. Yucko. I think it was a textural thing. Oh it's sea urchin for you non-sushi eating types. LOL

[dval]

I definately won't eat any of those pickled animal parts!

[mouse]

I'm with you dallasalice, boiled peanuts are terrible. We are from Texas and never even heard of them until we moved to Georgia. My daughter was born in Georgia and she loves them but I make her eat them outside. Can't even stand the smell of them. Give me my peanuts roasted.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I've never tried boiled peanuts. But the thought has piqued my interest. I've heard Paula Deen talk about them, but we can't get them here.

[mouse]

Your not missing anything DeBora, honest. It is like eating wet peanuts soaked in salt. I put salt on nearly everything but even being salty doesn't help those wet peanuts.
mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

WOW! Paula Deen made them sound so delicious! LOL

[Janet]

Fish Head Stew!

Yuck, a pot of stew with bulging eyes looking at you!

YIKES!! Janet

[cat lover]

Fish Head Stew!

Yuck, a pot of stew with bulging eyes looking at you!

YIKES!! Janet


I agree, but it is still funny! Sounds like a good Halloween pot of soup! LOL

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Sounds like a good Halloween pot of soup! LOL

Too funny!!!

[oochiegoo]

One word for you ladies.....YUK!

[sweetnell3]

I agree yuk! Iwill not eat frog legs or squirrel.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I'm with ya on the frog legs! I've seen them on the menu at several places. I just will NOT even try them.

[sweetnell3]

How about squid my ds likes to eat them ,he didn't get that from me lol.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I LOVE squid when it is called Calamari! :D

[cat lover]

Isn't calamari just squid but not cooked or do I have it backwards?

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I think they are both the exact same thing, no matter how you cook it. However, when you say calamari most people think of the fried stuff you get at Red Lobster. LOL Plus, it sounds better kind of like the difference between pig and pork. You'd rather eat pork. However, I am no expert so feel free show me wrong.

[sweetnell3]

Ds likes it fried. I will eat fried oysters.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I do too! I like oysters fired, grilled, raw, or anyway!

[oochiegoo]

I love Calamari (fried). Mussels (spelling ?) are good too, only once in a while.

[cat lover]

I've never ate it, but wonder if you can describe at all what it taste like?

[ajrsmom]

If you eat deep fried calamari, it tastes like other seafood that has been deep fried--like shrimp. ( At least to me ;))

I love oyster stew but I dont bother making it for only me here at home. My Mom used to make it once it a while when I lived at home.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Tami, you are fortunate to get freah seafood. All the seafood here is either frozen or old and bad. So, when I go anywhere near the coast, I get as much seafood as possible!

Now, don't think I am weird, but in 2003, my friend and I drove around after qualifying until we found a restaurant that was open. (It's after midnight when we get out the the parking lot of the track.) We found a Hooters open. They had the BEST Oysters Rockerfeller there. I keep telling my DH that I am going to a Hooters again just for those. He says people will thing I am strange. I told him they think I am strange anyway! LOL

[sweetnell3]

I wouldn't know how to act if I got fresh seafool lol.Both of my parents were raise on Red River ,my grandparents [dads parents] had land that went to the banks of the river so when I was little we would have fish frys on the banks of the river .They would cook catfish in in big old wash pots, what fun we had.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Is everyone is Texas raised on catfish? LOL We have a few rivers and lakes so there is plenty of catfish. It seems that unless you live near the Gulf of Mexico, so salt water fish. I LOVE them all!

[sweetnell3]

I also like flounder,salmon. Would like to try shark meat.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I tried shark a million years ago when I was on the Mississippi River with some friends in St. Louis. We tried a lot of good food. I don't remember much about it though.

[sweetnell3]

What seafood I ate I like so far. I wouldn't touch liverworth luncheon meat though.

[cat lover]

My DH won't touch canned spinach; it eats it fresh, but won't get near the canned stuff! LOL

[mouse]

DeBora everyone in Texas may be raised on Catfish, I love it. When we lived there we use to have fish fries with catfish on hubby's side of the family and on my side of the family all the time. Plus there are a bunch of restaurants in Texas that serve all you can eat catfish, whole or fillet (I perfer fillet most of the time). Up here in GA there are very few restaurants that have all you can eat catfish or very few that we have ever found and they fix their fish a little blander than TX folks do. My dad use to put his in milk in the fridge for about 8 or so hours then pour the milk out and cover the fish fillets in a mixture of mustard, ketchup and hot sauce for several hours before he breaded it and fried it. Gives it a really good twang.

I've never had shark but have eaten allagator several times and never been impressed with it, it taste muddy to me. Have had frog legs a few times and it taste sorta like chicken but I don't really eat them cause they are two much work for the little bit of meat you get, I just as soon have chicken. I do love lobster, snow crabs, scallops, oysters, shrimp, clams, most seafood. I would love to try some rabbit meat, I've never had that. Oh and buffalo meat, I want to try that. Our Kroger just started selling buffalo meat but it is pretty high but one of these days I am going to buy some and make burgers or something with it and see what it taste like.

mouse

[DeBora4BobbyL]

You sure brought back memories. I remember the milk and the all-you-can-eat catfish places. I also like the many BQ places too.

I've never had buffalo, but DS has and he likes it. I was raised eating goat at church camp because several ranch owners donated it. It wasn't the best meat I've ever had, but it got is through the week. LOL

[sweetnell3]

Rabbit meat is okay but I'm not good at cooking it so it is always tough. We like deer meat I fix it like stew meat or ground up like hambuger meat.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

I have a Bambi complex, so I won't eat venison! LOL I was a child when I had rabbie last and after getting know that rabbit, it was sad eating it. So, I don't think I'd eat that either. It's fuuny, but I won't eat store-bought fish unless I see its eyes first (for freshness).

[mammajigglypuff]

:p
Liver, cooked spinach,any thing real spicy

[cat lover]

I've never had buffalo, but DS has and he likes it. I was raised eating goat at church camp because several ranch owners donated it. It wasn't the best meat I've ever had, but it got is through the week. LOL


I've been looking into trying goat meat because it is so low in fat. Stll trying to convince DH. I thought if we like it and it is so low fat we cold raise out own goats. We have several meat processing plants near by that we could take it to.

[DeBora4BobbyL]

THe goat meat we had was very, very dry. But, it was cooked at church camp under "roughing it" conditions.

[mouse]

My sister raises goats and sells them. They don't eat them but most of the people that buy them it is to put on a spittle and cook them outside. I've never eaten goat either. I love deer but hubby doesn't hunt so on the rare occasions my b-i-l gets a deer and shares some with us we don't hardly ever get deer. But he cooks deer steaks which are really good and made deer jerky once and it was just totally delicious.

Cat lover just fix it and don't tell hubby what it is until you find out if he likes it or not, then you can tell him. I do that with hubby and the kids sometimes if I think it is something they may not like cause of the sound of it. A lot of times they like it and get over the name of it.

mouse

[cat lover]

I imagine how it turns out would depend on how its cooked like most meats, you think?

I think DH's problem with the goat meat is if he says he likes it he knows I'll be bringing in more animals! LOL

[DeBora4BobbyL]

Like I said, it was cooked under "roughing it" conditions. We had to eat it almost every day because the local ranchers donated it. Of course, church camp wouldn't be camp without something to complain about. However, I personally think the goat meat was similar to beef and lamb in flavor. Maybe if you cooked it right, whatever that is, your DH would never know. LOL

[cat lover]

That is what I'm hoping for....that it will taste similiair to beef or something! LOL

[DeBora4BobbyL]

If you do have your DH try it, let us know what he thinks.

[cat lover]

Sure will!