Are there foods you wish you could eat or liked but can't/don't?

cmfruin2012
cmfruin2012 Posts: 157 Member
edited November 9 in Food and Nutrition
Two things I wish I liked but just cannot stand (because the texture is NASTY to me) -- Oatmeal and Mushrooms. How about you? Are there foods you really wished you could eat (because you like the flavor or the nutritional benefits) but you cannot eat (because of allergies or other aversions)?
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  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    I wish I could eat all types of seafood, but I am violently allergic to shrimp and shellfish. I also wish I could eat watermelon but it doesn't agree with me at all and causes hours-long tummy aches any time I eat it.
  • cmfruin2012
    cmfruin2012 Posts: 157 Member
    I hear you about watermelon. I can't eat it or cucumbers -- the acidity doesn't agree with me.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I wish I liked cilantro because people want to put it in everything these days and it just tastes super bad to me.
  • azwen
    azwen Posts: 237 Member
    Beans. I know they are a great source of protein and fiber, but I just don't like the texture. Bleh. I do make chili with beans, but I try to make each spoonful have more meat and tomatoes than beans. I'm like a five-year-old.
  • ryanhorn
    ryanhorn Posts: 355 Member
    This is going to sound weird, but I'm not really a fan of pizza (texture, etc.), and I wish I was. Why do I want to like it? Almost any time there's a free meal around here, it's pizza.
  • sweetbamaTLC
    sweetbamaTLC Posts: 170 Member
    Oatmeal!!!!!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Oatmeal for me too. Or any hot porridge type cereal. The texture weirds me out.

    I also wish I liked eggs more since we raise chickens. I do eat them, just not a lot.
  • sandrahover
    sandrahover Posts: 33 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    I wish I liked cilantro because people want to put it in everything these days and it just tastes super bad to me.

    ditto
  • April_KT
    April_KT Posts: 332 Member
    lots of foods i wish i didnt like but not many that i dont.. lol
  • yourradimradletshug
    yourradimradletshug Posts: 964 Member
    Tomatoes. I can't do it. I don't know why. Especially cooked pieces of tomato....oh no. The texture is just awful to me. I don't know why. I have to make my spagetti sauces with tomato sauce (no chunks) and tomato paste. Can't have chunks of tomato.
  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
    It would be fish for me because I'm allergic. Awesome protein source that I can't have :(
  • cmfruin2012
    cmfruin2012 Posts: 157 Member
    Glad I am not the only one who doesn't like the texture of oatmeal!
  • pittjenn
    pittjenn Posts: 247 Member
    Eggs. I think it's a texture thing for me. But I hate them hardboiled, hate them scrambled. If I add enough veggies and cheese to an omlette, I can get through it, but I will never think a plate of eggs sounds good.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    azwen wrote: »
    Beans. I know they are a great source of protein and fiber, but I just don't like the texture. Bleh. I do make chili with beans, but I try to make each spoonful have more meat and tomatoes than beans. I'm like a five-year-old.

    We'll be 5 y/o together. I don't like a lot of beans (green beans and peanuts the exceptions) and I'm not mentally ready to try cooking them for myself.

    I'd love to try poutine (fries, gravy, cheese curds), but I can't stand gravy.

  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    edited January 2015
    Quinoa.....yucky texture.Soggy cereal,shrimp,runny yolks.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    edited January 2015
    Oops, misread.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Kiwis. Hate that they make my throat itch and my stomach ache. Because they taste so damn good and look so heavenly delicious!

    Tomatoes, I don't eat. Tomato paste or ketchup, no problemo. Some things I can eat fresh, but not boiled or canned, like mushrooms, corn, peas and asparagus.

    Other than that, I'm satisfied with what I can eat, don't miss anything.
  • allanakern
    allanakern Posts: 245 Member
    ryanhorn wrote: »
    This is going to sound weird, but I'm not really a fan of pizza (texture, etc.), and I wish I was. Why do I want to like it? Almost any time there's a free meal around here, it's pizza.

    I wish I didn't like pizza so much lol
  • La5Vega5Girl
    La5Vega5Girl Posts: 709 Member
    Spinach for sure. I hate it. Will puke if I smell it. Dont even like raw. It has such great nutrition. ..Wish I could.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    I wish I liked cilantro because people want to put it in everything these days and it just tastes super bad to me.
    Oh yes. Cilantro has ruined a lot of Tex-Mex restaurants for me. The taste overpowers some really yummy dishes.

  • beachgod
    beachgod Posts: 567 Member
    I love hot sauces, spaghetti sauce etc but not tomatoes. I can't stand stevia, so I won't eat foods with that as a sweetener. I could probably break the internet by listing foods I think are gross.
  • bkerr30
    bkerr30 Posts: 131 Member
    I have so many allergies, it really sucks. I'm allergic to shellfish, squid, octopus, wheat, eggs, and grape juice (concord grapes to be exact). The terrible part is I truly like ALL foods! Except turnip. I could take or leave that one! Lol
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I am not that picky, really...I like almost everything named here. The stuff I don't like, I'm kind of glad I don't.

    Sometimes I wish I was a bigger fan of salad. I'm just not. I eat it, but I prefer other things. Actually though being on MFP and eating differently and learning more ways to prepare vegetables, I feel less "salad guilt" anyway so it's not a big deal. Also I'm cheap and can almost NEVER bring myself to order any type of salad in a restaurant...it just seems insane to me to pay several dollars for lettuce and a sprinkling of other ingredients that most places call their "side salad". No.

    Mostly I wish that I didn't have a sweet tooth. That would cut down SO much on temptations for me.
  • Roxiegirl2008
    Roxiegirl2008 Posts: 756 Member
    Bananas...I hate the way the are mushy feeling to me. Strange because I like other mushy foods but bananas are just gross to me and make me gag. Sad because they are common at every race.
  • CM9178
    CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
    Oatmeal (makes me gag), Most fish, Quinoa (weird texture), Spinach (i'll only eat it in dip), Brussels Sprouts (disugsting)
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Seafood and Melons. Of which just smelling any of either of those makes me want to hurl :(
  • samantha1242
    samantha1242 Posts: 816 Member
    Shellfish! Also, steaks!
  • Raykels
    Raykels Posts: 123 Member
    cmfruin2012 wrote: »
    Two things I wish I liked but just cannot stand (because the texture is NASTY to me) -- Oatmeal and Mushrooms. How about you? Are there foods you really wished you could eat (because you like the flavor or the nutritional benefits) but you cannot eat (because of allergies or other aversions)?

    They were the two I was going to say!

  • yourradimradletshug
    yourradimradletshug Posts: 964 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Kiwis. Hate that they make my throat itch and my stomach ache. Because they taste so damn good and look so heavenly delicious!

    Tomatoes, I don't eat. Tomato paste or ketchup, no problemo. Some things I can eat fresh, but not boiled or canned, like mushrooms, corn, peas and asparagus.

    Other than that, I'm satisfied with what I can eat, don't miss anything.

    Yay! I'm not alone on the tomato thing! Oh and I also don't like runny yolks....yuck!!
  • TheVirgoddess
    TheVirgoddess Posts: 4,535 Member
    Yogurt. Especially greek for the protein factor.
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