Foods you refuse to try

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    pancakerunner wrote: »
    HEAD CHEESE. Gag!

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    Wait?!? Head "cheese" isn't cheese??? :laugh:

    I'd try it.
  • ReenieHJ
    ReenieHJ Posts: 9,724 Member
    I'm going to need google for some of the foods mentioned. Lol I guess there are a whole bunch more I neglected to include that I'd've never thought of.
  • dbanks80
    dbanks80 Posts: 3,685 Member
    acpgee wrote: »
    I've tried a lot of the stuff people refused to eat here. Grasshoppers, lambs brain, calves testicals, kidney, chicken feet, beef tongue, spleen, blood sausage, cubes of congealed pigs blood in SE asian soups, tripe, durian, pigs ear, shark fin, never mind sushi, squid and octopus. Feel free to ask what any of these things were like.

    :s
  • sgt1372
    sgt1372 Posts: 3,997 Member
    I'd eat or have eaten everything mentioned above except durian and balut but I'd probably try them too under the "right" circumstances.

    Only food that I hate to eat (but will eat if I hate to) is sauted unprocessed raw liver (doesn't matter what species) but will eat processed liver like pate, liverdwurst and foie gras.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    This thread is funny since I consider myself an adventurous eater (as I'd try most things if traveling or it were offered to me) but I keep alternating between posts where I think "yeah, that's one I wouldn't eat" (nothing endangered, no primates, no dogs or cats) and those where I think "but those are some of my favorite foods!" (sashimi/sushi, squid/octopus, avocados, brussels). Some others I think are just okay (sardines and similar fish, most organ meats with the exception of liver which is delicious and tongue which I don't like but wouldn't refuse to try again) but aren't especially squicky to me at all, whereas others do seem squicky (balut, durian, snake (I've enjoyed eel and don't think snake is especially weird, I just have an irrational antipathy to snakes)), but in the right situation I'd try them. I have no great desire to eat bugs but have tried some when traveling and would again.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,993 Member
    I would probably be wary of any carnivorous mammals including cats and dogs, though I have no problem with carnivorous fish such as swordfish and tuna.

    BTW, a Korean girlfriend showed me a fab way of eating sardines as a store cupboard meal when you haven't made it into the shops. Fry the sardines in the oil in the tin. Add a squeeze of lemon or a drizzle of vinegar.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,142 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    missysippy930 wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »

    Lots of people hate them for how they actually do taste, though.

    Yeah me, I hate them. To me they tasted more like cabbage.
    Maybe it’s like they say about cilantro, some say it tastes like soap. I love it , doesn’t taste like soap to me. Tastebuds?

    Yes, more like cabbage: But I figured the PP might not eat that, either, since it looks like lettuce. :lol:

    There've been genetic factors involved in how (some?) people respond to cilantro as soapy-tasting, or not. There are also people called "supertasters" who genetically experience some flavors differently than the average person. Who knows, there may be more genetic links to people's taste-preferences that are simply not known yet.

    The cilantro thing is genetic in my family, my mom, aunt, and I all taste soap. Literally it tastes like someone grated soap on my food, frustrating as I love Mexican and Vietnamese food without it! I don't know if I'm a super taster (love brussel sprouts!) but have been told I have an enhanced sense of smell.
  • arieswrite1
    arieswrite1 Posts: 16 Member
    Salmon. Whenever my parents had it when my brother and I were young, they gave us fish sticks and neither of us ever tasted salmon. The smell of it alone is enough to turn me away from it.
  • Kiyomoo
    Kiyomoo Posts: 354 Member
    I'd try pretty much anything at least once, so long as it's legit, edible food.

    There's been discussion of cilantro in this thread. I only recently discovered I have that weird gene for it a few weeks ago. But it does not taste like soap to me. It tastes rotten/spoiled. I had it on a salad and I kept looking for bits that were pure brown, it tasted so bad. Then I Googled a lot and discovered cilantro is sometimes on tacos. I then realized that, a few years ago, I definitely had cilantro on a taco. Because at the time, I was completely convinced the meat had been spoiled. But it was the cilantro after all...lol

    But like, I'd still eat it if someone gave me $5. Especially since I know now that it isn't actually spoiled food that can make me sick.
  • vaman
    vaman Posts: 253 Member
    Katmary71 wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    missysippy930 wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »

    Lots of people hate them for how they actually do taste, though.

    Yeah me, I hate them. To me they tasted more like cabbage.
    Maybe it’s like they say about cilantro, some say it tastes like soap. I love it , doesn’t taste like soap to me. Tastebuds?

    Yes, more like cabbage: But I figured the PP might not eat that, either, since it looks like lettuce. :lol:

    There've been genetic factors involved in how (some?) people respond to cilantro as soapy-tasting, or not. There are also people called "supertasters" who genetically experience some flavors differently than the average person. Who knows, there may be more genetic links to people's taste-preferences that are simply not known yet.

    The cilantro thing is genetic in my family, my mom, aunt, and I all taste soap. Literally it tastes like someone grated soap on my food, frustrating as I love Mexican and Vietnamese food without it! I don't know if I'm a super taster (love brussel sprouts!) but have been told I have an enhanced sense of smell.



    "Of course some of this dislike may come down to simple preference, but for those cilantro-haters for whom the plant tastes like soap, the issue is genetic. These people have a variation in a group of olfactory-receptor genes that allows them to strongly perceive the soapy-flavored aldehydes in cilantro leaves." Britannica
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    Not something that I "refuse to try" but something I "refuse to eat" rather...

    Bottle salad dressing and condiments! So easy to make yourself, and there is just no comparison - both flavor, nutrition and ingredient wise.
  • swirlybee
    swirlybee Posts: 497 Member
    I've tried and enjoy most of the things posted here. I've tried durian chips but haven't tried real durian yet. I don't think I've had head cheese yet.

    I'm pretty adventurous so I'd try anything (except of course, endangered species or cats and dogs).
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    A few things I wouldn’t try, but so many things mentioned above I sure don’t love. Add to it fried catfish, almost a staple in the south. I eat one piece about every 10 years just to be sure I still don’t like it. I love most baked or grilled fish.
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    Anything having to do with organs.
  • vaman
    vaman Posts: 253 Member
    midlomel1971 wrote: »
    Anything having to do with organs.

    I agree, too many other great foods to try😎
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,773 Member
    ANYTHING with pork/ pig, organs, bugs, wierd fish or any animal I havent tried.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    I would try anything really unless it was a food that I knew would cause me health issues (I have a medical condition that is food sensitive as well as a soy allergy). Otherwise everything is fair game!
  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,024 Member
    foods that still move
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    nighthawk584 wrote: »
    foods that still move

    This is definitely my biggest *kitten* NO!!!! Never ever will that happen.

    Right?! I can do organs... but anything that moves. nope! Crazy how in some cultures they eat live maggots. Gag!
  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
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    jellied moose nose.

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    spoon worms

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    palolo...

    really, worms of any kind for that matter.
  • swirlybee
    swirlybee Posts: 497 Member
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    nighthawk584 wrote: »
    foods that still move

    This is definitely my biggest *kitten* NO!!!! Never ever will that happen.

    This was going to be my response too, but, you know what, I'm willing to give it a try. I mean, I'm not going to actively seek it, but if someone offers it to me, I'll try it.
  • amy19355
    amy19355 Posts: 805 Member
    organ meat.
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,374 Member
    amy19355 wrote: »
    organ meat.

    I always kind of chuckle on this one because if you eat pretty much any kind of sausage (unless it's an artisinal small batch sausage), you are eating organ meat. It is not labeled as such, but you are eating it.
  • amy19355
    amy19355 Posts: 805 Member
    ccrdragon wrote: »
    amy19355 wrote: »
    organ meat.

    I always kind of chuckle on this one because if you eat pretty much any kind of sausage (unless it's an artisinal small batch sausage), you are eating organ meat. It is not labeled as such, but you are eating it.

    ewwww, i was afraid of a reply like this one.

    i'm going to work on the theory that the pieces are incorporated sufficiently to no longer resemble their origin.

    I do love me some sausage, and, pork roll is another item that probably has me eating organ bits as well.
    I figure I eat a few bugs with my fresh veggies also.

    But, absolute 100% NO to liver, kidney, sweetbreads, or any similar item on my plate.
  • amy19355
    amy19355 Posts: 805 Member
    nighthawk584 wrote: »
    foods that still move

    i admit to being curious about drunken shrimp, that stop moving just before they are eaten.
  • workinonit1956
    workinonit1956 Posts: 1,043 Member
    Corned beef
  • Unicorn_Bacon
    Unicorn_Bacon Posts: 491 Member
    edited April 2020
    Oysters

    Normally I'll give stuff a go.. I've even eaten bbq eel.. but those black things... even wrapped in bacon I wont try it

    And organs and worms as I've seen people also posting lol
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    KrissCanDoThis wrote: »
    Oysters

    Normally I'll give stuff a go.. I've even eaten bbq eel.. but those black things... even wrapped in bacon I wont try it

    And organs and worms as I've seen people also posting lol

    Same here with oysters
    Squid with the tentacles still on

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