What looked so good, but turned out to taste horrible

Campbells Kettle Cooked Broccoli Cheese Bisque...tastes like I was eating garlic soup with strings of broccoli. GROSS!! Don't bother buying any :)
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  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    Shhhhh my dad's homemade granola :(
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Carrot cake with hidden raisins.
  • Wookinpanub
    Wookinpanub Posts: 635 Member
    My last diet I snacked on wusabi edamame at work. I liked the spicy aspect at first but after a week or so, I despised the taste. Just nasty
  • prettychelly
    prettychelly Posts: 112 Member
    Carrot cake with hidden raisins.

    Anything with hidden raisins.
  • michikade
    michikade Posts: 313 Member
    My mother and I to make some homemade energy / protein bars. She thought they were good, but we used some soy based protein in them and apparently I can't stand the taste of that stuff. Next time we'll use whey.
  • SpecialKitty7
    SpecialKitty7 Posts: 678 Member
    Carrot cake with hidden raisins.

    anything with hidden raisins. they gotta be upfront about that!

    any quiche. just can't get used to it.
  • Manarelle
    Manarelle Posts: 33 Member
    Tofu 'cheese' and coconut 'milk.' Horrible. It's like drinking water when you expect milk.
  • nykismile
    nykismile Posts: 198
    Sunflower seed butter :(
  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    One that whole raisin thing I’d have to agree and I love raisins. You know like raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies; that’s why I have trust issues.
    But I do love me some carrot cake, raisins or not!
  • hyg99
    hyg99 Posts: 354 Member
    Love spag bog, hate my husband's spag bog. It's nasty.

    Cous cous, broccoli, cold beans, tomato ketchup, salad cream, peanut butter, fish unless battered.
  • SteampunkSongbird
    SteampunkSongbird Posts: 826 Member
    Polenta. With it's rich golden colour, it looked so nice; tasted crap. Or rather, it didn't really taste of anything. I didn't like the texture either. That was a big disappointment!
  • reachingforarainbow
    reachingforarainbow Posts: 224 Member
    Daiya provolone cheese (just looked good on the packaging) melted it was tolerable but still kind of funky... and it had only 1 g of protein per slice....
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    cottage cheese
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    A salad I'd made before when I didn't have caraway seeds...and it's DELICIOUS...

    http://www.spabettie.com/2013/03/18/cashew-cabbage-crunch-salad/

    I added like 1/2 of what they suggest for caraway seeds and apparently I don't like those...it was terrible. It was beautiful and the perfect crunchy texture...but every bite of it just tasted like mustard to me. I tried it again the next day hoping it had "mellowed" but it was even worse :-(
  • Anything from Arby's. They're aren't many Arby's around so when I see one, I want to go. Everytime though, it's a disappointment. Maybe I won't get fooled next time.
  • Elsie_Brownraisin
    Elsie_Brownraisin Posts: 786 Member
    Polenta. With it's rich golden colour, it looked so nice; tasted crap. Or rather, it didn't really taste of anything. I didn't like the texture either. That was a big disappointment!

    I have a coeliac friend who takes issue with polenta too. The stuff that is fashioned into supposed 'chips' aggrieve her the most. I don't mind it when it's the mush at the side of the plate with a knob of butter and some parmesan. The stuff you buy all stuck together and then fry/roast, not so much.

    For me, it's scallops. I reasoned that I should like them because I generally love seafood, but the texture :sick: I felt so guilty about ordering them at such a price and then finding out they were in the top 3 worst things I have ever put in my mouth.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member

    For me, it's scallops. I reasoned that I should like them because I generally love seafood, but the texture :sick: I felt so guilty about ordering them at such a price and then finding out they were in the top 3 worst things I have ever put in my mouth.

    I felt that way about brie. I am a cheese lover but somehow had never tried it until my late 20's when I was at a nice restaurant with girlfriends...ordered an appetizer with brie as its focus and nearly choked. Everyone else loved it. eww ewwwww no.

    Of course I have had 2-3 other occasions now when people insist that their specific way of serving brie or a special type/brand is so much better...I've played along but hated it all.
  • SteampunkSongbird
    SteampunkSongbird Posts: 826 Member
    Polenta. With it's rich golden colour, it looked so nice; tasted crap. Or rather, it didn't really taste of anything. I didn't like the texture either. That was a big disappointment!

    I have a coeliac friend who takes issue with polenta too. The stuff that is fashioned into supposed 'chips' aggrieve her the most. I don't mind it when it's the mush at the side of the plate with a knob of butter and some parmesan. The stuff you buy all stuck together and then fry/roast, not so much.

    A coeliac shouldn't have any problem with polenta, it's usually just corn and water. If she bought pre-packaged polenta chips, maybe they contained gluten for some reason, or there is a contamination risk where they were made. To be fair, I really should've expected not to like polenta since I don't like corn, lol. XD
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    Somewhere in Germany I saw a marzipan croissant. Sounds delicious, right? It was absolutely inedible.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,855 Member
    For me, it's scallops. I reasoned that I should like them because I generally love seafood, but the texture :sick: I felt so guilty about ordering them at such a price and then finding out they were in the top 3 worst things I have ever put in my mouth.

    This. I always thought I'd love scallops. Finally sprung for fresh seared ones at a beachside place whose other seafood was awesome. Yeah... NO! The tecyure was gross and I found the meat itself oddly sweet.
  • littlelaura
    littlelaura Posts: 1,028 Member
    sushi... I think it looks so pretty and like it should taste amazing and yet just cant get myself to eat it, its cold raw fish...ew.
  • Hachiko89
    Hachiko89 Posts: 43 Member
    Sushi. Looks sooo good, tastes soooo bad. And I really wanted to like it!
  • Hachiko89
    Hachiko89 Posts: 43 Member
    sushi... I think it looks so pretty and like it should taste amazing and yet just cant get myself to eat it, its cold raw fish...ew.

    Haha great minds think alike!
  • JenniDaisy
    JenniDaisy Posts: 526 Member
    I don't think I've ever eaten anything I didn't like, I wonder how I got fat...

    I really want to eat Pistachios, they look so fun and pretty but I found out I'm allergic AFTER I ate them for the first time.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Speaking of Japanese food...I despise miso soup. It looks good and smells decent but the taste is vile.

    Chocolate peanut butter frozen yogurt. Sounds good, right? Well the "peanut butter" was some sort of bizarre rubbery concoction that was supposed to taste like PB but didn't quite get there. I ate around it as well as I could at first but ended up tossing it in the trash.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    Polenta. With it's rich golden colour, it looked so nice; tasted crap. Or rather, it didn't really taste of anything. I didn't like the texture either. That was a big disappointment!

    I love polenta! But, of course, I make it creamy by cooking it in milk and adding marscopone cheese at the end. :laugh:
  • DBubbs
    DBubbs Posts: 38 Member
    Pizza made with portobello mushrooms. :noway:
  • Songbirdcw
    Songbirdcw Posts: 320 Member
    For me, it's scallops. I reasoned that I should like them because I generally love seafood, but the texture :sick: I felt so guilty about ordering them at such a price and then finding out they were in the top 3 worst things I have ever put in my mouth.

    I love seafood too, but I cannot get with scallops. I don't understand the texture/taste. I do not like them AT ALL, although they look so good at time. I refuse to be fooled. :sick:
  • Geekyfatgirl
    Geekyfatgirl Posts: 164 Member
    jicama fries...saw it in a paleo book, they look like actual French fries, nice and crispy and yum...when you bite into it...it's like...ehh..heh...ok...not what I was expecting...it's like a French fry covered in syrup....bleh.
  • Amitysk
    Amitysk Posts: 705 Member
    Polenta. With it's rich golden colour, it looked so nice; tasted crap. Or rather, it didn't really taste of anything. I didn't like the texture either. That was a big disappointment!

    QFT. And grits! I keep trying to like them because they look so good, but they remind me too much of cream of wheat which my mother tortured me with as a child. Trauma... Lol