Food Aversions

I can't eat fish at all, due to horror stories from childhood.

I have texture issues due to autism. Can't eat mushrooms. Also can't eat ham salad or egg salad.

I grew up on canned fruit and veg on the rare occasions when I was able to eat them at all. So real, fresh fruit, and properly cooked veggies, they taste *wrong* to me, and make me gag.

I love nuts... mostly... but certain types of them taste like chalk... just dry, weird texture... gross.

I can't eat onions if I can feel them in my mouth at all.

I can't eat the whole piece of chicken... and I can only eat white meat chicken. There's discolored parts near the bones. If theres any purpleishness, or ... anything really.
With *any* meat, the tiniest bit of pink gives me so much anxiety, I can't even eat around it.

Salt and vinegar chips are gross.

Oil and vinegar as a salad dressing is gross.

I can't handle anything even remotely sour. Or tart. It feels like it's gone bad.

I genuinely cannot eat unsweetened cereal... hot or cold... without drowning it in sugar.

Bread or burger buns with seeds on it makes me gag.

I used to hate caramel.

I can't eat beans at all, they taste like paste.

I can't eat hot dogs or drink premade chocolate milk, because when I was 3, my mother explained to me in excruciating detail (with sound effects) how they were made.

There's a lot more, but those are my big ones.

... I am working on the fruit/veg thing, because I know they're important. I now enjoy certain types of apples, mandarine oranges, and I loooove bananas.. but only frozen. I can tolerate strawberries, broccoli, and spinach if I hide it really well. And some peppers, in small doses. I like tomatoes, cucumbers, and carrots.

The rest of my food hangups bother me... but not enough to work on them.

It's hard finding low-cal recipes I can eat. Everything has fish or mushrooms. But I usually manage.

I wouldn't say it's normal... but it's common. More so as you get older. Human beings ... our tastes change over time, and negative experiences around food can have a dramatic effect.

LazyBlondeChef wrote: »

Liver. It literally makes me 🤮

It’s partly the texture and partly the flavor. I was forced to eat it growing up which probably didn’t help since I dreaded it so much I let it get cold which only made it worse.

Okra is another thing I dislike. Seems slimy.

Liver is definitely on my list. And my list is short. I have tried it several times to give it a chance and finally gave up. Can't eat raw seafood or meat as I know too much about the stuff that can grow in it.

Toast and runny egg yolks: Yum! Bread and runny egg yolks: Disgusting! I also get creeped out watching people dip pancakes in egg yolks. Eeeew!

I don't have any current aversions/dislikes that are linked to childhood experiences, but my husband has a weird one.

He can't handle even the suggestion of peanut butter and chocolate together.

He likes peanut butter, and he likes chocolate, but not combined.

When he was a kid, he and a friend ate an entire case of Reese's peanut butter cups, and they spent a whole day vomiting peanut butter and chocolate.

I think that's definitely a trigger for a lot of people...something that made you very sick. I couldn't eat red licorice for a LONG time after I ate some as a kid, and then got car-sick. It was very colorful vomit, but put me off from the Twizzlers for a while. I'm okay with it now.

Organ meat...that's about it.

@SuzySunshine99 Quote: the look of Cadbury creme eggs completely grosses me out. Maybe it's the suggestion of egg and chocolate together? (I know it's not real egg, but looks too realistic).
Every time I see that commercial around Easter with the close-up of breaking open the Cadbury egg....
gag-inducing.

I 100% agree on Cadbury eggs. I have never had one, but my husband loves them and I can not be around when he is indulging. Gag reflex...

Under cooked scrambled eggs (Mom-Inlaw cooked) makes my skin crawl and stomach turn. Over hard and boiled eggs are the best.

Ewww liver. Never tasted but the smell is what I can only imagine the taste to be.

Raw fish sushi ... not ever ever gonna happen.

Hot dogs just plain gross. I don't want to know how they are made.

Any pasta thing from a can.. The texture and smell induces vomit.

Never going to try escargot, caviar, raw oysters, or anything insect like.

Jello.. After I read what is actually the jell part. Never ever again.

Peanut butter, the smell makes me feel green
Mushrooms. Mushroom phobia, and taste and texture. Nuff said
Chocolate bars like Mars, etc. Just sugar and fat, and no taste. Same for Oreos and the likes.

Organs of anything, gross. Cucumbers are gross too. Hated them since childhood.

Ok. Most people may think this is unusual but, I don’t like the smell of coffee or beer. I’ve never had a coffee, and probably never will. Only ever had one beer and had to hold my nose to drink it. Never again! When I was very young, and pregnant, I lived beside a brewery and could smell the hops wafting from the factory. I vomited a lot. Couldn’t stand coffee smells either. Still can’t and I’m old now.

Melwillbehealthy wrote: »

Ok. Most people may think this is unusual but, I don’t like the smell of coffee or beer. I’ve never had a coffee, and probably never will. Only ever had one beer and had to hold my nose to drink it. Never again! When I was very young, and pregnant, I lived beside a brewery and could smell the hops wafting from the factory. I vomited a lot. Couldn’t stand coffee smells either. Still can’t and I’m old now.

I love coffee smells, but I have an aversion to both the smell and the taste of alcohol in ... anything. I can even tell if something has been "beer-battered" or cooked in any kind of alcohol, really, bythe smell alone, and at that point I absolutely cannot eat it.

Cluelessmama1979 wrote: »

Melwillbehealthy wrote: »

Ok. Most people may think this is unusual but, I don’t like the smell of coffee or beer. I’ve never had a coffee, and probably never will. Only ever had one beer and had to hold my nose to drink it. Never again! When I was very young, and pregnant, I lived beside a brewery and could smell the hops wafting from the factory. I vomited a lot. Couldn’t stand coffee smells either. Still can’t and I’m old now.

I love coffee smells, but I have an aversion to both the smell and the taste of alcohol in ... anything. I can even tell if something has been "beer-battered" or cooked in any kind of alcohol, really, bythe smell alone, and at that point I absolutely cannot eat it.

I love the smell of coffee, and if I had the space I would have an old-fashioned coffee machine running in the background all the time just for the smell. But I can't stand the taste. With one exception. My last summer vacation was in northern Greece. I spent days trying to organize a day-trip to some Roman archaeology in Albania as no tours were going due to Covid. My guide who picked me up at the border greeted me with a cup of coffee from a roadside stall, totally strong, no idea where the water came from, and at that moment it was quite delicious!

SuzanneC1l9zz wrote: »

How is it that people have listed many things I love, but nobody has mentioned bananas? Both the taste and the texture are disgusting!

Bananas are gross 🤢
I have a slight allergy to them too - it feels like the roof of my mouth has been cut
They're evil!

I have an aversion to mayonnaise. In general though I have been working on learning to like some foods I previously didn’t like. Often successfully! For instance it turns out that I thought I didn’t like all olives. But now I know there are many different types and some of them I really like.