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Foods you can't stand

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Sep 7, 2008
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More specifically, flavors you can't stand. For example, I just had a bahn mi (Vietnamese sandwich) and I forgot to ask them to hold the cilantro. I took a big fat bite and BLECH!

For me, its really only liver and cilantro. Everything else, I'm game. I have a friend who hates (with a passion) garlic. I always tell her that she must live a bland life. LOL.

What are your no-no foods?
 
I love all food.
I will try any food at least once that will not kill me.
I guess if I had to say something I'm not too fond of: Capers. They are not a good way to garnish a meal. That, and they look like rolly-pollies.

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Chives, parsley, leek, and scallion. And all related family members.

I was forced to eat that stuff when I was little because "it's good for you and it's on your plate."

Now, the moment any of the mentioned even so much as touches my tongue, I immediately have a really bad gag reflex and want to puke horribly. Sometimes I actually need to, other times I can barely stomach it. :(

Althought it's not food, I also really can't stand Big Red gum, but that's my own fault for chewing a six pack of it in an hour when I was little :eek:
 
Unspoken Demise said:
I love all food.
I will try any food at least once that will not kill me.
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Same here.

I'll often have food I didn't enjoy when I was younger because I know my tastes have changed.

I'm not too keen on aniseed flavours, but it doesn't stop me having Arak and Absinthe now and again...
 
I like almost anything and will not turn away any food, however I have never really liked liver. I've tried many kinds of liver from grocery store chicken livers to extremely expensive, fine foie gras in France and just couldn't get a taste for it. I'll eat it, I just have to make myself. :p
 
bartelby said:
Same here.

I'll often have food I didn't enjoy when I was younger because I know my tastes have changed.

I'm not too keen on aniseed flavours, but it doesn't stop me having Arak and Absinthe now and again...
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I want to try blowfish at a very upscale japanese restaurant, since it has to be cut perfectly or it will kill you. I think that will be last on my listof things to eat, butits on there. :D
 
Unspoken Demise said:
I want to try blowfish at a very upscale japanese restaurant, since it has to be cut perfectly or it will kill you. I think that will be last on my listof things to eat, butits on there. :D
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butits. that made me laugh just a little. :eek:


Blowfish is delicious btw, nom nom nom. I definitely would recommend it. Although fried > not fried, and you need the right sauce. Otherwise, it becomes a bit bland/tasteless.
 
Unspoken Demise said:
I want to try blowfish at a very upscale japanese restaurant, since it has to be cut perfectly or it will kill you. I think that will be last on my list of things to eat, but its on there. :D
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If it goes wrong it will be last.

I'd love to try it too.
 
Unspoken Demise said:
I want to try blowfish at a very upscale japanese restaurant, since it has to be cut perfectly or it will kill you. I think that will be last on my listof things to eat, butits on there. :D
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I tried it once at Masa in Manhattan while I was living in NY. I haven't been able to find it in the Bay Area although I haven't put much effort into looking.

I was rather sake'd up and was more into the experience of trying fugu than the taste although I know it wasn't unpleasant.
 
pelicanflip said:
butits. that made me laugh just a little. :eek:


Blowfish is delicious btw, nom nom nom. I definitely would recommend it. Although fried > not fried, and you need the right sauce. Otherwise, it becomes a bit bland/tasteless.
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So really it's the fried bit and the sauce that tastes good, not the fish itself.:p
 
Unspoken Demise said:
Lol, that was a pretty funny typo. Ill leave it cause I like it. :D
You've tried it? Were you nervous?
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Yeah, I've tried it before. I figured, you'll only live once. It was an interesting experience, although I don't think I'll tempt my fate more than once...or twice.

Not to mention, death by blowfish poison is very rare. In addition, not all blowfish poison have the same toxin levels, so some might give u a tingly feeling, others will just...paralyze and leave you to die of asphyxiation...

There is no antidote, but if you can survive the first 24 hours, you'll be fine. :p
 
I'll eat anything twice (you've got to be sure of these things!) but I cannot stand pork or pork sausages or ham. Loves me some bacon though!

As for flavours? I can't think of anything I really dislike.
 
I can't eat seafood. I got food poisoning twice from shrimp and now, just the smell of seafood makes me nauseous.

Whole tomatoes are nasty too. Tomato sauce is good. :)
 
Olives - cannot stand olives and I can usually tell when it's been used in foods that I am eating.

Ditto that for Raisins as well. love grapes, but whatever reason cannot stand raisins - I think it's a texture thing :eek:
 
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