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Love: brussels sprouts, chicken liver, raw onion, horseradish sauce, pate

Strongly Dislike: rice, chicken, crab, pistachios, potatoes, instant oatmeal, egg white omelettes

Absolutely avoid: raw beef (tartare), raw egg, artichokes, tofu

Love: raw tofu (medium to soft). I cut it in cubes and eat it cold out of the box. mmm :)

I hate raw tomatos of any kind.
Same with Perky, I can take or leave ice cream.
Do not like rice, except rice made at Indian restaurants, sushi, and rice pudding.
Can't stand salmon (except cakes or smoked) any fish, clams, mussels, or oysters.
I love brussels sprouts.
Headcheese, blut wurst and fish balls.
Ketchup mixed into mac and cheese.
Egg salad.

I thought about 2 more things to add to "love" list - tofu and beef tongue (like my Mum used to make, served cold, sliced, with horseradish or mustard).

And one more on "no way" list - cooked fish (raw, smoked and salted is fine)

Love: Tripe, tofu, durian (yeah, I know), cold beans (I find heating them ruins their flavor - except in chilli), sauerkraut, leutefisk (absolutely love it plain, with just a little salt maybe)

Hate: Bacon, whipped cream, candy floss, cocnut (bad experience), papaya (even worse experience), most melons (my mother used to believe that the only fruits available were melons and force-fed them to my brother and I for years), peaches and apricots (these actually make me gag just smelling them - always have, no idea why), mayo (never, no way)

Take or leave: noodles and rice (I prefer bread), meat (recovering vegetarian - I love fish, but meat I don't necessarily crave too often), pork especially

I will add one more category, since there are foods here that I haven't had:

Would be interested in trying: liver, liverwurst, braunsweigger, pate'

Let's see.

Love:
- Lemon. Oh, God... I ADORE lemon. I put a whole lemon in a glass (cut into 6ths) muddle it around in the bottom and pour water on top.
- Avocado.
- Sweetened condensed milk.
- Sushi.
- Turnip Greens.
- Sausage.
- Hungarian food.
- Tostones.
- Fromage Blanc.
- DUCK.
- Mussels.
- Asparagus.

(This is just to name a few...)

Dislike:
- Red delicious apples.
- Most chocolate.
- Brussels sprouts.
- WATERMELON.
- Tomatoes unless they're cooked on in something like pico de gallo.
- Crab.
- Salmon.

Luv fried chick livers
Can't stand homney ( its a texture thing)

love: peaches,lemons,all berries,mangos, rare beef,eggs, mashed potatoes, mexican food, avocados,corn,green beans, cheese (not swiss or pepperjack) bread, cookies, and milk.

hate: bacon, seafood, bananas, raw onions, mushrooms, mustard, beets, brasil nuts, green peppers, and olives.

"I hate raw tomatoes of any kind."

Me too! Why is a tomato slice the default option on all sandwiches. I don't want that slimy crap in there ;)

I don't like raw tomato texture but love clams, oysters, mushrooms and many other things that people find texturally unappealing.

HATE: Mushroom, seafood, Beans Cilantro.

I love a ton of stuff that It's not likely to be worth my time to list. :D

I'm not a fan of popcorn but I love anchovies on toast.

Love: Innards, sweetbreads, chicken feet, liver, tripe, other nasties; turnips, parsnips, celeriac.

Eh: Mashed Potatoes.

Hate: Mint, peas.

Woo hoo Italiancupcake! Sounds like we might be related.

:D Love St. Joe's sauce! I only had the pig's blood chocolate pudding once but remember liking it.

hate: lamb, yeast donuts, cinnamon rolls, french toast
love: lots of things but the weird one in this case is pancakes

Love: potato sausage, rare steak, fois gras, octopus, sauerkraut & mushroom soup, asparagus, brussels sprouts

Hate: hot dogs, Chipotle burritos (I swear I am the ONLY person on earth that hates this restaurant!), peanuts and peanut butter desserts excluding Reese's, cinnamon rolls, mustard (and I only recently started to like ketchup), alfalfa sprouts, chicken breast sandwiches, raisins

@Kerosena - finally, someone!! I realise that it's a very large group of various foods, which is probably why I rarely (if at all) meet anyone who shares this particular er, "dislike". Usually, it's more like, people don't love raisins, but eat apple pie and don't mind dried cranberries or candied pineapple, etc. But an entire family like me - I feel like I hit a jackpot:-).

@Perky - people react the same way when I refuse whipped cream or pound cake - they usually don't believe I really don't care for either one! And you were right, this thread makes one feel better despite (or thanks to:-)) having "weird" likes and dislikes.

Yay Laurel E! I was beginning to think I was the only one who hated olives!

Love: braunschwieger, canned tuna, mayo(i eat things to have an excuse to eat it), malt vinegar

Hate: raw tomatoes, mushrooms(it's the texture mostly), raw onions, salmon

Again, just to restate Perky's rules these are surprising hates and loves ;)

Hate: pasta, mashed potatoes, roasted meats including turkey (vegetarian lifestyle aside, I am basing this solely on taste, such as before I became a vegetarian at age 13), gravy, American-Mexican food (salsa, refried beans and so forth), whipped cream, Jell-O, gummi candy, all cream-based sauces, and fruit-flavored yogurts and sorbets, onions, garlic. All juices and soda, including the ubiquitous orange juice at breakfast and diet or regular coke.

Not a huge fan: Less a fan of pizza as I age, though I loved it as a kid and tomatoes in general. Ditto cheese and alcohol.

Love: plain, cooked broccoli and zucchini and cauliflower (unadorned), plain baked potatoes (again, nude), veggie burgers (especially vegetarian fried chicken and sausage), all dried fruits (sorry brooke29),

I hated pork, ham, hot dogs, bacon, hardboiled eggs and sausage well before I became vegetarian. In fact, except for lima beans and grapefruit, all of my least-liked foods were meat-based. That said, I am also not crazy about tater tots, nutella or nutella-like spreads, storebought jelly, PB & J, most candies, flavored coffee syrups.

Love: Eating straight-up 100 percent chocolate, speculaas, mint tea, sucking on lemons and limes, frozen bananas, all dried fruit, peanut chews, nut butters, dark leafy greens, toasted chickpeas, whole wheat crackers, oatmeal raisin cookies, farmer's market produce, berries ...

@HeartofGlass. Oh man, ditto "the ubiquitous orange juice at breakfast" especially that Tropicana smooth pulpless orange colored sugar water.

Sticking to the unusual ones.

I love peanutbutter, but hate peanut butter cookies. Also hate shortbread cookies, that due to an unfortunate food poisoning event in middle school.

Will not eat raw mushrooms, but can force down if they are cooked.

Love: basically everything else.

@blacklicorice--you don't know how happy I was when nutritionists started publishing those articles: 'it is better to eat the fruit than drink the juice--juice is too sugary and has no fiber!' I forwarded it to my father, because I got yelled at as a kid so much for not drinking huge glasses of juice.

@KarynMC--I too, long before I was veg, had a horror of ham in particular, along with sausage and peppers and subs.

As a kid, I got odd looks for not liking pixie sticks, Sweet Tarts, or Jolly Ranchers.

oh.I forgot to mention earlier ..I hate, hate, hate...strawberries!

It's not so much that I hate common foods, but instead the specificity with which I can only eat them.

Watermelon must be salted or I can't eat it.

I cannot have a slice of tomato anywhere near (like the same room) my tuna sandwich or I'll hurl.

I hate any kind of packaged sweetened breakfast cereal.

I can't stand Tex-Mex food. I love sour cream, I love guac, but I don't want them all dumped on top of each other on my plate indiscriminately. That said, I love real Mexican food.

I eat umeboshi (japanese pickled plums) like candy. I offer them out to people (and I'm being really nice here, because they cost a fortune), and they mostly spit them out and then ask me if I'm joking. Do I really like them? They're gross. The answer is yes, it's my favorite taste on the planet.

@Chisai: LOL which umeboshi do you like? The small tight, crunchy ones or the huge, loose meaty ones?

My stepmother loves those and always tried to sneak 3 jars into my luggage when I visit. I keep telling her no, it's a waste to give them to me because it's just waaaay too sour (esp. the huge meaty ones).

Hate: Tofu, Tuna, Egg Yolks.

Hey, I just thought of something else:

I HATE CHEDDAR CHEESE.

And, I LOVE grapefruit. Especially grapefruit juice!

i absolutely detest peanut butter and jelly. and except for a small bag of cheetos once every few years, i refuse to allow any processed or chemically enhanced food past my lips. also, cooked blueberries make me gag.

i love pickled herring.

Hate: Smoked foods. Honestly, it's like they were salvaged from a house fire Ack.

Loves: Bread & potatoes dishes.

Love:

Bread Crust (I have been known to skin entire loaves)
Pig feet, chicken feet, duck feet
Durian

Despise:

Alcohol, American cheese, yellow mustard, sweet-savoury foods, butter on corn, herring in cream sauce, alfredo sauce, mac and cheese, zucchini, artificial cherry flavoring (the cherry nyquil was the only type available for years, and I vomited every time my mom made me drink the stuff)
Fat (like, cooked chunks of adipose tissue sometimes with skin attached. I'm looking at you, chinese red cooked pork)
American cheese

I think I might be the only person out there who hates ketchup on fries, oh yes and nutmeg, oh and apple juice.

Love..my list is endless. Pork baby back ribs. Crunching on course Celtic grey salt like it's my rock candy, Brussels sprouts, vienna sausage with bbq sauce and A1 sauce, potted meat, spam, cocktail onions rolled up in a slice of all beef bologna or pickle and pimiento loaf. English pickled onions,,,,anything pickled. Liverwurst sandwiches with mayo and potato chips. Cilantro, cheeses of any kind, potatoes, onions, black licorice.

Hate... popcorn, canned vegetables, white rice, raw tomatoes, fat or gristle on anything..applesauce, apple juice, watermelon, ice cream.

Love very flavorful and dark beer: Stouts, Porters, extra hoppy pale ales

Hate all mass produced, yellow, watery beers: Bud, Coors, Rolling Rock, etc.

Hates: Cooked carrots, cooked peas, low-fat ice-cream, popsicles, PB&J sandwiches, lobster.

Loves: Anchovies, raw hamburger and raw beef in general (yes, I know the risks), licking flakes of sea salt off my fingers, liver and carmelized onions, crispy turkey or chicken skin, okra, scrapple (God, I miss having family on the East Coast...LOL), creamed herring, dulce, mussels and crab legs.

I'm sure I could think of lots of other items, but I'm drawing a blank right now.

It's so good to hear that there are people out there who hate apple juice! It looks like pee and smells and tastes terrible. I just have memories of my brother drinking it in a bottle all the time when he was a baby and I guess I associate it with diapers. Just eat an apple if you want apple flavor! Cider, on the other hand, is great.
Also, Jolly Ranchers and cooked cherries are absolutely disgusting in my opinion.

There isn't much I can say I outright detest. But @chisai~I am with you on the tomato not being anywhere near tuna. Hurlworthy is right, yikes! The tomato makes the tuna taste like dirt to me somehow. Matter of fact, I do not enjoy most fish/seafood and tomato combos. Most don't bother me as much as tomato/tuna, but still.

@laurelie- I second with you about the apple juice lol.

Most of my food hates involve condiments. I cannot and will not eat mayo, although that's kind of common. Can't stand the smell of mustard. I hate salad dressing of any kind. Ranch, vinaigrette, anything. I cannot stand the flavors usually, and even if there's a rare one I like the flavor of, the texture of the slimy lettuce leaves makes me want to puke.
I also hate Jello, @gentlyferal.

I LOVE, more than love, soy sauce. It's really bad. It tastes awesome on bread, mashed potatoes, boiled cabbage, just about anything!
Also, @momobotx2 I too love eating bits of sea salt and kosher salt.

Looks like from here I have a salt deficiency or something.... heh. Not true, I swear!

I HATE apple juice so much. Cider is great, though. I also hate mussels and lobster. Not a big fan of mayo, though I occasionally like chicken salad. The smell of canned tuna makes me gag. I hate anything gritty, like acai berry juice or sorbet.

I love salty condiments, particularly soy sauce (which I can consume by itself). I like hot sauce on my eggs, toasted nori sheets, sauerkraut, kombucha, raw meat (fish, beef, or lamb), raw onions, strong Belgian beers, and stinky blue cheeses of all kinds.

Love: Offal, blood, any and all nasty bits, snails, fish roe (cooked or raw), dried fish snacks, chili paste, horseradish

Don't care for but can eat: cake, ice cream, cookies, cheese

Hate: carrots, ketchup, milk (just as a drink, dairy products are fine), frosting or icing, soda, coffee, take-out Chinese

love: mayonnaise on pretty much anything, including french fries (admittedly not that weird in europe but I get funky looks all the time in fast food restaurants) french toast and hasbrowns. roasted chicken skin (yes, I know how unhealthy it is). spinach. brussle sprouts. imitation crab ("krab"). ketchup on my mac and cheese.

pretty "meh" on" peanut butter. ice cream (except Jeni's which is half ice cream/half gelato and DELICIOUS). chocolate. caramel.

@Junie: I thought my husband was the only one to drink shoyu. He would grab our 1/2 gallon jug I'd store in the fridge and drink it from the spout in the summer. He also drinks that leftover murky brine from kosher dill pickles.

I love Fish Sauce and hate olives

want: beets (especially borscht, pickled beets, and beet juice, yum!). drinking the brine from natural lacto-fermented pickles. kale. collard greens. beet greens. pretty much every green you can name.

do not want: blueberries. orange juice. blue cheese. peanut butter cookies or any other form of sweetened peanut butter.

@natalie731: 'Nother cilantro-hater here; it tastes like soap, or dust bunnies. How could I forget? Ish.

@blitzcheetah..Granny Smith is my favorite apple, followed by fuji or gala. I detest mushy apples.

Also, I was a baker back in the day in a cafeteria bakery style restaurant. I had to follow the recipes created by the makers, and frosting included a 5 lb. block of shortening. Made me want to GAG!! From that experience, the only frostings I make are with BUTTER!!! I love me my butter. I don't have anything else in the house besides my olive oils.

Also another love...I love to slurp a gulp of juice out of the pickle jar or the cocktail or English pickled onion jar.

@nightowl....Nah, we just love salt too much. Growing up, my dad used to kid with me that he'd have to buy me a salt-lick (you know...the kind that deer like)...LOL. Soy sauce rocks...I love it on scrambled eggs.

HATE: Swiss Cheese, Runny Yolk, Peas, Lima Beans, Roasted Red Peppers, All peppers actually-except sweet and chili, Water Chesnuts, Asparagus, Onions any way, Tomatoes, Jalapenos, Overly sweet icing, Dark Chocolate, rare meat, Berries-except Strawberries, Brussel Sprouts, Won't eat Fat but will cook with it, and Sierra Mist (what is this garbage??), Apple Cider/Juice...I think that's enough for now.

Not a fan of: Beer. Big fan of: Liquor/Tequila/Wine

Starting to like: Fish-as in Salmon, Sea Bass, and Tuna Steaks-that's it. Trust me, this is big. I used to HATE all fish-except Tuna in a can.

LOVE: Salsa (I know, I'm wierd), Honey and Cheese on crackers (I didn't think this was odd, but apparently it is to people), Cheese (except Swiss). I can't really think of anything that is out of the ordinary that I love...

Great thread Perky! :D

A strange one of mine that seems to be shared by others is a loathing for apple juice, yet a love of apple cider. Seems incongruous. I also love to cook with apple cider - especially great with pork.

I wouldn't eat green olives for most of my life, until I had one in a martini a few years ago. Now I can eat the whole jar.

Beer - I thought it smelled like urine and couldn't even be near it. Now, I'm learning to like it - at least a couple of brands. Never wudda thunk it.

Wow - we've reached 100 comments!

What surprises me is how many foods and drinks people despise that I wouldn't hesitate to serve to guests - just assuming that everybody would like "that". Doesn't it make you wonder if someone was truly turned off at your dinner table or picnic?

I'm sure most of us make our food with love and want to please our guests. This has taught me to ask more questions before planning a menu. Actually, it's a reminder. Once, when my girls were young, we had a swimming party and had watermelon - which I thought every child would like (I had meticulously removed every seed). It was sweet and juicy. Every single child guest turned it down saying they didn't like watermelon. They were in the 8-12 age groups. I was stunned. Never hurts to ask, right, or if it's a serious dislike, maybe tell your host?

Love (occasionally): peanut butter and sliced dill pickle sandwiches on white bread.
Hate: Pieroggis,gnocci, or any similar blandly filled pasta thing.

I hate soda, always have. I also strongly dislike hmmm... orange juice, apple pie, pizza with red sauce (I just discovered I like white pizza). These are surprising ones as they seem to be very common "likes."

What do I love that's surprising or feel unique for? Nothing, considering who this comment is being read by. If I was addressing my in-laws, on the other hand... you should see the expressions they give me when I talk about some of the stuff I cook for me and hub. They have a very limited range when it comes to food. *Sigh*

Dislike chocolate, esp. dark; adore fried chicken livers--I'm probably the only customer at any Cracker Barrel location to regularly order them, and the waitress always looks at me funny.

I endure an endless stream of little jabs and sarcastic remarks from my coworkers, once word got out that I don't like tomatoes.

If there is to be an office lunch, it is preceded by weeks of little jokes aimed at me about how everything is going have triple tomatoes on it.

In spite of the fact that I love to try new food, experiment with food, and try things that my coworkers would recoil in horror from (like, say, sushi), my dislike for tomatoes has resulted in me being called things like picky, finicky, and difficult to please.

I figured out how to silence the worst of them though: I just say "I don't have to take this from a guy who won't drink coffee"

I think the only foods I won't eat are those that are spoiled or dangerous when not cooked. My friends and family make fun of me for claiming everything to be "my favorite!".

I would love to try Balut or something similarly interesting.

Love: liver (liver & onions, chopped, pate, etc), raw beef (tartare and carpaccio), raw fish (sushi and sashimi), Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, coriander/cilantro (the latter three seem to be the most often hated veg/herb)

Don't care for but can eat: whipped cream, pound cakes, peanut butter, most biscuits (cookies), especially if store-bought

Never, no how, no way: beets, cooked, candied and dried fruit & berries (which includes apple pie and granola, among other things), pumpkin pie, oatmeal

I swear, Brooke29, if you removed the "Don't care for" section (peanut butter? seriously?), this would be EXACTLY my loves/hates. My wife saw this and made me read it. It's uncanny!

Hate: Hummus, oatmeal, yogurt, cottage cheese, mashed potatoes, coconut, cauliflower, milk, coffee.

The following items I cannot stand, because they were all I could eat after a traumatic surgery: tomato soup, ricotta cheese, jello.

Haha, at the people who hate apple juice but like cider. I'm the opposite. I love apple juice but I can't drink apple cider without gagging.

Love: garlic, peanut butter, fuji and honey crisp apples, oatmeal, tomato sauce, sundried tomatoes, water chestnuts, canned pears, goat and feta cheese, tofu, alfalfa sprouts, roasted vegetebles, especially onions and peppers, dried coconut

Hate: raw tomatoes and carrots, baked potatoes, red delicious and granny smith apples, white rice, anything with splenda or artificial sweeteners, can taste it right away, cooked spinach, white bread, red grapes, cheddar cheese, whipped cream, unsweetened coffee and green tea, SHRIMP. The texture just gets to me every time. Gummy candy is gross, too. Blech