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opposite of your vice?

So we just had a post about food vices, let's do the opposite...what food CAN'T you eat. Me, oatmeal. Sick. The goop, gross. Do you just swallow it... or chew it... I don't know. Just not good. That, and flan. Double eww. Cold sliminess no thanks.

Let's hear yours!

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Oysters... Raw. I actually like them... but I puke and have trouble breathing for a few hours after.

I guess I should stop eating them... I do have spare time though...

Canned kidney beans. Every Saturday as a child, my mother made a large pot of 'chili' comprised of elbow macaroni, canned tomatoes, greasy hambuger, and kidney beans. Greasy, nasty mess that tasted nothing like chili.

I can't handle cottage cheese.

balogna. what is it. really. same goes for hot dogs.

octopi. i'm still trying.

softshell crab. also stil trying to 'tolerate" it nevermind 'like' it.

Oyster, mussels, clams, squid, octopus, sea urchin, roe, most fish, anything offal, lamb, pigs feet, buffalo, venison, peas, raw tomatos, lima beans, beets, bean paste, figs, black beans, most rice, horseradish, wasabi, blue cheese, this one cheese from Norway, forgot the name and pumpkin seed oil.

black licorice
spam
raisins
soy milk
apple juice

Jay Eee Double-L Oh.

That burnt crispy disgusting thing known as steak "well done."
I want it bleeding on my plate thank you very much.

Those tofu noodle things that were reviewed here a couple of weeks ago. Just thinking about them makes me gag.

Other than that, I'll eat (almost) anything!

Ah yes AyeEat: the "well done" steak.

What planet are these people from?

You mind as well cut a piece of the dining table off and put it on their damn plate. What a waste.

I'm pretty open minded, but I choose not to eat cotton candy, cheap greasy Chinese food like the kind you'd find in a food court (although I may just be not in the mood for it at this moment), anything that is a cross between a liquid and a solid that strings when you pull it apart - like things cooked with okra. Blech!

clams, oysters, lobster, mussels, squid, octopus, sea urchin (thanks for the list @pjarcz10) odd body parts, organ meats. Don't think there's anything plant based that's on my list of can't eats

ha ha ha ha-i was just pondering what my anti-vice was, but dbcurrie may have hit it on the head with jello! my dad, literally, used to put it in a bowl, pour milk over it, and eat it that way. i nearly gnarred everytime.

herring in cream sauce. Blech. my husband loves it -- eats it straight out of the jar. Shudder. I also cannot stand beets in any form.

Headcheese. It's meat jelly. No...just...no. :

Stewed tomatoes. Everything about them is just so wrong. I can't even think about them. My mom used to serve them. We had what she called a "brussel sprouts" drawer in our table (typically used for linens) where she'd imagine one would hide the undesirables, as she hated those. That's where the stewed tomatoes would go.

@gastromomeg OMG my mother used to do the same thing! Absolultely nightmare inducing. What the hell was that all about?

The thing that really gets me to shuddering is lima beans.

I have a list:
Mayo. Don't care if it's flavored, colored, seasoned, or spiced. It's still mayo.
Organ meats. I understand a lot of you enjoy them. You may have my share.
Overcooked pasta. This is what makes me hate most Italian restaurants. Especially the Olive Garden.
The following freezer case items: Hot/Lean pockets, Uncrustables, processed chicken-type nuggets, frozen cheeseburgers.

Anything McDonalds...so sorry to the lovers but it smells like a McDonald's dumpster IN the restaurant and the food smells like the garbage it goes into too! I literally can't digest it. A client decided to take me to get a McChicken one day and let's just say me and the bathroom got to know each other real well. Blech!

@bigfatmouth - i'm with you .... mcdonalds... or any fast burger food.
no offense to the lovers of these macs, et al. just could never eat that stuff. it reminds me of dog food in a can, sliced really thin and then grilled or griddled.... put on a inferior roll, the kind that gets stuck in your intestine for 2 years .... i know, i know, i'm a fast food buzz killer.....

I watched Andrew Zimmeran today and I imagine lots of what he eats would be tough for me. I am not a fan of oatmeal, though I should be. Escargot-the thought I have not gotten past. As time passes, I get past problematic foods and find a great taste that I never imagined could be so enjoyable.

Goat cheese. I've tried it 8 different times, all different varieties - quality, too - and I just... I can't. I also don't like wine much at all!

For all you oatmeal haters: I just started eating it raw, like cereal, with some brown sugar. Of course, I like it cooked as well. But it might be a tasty way to get some cheap fiber in your diet.

@Aye-eat I am with you on well done steak. Also peanut butter, jello, bananas that aren't frozen and coated in dark chocolate, spam (can't even bring myself to taste it, the smell is too rough), sea cucumbers, brains, sweetbreads (texture) and any kind of "instant" pudding.

tuna noodle casserole.
chiterlings.
peas.

@bitch incamero - I have tried those noodles and I totally agree! They are only on the market as a diet food. No one should have to eat those!

Otherwise I love foods like Oatmeal and beets...items that some people truly have a disdain for... I've never tried sea cucumber or sweetbreads, but I think I would be very averse to those!

So far, the only thing I've ever tried that I literally had to choke down was salt licorice. I love black licorice in general, but that ammonium chloride gives my brain a "stop, stop, this is rotten" signal, and it's tough to get down.

I really can not stand Brussel Sprouts, and I also agree with the steak, has to go on my plate mooing...

jello...it's a texture thing. and water chestnuts. gross.

Another vote for the well-done steak. Charred on the outside, medium raw in the middle.

Licorice! Agreed.

The worst is when I'm eating a bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans, watching a movie, or some other task that promotes mindless noshing, and all of a sudden I consume a black jelly bean and I just think

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!!!"

Sneaky licorice. I hate you.

Beets and any kind of melon. And I mean any melon what so ever. They poison fruit salads for me. They look so appetizing but end up producing the gag factor every time there's even a bit of their flavor or scent.

There's a lot of things that are kind of gross and I avoid but I'll still eat if presented with no other choice (McDonalds comes to mind, as well as well-done steak and some of the really gnarly frozen dinners). But you're really going to have to pay me to eat beef liver. Oh my God. I have trouble with low iron so I've tried so many times to like it but every time it's gag inducing. I couldn't tell you if it's the texture or the taste or what. I've tried just about every preparation I could find, and not one of them is halfway edible.

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