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I can't stand tomatoes or green peppers. My mom's side of the family is Italian, so these two dislikes were particularly difficult growing up(sausage & peppers, peppers and eggs, tomato salad, caprese salad...) I've only recently come around on red peppers. And cooked tomato things like sauce and ketchup are fine by me. Raw tomatoes, though, are horrifying to me and seem always to be added to otherwise perfectly good things in order to "enhance" them; e.g. guacamole, spinach and artichoke dip (garnish), black bean soup (garnish), fajitas and burritos (you didn't tell me there'd be pico de gallo!!)...

i hate raw tomatoes...

I've had the ones made with lemon. Still get hives. I've never had a eggless mayo though...

peekpoke, you're certainly entitled to your opinion about this all being in our minds--but what preconceived notion could I possibly have about celery, which I have hated since I first encountered it as a child?

Peekpoke--the doctor says its a reaction between the egg and vinegar... and it is really hard to ignore the hives/uncontrollable headache that pop up whenever I eat mayo/mayo based foods.

I hate celery too! My mom always jokes after a big family meal she knows which plate is mine because there is a little pile of celery left.

How the heck can you be allergic to Mayo? It's mostly oil, a tiny bit of egg, a tiny bit of vinegar or lemon, and a tiny bit of seasoning.

A friend wouldn't touch Mayo. I finally narrowed it down to the mustard used to season most Mayo, he hates mustard. Of course when I quizzed him carefully it turned out he ate all kinds of things made with Mayo that he didn't know were made with Mayo, like blue cheese dressing.

I can't believe that I dont agree with a single thing on this list. In fact at the moment I can't come up with a single (simple ingredient)thing. I used to say I hate raw tomatoes but read here to see how that changed. Black olives sort of (not on my pizza) but I am starting to come around to those "in" things. I had a high school Home Economics (I don't think they even have that class anymore) teacher who used to say at least once a class. "Your taste buds change every 4-7 years" I am beginning to agree.

Celery and green pepper haters unite!

When raw they both have an unpleasant watery crunch and a weird taste-residue that refuses to leave my mouth. Even worse cooked!

I hated chicken for a long time because I'd only eaten it roasted with celery, and I thought all that gross taste was coming from the bird.

I'm also with you on water chestnuts, Amy_Leigh. An accidental bite of one ruins the rest of the dish for me.

Mayo (taste, texture, and allergy), Ham (texture), Hersheys (why waste the calories on something that tastes like wax? give me GOOD chocolate instead), Black Olives, and Button Mushrooms

Celery haters, I never knew there were so many of us!

Fresh cilantro, raw carrot, and anything that even resembles licorice. I can't even stand root beer. I like the taste of mushrooms, but can't eat them because of the texture. I also don't like pepperoni.

Water chestnuts are probably the only thing I would refuse to eat. I can't taste them, but the crunch when you accidentally bite into one delivers a shock that makes the rest of whatever the water chestnuts are in unpleasant. Maybe they're not really a basic ingredient, but they're still pretty terrible.

Cinnnamon - too overpowering. I usually sub allspice.

Cilantro - tastes and smells like dish soap to me. Parsley gets a nod instead.