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cheap food....for some reason my palette leans towards the expensive.

This list is reading like a list of my favorite things. There isn't really anything that I have eaten that I can't see myself eating again.

The only thing I can't wrap my head around is fertilized duck or chicken eggs that you see in some Bizarre Foods type shows. It has to be either an egg or a bit of poultry. Not both. Mind you I haven't tried it. I think I'd go for bugs before that.

palimpsest36, that's so sad you don't like avocado... it's my favorite!

Baked tomatoes? Gag-tastic, cannot eat them, nor can I eat cooked tomato skin. I love tomato sauce, raw tomatoes, etc., etc., ...
I can now eat tomato skin in sauce if the pieces are cut up really small, but if not, i just can't swallow my bite.

As a kid, i hated cilantro, thought it tasted like soap. I love it now, i guess it's flavor just used to be too strong for my little taste buds

So many people dislike goat cheese and beets! So did I at one point, but nowadays one of my favorite side dishes is roasted beets tossed with goat cheese! They balance each other out.

Anyway. I dislike:
tripe
mortadella or any meat with big hunks of fat/gristle
supermarket bread (I don't want to like it, but it would make life easier if I didn't question the contents)

Baked beans. gross.

Calves liver, goat cheese... I have tried several times and it just wont stay in my mouth!

Watermelon....i always look at it and think it looks so inviting and summery....i just can't get beyond the mealy texture!

Oh, and Sage. Someone mentioned this in their post and I forgot how much I really hate that herb. Blech.

Extremely spicy food of any kind. Not enough milk on the planet for that!
Eel. No way, no how.
Raw Oysters. Fine if they are fried.
Calmari. The idea just doesn't set well with me. (Slimey!!)

When I was a child I couldn't stand cooked turnips and when I moved to the South I learned how to cook them so I could eat them. But I still don't eat them on a regular basis.

berries. i know, right? not stawberries, but blueberries, blackberries, raspberries...ugh. i want so badly to like them, but it is a textural thing.and apples.

Add to that any cooked fruits - can't do cobblers, fruit pies, etc.

What else?
Raw tomatoes, squash, red peppers, anise-flavored anything.

Uf. So many wishes!

I'm with Gator--meatloaf is a freakshow of a dish. You can hide *anything* in that puppy. No way.

Texture issues with: sushi, hard boiled eggs, tapioca pudding, tofu.

Just plain nasty: beets, fennel, hot dogs, braunschweiger, SweetTarts.

Almost everything mentioned here sounds delicious to me. I'm afraid my item is a bit more mundane--

Pretzels. Can't stand 'em. They make me feel like I'm eating hard tack.

Ketchup.

I get a lot of heck for it every time I bring it up, but I honestly can't even look at the bottle without feeling queasy. After so many years, this feeling still hasn't faded.