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: What foods do you really hate and couldn't eat even out of politness if given at a dinner party?
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I don't like offal but tbh I have had it ingrained in me from childhood to eat whatever I am given,so I couldn't turn away anything at a dinner party . I am far too polite.
Am astonished at how fussy some people are, this is amazing!
I'd turn down testicles, eyes, brains, etc, and possibly foie gras (but the latter only on principle and I don't know anyone who would serve it anyway.)
Am amazed by how mnay people are turning down perfectly normal veggies. I don't like celery but could manage if real politeness was called for.
LOL at potnoodle - what sort of dinner parties do you go to?
Runny egg white - can't even think about it without heaving. Anything made with milk with skin on - bleeeuuuurghhh. These are the only things I don't like though.
My SIL is super, super, super fussy and her husband is a vegetarian who only eats dairy and omlettes (doesn't actually eat veges) and there's no politeness when they come for tea
whats faggots? I thought it was an incredibly un-pc, derogatory term for gay men and also a piece of wood, so the thought of someone eating either is a bit confusing!
Cooked celery One particular type of seaweed (can't remember the name) as it is really too fishy Anything that tastes of aniseed, apart from, curiously, fennel. Anything slimy that slithers down
I could eat everything that's been mentioned already, but I couldn't eat marzipan if my life depended on it. Devil's food. Give me raw kangaroo bollocks and fish eyes any day!
I'm a dreadful fusspot but... boiled eggs or anything too eggy sardines & any fish that tastes like fish peas, peanuts (fair dues as am allergic) overcooked veg brains, tripe, liver - awful offal! bad cooking
I would never actually admit to not liking something (too rude) but would find a way of not eating it.
Most offal (don't mind foie gras or tongue) and chicken's feet, otherwise I will happily eat most things and can manage things I wouldn't choose to eat (sweetcorn, celery, puy lentils, blancmange) out of politeness.
Oh! And that godawful stuff in Dim Sum restaurants that looks like sausage rolls of white jelly quivering around gelatinous meat... tried it once out of curiousity (not even the guy pushing it around on the trolley could explain what it tasted like) and OMG it was vomitous!
I think that now I would eat pretty much everything. Even most offal, as long as it's well cooked, eg steak and kidney pie.
However, a quivering, pan fried for a second foie was a no no at New Year. Luckily, it was at an old friend's house, so I didn't feel bad. I am actually so polite that I would have eaten it if I really had had to!
Oh yeah, kerryMum, I really hate it when people serve monkey brains, especially when they bring the monkey in live and take out the brains in front of you.
The worst thing I've had to force down at a dinner party was raw egg wrapped in ham, set in masses of gelatine. It was in Paris, so is probably quite normal there, and I'veno idea what it's called.
Thankfully I've never been given oysters, as I really couldn't.
I did enjoy a meal at a friend of my grandmothers once, when I was 12,and readily accepted when offered seconds. When the host had trotted off for my second helping, my cousin pointed to me that it was infact tongue. Funnily enough, I really couldn't eat anymore.
When I was 18 I hated seafood and was invited to a party where the food being served was cajun cuisine. Out of politness I ate the seafood gumbo and red mullet that was served up. I don't think it was politeness however when I asked for seconds .
Nowadays I would have to say no to beetroot and not much else!
offal and eggs. when i went to meet my dh's best mates for the first time, they enquired in advance whether there was anything i didnt eat. i said eggs, cause saying offal too would prob make me sound a bit of a w*nker. turned up and there were a dozen chicken hearts sizzling on the barbeque.
mussels/cockles/whelks or other shellfish of a similar ilk (with the exception of scallops - yum.) Offal of any description but especially tongue (retching uncontrollably) Lychees - ack ack ack, eyeballs ack!
Murray mints. The only thing (so far) on God's earth I cannot abide. Thankfully they are a rarely used ingredient in dinner party dinners these days, so I'm safe.
I'm your fantasy (with regard to eating) dinner party guest. I eat everything and make noises of pleasure whilst doing so.
yes jingleyjen. Twas after I'd had my dd1 and we were chatting in the staff room and he told me about it. He was actually very very angry about it. He felt- each to their own but don't force it on me. Poor chap
oysters anythng raw including sushi / shashimi I once mortified myself by asking my host to pop some slices of fabulously expensive beef served as carpaccio in the frying pan for a second or two - rare is fine, raw....bleugh.
Still thinking - nope nothing apart from foods that aren't usually eaten in this country (eg worms, sheeps eyes etc) though I love snails. Tbh I'd probably even try the sheeps eyes and worms out of politeness if cooked though I'd struggle if not cooked.
i am very fussy so the list would be huge AND i hate eating in front of people so the chances of me being at a dinner party are small
(awkward me?)
to answer the OP....i wouldn't eat any seafood, liver, beetroot, anything covered in loads of cheese, anything that smelled like feet (<boak>), erm....anything that isn't supposed to be eaten ie eyeballs, kangaroo bollocks.....there will be more, i just can't remember!
well I'm vegetarian, so apart from meat or fish, the only thing i can think of is aubergine. Which is a pity, since that seems to be a staple of many veggi meals
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