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What food/drink did you finally admit to yourself you don't like?

192 replies

WaterDroplet · 25/04/2024 18:11

Mines coffee. The whole coffee culture made me feel very bland for just wanting a cuppa when out with friends but in my 30's I finally realised it just wasn't for me.

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Maddy70 · 26/04/2024 02:39

Liver

Ive tried. I really have. Decades of being told you just haven't had the right kind or cooked a different way

Na. Its horrible
Love pate though!

LadyLolaRuben · 26/04/2024 02:17

Wearegoingtoneedabiggerboat · 25/04/2024 18:44

Tea. I occasionally have one to see whether I can enjoy it. Not succeeded yet . It just leaves an awful aftertaste.

Try decaf regular tea, less aftertaste

CheeseSandwichRiskAssessment · 26/04/2024 01:27

Cocktails, smoothies/juices, tea, ice cream, bread with butter, takeaways, sweet potatoes, stir frys, rice, pork, Chinese food. I feel like I should like them but these things are never my first (or fifth) choice.

Saschka · 26/04/2024 01:05

@KreedKafer German fruit tea is actually good. Has some body and depth of flavour. I always stock up when I’m over there.

I totally agree British fruit tea is rubbish. I don’t know what Teekanne are doing that Twinings can’t manage 🤷‍♀️

Saschka · 26/04/2024 01:02

Green tea. I sort of half like it, in some situations. Mostly restaurants. But 99% of the time no (and no I’m not over-steeping it or using boiling water - I’m just not a big fan of the actual taste).

pelotonaddiction · 26/04/2024 00:38

Steak
Everyone says I haven't tried it cooked right or the right cut etc etc
I grew up in pubs/restaurants, I've tried everything from rib eye to sirloin and blue to well done
Chewy. Don't like it

MuggedByReality · 26/04/2024 00:07

Pastry, specifically shortcrust. I don’t hate the stuff, but I certainly don’t particularly enjoy eating it so since I lost weight it goes into the category of ‘not worth the calories”.

nothingsforgotten · 26/04/2024 00:00

Beer. I drank it in my youth, when there were only a couple of options, and never really liked it. One day I just said, no more! I can't even stand the smell of it. The things we do to fit in. I gave up wine also when I realised, after many years, that it isn't normal to feel so awful after just a couple of glasses.

sunshine2go · 25/04/2024 23:38

Wine.

I realised in mid 20s it's just now for me! And the hangovers - ouch!

Okayden · 25/04/2024 23:13

For all you gnocchi haters - try frying them. I used to hate the slimy fuckers but this is a game changer.

My DC love gnocchi fried or roasted but to me it just makes them into stale roast potatoes.

KreedKafer · 25/04/2024 22:51

Thanks to annoying people poking their nose into my dietary habits and constantly telling me I drink too much tea, I used to periodically buy fruit/herb teas in an attempt to a healthier and calmer person. They always sounded and smelled absolutely delicious. Orange and cinnamon. Honey and ginger. Cherry and vanilla. Pear and blackberry. Every single one of them, bar none, tastes of absolutely fuck-all. SO FUCKING JOYLESS.

Also giving up caffeine had precisely zero effect on my health or sleep. Literally none.

I’m now back on eight to ten mugs of proper tea a day and anyone who bleats their wimpish mimsy nonsense about caffeine and tannins gets told where to shove their roobois.

Bansheenothree · 25/04/2024 22:50

Cake. It's so sugary with no texture - just not satisfying at all. I stick to cookies, traybakes and brownies now which I much prefer and have texture and crunch. I don't even bother with a slice of birthday cake when it's offered these days. (Obviously I refuse much more politely than this!)

I also don't drink alcohol anymore because I don't like how it makes me behave and feel the next day. I never really liked the taste though, was just for social drinking!

Eggs. I only really like them in a crepe smothered in melted cheese. I don't bother persevering with poached/scrambled/fried anymore.

BubblegumBlue24 · 25/04/2024 22:47

Coffee.
Cake.
Any kind of sweets whether haribo type, jelly babies, pick n mix, hard boiled etc - 🤢
Prosecco - makes me feel like a shrivelled prune.
White bread.
Bacon.

Fish and Chips. Dry, stodgy and bland.

ObsidianTree · 25/04/2024 22:45

Chinese takeaway. I never enjoy it! Don't know why I order it!

Firstworldproblemo · 25/04/2024 22:43

Vegetables. Almost all of them unless disguised in a heavily flavoured sauce like curry or green veg dripping in butter.

MsLuxLisbon · 25/04/2024 22:35

Aribaariba · 25/04/2024 21:27

Hate fruit and meat 'combos'....Apple sauce with pork, pineapple on gammon, pineapple on pizza or with cheese, I like all these things separately but together it like having main course and desert on the same plate.

Pineapple on pizza is vile, vile, vile. People who try to say otherwise are off their tree.

MsLuxLisbon · 25/04/2024 22:34

Dark chocolate. I tried, believe me. It has to be milk chocolate, dark is just too bitter. I still buy it to bake and make mousse, but for eating, milk chocolate is where it's at.

cheapskatemum · 25/04/2024 22:33

Read the thread title & immediately thought coffee too, OP. Instant coffee in particular; there are certain ground coffees that I do like, but instant coffee tastes like a completely different drink to me.

Silkymum · 25/04/2024 22:32

Alcohol, tea, hot chocolate and most coffee. Also most chocolate is gross, I don't like it to be too sickly sweet or too bitter, and anything with palm oil tastes rank to me. I don't like cereal because it goes soggy. I don't like lamb. Low fat yoghurt is horrid.

VeryBusyDoingNothing · 25/04/2024 22:27

Potatoes. I realised after about 20 years I just dont care about anything potatoes. Chips come with so much, I'd rather have rice. Mashed potatoes are the blandest thing on the earth. Not even fussed about crisps. Gave it all up!

Loloj · 25/04/2024 22:27

Marmite

Fofftwenty21 · 25/04/2024 22:25

godmum56 · 25/04/2024 21:44

Me either.

I don't think its pretending. Tastes change and you can like the idea of something more than the reality such as roast dinners for me.

KvotheTheBloodless · 25/04/2024 22:24

abracadabra1980 · 25/04/2024 21:25

Chilli - it's in every fucking meal these days.

Amen!

It tastes like pain. I don't understand why folk enjoy it, even small amounts.

Fofftwenty21 · 25/04/2024 22:23

Increasingly a roast dinner! Used to love them but now I mainly feel a bit meh about them.

Venison.
Shop bought sandwiches
Sticky toffee pudding
Chocolate cake

Ultravox · 25/04/2024 22:20

For all you gnocchi haters - try frying them. I used to hate the slimy fuckers but this is a game changer.

The only thing I can’t stand is okra. Bleurgh.