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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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FrannieGallops · 25/04/2024 18:48

Oysters. My husband and kids adore them. I have never even been brave enough to try one.

Justrolledmyeyesoutloud · 25/04/2024 18:48

Chinese takeaway
Red wine
Sweet potato

Mammma91 · 25/04/2024 18:48

Mushrooms. Can’t have them in the house, they make me gag.

Cnidarian · 25/04/2024 18:47

Well I love pretty much everything other people have said.....mine is beer. Just done with it, don't want it d9nt like it give me a dry white

StormingNorman · 25/04/2024 18:46

Hot Chocolate. It looks so much fun with the squirty cream and marshmallows but it’s awful every time. I need another drink to wash the taste and dryness away 😂

TipsyKoala · 25/04/2024 18:45

Sushi. I used to get sushi sometimes because there was a time when everyone raved about how amazing it is. It’s slimy raw fish on cold rice. No thanks.

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.

Settlement22 · 25/04/2024 18:43

Chip shop chips

Okayden · 25/04/2024 18:43

NeverEnoughPants · 25/04/2024 18:30

I don't understand this. Surely you either like something or you don't?

There are things I don't like eg coffee and raw tomatoes - but I've always known I don't like them. Why pretend?

Genuine question, I just don't get it.

For me some foods I hate and know I hate eggs, mushrooms, bananas.
Other foods however, I kind of like the idea of so keep trying and regretting. Like Chinese Takeaway for example. Most people love it and say try this dish or that dish and I think this might be the one I like, but no.
Sometimes it works too, broccoli and Stilton soup is one. I love broccoli and love Stilton but the soup was always slimy to me, until a friend made some and I loved it.

TheFormidableMrsC · 25/04/2024 18:42

FraterculaArctica · 25/04/2024 18:12

Gnocchi. I keep thinking, that would be a nice change from pasta. It's horrible every time.

Same. Horrible little blobs.

FrannieGallops · 25/04/2024 18:42

My friends and family take the piss out of me for not liking coffee. Even our kids think I’m terribly unsophisticated. But I just don’t like it.

PrincessHoneysuckle · 25/04/2024 18:42

KittyCollar · 25/04/2024 18:31

Wine
Champagne
Prosecco. I enjoy drinking but those three taste like horse piss

Horses piss 🤣

Dearg · 25/04/2024 18:42

Prosecco
Gin
Salted Caramel
Any kind of alcoholic/Irish coffee.

I seem to be alone among my immediate circle with that list

WaterDroplet · 25/04/2024 18:40

@NeverEnoughPants I think for next it was the sort of cafe culture that coffee was an event or a place to be with friends. Many of my friends in my previous job were Muslim so going out for coffee was like going to a bar. Everyone would be gushing over expensive fancy coffees and I'd just want a hotq tea!

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WhichEllie · 25/04/2024 18:40

Bell peppers. I really want to like them but I just don’t.

Soozikinzii · 25/04/2024 18:39

Wine

dancingqueen345 · 25/04/2024 18:39

Gin and tonic. I order it 75% of the time when I'm out and every time I'm disappointed 😂

PrincessHoneysuckle · 25/04/2024 18:38

Parsnips
Chocolate icecream

LamonicBibber1 · 25/04/2024 18:37

Stupid "treats" like krispy Kreme, freakshakes, cupcakes with a mountain of ersatz cack plapped on top of a tiny dry disc of cake (a margarine bomb 😅), well most cakes actually unless baked with proper eggs and butter.

They aren't treats in the true sense, in fact they are very very bad for you and not worth the calories, because the shitty greasy taste doesn't make it worth the damage they do to blood sugar/health.

Also coffees with shit syrups. A proper homemade syrup is a fine thing, but a sweetener-laden slug of chemical muck for about £5 in a coffee shop does not tick my box.

Low fat yogurt should be banned. It's basically wallpaper paste utilised as a conduit to impart sweeteners into the sadly uneducated population of yo yo dieters. They give kids it with school dinners, it genuinely upsets me. It's not a foodstuff, it's a secret punishment for your bodily systems.

Anything that doesn't need palm or seed oil and yet contains it to reduce manufacturing costs. This is a HUGE amount of processed food. I can't eat a lot of chocolate any more, much to my chagrin, because so many brands are now a semi solid lump of palmy waste.

Okayden · 25/04/2024 18:36

Also McDonalds, Burger King, KFC burgers and chicken.

Sweet coffee/ Hot Chocolate drinks from Costa, Starbucks etc. Every Christmas I'd get lulled by them, have one sip and regret it. No more.

KittyCollar · 25/04/2024 18:31

Wine
Champagne
Prosecco. I enjoy drinking but those three taste like horse piss

Okayden · 25/04/2024 18:31

Chinese takeaway that's not chips and curry sauce. Most people seem horrified by this.

Nando's Piri Piri sauce. Usually I love spicy food but something about Nando's sauces just doesn't suit me.

Prosecco. Instant headache.

baubletits · 25/04/2024 18:31

Green tea.

I've forced myself to drink countless cups and tried to convince myself I like it because it's healthy, but no, tastes like crap.

baubletits · 25/04/2024 18:31

Green tea.

I've forced myself to drink countless cups and tried to convince myself I like it because it's healthy, but no, tastes like crap.

Noyok · 25/04/2024 18:31

Avocado
Goats cheese
Red Wine
Seafood