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What popular foods do you dislike that leave people baffled when you say you don’t like it?

230 replies

Soubriquet · 03/08/2023 16:48

I have ARFID so my diet is extremely limited anyway, but anyway here are some foods that I get people saying “how can you not like xxx”

I’ll start with

Pizza
Cake
Any cheese stronger than a cheddar

Will probably add to it as the thread goes on Grin

OP posts:
GarlicGrace · 03/08/2023 18:53

That other people think are great?

Raw oysters (I'm not alone in that, and I like 'em cooked)
Caesar salad, coleslaw, Marie Rose sauce = acidic glue
Thai food
Kimchi

Menopause bestowed a violent intolerance to:
All dairy 😭
Wine, cider & brandy 😭😭
Beans & pulses - didn't much like 'em anyway
Every kind of pickle - ditto

I will very happily accept all the chocolate & cake (if dairy-free), eggs and pasta you lot have rejected!

Gilead · 03/08/2023 18:56

Ice Cream
Pizza
Parsnips
Bananas

Florissante · 03/08/2023 18:57

Curry.
Earl Grey tea (it's the bergamot).
Raw oysters.
Most fish.
Biscoff.
Nutella.

Poivresel · 03/08/2023 18:58

Beetroot
Black pudding
Kidney
Hot sea food
Sushi
Carrot cake, especially the weird cream cheese icing.
Sandwiches, I hate them
Pork pie
Sweet and sour

Soubriquet · 03/08/2023 18:58

I can’t stay mayo either…and I don’t like earl grey tea. Tastes like perfume to me

OP posts:
PimpMyFridge · 03/08/2023 18:59

Meringue
Peanuts
Trifle
Raisins (unless they're cooked which is the opposite to most people)

PimpMyFridge · 03/08/2023 18:59

Soubriquet · 03/08/2023 18:58

I can’t stay mayo either…and I don’t like earl grey tea. Tastes like perfume to me

Me too for earl grey, except that's why I like it! 🤣

Poivresel · 03/08/2023 19:00

Soubriquet · 03/08/2023 18:58

I can’t stay mayo either…and I don’t like earl grey tea. Tastes like perfume to me

I spent months thinking a friend didn't rinse her cups properly after washing up. It turned out she was giving me Earl Grey tea!

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 03/08/2023 19:01

Milk and dairy

The former makes me nauseous just at the thought of it, as do eggs. Not keen on cheese or yoghurt, but I will eat them if I'm in the mood. Fresh milk or eggs are a total no-go though, both of them are completely revolting.

thatsnotmylifeitstoocrazy · 03/08/2023 19:01

Ice cream

WhatWillAPearDoAtNight · 03/08/2023 19:04

Bread
Cake
Carrots
Cadbury Crème eggs
Doughnuts .... yuck!

TinyRebel · 03/08/2023 19:09

Prosecco - but I love any other fizz.
Any form of takeaway.
Mussels
Oysters
Liver, kidney etc - any offal
Black pudding
Sambuca

thatsnotmylifeitstoocrazy · 03/08/2023 19:09

When I did eat meat, still hated sausages and bacon

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 03/08/2023 19:22

Milk, and anything milky
Coffee
Goat's cheese, smoked cheese
Mini rolls and caterpillar cakes - I find the main brands salty.

Havn't eaten meat for 35 years, but I hated bacon and pork pies, especially the jelly.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 03/08/2023 19:23

Chocolate oranges

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 03/08/2023 19:25

Salted caramel anything

BlackForestCake · 03/08/2023 19:25

And curry - over-spiced to stop you tasting whatever ingredients are hidden in the yellow gloop. And not a fresh veggie in sight. Yukk.

I fully respect your right to dislike any food of course, but this does sound a little as if you last tried curry in 1978.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 03/08/2023 19:30

Oysters (unless cooked).
Most overrated food ever. No wonder that in Dickens’ time they were considered poor people’s food.

Pablova · 03/08/2023 19:31

I have a touch of AFRID.
There’s a very long list of food I can not eat and struggle to even be at the same table with some one eating these foods.
Top offenders :
tomato ketchup
bloody red meat
fish
smelly cheese
runny eggs
most condiments
yogurt

FrazzledMCPremenopausalWoman · 03/08/2023 19:33

Coffee
Beetroot
Chicken

SteveHarringtonsHair · 03/08/2023 19:34

Fried eggs
Stew
Brie
Baked Camembert

And the smell of fried onions always make me want to vom.

midlifecrash · 03/08/2023 19:37

Sweetcorn.
mcdonalds fries, or anyone’s fries, I only like chips
Vodka

BansheeofInisherin · 03/08/2023 19:38

Meat!
Fake meat!
Baked beans ( ordinary beans are fine)
Doughnuts
Burgers

vonniee · 03/08/2023 19:42

Coffee
mushrooms
sweetcorn
cucumber

glittereyelash · 03/08/2023 19:54

I dont really like any desserts I'm more into savory snacks. Also don't like chipper food can't stand the taste of anything deep fried.