What food can you not stand, that ruins the whole dish?

[SperaT]

My worst thing is tarragon. It ruins everything on the plate for me.

Cinnamon, it can cause swelling and breathing difficulties but smells and tastes disgusting.

Basil. Especially pesto as it can't be picked off like leaves can.

Both overused and hidden in otherwise decent food.

Nutmeg in savoury dishes, often found chucked in spinach dishes. Ugh repulsive and just wrong

Star anise

Fennel

Hate cinnamon!
I love coriander though.

Raw onions
dill
capers
raisins

Occasionally ginger

Peoples tastebuds are so different. I love so many of the hated tastes on here... coriander, mint, capers, ginger, eggs, basil, garlic, chillies and many more!

I can't stand tarragon or any sort of pâté though.. and I also don't hate but don't see any point in mozzarella (except for on a pizza and that's more for the texture / look) or cream. They don't have any taste at all for me so a complete Easter of time.

Cucumber
Coriander
Courgette

*waste of time!

I like it but not all over the steak. I want to regulate how much myself so if it’s offered I ask for it on the side.

Similar to baked beans with an English Breakfast. They need to be in a pot on the side so they don’t infuse every mouthful.

• Lemongrass
• Cinnamon
• Olives
• Star anise

• Gherkins
• Little prawns 🤢 I love king prawns but those creepy little prawns make me heave!

I love coriander, though!

Fruit on savoury dishes

Slightly different segue here but bacon when the fat hasn’t been rendered. It’s not rocket science to crisp the fat enough so the revolting texture of it disappears. Snotty eggs, same kinda direction

I agree! - there's nothing worse than a bacon butty when there are strips of undercooked white fat hidden inside 🤢😬

Coriander, Chinese 5spice, aniseed, star anise, fenugreek and fennel (no prizes for guessing what flavour I can't stand). broccoli and Stilton combined in a gratin or a soup etc (each separately is fine)

Broccoli and Stilton combo, Chinese 5 spice and fenugreek trigger migraines!

Truffle oil! Seems common for restaurants to pour it over stuff to make it seem fancy but it's a horrible smell and taste.

God yes fennel 🤢

Banana. Just the smell is enough to turn my stomach.

I'm also not a fan of creamy and sharp combos that everyone else raves about - chocolate and strawberries, or cheese with grapes (although I happily eat cheese and pickles, so that makes no sense). Will eat separately but avoid together.

Tomato based sauces of the sort often served with pasta - they always taste too sweet and don't have a proper tomato flavour. Also cherry tomatoes - I hate the skins and again, they don't taste enough of tomatoes. Also melted cheese on top of food. Too oily and claggy and not cheesy enough.

These prejudices make ordering in Italian restaurants a challenge.

Mint sauce or jelly or whatever on roast lamb. Disgusting, it gets scraped into the bin immediately.

I have never and will never eat any sort of shellfish. Invertebrates are not for me!

Celery
Olives
Pineapple
Apple Sauce

I love truffle oil now but when I first tried it somehow reminded me of anus… not sure what it says that I persevered with it 😅

Agree and in salads

Raw onion.

im fine with cooked, pickled etc.

Raw onion in a salad or sandwich is just the worst

Pesto