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Food that you can't understand why people would eat....

540 replies

malificent7 · 09/02/2018 22:41

There are quite a few..

Octopus ...intelligent, beautiful and also all those rubbery suckers...boak!
Tripe, chicken feer
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nong45 · 09/02/2018 23:32

Yes I really hate okra. It's awful. Can't get into kale either.

Kippers. All those bones.

FrancisCrawford · 09/02/2018 23:32

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blueshoes · 09/02/2018 23:32

Eel
Geoduck
Candyfloss
Haribos
Rhubarb

zukiecat · 09/02/2018 23:33

I very, very rarely go out to eat and when I do it's always with DD2, we go to either Cosmo or for a pub lunch

My all time favourite meal is Steak Pie so I always have that, without fail

At Cosmo, I like Singapore Chicken, Sweet and Sour Chicken, Beef or Chicken in Blackbean Sauce, Cantonese Beef

For Pudding I always have grapes or lychees if they have them

GentleJones · 09/02/2018 23:33

Pomegranate!

Let’s just sprinkle it on everything these days! No!

kateandme · 09/02/2018 23:33

anchovies.
octopus
stilton
olives.
although to be fair to the poor anchovies and olives they can add great depth of flavour to thinkgs.but eating them as themselves nope

dotdotdotmustdash · 09/02/2018 23:34

Custard
Custard Pies
Custard tarts
Custard-style yoghurts
Rhubarb and Custard sweets (rhubarb alone is fine)
Creme Anglas
Creme patissiere
Anything custardy
Aubergines
Celery

Sophisticatedsarcasm · 09/02/2018 23:34

@ritamills I love it best with beans 👌🏼

UgandanKnuckles · 09/02/2018 23:39

Uuuurgh, liqourice. Absolutely horrific stuff. As is anything aniseedy tbh.
It's one of the very few things I will point blank refuse to eat.

200thousand · 09/02/2018 23:40

peas

Notso · 09/02/2018 23:40

Wafer thin from a packet ham/turkey/chicken.
Sandwich fillings mixed up with mayo
Red wine
Smoothies
Fruit juice
Cereal except cinnamon crunch which I don't eat because sugar.
Squash
I've never had meat dishes from Chinese restaurants/takeaways where the meat wasn't bouncy and horrible.

SoleBizzz · 09/02/2018 23:41

Elephant dicks.

lookingforthedroids · 09/02/2018 23:43

Avocado
Whelks
Anything remotely furry, like fresh raspberries and peaches
Porridge

stopfuckingshoutingatme · 09/02/2018 23:44

Meat
Supermarket birthday cakes
Meat feast pizzas
Donor kebabs

idontlikealdi · 09/02/2018 23:44

@blueshoes what is geoduck?!

areyoubeingserviced · 09/02/2018 23:44

Cucumbers- Even the smell makes me heave.

deste · 09/02/2018 23:44

Dates, marmalade, margarine, milk chocolate, Chinese food, jelly sweets and Brie. Lots more but I can’t think.

AlexaAmbidextra · 09/02/2018 23:45

Offal
Anything in a shell
Octopus
Eel
Anything with a face

stopfuckingshoutingatme · 09/02/2018 23:45

God I love all your hates

Have a guilty LOVE for custard

AlexaAmbidextra · 09/02/2018 23:47

@idontlikealdi. You'll wish you'd never asked. Shock

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BakedBeans47 · 09/02/2018 23:48

Also Slimming world overnight oats. Cold, sour, stodgy, fruity vomit.

Rafflesway · 09/02/2018 23:50

Anything containing Garlic - seriously vile stuff - Mayonnaise - almost equally vile and any type of vinegar - definitely vile! Plus pasta, pizza or anything Italian really.

Try eating out these days when you can't stomach any of the above. 😡
(Even if a dish doesn't actually contain any of these they insist on "Dressing" the dish with balsamic vinegar. 👺👺👺)

Zukie I take my hat off to you. You are the only person who would TOTALLY understand where I am coming from. 😁

SuperBeagle · 09/02/2018 23:53

Kale
Oysters / mussels
Snails
Black pudding
Haggis
Blue cheese
Mayonnaise
Coriander
Traditional hot cross buns (apple and cinnamon are acceptable)

SheGotBetteDavisEyes · 09/02/2018 23:54

I'm pretty unfussy and will eat most things, except processed meat/economy meat/'Value' meat/tinned meat etc. - I'd rather just ditch meat altogether than eat those type of things. We don't eat meat often, and try to buy wisely/as ethically as possible when we do.

And tripe. Tried it, didn't like it. There's probably more, but nothing immediately leaps to mind.