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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
Please add!

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BonnieF · 09/02/2018 23:54

I’m an omnivorous foodie, but even I draw the line at okra, snails & oysters.

The idea of eating a snail makes me retch, and the texture of oysters makes me heave. Okra are an unpleasant, flavourless slimy mess.

onemorecupofcoffeefortheroad · 09/02/2018 23:54

Any salad leaves like lettuce or rocket - it's like eating undergrowth in your garden. Never liked it - never will. I eat pretty much everything else,

blueshoes · 09/02/2018 23:55

Geoduck

AnnabelleLecter · 09/02/2018 23:55

Liver
Oysters
Frog's legs
Pears
Pukka/fray bentos or similar pies
Trifle

brizzledrizzle · 09/02/2018 23:56

Jellied eels
Tripe
Livers, kidneys etc
Tongue
Spam
Brains
Pork pies (that jelly)
Oysters
Beetroot
Piccalilli
Blue cheese
Unpasteurised milk
Whale meat
Veal
Pate

JustKeepDancing · 09/02/2018 23:56

Meat.
Seafood.
Eggs (unless very well cooked).
Milk (either on cereal or in a glass).
Rice pudding (too milky, ugh).
Fresh coriander (tastes like sweat).
Coffee.

sweetkitty · 09/02/2018 23:57

Meat
Seafood especially head on prawns
Dairy
Eggs
Celery
Licorique

weetabix07 · 09/02/2018 23:57

Coleslaw 🤢

JustKeepDancing · 09/02/2018 23:58

Oh! Forgot about rocket. Nasty, bitter pointless stuff. And yes to pp who said peach skin. Shudder.

Giggorata · 09/02/2018 23:59

I can apparently eat anything.. which is probably good for survival.
There are a couple of things I’m not keen on, like liquorice and whelks, but not much. I ate a load of seafood in Brittany, some stuff I didn't recognise, with odd little stretchy bits in yellows, cinnamon and greens.... but if I closed my eyes, it was quite good.
Oh, I am getting to really hate cinnamon.

Teufelsrad · 09/02/2018 23:59

Brie/Camembert. Why would you want to eat anything that tastes of ammonia?

I've just realised how many of these are cheese related. I love a few types of cheese, but I've never ordered a cheeseboard in my life and probably never will.

ChristianGreysAnatomy · 10/02/2018 00:00

Has anyone said andouille yet? Seriously, why would you?
Haggis - ugh
Cooked spinach - rather eat pond slime

Most other things listed here I do eat.

Finderscrispy · 10/02/2018 00:01

Peanut butter. Just don’t get the big deal, why is it so popular.

brizzledrizzle · 10/02/2018 00:02

Coleslaw is disgusting, as are prawns
Popcorn
Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots

expatmigrant · 10/02/2018 00:03

I'll eat pretty much anything...but hate Baked Beans

Mumsymcmumface · 10/02/2018 00:15

Anything in a shell

This is pretty weird!

No whelks, scallops, peanuts, Brazil nuts or eggs?

dontcallmelen · 10/02/2018 00:15

So many things
Mash
Milk
Custard
Cream
Porridge
Lamb
Pork
Avocado
Mayonnaise
Meatballs
Fish with batter
Any type of curry
Hot chocolate
Rice pudding
Gravy
Any creamy cheesy sauces
Cooked cheese
Peanut butter
Probably loads more if I really thought about it😳

AlexaAmbidextra · 10/02/2018 00:20

@Mumsy. No, I meant things like snails, winkles, oysters, whelks etc. Grin

DiegoMadonna · 10/02/2018 00:21

Chicken's breasts! Cow's bums! Cute little lambs' legs! Eggs (wtf? who first thought to eat those??)

Flatprob · 10/02/2018 00:21

The oily mush that is avocado.

73kittycat73 · 10/02/2018 00:22

Mushrooms. Look and feel like slime. :'(

fedupandsickofeverything · 10/02/2018 00:22

Eggs, they make me heave, can force myself to eat an omelette but that's all

DownstairsMixUp · 10/02/2018 00:22

Offal it looks hideous

Jellied eels

Any sea food

Mushrooms

I'm vegetarian tho

DiegoMadonna · 10/02/2018 00:24

The oily mush that is avocado

You know avocado isn't a mush unless you mash it? Otherwise it's like most other fruits.

DiegoMadonna · 10/02/2018 00:24

Mushrooms ARE a pretty weird thing to eat. They taste delicious though.