Unexpectedly disgusting food

[dontforgettofloss]

Just been reading the unexpectedly amazing food thread, and thought I'd post about food that I thought would be nice but wasn't.

The slimming world beef stroganoff from Iceland- it looked lovely on the packet, and smelt quite nice while it was cooking- but it tasted awful, really watery with a weird aftertaste

Wensleydale with cranberry- again, it looked nice, but tasted like vomit

Sorry Pretzels. I thought I would love them - bread with crunchy salt bits - what not to like. Everything - tastes like washing up liquid. Now I love "sour" - so that cant be the issue. what do they add to them!

@Smokeahontas

Coriander is the work of the devil & only deviants like it.

OMG, how could I have forgotten this emperor of all food shite???? It’s absolutely everywhere in sandwiches/salads (hello, Prêt?)! Fecking bastard herb! 🤢🤮

Tesco sausage rolls. Cardboard would taste better.

The creamy sauce on Ikea meatballs, it was vile and not very warm. Made me feel a little bit sick, DH ate his with gusto

@ShirleyPhallus

Sorry but a slimming world beef stroganoff from Iceland was never going to be good!

My thoughts exactly

@balkanscot

OK, last one from me: Indian food in general. I just find it too heavy & don’t like the spices in any combination/shape/form. Again, bizarrely, I absolutely love Thai curries. Go figure!

Snap.

Agree with Hersheys tasting like vomit, I spat it out first time I tried it. The cookies and cream bar isn't as bad but I still don't like it.

Real Turkish delight is amazing but the crap they have here is vile.

The first time I tried belly pork in a nice restaurant I heaved after one bite. Thats when I realised I hate all fatty meat.

Can't be arsed to find the 'unexpectedly good food' thread but all this talk of seaweed reminds me how much I love the delicious wakame seaweed salad you get with decent sushi - it's made of kelp which sounds vile but it's almost nutty and lovely. Don't know if you can just buy it by itself?!

@andtheweedonkey

Cherry flavour Jaffa Cakes.

They taste like Benylin. 🤢

I found this once with a shop bought cherry pie. It tasted like medicine so much it made my mouth feel a bit numb. Very disappointing.

Mint Sauce

@spongedog

Sorry Pretzels. I thought I would love them - bread with crunchy salt bits - what not to like. Everything - tastes like washing up liquid. Now I love "sour" - so that cant be the issue. what do they add to them!

I love pretzels but they are dipped in sodium hydroxide (stuff that's used to clean drains) before they are baked. I find that really weird and wonder who first thought up that process.

Thanks to the poster who mentioned the Waitrose Turkish delight ice-cream. I'll be going there this week.

We (family) had the same experience in the US and Hershey's - we all spat is out and wonedered how on Earth it could liked by anyone!
We have since seen an English program that was comparing chocolate with blind testing to people out shopping etc. Only one couple liked it, and did't think it tasted of vomit, and yes, they were American. The program makers then told us that Hershey make their product in a way that turns something (I'm very technically knoweledgeable as you can see) during the process, into Butyric acid, which is also found in vomit and Parmesan cheese!
I think that Hershey deny this, but I think that their noses must grow very long on occassions!

@Sparklingbrook

Itsu Seaweed Thins Sea Salt are revolting. Bought them as a healthy snack but has to have a Haribo to take the taste away.

Yes! These are foul.

I just don't get along with seaweed i think. When it wraps itself around your legs in the sea. Ewww. And the smell of it in piles on the beach. Not sure why I would think those thins would taste nice thinking about it!

I loathe egg and baked beans together. The combination tastes awful to me. ADORE them both separately though!

Wet bread - my Mum sometimes used to make me white Mother's Pride (70s/80s supermarket loaf) cheese and tomato sandwiches. By lunchtime, the "bread" would resemble flour and water glue at the edges 🤢

Prunes 😱

@OwlIsBeingAnOwl

Can't be arsed to find the 'unexpectedly good food' thread but all this talk of seaweed reminds me how much I love the delicious wakame seaweed salad you get with decent sushi - it's made of kelp which sounds vile but it's almost nutty and lovely. Don't know if you can just buy it by itself?!

I buy it on Ebay, and its also sold in wholefood shops. Its lovely in miso soup.

I don't get sushi. My family raves about it and pursuaded me to try some from Waitrose. It just tasted of sea - like when you are swimming in the sea and you get a mouthful and a small fish as a bonus. Yuck.

@Sparklingbrook

Itsu Seaweed Thins Sea Salt are revolting. Bought them as a healthy snack but has to have a Haribo to take the taste away.

Totally agree! I bought them thinking I could stick some salsa on them for a low calorie snack. They're fucking revolting. I resorted to wine to take the taste away.

@Smokeahontas

Coriander is the work of the devil & only deviants like it.

A-freaking-MEN!!

It looks so beautiful on a plate but the taste is wretched!

What I really hate is that restaurants don't just put a little bit on the dish that's easy to take out but they pile that shit on like it's a salad or chop it finely just to piss me the fuck off!

What's worse is that I'm Mexican-American and every single relative puts that vileness into every fucking Mexican meal and not even goddamn margaritas (jalapeño with cilantro/coriander leaf garnish and chopped for color) and there I am trying really hard not to gag because it will hurt my relative's feelings.

That demonic herb can go back to the hell from which it came forth!!

Anyways...

Sourdough bread

Ooh I'm tempted TheInebriati does it taste the same?

The chicken nuggets from McDonald's, absolutely vile 🤢

*Coriander is the work of the devil & only deviants like it.

OMG, how could I have forgotten this emperor of all food shite???? It’s absolutely everywhere in sandwiches/salads (hello, Prêt?)! Fecking bastard herb!*

Pardon ? It enhances curries, salads, home made salsa, fajitas. Yummy.

However, I can't bear liquorice or aniseed. Yuck. Whereas lots of people love it.

I had caviar once about thirty years ago and have never touched it since. Oreos just taste stale to me and celery is the food of the devil. Most sugar-free or diet stuff makes me gag because I can’t stand the taste of sweetener, but I do love a Fry’s Turkish Delight even though I don’t like the proper stuff 😁

@Blueberrywhirl320

The chicken nuggets from McDonald's, absolutely vile 🤢

Especially the katsu ones. What a waste of stomach space they were