Unexpectedly disgusting food

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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

@TheTroubleWithShoes

*Urgh are your tastebuds still alive? sad Mine went in the bin I didn't want to even look at the packet a second more."

I'll be holding a minute's silence in memory of those lovely wastes seaweed thins.

I have to agree with Hershey's. Though that's why I also detest parmesan, and papaya. They all taste of vomit.

Root beer is one of the worst things I've ever put in my mouth.

Raw tomatoes. They look so good but taste terrible. They make me gag.

Tahini. I love hummus, nut butters and sesame seeds so I thought thay I'd love tahini. No, it's inedible. Incredibly bitter and just plain disgusting.

Was that raw tahini or prepared tahini?

Seafood (other than shrimps and prawns) : all chewy, yucky tetures. And as for oysters

Durian! It was so played up by friends but so disgusting. What you'd imagine raw sewage might taste like.

@CityCommuter

When I first went on holiday to the USA as a teenager in the 1990's I couldn't wait to try Hershey's chocolate that I'd seen on lots of American TV shows and films...

Anyway after the first bite I was sure it had gone off as the taste is so odd it can only be described as tasting like vomit! That's the nearest description to it... The chocolate hadn't gone off, it actually really does taste like that (to anyone who hasn't tried it yet btw).... I couldn't and still can't understand how my American relatives go wild for this taste and love that chocolate... I'm NOT exaggerating btw, it's truly yucky!

Couldn't' agree with you more. Hershey's chocolate is the pits

Seafood (other than shrimps and prawns) : all chewy, yucky tetures.

There's also crab and lobster.
You should try goose barnacles. They're not at all like clams or their relatives, as they are actually more closely related to shrimps despite their appearance. The taste is unique. But they are pricy and only found in some locations, notably rocky shores in Western Portugal and Spain.

Morrisons chicken breasts. I don't know what they've done to them but over the past year they've become rock hard. Utterly disgusting to eat.

@TheTroubleWithShoes

Cheese scones are just wrong. Scones should be sweet not savoury.

I love cheese scones. Still warm, defrosted in the microwave, with a bowl of soup, delicious.

@MintyMabel

Actually those fancy cakes that people pay a fortune to have made in different themes ALWAYS taste like shit, I honestly can't imagine why people buy them. They look beautiful and I can appreciate them as a work of craftsmanship but not for eating.

@ParadiseLaundry Yes!

Especially those ones which are clad with biscuits or chocolate bars. If I want a lovely sponge cake, why would I want a big chunk of Mars bar along with it?

I feel the same about the heavily decorated cupcakes that were really popular a while ago. I have a very sweet tooth so a huge cupcake with a big swirl of buttercream decorated with sweets seems like something I would love. Over the years I have tried loads and every time the cake itself is tasteless and dry and the buttercream is oily and bland (or even worse, if it's supposed to be flavoured it usually has a weird chemical aftertaste). And to add insult to injury the sweets on the top are usually a bit soggy (presumably from sitting in the oily icing all day). Give me an old fashioned fairycake any day!

@CirqueDeMorgue

Don't know if it's unexpected but celery. When you consider that cucumber and other crudités are lovely, celery is just urgh.

100%... and it leaches its awful taste onto anything it touches, I love cucumber but cant stand celery

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

I detest adulteration of perfectly good cheese with anything! If you want fruit, have it on the side and enjoy the cheese.

@Quillboard yesssss!

Martini! I forgot about that disappointing glass of nail varnish remover.

Looks great, totally iconic. But it’s just the taste of very very strong alcohol. Again, slightly unreasonable of me as the ingredients are a giveaway that’s what it’ll taste like. Just have a shot of vodka and be done with it.

@WhipperSnapperSteve

Blue cheese, just why would you eat mouldy food

Rare meat (I'll go medium if I'm feeling brave otherwise mid-well), blood etc.

No No, rarer the better, what we call mooing!

Wine, beer, larger, in fact any alcohol.

How do people drink this shit?
I can't stomach any more than one mouthful. Don't know why it's so popular.

@WiddlinDiddlin

Hersheys is gross, but its because it has more butyric acid in it than european chocolate - the milk content is processed at a lower temperature. Yuck. Butyric acid is also in puke.

Back in the day before all things veggie/vegan were trying to replicate meat so hard you can't tell the difference, I used to happily eat any veggie/vegan stuff, safe in the knowledge I would not encounter gristly bits, bouncey bits, horrible textures etc..

No longer so. I had to give OH a 'Zinger Burger' as whilst the flavour was nice, whatever the hell it was made from was like the toughest stringiest bounciest old meat you've ever had the misfortune to be served. Rank!

Hershey is truly horrible, we went out of our way in the US to visit the factory, the whole area stank. I have rarely had decent chocolate in the US, they are very fond of Ghiradelli but even that's not very good.

Gingerbread matchmakers - truly disgusting

@Thecurtainsofdestiny

Truffle oil. Tastes of decay.

Balsamic vinegar. Just not nice.

Balsamic vinegar on strawberries is wonderful, just had canteloupe melon, strawberries, Black Forest ham, lots of black pepper and squirts of balsamic vinegar for breakfast.

Agree root beer is vile, I was expecting something like ginger beer and it tasted like sports socks

@CirqueDeMorgue

Don't know if it's unexpected but celery. When you consider that cucumber and other crudités are lovely, celery is just urgh.

Supermarket celery tastes of nothing , if you can get Fen dirty celery when it's in season that's wonderful.

Fondant.
Why would you ruin what could be a delicious cake putting bright coloured glue flavoured sugar clay over the top?

Buttercream made with Crisco - it’s a fucking crime against cake and humanity.

Fruits de mer in France. I love seafood so was excited for a seafood platter all to myself! When it arrived it was literally a selection of large sea snails. I was so disappointed. My husband tried convincing me they were a delicacy and to try them with the garlic paste. I reluctantly swallowed them down with large glugs of water. I had an upset stomach for the following 3 days

@Lweji you sound like a woman who'd appreciate a geoduck clam. Google it if you've not tried it. I'm told they're tasty but . . .

@danadas we need to campaign for a gluten free but not dairy free cornetto!

@Hallyup6

Wine, beer, larger, in fact any alcohol.

How do people drink this shit?
I can't stomach any more than one mouthful. Don't know why it's so popular.

Yes wine - the labels say it has notes of pear and vanilla - ooh lovely I think. But no, just another glass of vinegar.

Okay, so vegan alternatives are getting thoroughly bashed on this thread, I feel like I need to defend it 😂

Vegan cheese in particular is really hit or miss. The ones we've found to be closest to the real thing are:

Violife Greek style (exactly like feta, amazing)
Applewood smoked cheddar
Morrisons smoked style

Most supermarkets do their own style cheese spread which is pretty convincing.

We like Oatly Barista milk in coffee and Morrisons own oat milk in tea and on cereal. Currently having Alpro roasted almond instead because I'm fat and its only 13 calories per 100ml (yes, I know the environmental impact of almond).

Good meat swaps:

Richmond meatless sausages
Moving mountains burgers/hotdogs
Morrisons own sausages
This isn't bacon
Linda McCartneys chicken bucket
Quorn turkey dinosaurs

We don't eat a lot of meat subs as a rule but these are our go-to. Also quorn, for the most part, is rank.

Most people need a few months off dairy before vegan dairy subs are palatable. It's all the bovine casein, it's addictive ;)

Campari

According to BBC Good Food:
It sometimes comes with the caveat of being “an acquired taste” thanks to its bitter nature but it’s worth trucking on and overcoming the initial barrier

No it really isn't.