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

Love raw tomatoes. Nothing beats a caprese with a drizzle of olive oil and basil.

And I actually did get taken to one side for questioning at the airport when I’d packed a couple of blocks to take home with me...

taking a whole salami on a flight does the same...

Turkish Turkish delight is far superior to English Turkish delight!

Maybe, but I still hate it and find it way too sweet.

Chocolate dipped strawberries. So disappointing, the chocolate was cold, brittle and almost tasteless and just didn’t work with the taste and texture of the strawberries. I left a couple to get to room temperature, thinking that the chocolate would taste better and feel, but it just got sweaty and clammy. They looked so beautiful, but tasted of acrimony and regret.

Also mushrooms in pasta. Fine separately, but put them together and it’s the devil’s vomit.

I liked the drumstick chocolate but ds ( who has a sweet tooth ) thought it was awful !
He hated the mix of the two.
I couldn't eat a lot of it , but i do like drum stick lollies on their own as well.

@redcandlelight

And I actually did get taken to one side for questioning at the airport when I’d packed a couple of blocks to take home with me...

taking a whole salami on a flight does the same...

And haggis

@QueenAdreena

I normally love Covent Garden soups, but their Skinny Souper Green soup smelt and tasted like farts. Worst thing I’ve ever eaten.

@Ihatesalad

Waitrose mushroom stroganoff in their vegan range (I’m not vegan) tasted and smelt totally like sweaty socks

Hahaha!!

@Mmmmdanone

Can I do an opposite? Thing that I thought would be disgusting but wasn't? Drumstick lolly chocolate. I bought it for my ds who loves drumstick lollies, and thought I'd try it. He didn't get it in the end 🤣

Have you tried the Drumstick Squashies Ice lollies? I love them and they're only £1.29 for 4 in Home Bargains last time I looked.

Camomile tea.

Like lying face down on damp grass with your mouth open.

Mashed sweet potato. It's tolerable in chunks but has a revolting slimy texture when mashed.

Oh yes, and Root Beer.

Tastes and smells like Germolene

Cranberry juice. Tastes like the smell of the dusty pub carpet!

@KarmaViolet

Another vote for the seaweed thins. Absolutely vile.

Although my gold medal goes to the Wicked Kitchen Caesar Wrap. I'm not averse to meat replacements but oh. my. fuck. that was the grimmest thing I have ever attempted to eat. The wrap was soggy and slightly plasticky, while the salty, viscous sauce dripped from the bottom. Like eating a used condom.

Goddammit!! I can't get that picture out of my head now....

@BumCat

I love oysters, but then I eat lots of foods that some people have an ick about yet hate peas!

@Kottbullar

Also coconut water, it sounds so refreshing, it tastes like tropical sweat!

Wholeheartedly agree!!

Am I the only person in the world who has a strong reaction against porridge? My mum made it for me once when I was little and I found it revolting. When I was in my twenties it became trendy so I thought I'd give it another try. I bought the good stuff and went to great effort to make it properly but, no, it was still like grey, mushy brains and the smell made me nauseous. If I end up in prison or on a show like Big Brother I will never cope.

Yes Hershey's tastes of vomit 🤮

Coconut water is vile. It just sounds nice and as if it should taste like Malibu! The reality is very different

Udon noodles

Truffle mayonnaise

Fancy crisp flavours that involve herbs, like “roast chicken and sage” and “best ever roast potato flavour with rosemary” - keep that shite out of my crisps please.

Another one for the Hershey's vomit taste!!
"Proper" Turkish Delight is lovely, we get it in our local restaurant and a colleague brought some over with him in the days we could travel for work.

Mr Porky’s Pork Scratchings.

I love a pork scratching, guilty pleasure. These looked good but the bag I had a really off-putting chemical taste. Shame.

@andtheweedonkey

Cherry flavour Jaffa Cakes.

They taste like Benylin. 🤢

Ooh, I like Benylin....

@NewModelArmyMayhem18

I''ve thought of one - papaya which smells and tastes of vomit to me.

Love smelly cheese as do DC despite having been fussy about plenty of other foodstuffs over the years.

Ah yes I thought I was the only one that thought this about papaya! It's my mums favourite fruit and when she first made me try it I thought it had gone bad. It's disgusting!

I’ve been reminded by another thread - something that used to be lovely but became vile overnight is baked beans and spaghetti in tomato sauce. I used to love these (especially the BBQ beans in sauce), and would occasionally have them on toast, as a treat for my lunch, but overnight they all became vile.

I think they have changed the recipe of the sauce to make it lower in sugar and salt, but sadly all this has achieved is to make the sauce thin, tasteless and a complete disappointment. No more beans on toast for me.