To ask the worst thing you've ever eaten? (lighthearted)

[BobbyBiscuits]

Again with the food threads...as much as I love hearing what people like, I also love hearing what people hate!

So, what is the one (or a few) foods you tried and thought were vile and would never try again?

The main one that springs to my mind is whelks. wtf even are they meant to be? Its just impenetrable rubber with no taste...lol.

So, share your revulsions or argue the cause for something unlovable?
C'mon you know you want to! : )

I love
Lychees
globe artichokes
Lamb kidneys.
Goats' cheese
Marmite

So must be bit weird..

Cannot go near
Liver (though chicken liver pate ok)
Tripe - never tried , just the look/thought makes me feel sick
Cottage cheese. Looks like vomit.
Coriander.
Squid
Oysters. Just why?

Pigeon.

I once had a durian ice lolly; it tasted like a combination on milk and rancid onion. Surprisingly enough, not only was this not the worst thing I have eaten, it’s not even the worst ice lolly…

@BobbyBiscuits Sea Cucumber is absolutely disgusting. Had it in South Korea - looks like a giant slug and tastes like it too.

The tofu pack does say it can be eaten raw. But I agree it’s nicer cooked!

Swim bladder soup (a Thai delicacy apparently) and eel (in France). Ewwww.

Fermented corn in Mexico

It is corn that has gone rotten. It is slimy and tastes of mould and death. As I was on a business lunch I had to eat a reasonable amount to be polite.

Jellied eels.just ghastly, like a nightmare on a plare! Revolting.

It was just a cube of white on the plate. I know she was trying to be nice and feed me something vegetarian. Of course the upside was that I’d never tried it like that before!

A what flew into your salad?

This. I had to eat the tiniest morsel to be polite (actually to amuse my hosts, they knew I'd be repulsed by it), but I gagged. I gagged just watching the others tuck in to it, it doesn't even look edible.

Oysters...just why? Vomit inducing.

Hate the taste of coriander, many a meal been ruined by that silent assassin.

And olives; I wish I liked them...I keep trying them but nope!

In Soweto (on a British Council visit to S African schools), we were taken to a famous restaurant which served a buffet of local dishes. At the time, I was vegetarian.

I helped myself to a range of what looked like the meat-free dishes, sat down to eat and after putting what I believed to be a mushroom dish in my mouth, went green.

"What's the matter?" asked a colleague. Another looked over and said "I don't think she likes the ox tripe."

Love olives and miso.

Natto in Japan, for breakfast, it was double wrapped in a little pot, that should have been a sign. Like eating someone else's snot. To be fair it divides Japanese people too. Fermented though, so incredibly good for you .

RubiesAndRaindrops · Yesterday 21:40

Sea cucumber.

I had either sea slug or cucumber in Indonesia. It's the absolute worst, worst thing you can imagine.

It made my mouth and throat dry, gave me heartburn and a taste like burning tyres and eggy farts for about 2 days. Apparently, it's a great delicacy.

MrsHamlet · Yesterday 20:24

Fermented mare's milk. Never ever ever again.

Kumis. Was that Kazakhstan, or Kyrgizia? I had it and after an initial surprise, enjoyed it. Sour like lemon and slightly fizzy. They do a camel's milk one, called shubat, which is also quite creamy.

Haha, I love a whelk!

My dog won't eat whelks, mussels, or prawns if you offer them to her.

If you leave an unattended plate too close to the edge of the table, however...

Pripsen. It's been nigh on 50 years but my stomach just turned at the mention of it

I'm 47 and I haven't seen or tasted it since I was five years old, but the very thought of it is making me want to gag. SO unpleasant.

By contrast, my memories of being given liquid penicillin are very happy. I remember it being surprisingly delicious, like being spoon-fed banana milkshake.

Foie Gras 😳

Has anyone had that fermented shark thing they sell in Iceland (the country, not the frozen food outlet)? I really wanted to try it when we there but there was actually a little sign in our accommodation forbidding us from bringing it into the building because they wouldn't be able to get rid of the smell for the next guests.

Cornflakes with the milk poured on half an hour before. EVERY MORNING. Thanks mum.

I'm not a vegetarian, but that one tests the limits of my morality - I won't eat at any restaurant that serves it.

As for "worst food"...that would have to be a chili my OH made...with Quorn. Not only did it taste terrible, but it turns out I'm one of the unlucky few who're actually allergic to Quorn.

It's the only time in my life where I genuinely thought I was going to die.

Truffle oil, which is a synthetic flavour. (Real truffle is delightful).

Chapulines (Mexican grasshopper). Chewy with a pop, followed by an artificial lime flavour bursting out 🤢

I can eat about three raw oysters (and enjoy them!) before I become overwhelmed with disgust at the idea of what is in my mouth.

Thousand year egg. It actually tastes delicious - creamy and buttery. But the texture, appearance, and again the idea of what they are is too much for me. Shame.

I have been a veggie since I was about 13 but before that I ate anything (so yes foie gras, horse…).

and yes to quorn belly - I made a chilli with the mince and we suffered such awful stomach cramps. Some people really get terrible stomach aches! It’s just the ‘mince’ that does this to me though.