What foods do you really hate and couldn't eat even out of politness if given at a dinner party?

[branflake81]

For me it would be prawns, beetroot or anything flavoured with honey.

When I was 18 I hated seafood and was invited to a party where the food being served was cajun cuisine. Out of politness I ate the seafood gumbo and red mullet that was served up. I don't think it was politeness however when I asked for seconds .

Nowadays I would have to say no to beetroot and not much else!

Green peppers and raw tomatoes.

I really don't like creamy white wine sauces, but I will force some down if served at a dinner party.

Fish of any sort, dodgy cheese, mushrooms, liver, eggs.

Meat, fruit salad with banana's, any thing that has a chocolate & banana combination, bread & butter pudding.

peas

anything raw - sushi etc
seafood other than fish
stuff with vinegar in - salad dressing, beetroot, pickles, etc.

trifle
caviar
oysters
squid
liver
pumkin
butternut squash
rice pudding
tofu

Marshmallows.

Round my way, that's the sort of stuff they'd dish up at a 'dinner party.'

And any Chinese dessert .. they are totally foul.

Oh yeah, kerryMum, I really hate it when people serve monkey brains, especially when they bring the monkey in live and take out the brains in front of you.

The worst thing I've had to force down at a dinner party was raw egg wrapped in ham, set in masses of gelatine. It was in Paris, so is probably quite normal there, and I'veno idea what it's called.

Thankfully I've never been given oysters, as I really couldn't.

I did enjoy a meal at a friend of my grandmothers once, when I was 12,and readily accepted when offered seconds. When the host had trotted off for my second helping, my cousin pointed to me that it was infact tongue. Funnily enough, I really couldn't eat anymore.

I think that now I would eat pretty much everything. Even most offal, as long as it's well cooked, eg steak and kidney pie.

However, a quivering, pan fried for a second foie was a no no at New Year. Luckily, it was at an old friend's house, so I didn't feel bad. I am actually so polite that I would have eaten it if I really had had to!

Aspic jelly

blancmange
rice pudding
creme caramel
liver
offal

Most offal (don't mind foie gras or tongue) and chicken's feet, otherwise I will happily eat most things and can manage things I wouldn't choose to eat (sweetcorn, celery, puy lentils, blancmange) out of politeness.

Oh! And that godawful stuff in Dim Sum restaurants that looks like sausage rolls of white jelly quivering around gelatinous meat... tried it once out of curiousity (not even the guy pushing it around on the trolley could explain what it tasted like) and OMG it was vomitous!

brussel sprouts, liver, kidney and faggots (pinched from someone elses list).
I'm sure there's more.

Meat or fish as I'm vegetarian.

Eggs or mushrooms as I'm a pita !

Cou**tes

Related to the marrow....

I can not even type the word, my stomach heaves over.

I'm a dreadful fusspot but...
boiled eggs or anything too eggy
sardines & any fish that tastes like fish
peas, peanuts (fair dues as am allergic)
overcooked veg
brains, tripe, liver - awful offal!
bad cooking

I would never actually admit to not liking something (too rude) but would find a way of not eating it.

Appalling, amn't i?

I could eat everything that's been mentioned already, but I couldn't eat marzipan if my life depended on it. Devil's food. Give me raw kangaroo bollocks and fish eyes any day!

Cooked celery
One particular type of seaweed (can't remember the name) as it is really too fishy
Anything that tastes of aniseed, apart from, curiously, fennel.
Anything slimy that slithers down

Oh, and meat and fish as I'm vegetarian.

Dont eat meat. Love cheese but cannot eat anything cheese flavoured eg cheese n onion crisps or cheesy crackers etc

Anchovies. Yuk.

but love goats cheese and aubergines, especially those slippery chargrilled ones frizzled in oil. Yummmm.

offal - just that smell...

whats faggots? I thought it was an incredibly un-pc, derogatory term for gay men and also a piece of wood, so the thought of someone eating either is a bit confusing!

Meant drizzled not frizzled !