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Any sort of offal...and seafood.

theia;1444908 wrote: I know, lame attempt, but at least I'm trying :-5

Any sort of offal...and seafood.


Strawberries.

Can't get past the 'aroma'. Makes me gag.

Sago pudding and tapioca pudding! Lord knows why I even remember their existence but my word they were vile standard fare at school.

LarsMac;1444911 wrote: Strawberries.

Can't get past the 'aroma'. Makes me gag.


Has the aroma always made you gag? Or did you like strawberries at some point in your life?

I used to like liver until I was pregnant with my son and, since then, I haven't been able to go near it.

Týr;1444912 wrote: Sago pudding and tapioca pudding! Lord knows why I even remember their existence but my word they were vile standard fare at school.


Along with other revolting fare...though I still like all milk puddings

Popcorn for the last twenty years, ate too much and made myself sick.

Pink custard - yuck

Betty Boop;1444922 wrote: Pink custard - yuck


Oh I'd forgotten that! It was revolting

Marzipan and Bakewell Tarts... Yuk

theia;1444923 wrote: Oh I'd forgotten that! It was revolting


And school dinner ladies were brilliant at creating a lovely thick skin on top. They should have won awards.

theia;1444917 wrote: Has the aroma always made you gag? Or did you like strawberries at some point in your life?

I used to like liver until I was pregnant with my son and, since then, I haven't been able to go near it.


I have this odd memory in my head of my mother trying to get me to eat strawberries when I was very young. Like sitting in a high chair young. I know that the texture of most berries bothers me terribly. the tiny seeds just irritate, and I don't like that textural stimulus.

I often accused Mom of force-feeding me strawberries back then.

She, denied it, of course. She loved the things, and simply could not understand how someone could not.

But forever, the aroma has been enough to trigger my gag reflex.

I think I might starve if all there was to eat was a lot of strawberries.

Aubergine.

Gipsy tart, that gunky sweet brown stuff they fed us at chool

Pickled beets are demon's seed.

Snooz;1444936 wrote: Pickled beets are demon's seed.


Love it !

Snooz;1444936 wrote: Pickled beets are demon's seed.


Snowfire;1444937 wrote: Love it !


My oldest Grandson would agree with Snooz. Me, I LOVE pickled Beets.

When they show up on the relish tray at a party, I tend to eat way too many.

silverbeet........no matter how much gravy and butter to try to smother it with, that steal/iron taste just aint going away

LarsMac;1444939 wrote: My oldest Grandson would agree with Snooz. Me, I LOVE pickled Beets.

When they show up on the relish tray at a party, I tend to eat way too many. Me too... may sound an odd question but If you eat too much, does your pee go dark? Or should I see a Doctor?

Snowfire;1444935 wrote: Aubergine.

Gipsy tart, that gunky sweet brown stuff they fed us at chool Love Aubergine.

Wasn't Gipsy Tart made with treacle ?

oscar;1444965 wrote: Love Aubergine.

Wasn't Gipsy Tart made with treacle ?


Brown sugar and condensed milk....shudder

Snowfire;1444981 wrote: Brown sugar and condensed milk....shudder Never had that at school... I do remember Semolina though... god, you could grout tiles with that.

oscar;1444982 wrote: Never had that at school... I do remember Semolina though... god, you could grout tiles with that.


Love semolina. Love the skin of the custard. They used to push it to one side at school and save it for me. "The rubber glove" my mate called it

Cant stand tapioca though

Snowfire;1444984 wrote: Love semolina. Love the skin of the custard. They used to push it to one side at school and save it for me. "The rubber glove" my mate called it

Cant stand tapioca though Oh no... not skin on custard.... Vile.... My Mothers had many uses... we could use them as bathing hats for example.

Love tapioca...

My husband can not bear meat skin or fat...I have to remove all skin from chicken and all fat from his meat... I adore pork belly, the fattier the better... but he gags at the sight of It.

Only one thing I can think of..........Pickled eggs...........why pickle eggs ?

Bruv;1444988 wrote: Only one thing I can think of..........Pickled eggs...........why pickle eggs ?


Could be worse... could be a Century Egg



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg

Added with Pickled Gherkins... Why Indeed

Stewed prunes and watery custard...one school pudding I hated

theia;1445001 wrote: Stewed prunes and watery custard...one school pudding I hated I agree... Vile... and you had to run for a poo 3 hours later.

Anchovies.... retch

oscar;1445006 wrote: Anchovies.... retch


I agree!

I've never had anchovies but I love sardines in olive oil. I love tapioca too. In fact, I'd probably eat sardines in tapioca if someone served it to me.

oscar;1445006 wrote: Anchovies.... retch


On a pizza, or salad, yeauch. Used as a flavouring in a stew...great

Snowfire;1445024 wrote: Used as a flavouring in a stew...great


Or Brown sauce

Snowfire;1445024 wrote: On a pizza, or salad, yeauch. Used as a flavouring in a stew...great I agree with that as In stews they disintegrate and just flavour.

My problem goes back to when I was a child and my Mother grew Dahlia's. They were always full of earwigs and that's what they remind me of.

Thanks to Theia... This Is a great thread and a lot of fun.

Bruv;1445028 wrote: Or Brown sauce


I love brown sauce in my stew. Made for each other

Snowfire;1445031 wrote: I love brown sauce in my stew. Made for each other


No, Brown sauce has anchovies in it..........I'm a lable reader

Bruv;1445032 wrote: No, Brown sauce has anchovies in it..........I'm a lable reader


Then I love them both in my stew, one way or another

Bruv;1445032 wrote: No, Brown sauce has anchovies in it..........I'm a lable reader Is that the same as a Label reader ?

I put beer or left over red wine In my stews.

oscar;1445037 wrote: Is that the same as a Label reader ?

I put beer or left over red wine In my stews.


I never, ever have beer or wine left over. Ever !

Snooz;1445016 wrote: I've never had anchovies but I love sardines in olive oil. I love tapioca too. In fact, I'd probably eat sardines in tapioca if someone served it to me.


EEEeeewwwwwww!

Snowfire;1445038 wrote: I never, ever have beer or wine left over. Ever ! I know that.

What a fun thread to read!

I like to try new foods, but i also have a lot of demands!

- ricepudding, the smell makes me vomite. (and anything else that looks / smells like it!)

- If i'd eat something like chili con carne with rice, the rice and sauce have to be separated.. preferably separate plates! I can never have rice mixed in with the sauce!

- Fat, skin or bones on/in meat, no way..

- Anything from the sea (except salmon and tuna)

- Friese droge worst (I don't know what i can compare it to but it is like a dried smoked sausage). Smells ok, but yuk.. taste is nasty..

And there are most likey some other things that I don't like.. but i think this is quite enough for now! :wah:

I thought this was an interesting article about what disgusts people of different cultures.

You Eat That?

Disgust is one of our most basic emotions—the only one that we have to learn—and nothing triggers it more reliably than the strange food of others


WSJ

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Take cheese, considered by Westerners to be anything from a comfort food to a luxurious delicacy. A good taleggio, Gorgonzola or Brie might be described as sweaty or slimy. Cheese also has its fair share of aromatic obstacles and, depending on the circumstances, may be confused with vomit, stinky feet or a garbage spill. Many Asians regard all cheese, from processed American slices to Stilton, as utterly disgusting—the equivalent of cow excrement.

Given that cheese can be described as the rotted bodily fluid of an ungulate, that's not far off. But controlled rot tastes good in this case—at least to us (or most of us). The key is to manage the decomposition in such a way as to get that desired flavor and to ensure that we don't get sick from consuming the food (in some cases, rot is actually necessary because the fresh version is poisonous).



Some cultures consider cheese repulsive. Worth considering: The bacteria that cause foot odor are also found in many cheeses. Nikolai

tude dog;1445079 wrote: I thought this was an interesting article about what disgusts people of different cultures.



WSJ

snip-

Take cheese, considered by Westerners to be anything from a comfort food to a luxurious delicacy. A good taleggio, Gorgonzola or Brie might be described as sweaty or slimy. Cheese also has its fair share of aromatic obstacles and, depending on the circumstances, may be confused with vomit, stinky feet or a garbage spill. Many Asians regard all cheese, from processed American slices to Stilton, as utterly disgusting—the equivalent of cow excrement.

Given that cheese can be described as the rotted bodily fluid of an ungulate, that's not far off. But controlled rot tastes good in this case—at least to us (or most of us). The key is to manage the decomposition in such a way as to get that desired flavor and to ensure that we don't get sick from consuming the food (in some cases, rot is actually necessary because the fresh version is poisonous).



Some cultures consider cheese repulsive. Worth considering: The bacteria that cause foot odor are also found in many cheeses. Nikolai


Thats very true. I think Eskimos are particularly sensitive to the smell of dairy products on us. Hardly surprising, given the scarcity of Cattle in the region. Then there's the rancid shark meat that Scandinavians adore......

The Brie I had at christmas had an extremely acrid ammonia smell after a few days. Too much even for me

I loathe sea food like crab, lobster, prawns etc. Fish I enjoy, except that disgusting smoked salmon (I think I would throw up if I had to eat raw fish !), but I do enjoy properly cooked salmon. Garlic, GARLIC !!!! I hate it with a passion ! I glanced through a recipe booklet the other day - it was meant for people who wanted to loose some weight. EVERY dish in this booklet had garlic as an ingredient FFS !!!! except the sweets ! (and that surprised me actually !!! :rolleyes: ). OK I appreciate that one could exclude garlic from a recipe, but why is there this flamin' fetish to have garlic with everything these days ???? I don't like mushrooms and as a child the smell of them cooking used to make me want to gag ! Mind you, having said that, as a child I used to loathe grilled tomatoes. As an adult I absolutely love them !!! I love cheese except Stilton and gorgonwhatsits and similar stinky cheese ............ yuk ! I like parmesan cheese on my pizzas, the smell is awful and I call it 'sicky cheese' :wah: but it tastes good on the pizza !

Gill reminded me, Mushrooms, eeeuuuggghhh yucky 'orrible slimey slugs.

What's the name of the garlic diet book?

Anything that lives in water, salt or fresh. My parents used to eat 'tomato herring' & I found the smell so repulsive I'd run out gagging & not come home for hours. Probably why they ate it; alone time.

There are several foods I have never allowed into my mouth so I don't actually know whether I dislike them or not. I've never experienced squids, octopussies, mussels, winkles, scallops or oysters, nor their land equivalent of slugs and snails. Neither shrimps, lobsters nor woodlice have graced my table. I don't think I've been unreasonable in excluding these delicacies from my diet.

I had a bagel once in Vancouver, I wasn't impressed.

Snooz;1445146 wrote: What's the name of the garlic diet book? ' Stink yourself Slim'

G#Gill;1445096 wrote: I loathe sea food like crab, lobster, prawns etc. Fish I enjoy, except that disgusting smoked salmon (I think I would throw up if I had to eat raw fish !), but I do enjoy properly cooked salmon. Garlic, GARLIC !!!! I hate it with a passion ! I glanced through a recipe booklet the other day - it was meant for people who wanted to loose some weight. EVERY dish in this booklet had garlic as an ingredient FFS !!!! except the sweets ! (and that surprised me actually !!! :rolleyes: ). OK I appreciate that one could exclude garlic from a recipe, but why is there this flamin' fetish to have garlic with everything these days ???? I don't like mushrooms and as a child the smell of them cooking used to make me want to gag ! Mind you, having said that, as a child I used to loathe grilled tomatoes. As an adult I absolutely love them !!! I love cheese except Stilton and gorgonwhatsits and similar stinky cheese ............ yuk ! I like parmesan cheese on my pizzas, the smell is awful and I call it 'sicky cheese' :wah: but it tastes good on the pizza !


My husband drives all the way Into city centre to get me raw fish Sushi... can't get enough...we eat a lot of shellfish, prawns, scallops, clams etc but Peter gags at Mussells... Morrisons have the best fresh fish counters and will even dress a lobster for you..