Gransnet forums

Chat

What would you NOT eat if they paid you?

(121 Posts)
Shinamae Fri 12-Aug-22 22:39:25

Mine would be kebabs and jellied eels ?

MissAdventure Sat 13-Aug-22 01:10:33

Oh and squid type things, with suckers on. Bleurgh!

grannydarkhair Sat 13-Aug-22 01:15:31

Yes MissAdventure that’s whelks. Actually, as a child I knew them as “wulks” due to the Dundee dialect.
Baggytrazzas I could have been less graphic but snotters is the word I used as a child and still would if I saw them. I honestly can’t remember the last time I saw anyone eating them, no-one else in my immediate family liked them except my g’parents.

MissAdventure Sat 13-Aug-22 01:17:24

My nan called them "whilks" smile
Someone with a funny eye would be "One eye and a whilk".

Baggytrazzas Sat 13-Aug-22 01:20:52

All that crunching on the pavements .....

eazybee Sat 13-Aug-22 07:24:49

Tripe; I ate it once as a child and I can recall the taste even now.
I cannot drink milk on its own, (years of warm school milk) and don't like it on cereal, although I use it in tea and coffee and for sauces.

Bridie22 Sat 13-Aug-22 07:27:46

Garlic.
Snails !

Grannynannywanny Sat 13-Aug-22 07:28:47

Tongue - how could you taste something that may well be tasting you back?

MissAdventure I remember as a small child my Gran used to buy an ox tongue from the butcher. She boiled it, placed it between 2 plates and put a heavy brick on top to compress the meat. It was left like that for days. Then sliced for sandwiches. I can still remember how disgusted I felt as a curious 4 year old when I asked what it was. It was the set up with the brick that made me ask or I’d have been none the wiser ?

Maggiemaybe Sat 13-Aug-22 07:37:00

I used to love winkles (must try them again one day), but it’s a no from me for whelks - I still remember the horror of trying to chew and swallow the only one I tried and I was too polite, then, to spit the damn thing out. Eels, fat, and anything that could be described as offal would be on the list as well.

Though how much are they offering? A fiver and I’m out, a thousand and I could be persuaded….

nanna8 Sat 13-Aug-22 07:40:45

Tripe and any insect. Veal because of seeing the vealers on my nanna's farm. Fish should not 'pong' if it is fresh! I eat heaps of raw fish and it doesn't smell at all. Just sayin'.

Musicgirl Sat 13-Aug-22 07:48:51

Coconut, custard, peanut butter.

Charleygirl5 Sat 13-Aug-22 07:50:53

Fried and poached eggs. Any kind of custard, sago, rice, tapioca puddings or anything with milk. I also was never a fan of warm milk at school so I only have milk in coffees and the milk must be cold. I would add junket and jellies.

Aldom Sat 13-Aug-22 08:04:56

Chicken livers.

Gingster Sat 13-Aug-22 08:13:35

Marzipan

Oopsadaisy1 Sat 13-Aug-22 08:14:38

Gefelta fish, had it in Israel during a festival and was forced to eat it as I was surrounded by locals who were very proud of it.

Eels and the liquor

Frogs legs or any other bits of a frog.

Anything that lives in a shell.

Tripe, brains, chitterlings.

How much money are we talking about? I’m sure if I held my nose and shut my eyes I could eat most things for a few squillion £ s

Mollygo Sat 13-Aug-22 08:14:41

Whelks, though for a large enough amount of money, I’d liquidise them and have a go. Snails??

Barmeyoldbat Sat 13-Aug-22 09:10:05

Egg white

Kate1949 Sat 13-Aug-22 09:27:26

Fried eggs or runny boiled eggs. Yuk.

TerriBull Sat 13-Aug-22 09:30:14

Andouilette tried it once never again, absolutely the worst thing I've ever eatenshock

Baggytrazzas Sat 13-Aug-22 09:34:38

Mollygo

Whelks, though for a large enough amount of money, I’d liquidise them and have a go. Snails??

Yes, the kale shake would seem like heaven on earth after that right enough. Although I would need to turn away while they were being blended. I agree the amount of money on offer is directly relative to what I could stomach.

dogsmother Sat 13-Aug-22 09:35:35

Did a foodie tour on the back of scooters in Vietnam once upon a time, the only thing I balked at was fermented eggs ….bleurgh!

TerriBull Sat 13-Aug-22 09:36:19

Meant to say andouillette is a sausage like shape comprising of various innards, smells like wee. Rick Stein commented it's an acquired taste, I don't think I could ever a acquire such a taste if I lived to a 100!

Grannybags Sat 13-Aug-22 09:40:48

Ox tail
Tripe
Liver
Prawns/shrimps

TerriBull Sat 13-Aug-22 09:43:15

When I was a child I often had tea with a friend whose family kept chickens so on occasions we would be given a boiled egg which made me feel sick because I knew where the egg had come from and it wasn't out of a box shock Of course the egg couldn't be fresher but I'm a bit queasy about eggs, I can eat them sometimes other times they make me feel nauseous, I have a friend who is the same about bananas.

Grandmadinosaur Sat 13-Aug-22 10:02:26

Snails
Frogs legs
Oysters
Whelks
Sushi
Turkish delight

Oldnproud Sat 13-Aug-22 10:18:11

A lot of the above, though if I were genuinely starving, I suspect that I would overcome some of my squeamishness.

Perhaps not totally though - I doubt I could ever bring myself to eat worms or grubs, and some seafoods do look very grub-like!