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What would you NOT eat if they paid you?

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Shinamae Fri 12-Aug-22 22:39:25

Mine would be kebabs and jellied eels ?

Ailidh Sat 13-Aug-22 12:08:52

Anything that's alive. Anything that was cooked while alive.

MissAdventure Sat 13-Aug-22 12:06:52

"Skirt".
I still have no idea, but it was a cut of beef that my mum made stew from, and I hated it!!!
Everyone else tucked in, but I always asked "Is this skirt"? (With tearful eyes, again)

The word "skirt" haunts me to this day.

Mine Sat 13-Aug-22 12:03:12

Runny egg yolk
Dates or figs
Trifle
Jaffa cakes
Don't know which is the worst......think it would be runny egg yolk(boak)....

Prentice Sat 13-Aug-22 12:01:06

Bodach

I have occasionally answered the question "Do you have any specific dietary requirements?" with "I prefer large portions"...

heh heh this is what my husband would say.

MissAdventure Sat 13-Aug-22 11:55:36

Baggytrazzas

at least your mum didn't lie to you and tell you it was chicken.

She used to do that too, and we both knew I knew!
It was a no win situation.

HowVeryDareYou Sat 13-Aug-22 11:54:05

any offal
oysters, whelks, cockles, mussels

nanna8 Sat 13-Aug-22 11:45:37

I love oysters, my favourite food. Another thing I don’t like is silverbeet though I do like spinach.

Baggytrazzas Sat 13-Aug-22 11:44:05

at least your mum didn't lie to you and tell you it was chicken.

MissAdventure Sat 13-Aug-22 11:41:36

I used to get in terrible trouble when mum made rabbit stew.

I can remember tears running down my face, and my spoon shaking as I tried to raise it to my mouth. (Having already been warned not to "start") grin

Oldbat1 Sat 13-Aug-22 11:40:27

Milk, puddings, cream, cheese (other than cheddar), yoghurt, kidneys, tongue, rabbit, horse, olives, anchovies, sardines, snails, oysters. My list goes on and on so I’ll call a halt!

Gillycats Sat 13-Aug-22 11:28:34

Meat and fish.

lixy Sat 13-Aug-22 11:16:21

I really dislike the bit of the biscuit that breaks off when dunked - but would eat it for a fiver!

Hot milk is a no-go for me but again, if the price is right....

Maggiemaybe Sat 13-Aug-22 11:14:17

Jaffacake2

Oysters. We were told at primary school assembly by headmistress not to eat them as they were polluted and a child had died. The seaside town is now famous for its oysters !
Rabbit, my mum lied to us as kids that pet rabbits had gone on holiday. No they were served in rabbit stew the next day ! Times were hard then but still am traumatised that I ate Fluffy !

Oh I was served the same tea the day after Jacky Fluff died, Jaffacake. I just had the one mouthful before it dawned on me that we weren’t in fact eating chicken, as I’d been told. angry

pensionpat Sat 13-Aug-22 11:10:34

Oysters. Most offal. Anything slimy.

yogitree Sat 13-Aug-22 11:10:17

Many, many things. Especially slithery, fluttery or alive ones.

Witzend Sat 13-Aug-22 11:02:20

Meat fat - except very crisped up streaky bacon.
Cream
Raw oysters - vastly overrated IMO - no wonder that in Dickens’ time they were considered poor people’s food. Much nicer cooked, I’m sure.

And oddly enough, chorizo. For ages I had a recipe for an Andalusian chorizo/bean stew which I had often meant to make. When I eventually got around to it, the amount of fat that came off the chorizo (it had to be fried first) and the extremely strong smell, absolutely turned my stomach. No way will I touch the stuff or cook with it now.

Jaffacake2 Sat 13-Aug-22 10:25:39

Oysters. We were told at primary school assembly by headmistress not to eat them as they were polluted and a child had died. The seaside town is now famous for its oysters !
Rabbit, my mum lied to us as kids that pet rabbits had gone on holiday. No they were served in rabbit stew the next day ! Times were hard then but still am traumatised that I ate Fluffy !

Oldnproud Sat 13-Aug-22 10:23:04

JaneJudge

Basa
I bought some from M&S once and it had the HUGEST worm in that I will never forget sad bleurgh

Oh my goodness, just the thought of that has made me feel sick! shock

JaneJudge Sat 13-Aug-22 10:20:13

Basa
I bought some from M&S once and it had the HUGEST worm in that I will never forget sad bleurgh

farview Sat 13-Aug-22 10:18:42

Meat.or Fish

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!

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

Snails
Frogs legs
Oysters
Whelks
Sushi
Turkish delight

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.

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

Ox tail
Tripe
Liver
Prawns/shrimps

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!