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Perfectly good foods that you really don’t like

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nanna8 Wed 18-Feb-26 09:37:39

Celery is one for me and also those tiny little corn cobs you get in Chinese cuisine. The other day I had a jackfruit smoothie. Yuck, sounds nice, tastes vile.

Bodach Thu 19-Feb-26 23:29:05

May I take my place amongst the remarkably small number of people on here who do not know of any "perfectly good food" we really don't like? I bitterly regret the (thankfully few) wasted childhood years when I eschewed cheese, onions and mushrooms...

henetha Thu 19-Feb-26 23:25:10

Kidneys. Yuk.

Poppyred Thu 19-Feb-26 22:59:02

Tea and runny eggs, would rather die……

MT62 Thu 19-Feb-26 22:30:32

Or penne, like eating inner tubes 😂

Allira Thu 19-Feb-26 22:19:54

JPB123

Oh tripe, chick peas, butter beans,the white of an egg.

Oh tripe

Yes, but this is about perfectly good food!! 🤮

Not keen on coconut although I could eat it fresh from the shell. Desiccated- no.

Oysters - no!
Nor most shellfish.
Nothing aniseedy nor fennel.

JPB123 Thu 19-Feb-26 21:24:06

Oh tripe, chick peas, butter beans,the white of an egg.

JustkeepswimmingDonna Thu 19-Feb-26 20:50:21

Baked beans. I have never liked them. I wish I did, but I just don't like their powdery texture.

Treebee Thu 19-Feb-26 19:15:44

Oh yes, milk on its own, Jaffa Cakes (it’s the orange jelly) and Cadbury’s Crème Eggs which make me feel unwell just to see them.

madeleine45 Thu 19-Feb-26 19:01:19

I cant eat any cheese, it makes me ill. In our family you had to try things not just say you didnt like them and as my father said, Give her her due she has tried from gorgonzola to craft cheese slices, and no good with any of it. A real problem these days as cheese seems to be added to so many different things as a cheap ingredient. Dont care for garlic much but love onions, celery and mushrooms go into much of my savoury menus

Granny14 Thu 19-Feb-26 18:57:49

Coconut. I can detect the flavour of it in biscuits. I also dislike the flavour of licorice in herbal teas. Seems to be added to a lot of them. Fruit flavoured chocolates yuk.

Gracey Thu 19-Feb-26 18:56:00

Halloumi.
What on earth is that all about?
It's sour and pretty tasteless - and even when grilled it's like eating squeaky polystyrene. I give it a wide berth and really do not
understand it's popularity.
Cucumber
Watermelon
And woe betide anyone who adds a slice of lime rather than lemon to my G&T.

MollyNew Thu 19-Feb-26 18:23:05

I like most things and will try new foods but there is no way I would eat octopus or tripe. I don't like any meat that is supposed to be served rare, such as game birds although I will eat a good, rare steak. I could live without blueberries but I eat them with other berries as they are supposed to be healthy.

pen50 Thu 19-Feb-26 18:14:45

Potatoes. Egg yolks that have been cooked hard (love them soft though). Uncooked cheese. Liver other than calves' or chicken. Cinnamon by itself (okay in a spice mix). I can force most of these down for politeness other than potatoes and raw cheese, but I'd much rather not.

One of the low points of my life was when, as a nicely behaved and eager to please ten year old, I was sent to stay with a friend of my mother's when mum was having a hysterectomy. The whole family gathered round to watch me eat the evening meal - omelette topped with grated cheese, and chips. Had mum forgotten to tell them what I wouldn't eat? Or had she told them and they'd forgotten, or deliberately chosen to ignore? I ate - or rather, swallowed without chewing - a bit, claimed I was full, and went to bed very hungry.

Plunger Thu 19-Feb-26 17:55:40

Mushrooms. fresh tomatoes, oysters, liver, kidneys, brassica of any sort, smoked salmon. Could go on but for some it is their slimy texture. Brassica taste bitter with a sulphur undertine.

Mojack26 Thu 19-Feb-26 17:35:35

Hate celery,butter,etc,gherkins,aubergines,oysters....🤢🤮🤢🤢

Purplepixie Thu 19-Feb-26 17:20:34

Eggs.
Most fish
Cabbage

Lilyflower Thu 19-Feb-26 17:19:49

Lentils, yuk. Sprouts, kimchi and other soured food, butternut squash. Nutella except in Ferraro Rochers. Plain yogurt.

grannyro Thu 19-Feb-26 17:15:04

Peas! I am veggie and eat almost every vegetable but I can not abide PEAS! Those pesky little things get into everything! They seem to sit at the top of my mouth and refuse to go down my throat! I have never been able to stomach them!

Dempie55 Thu 19-Feb-26 17:04:25

Rollmop herrings, tripe, liver, black pudding. Oysters, mussels, whelks.
Pilchards or sardines in tomato sauce - olive oil is fine. Pork pies. Pigs in blankets. Sourdough bread. Camembert.
Pretzels. Wild rice. Green apples. Butter beans.

adrisco Thu 19-Feb-26 16:57:51

Mustard, Olives, Apricots.

Narnia Thu 19-Feb-26 16:49:09

Jelly makes me gag!
Any beans but especially butter and kidney 🤢

Visgir1 Thu 19-Feb-26 16:33:45

Sea food, Offal, Halloumi and Okra.

Rocketstop2 Thu 19-Feb-26 16:22:38

Marzipan or as I call it...arsenic!

DancingDuck Thu 19-Feb-26 16:15:44

Cheese - never liked the stuff but wish I did as its in so many dishes in cafes and restaurants !

Menopauselbitch Thu 19-Feb-26 15:50:37

Anything with artificial sweeteners in it including stevia, anything with palm oil or rapeseed oil, having to check slaughter codes on all the meat I buy. Download Yuka you’ll all be horrified.