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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.

Labradora Wed 18-Feb-26 15:04:20

Celeriac; oysters whelks and mussels; okra (slimy!);kiwi fruit ( flavourless and pointless); watermelon ; bananas (unless in banana splits);soft cottonwooly-type white bread;tongue;tripe;black pudding.......

Chocolatelovinggran Wed 18-Feb-26 18:12:57

Rice pudding is the work of the devil.

BlueSapphire Wed 18-Feb-26 18:20:15

Liver, mayonnaise, the smell of garlic on someone's breath! I banned DH from garlic bread.....

TwiceAsNice Wed 18-Feb-26 18:23:03

Curry, Yogurt, Scallops ( although I like all other seafood- I think it’s the texture and don’t even get me started on Oysters they are vile.

Also don’t like cottage or blue cheese ( all other kinds acceptable) and I don’t like runny eggs either and poached eggs not at all- rubbery! However I love fried scrambled or hard boiled.

Treebee Wed 18-Feb-26 18:27:58

Kale, grapefruit, beetroot, yuck x 3

Biscuitmuncher Wed 18-Feb-26 18:34:55

Pasta, it's just boiled dough

sixandahalf Wed 18-Feb-26 18:45:28

Biscuitmuncher

Pasta, it's just boiled dough

Starting to really hate it.

Witzend Wed 18-Feb-26 18:52:12

Cream
Milk on its own, OK in coffee, (not in tea 🤮)or in a sauce
Goats’ cheese
Fennel
Meat fat
I’m not mad keen on sweet potatoes either.

Witzend Wed 18-Feb-26 18:53:52

Oh, and fried eggs with slimy uncooked white on top 🤮 again.

CanadianGran Wed 18-Feb-26 18:57:32

I’m not very fussy, and will eat just about anything if served to me, but there are certainly things I chose not to eat.

Veg with no taste like eggplant, cauliflower and zucchini. If mixed into a sauce ou ragout, then fine.

Tofu; I’ve tried but don’t like the texture.

Blue cheese; I think my basic instinct is not to eat anything mouldy.

MT62 Wed 18-Feb-26 19:07:40

Are those the things you pull out of a shell with a pin Kamiso?

Smintie Wed 18-Feb-26 19:17:48

Tea - just no.
Any bottom feeding shellfish - tried Moule Mariniere once - so ill
Shellfish in general
Sweetcorn - food of the devil
Runner Beans by the time you get to July
Offal - shudders

pably15 Wed 18-Feb-26 19:24:17

don't like salmon, never tasted oysters and never want to, nor mushroom,,,the smell of tripe makes me gag, and rare cooked beef. soft egg yolk yuk, butter,margarine,

sodapop Wed 18-Feb-26 19:30:23

Biscuitmuncher

Pasta, it's just boiled dough

Agree Biscuitmuncher it's the texture I dislike. Makes eating out difficult sometimes as most people like pasta.

Fallingstar Wed 18-Feb-26 19:44:22

Kale is awful, nothing makes it tasty, have tried.
Fish with bones in it, by the time I have removed the bones I have lost all interest in eating it. Not fond of fish anyway.

Devorgilla Wed 18-Feb-26 20:00:39

Fish pie. I feel sick even typing it in. No logical reason. I eat fish in other forms. I can only assume it is a long buried childhood memory. Long may it stay buried.

BoggledMind Wed 18-Feb-26 20:24:54

Corned beef is very popular it seems but I loathe the stuff. We were given corned beef sandwiches as kids and they were disgusting. I can't stand cheese on toast but again, it's very popular. In fact, I don't like most types of cheese. Mozzarella, Cheshire and Philadelphia being the exceptions.

Happy to stay in the minority for the sake of my taste buds.

Scribbles Wed 18-Feb-26 21:19:38

Bananas, cottage cheese, drinking chocolate, sherry, any kind of poultry.

CocoPops Wed 18-Feb-26 22:03:49

I don't eat meat or fish because I am vegetarian. The thought of runny poached/boiled eggs gives me nausea.
Mushrooms, cashew nuts and grapefruit aggravate my IBS although I like them. I don't like tomato juice and tomato ketchup. Love all cheese, pulses, yogurt, vegetables and fruit though

TG3465 Wed 18-Feb-26 22:27:24

Celery, olives, gherkins, anchovies, most types of sea food. But my most hated food is mushy/processed peas 🤢 which is a hangover from my childhood when I was forced to eat them, even having them brought out the following day stone cold.

fancyflowers Thu 19-Feb-26 02:31:40

Sweet potato

Oysters

Hard boiled eggs, I like mine with plenty of dip, but I will eat them hard boiled in salads.

Black pudding. DH eats it but the whole idea of it just puts me off.

nanna8 Thu 19-Feb-26 05:39:49

Tripe - though I haven’t seen any for years and years. Sets my teeth on edge thinking about it and also those awful herring fish which don’t grow here, thank goodness.

GrannyIvy Thu 19-Feb-26 06:36:40

Any shellfish I also do not like pasta or rice both make me feel sick🙈 In fact there are quite a lot of things I don’t like and my worst nightmare is being invited to someone I hardly know for dinner as it’s likely I won’t be able to eat anything. Some restaurants I struggle to like anything on the menu.

seasider Thu 19-Feb-26 06:45:38

@MOnica. Totally agree about artificial sweeteners. They taste disgusting and they are full of e numbers. I have just been away to a “dry” country and it was so nice to have juices and mocktails that were natural and sweetener free.

NotSpaghetti Thu 19-Feb-26 07:11:55

Sminty - I believe mussels are "filter feeders" ... but either way you obviously don't enjoy them!