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And now, your least favourite food?

(66 Posts)
papaoscar Sat 14-Jun-14 12:22:12

I have never like sliced tongue or steamed spinach, and the memory of the combination of those with junket, as a child, still makes me heave. Anybody else got any food horrors?

annodomini Sun 15-Jun-14 21:35:49

Celery - can't stand the texture. Beetroot - yuk!

granjura Sun 15-Jun-14 21:01:01

Liver and kidneys- just the smell makes me heave uncontrollably.

Not fond of fish or shellfish either- nor any offal. Makes me quite picky I guess...

feetlebaum Sun 15-Jun-14 20:41:14

All the more for me...!

vegasmags Sun 15-Jun-14 20:14:39

I'm allergic to shellfish and seafood, so never touch them. I don't like offal, tripe or fatty meat. With those exceptions, I love everything.

cangran Sun 15-Jun-14 19:50:45

Goat's cheese - double yuk!

chloe1984 Sun 15-Jun-14 19:13:27

Jellies eels,Cornish pasties and most savoury pies .

Iam64 Sun 15-Jun-14 18:40:51

Tripe - a north west staple in my childhood. It was served with Saturday tea, salad, cheese etc and tripe. The 4 grandparents were always with us, and loved "thrive" as grandpa called it. We children loathed it, and went without. I once asked what kind of fish it was, and when I learnt it was cows stomach, that was it, never to be persuaded even to try a taste. Yuk

grannyactivist Sun 15-Jun-14 00:38:54

Butter beans - actually I'm not that keen on any type of bean really, I don't like the texture. I can and do eat them though.
However; tripe and onions, offal, tongue, milk puddings.......yummy, yum, yum - I love 'em!

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 14-Jun-14 22:39:35

Sorry. sara4

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 14-Jun-14 22:39:14

Yes. Olives too Sra. Can't stand 'em. Or their oil. Eurgh!

feetlebaum Sat 14-Jun-14 22:09:49

Chicken feet - had them as part of a Dim Sum lunch once - tried sucking them - got nowhere... I can live happily without beetroot - that's about it for me.

Icyalittle Sat 14-Jun-14 21:13:47

Offal. As a 6 year old in school in Malta I was made to eat liver and for ever after (through thirteen more schools as a Navy brat) I carried an 'Excused Liver' letter from my mother in my blouse pocket.
I also loathed beetroot in corn flour white sauce - yuck, yuck, yuck, yuck. But I like roasted beet now.

Deedaa Sat 14-Jun-14 21:07:37

My mother was very fond of marrow with white sauce - why??? What was the point of covering a tasteless vegetable with a tasteless sauce?
I'm another one who can't do slimy, whether it's junket, oysters or soft boiled egg white. But I do like pie and mash with liquor - yummy smile

papaoscar Sat 14-Jun-14 20:46:29

Yes, JBF, I'd forgotten about vegetable marrow. I had an aunt who loved it as a vegetable with plain white sauce. I've never touched it since.

rockgran Sat 14-Jun-14 19:40:15

Anything with chillies. I once got my husband's chilli con carne in a restaurant by mistake and thought I was going to die! I actually cried!
I love custard skin. - ooh and rice pudding skin, yum.

sara4 Sat 14-Jun-14 19:33:30

Broad beans, parsley sauce, boiled marrow, olives, spinach (cooked) melon, steamed fish and strong garlic.

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 14-Jun-14 19:13:08

I have always loved junket!

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 14-Jun-14 19:10:59

And broad beans.

jinglbellsfrocks Sat 14-Jun-14 19:10:45

Marrow. (the veg)

GillT57 Sat 14-Jun-14 18:11:36

Offal, gristle, fat, skin on custard, warm milk; I too have memories of having to drink it at school, there is a fantastic scene in Toast the film autobiography of Nigel Slater, he is forced to drink it by a grim faced teacher and promptly throws up over her shoes.....we all know how he felt.Oysters, anything snotty and slimy. But the one thing guaranteed to make me heave is lumps in mash, I have to leave the table and spit it out, thus I never order it when eating out, too risky. blush

rosesarered Sat 14-Jun-14 16:12:41

Offal, anything with fat on or gristle [yeugh]
hmmmn...... roast pork, and that's about it , we were brought up to eat just about anything.

HollyDaze Sat 14-Jun-14 16:10:15

Bell peppers - regardless of what colour they are and I won't buy anything that has them added to it.

Offal of any description

All animal fat removed from meat as I can't stand the taste or texture of it

Shark (discovered after ordering a seafood platter and it was on that - actually it tasted quite nice so it was more of a psychological dislike)

HollyDaze Sat 14-Jun-14 16:06:43

Lona

grin

KatyK Sat 14-Jun-14 15:54:52

prawns, belly pork, anything fatty, couldn't eat tongue, the jelly on a pork pie (although I love the pie bit), fried or soft boiled eggs, tinned tomatoes yukky

Agus Sat 14-Jun-14 15:54:18

joanna I used to love tripe and onions as a child but I haven't tasted it in years and not too sure I would like it now. It is still popular in France.