Things that you have never eaten and why ?

Octopus. Just the look of it. Or cockles or is it whelks that look like baby birds.

I've never eaten caviare. Never had the chance, and don't fancy it anyway.

NotAgran55 we used to have capon too for Christmas as we never liked turkey as it was dry, Capon is just a big Chicken, but so yummy ?
Enjoy your Christmas❤️??xx

Anything that has been within ten feet of garlic.

No I could never eat foie gras. I've never eaten kebab either, because the smell alone puts me off, but also I simply can't trust a meat product that is kept hot for hours on end as bits are sliced off. When the shop closes for the night what happens to all the kebab that is left? Heated up the next night? No thanks!

I can't eat hearts. Just can't. Or tongue. Completely irrational I know because I eat liver and kidney - and, for that matter, many other parts of the animal.

I tried an oyster once and found it completely underwhelming, just a salty, slimey thing slithering down my throat. You just swallow without chewing. What's the point?

Oh and sprats, fried whole, or scallops - just the sight of them slopping about in a creamy sauce is enough to make me heave!

Black or white pudding, snails, oysters. My mum enjoyed tripe but never suggested I tried it.

Lychees. Far too much like eyeballs!

I have never eaten frog's legs - I love frogs in all shapes and sizes and colours and I certainly wouldn't dream of ever eating any part of one - in spite of my nephews insistence that they taste just like chicken.
I was once sent a birthday card which was a comical one showing a cafe advertising frogs legs to eat - inside the card were all these frogs in wheelchairs, on crutches etc, protesting about the cafe! Gave me a good giggle.

I have never eaten tripe. I don't know if people eat it now but it used to be eaten either cooked or raw. It wasn't something Mum ever made but my childhood friend's father had it once when I was there. I couldn't understand why he seemed to be enjoying it. It's the lining of a sheep's stomach I think. Utterly revolting.

I'm much more prosaic - can't bear ordinary potato or hard egg yolk. It's the texture of them, makes me want to gag. I love sweet potatoes and soft yolks, preferably at the same time! Used to hate cheese but at a rather advanced age I've suddenly developed a taste for it, when cooked, anyway. We had cauliflower cheese last night, delicious!

Black pudding is a no-no for me, as are jellied eels, bread pudding (can’t bear the thought of bread soaked in milk), snails (though I can eat whelks) and octopus. They used to have something in the Far East called a ‘thousand year old egg’ which was apparently a Chinese delicacy. I was offered the chance to try one once but demurred, offering the excuse that I was allergic to eggs - which was a lie!

You don't have to eat oysters raw. You can deeep fry them in a tempura batter.

Never touched tripe, or sushi. Never had a hot curry, just the smell of it makes me heave.

But I have eaten crocodile (okay if you like a sort of salty tough chicken, but I wasn't keen!)

Foie gras.
It's the liver of a forced fed goose. Force feeding has been banned in over a dozen countries. Force-feeding damages the livers of the birds so badly it induces an extremely painful disease known as hepatic lipidosis. Scientific studies also show that consumption of foie gras is associated with a fatal disease in humans called secondary amyloidosis.

Hand on heart, I have never eaten a McDonalds hamburger, nor any of the competitors, the smell is enough to put me off. You can add kebabs to that, they just gross me out.

Never could get a taste for the flavour of turkey.

I'm with you tanith on the slimy thing, can't bear the thought of oysters, tripe etc.

Andouillette smells so disgusting I couldn't eat it MaizieD my husband says its like a cow farting in your face. Such a charming turn of phrase.

oysters, black pudding, curry! |I'll think on.

Capons are sold in France at Christmas. I cook a free range one early year. When I watch tv vet programs castrations seem to be run of the mill for pets as well as farm animals.

I have never eaten Fugu and don't want to eat it either.
I'm vegetarian now.

JuliaM - "Capon Cockerels" is an odd phrase isn't it... given that capons are of necessity cockerels.

I don't know when they stopped producing capons but I'm sure we also had them in my youth. I think they grow plump and breast-meaty and quite bit bigger than an ordinary "table" chicken. I expect like other castrated animals they are fattier and so probably need less basting.

I could never bring myself to eat snails. I'm sure that eel is fine, it's the 'jellied' bit that has always deterred me, and I don't think I will ever try andouillette (I think that francophiles will know why ?)

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I’ve tried anything put in front of me, including sushi, yuk, snails, yuk, but never tried tripe, think I’ll manage without!

Jellied eels, tripe, whelks (although happy to tuck into cockles and muscles), black pudding and steak. Happily eat roast or casseroled beef, but steak? Nope. I know, there’s no logic.

I've never eaten eels, oysters, lobster or tripe. I' know I wouldn't eat eels or tripe in any circumstances, but could be persuaded by lobster and possibly oysters. If the opportunity arose..

I could never bring myself to eat any kind of slugs or snails, yet l love to eat Prawns, Crab and Lobster!

On the subject of Capons, our large catering Butchers who do both Counter service and commercial deliveries were advertising Capon Cockerels last weekend as part of their Christmas Meat range available to order, apparently they were produced in France.

I can’t say I ve never eaten because I do try anything just the once, how else would you know but Sushi one taste and yuk
Snails have never come into my life, I would try though
Steak I cannot bear, tried it once a long time ago when I did eat meat I feel quite sick when I see people eating it with blood running out of it
I can’t bear any strong tasting fish, I ve never had more than a mouthful of salmon and bass smells dreadful to me although I know people drool over it
Liquorice can’t bear it
Aniseed yuk smell puts me off
Garlic no don’t like anything with garlic in but I love all types of onions funny isn’t it
Soda water nah horrid