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queasy27 12-01-2018 04:40 AM

Food likes, dislikes, and anomalies
 
The cilantro thread made me think about some of my own odd food preferences. I think a lot of them are related to texture.

Carrots -- like them raw, won't eat them cooked

Tomatoes -- love the soup, gag on the juice

Coffee -- don't drink the liquid but my favorite ice cream flavor

Avocados -- can't stand them except in guacamole

Apricots -- dried only, please

General nuh uh -- lobster, apple pie, game meat, orange squashes/yams, and worst of all, bell peppers

New one to the yuck list -- Skyline chili!

graciegirl 12-01-2018 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by queasy27 (Post 1603559)
The cilantro thread made me think about some of my own odd food preferences. I think a lot of them are related to texture.

Carrots -- like them raw, won't eat them cooked

Tomatoes -- love the soup, gag on the juice

Coffee -- don't drink the liquid but my favorite ice cream flavor

Avocados -- can't stand them except in guacamole

Apricots -- dried only, please

General nuh uh -- lobster, apple pie, game meat, orange squashes/yams, and worst of all, bell peppers

New one to the yuck list -- Skyline chili!

And your delicate palate is why you call yourself

Queasy?

graciegirl 12-01-2018 07:07 AM

I am particular about stuff too. Don't like Sushi, Gamemeat and other people's potato salad. And things excessively HOT. Both in temperature and in spice.

fw102807 12-01-2018 07:27 AM

I like most foods and all vegetables but I don't like them greasy, fried, covered in gravy or spicy. I think grits are disgusting.

retiredguy123 12-01-2018 07:46 AM

The only thing that I have never been able to eat is cottage cheese.

manaboutown 12-01-2018 10:06 AM

I am literally unable to choke down overcooked mushy tasteless veggies, fatty or tough cuts of meat and do not care for bland food at all. I love hot spicy food as I grew up in NM eating hot chili in one form or another almost daily. On occasion I enjoy venison, elk, goose, duck and so on if it is not too gamey. Escargot is totally out, yuk! At age 48 I acquired a taste for sushi and Japanese food after moving to Southern California and working for a Japanese company.

redwitch 12-01-2018 10:55 AM

I hate anything soft and mushy. That includes mashed potatoes, puddings and Jello. I think it took me about ten years to acquire a taste for ice cream. Smells are big issues, which eliminates overly sweet such as Pepsi, most frostings and the like, curries, bell peppers, some cheeses. Love sushi and dim sum, not so much other Chinese. Almost anything with garlic is yummy, including escargot (ignore the meat, just dip the bread in the sauce, swallow the meat whole). Hate sauces and gravies on my meat. Hate cooked fish but will eat it if I have to. Love most fruit and many veggies (cept eggplant and cooked cauliflower). Prefer my foods don’t touch each other but have learned to tolerate that. Sensory issues truly limit your world.

Rapscallion St Croix 12-01-2018 12:11 PM

Due to a youthful overindulgence at Mardi Gras, I cannot stand the smell or taste of Gin. Hate all liqueurs except Kahlua. Got no use for white chocolate. I am very picky about molasses.

Love most seafood. I don't care for everyone's favorite, salmon, except for croquettes. Raised in Bayou country, so I love all my native chow...oysters, catfish, crawfish, grits, collards, game, jambalaya, boudin, tasso, poboys, muffalettas, gumbo, gumbo, gumbo and gumbo. My wife is one generation out of Poland, and I have not found any Polish food that I don't like.

Nucky 12-01-2018 12:20 PM

I worked in a supermarket as a teenager and the system of marking each can or container was on a conveyor and roller system in the basement. Since I was low man on the list I had the pleasure of cleaning up the humongous amount of breakage of Catsup, Mustard, Mayo Etc.

I can't eat or look at Catsup to this day but love to eat Tomatoes.

I have an allergy to booze also, it makes me break out in handcuffs! :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Carla B 12-01-2018 12:25 PM

I love most of the things you all dislike, except game meat and soft, mushy vegetables, like Manaboutown. My one huge dislike is for peanuts in ANY form and that is because they make me sick. I also avoid rhubarb if I can. I love fish, except for fresh tuna. Canned tuna is fine. I like any kind of potato salad, any kind of coleslaw, any kind of chili, including Skyline. My husband likes all fruits and veggies. I never have to ask "What would you like for dinner?" I just put it on the table. When we go out he prefers not to look at the menu. He likes for me to select his entree.

My son, on the other hand, has some real food oddities. He can't tolerate "furry fruit," so that knocks out raspberries, strawberries, peaches, and kiwis. My daughter won't eat anything with jam, jelly, or syrup on it or in it.

JSR22 12-01-2018 02:18 PM

I am a terrible eater. I do not like cooked vegetables, lettuce, chicken, eggs, mayo, mustard, jelly, pudding, pie, canned fish, beans.

queasy27 12-01-2018 03:11 PM

Another pudding-hater here. If it has a skin, I may run screaming into the night.

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Due to a youthful overindulgence at Mardi Gras, I cannot stand the smell or taste of Gin. Hate all liqueurs except Kahlua.
So funny! I had the same issue with Southern Comfort over 40 years ago and the smell of it still makes my screen name suit me.

Ecuadog 12-01-2018 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Nucky (Post 1603705)
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I have an allergy to booze also, it makes me break out in handcuffs!

I'm definitely stealing that one. Hilarious.

aninjamom 12-01-2018 07:03 PM

Being the oldest of six kids, I'm not very picky about food. I don't go out of my way to eat raw fish (sushi), beets, raw oysters, or slimy okra. Otherwise, I'll try something at least once. I've tried octopus and escargot. Once. :icon_wink:

mixsonci 12-02-2018 12:17 AM

The only vegetables I eat are peas, corn, lettuce and tomato, won't eat anything else. Definitely won't eat ANYTHING that has an Onion in it. HATE them.

BK001 12-02-2018 06:24 AM

I get ill just thinking about game: squirrels, possom, roadkill, anything called vittles ... Argh! Momma never made it -- No god-fearing restaurant in my Brooklyn neighborhood served it!

I have problems thinking of anything else I don't like --- that's always been my problem -- LOL -- Give it to BK, she'll eat anything! Oh, just thought of something -- OKRA -- that slimy little pod that pretends to be a vegetable

salpal 12-02-2018 07:52 AM

Can't stand seafood. Now, don't attack me, it's just me. Just want to know who pulled a lobster out of the ocean and said this giant cockroach looks delicious, same with clams, etc....Shrimp just gross me out. However,, if you invite me for a party, I always pick up a shrimp platter cause I know people love it. Just me, I know.

graciegirl 12-02-2018 07:55 AM

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Originally Posted by BK001 (Post 1603879)
I get ill just thinking about game: squirrels, possom, roadkill, anything called vittles ... Argh! Momma never made it -- No god-fearing restaurant in my Brooklyn neighborhood served it!

I have problems thinking of anything else I don't like --- that's always been my problem -- LOL -- Give it to BK, she'll eat anything! Oh, just thought of something -- OKRA -- that slimy little pod that pretends to be a vegetable



I don't eat okra either or grub. I don't think they serve grub in New York or Ohio. Bunnies. I don't eat them. I am not sure what is in vittles. Doesn't sound good.

BK001 12-02-2018 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1603893)
I don't eat okra either or grub. I don't think they serve grub in New York or Ohio. Bunnies. I don't eat them. I am not sure what is in vittles. Doesn't sound good.

LOL - Vittles -- this should explain it all.

Granny - Vittles - YouTube

ukbill70 12-02-2018 08:29 AM

Dislike anything sweet and Pasta of any kind. Love Peanuts but developed an allergy to them about 3 years ago , so no peanuts.

NotGolfer 12-02-2018 08:41 AM

I don't like liver (gag) added to the list would be aspargus (tastes like grass to me), cream of wheat or grits. I grew to like oatmeal but had to dress it up with cinnamon, sliced almonds and blueberries. I now have a gluten (ALL grains) allergy so can't eat it anymore. Texture is a "thing" for me too.
Since moving here---we both found we're not fond of Southern foods....greens (they're cooked), barbeque for us isn't a favorite, though we'll eat it "if" served. I don't care for a lot of fish. Don't like venison. Have never tried Sushi but don't think I'd like it. Don't eat "dressing" neither but make it for the family. Only fruits I like are apples, bananas, watermelon, blueberries, oranges, grapefruit. I think I'm picky. I tend to "eat with my eyes"...which means I have to look things over many times before I'll even try it.

paulat585 12-02-2018 09:34 AM

I will eat about anything, given the right circumstances--even fried insects in Thailand (and live shrimp too) but over Thanksgiving visited the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station & would not eat the raw oysters. Didn't want to risk getting sick before the flight back to TV.

Carla B 12-02-2018 09:43 AM

So, if you are invited to dinner at someone's house, how do you let the host know about foods you can't "stomach?"

dewilson58 12-02-2018 09:52 AM

Sometimes I like myself, Sometimes I dislike, but I'm always an anomaly.

manaboutown 12-02-2018 09:53 AM

I now recall my father who was born in 1898 and lived to age 93 never ever touched seafood of any kind. It was not of matter of him disliking it, he told me, but that as a boy he used to go swimming off the docks of NYC and/or Brooklyn and that on occasion he had watched a human body being retrieved. He observed that every one of the corpses had been partially eaten by either fish or crabs so for him seafood was YUK!

BK001 12-02-2018 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Carla B (Post 1603930)
So, if you are invited to dinner at someone's house, how do you let the host know about foods you can't "stomach?"


I have customarily asked dinner guests if they have any allergies, and foods they don't eat. Also, if you invite me, I will mention that my husband does not eat pork. Why? Well, glad you asked ...

Many years ago, a really close co-worker invited us out on her boat for the day, to be followed by dinner at her house. She packed a variety of sandwiches: Ham, Salami, etc. My husband tried hard to be discrete but it was obvious that he was not eating. When we got back to her house, we found she had a wonderfully, delicious smelling Roast Loin of Pork in the oven! It was impossible for him to hide that he wasn't touching the meat. When we discussed and disclosed that he doesn't eat pork, she truly felt horrible. I don't ever want to put someone in that position again so I come right out and tell you ahead of time.

I think it is nicer and kinder to be upfront than it is to let you go to the trouble of preparing a meal that will not be eaten.

Not everyone agrees with me, by the way.

tophcfa 12-02-2018 12:42 PM

I love anything that comes from the ocean. Have never had seafood I did not like. Also love seaweed salid if made without sugar. I will not eat anything with added sugar, but love things with natural sugar like fruit. I will not eat anything made with white flour. Love all vedgtables that are not high carb root vedgtables. Absolutely Love Sushi. Prefer chicken, turkey and pork to red meat, but will occasionally have a good steak. I do not eat desserts and rarely eat processed meats or fried food. Love steel cut oatmeal with fruit, yogurt (sugarless) with fruit, and salads with olive oil and red wine vinegar. My two weaknesses are beer and potato chips.

OrangeBlossomBaby 12-02-2018 01:50 PM

Likes:
  • cold stone creamery coffee ice cream with heath bar crumbles
  • cold stone creamery waffle cones dipped in chocolate ganache, with sprinkles.
  • hot buttered lobster rolls
  • white clam pizza from the Modern in New Haven, CT
  • broccoli
  • field greens (aka mesclun aka "weed salad")
  • creme brulee

Dislikes:
  • artichokes
  • eggplants
  • meat-based stuffings
  • tofu
  • "meat analogues" no matter what they're made of. If they're pretending to be meat, I won't eat them. If I want meat I'll eat meat.
  • hazelnut coffee (smell nauseates me)
  • most wines (when I say I like sweet, I mean Manischewitz concord grape)
  • caviar
  • escargot (though I like the sauce)

anomalies:
I love brownie batter but I'm not very fond of cooked brownies.
I enjoy a pinch of raw ground chuck while making my meatballs every week. I grew up getting a pinch or two as a "treat" when mom made meatloaf.
I like some chopped liver, and it's the only time I will ever be able to stomach even the "idea" of consuming hard boiled egg, is when it's one of the ingredients. The smell of sulphur makes me ill so I leave the house when husband is making egg salad for himself.

fw102807 12-02-2018 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by NotGolfer (Post 1603906)
I don't like liver (gag) added to the list would be aspargus (tastes like grass to me), cream of wheat or grits. I grew to like oatmeal but had to dress it up with cinnamon, sliced almonds and blueberries. I now have a gluten (ALL grains) allergy so can't eat it anymore. Texture is a "thing" for me too.
Since moving here---we both found we're not fond of Southern foods....greens (they're cooked), barbeque for us isn't a favorite, though we'll eat it "if" served. I don't care for a lot of fish. Don't like venison. Have never tried Sushi but don't think I'd like it. Don't eat "dressing" neither but make it for the family. Only fruits I like are apples, bananas, watermelon, blueberries, oranges, grapefruit. I think I'm picky. I tend to "eat with my eyes"...which means I have to look things over many times before I'll even try it.

My husband is a diagnosed celiac and can eat oatmeal as oatmeal does not contain gluten. Check for the gluten free label which simply means it was processed in a facility that does not process wheat.

BK001 12-02-2018 05:57 PM

I love hot coffee but really do not care for iced coffee, coffee ice cream or coffee flavored hard candy. Go figure.

paulat585 12-02-2018 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Carla B (Post 1603930)
So, if you are invited to dinner at someone's house, how do you let the host know about foods you can't "stomach?"

I never do this. Think it's rude. If there is something I'm allergic to (cinnamon, black pepper) I just don't eat it. Otherwise, I eat what's put if front of me by someone gracious enough to invite me for dinner.

paulat585 12-02-2018 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jazuela (Post 1604039)
Likes:
  • cold stone creamery coffee ice cream with heath bar crumbles
  • cold stone creamery waffle cones dipped in chocolate ganache, with sprinkles.
  • hot buttered lobster rolls
  • white clam pizza from the Modern in New Haven, CT
  • broccoli
  • field greens (aka mesclun aka "weed salad")
  • creme brulee

Dislikes:
  • artichokes
  • eggplants
  • meat-based stuffings
  • tofu
  • "meat analogues" no matter what they're made of. If they're pretending to be meat, I won't eat them. If I want meat I'll eat meat.
  • hazelnut coffee (smell nauseates me)
  • most wines (when I say I like sweet, I mean Manischewitz concord grape)
  • caviar
  • escargot (though I like the sauce)

anomalies:
I love brownie batter but I'm not very fond of cooked brownies.
I enjoy a pinch of raw ground chuck while making my meatballs every week. I grew up getting a pinch or two as a "treat" when mom made meatloaf.
I like some chopped liver, and it's the only time I will ever be able to stomach even the "idea" of consuming hard boiled egg, is when it's one of the ingredients. The smell of sulphur makes me ill so I leave the house when husband is making egg salad for himself.

LOL. Interesting list.

Ecuadog 12-03-2018 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by paulat585 (Post 1604103)
... I eat what's put if front of me by someone gracious enough to invite me for dinner.

Me too. If I die, I die.

queasy27 12-03-2018 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 1604024)
Have never had seafood I did not like. Also love seaweed salad if made without sugar. I will not eat anything with added sugar, but love things with natural sugar like fruit. I will not eat anything made with white flour. Love all vegetables that are not high carb root vegetables. I do not eat desserts and rarely eat processed meats or fried food. My two weaknesses are beer and potato chips.

We would definitely not be happy during mealtime at each other's houses! I am whatever the opposite is of a seafood person.

Do you not enjoy the taste of sweets and fried food, or is it a dietary preference? I wish I wasn't drawn to sugar so much. That's probably partially genetic, too.


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