Top 5 foods you just cannot stand

[Ultralight]

Now, I dislike all vegetables. But... there are certain foods I just do not like. And oddly, only one is a veggie, kind of.

1. Mushrooms (they taste like poison)
2. Steak (I have tried it many times from Texas to Argentina, and no bueno!)
3. Limburger cheese (I tried it twice. Never again!)
4. Beef liver (Nasty!)
5. Black/blood sausage (I tried this in Argentina and I damn near vommed on the table!).

What are your top 5 foods you cannot stand to eat? Feel free to share why, or better yet -- stories! haha

[ToomuchStuff]

You didn't list the vegetable, but you did a fungus.

[Ultralight]

I thought maybe a mushroom counted as a veggie, sort of.

[Teacher Terry]

The only veggies I like are peas and corn. I am a fussy eater so dislike lots of food.

[Ultralight]

The only veggies I like are peas and corn. I am a fussy eater so dislike lots of food.

I don't like peas, so god bless you on that. haha

Sweet corn makes my belly ache. But I like corn tortillas! Does that count? haha

[JaneV2.0]

Seafood, generally. I spent my early childhood at the coast, and remember cleaning clams, fish, etc. It left its mark. I can enjoy clam chowder (New England) and an occasional tuna salad or sandwich.

Nutmeg in savory dishes. Why? Leave it to custard or egg nogs.

Steak. I don't really hate big slabs o' meat, but again--i think it's a childhood thing. I swear I remember eating steak five nights a week (back when people weren't afraid of protein or fat). I had to slather ketchup on mine and drown it in onions to make it interesting. Beef is my favorite meat, but it has to be part of a bigger picture.

Rhubarb. I can't figure out why anyone would eat this. I've tried it as a child and as an adult. It's a mystery.

Zucchini, cooked, plain. It's OK in bread, or fried. I don't like the flavor or the texture.

[ApatheticNoMore]

turnips and rutabagas - ugh why would anyone eat these horrible tasting things?
mushrooms give me stomach pain, they taste ok though
well I hated liver as a kid and have not had it since
I'm not really into organ meats in general - but that's really a cultural thing being raised an American
i'm not a huge fan of radishes except the pickled ones at middle eastern places

Really it's a hard list as I actually LIKE most foods. I have a lot of sensitivities that leads me to minimize some foods so my diet is limited by that, but that's not really dislike. I also don't like straight hard liquor and I find donuts nasty.

[Ultralight]

Beef is my favorite meat, but it has to be part of a bigger picture.

I like hamburgers, but only on a soft bun with ketchup, mustard, mayo, bacon, lettuce, toms, onion. Maybe a slice of cheese, I guess. My point is beef burger meat is just a vehicle for condiments to me.

But I will say this: Barbacoa from Chipotle is actually pretty good, though in the past ten years I have gotten maybe 5 times. It is a once in a blue moon food to me.

Rhubarb. I can't figure out why anyone would eat this. I've tried it as a child and as an adult. It's a mystery.

I am so with you on the rhubarb critique! Yuck!

[catherine]

I'm not picky, so I have to say there are few things I can't stand:

a) Peanut butter: a lifelong aversion. One of my most traumatic experiences as a child was when my aunt MADE me finish a peanut butter sandwich on rye.
b) Lima beans

I'm having a hard time coming up with any others. I used to hate nuts, but when I became vegetarian, my palate shifted and I found myself craving nuts (I'm sure it was a protein craving, but funny how that affected what I actually wanted to eat).

I love oysters, but I get a very violent reaction to eating raw oysters, so I don't eat those. Also, I suspect if I moved to China I'd have a hard time there, because according to my husband, they eat things like turtle and I don't think I could force myself to eat that. I think I'm too old to experiment with eating exotic wildlife.

I'm not a foodie in the sense of being into the gastronomic experience of eating, but OTOH, give me anything (except peanut butter and lima beans) and I'll probably eat it and enjoy it.

[Ultralight]

a) Peanut butter: a lifelong aversion. One of my most traumatic experiences as a child was when my aunt MADE me finish a peanut butter sandwich on rye.

What a shame. I tell you this though, that would turn me off from rye bread forever.

I eat PB 5 days a week. It is a bit of a staple, though I usually just eat a spoon's scoop of it.