Foods I wouldn't walk across the street for (substitute, junk food, frozen)

[DontH8Me]

Originally Posted by jasper12

Spam. It is in a can. It comes out as a chunk of pink grossness. Even the smell is noxious. Who buys this? Who eats it?

Agreed, and I'll throw in Vienna sausages too. I feel the same way about most deli meats, especially bologna.

Any mock 'meat' - you meatless wonder producers are not fooling anyone. Some vegan foods are more processed than Velveeta. I'll pass on 'texturized soy protein' - if it doesn't occur in nature it wasn't intended for us to eat.

[Gilah G.]

Polenta!!!!!
Looks like baby vomit. if I have to add tons of stuff to it to give it a taste, what's the point?
Lox!!!!
I won't even touch it.. Cook it then I will eat it.
Jello!!!!
Why is this even in existence? Rainbow colored slime on a spoon.

[chessgeek]

Tofu, liver, potato salad/hardboiled eggs, tripe, escargot.

[Mooseketeer]

Marshmallows, Molasses and treacle, most overly sweet things, most deep fried foods, fake cheese, fake meat, processed foods.... White "chocolate", cheap "chocolate", Star-Fruit, Kiwi Fruit, Chinese Gooseberries, Iceberg Lettuce.. Canned fruits... "Glace Cherries"... ( and I adore fresh fruits). These are top of my list. Can and will eat all of them if I must but I would most certainly not choose to.


Unlike the OP though I think a good risotto can be a thing of beauty ! I just had a smoked Haddock risotto with poached egg on top a couple of days ago at an Italian restaurant which was divine. A little white wine for the stock, perfectly cooked rice, very moreish ! Too runny and it's horrid and too dry and it becomes a tasteless heavy clump of strach though, the balance is a very difficult one to achieve which is why I am terrified to attempt it at Home ! It has to be just right, moist and yet have body.

[Mrs. Skeffington]

Tofu
Sushi
Vegan
Indian/Mid Eastern food
Burritos
Tacos

[Nerys52SoSilver]

Snails/escargots, tripe, kidney, brains, heart, insects, okra, bloodsausage, sheep/mutton, kale , fake cheese, frog leggs,
octopus, haggis, whale, reptiles, 1000 year buried eggs, tongue, fermented herring = Surstromming.

[springfieldva]

I like risotto so I wouldn't call that a pointless dish. Mushroom risotto sounds really good actually.

For me, I think brown rice as a side dish is pretty pointless. I don't eat rice very often, but when I do, I (much) prefer white rice over brown.

[Mrs. Skeffington]

Originally Posted by springfieldva

I like risotto so I wouldn't call that a pointless dish. Mushroom risotto sounds really good actually.

For me, I think brown rice as a side dish is pretty pointless. I don't eat rice very often, but when I do, I (much) prefer white rice over brown.

That reminds me...add any kind of RICE (brown, white, pilaf)...except maybe good homemade rice pudding...to my list.

[Capt. Cave Man]

Canned tuna! if I came in shortly after it was opened in the house I would gag and had to leave. NASTY STUFF!

Sweet pickles

Coconut shrimp. Even drunk I won't eat that again


Pass me the beef heart and tounge! That is some good eats!

[Nanny Goat]

Originally Posted by Gilah G.

Polenta!!!!!
Looks like baby vomit. if I have to add tons of stuff to it to give it a taste, what's the point?
Lox!!!!
I won't even touch it.. Cook it then I will eat it.
Jello!!!!
Why is this even in existence? Rainbow colored slime on a spoon.

So funny. As a kid, when we had polenta I ran for the hills, would not touch it. I had it in Brazil and it was okay, but polenta is polenta.