Foods That Are Main Stream That You Have Never Tried and Refuse to Try (tuna, pizza)

[Sage 80]

Sea urchin
Kidneys
Souse
Blood pudding

[NDak15]

I like carrots or celery in soups or stews but can't stand them raw. I have never liked olives or onions (even inion rings) on or in anything. The ones that most people find good that I don't like are yellow mustard, coffee, and Oreos.

[lubby]

Raw fish of any kind
Organ meats
Liver pate'
duck confeit
Any fowl (I will only eat chicken or turkey)
Dark meat chicken
prunes
Fruit topping in the can
okra
Fresh ham
Goat
Venison
Caviar
canned chicken
Spam

[Nomadicus]

What no okra, I'll eat okra any way but raw. I'll do boiled okra while the oyster lovers slide their slime down.

[wideworld]

Never tried Cheetos and a lot of crap along those lines like the fake cheese in a can, etc. You'd have to be flashing a wad of Benjies for me to even consider it for half a second.

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by LauraC

I won't eat anything that comes out of the water.

Every living thing crawled out of the water.

[lubby]

Originally Posted by Nomadicus

What no okra, I'll eat okra any way but raw. I'll do boiled okra while the oyster lovers slide their slime down.

Never had it and I won't try it, my mom says it looks like snot when cooked. Maybe her mom overcooked it when she was a kid.

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by Nomadicus

I'm not a picky eater by any means. Very few main stream (non organ meats) foods I can't eat. Even some I don't really like the taste of I eat in small amounts knowing that there is the possibility of a nutrient my body needs and I accept that and eat as long as they don't gag me. One such food is black olives on pizza. I will not pick them off. Less than 5 veggies gag me.

Now for the part that I just don't do. I don't do buttermilk. Just something about it I can not face a glass of it to try even. Maybe it is a food phobia. I do eat it in cooking as in buttermilk biscuits. I know what buttermilk is but still no way I'm going to try it. There has got to be a better way to get whatever it has in it. How about you? Any food phobias that you just will not give a chance?

Really you dont like black olives/

I'm with you on the buttermilk with regards to drinking it whole. However it really isn't buttermilk today but soured milk. REAL buttermilk from your Grandma's day was delish

Tongue tacos which is fairly poplur here in California and most of the Southwest. Dont like it. Weird given the fact I LOVE tacos de buche.

[chiroptera]

I can understand the reason for not trying some non-mainstream foods (for instance dog meat, insects, fugu) but I've eaten everything brought up so far and more (camel meat, eel, octopus, various wild greens, etc) and can't imagine not wanting to even try something that is quite mainstream.

I'm curious why some people won't try certain foods, for instance haggis or sushi or okra? All of which billions of people consider delicious. Why would you not try something that's not controversial (such as eating dogs, which I will NOT do)? Is it just a perceived "ick factor", fear of something strange, or what?

I guess I am a more adventurous eater than most, because I'll try almost anything once.

There are mainstream foods I have tried at least once and will never eat again unless I am literally starving because they tasted disgusting to me: Any form of soda pop or cola. Corn dogs and hot dogs. Bologna. Those giant turkey legs sold at Renaissance Festivals. Powdered creamers and instant coffee. Flavored creamers, even more disgusting. Government cheese. MREs.

[Naturen]

Originally Posted by Nomadicus

Foods That Are Main Stream That You Have Never Tried and Refuse to Try
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How about you? Any food phobias that you just will not give a chance?

I am willing to try just about anything once - I try to keep an open mind about food cultures. I haven't been in the company of other dining companions that have challenged my food etiquette.

As I broaden my horizons, I'll keep that in mind while I am seeking a significant other.