Is there any one particular ingredient that will turn you off from eating a dish? (Indian, vegetables)

[DontH8Me]

The taste and even the scent of anise/licorice is such a turn off for me that I literally gag if I accidentally bite into something with that flavor. There are even toothpastes that I can't use for this reason. I was curious about cooking with fennel bulbs once until someone described the flavor using the word anise. Nope.

I am just curious, does anyone else have any aversions to a specific ingredient that makes a dish 'no can do'?

[TabulaRasa]

Typically various types of fish or shellfish.

[pikabike]

Any soft stinky cheese such as blue, feta, gorgonzola.

*gag*

I can detect its vileness even if a tiny bb of one is in something.

[ohhwanderlust]

Garlic unless in very tiny, unnoticeable amounts. Any food dish starting with "garlic" anything is a no-go.

Also I can't eat dairy at all, so anything dairy.

[toosie]

Cilantro

[jay5835]

cruciferous vegetables, hard-boiled eggs, raw onions

[nmnita]

The only thing I can think of is anything with brains or intestines. I am not a lover of feta cheese but will eat foods with feta in them, like salads. Spoiled brat can't stand anything with olives except Tamale Pie. That he loves, olives and all.

[TerraDown]

Cilantro. I hate it, it tastes like soap to me. Wife can eat it, I can't...even it's relative, parsley; has to be subdued for me to be able to eat it. LOL, and I love Mexican food!
Go figure.

[Tenebrae]

I'm also in the anti-cilantro camp.
Parsley's evil twin...that stuff is like a stink bug fell into the dish. Makes it real fun when eating Mexican or Indian food, let me tell you.

-T.

[Calvert Hall '62]

Cumin, alias stale armpits.