Gas station hot dogs.

"Authentic" Mexican food....made with shredded cheddar cheese.

Any food with the word "whiz" as part of the name, i.e., "Cheez Whiz."

Food that looks back at you with bigger eyes than you have; sheep's head comes to mind.

And eating the eyeball is considered to be a delicacy.

McDonalds

Surstromming

Balut

Cheez Whiz is a delicacy in some parts of the world. I'm often, very often, asked to bring jars of it with me when I visit family back in Greece.

Cheez Whiz is a delicacy in some parts of the world. I'm often, very often, asked to bring jars of it with me when I visit family back in Greece.

And, c'mon, Pat's King of Steaks! Gourmet!

Chris

Most cooked vegetables.

Balut

One of those things I have always been wanting to try. Maybe I'll get the chance in BKK in December.

Taco Bell

Stinky Tofu.

You can smell it a couple of blocks away. It taste like sweaty socks after a marathon and taste about the same I imagine.

Cheez Whiz is a delicacy in some parts of the world. I'm often, very often, asked to bring jars of it with me when I visit family back in Greece.
It's a freakshow in a can.

I'm not surprised they ask you to bring it back - seems like fantastic entertainment to me (hey look! It isn't an urban legend, that stuff on The Simpsons, it's actually real! SQUIRT - LAUGHTER)

As for my notion of nasty food

the kind of pre-grated parmesan cheese that doesn't need refrigeration
I call it desiccated parmesan :(:(:(

If you freeze-dried and powdered cat's vomit, it couldn't taste any worse - they certainly smell the same. And the stench from it on a neighbouring diner's plate is tragically pervasive. And what makes it a particularly nasty 'food' is that there are still people all over the world who think that this is what Parmigiano-Reggiano is and what it's supposed to taste like.
(I had breakfast at a French hotel chain in Japan and asked if they had any cheese - the waiter came back with a packet of this stuff. I wish it would stay in the previous century)

Balut
Ahhhh-you beat me too it.
Almost any thing that involves rotting food is disgusting.

One of those things I have always been wanting to try. Maybe I'll get the chance in BKK in December.

Balut is a Phillipino delicacy

Balut is a Phillipino delicacy
I've seen them sold in Vietnamese shops in London so I would imagine they'd be on the menu in Thailand. Perhaps they just have different names elsewhere.
There you go - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXucin9iIaE (Bourdain says the Vietnamese name, but I can't catch it - hot bin lan???)

(sadly, they seem easier to get hold of then real Vietnamese Fish Sauce over here)

Natto (Japanese fermented soybeans) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natto

Natto (Japanese fermented soybeans) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natto
Get the low odour kind and add it to a bolognese-style pasta dish. Brands vary a lot - some can be rather overbearing or unpleasant, but there are varieties that border on neutrality.

I doubt that that many of you would find natto the way I had it last night particularly nasty or repulsive. It was as noticeable as a drop of truffle oil.

Taco Bell

That was my first thought. My second is Burger King.

All those things in the hot case at 7-11 look pretty nasty too, but I have never tried them to find out.

I like most types of cheese, but this pretty much a stomach churning thing for me:

Casu Marzu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu)

I heard about this in another section of this thread, where some people actually brought it on a flight <shudder>:

Disgusting Things You've Seen Inflight (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=732383)

I like most types of cheese, but this pretty much a stomach churning thing for me:

Casu Marzu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu)

My husband told me about this some time ago and plugging "maggot cheese" churned up no results when I've looked in search engines before.

Thanks! I've finally got to learn about this. (I was especially tickled by the part on the right: certification - none)

It was featured on a Japanese quizz-type show. MrLapLap recalls that they showed some gorgeous mountain scenery, an old man with a white mustache went to a tiny shed with 5 friends and took out one of the numerous cheeses there - panel were asked something like what the content of the cheese was. Cut to commercial, then gasps of disbelief as the old men were shown tucking into their treat - and sucking up stray larvae on their hands. Apparently these are especially creamy (remember this was translated from Italian to Japanese and now to English many, many moons later).

Any food that can gross out the Japanese can't be good.

EDIT TO ADD- Got it! (or something similar) those of a nervous disposition, do not open this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyL9Pn8kMZc
And a short clip with Antonio Carluccio (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CGseBM85gc)(in English)

Any food that can gross out the Japanese can't be good.

Excellent point!

Balut

I cannot count the mornings I was awakened in Olongapo City by the balut guy...

"Baluuut" "Baluuut"

^:):):):):):):):):)

Any food that can gross out the Japanese can't be good.

I've been reading this board for years and that may be the best line I've ever seen! ^^^

Balut

We have a winner.
Lock this thread.

Man's Tastiest Friend (http://www.puppybeef.com/)

...they also sell [meow] (http://www.kittybeef.com/)

Man's Tastiest Friend (http://www.puppybeef.com/)

...they also sell [meow] (http://www.kittybeef.com/)

are you ....ing kidding me? are those sites jokes?

Man's Tastiest Friend (http://www.puppybeef.com/)

...they also sell [meow] (http://www.kittybeef.com/)

are you ....ing kidding me? are those sites jokes?


No, I think they are real Korean run sites.... Keep in mind, a number of Asian
cultures including the Koreans see nothing wrong with eating dog or cat.

"Fermenting is a food preservation method favored in many cultures around the world, and Eskimos are no exception. The primary fermented food in this culture is called “stinkhead”, and is definitely an acquired taste, like lutefisk and limburger cheese. "

"Stinkhead is made from the whole head of a King salmon, which is somewhat larger than a football. The traditional method of preparation was to wrap the fish head in the long grasses which grow along rivers and streams, and then to bury it in a moss-lined pit in the ground for four to six weeks. Where it rots. And then dig it up and eat it. Yum. The bones soften up until the whole head has a mashable consistency. The dish gets its name from the smell, which is every bit as rancid as you might imagine."

http://tundramedicinedreams.blogspot.com/2006/05/eskimo-foods-and-botulism.html

Gas station hot dogs.
There have been 2 or 3 instances, which we won't get into:D, when the gas station hot dog has seemingly been the most delicious thing I had ever eaten.:D:p

Tripe (menudo) prepared any which way.

"Authentic" Mexican food....made with shredded cheddar cheese.

You must believe that the cheese used on most "authentic" Mexican food in the US, "Jack" is Mexican, simply because some of it once came from Monterrey. I can find you a lot of authentic Mexican food not made with Queso Asadero, Cotija or Fresco, rarely available (even on a limited basis ) in Colorado. Actually, domestic "Cheddar" tastes more like some Mexican cheeses than does the Jack cheese so often used instead of orange Cheddar.

I will admit that Velveeta brought about the invention of "Chile con Queso", not Mexican at all, but that El Mat, El Toro, Joe Garcia's, La Fonda anda few others used Cheddar with no loss of "Authentico". After all, both owners and cooks shared the heritage. For the "authentic" alternative to Chile con Queso, "Queso Flameado", neither Cheddar or Jack works well.

Pretty much anything encased in Aspic. I don't know why it offends me the way it does, but ...gag!

Pretty much anything encased in Aspic. I don't know why it offends me the way it does, but ...gag!

I completely agree. Aspic is truly nasty.

Chitterlings are revolting upon first smell, no need to look. I am stupid enough to have ignored the smell and look, and let me tell you that the taste is appropriately nasty.

Dog, however, is not revolting. It is a lean, red meat that is quite tasty on the grill.

head cheese.

Ahhhh-you beat me too it.
Almost any thing that involves rotting food is disgusting.

Balut is not rotten. It is fertilized duck egg. And actually doesn't taste that bad.. just don't look at what you eat. Not sure if it has anything to do with Vietnam, but in Chicago Vietnam town they seill it as 'baloot', which is a filipino name for it.

Chitterlings are revolting upon first smell, no need to look. I am stupid enough to have ignored the smell and look, and let me tell you that the taste is appropriately nasty.


They're best when you still find a grain or two of corn in them. :p

Pork rinds. They leave your mouth with a fuzzy feeling. Yuck!

My own favorite "nasty" example is the use of silicone products (dimethicone? simethicone? I forget) in fast food fry oils.

I love Chinese food (the real one, served in China), but once they brought a huge bowl in the middle of a table. In the bowl there was some type of soup... and in the soup there were those huge boiled, stringy geese wings. That - to me - was nasty looking... never tried to taste it.

head cheese.

Pork rinds. They leave your mouth with a fuzzy feeling. Yuck!

Ditto to both.

Chitterlings

Go on.... google it!!

Sea urchins, vegemite, Chinese fermented eggs, and stir-fried red ants and giant waterbugs.

Stinky Tofu.

You can smell it a couple of blocks away. It taste like sweaty socks after a marathon and taste about the same I imagine.
Agree that it is intolerable for many people. But for someone like me, I can tolerate the odor, and the taste is absolutely heaven for me. ;)

Anything with brains in it.

Wow, this post could go on for awhile... :D

I think anything with meat in it is nasty, but going purely on looks...

- Borscht
- Camembert
- Brie (but slightly less nasty than Camembert)
- Flan
- Balut (not that I've ever seen it, but I imagine that it looks gross)
- Mayonnaise
- Feta cheese

I feel like there must be dozens more, but these are the ones that come to mind at the moment. I'll come back when I think of some more. :)

Chitterlings

Go on.... google it!!

omg, I googled it, EW! :eek:

Anything with brains in it.
So would it be the same reaction for you if it were intestines?

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned haggis.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned haggis.

Haggis.

i like haggis

I think anything with meat in it is nasty, but going purely on looks...

- Borscht
- Camembert
- Brie (but slightly less nasty than Camembert)
- Flan
- Balut (not that I've ever seen it, but I imagine that it looks gross)
- Mayonnaise
- Feta cheese



Wow, can't say that any of the above, other than balut, look particularly nasty--maybe because I like everything on the list (except balut, which will remain unexplored territory for now ;-). I guess this thread is populated by both omnivorous daredevils and more picky eaters. This (http://www.deependdining.com/2005/07/live-tentacles-movie-rated-nbl-not.html) may add some perspective.

Haggis is lovely - don't get the offal fear!

Mayonnaise is definitely the epitome of wrongness as far as I'm concerned. Take a nice sandwich, fresh ingredients, lovely flavours, and smother it in something that simultaneously manages to overpower the flavour, ruin the texture, and render the sandwich less healthy.

Then, repeat for 99% of the sandwiches out there.

Why? Why?

Wow, can't say that any of the above, other than balut, look particularly nasty--maybe because I like everything on the list (except balut, which will remain unexplored territory for now ;-). I guess this thread is populated by both omnivorous daredevils and more picky eaters. This (http://www.deependdining.com/2005/07/live-tentacles-movie-rated-nbl-not.html) may add some perspective.

Okay, FWIW, my pickiness rivals that of any 3 year old. :p I was scared to try a chocolate chip cookie that was chocolate dough with white chocolate chips a year ago. :o

I don't eat anything that looks oozy, smells funny, or is a surprising color. My exception is Indian food. I eat any Indian (vegetable) curry without a fuss. My parents forced us to eat anything that my mother cooked in the house (all Indian), but were more than happy to entertain our pickiness for anything else (I think they were unadventurous eaters themselves).

My big victories in food bravery over the past 5 years or so were this backwards chocolate chip cookie, guacamole (which I still think looks gross), and raspberries. Laugh all you want, but I still feel like I was really brave!!!

I quite like Haggis too, don't knock it :p

Okay, FWIW, my pickiness rivals that of any 3 year old. :p I was scared to try a chocolate chip cookie that was chocolate dough with white chocolate chips a year ago. :o

I don't eat anything that looks oozy, smells funny, or is a surprising color. My exception is Indian food. I eat any Indian (vegetable) curry without a fuss. My parents forced us to eat anything that my mother cooked in the house (all Indian), but were more than happy to entertain our pickiness for anything else (I think they were unadventurous eaters themselves).

My big victories in food bravery over the past 5 years or so were this backwards chocolate chip cookie, guacamole (which I still think looks gross), and raspberries. Laugh all you want, but I still feel like I was really brave!!!

Hey, 3TAL, I marvel that a) you maintained such a limited diet for so many years and b) you have expanded your palate as an adult. Your do seem to be a picky eater but I once knew someone who wouldn't eat BREAD (rolls were ok). Research has shown that being a picky or adventurous eater is at least partly genetically determined. I've always been pretty adventurous--but as a result I'll never again be a size 4 (sigh).

But why is any plate of food considered appealing to look at, apart from its deliciousness? What is intrinsically beautiful about a shiny dark brown tablet (chocolate bar), a small shiny heart-shaped red globule studded with little brown bits (wild strawberry), thick, viscous brown ooze (apple butter, marmite, chocolate pudding)? And that's just sweet stuff. I could go on...

I think we're programmed to avoid certain food characteristics, like anything blue or extremely bitter (both can indicate toxicity), but otherwise it's more what you get used to growing up. Though you wouldn't have been aware of food safety as a child, if you grew up in a hot climate there's a survival logic to avoiding oozy, smelly stuff which might be spoiled--unless it's highly seasoned with spices and/or chilis, which have preservative properties. Like your mother's cooking. Apparently you weren't one of those kids who would put anything and everything in your mouth--which your mother probably appreciated.

But so much of it is cultural, isn't it? The scarcity and hence the expense of an item enhances its desirability: lobster was considered trash food when it was abundant, but now they're an expensive luxury (talk about an ugly item that belies its deliciousness). I personally turn green at the thought of snacking on nice crunchy roasted grasshoppers, but insects (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/magazine/10wwln-essay-t.html?_r=1&ref=dining&oref=slogin) are a nutritious and relished food staple all over the world. And I do have a problem with food that moves on its own, but apparently that's not a universal aversion, either.

Guacamole looks a lot more appetizing in a dimly-lit bar with a margarita next to it. Context is everything!

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Wow, this post could go on for awhile... :D

- Camembert
- Brie (but slightly less nasty than Camembert)

Cheese should not be runny, I agree.

- Flan
Pretty much any custard is kind of gross looking, yes, but done well it's delicious...

- Mayonnaise

You're not missing anything; it tastes even worse than it looks and as stut said it pretty much exists to ruin sandwiches and provide a base for bad salad dressings.

- Feta cheese

Feta is funny because how it looks depends a lot on its preparation; I find the chunks of wet, raw feta pretty disgusting looking (pretty much like tofu) but if it's dried and crumbled it looks like any other cheese.

The one thing in your list lower down that surprises me is having a hard time with raspberries... most fruits and berries are some of the things that look as good as they taste (to me, at least.)

Heh, perhaps that's another thread: things that look like they should taste great, but turn out to be awful (or at least blah and bland.)

yikes!

Perhaps I can find a link to surstromming - Swedish fermented herring, traditionally prepared by inoculating with a bacteria and burying for several months. Now you can buy it canned, and it's considered ready when the can bulges. You have to open the can outdoors, preferably submerged in a basin of water. About 30 seconds after you release the pressure and open the can, still under water, a putrid stench hits your nose. About 30 seconds later, swarms of flies show up, drawn by the smell...

The surstromming needs to sit for a bit while the contents of the can expand, bubbling and oozing away. Best to cover the can with netting, or else someone needs to stand guard and swat away flies while the condiments are being prepared: chopped onions, chopped chives, sour cream, soft flatbread, boiled potatoes, and lots of aquavit. Each diner--picknicker, I should say, since you'd better eat this out of doors--takes a fish, slices it open and removes head, bones and innards, and rolls it in a piece of flatbread smothered in accompaniments. Lots of aquavit to wash it down. Definitely a cultural experience. In truth the taste isn't particularly pungent, but the stink is unbelievable, especially for a cuisine not noted for strong flavors. I would do it again--if I had a head cold.

And while I'm vamping -- do those of you who don't like or avoid certain foods experience an actual gag-reflex reaction? There are foods I don't like to varying degrees but only one (so far) that makes me ill: sea urchin.

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The one thing in your list lower down that surprises me is having a hard time with raspberries... most fruits and berries are some of the things that look as good as they taste (to me, at least.)

I had some kind of berry aversion when I was young; I'm not sure why. I somehow managed to deal with strawberries in undergrad, but everything else was off limits. Then someone forced me to eat a raspberry and I didn't die. That same person brazenly tried to force a blueberry into me and it was one of many equally good reasons that I dumped him. :p I can tolerate cranberries in craisin (dried) form, but refuse to try them in their natural form.

I am picky when it comes to fruit. Less picky with vegetables. Since most fruit tastes yummier than most vegetables, this is an odd behaviour pattern. But I am guessing that a lot of people on this thread have already written me off as odd, anyway. ;)

Adding to the list of food that looks gross (per 3TAL):
- cheese cake
- mustard
- blue cheese
- ranch salad dressing
- pickles
- anything that might be named "Death by Chocolate," "Chocolate Decadence," and the like... I can tolerate chocolate in small doses, but something chocolate, dipped in chocolate, smothered in chocolate, and then garnished with chocolate is too much!!!

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Mayonnaise is pretty good when you put it in ketchup and have it with french fries.

Taco Bell
Blasphemy! Sober, yes it's not the most appetizing. Drunk, it's gods gift to humankind!

That was my first thought. My second is Burger King.

All those things in the hot case at 7-11 look pretty nasty too, but I have never tried them to find out.

I don't mind some items at BK. One of the taquitos in the 7-11 case (taco and cheese I think) is quite tasty, but probably horrible for my body

Wow, this post could go on for awhile... :D

I think anything with meat in it is nasty, but going purely on looks...

- Borscht
- Camembert
- Brie (but slightly less nasty than Camembert)
- Flan
- Balut (not that I've ever seen it, but I imagine that it looks gross)
- Mayonnaise
- Feta cheese

I feel like there must be dozens more, but these are the ones that come to mind at the moment. I'll come back when I think of some more. :)

What nonsense! :D:p I bolded the ones I like, and how could anybody not LOVE feta cheese? It's absolutely delicious....mmmm yumm.

Okay, FWIW, my pickiness rivals that of any 3 year old. :p I was scared to try a chocolate chip cookie that was chocolate dough with white chocolate chips a year ago. :o

I don't eat anything that looks oozy, smells funny, or is a surprising color. My exception is Indian food. I eat any Indian (vegetable) curry without a fuss. My parents forced us to eat anything that my mother cooked in the house (all Indian), but were more than happy to entertain our pickiness for anything else (I think they were unadventurous eaters themselves).

My big victories in food bravery over the past 5 years or so were this backwards chocolate chip cookie, guacamole (which I still think looks gross), and raspberries. Laugh all you want, but I still feel like I was really brave!!!

Since you love curries so much, do you eat bheja masala (http://gluttonyandgourmet.blogspot.com/2006/01/bheja-masala.html)? :D White chocolate anything is also delicious. I'm not a fan of guac but I have ate it before


Adding to the list of food that looks gross (per 3TAL):
- cheese cake
- mustard
- blue cheese
- ranch salad dressing
- pickles
- anything that might be named "Death by Chocolate," "Chocolate Decadence," and the like... I can tolerate chocolate in small doses, but something chocolate, dipped in chocolate, smothered in chocolate, and then garnished with chocolate is too much!!!

Jesus christ....you're pickier than my sister...and I didn't think that was possible :eek:! I'm a fan of all of the above except pickles. Fries dipped in ranch, chicken strips/nuggets dipped in ranch, dulce de leche cheesecake, and blue cheese dressing with buffalo chicken all rank among my delicious list!

Oh btw...I rescind my invitation to SJC now that I know how many of my fav foods you dislike! ;)

Some friends recently had bone marrow. Just bone marrow. Still in the bone!! And I'm talking about at a restaurant!

I had some kind of berry aversion when I was young; I'm not sure why. I somehow managed to deal with strawberries in undergrad, but everything else was off limits. Then someone forced me to eat a raspberry and I didn't die. That same person brazenly tried to force a blueberry into me and it was one of many equally good reasons that I dumped him. :p I can tolerate cranberries in craisin (dried) form, but refuse to try them in their natural form.

I am picky when it comes to fruit. Less picky with vegetables. Since most fruit tastes yummier than most vegetables, this is an odd behaviour pattern. But I am guessing that a lot of people on this thread have already written me off as odd, anyway. ;)

Adding to the list of food that looks gross (per 3TAL):
- cheese cake
- mustard
- blue cheese
- ranch salad dressing
- pickles
- anything that might be named "Death by Chocolate," "Chocolate Decadence," and the like... I can tolerate chocolate in small doses, but something chocolate, dipped in chocolate, smothered in chocolate, and then garnished with chocolate is too much!!!
well i guess you're a cheap date

but man you're weird :p

Blowfish sperm. Yes, it is a delicacy. And it is a lot like creme brulee. It actually tastes great but has conceptual issues. Or are we only considering things that are disgusting like natto?

Mayonnaise is pretty good when you put it in ketchup and have it with french fries.
The only time I would mix mayo with other sauces is if I'm making a pasta sauce. Have tried mixing mayo with ketchup and another time with mustard, didn't taste really good for me.

Fries dipped in ranch, chicken strips/nuggets dipped in ranch
My favourite dipping sauce for fries is barbecue sauce and for nuggets/strips, it would be honey sauce. ^

Blowfish sperm. Yes, it is a delicacy. And it is a lot like creme brulee. It actually tastes great but has conceptual issues. Or are we only considering things that are disgusting like natto?

Any health issues as with fugu?

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So would it be the same reaction for you if it were intestines?

I've met more than a few folks whose brains were up the lower intestine.

Isn't intestine used as sausage casing? If so, I have no problem with it.

Hakarl sounds suitably offputting. An Icelandic delicacy, it is shark that is caught then buried in 'gravelly sand' for maybe 2 to 6 months, dug out, dried and eaten. Traditionally eaten with a Brennivin chaser (a strong local spirit that hopefully overpowers the taste of the shark)!!

My list would include many of the aforementioned as well as:
-ricotta cheese (or any kind of cottage or cream cheese)
-cheese cake
-sauerkraut
-any thing with fat/grizzle on it (including pastrami, corned beef etc)
-peppers/pimentos
-hot tomatoes (I hate pizza or sauce with chunks of tomatoes --yuk!)
-sandwiches with lettuce & tomates (they belong on salads NOT sandwiches)
-pickels on food (including that in Thousand Island dressing & that seafood sauce)

But strangely enough, given the above list, while traveling I will be- at least in my opinion, quite 'adventurous' and now will eat olives (at a bar, while having a drink ;), stranges cheeses including blue, stilton and other 'smelly' cheeses', and while I still shy away from fat/grease on or in foods-- (and NOT for any heath reasons) I have developed a strange craving for the flauta d'iberic (ham sandwich) at the Cafe Viena in BCN... which did have fat that melted in your mouth :)

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How about Mopane worms-a popular South African snack.

The gut is squeezed out of the worm and then they are left in the sun to dry where they become crispy. My work colleagues used to take great pleasure from eating them in front of me from a paper bag-just like eating crisps.


I feel quite ill after reading this post:eek:
"
"Stinkhead is made from the whole head of a King salmon, which is somewhat larger than a football. The traditional method of preparation was to wrap the fish head in the long grasses which grow along rivers and streams, and then to bury it in a moss-lined pit in the ground for four to six weeks. Where it rots. And then dig it up and eat it. Yum. The bones soften up until the whole head has a mashable consistency. The dish gets its name from the smell, which is every bit as rancid as you might imagine."

http://tundramedicinedreams.blogspot.com/2006/05/eskimo-foods-and-botulism.html

I dunno, Michelle, you seemed to be a bit of a hot tomato yourself.
Anyhow, your definition of "adventurous" is slightly different from mine.

There's not a food listed here that I find completely without merit,
except perhaps cheese.

Of course, in various countries in Europe, mayo with fries is the norm, and here ketchup is, so you obviously must be half-European and half-American. :)

In the Netherlands, you can have patat met mayo, patat met ketchup or patat met pindasaus (a satay-style peanut sauce).

The final option is 'patat oorlog' ('war potatoes'), so called because the dish resembles the aftermath of a war. It is the combination of all of the above.

On the subject of potatoes, I never had the courage to try the Quebequois delicacy poutine, french fries/chips sauced with melted cheese and brown gravy.

I find shark fin soup to be pretty nasty.

On the subject of potatoes, I never had the courage to try the Quebequois delicacy poutine, french fries/chips sauced with melted cheese and brown gravy.

Poutine is not genuine with any type of melted or shredded cheese. Cheese curds must be used as the texture is a very important quality of poutine.

Poutine is not genuine with any type of melted or shredded cheese. Cheese curds must be used as the texture is a very important quality of poutine.

So, you get that special squeak of the cheese curds. Are the potatoes crisp or limp?

So, for those who object to natural casings for sausages, when you have sausages made with same, do you discard the casing of the sausage before proceeding, or do you just momentarily try not to think about what that casing is?

I'm not much of a sausage fan, aside from proper hot dogs (Sabrett when in NY, or Vienna Beef when in the midwest) which are casing-less.

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Blowfish sperm. Yes, it is a delicacy. And it is a lot like creme brulee. It actually tastes great but has conceptual issues. Or are we only considering things that are disgusting like natto?

Any health issues as with fugu?

Well, it is the sperm of the fugu fish so yes and no. The sperm itself is one of the non-toxic parts of the fugu so not if it is properly prepared. If contaminated with too much blood I suppose it could be a problem. Also, while the sperm are non-toxic the eggs have a very high toxin concentration. If the preparer doesn't properly sex the fish and can't distinguish the difference between the types of fish love juices extracted and gives you a dish of eggs by mistake it's buh-bye.

Since you love curries so much, do you eat bheja masala (http://gluttonyandgourmet.blogspot.com/2006/01/bheja-masala.html)?
omg!!! :eek: I should have qualified my earlier statement that I only eat south Indian vegetarian curries! Who eats that!?!?! :eek: :eek: :eek:

Jesus christ....you're pickier than my sister...and I didn't think that was possible :eek:! ... Oh btw...I rescind my invitation to SJC now that I know how many of my fav foods you dislike! ;)
If you had envisioned our weekend rendezvous consisting of dipping things into ranch dressing, then I guess I'm happy, too!!! :p

Adding to the list of things that I won't eat (this thread is uber fun, btw):
- Thousand Island dressing
- Egg drop soup (or anything else involving eggs, but this is particularly ugly)
- Non-chocolate candy that is not an Everlasting Gobstopper, Twizzler, or those little circle things called Smarties that came in those cellophane rolls
- Chocolate candy that is not a Kit-Kat, Twix, Ferrero Rocher, or mini-Toberlone... this includes full-sized Toblerones

Okay, in fairness, the candy ones are things that I won't eat period, not because I think they look ugly. But some candy can look pretty retch... for example gummi-anything that has a marshmallow half. Ew!

- Chocolate candy that is not a Kit-Kat, Twix, Ferrero Rocher, or mini-Toberlone... this includes full-sized Toblerones

Darn! So you won't be rushing to try this delight then?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3825221.stm

Darn! So you won't be rushing to try this delight then?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3825221.stm

chocolate-covered pork fat?!?! :eek: And what's up with that pedophile sounding, "Young girl, come and try my tasty salo..." quote?

So, um, yes, despite its bargain price of GBP 1 for 4 sticks, I am going to pass on choco-salo! But the good news is that there's more for you, I guess!! :D

That rotten shark they eat in Iceland.

That rotten shark they eat in Iceland.

omg, I thought you were joking, but apparently not (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1karl)!

I like this description:
It has a particular ammonia smell, not too dissimilar from many cleaning products. It is often served in cubes on toothpicks. Those new to it will usually gag involuntarily on the first attempt to eat it due to the high ammonia content.

I guess they don't have those public service announcements on Icelandic children's shows about how you aren't supposed to ingest cleaning solvents... .

Fufo more like poo poo, allGhana food has a handy little gravy over it....

Stinky Tofu.

You can smell it a couple of blocks away. It taste like sweaty socks after a marathon and taste about the same I imagine.

Is that really what they call it? I thought my coworkers were joking... lol.

Yes! When translated from the Chinese term, it is stinky tofu!

the kind of pre-grated parmesan cheese that doesn't need refrigeration
I call it desiccated parmesan :(:(:(

If you freeze-dried and powdered cat's vomit, it couldn't taste any worse - they certainly smell the same. And the stench from it on a neighbouring diner's plate is tragically pervasive. And what makes it a particularly nasty 'food' is that there are still people all over the world who think that this is what Parmigiano-Reggiano is and what it's supposed to taste like.

I suspect those that choose Kraft canned parmesan have no concept of an actual Parmigiano-Reggiano.

I don't remember where, who or when, but a panel of chefs blind taste-tested several parmesans. I clearly recall one chef, when tasting the Kraft canned stuff, saying "This would ruin a dish". :D

Adding to the list of things that I won't eat (this thread is uber fun, btw):
- Thousand Island dressing


Yuck. Nasty stuff.

- Egg drop soup (or anything else involving eggs, but this is particularly ugly)

Ditto on the egg drop soup, although I like plain old scrambled just fine.


But some candy can look pretty retch... for example gummi-anything that has a marshmallow half. Ew!

Such as gummi worms and eyeballs? I don't get the point of those, either. Then again, some kids eat dirt.

Diverging off the topic of generally gross things, to things I simple won't eat without any claims of obvious grossness -
* mushrooms or any other "edible" fungus
* shellfish or any other invertebrates, with the exception of shrimp (although I won't eat shrimp with the heads or legs still attached)
* most fish (although I like halibut and swordfish, and in a pinch I can eat canned tuna or plain old fried "cod" - which I think is often actually hake or pollock)
* any kind of peppers (bell or hot) in identifiable quantities larger than the amount of pimento they put in a green olive
* tofu (or anything obviously prepared from it)
* pesto
* anything prepared as a stir-fry
* organ meats (or things prepared from them, like foie gras - although in fairness, quite a few of these have been mentioned as "gross" above. Nobody's mentioned just how foul kindeys smell!)
* oily salad dressings
* fried eggs
* most pickled things that aren't cucumbers
* sweet pickled cucumbers
* mustard (unless turned into honey mustard salad dressing)
* cauliflower and white asparagus (each being a weird and awful relative of an otherwise capital vegetable)
* anise, fennel or caraway (the last typically ruins rye bread.)

...plenty of other things not worth mentioning.

The first two fall under a "not even if I was starving" category. I'm not sure if I could eat reptile or amphibian if I were starving.

I suspect those that choose Kraft canned parmesan have no concept of an actual Parmigiano-Reggiano.

I don't remember where, who or when, but a panel of chefs blind taste-tested several parmesans. I clearly recall one chef, when tasting the Kraft canned stuff, saying "This would ruin a dish". :D

I've had both. I like both. They're just different, rather like trying to compare a good double gloucester with kraft singles; the latter is only nominally related to cheese, but they both taste good in their way.

Stinky Tofu.

You can smell it a couple of blocks away. It taste like sweaty socks after a marathon and taste about the same I imagine.

Nothing wrong with Stinky Tofu, as long as it goes stinky naturally - in it's own good time.

It's so popular that they actually use chemicals to speed up the process these days, and the result is not as good.

Next you'll be telling me you don't like Durian either !!!

I've had both. I like both. They're just different, rather like trying to compare a good double gloucester with kraft singles; the latter is only nominally related to cheese, but they both taste good in their way.

I'm guessing you like canned "easy cheese" too

(another of my own 'nasty foods')

Calling it parmesan, or for that matter, cheese, is crime enough, however, unlike with 'singles' it doesn't just ruin anything it's sprinkled on, the smell is so pervasive it ruins the food of anyone eating in the immediate vicinity (just like someone slathering vicks mentholated vapour rub next to you would completey wreck the taste of your entree or fine wine)

Nasty AND antisocial stuff. It should be banned from public consumption.

Mayonnaise
Salad Dressing (joke-funny thing for dieters to use trying to lose weight)
Gucamole
Borscht
Camembert
Flan
Blue cheese
Feta cheese
Haggis
eating Dog or puppy
eating Cat
eating guinea pig
eating ants or bugs of any type or species
eating snakes
eating human flesh of people -- especially TSAs --
(remember Dommer and other cannibal sicko types?)

I used to be real picky when I was younger, refusing to eat things like melted cheese, eggplants, and the summit of food nastiness for me at that time, garlic in any form.

Nowadays I love most of the food there is, I'm indifferent to the rest, and have yet to find anything that would make me throw up on the spot. I also like to try whatever local that is new to me, like grasshoppers, silk worms and scorpions.

2 sorts of food I refuse to eat is rabbit and frog legs. I've tasted it though and didn't find it particularly interesting. But I also think that rabbits and frogs are cute and should not be eaten anyway.

eating human flesh of people -- especially TSAs --

I knew there were complaints about airport security in the US, but this takes the biscuit :)

I love almost all fruits & veggies, but for some reason, papaya tastes like vomit to me. Surprisingly, I've met a few others that have thought the same.

Also, any dish that is smothered in cilantro automatically becomes gross in my eyes.

Mayonnaise
Salad Dressing (joke-funny thing for dieters to use trying to lose weight)
Gucamole
Borscht
Camembert
Flan
Blue cheese
Feta cheese
Haggis

Wow, Boston_Bulldog, sounds like we would be good friends! I've vetoed all of the above (+ brie, in case you forgot it on your list) and I am a vegetarian, so no puppies/ kittens/ human flesh on my dining table, either. :)

Next you'll be telling me you don't like Durian either !!!

Haha, I was just thinking about this thread earlier today and I thought about vetoing Durian. I've never actually seen (or more importantly, smelled) it, but from the stories, I'm willing to bet that such a fruit was never meant to be eaten by me. :)

Anything avocado / guacamole. EUGH! :p

Salmon. I have had it poached, baked, sauteed, with skin, without, raw, smoked, fried, in salad form, and probably in many more ways that I can no longer recall. I have had sockeye, atlantic and copper river, and I have had balik smoked, so it's not as if I was chowing out of the red can at the supermarket. Each time, I never liked it. The natural question is why I tried it in so many ways if I didn't like it. The answer is that it is *so* popular that I thought there may be something I was missing or something wrong with me that I didn't like it, but I came to realize that it just is one of those things I will simply never like.

Some of you need therapy. Lots of it ;) You are missing out on some of the great things in life. Well, maybe not rotted fish head, but the rest of it. ;)

I've had both. I like both. They're just different, rather like trying to compare a good double gloucester with kraft singles; the latter is only nominally related to cheese, but they both taste good in their way.

Well, I guess if you're putting Ragu on your spaghetti, you deserve Kraft canned parm.

Salmon. I have had it poached, baked, sauteed, with skin, without, raw, smoked, fried, in salad form, and probably in many more ways that I can no longer recall. I have had sockeye, atlantic and copper river, and I have had balik smoked, so it's not as if I was chowing out of the red can at the supermarket. Each time, I never liked it. The natural question is why I tried it in so many ways if I didn't like it. The answer is that it is *so* popular that I thought there may be something I was missing or something wrong with me that I didn't like it, but I came to realize that it just is one of those things I will simply never like.

That sounds like me with sea urchin.

Wow, this post could go on for awhile... :D

I think anything with meat in it is nasty, but going purely on looks...

- Borscht


My wife makes a great borscht...it beets the heck out of any soup I can think of.

<rimshot>

Seriously, she was a Russian major and learned to make borscht in grad school. We'd get fresh beets from the farmers' market and make it from scratch--my hands would turn red from the juice. Load it up with sour cream and serve it with a hunk of dark bread--yum. :) But I guess that won't be on the menu should you ever come visit.

After perusing this thread, I don't see much that I won't eat--I'm pretty adventurous (I'm a big Tony Bourdain fan). But there is one thing that I can't stand, that goes back to my early childhood: My mother grew up in West Tennessee, and was born during the waning years of the Depression. Her mother had to make do with the cheapest stuff available and stretch it as far as she could. So one thing my mom made that she remembered from her childhood, and tried to get us to eat, was white beans, cooked with ham hocks until the whole mess was mushy and, well, gross...with fat floating on top, etc. I wouldn't eat it then and still won't. Raw fish? Not a problem. Tongue sandwiches? Bring 'em on. But white beans with ham hocks? I'm sort of hoping the family recipe got buried with my mom.

Some friends recently had bone marrow. Just bone marrow. Still in the bone!! And I'm talking about at a restaurant!

Oh, you have NO idea what your missing! Sheer heaven.

Oh, you have NO idea what your missing! Sheer heaven.

St. John, one of the finest restaurants in London have several dishes with bone marrow, including a salad if I recall correctly.

Oh, you have NO idea what your missing! Sheer heaven.

You could say that about a lot of foods!

Haha, I was just thinking about this thread earlier today and I thought about vetoing Durian. I've never actually seen (or more importantly, smelled) it, but from the stories, I'm willing to bet that such a fruit was never meant to be eaten by me. :)

Actually Durian is very tasty for many Asian people even we said that it smelled good ^:). But for many other people especially American or European find that it smelled so bad that in some hotel in Singapore forbid anyone to bring durian inside :eek:.

Persimmons. The slimy texture makes me gag.

Spam. It looks like head cheese (something else I find totally revolting) and smells like dog food, even after you cook it up.

Oh, you have NO idea what your missing! Sheer heaven.

What does it taste like? Is there enough of it to actually eat it, or is it more of a spice?

Persimmons. The slimy texture makes me gag.

UNRIPE persimmons are the very epitome of horridness.

Kaki shibui

Furry, astringent, irredeemably vile.

What does it taste like? Is there enough of it to actually eat it, or is it more of a spice?

To me, it has the same flavor of the meat that surrounds the bone, but with perhaps a deeper flavor. No, you're not going to make a meal solely out of the marrow, but there is enough to eat. I recently had some from veal and from each chop, there was about 1/2 tsp of marrow, obtained by scooping out w/the back end of a spoon or fork. It is not a spice.

The best part about it is its consistency. So smooth.

I heard about this once on the radio, years ago. I have never seen it, nor do I want to -- casu marzu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu) :eek:

I heard about this once on the radio, years ago. I have never seen it, nor do I want to -- casu marzu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu) :eek:

My question is, who said one day, "hey, there's maggots in the cheese, want me to toss it?" and had someone respond, "no, it's ok, just pass it over here, i'll eat it maggots and all"?

I heard about this once on the radio, years ago. I have never seen it, nor do I want to -- casu marzu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu) :eek:

Some of us have already discussed this delicacy at length in this thread.

See post #21

Some of us have already discussed this delicacy at length in this thread.

See post #21

Sardegna is just a weird place overall. If you get kidnapped in Italy (not an altogether uncommon occurrence), you will most likely end up somewhere on this island, seeing as even the local police aren't exactly sure what is where, the place is so barren and inaccessible.

Purty tho'.

Some of us have already discussed this delicacy at length in this thread.

See post #21

Apologies!! :o I actually DID try to search the thread before I posted this, but the new search did not return post #21. In fact, when I searched again, the only post returned was mine, just now.

I hate this new search... . :p

I would have to say that frozen pickle juice on a stick (http://www.picklesickle.com/) seems pretty nasty to me. That may be due to my dislike of pickles in the first place.

I would have to say that frozen pickle juice on a stick (http://www.picklesickle.com/) seems pretty nasty to me. That may be due to my dislike of pickles in the first place.

That's kinda weird, never heard of a picklesicxkle!

I would have to say that frozen pickle juice on a stick (http://www.picklesickle.com/) seems pretty nasty to me. That may be due to my dislike of pickles in the first place.

:eek:

From the site:
"It is hard to imagine someone thought of the idea to create frozen treats made from pickle juice. it is even harder to believe someone tried it and liked it...This is one of those crazy ideas that should have died a quick and horrible death right from the beginning..."

Indeed.

Persimmons. The slimy texture makes me gag.

I have the same gag reflex problem with persimmons and also papayas.

:eek:

From the site:
"It is hard to imagine someone thought of the idea to create frozen treats made from pickle juice. it is even harder to believe someone tried it and liked it...This is one of those crazy ideas that should have died a quick and horrible death right from the beginning..."

Indeed.

Just wait until they start combining this idea with koolaid pickles

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/09/dining/09kool.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

There's the following nightmare inducing quote in this article
“I like it the same as dipping hot Cheetos in ice cream.” :eek: :eek: :eek:

I saw this thread and thought of the few nasty foods I wouldn't eat and testicles of any kind top the list.

However I woudn't put 1000 island dressing or guacamole or Kraft parmesan cheese in the nasty category. You may not like it but I don't think it is inherently nasty as say Pigs Nuts.

Chitterlings are nasty, any food you have to rinse out to get the fecal matter out of is nasty

I saw this thread and thought of the few nasty foods I wouldn't eat and testicles of any kind top the list.

However I woudn't put 1000 island dressing or guacamole or Kraft parmesan cheese in the nasty category. You may not like it but I don't think it is inherently nasty as say Pigs Nuts.

I've eaten bull testicle (criadillas) - there was nothing inherently nasty about them.

Not so Kraft 'Parmesan' 'Cheese' - something I don't even consider to be food.

I've eaten bull testicle (creadillas) - there was nothing inherently nasty about them.

Not so Kraft 'Parmesan' 'Cheese' - something I don't even consider to be food.


Yeah it is nasty, but if my choice was testes or Kraft Parmesan, the cheese might just win out.

Yeah it is nasty, but if my choice was testes or Kraft Parmesan, the cheese might just win out.

I was a young girl when I ate criadilla, sliced and barbequed amongst other cuts of meat.
I didn't even know until after I'd eaten them what they were.

If you were presented them the same way as I was, unless you're vegetarian, it's unlikely you would have raised any objection.

Here we go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M6JnrUTZiQ

In English (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B_Onmu-ke0) (3minutes 50seconds)

Sardegna is just a weird place overall. If you get kidnapped in Italy (not an altogether uncommon occurrence), you will most likely end up somewhere on this island, seeing as even the local police aren't exactly sure what is where, the place is so barren and inaccessible.

Purty tho'.

So if I get abducted in italy, I may get to try the maggoty cheese? :rolleyes:

Of all the things I've eaten (including guinea pigs, snakes, various insects and animals), I cannot eat durian (mom loves it though), mayonnaise, fake whipped cream, creamy salad dressings and soft cheeses (like Brief and Camembert) *shuddering*

Yeah it is nasty, but if my choice was testes or Kraft Parmesan, the cheese might just win out.

I imagine many people who dislike the "parmesan" would consider sawdust or finely shredded paper a fairer comparison... although, some to think of it, sawdust with added MSG and butyric acid might well match the "parmesan" pretty well.

Conversation at a work lunch:
Coworker: "blah blah something-or-other often has MSG in it."
Me: "I wonder if this has MSG in it?"
Different coworker: "Why, are you allergic?"
Me: "Nah man, I love that stuff."

I think it was at a Pho place, but I may be misremembering.

I really don't like eating anything with a fuzzy texture. Hey hey, get your mind out of the gutter! I can't eat a peach unless it's peeled. And the thought of kiwi skin on my tongue. Ewwwww.

I really don't like eating anything with a fuzzy texture. Hey hey, get your mind out of the gutter! I can't eat a peach unless it's peeled. And the thought of kiwi skin on my tongue. Ewwwww.

In Australia, they have "The CheeseCake Store" all over the place. We ordered a freshfruit pavlova... and the kiwi on it still had the skin on... that was horrible...!

I really don't like eating anything with a fuzzy texture. Hey hey, get your mind out of the gutter! I can't eat a peach unless it's peeled. And the thought of kiwi skin on my tongue. Ewwwww.

Hmm this one is a conundrum. Fuzzy food is nasty, no matter how you look at it. But since I've never eaten the fuzzy part of a peach or a kiwi, I'm a fan.

What to do, what to do?

I really don't like eating anything with a fuzzy texture. Hey hey, get your mind out of the gutter! I can't eat a peach unless it's peeled. And the thought of kiwi skin on my tongue. Ewwwww.

I'll eat a peach with the skin (and fuzz) on, but won't eat kiwis without slicing them up (so they don't look like kiwis). Not sure what you can read into that...:rolleyes:

Has anyone mentioned scrapple?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrapple

It looks okay in the photo above, but believe me, it tastes awful.

Just ate here (http://www.angelopietro.com/images/Menu_4.pdf) and had the bacon-natto spaghetti topped with
nori. Definitely worse than the sum of its parts, though amusing in a way.

Gas station hot dogs.

That hot dog has been there for five years...

Jewish kishka..my grandmother made it, it is pretty horrible.
Nickname of "Jewish cement" comes to mind!

To me, it has the same flavor of the meat that surrounds the bone, but with perhaps a deeper flavor. No, you're not going to make a meal solely out of the marrow, but there is enough to eat. I recently had some from veal and from each chop, there was about 1/2 tsp of marrow, obtained by scooping out w/the back end of a spoon or fork. It is not a spice.

The best part about it is its consistency. So smooth.


In Italy you can buy special "bone marrow" spoons which are designed to spoon out the bone marrow. They are long and narrow.

I just thought of another one...

The Jones Soda company's Holiday Offerings...

Turkey and Gravy flavored soda
Christmas Ham flavored soda

Hey hlburi, my dog might like to wash his Alpo down with that stuff!

Blood sausage as a concept is pretty nasty, but tastes lovely. Same with oysters.

One year on Beaujolais Nouveau day in France, I tried the mystery meat snack on the bar at this cafe - it was either marinated wild boar or maybe it was horse with hair still on it, and that was probably the nastiest thing I've ever tried.

I like most types of cheese, but this pretty much a stomach churning thing for me:

Casu Marzu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu)

I heard about this in another section of this thread, where some people actually brought it on a flight <shudder>:

Disgusting Things You've Seen Inflight (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=732383)

And I am still traumatized by the experience (the pungent smell, not being able to eat the tiramisu served, being quarantined by the USDA upon arrival..). :td:

Tripe (menudo) prepared any which way.

Actually, the only menudo that I would ever eat is the one that I prepare myself. I learned how to prepare menudo in such a way that the cooked tripe does not have a stench at the end of the preparation. In fact, I worked in my parent's Mexican restaurant at one time and is where I perfected the art of making menudo (I prepared it every early Sunday morning from 1993 until 2004).

Where I am from, we use white hominy, tripe, and red chili juice. My menudo is different from how most others make it: others like to have that inch-thick layer of "oil" on top of the soup, I remove it because it's unappetizing to me.

Some other places in the U.S. Southwest make it different. In Phoenix AZ, they prepare it without red chili and add pinto beans. In Southern California, they substitute the cow tripe for horse meat (which is dark red in color, no matter what stage cooked-ness it is in...raw or overcooked).

Is that really what they call it? I thought my coworkers were joking... lol.

My mother was a big fan of this stuff. One time, I jokingly suggested that she should prepare a dish of Ma Po Chou Tofu (麻婆臭豆腐) which is a mix between MaPo Tofu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapo_doufu) (which I really like a lot, especially very spicy hot and with beef), and Chou (Stinky) Tofu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinky_Tofu). I thought that she would take it as a joke, but noooooo...one hour later, she made a batch of it. As I was exiting her house due to the stench, her friends were arriving with watering mouths while smelling the chili-and-sewer odor wafting out the front door. :(

I imagine many people who dislike the "parmesan" would consider sawdust or finely shredded paper a fairer comparison... although, some to think of it, sawdust with added MSG and butyric acid might well match the "parmesan" pretty well.

Conversation at a work lunch:
Coworker: "blah blah something-or-other often has MSG in it."
Me: "I wonder if this has MSG in it?"
Different coworker: "Why, are you allergic?"
Me: "Nah man, I love that stuff."

I think it was at a Pho place, but I may be misremembering.

MSG makes things taste awesome. There is no doubt about it. While it can dehydrate, bloat or make one sleepy (amongst other things), it does work in the flavor department. Also, MSG is often used in western kitchens as well as eastern ones and its in a lot of our packaged foods or there's a chemical alternative that's quite similar that's present.

Either way, its not just Asians who use it extensively as most people seem to think.

Salmon. I have had it poached, baked, sauteed, with skin, without, raw, smoked, fried, in salad form, and probably in many more ways that I can no longer recall. I have had sockeye, atlantic and copper river, and I have had balik smoked, so it's not as if I was chowing out of the red can at the supermarket. Each time, I never liked it. The natural question is why I tried it in so many ways if I didn't like it. The answer is that it is *so* popular that I thought there may be something I was missing or something wrong with me that I didn't like it, but I came to realize that it just is one of those things I will simply never like.

Wow! I thought I was the only person in the world who didn't like salmon! Actually, i detest it and the idea of it makes me a little nauseated - and once for my family I made some lovely salmon steaks but i could barely touch them and spent a lot of time hovering over the sink quite nauseated. My mother eats salmon chunks in some sort of cream which I think involves peas. Eww.

Oh, anyone mention Beverly?

It's a vile soda-like creation that Coca Cola tricks people into trying at their "round the world" displays. Supposedly from Italy.

http://www.alexloveseverything.com/2006/03/most-disgusting-soda-known-to-man.html

After having not touched it in years i took a sip to get a friend to try it just the other day.. i only managed to keep a straight face and not gag long enough to get my friend to sip it.

I seriosuly regret that, it wasn't worth it, though my friend's face was hilarious.

Oh, anyone mention Beverly?

It's a vile soda-like creation that Coca Cola tricks people into trying at their "round the world" displays. Supposedly from Italy.

http://www.alexloveseverything.com/2006/03/most-disgusting-soda-known-to-man.html

After having not touched it in years i took a sip to get a friend to try it just the other day.. i only managed to keep a straight face and not gag long enough to get my friend to sip it.

I seriosuly regret that, it wasn't worth it, though my friend's face was hilarious.

So thats what it's called! I was thinking of it but forgot to post...it is indeed a vile concoction. I remember trying it when I first visited the World of Coca Cola in ATL many many years back.

I have seen most of these foods on Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern. The wife makes me Tivo it and watch it out of her presence. :D

My personal gross out food I have seen is lizard on a stick in Bangkok.

Next you'll be telling me you don't like Durian either !!!

I'm stunned that a nasty food thread got all the way through 7 pages before someone mentioned durian. I was starting to gag before it was even all the way in my mouth....:eek:

I agree with the others that ripe papayas are vile, but the spicy green papaya salad, som tum in Thailand is absolute heaven.

Who would have thought that anyone didn't like kraft grated parmesan? I like it in/on many things.

I like almost everything. My biggest aversion is anything sweet except a candy or desert that is supposed to be sweet. Pineapple on pizza, Chinese sweet & sour, 70% of Korean food, candied yams, etc... YUCK.

Oh, anyone mention Beverly?

It's a vile soda-like creation that Coca Cola tricks people into trying at their "round the world" displays. Supposedly from Italy.

http://www.alexloveseverything.com/2006/03/most-disgusting-soda-known-to-man.html

After having not touched it in years i took a sip to get a friend to try it just the other day.. i only managed to keep a straight face and not gag long enough to get my friend to sip it.

I seriosuly regret that, it wasn't worth it, though my friend's face was hilarious.

Can any soft drink be nastier than Moxie?

Cheez Whiz is a delicacy in some parts of the world. I'm often, very often, asked to bring jars of it with me when I visit family back in Greece.

Not that Dupont doesn't make fine cheese . . .

Lutefisk

Lutefisk

Amazing that it took so long for this item to get listed!

But I hope ALL you folks continue to revile balut, as it leaves more for me. Great stuff!

Lutefisk

Even for most Scandinavians, lutefisk is a once-a-year challenge sitting in the more remote corner of the Christmas table.

The real nastiness champ in this category might be surstromning (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming). Although you have Scandinavian gourmands who prefer it to caviar. ;)

Even for most Scandinavians, lutefisk is a once-a-year challenge sitting in the more remote corner of the Christmas table.



It was only cooked once a year during Christmas at our house but my Mother still makes the rounds of the Lutheran Church suppers at least once a month!

I agree with the others that ripe papayas are vile, but the spicy green papaya salad, som tum in Thailand is absolute heaven.

I know this is a nasty food thread, But braslvr Nailed it.

1. Som tum salad from a roadside diner north of Bangkok ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
2. Indian Basmati rice with butter and salt prepared anywhere ^ ^ ^ ^
3. a Budvar beer from the tap at Umedvidku in Prague ^ ^ ^( the real Budwiser = nectar of the Gods)
4. a 10 plus year old single malt Islay island Scotch ^ ^ ^

These four things are all I need to know that 1. God Exists and 2. God Loves us because he has provided these four things for us on Earth. ^ :D