Least Favorite Foods? (2 Viewers)

[Scorpius the Allfather]

I assumed you were aware, but you seem to have such disgust for mayo (you've said as much in this thread, and well, others too) that it's just odd that you can eat a couple of sauces that are mayo-based.

For the record, I'm not knocking your disgust of something. I despise peas. I will not eat them. I pick them out of fried rice. I avoid ordering dishes that have them. I won't eat Maryland Crab soup because it has them in it.

I don't understand pea hatred. It's not a bold flavor, it's kind of mild.

 

[zatsnzapps]

I don't understand pea hatred. It's not a bold flavor, it's kind of mild.

It's a texture thing.

I should also add - it's just those little round English peas.

Me and snow peas are cool.

 

[kizzy821]

I assumed you were aware, but you seem to have such disgust for mayo (you've said as much in this thread, and well, others too) that it's just odd that you can eat a couple of sauces that are mayo-based.

For the record, I'm not knocking your disgust of something. I despise peas. I will not eat them. I pick them out of fried rice. I avoid ordering dishes that have them. I won't eat Maryland Crab soup because it has them in it.

I'm laughing way too hard. I thoroughly embrace people's deep disgust of food items, and it's always funny to discover what they are. Peas are harmless little legumes...

Let me stop lying. I can't stand black-eyed peas. And lima beans.

Raisins can go back to the hell from whence they came.

In the circle of life, cottage cheese is unnecessary.

Applesauce should only be consumed if you have less than a dozen teeth.

Sardines. The existence of ANY canned meat is highly questionable.

I have only ever seen Gefilte fish in a jar on a shelf in the grocery store. And each time, I stop and gag (I can't gag and run past at the same time).

 

[zatsnzapps]

I'm laughing way too hard.

I hope some of that laughing is at me. I'm totally cool with that.

I admit my pea thing is odd. There's actually some history with it. When I was really young, probably between 4-6, I went to this lady's house for daycare.* She had this process where she would feed us without a drink, we would eat, then she would sit us on the floor of her kitchen after we ate and she would give us a drink. One of the rules was you had to finish everything on your plate.

She served peas pretty often. I would eat everything except them. I have always despised them. She tried mixing them in mayo , mixing them in mashed potatoes, and when none of that worked, she tried hiding them in other food on the plate.

We had quite a few showdowns and I would never eat them. That's (at least part of) the reason that I rummage through fried rice with my fork and set the peas aside. I also will very closely check my dishes at restaurants where I'm not familiar with their food to see if peas somehow made it into the dish even though they're not on the menu (I've found them a few times).

I know it's odd, but I absolutely refuse to eat those remnants of satan's ice hole.

* oh, while I was typing this, I realized my Mom didn't work at the time, so I have no idea why my brother and me were at daycare (well, I have an idea, but...)

 

[zeetes]

I don't understand pea hatred. It's not a bold flavor, it's kind of mild.

lol @buzd

 

[zatsnzapps]

lol @buzd

Yup, we're simpatico on our hatred of peas.

 

[kizzy821]

I hope some of that laughing is at me. I'm totally cool with that.

I admit my pea thing is odd. There's actually some history with it. When I was really young, probably between 4-6, I went to this lady's house for daycare.* She had this process where she would feed us without a drink, we would eat, then she would sit us on the floor of her kitchen after we ate and she would give us a drink. One of the rules was you had to finish everything on your plate.

She served peas pretty often. I would eat everything except them. I have always despised them. She tried mixing them in mayo , mixing them in mashed potatoes, and when none of that worked, she tried hiding them in other food on the plate.

We had quite a few showdowns and I would never eat them. That's (at least part of) the reason that I rummage through fried rice with my fork and set the peas aside. I also will very closely check my dishes at restaurants where I'm not familiar with their food to see if peas somehow made it into the dish even though they're not on the menu (I've found them a few times).

I know it's odd, but I absolutely refuse to eat those remnants of satan's butt crevasse.

* oh, while I was typing this, I realized my Mom didn't work at the time, so I have no idea why my brother and me were at daycare (well, I have an idea, but...)

Yeah, I was laughing at the specificness of 'Maryland Crab Soup'.

Childhood is responsible for so many things we will or won't eat as adults. I'd like to think that if I were in charge of a child's food intake, I could find adequate substitutes for stuff they don't like. Instead, grown-ups force them to eat it, they become traumatized and never go near it again.

That's me and fish. Me and potato salad. Me and rutabagas.

 

[zatsnzapps]

Yeah, I was laughing at the specificness of 'Maryland Crab Soup'.

Ah, gotcha.

So, there are two types of crab soup in Maryland. Maryland Crab is very similar to vegetable soup. In fact, you could really call it vegetable soup with crab and that would be an adequate name for it, but they call it Maryland Crab.

Cream of Crab is cream-based (obviously), but it just has cream, butter, Old Bay, lump crab, and sherry.

It's a totally different soup.

Here's Maryland Crab



And, here's Cream of Crab

 

[Optimus Prime]

Ah, gotcha.

So, there are two types of crab soup in Maryland. Maryland Crab is very similar to vegetable soup. In fact, you could really call it vegetable soup with crab and that would be an adequate name for it, but they call it Maryland Crab.

Cream of Crab is cream-based (obviously), but it just has cream, butter, Old Bay, lump crab, and sherry.

It's a totally different soup.

Here's Maryland Crab



And, here's Cream of Crab

Both of which I hated as a kid and now love

 

[zatsnzapps]

Both of which I hated as a kid and now love

I love Cream of Crab, and I've become a little bit of a snob about it now.

I'm spoiled because there are some places near where I live that have a really, really good version.

I've also become a crab cake snob. Always broiled, never fried, and it has to be jumbo lump, and a lot of it and with huge pieces of it and very little filler.

 

[Madmarsha]

Yes, those places are all just slightly above dog food .. actually, my dog eats better than that .


Not to rehash old threads, but i think we’ve established that the ultimate (and one of the cheapest) fast food burger is In n Out.. even Whataburger, which i find vastly overrated, is better than the places you mentioned.. i think you said before that you’d never tried those, but did you ever get a chance to try Five Guys ? I think they have one of the better fast food burgers, but my problem with Five Guys is that the price is literally triple the cost of the places you mentioned.. i think theyve pretty much priced themselves out of the ‘fast food’ category, , though they are most definitely a huge national (international ?) chain .

I should have done a TIL on this. When I was watching footage of the Queen's platinum jubilee and there was footage of Harry and Meghan arriving to St. Paul's cathedral, you could NOT miss in the background the Five Guys sign that was right across the street from the church. I don't know how long it's been there, but I know for sure it wasn't there the last time we were in London for the Saints game. We are going again this fall, but I'm not sure if we'll try international Five Guys (certainly not from the looks of this stupid long line).

Five Guys St. Paul's: Burgers & Fries in London

Visit your local Five Guys at 4 St. Paul's Churchyard in London to enjoy our fresh burgers cooked to perfection. Don't forget to add our famous hand-cut fries and your favourite shake.

restaurants.fiveguys.co.uk

Well, now, TIL that apparently the St. Paul's is London's 100TH Five guys.

 

[Madmarsha]

I've also become a crab cake snob. Always broiled, never fried, and it has to be jumbo lump, and a lot of it and with huge pieces of it and very little filler.

Me, too. Sadly, at $40 a pound, I'll probably never make these for myself again.

 

[Mr. Blue Sky]

Sardines. The existence of ANY canned meat is highly questionable.

It’s funny, i had never eaten sardines until i was about 10 yrs old, and I haven’t eaten them since.. but that summer, i happened to be watching an episode of the old Dick Van Dyke show when one of the characters (i think Dick himself) was eating a can of sardines.. so the next time i went grocery shopping with my mom, i picked up a couple cans of sardines packed in mustard.. soon, it was all i ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner.. then about two weeks in , i started getting repulsed by them and now cant even stand the smell , 30 odd yrs later… i was an…. ‘Odd’ kid .


i swear i dont have na aversion to THAT many foods, but this thread seems to have touched upon most of them.. the other hatred i have that seems to be extremely common in many foodstufs, and ive mentioned it here before- is “American cheese”.. rivaled only by mayo in it’s nastiness .

I have only ever seen Gefilte fish in a jar on a shelf in the grocery store. And each time, I stop and gag (I can't gag and run past at the same time).

Only time ive ever heard of Gefilte fish is in comedy bits by Jewish comedians .. dont think ive ever seen it .

 

[zatsnzapps]

Me, too. Sadly, at $40 a pound, I'll probably never make these for myself again.

Even sadlyier is that crab cakes are the dreaded "Market Price" at restaurants now.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Only time ive ever heard of Gefilte fish is in comedy bits by Jewish comedians .. dont think ive ever seen it .

and this