What foods can you absolutely NOT tolerate and why?

Celery!
Worst vegetable EVER

NOOO!!! You can chew it forever!

Cream cheese, fresh tomatoes, blueberries, whipped cream, mayonaise smeared on the bread of a sandwich. I know, all of the foods everyone likes.

Fresh tomatoes skeez me out, JLeslie. It’s the texture. But sundried are delicioouuusss….

And cilantro.
A banh mi would be so much better without it.
Udon noodles, I just don’t like it when noodles are too thick.
Mayo (to me) is okay when it’s hidden in a burger, but when it’s out in the open like coleslaw, I just can’t stand seeing it.

Lima beans and liver trigger my gag reflex. Mushrooms taste like rubber bands to me and I could never get the lust over avocados.

Oh, cilantro, that was akin to dish soap for me for years. I have acquired more of a taste for it being married to a Mexican, but still not my favorite.

@teh_kvlt_ @JLeslie Agreed! Celery and cilantro can ruin anything, those evil little bastards.

@Likeradar I used to dislike celery, but now I love it in tunafish salad and a bean salad I make. And, I make chicken soup with it. I don’t like it by itself.

@gailcalled I just noticed you wrote avocados, I don’t like avocados either, another thing my Mexican husband LOVES. People who like avocados seem obsessed with them

Coconut meat and coconut milk. I have a food intolerance for them, and the result is very like a bad case of food poisoning.

I love this thread.

Green peppers (raw). Cooked, I can tolerate. Escargot. Even swimming in garlic and butter; I get those fuckers down. And, calamari. It’s the texture, all rubbery. And, I dun like a mouthful of baby octopus tentacles. No, sa’

@JLeslie I feel proud to have started it. Sniff.
I hate green peppers and avacados/guac, too. Blech.
More exotic things like calamari or escargot I don’t consider since I don’t encounter them everyday. I ain’t no hoity toity Northernerrrr. JAAYY KAYYY!

@kikibirdjones GQ.

@jmah ewww, I hate calamari also; another thing my husband loves—jeesh. I never tried octopus, pretty sure I wouldn’t like it.

I’ve got some more
Blue cheese. Tastes like detergent (believe me I’ve accidentally tasted it when I mistook it for a piece of vanilla cupcake)
the “Pizza” at big pizza chain restaurants like Domino’s and Pizza Hut. Luigi’s Pizza in Brooklyn kicks the crap out of them.
Diet Soda. It’s just so bland.
I like Calamari! One of my favorite seafood

@teh_kvlt_liberal yes, blue cheese sucks, and gorgonzola, and that dried out parmesian they sprinkle on everything.

I don’t drink any diet beverages.

I hate cheesecake also.

Poi – tastes like something rotten and just looks alien and unnatural.

Oysters on the half shell – I just can’t eat something whose heart is still beating.

Insects – crustaceans are fine but I just can’t do insects.

Tofu Pups – they look sort of like hot dogs, but they are just wrong. Wrong flavor, wrong texture, just wrong.

Artificial Crab – I know it’s just really just well-cooked fish with added flavoring and coloring, but it tastes “off” somehow. Fortunately my kids love it so they take it from my plate before I have to pretend to eat it.

However, everything else people have mentioned are things I love, even though I am allergic to some of them.

I constantly force myself to eat foods I don’t like. Being a picky eater is the worst, and you really don’t gain anything by disliking a food. However, for me it’s black olives – I hate the smell, I hate the taste, and I don’t really even like the way they look.

I do however force myself to eat them when they’re on a pizza…eventually I’ll like them.

Ohhhh fake crab (Krab) is the worst!

How can you hate cheesecake?!
<gasssppp>

@teh I know!!! JLeslie you are no longer in my inner circle until you accept cheesecake into your heart.

@teh_kvlt_liberal I’m not fond of most dairy creamy thick kind of foods. I don’t like cream cheese, cheesecake, whipped cream, I would never put sour cream on a potato (but I will use it in a recipe), very picky about puddings, I don’t like tiramisu, creamy salad dressings, yogurt. I’m grateful…all that crap is bad for you.

@brettvdb Why force it? Some people have many more taste buds than the average person and things taste stronger and yucky. That is why children tend to be picky, the average child has many more tastebuds than the average adult.

@kikibirdjones Can we bond on something else?

@JLeslie I force it because soon I will like black olives too, and when I do life will be just a smidgen better.

@JLeslie I don’t know if I can ever trust you again….
Okay, okay I forgive you. Fresh tomatoes are gross.

@kikibirdjones Tomatoes are a big one. People look at me like I am crazy when I say I don’t like them. Ordering a sandwich is such a chore for me…I did a question on that.

Anything watery, slimy, weird-textury, most vegetables.

peas pudding and peanut butter the texture makes me feel ill just thinking about it

Where I’m living people eat pig’s head – the whole thing: eyes, brain, nose, tongue, etc.

I didn’t even know how to respond when I first heard it.

I’d like some head if you know what I mean

@zina actually yeh i’d have to add brains to the list…i am not at all squeamish about gore or the fact its an animal or any of that stuff but i had something with brains in it served to me on a plate once in spain and it has so far been the only food item i have not been able to bring myself to try

Onions are the worst thing in the whole entire world. I don’t care for rosemary either.

Tomatoes. Mustard. Asparagus. Cabbage. Pretzels with icing (I ate too many Flipz onw day, got really sick, and have never been able to eat them again). Fiber One Original. After that, I don’t know.

Ohhh I once threw up tequila, corn flakes, and kettle corn and haven’t touched them since. What is it that scars us so much after puking?

I think our body automatically makes a mental note of it, and just says no every time afterward. For that same reason, I have to be extreeeemely careful with gin.

@kikibirdjones I think it’s evolutionary. It’s how we learn what a poison is- if it makes you sick, avoid it!
I once shared a lasagna with my family, and I got a terrible stomach bug. It had nothing to do with the lasagna, but I couldn’t even stand to smell it for years. My body learned its lesson.

Onions
Tomatoes
Anything that has a custard like texture.
Soft, green veggies make me gag.

@zina – A lot of cultures eat the entire animal, warts, brains and all. Or as they say in the Southern US, they used ever’ thing but the squeal.

All you have to do is close your eyes and pretend you are Andrew Zimmern.

Or you can do what Texans do – cover everything with either tomato ketchup or hot sauce.

watermelon, cantaloupe, avocados, cucumbers, guacomole

fresh and simple as all the above are, i try to eat and enjoy and my stomach talks back to me real quick, like, “aw hell naw!” i get that queasy throw-up feeling.

used to be bananas too, but my stomach for some reason now accepts them.

u know what? while we’re on the subject, why does my body reject the above?

@charliecompany34 – Maybe you are allergic (or as some doctors say, “sensitive”) to those particular foods. I am allergic to cantaloupe and cucumbers, plus a number of other fruits and vegetables. Some can make me quite ill.

But, masochist that I am, I eat them any way.

@zina That’s somewhat barbaric. Yeah, I’ll just settle for a bacon cheeseburger, kthnx.

I can’t stomach eggplant and papaya. Not only do I not like the taste, but I think the consistency bugs me as well. Muck. Yuck.

Eggplant IS FUCKING AWESOOMMMEEEE

@teh_kvlt_liberal too funny. You think muck yuck is fucking awesome and I LOVE onions, rosemary, AND celery. Basically love all those crunchy veggies!

Celery…oh god…
I’m going to puke just for thinking about it

I hate onions but love spring onions.

I hate kumara (sweet potato) but love ordinary potato.

I can’t stand pumpkin, lamb, roast meats (other than chicken), celery, cabbage, brussel sprouts & shellfish.

Needless to say, I find I have NOTHING to eat if I am invited for dinner at a home which serves a classic kiwi roast! * cries *

Seriously @JLeslie… cheesecake! Whoa!

I cant stand feces
aka mcdonalds

I can’t eat raw onions. They give me a violent headache. Well cooked or caramelized is fine.

Like others, raw oysters or clams give me the creeps as they are still half alive.

Anything pepper or spicy like hot sauce. It burns my mouth, lips and back of throat so badly I can’t taste the food. I’ve figured out I probably am one of those super tasters.

I can’t get over the looks of brains but would most likely enjoy the taste since I like most other organ meats (or offal) even tongue. That is so tender and delish.

Just the thought of dill pickles makes me gag but sweet gherkins are just fine. Green olives with pimento same thing. Barf city.

BTW There is a website and Food Network did a program on Adult Picky Eaters. All of us combined don’t hold a candle to these poor souls. It’s a miracle they’re still alive with how restricted their choices are.

Even on fluther I have to deal with people making me feel bad that I don’t like cheese cake :). I come here for acceptance lol.

I hate tons of garlic also. For the last 10 years Americans have decided to LOAD on the garlic—I blame Emeril. I don’t like how it tastes when it is so overwhelming and it makes my tummy feel icky.

I don’t like cold cheese either, with the one exception being mozzerella. If it’s not melted on something—yuck.

@Rachienz SWEET POTATO! I forgot all about that. I don’t like it either. I don’t know why. Just.. potato is not meant to taste like that.

@Piper_Brianmind Me too. I don’t like sweet potato.

This may sound a tad odd, but I mix them together and go in a salty direction rather than sweet. I usually add soy sauce and it balances everything out.

I don’t like the gluey quality of regular pots. or the over sweetness of the other so when mixed together it’s perfect. Trust me on this. It’s really good. Also add salted butter before the soy sauce.

Also if you can find it in an Asian place get Golden Mountain soy sauce. It has a uniquely beefy type of flavor to it that is yummy.

I forgot about black olives. Any other black olive haters?

here’s a related question…does the back of your throat ever get itchy when you drink/eat really sugary things? namely milkshakes and the like?

@Piper_Brianmind Me! I hate all olives equally though.

Also, it’s not a food but a fool combination: I love chocolate. Peanut butter is acceptable. Peanut butter and chocolate together sicken me. Ick.

I can’t believe people dislike tomatoes, and especially onions. If you cook anything worth eating, those are staples in the kitchen, particularly the latter.

I used to tolerate cow tongue as a child but can’t bring myself to eat it. I’m not fond of the dark meat on a chicken. Last night, my mother fried up some cow brains. I took a bite and gagged on it.

@Likeradar That’s funny. I hate olives and my girlfriend loves them (especially black).
I love peanut butter with chocolate. She hates THAT.

It seriously weird me out though… I mean… peanut butter and chocolate are soulmates. It are fact.

@Piper_Brianmind Peanut butter and chocolate together is the devil. It’s science.

Meat.

Vegetables

Air.

Mayo! Because…well, it’s nasty.

@drdoombot I don’t like RAW tomatoes. Cooking with them is great.