What is the worst food you've ever eaten?

[Weedygarden]

I detest vinegar. Seriously. I hate when the jackasses at a restaurant put pickles on a burger because that vinegar taste contaminates anything it touches. Along with that, i dont like raw onions much. Not because of the taste, but because of the texture. If theyre cooked out so theyre soft, theyre fine...

You and my ex. He would lose his mind if there were pickles on his burgers.

 

[Cascadian]

The only things I have ever come across that I can't eat are tuna casserole and a hot pocket. Even food carts in a third world country are better.

 

[Haertig]

Add another vote for liver being the most disgusting food out there.

I love broccoli, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, and other green things that many people seem to hate. I can't think of too many veges/fruits I don't like. Orange sweet potatoes come to mind (but not other varieties). Beets (when not in Borscht or some other mixture). Canned beets are right out under any circumstance. Canned/gelled cranberries (fresh or dried are fine). Canned corn (other varieties I love). So I guess there are a few. Oh wait, I forgot raspberries. Nope to them too.

 

[Magpie]

Grapefruit. First had it as a child on a flight travelling from Australia, and between it and travel sickness...well.. I still can't get past it now.
Not a fan of sprouts or cauliflower but have learned to eat cabbage. Will try most things- except monkey or rat. Nope and No.

Oh- and don't see the point of sushi.

 

[dademoss]

Oh- and don't see the point of sushi.

There is a reason for fire . to cook the things that need cooking

 

[Patchouli]

I don’t eat foods that would make me gag. Like tripe, brains, tongue from other creatures. @Magpie I don’t think I could bear to eat most other creatures either. Did have kangaroo once, no objection. Didn’t care for squirrel, squid, or octopus.
Haven’t eaten oysters in a long time, raw or baked, they’re good! Raw fish if I must. As a 12 yr old, my bff and I shared a live crawfish we pulled out of the pond.
Caviar no thanks. There was something I tried to eat recently and nope! Sushi-related.
Yes on sardines, I “like” them. I’ll eat any fruit or vegetable but am allergic to honeydews.

 

[Old Whatshisname]

For me, it has to be liver. Just can't stomach the taste or consistency.

How about you?

Dog, when I was a kid in Micronesia. Not because it tasted gross (although I don't remember what it really did taste like), but because I realize afterwards just what it was I'd eaten.

Other than old Fido, Dawn and I will cook (and eat) just about anything that doesn't move too fast. Growing up overseas must've made me a bit more adventurous....

 

[backlash]

My brother had a beef slaughtered and his friend took the head, heart, liver, and lungs.
I asked him if they ate the lungs and he said his mom and dad did but he didn't know the English name for it.

 

[SLADE]

I won't eat monkeys or bats.

 

[Haertig]

I won't eat monkeys or bats.

How can you say no to this?

 

[havasu]

How about a "Brain Burrito"? We use to award rookie cops with forcing them to eat those disgusting burritos.

 

[FarmOR]

Rancid homemade butter.

I was a teenager and tagging along with dad. We stopped at his friends place and they offered homemade bread and butter. The bread was good but the butter was awful. I choked it down so as to be polite. They were amazed I ate so fast and I lied when they asked how I liked it. They promptly brought a second portion.

I adopted a blunt and brutal honesty after that. No matter what!

 

[DrJenner]

I’ve never had liver. Not thinking I’ll add it to the list ever really,
I’ve had alligator, that was good, I like raw oysters, LOVE sushi. Vinegar also belongs on fish and chips, it’s delicious (learned that from my whiskey drinking Scottish Gran)
I can’t stand special K loaf. Some nasty concoction my mom would make when they decided they should be vegetarian. My brother and I hid our portions in the side board when we were kids and found it petrified months later

 

[Weedygarden]

Grapefruit. First had it as a child on a flight travelling from Australia, and between it and travel sickness...well.. I still can't get past it now.
Not a fan of sprouts or cauliflower but have learned to eat cabbage. Will try most things- except monkey or rat. Nope and No.

Oh- and don't see the point of sushi.

I couldn't stand grapefruit when I was a child. It was nasty, imho. I eat grapefruit now. I buy the whole fruits but I also buy the cups at Costco. I try to eat one a day.

 

[SoJer]

Wow, kinda surprised (not critical-of) some of the 'veggie & seafood haters', herein.. I certainly well-get the 'Steak, Potatoes & Eggs +Bacon, 24/7' crowd, but ya'll Properly-Cooked / seasoned Brussell Sprouts, Asparagus and Broccoli-haters are missin out.. I also recall someone on the 'other board' that "hates Avocados"?? That's some straight-up Unwashed Heathenry, right there..

'Worst Food I've ever Eaten'? Besides Liver + anything (ie: my well-intentioned Mother used to make liver "meatloaf" - and then stuff giant Bell Peppers with that horrid devil-paste, and roast it in the oven.. Yah, 'char-broiled' Bell Peppers with Liver-guts was worse than drinking Barium for 'contrasts'..

..but I'd have to say what 'took the cake' was... Alpo. Yah, back in my 'wild, tree-climbing / roof-jumping Tarzan-days' as a Kid, once time I thought 'Hmm.. Well, if the Dogs love it so much, How bad can it be? I'm just as tough as they are! <scoops giant tablespoon into mouth, chews, swallows (!) almost gags, but manages> Then I read the Label.

..IIRC, it included something like "Rat-hair / tails" (?) and Horse "parts" - and when I realized that 'lumpy, chewy calamari-feeling thing I swallowed' was most-likely a chunk of "Horse Aorta" (and I dug-thru the can a bit further and found More 'giant artery / vein chunks'), ya, I had to fight the heaves for the Rest of the day / night.. (and, the only reason I didn't just go 'get it over with', is I was really afraid of 'tasting it Again', and not being Able to Stop barfing..

So, yah.. Prolly not gonna be at 'Mad-Max level' anytime soon..

Oddly, though, I Love All types of 'slimy' seafood - Oysters, Mussels, Crab, Clams, Sea Urchin, Octopus / Squid, and all-manner of Sushi.. Love Eel..

Kimchi? Mmmm, the spicier the better.. And, a regular-consumer of 'ACV', and anything 'pickled' in it (Wife's 'curtido', and 'ensalada' (carrots, onions, and jalapeño coins, until Everything's 225˚..

To each, His / Her Own..
jd

 

[Amish Heart]

No fish, liver, or other animal organs for me. No bats, dogs, horse, or anything like that. I'll stick with local chicken, beef, and pork.

 

[Weedygarden]

The only things I have ever come across that I can't eat are tuna casserole and a hot pocket. Even food carts in a third world country are better.

I love tuna casserole, but hot pockets are in the same category as Vienna sausages: highly processed food. It is possible I've never eaten a hot pocket or similarly, pizza rolls.

 

[Weedygarden]

No fish, liver, or other animal organs for me. No bats, dogs, horse, or anything like that. I'll stick with local chicken, beef, and pork.

A while ago I read about the limited meats that are sold in American grocery stores, and the things that are not. Horse meat is considered inedible in America, but not in other countries. It is rare to find rabbit meat or goat meat in stores, but not in other countries. I also think that lamb is not common here. I have seen it, especially around Easter, but when I walk down the meat display, it is just not usually there. I do know that it is common amongst people from the Middle East.

A man who was a state trooper in Indiana told a story about driving behind a car where something odd was going on. He stopped the vehicle, and the driver pretended he understood no English until the trooper said something that included, "jail," when all of a sudden the man miraculously understood what the trooper was talking about. They looked in the trunk of the car, where there was a live sheep, on its way to be slaughtered for a party.

I had a roommate from Morocco who talked one of the parties for her wedding included someone delivering a live sheep to the other family, and it was cooked for whatever party they were having. She had 5 wedding dresses, rented, and there were several meals during the course of the wedding, which probably lasted for a few days.

 

[Amish Heart]

Oh, yep, I'll eat rabbit and lamb, too. Our neighbors raise sheep, and she just brought us some lamb chops. We raise rabbits. I remember seeing horse in the grocery store in France. I didn't eat that or blood sausage when we lived there. Nope. I'd have to be starving. And that would be awhile, since I do not mind butchering and cooking what we raise.

 

[Haertig]

I also think that lamb is not common here.

Lamb saag. One of my favorite dishes! Get it at Little India restaurant on Champa St. in Denver. Also Shepherd's Pie made with lamb. Get it at Burns Pub by the airport in Broomfield. I consider lamb a treat. But I agree it is not as common as the standard beef, pork, chicken, and fish we see more readily in the grocery store. I like Mediterranean restaurants too, and they of course serve lamb.

 

[SoJer]

^ Mmmmmm, Lamb-kebobs, with Naan & Hummus, and maybe balsamic/lemon/pine-nuts & garlic-sauteed Brussells..

jd

 

[Weedygarden]

Lamb saag. One of my favorite dishes! Get it at Little India restaurant on Champa St. in Denver. Also Shepherd's Pie made with lamb. Get it at Burns Pub by the airport in Broomfield. I consider lamb a treat. But I agree it is not as common as the standard beef, pork, chicken, and fish we see more readily in the grocery store. I like Mediterranean restaurants too, and they of course serve lamb.

Little India has a few locations. I've eaten at the one on 6th Ave., but I've never had the lamb. I know I've spent some money there.

 

[Spikedriver]

I've had lamb once, as part of a meal shared with some Muslims. My sister and her husband have been missionaries to Muslims for years. Part of that time was spent stateside at a University. One year they had an Easter dinner and invited about a dozen Middle Eastern and Persian students. That halal lamb was not something that I would look forward to eating again...

 

[Peanut]

I used to get mongolian lamb take out in Buffalo ny of all places. It was good! Tried it once, my go to afterward.

Still don't care for avocado though... I'll eat it but would never order it.

 

[Magpie]

I'm sorry, should have clarified I'm not a vegetarian - will try any meat- but now adding bats to my list, so rats, bats and monkeys it is. I like ostrich, kangaroo, rabbit, venison and all game birds- never tried squid or goat. Nowhere here sells it.

 

[Morgan101]

I like ostrich, kangaroo, rabbit, venison and all game birds- never tried squid or goat.

I have had kangaroo jerky, but never the actual meat. I have had both squid and goat. Squid is rubbery, and goat is quite tasty. I liked that a lot. You mention not liking sushi. I have never tried it, and the sound of raw fish is not appealing, but I eat tuna fish right out of the can all the time. Go figure.

The joke here is that people in Japan think they invented sushi, but it was actually invented in Arkansas. They called it "bait".

Just curious, Magpie, but have you had Haggis? I have never had it, but I have only heard horror stories. I have never heard anybody say they liked it.

 

[BBLife]

Hakarl:

Soft, white hákarl from the shark's body has a cheese-like texture, while reddish meat from the belly is chewier. Those who sample it describe the flavor in far-ranging terms, from fishy and mild to strong like blue cheese. Most agree that the lingering aftertaste can be described only as urine.

Was in Denmark near Christmas. This among a few similar dishes were their "delicacy". At least their Moss whiskey washed it down quickly!

 

[FarmOR]

When I was paying down my debts before I could move on to the farm, I would rent a room in the big city to cut down on driving. The owner was married to a Chinese gal and once a week they'd host an Asian party that always included pot luck (and gambling).

They had some pretty wild concoctions by American standards, so they were always amazed when I would try it and most often liked it. They had never heard of a "Basque" and nothing of their proud tradition of wasting nothing.
(But I'm too much gringo for the blood sausage!)

The funniest story was the soup that had bits of wood floating in it. They watched me struggle to try and mastic ate the solid cubes before explaining that you only eat the broth. So they found me amusing and unbeatable at ping pong (another story), but they loved taking my money at Texas holdem!

 

[Magpie]

I have had kangaroo jerky, but never the actual meat. I have had both squid and goat. Squid is rubbery, and goat is quite tasty. I liked that a lot. You mention not liking sushi. I have never tried it, and the sound of raw fish is not appealing, but I eat tuna fish right out of the can all the time. Go figure.

The joke here is that people in Japan think they invented sushi, but it was actually invented in Arkansas. They called it "bait".

Just curious, Magpie, but have you had Haggis? I have never had it, but I have only heard horror stories. I have never heard anybody say they liked it.

No, haven't had haggis yet- it's a Scottish dish, so I prefer to try it in its home country, then I know it's authentic. Traditional similar foods here would be white and black pudding. Scotland has them too, eaten as part of a breakfast fry up. So the black pudding is made with pigs blood, both of them have oats/barley seasonings and pork. Different places have different recipes. Butchers make their own and they could taste and look wildly different. The white pudding here has a lot of barley in it- some of them don't. Like most cheaper meats, they've come into vogue here. Folks would go to Spain on their hols and rave about Chorizo or salamis, but not eat Irish foods made with offcuts.

 

[DrJenner]

We had haggis whilst in Scotland and it was delicious!