Tell me your most genuinely controversial food opinion...

[smirkymonkey]

I was inspired by the below tweet and I find it fascinating what people love and hate about certain foods. There are no wrong answers.

Link to tweet

?s=20

[fierywoman]

1. Liver: I gag.

[Skittles]

3. hmmm

I doubt that one would be....controversial

[fierywoman]

4. heh-heh-heh

yeah I thought that too as soon as I pressed "post..."

[ironflange]

38. Yum

Love it

[CozyMystery]

68. Oddly, so does my dog .... he won't eat it.

I love liver. I haven't eaten it in years, but that is because I'm not convinced it is a healthy organ to eat. Actually, I don't eat other organs either.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

74. When you think about the purpose of a liver, you should

be totally appalled at eating it.

Some decades ago, at the employee cafeteria, I pointed to a food, that turned out to be liver. I took two bites, couldn't finish it. Alas. For those of you who like liver, well, okay, But honestly, you should think about what the liver does, what its function is. Really? And you want to eat that?

[Skittles]

2. I absolutely cannot stand ketchup

it overwhelms the flavor of anything I am eating

[Pobeka]

5. Oohh, you lost me on that.

Sorry Skittles, but I like my ketchup with my french fries!

[Skittles]

9. I use vinegar

[smirkymonkey]

42. Same here! I love malt vinegar on fries, when I eat them.

I am not much of a ketchup fan either. It's too sweet. I much prefer mustard or vinegar or some other condiment.

[Tracer]

83. Nope. Nothing on french fries except salt & pepper.

Ketchup ruins just about everything. I hate it.

[Backseat Driver]

48. It absolutely should be used on Mac & Cheese!

[grumpyduck]

58. Nooooo...

We make scratch mac and cheese with buttered bread crumbs on top at the last minute and broiled for just a bit. Awesome. But no ketchup.

[Diamond_Dog]

15. I agree with you, skittles

I hate the stuff, it’s nasty.

[Skittles]

20. even if I scrape it off a burger

the taste still overwhelms

[Diamond_Dog]

36. Yup

And I’ve taken endless grief from family and friends all my life for loathing it

[chia]

24. +1,000,000

Same

[spooky3]

32. I feel that way about mayonnaise. A touch is OK but every restaurant

puts too much of it in/on anything with it.

[blue neen]

56. Amen to that!

All that mayonnaise is disgusting!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

75. Ketchp is more or less intended to overwhelm

the flavor of whatever its put on.

I will also add, that in recent years ketchup has gotten vastly sweeter than it used to be. I used to put ketchup on a hamburger, but can no longer tolerate that degree of sweet.

[liberaltrucker]

95. The second most vile concoction ever

The first being Miracle Whip.

[brush]

6. With tofu, melted chocolate chips, vanilla flavoring...

a graham cracker pie crust and a blender, one can make a chocolate pie that people will eat up and swear it's chocolate mousse.

[smirkymonkey]

44. I'd try it! I have had some delicious vegan desserts!

And entrees.

[grumpyduck]

59. I'd try it too!

[Submariner]

7. Hot peppers suck. Buffalo wing hot sauce sucks.

Chicken wings have no chicken taste when they are soaked in a sauce so hot it numbs your taste buds, and the whole experience is the burn.

I know hot pepper eating aficionados love the burn the hotter it gets, but to me it defeats the purpose of serving it with the meat you can't taste anymore because your mouth is on fire...imho.

[House of Roberts]

8. Mushrooms are fungus.

Athlete's foot is fungus. Athlete's foot is treated with a product called Lotrimin. Then there's this product called Gyne-Lotrimin...

Did I mention that mushrooms are fungus?

[smirkymonkey]

46. Oh man, now I am going to think about that every time I eat mushrooms!

And I love mushrooms! Really love them! You had to go there, didn't you?

[Ohio Joe]

92. "I don't eat anything that grows in shit in the dark"

That is from a good friend of mine who refuses to even try a mushroom

[hibbing]

10. Inn & Out.......meh n/t

[Arkansas Granny]

11. Cilantro. It tastes like certain caterpillars smell in early spring.

When I was just a kid living in the country there were some green caterpillars that had a distinctive odor. Cilantro reminds me of that odor.

[crud]

12. Cilantro

Kinda tastes like soap to me, too much and I gag.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

45. That's genetic, believe it or not. Another gene makes cucumbers taste incredibly bitter to some

There's probably many more, but those are two of the better-known taste profiles affected by one's genes.

[smirkymonkey]

49. I must not have it because i love both cilantro and cucumbers. They both taste very fresh and

"spring-y" to me.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

51. They're different genes, but yeah, me neither, love both ... together, even :) nt

[crud]

106. No kidding!

I can blame it on genetics?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

107. If cilantro tastes very soapy to you, then yes ...

https://www.britannica.com/story/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap-to-some-people

[MOMFUDSKI]

47. Ditto on the cilantro

tasting like soap. Julia Child said the same thing. I read that certain people have receptors that make cilantro taste like soap. We are among them.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

73. I am also one for whom cilantro tastes like soap.

It's a specific genetic thing, that makes cilantro taste like soap. I am in that category. Oh, dear lord. And DON'T say, Oh, there's only a little cilantro in this. Okay. So I'll just put a few soap chips in your food, not a lot. Is that okay?

Look, I get it that for most people cilantro is some kind of fresh sort of thing. Good for you. Lucky you. But for the rest of us, it really does taste like soap. So sprinkle soap chips on your food to understand what it is like for us. OK? OK.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

76. I am likewise one for whom cilantro tastes like soap.

It's a particular genetic thing. I sometimes forget to ask in certain ethnic restaurants if their dishes have cilantro. Darn. If I ask, they tell me. If I forget to ask, I'm left with a soap taste in the dishes. Yuck.

[AuntieKatie]

89. I'm on the don't like cilantro train.

I cannot eat it. I ordered a tuna sandwich the other day and it had cilantro in in. I sent it back. You have to check everything for it.

[musette_sf]

13. I hate salmon.

(Except for lox.)

I wish I liked it, but I just can't take the taste.

My triumvirate of hated foods are salmon, winter squash, and beets. The worst catered lunch I ever had at work was salmon filet entree, butternut squash ravioli, and green salad with beets.



I had salad and picked the beets out.

[grumpyduck]

60. I don't like canned beets,

but fresh ones, baked or broiled, are awesome.

[Demobrat]

14. Cooked carrots make me gag.

Raw carrots are fine, but soft carrots are gross.

[musette_sf]

17. Me too!

Hate hate hate soft carrots. The only cooked carrots I like are crunchy grilled carrots.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

77. Interesting.

I'm good with both raw and cooked carrots.

But you have my sympathy here.

[CountAllVotes]

16. oysters

[Scrivener7]

27. I feel the same way. But people who like them seem to enjoy them so much that I am a little

jealous of them.

[CTyankee]

18. Okra. People in the Northeast just don't eat it. I grew up in Texas and we ate it boiled.

We just cut off the tough tops and ate all the slimy stuff that oozed out in the cooking process. We did put butter on it. I always liked it and thought everybody ate it.

Now it's considered exotic. It's anything but to southern people.

[luv2fly]

53. I grew okra for the first time last summer

Never had tried it before, didn't like it... not growing it again but I will say the plants looked cool.

[yellowdogintexas]

108. try it sliced and fried crispy. Coat it in cornmeal.

Another great way to eat it:
Make a Cajun StirFry
slice okra thin
stir fry tender crisp and remove from pan

stir fry other vegetables: I use yellow squash, zucchini, red bell peppers, onions, garlic celery if I have it; any other veg that sounds good. sprinkle liberally with cajun seasoning add the okra back in and drizzle worcestershire sauce on it.

Serve over hot rice.

I also use it in chicken gumbo. When it is sliced and in a nice stew or soup it is not so slimy

[CTyankee]

118. I tried to cook it for my husband (from Wisconsin) and he refused to even try it. He thought it

looked repulsive.

[grumpyduck]

62. My Mom used to make okra now and then,

sliced and "somethinged" when I was a kid. I didn't like or dislike them, but I thought they looked like the barrels on a revolver.

[CTyankee]

86. They started slicing it and frying it in hot oil. But we ate it boiled, slime and all.

Some people thought that looked repulsive. I dunno why. I kinda liked the "slime."

[Duppers]

114. Cut it up,

Roll it in cornmeal batter, then fry it. Don't forget the salt. Yummm.

Throw the slimy boiled stuff into veggie soup....i do.

[Freddie]

19. I don't like peanut butter

I think it’s the sticky texture. Must run in the family as none of my grandkids (ages 11, 7 and 3) like it either. The ONLY good thing with peanut butter is a Take 5 bar, where it’s good with the chocolate, caramel and pretzels.

[yellowdogintexas]

109. not even peanut butter cookies?

I make a cookie called Chocolate Shadows

Really good peanut butter cookies with melted chocolate chips spiked with peppermint extract and marbled into the cookie dough.

[Freddie]

121. That's one of the better uses of pb

I make the peanut butter cookies with the Hershey kiss, they’re good, especially with dark chocolate.

[Iggo]

21. IN 'N' OUT burgers are less than ordinary.

Not half as good as a Whopper and nowhere near as good as a one-off burger joint burger.

It’s the emperor’s new clothes version of a hamburger.

Blech.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

50. I could not disagree more ... Whoppers are terrible and a Double-Double is decent

Plenty of one-off places make much better burgers than either one, I'll give you that.

So congrats ... you're controversial

[Skittles]

70. I absolutely agree

I try all new ones in the area and I'll take a Whataburger over In 'n Out ANY day

[dhol82]

22. Chitlns. Also known as Andouillette in France.

Can’t get past the poopy smell and taste.

[yellowdogintexas]

111. chitlins are an abomination. nt

[multigraincracker]

23. When you get hungry

enough everything taste good. I'm not real picky.

[dhol82]

116. Try andouillettes. Not andouille - whole different thing.

Also known as chitlins. I would have to be at starvation’s door to eat it again and would still not appreciate the taste or smell.

[Wounded Bear]

25. Bacon does not go with everything. I can take it or leave it...

[grumpyduck]

63. Anytime you don't

want your bacon, please send it my way.

[elias7]

26. Steak

Health and environment

[Scrivener7]

28. The best way to eat bacon is in a bacon and jelly sandwich on white toast.

[spooky3]

29. Give your unwanted avocados to me. I love them! So does

one of my cats.

Is beer a food? I hate the smell and taste.

[luv2fly]

30. I'll eat eggs, I'll eat oil

But whip them into mayonnaise, hell no.

[Walleye]

31. Bell peppers. They seem to be in every dish. They give me headaches

[Sogo]

35. Bell peppers give me a serious upset stomach.

.

[ironflange]

40. Mrs. ironflange shares this sentiment

[tanyev]

65. They give me serious heartburn.

I don’t mind the flavor, but once I finally figured out what caused that mysterious occasional stabbing pain, I try very hard to avoid them. You’re right, they are in many, many things.

[spooky3]

33. Some of you may be "supertasters":

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/super-tasting-science-find-out-if-youre-a-supertaster/#:~:text=Testing%20a%20person%27s%20sensitivity%20to%20a%20bitter%20chemical,taste%20is%20not%20strong%20enough%20to%20bother%20them.

"...Do you hate the taste of broccoli? Or think that grapefruit is extremely bitter? If so, you may be able to blame it on your taste buds! Taste buds, located on small bumps on the tongue called fungiform papillae, are each made up of about 50 to 150 taste receptor cells. On the surface of these cells are receptors that bind to small molecules related to flavor. Each receptor is best at sensing a single flavor: sweet, salty, bitter, sour, or umami. The sum total of these sensations is the "taste" of the food.

The number of taste buds varies from person to person. People who have relatively more taste buds are called supertasters. To supertasters, foods may have much stronger flavors, which often leads to supertasters having very strong likes and dislikes for different foods. Supertasters often report that foods like broccoli, cabbage, spinach, grapefruit and coffee taste very bitter. The opposite of supertasters are non-tasters. Non-tasters have very few taste buds and, to them, most food may seem bland and unexciting. The people in the middle are average tasters. Which kind of taster do you think you are? What about your friends and family?
..."

[ironflange]

41. My daughter is a supertaster

Believe me, it was hard to feed her as a kid.

[Sogo]

34. The smell of meat makes me nauseous.

Maybe because I've been a vegetarian for decades.

Once at a luau when they pulled the pig out of the ground, I literally almost heaved into the pit.

[Ziggysmom]

37. Meat is the dead flesh of innocent, sentient beings.

If we treated just one dog or cat the way the meat, dairy, and egg industries treat billions of animals, we’d be behind bars for animal abuse.

[ironflange]

39. Cauliflower, the vegetable from Hell

Raw or cooked, doesn't matter, it's just vile.

[First Speaker]

72. It looks like an alien brain from a 50s Sci Fi movie...

[Backseat Driver]

43. New York style cheesecake is medicinal;

So is Gentleman Jack! My daughter claims that Brussel Sprouts are the toes of Hobbits!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

52. Anything with even the TINIEST 'fishy smell/taste' is utterly revolting to me

I'll eat various crustaceans (if they are not fishy, most are not), or small amounts of very fresh sushi, or smoked salmon ... but I think I've had like 1 fish stick in my entire life, never eaten Fish and Chips (lots of chips though).

Even a Filet O' Fish is too 'fishy' for my taste.

One exception: a tiny hint of it in Southeast Asian cuisine is okay ... little bit of fish sauce is a required ingredient in certain Thai/Vietnamese dishes.

One other thing ... I also don't care for marshmallow ... anything.

[Grokenstein]

54. Vegetables on a meat sandwich: Good. BUT

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Fruit on a meat sandwich: BETTER.

Yes, it was all garbage food--not even really fruit as such--but when I was in college I'd nuke a convenience store sub, cut open a Hostess fruit pie and spread the filling on the 'wich. Cherry for ham and Swiss, blueberry* for roast beef and cheddar. If I was feeling kinky I would swap in apple.

*I think I just dated myself there

[Thunderbeast]

55. Fire Roasted PEEPS!

Put one on a stick...
Roast it over a campfire...
A wonderful surprise!

Don't stray too far into exotic flavors. Original pastel PEEP chicks are best!

[smirkymonkey]

57. I hate milk. Straight up, that is.

I can put it in tea or cook with milk/cream/sour cream/yogurt, but I can't stand it as a beverage. It's to the point where it makes me sick to even see anyone else drink it either.

I also only like eggs if they are in the form of a well-cooked omelette, fritatta or quiche. Any other way grosses me out and I can't stand the slimy stuff on undercooked eggs.

I also can't stand lamb or any kind of organ meat or fatty, tough cuts of meat. I don't eat a lot of meat, but when I do, it has to be very lean, tender and not overcooked.

On the other hand, I love avocados, olives, almost all vegetables and fruits (especially green veggies, tomatoes, mushrooms, watermelon, berries and peaches), seafood, and soups.

[Skittles]

71. SAME

my mum said I would not drink it as a baby either

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

78. I find lamb to be inedible.

I honestly think that is connected to the fact that when growing up, we only had lamb at Easter. Once a year. Not often enough to make it part of my normal eating.

I once somewhere ordered lamb, partly at the behest of someone else, and honestly could not eat it.

On the other hand, some years ago, when we were at a restaurant, my younger son expressed interest in the lamb chops. I encouraged him to order them, while whispering to my husband that we needed to be prepared to order something else entirely if he did not like them. I will say that to my delight he loved the lamb chops and devoured them. Not sure if he ever again ate lamb chops, but what a nice experience.

[smirkymonkey]

87. My dad didn't like lamb, so my mother never prepared it, which is why we never grew up

eating it at all. At Easter, we always had ham or a pork roast. Even as adults, none of us have grown up to acquire a taste for it.

[Silver Gaia]

82. Yes!

Those are all my dislikes (and likes), too. I don't eat beef or pork or lamb at all, and never organ meat (ew!), just poultry (locally and humanely raised), fish, and seafood (yum!). Eggs are gross except in baked goods. Can't stand whole milk. I love all the same foods you mentioned, but add cheese. Any kind of cheese.

[smirkymonkey]

88. I love cheese too! Probably too much!

I really need to cut down.

[BoomaofBandM]

61. Peas and anything they are in.

We used to go to a lot of brunch buffets with my in laws. My kid was always so excited when they had peas. I think it goes back to canned veggies when I was a kid. Hated all of them.

[3catwoman3]

98. Canned peas are disgusting.

Creamed canned peas are even more disgusting.

Peas fresh out of the pods are delightful.

[Ocelot II]

64. Onions are not food at all.

[csziggy]

66. Hazard warnings should be posted if any hot pepper is in a food

I've had so much trouble with capsaicin containing peppers being snuck into food since I cannot eat them. But people do not seem to understand how annoying it is when the foods are not labeled as containing them.

Sure, I can ask, but how time consuming it is to ask about every single ingredient in every single item on a menu! A few places put little pepper icons next to "spicy" foods - even those places will have hot sauce or some other capsaicin containing ingredient in what they consider not spicy.

As a result I do not eat Chinese, Indian, or Mexican food that I have not prepared myself - and I have found that it is possible to make many dishes from those traditions that are flavorful, even spicy, without having hot peppers that cause me serious pain and discomfort.

[yellowdogintexas]

110. try some Cantonese food. The plainest most ordinary Chinese food

Moo Goo Gai Pan, won ton soup, Lo Mein, and other similar dishes are not spicy at all. THe veggies have bright fresh flavor

[csziggy]

113. Oh yes - there used to be a great local restaurant that served Cantonese food

The husband of the family was a professor of folklore in the Anthropology Department at FSU. He was Chinese and married to a lovely Japanese woman who ran the restaurant, named for her, Lucy Ho's. They served both Chinese and Japanese food, none of which was spicy hot.

But years passed, the couple died and while their children tried to keep the restaurant open they made a number of bad business decisions and eventually closed it.

The newer Asian restaurants are mostly buffet and have mixed in various other ethnic cuisines, none of which are marked as to the heat of the ingredients. Lucy Ho's had a cashew chicken dish which I loved, the new buffet restaurants have cashew chicken which as so hot they will peel paint.

Since they don't indicate the heat of the dishes, I cannot reliably get a meal that I can eat. Now I simply don't go to the Asian restaurants anymore since my tolerance has gone from being able to eat slightly hot to being in pain from even a bit of hot pepper in my food.

I should experiment more with cooking my own Asian dishes - I have the cookbooks that cover the methods and can select the ones that do not rely on heat to flavor them. I have been cooking a good amount with turmeric and ginger and as I said, I make my own curry powder. But is sure would be nice to be able to go out and get a restaurant meal I can eat without blistering my mouth and my entire intestinal tract!

[Rhiannon12866]

67. Peas.

I can't stand peas, taste, texture or smell. And it drives me nutz when peas are added to anything for "color."

[Harker]

79. I keep a small bag buried in the freezer, and have a few

sometimes at lunch when my wife's at work.

We both love snow peas, which is good because I cook about 75-80% Asian vegan.

[CozyMystery]

69. I don't like yogurt, sour cream, mayonnaise, fish, oysters, beer, cream cheese or other soft cheese

OTOH, until a decade ago, I hated raw tomatoes and potato soup. This started when I was a small child. One day I went to a friend's house for lunch, and he served home-grown tomato sandwiches on homemade herb bread. Of course, I didn't tell him how much I hated tomatoes. Well, they were great -- I love them now.

Same with potato soup. My friend invited me to lunch. I loved it! I hadn't tasted it before. I just figured since so many meals in my childhood contained boiled potatoes (German mother), that the soup would taste yucky.

I thought shrimp would be horrible, but I had some at a party, and loved it. Three times I got to eat it. Turned out I was extremely allergic to shrimp enzymes. The last shrimp I ate without having an allergic reaction was blackened shrimp at Legal Sea Foods in Boston. Boy was that good.

Oatmeal -- horrible. But about a decade ago, I ate it for breakfast every day until it was okay, because it is healthy. Steel Cut Oats got one try -- I hate them.

[Harker]

80. That at some time

carnivore "options" will be as rare or rarer than vegan "options" are now.

P.S. A vegan patty prepared on a grill awash with animal fat, or fries done in the same oil as chicken pieces are not much of an option, really.

I don't suppose my dietary choices are are nearly as controversial now as they were forty years ago when I quit eating animal products. I'm no crusader, and I rarely mention it, but I thought to chime in.

[radicalleft]

100. Reminds me of a joke...

How can you tell someone is a vegan?

Don't worry, they'll tell you!

[Harker]

101. Now you've done it!

You have caused me to snort my homemade extra garlickey hummus topped with smoked paprika and Greek oregano...

[radicalleft]

102. I'll be here all week!

Cheers!

[Harker]

103. Cheers!

[zanana1]

81. I don't like lobster.

In this part of the country, that's considered a felony.

[Duppers]

115. My favorite food!

But...i feel guilty eating them.

[zanana1]

119. Well, at least you have guilt.

[LuckyCharms]

84. I use blue cheese dressing on french fries instead of ketchup. n/t

[Paladin]

85. No sushi for me, no steak tartare.

Eating raw meat or seafood is just asking for bacterial problems. My only exception to this lifelong rule: a very occasional plate of raw oysters, with plenty of beer to with them...

[LanternWaste]

90. I dislike seafood. All of it... shells, scales or skin.

If I smell seafood, I have an emotional gag response.

[DiverDave]

91. This will make people crazy.

I hate,hate, HATE sweet potatoes.
And curry, the smell of curry makes me want
To vomit.

[smirkymonkey]

97. Actually, I don't like them either, and I like almost all vegetables.

When they came out w/ sweet potatoe fries, I was like "Holy Hell!, what on earth ever possessed anyone to fuck up nature's perfect food? (the REAL french fry)"

And believe it or not, I have been to restaurants that make curried sweet potato dishes, and sometimes they even add kale to them!

[DiverDave]

99. I sat at the table

Long after my brothers and sister left. Staring at that thing. Fell asleep a couple of times. My mom tried, but she never got me to eat them.

[yellowdogintexas]

112. were we separated at birth?

I spent a very long Sunday afternoon at the dining table over sweet potatoes.

I just could not stand them. I still do not like the traditional holiday casserole versions. UGH.


However I like them now, ever since I make a Jamacian Beef Stew with sweet potatoes instead of regular, and green beans plus lots of seasoning. Served with coconut rice.

Now I have found several other stew like dishes with sweet potatoes that are quite good. Some of them are vegan - using chickpeas, or black beans for protein

[Ohio Joe]

93. Spaghettios w/meatballs are not only food...

But great for breakfast

[Kali]

94. I saw someone else mention it so I am not alone.

peanut butter is disgusting (except in cookies)

and peanut butter cups don't count - whatever is in them isn't the gagging sticky goo that is in a jar

same with those vending machine cheese and peanut butter sandwich crackers

[Devil Child]

96. Food is just future poop.

[radicalleft]

104. Coffee SUCKS!

Love the smell...can't stand the taste!

[Orrex]

105. Cilantro tastes like burning plastic steeped in poison

[catbyte]

117. I sometimes eat hot dogs with catsup, mayonnaise, and raw onions

[smirkymonkey]

120. I can't stand tarragon.

It's really the only herb that I don't like.

Also, tuna salad w/ mayo completely grosses me out. I can't even look at it, especially the kind they have at delis where it just looks like mush.

I love tuna steaks or tuna in maki sushi, sashimi, tartare or poke, but canned tuna mixed w/ salad just bums me out to no end.