I HATE Cheese! Ask me anything

[Teddy_Salad]

The look and smell of cheese makes me dry-wretch.

I absolutely hate the stuff and have no idea how anyone can eat it, especially the stuff that has blue veins running through it. :puke:

Mommy Salad says that when I was 3 years old, she found me woofing down an entire block of cheese in the back yard.
I had eaten so much that I was violently ill for hours. :puke:

I cannot remember this cheesy incident but it obviously lives somewhere in my sub-conscious.

Any other DUers who detest 'cheese' and anything 'cheesy'?

[skooooo]

1. All cheese is not equal..

...I mean come on, do you REALLY hate Swiss cheese? At least it's neutral!

[Teddy_Salad]

6. I hate all cheese

In fact, I probably hate Swiss cheese the most.

It's 'neutrality' stinks to high heaven.

[skooooo]

8. You're a sick bastard!

I knew it would come to this eventually.

[Whitacre D_WI]

2. Which is your favorite circle, Lucifer?

:P

[Gothic Sponge]

3. I like cheese

END OF STORY!

[librechik]

4. (sigh) I wish

I'm carrying around an extra thirty pounds and i suspect it's all cheese.

[derby378]

5. Interesting story

I know someone who says they had a similar experience with coconut in their childhood - he pigged out on it until he was ill, and even now he can only take coconut in tiny doses.

I wonder if this phenomenon is physiological or psychosomatic, due to the age at when this happened to both of you?

As for me, I like cheese. And coconut. Just not together, please - I'm not that adventurous.

[Teddy_Salad]

12. My experience

certainly had a profound effect on me.

There is no food I hate more than cheese.

I was in Holland a few years back, wandering through this little village and the people I was with went into a cheese store.
I wandered in too, thinking "how bad can it be?"

I had to leave within seconds...the smell alone drove me outside and I proceeded to :puke: all over the place.

So, seeing as a block of cheese has never actually assaulted me in any way, not even 'sexually', what would make me react to it in this way other than some psychological effect?

I think I need to discuss this with my shrink this afternoon.

[NashVegas]

30. I think you should confront this

start with something that's not really cheese, like velveeta. then work your way through something mild, like Brie.

[Whitacre D_WI]

7. The more it smells like a well-worn jock...

...the better it tastes!

[Teddy_Salad]

15. Ewwwwwww!

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[BigMcLargehuge]

38. and how!!!!

Good Stilton smells like something you'd find in the Manchester United hamper, but DAMN does it taste good.

[Teddy_Salad]

39. Shit!

Good Stilton smells like something you'd find in the Manchester United hamper, but DAMN does it taste good.

Shit! That's enough to put me off!
I hate Manchester United!! :grr:

I follow Milwall and we are going to kick Man U's arse in the upcoming FA Cup Final!

[Whitacre D_WI]

40. Well, a good Roquefort

smells just like like Milwall's goalkeeper's socks.

[Teddy_Salad]

41. Probably

more like his jocks after 90 minutes of keeping Man U at bay!

Ewwww!!! :puke:

[histohoney]

9. The cheese stands alone.

n/t

[SaveElmer]

10. I'm with you man

Even the slightest smell of anything other than Mozarella cheese makes me wann run to the bathroom. It is possibly the most disgusting thing to eat ever invented

[Teddy_Salad]

13. Oh...

Thankyou, SE!
At last, someone who can relate to me.

I'm not alone!!! :pals:

[DS1]

11. Do you like cheese? YAAAAAAYYY!!!!

I have cheese YAAAAYY!!!

[kimchi]

14. Why are you a pinko commie?

Only pinko commies hate cheese. You are a traitor to America and its cheese processing. Turn yourself in for re-education immediately.

Repeat all day: Cheese is good, cheese is great; think I'll have some on my plate.

[Teddy_Salad]

16. No!

I will not submit to your mind games! :grr:

I will not! Not! Not! Not! Oh dear. :crazy: :crazy:

Ummmmm.....is that Monterey Jack you have there?

[Canuckistanian]

32. Yes, exile him to Wisconsin

They'll beat the cheese hater out of him. Lactose intolerance will be discouraged!

[cheezus]

17. Yeah, well, I hate Salad and Teddy Bears. So f you too, buddy!

sheesh
:)

[Teddy_Salad]

23. Cheezus...

...I love you! :loveya:

It's just 'blocks' of cheese I don't like.

You're not a "block of cheese" are you?

[cheezus]

33. okay we're cool

I'm not literally cheese

but I am pretty cheezy

[Teddy_Salad]

35. "Cheezy's" Okay

Cheese sux.

:yourock:

[On the Road]

18. It's Probably "Taste Aversion Learning"

which was a big issue in behavioral psychology when I went to college.

It usually happens when you eat something for the first time. If you never ate oysters before, and you get sick after eating them for the first time, oysters will never be appetizing to you again. Doesn't seem to matter why.

Normally likes and dislikes are learned gradually, but this seems to be hard-wired and happens after a single experience. Maybe it developed so our primitive ancestors wouldn't poison themselves with unfamiliar food. Who knows?

In your case, I assume you had eaten cheese before your traumatic experience. But it may be the same phenomenon.

Too bad. Cheese can be very good if you have a taste for it, and you must have great difficulty avoiding it sometimes.

[Gothic Sponge]

21. SENATOR JOSEPH MCCARTHY SAYS:

EAT CHEESE YOU PINKO!

[Teddy_Salad]

22. Yep

It drives Mrs Salad crazy.

She loves to put Parmesan on her pasta and stuff.
But if she does, I have to actually go outside because the smell of Parmesan actually makes me puke.
It is by far the worst of the lot.

Dining at a friends place can be tough too.
Try convincing someone that it's not their cooking that you find offensive, just the cheese.

It can be very difficult.

Oh, and Mother Salad has always said that I ate from the get-go.
Butter too.....another thing I cannot eat now.

[On the Road]

25. It's Funny. There's a Progresso Soup

-- I forget the name -- that came out a few years ago. Something like Tuscan Bean Vegetable or whatever. I think it contained Parmesan, or some unusual taste for a canned soup.

I ate a can and thought it was absolutely delicious. So I bought more. Then I smelled some after it got cold, and it suddenly smelled like vomit. It was the same stuff, but it was like a switch went off making it absolutely repellent. I can't eat the stuff any more.

From that point of view, I can absolutely identify with your experience.

[Teddy_Salad]

26. Progresso Soups

Are nice but they are full of Monosodium Glutamate.
Not many varieties of their soup without MSG.

Then again, I guess all soup has that crap in it.

[On the Road]

27. Personally, I Have Nothing Against MSG

I know it gives some people headaches, but not everyone has a bad reaction. It's a traditional Asian flavoring. Is there some proven health risk?

[Teddy_Salad]

36. Maybe mistaken

I was under the understanding that it wasn't too good for us.

I might well be wrong.

[On the Road]

37. I Keep Hearing That It's Not Good For Us Also

and I know people who seem to have an allergy or another bad reaction to it. But much the world has a bad reaction to dairy products, also.

I just try to be careful about accepting health claims like this. A lot of people in the health movement are eager to jump on anything that sounds bad, even if the risk is anecdotal or remote.

Here are a couple of links I just came across, a reassuring one from a mainstream health site, and a more alarmist one from a private health writer.

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MSG - Is It Safe For You?

Some people are sensitive to MSG and may have mild reactions when they eat foods seasoned with MSG.

In laboratory research, large amounts of MSG injected into animals resulted in nerve and brain damage. There was no similar reaction, however, to MSG consumed with food...

No evidence exists to suggest that dietary MSG causes brain lesions or damages nerve cells in humans.

There is no scientific evidence that the levels of glutamate in hydrolyzed proteins causes adverse effects or that other manufactured glutamate has effects different from glutamate normally found in foods.

http://vanderbiltowc.wellsource.com/dh/Content.asp?ID=976

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The Danger of MSG and How it is Hidden in Vaccines

Based on peer reviewed studies, there is no question that glutamic acid is neurotoxic. This can be easily confirmed by accessing MEDLINE retrieval service for studies dating from 1966 to the present, using the words "glutamic acid" in combination with the words "brain lesions" and then "neurotoxicity." I would also suggest that you look up the words besity," " and "seizures" combination with the words "glutamic acid."

There is also no question that the young are most at risk from MSG. To confirm this, you might start by reviewing the work of John W. Olney, MD and look up the words "glutamic acid" in combination with the words "blood brain barrier" and "placental barrier."

You will learn that the blood brain barrier is not fully developed in the young to protect against toxins that enter the blood, and that glutamic acid can also penetrate the placental barrier.

Disregarding the blood brain barrier and the placental barrier issues, the literature clearly indicates that, based on the amount of MSG used in the 1970s, over 25% of the population react to MSG.

http://www.mercola.com/2002/jun/8/msg_vaccines.htm

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[Teddy_Salad]

24. I think you're right

My mother says I always ate cheese before, no problem.

She also says I used to steal butter from the fridge and she'd find me hiding somewhere, eating the butter like one would ice cream, making myself sick in the process.

Now, I also cannot eat butter.

[LibInternationalist]

19. Freak

I couldn't live without cheese -- I have considered not eating any animal products, and while I have given up most meats, I am too hedonistic to give up cheese. Cheese is my weakness

[rucky]

20. "Con queso ergo sum" -

I eat cheese, therefore I am. (in Latino)

[NewHampster]

28. Hey Yankee Fan - We Agree on Something

I hate cheese too, unless it's melted on a Burger or Grilled Cheese.

And don't anyone tell me raw is just liked cooked. I also hate raw tomatoes but love Ketchup and Sauce.

The smell of cheese is almost as bad as "Barbecue Chips" but that's another thing altogether.

[Melsky]

29. My husband hates cheese

He's hated cheese all his life. In addition to cheese, he hates tomatoes. He's not a big fan of Italian food. In fact, once I made a pasta dish without any cheese or tomatoes in it, and he couldn't eat it because on a gut level he couldn't believe it didn't have cheese or tomatoes in it.

I love cheese though, especially a nice sharp cheddar.

[Triple H]

31. I don't care for cheese either.

[Teddy_Salad]

34. Oh, thank goodness!

You have no idea how it feels to know that there are others out there who despise the dreadful stuff.

THANKYOU!

:grouphug:

[Misunderestimator]

42. Never met a cheese I didn't like

Favorites: Gouda, Edam, Brie, Mozzarella, Muenster

Oh hell... I love em all! Have never known anyone who hated all cheeses... Cool, more cheese for me! :)