Macarons are overrated IMHO. (And I think I had my first macarons at a nice patisserie/chocolaterie where everything else was decent, so I’m guessing they were supposed to taste that way?)
Great thread. I will literally try anything. I will never, ever eat scrapple again. It has a smell that squeezes your brain. I don't know how else to describe it. I didn't think I'd like liver, but I did.
Something that I haven't already tried? Probably bugs. Can't get my head around that. I would also say offal but my mom was a big fan, so I've been force-fed some of that garbage in my lifetime.
No offense to ethnic foods bc I love love love variety but injera Ethiopian flatbread is like a coughed-up lung sitting on a plate and a trypophobic's nighmare. Gluten gloppy snotty oatmeal comes in second.
Century eggs. The lovely "emmymadeinjapan" does great food videos on YT but not even she could get me to try that dark gelatinous mess. She lost me at "smells like ammonia". lol
Don't knock fried crickets. They were very good and garlicy. I do draw the line at worms. So to the person who won't try deviled eggs - they are kinda gross.
Organ meat. Kidneys, liver, giblets, etc. My mother used to make me eat liver when I was a child. She gave up when I was about 12 years old, thank goodness! Also, wild boar. My ex mil was famous in the area for making it. When she set it on the table, I almost became physically ill. Just the smell of it was something I couldn't tolerate. (This was when I lived in Spain and the whole family decided that "Americans didn't know how to eat.")
Bugs - we’re being told more frequently this will solve climate change and a population problem, so I expect to see all the “green” cultists and psychos chowing down! I’ve also seen Snow Piercer so I know how it will likely go...
So many things, but one that hits all sorts of Hell No buttons would be roasted tarantulas: apparently it is eaten by some tribespeople in South America.
oysters.
ReplyDeleteYou aren't missing anything. Tastes like jizz in both saltiness and gag-inducing texture.
DeleteAnthony Bourdain convinced me that every food should be tried once. I will go along with that until I get to brains, eyeballs, or warthog anus.
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ReplyDeleteYou don't know what your missing!...more for me. Haggis and mashed tatties yum!
DeleteAll the above along with heart, insects, and worms.
ReplyDeleteA rosie roofietini.
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ReplyDeleteThose fermented eggs in a jar. PUKE!
ReplyDeleteColeslaw.
ReplyDeleteAnything with meat
ReplyDeleteCasu Marzu
Chinese boy piss eggs
Balut
Balut
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ReplyDeleteOkra
ReplyDeleteSea urchin
ReplyDeleteAny food that involves insects!
ReplyDeleteOkra is delicious! Especially fried crispy!⬆
ReplyDeleteCaviar, oysters, and agree with Zebra, no brains, eyes or buttholes, or bugs.
Snails (escargot). Hell no
ReplyDeleteHave googled balut. Add that to my list of "HELL NO WHY WOULD ANYONE EAT THAT??!?"
ReplyDeleteLiver or any organ meats
ReplyDeleteWhat, I LOVE offal. 🍴
Delete(Hannibal does too, apparently.) 🖤
I second the snails. Also no thanks when it comes to any animals balls.
ReplyDeleteOlives
ReplyDeleteBAKED BEANS, never!
ReplyDeleteI've never had a waffle or a macaroon in my life. And I'd never eat any type of strange organ meat--eyeballs, testicles, hearts, feet
ReplyDeleteMacarons are overrated IMHO. (And I think I had my first macarons at a nice patisserie/chocolaterie where everything else was decent, so I’m guessing they were supposed to taste that way?)
DeleteThey are wonderfully Instagramable, tho.
Apples. Gross flavor, nasty mouth-feel.
ReplyDeleteMushrooms. As a kid I think I cut and ate a portobello(?) mushroom which I thought was a steak......... I was wrong. never even again, LOL
ReplyDeleteAnything meat or meat associated anymore. But especially not organ meat and tongues.
ReplyDeleteNo insects, never, no way, no how.
Anything that smells bad, I trust my sense of smell.
ReplyDeleteLogic...that's rare here ..I agree 100%
DeleteOysters
ReplyDeleteIm nauseated from just looking up casu marzu, the Chinese urine eggs and balut...add in live grubs or other bugs...couldnt do it
ReplyDeletea deviled egg
ReplyDeleteIrish stew - looks like vomit.
ReplyDeleteMountain oysters, turkey fries or anything similar to either.
ReplyDeleteLiver, broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, any organ meat, chicken or pig feet, blubber, etc.
ReplyDeleteGreat thread. I will literally try anything. I will never, ever eat scrapple again. It has a smell that squeezes your brain. I don't know how else to describe it. I didn't think I'd like liver, but I did.
ReplyDeleteI love liver (although I’d never eat foie gras because of what my French-language teacher taught me about how they’re bred).
DeleteMost of the liver I do eat is Indonesian food.
DeleteLiterally “offal” by its etymology (butchery leftovers).
Amish canned meat.
ReplyDeleteVery gross and hilarious thread!!
ReplyDeleteI'm gonna say organ meats or assorted bodily parts like Zebra describes yechhhh, bugs and more
Something that I haven't already tried? Probably bugs. Can't get my head around that. I would also say offal but my mom was a big fan, so I've been force-fed some of that garbage in my lifetime.
ReplyDeleteNo offense to ethnic foods bc I love love love variety but injera Ethiopian flatbread is like a coughed-up lung sitting on a plate and a trypophobic's nighmare. Gluten gloppy snotty oatmeal comes in second.
ReplyDeleteCentury eggs. The lovely "emmymadeinjapan" does great food videos on YT but not even she could get me to try that dark gelatinous mess. She lost me at "smells like ammonia". lol
ReplyDeleteDon't knock fried crickets. They were very good and garlicy. I do draw the line at worms. So to the person who won't try deviled eggs - they are kinda gross.
ReplyDeleteOysters or crawfish... shudder
ReplyDeleteHaggis is wonderful!
Dhuren
ReplyDeleteUnless I am starving (probably not even then) insects, worms and grubs.
ReplyDeleteescargot
ReplyDeleteBalls. Brains. Tongue. Feet. Stomach. I love hot dogs, so may have eaten rat anuses - but never by choice.
ReplyDeleteSweetbreads
ReplyDeleteLiver, onions and oysters
ReplyDeleteAnimals
ReplyDeleteOrgan meat. Kidneys, liver, giblets, etc. My mother used to make me eat liver when I was a child. She gave up when I was about 12 years old, thank goodness! Also, wild boar. My ex mil was famous in the area for making it. When she set it on the table, I almost became physically ill. Just the smell of it was something I couldn't tolerate. (This was when I lived in Spain and the whole family decided that "Americans didn't know how to eat.")
ReplyDeleteAs a "Bizarre Foods" fan, I'll try anything once. My try list includes Balut, Haggis, Head Cheese and Sea Urchin. " If it looks good, eat it."
ReplyDeleteBugs - we’re being told more frequently this will solve climate change and a population problem, so I expect to see all the “green” cultists and psychos chowing down! I’ve also seen Snow Piercer so I know how it will likely go...
ReplyDeleteSo many things, but one that hits all sorts of Hell No buttons would be roasted tarantulas: apparently it is eaten by some tribespeople in South America.
ReplyDeleteBeets!
ReplyDeleteVagina
ReplyDeletemeat
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