What food, recipe, or product do you really **not** like?

[Stinky The Clown]

For me its coconut. Actually, what I don't like is dessicated coconut. I can't ever recall liking it. Never ate a Mounds or an Almond Joy. Never ate German Chocolate Cake. Never ate Ambrosia.

But .....

I enjoy fresh coconut. I love coconut milk right from the nut and that prepared stuff in cans.

Go figger .....

So what is it that you don't like?

[Longhorn]

1. Bacos.

They leave a funny taste in my mouth!

[NMDemDist2]

2. brussel sprouts

i don't know why, but I just can't abide those little things

and I'm allergic to cabbage so it is on the no no list too

[SW FL Dem]

20. Brussel Sprouts are at the top of my ICK list

I can't stand the taste or the smell! When my son was younger and refused to eat veggie, I threatened him with brussel sprouts, one taste of them and he willingly ate broccoli, green beans or any other veggie I put in front of him.

[Shakespeare]

21. Have you ever eaten fresh brussels sprouts?

My husband used to be the same way--"get those slimy, stinky little things away from me!"

Then I cooked FRESH ones for him--he now requests them on a regular basis. It's worth giving a try, just to see what they're like.

Dice some bacon and saute until the fat is rendered. Add a little olive oil, then toss in some thingly sliced scallions and saute until softened. Halve the fresh sprouts (peel the outer leaves and toss in the trash, and trim the stem part), add to the skillet and saute for just a few minutes. Add 1/4 cup of water to the skillet and remove from heat--this will stop the sprouts from cooking longer, and will thicken the juices in the skillet. Salt to taste, and enjoy.

[trotsky]

41. I concur.

Fresh makes all the difference. Frozen ones are horrendously putrid, but we buy them fresh at the store, then steam them for the meal. I like mine with butter and maybe a sprinkle of Nature's Seasoning. But your recipe sounds very good - I gotta give that a try.

[merci_me]

3. But you'll eat anchovies??

You might try the cake I posted in the convenience food thread. My son HATES coconut, but loves this cake and the filling has lots of coconut. Maybe it's because the texture is "wet" or re-hydrated, as it were, like fresh coconut. He won't touch ambrosia or anything coco-nutty,like it. He calls coconut "albino Easter grass".

You mix 2 cups of sour cream, 1 cup of sugar, 3 cups of coconut (you could use less probably) and 3 cups of a non-dairy whipped topping. I've never substituted whipped cream, because they suggest you let the frosted/filled cake set in the fridge for 4 days to let the flavors blend. During that time, the filling becomes so "one" that Jake will take whatever leftover filling I have in a container and eat it with a spoon.

Mary

[Stinky The Clown]

5. You bet I eat anchovies!

But I spit out even the very best filled chocolate if it has any hint of coconut. I've even spit out almond if it has a "coconuty" taste or texture to it!

[merci_me]

4. Several things I can live very well without

A - anchovies and asparagus
B - Bacos
C - capers

I could go on......lol

Mary

[eleny]

6. Cilantro

I do like it but in very limited quantity. It's very easy for me to go over the limit of my tastebuds. So I'm very careful. To me, it tastes like a veggie that's going bad.

You're like my husband. He dislikes coocnut but will eat a Mounds. He also doesn't get the point of mushrooms.

[tishaLA]

12. Ms. Child said she hated cilantro too

I think if we returned it to its former name, everything would be fine.

[Love Bug]

16. I don't like cilantro either

Tastes like grass (and not the kind you smoke) to me. Yuk.

[Shredr]

22. I HATE cilantro

And it's in everything. Indian, Mexican, Thai foods. Every once in a while, I'll try a little, trying to force myself to eat it and I just cant'. I can't get over that soapy after-taste.

[ernstbass]

24. So nice to meet some fellow cilantro haters

Cilantro has become ubiquitous in recipes and I hateit - it's too strong!

[montana_hazeleyes]

40. Have to add

my vote against cilantro. I HATE it. Can't stand the smallest amount. I have been all ready to eat a dish that seems wonderful,then it's ruined when I take a bite and cilantro is in it. yuk.

[Lugnut]

35. I'm with you

Small doses of cilantro are okay especially in freshly made salsa.

[Lugnut]

7. The only thing

I can tolerate that has coconut in it is coconut custard pie.

I don't like:

1. calimari
2. anchovies
3. liver
4. lamb
4. salmon

[ironflange]

11. That's kind of funny

Your list could be my list of favorites, except for the anchovies, which I can take or leave.

Here are my baddies:

Brussels sprouts
Cauliflower
Beets
Cooked bell peppers, raw or stir-fried are good
Cabbage rolls, the big ones with meat inside - ugh! The little Ukrainian ones are great, though
Crumbs in the butter (or margarine), for some reason that really turns my stomach
Finding the root part of an onion in a burger or whatever - that's even worse than butter crumbs

[Lugnut]

33. I love cauliflower

And cabbage rolls (halupki). Brussels sprouts not so much. :)

I really need to make a coconut custard pie. Since talking about it I realized just how hungry I am for some.

[Mandate My Ass]

17. I love the five you don't - LOL

Okra is the one thing that springs to mind immediately that makes me want to blow chunks. I'm sure I'll think of more later.

I tried a different kind of coconut once in Costa rica. It was one of those smooth green ones and when I asked about them the bartenders cut one off the tree and opened it to show me how they eat it. They slice the flesh and sprinkle it with salt, lime juice and a hint of hot sauce. It tasted kind of like a potato only not quite as crisp or as starchy. Yummy.

[eyesroll]

8. I agree with you on the dried coconut.

:puke:

Also -- almond flavoring. I'm OK with almonds in small doses (i.e. slivers over fish or green beans, very occasionally in candy) but I can't stand Amaretto, almond extract or similar. Marzipan is iffy for me, too.

Anything just labeled "fish" I can pretty much do without -- fish sticks, filet-o-fish, etc.

[WritersBlock]

9. Sugar beets.

The mere odor of them triggers a gag reflex for me, and actually consuming one ensures even worse.

I don't think I'm allergic to them - I just hate them with a passion.

Love coconut, though. I'll take those Mounds & Almond Joys you're not eating. No sense in letting them go bad. :hi:

[eleny]

10. How do you come across sugar beets?

I live in Colorado where they used to be grown as an important crop. But I never met one that wasn't in a display case. Just curious!

[WritersBlock]

18. I see them in the UK all the time.

Just the other day, saw a whole jar full of them. Gave me a shudder. HATE those things.

on edit.. PS, please check your PM's, Eleny. :)

[tishaLA]

13. Most game meats

I've only had rabbit once, when I lived in France, and I just couldn't enjoy it after I bought it on the street and it had a little foil mask on its face. I really don't like the taste of venison and most other game, but I do like buffalo.

Must of my food repulsions are about texture, though. I'm not a fan of oysters, mussels, and clams (although I like scallops), but that's partially my Judaism. I don't enjoy eggplant too much, but I eat it. I only buy dried garbanzo beans because the canned ones have a repulsive texture to me.

Add me to the brussel sprout list, too.

[Jessica]

14. Raisins & Sweet Pickles.

x( Ick.

[fortyfeetunder]

37. if you hate sweet pickles...I agree

My spouse mixes sweet pickles into scrambled eggs. Gawd I wanna puke when he makes these.

[Mrs. Overall]

15. I strongly dislike goat cheese--

I wish I liked it because it is an ingredient in many fine dishes, but I simply can't stomach either the smell or taste. If you are going to eat goat cheese, you might as well just lick the underbelly of a goat--it tastes like sweat and fur to me. Yuck!

On Edit: Sheep milk products are just as bad. I hate Romano (sheep), but love Parmesan (cow).

[The empressof all]

19. Gefilte Fish

It's one of the few things I can't even bring myself to try. I think because it reminds me of small brains floating in jars. Then I do a quick brain flash to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia

http://www.collphyphil.org/muttcoll.htm

and horrible mental images flash through my head.

[yellowdogintexas]

23. anchovies, rhubarb, squid, octopus, sardines, sweet potatoes

beets, lamb, goat or mutton.

I used to hate okra, until I ate it fried and I don't mind a little bit in a good home made veg soup.

Liver is only ok if it is veal or calves

Coconut is wonderful fresh; I make a fresh coconut cake that is a wild sensation...LOl

I do like coconut cream pie, German Chocolate Cake, made with the Canned sweetened coconut, but don't even think about getting me to eat coconut cookies, or candy, especially Almond Joy or Mounds.

fresh coconut doesn't work very well in the cream pie; it keeps the pie from setting up and you end up with coconut soup pie instead.

[ernstbass]

25. Green peppers

anchovies
sardines
cooked spinach (love it raw)

[thedailyshow]

26. beans...

I loathe beans.

[cally]

27. Mustard

I loathe it. I can taste it even if only a small amount is added to a salad dressing. :puke:

[Stinky The Clown]

28. A LOT of likes and dislikes here ...... a question .......

Are your dislikes rational or based in some way on an experience or are they inexplicable ..... and just "there"?

My own dislike for dessicated coconut is in the inexplicable category. I have no idea why I don't like it, I just know that I do. This goes back as far as I am able to recall. I wonder if, at this point, it is just habit? That said, I can't imagine even being able to knowingly to try, say, a Mounds bar.

How about you?

[eleny]

29. Inexplicable

In fact, the first time I used cilantro, it was in my very first pot of green chile. I found a recipe, tried it and it called for that ingredient. The flavor had an overriding influence on the chile and I tossed the entire pot of it down the disposal.

Over the years, I've had it raw in salsa. In small amounts, I think it's okay - even good. But I have to be very careful to use just a little bit.

On the other hand, you can send any Mounds bars over here.

[Lugnut]

34. I've actually tried

Everything on my dislike roster. My dislike is based on solid evidence that those things are yucky. :)

[Longhorn]

36. I know exactly why I hate peas!

Because I gagged on them too many times as a child when I was forced to eat them. :puke:

[cally]

47. I've had Mustard on many occasions

Many times I've eaten food with Mustard to be polite. I still despise it. I'd guess that's a rational response?

[murphymom]

30. menudo

My mother-in-law makes it, so I've tried to develop a taste for it, but the tripe and pigs feet get to me. It's a texture thing with tripe, the combination of grisly, slimy, chewy and gelatinous is something I think you have to grow up eating. When they have it I usually try and serve myself so I can just scoop out the hominy and broth and leave the icky bits in the pot.

Now my husband laps up menudo like there's no tomorrow, but he won't eat fresh peaches because peach fuzz gives him the willies - go figure.

[Stinky The Clown]

31. Hahahahaha

How about some fuzzy menudo!?!?!

I'll bet you'd just "love" jellyfish!

:hi:

[murphymom]

38. I actually tried it once

at a Chinese restaurant. Kind of like eating a deliciously sauced and seasoned chiffonade of plastic shower curtain.

[Stinky The Clown]

39. Oh come now!

Plastic Shower Curtain is much more chewey that jellyfish!

:hi:

[jmm]

32. mushrooms, olives, beans, avocados

Scallops are the only type of seafood that I've tried and not liked. I can't go into some bakeries because the smell of anise makes me nauseous.

I use to hate cabbage, spinach, and chocolate cake and brownies until I realized I am extremely picky about the way they are prepared.

[trotsky]

42. I'm with you on coconut.

Although I've never tried it fresh or had coconut milk.

I don't like raw celery (it has to be cooked to the point where it loses its texture and flavor for me to eat it).

I also can't stand anise flavoring. Black licorice, black jellybeans, you name it - just a hint of the smell makes me nauseous.

[livetohike]

43. Caviar

I have only tried it once and no amount of wine could get rid of the taste. Yuk.

[Lefty48197]

44. Miracle Whip

bleech!

[BamaGirl]

54. Me too

Miracle Whip is some nasty stuff lol!!

[u4ic]

45. sweet pickles, beets, parsnip, jello, headcheese

and for liquids, beer and wine.

[eleny]

46. But that's my favorite lunch!

[bearfan454]

48. Liver

To me liver tastes horrible.

[The empressof all]

49. I haven't had beef or calf liver in years

When it's made correctly with onions and bacon, I think it's wonderful. I just never make it. I do eat chicken livers a few times a year. They're heavenly.

[merci_me]

52. Do you carmelize the onions?

I carmelize the onions with bacon grease (in an iron skillet, of course) and then remove them to a stainless steel bowl while I sear the liver. I don't flour the liver. I add a little water as needed, til the liver is cooked. Then I deglaze the pan with a bit of water and some marsala and put the liver and onions back in to bring all the flavors together.

This, and chicken livers for that matter, are wonderful with mamaliga cu binza (cornmeal mush and cheese) I pour half the mamaliga on a platter and layer a soft yellow cheese and then pour the rest of the mamaliga over, so the cheese melts in. Put the liver on the side and pour the camalized onions with marsala over it all. OMG I'm starving!!

Mary

[The empressof all]

53. Gotta Carmelize the onions

It's the only way to go. I do flour the liver. It's the way my mom made it. I love it with mashed potatoes and of all things Ketchup. That's how I grew up eating it. Funny, I don't remember liking it much as a kid-but I love it now. I haven't made it in years---I wonder how it would go over in my house now that the kid is a little older.

I do my chicken livers with peppers and onions (carmelized of course). I make those when the family is away. They don't like them which is fine because I don't want to share them anyway. I also love a good chopped chicken liver sandwich on good crusty rye bread with thinly sliced raw onion and hard boiled egg. Chicken liver and onion omlettes topped with sour cream and a little caviar is like heaven on a plate.

[Stinky The Clown]

50. I often order liver when I eat at a place like one of our local diners

I never make it at home just for myself. Sparkly's not a meat eater (cuz she doesn't like it, not for any other reason but that) and liver, for her is worse than meat. Making it would be .... uh .... troubling to her. When it is on a plate, ready to eat, she can tolerate it.

When I was a kid, I hated it. But now I like it.

[eleny]

51. Mmmmmm....liver

Liver 'n onions with mashed potatoes and corn on the side.

We used to be able to get this powdered cheddar cheese in a jar. It had sesame seeds in it, too. I'd sprinkle some onto the liver as it fried. But I haven't seen it at the market in years.

[ironflange]

55. Has anyone here heard of something called "ponhaus?"

I've never tried or even seen it. I understand it's made from the cuts of meat that aren't good enough to go into scrapple.

:9

[Stinky The Clown]

56. "Scrapple" is called that for a reason

After cutting chops and roasts, after making sausages and hams and curing bacon, after cleaning the scrapping table and slicer and the waste can, after sweeping the floor, whatever's left ..... becomes scrapple (which I actually like).

So what in hell is ponhaus?!?!?!?!?!?

From this web page, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5212/cookery.html we find:

MEATS: The typical PA Dutch meat dishes use many of the less tender cuts of meat as well as some of the organ and grandular (sic) meats, which is rather unusual but fitting as they hate to waste anything, let alone something so nutritious. Tripe, liver, and pig stomach are some of their favorite dishes. Pork scraps are used along with liver, corn meal, and sometimes kidney to make scrapple or ponhaus.

Seems from this they're either two interchangeable terms or two separate but decidedly similar concoctions.

[ironflange]

57. Looks like you're right

I've googled lots of references to "ponhaus or scrapple," so I guess the terms are interchangeable. I guess it is hard to imagine things that aren't good enough for scrapple. Ew.

[LiberalinNC]

58. Curry!

The smell, taste and just the thought of it, makes me ILL!