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aephi alum 10-16-2011 09:40 PM

Oh, raw oysters are the best! :)

I actually can't think of any food that looks good to me but tastes awful. Food either looks and tastes good, looks and tastes bad, or looks bad but tastes good. I am willing to try something that doesn't look like it would taste good ... I've discovered some nummy treats that way (e.g. eel sushi) and I've also found some real losers.

KSUViolet06 10-16-2011 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl (Post 2100441)
Turkish Delight. I'd always been dying to try it because Peter in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe raved about it but maaaaaan that stuff was not the business.

A Turkish TA brought this in for us to try once.

If the White Witch offered it to me, I'd be like "Nah. I'm good."

SWTXBelle 10-16-2011 10:06 PM

Traditional Turkish Delight - for example, the rosewater flavour - looks great, tastes like my grandmother's Rose Milk smelled. But the Americanized version - Applets and Cotlets - SO YUMMY. http://www.libertyorchards.com/categ...FQ1U7Aod9HlUKw

KSUViolet06 10-16-2011 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle (Post 2100456)
Traditional Turkish Delight - for example, the rosewater flavour - looks great, tastes like my grandmother's Rose Milk smelled.


THIS was the flavor I got.

My very faulty logic: I picked it because it was pink. I love the pink Starbursts. Figured it would be similar. False.

PiKA2001 10-16-2011 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX (Post 2100415)
Vegetables. Yes, all of them.

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Originally Posted by lovespink88 (Post 2100416)
Oatmeal. I love, love, love the smell of different oatmeals (my roommate used to make those Quaker instant ones with the different flavors). I've tried it a few times because it seems so good, but the consistency never sits well with me.

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Originally Posted by Jen (Post 2100429)
Coffee for sure. It looks good, it smells amazing, but I hate the taste. Oddly, I love coffee flavoured chocolates/candies though.

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Originally Posted by pomplemousse12 (Post 2100438)
Sushi. Looks beautiful, but I cannot do it at all.
Nasty stuff.
I also feel the same about Jen's dislike of coffee. It smells AMAZING but is too bitter for me.

Y'all are just misguided...lol. Sushi, oatmeal, veggies, and coffee are some of my favorite things..

psusue 10-16-2011 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by PiKA2001 (Post 2100461)
Y'all are just misguided...lol. Sushi, oatmeal, veggies, and coffee are some of my favorite things..

Seconded. I do not, however like Skittles or most fruit flavored things. They look pretty but do not taste anything like fruit. This makes me sad, because I love fruit.

christiangirl 10-16-2011 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by psusue (Post 2100480)
Seconded. I do not, however like Skittles or most fruit flavored things. They look pretty but do not taste anything like fruit. This makes me sad, because I love fruit.

I like bananas and grapes but dislike almost anything banana- or grape-flavored. It's so far from tasting like actual banana or grape that it's not worth it for me. :(

txAOII_15 10-16-2011 11:31 PM

speaking of bananas, banana bread. smells heavenly, and the taste is blehhhh

PeppyGPhiB 10-16-2011 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jen (Post 2100429)
Coffee for sure. It looks good, it smells amazing, but I hate the taste. Oddly, I love coffee flavoured chocolates/candies though.

You CANNOT live in the PacNW! I'm revoking your card.

clarinette 10-17-2011 01:16 AM

Skittles and Smarties taste like medicine to me.

I saw my parents drinking tea and Diet Coke when I was little and thought it'd be awesome. NOPE!

Unsweetened chocolate. I was thinking "I like dark chocolate; let's try this." I had to wash my mouth out because it was that gross.

unarose 10-17-2011 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by clarinette (Post 2100518)
Skittles and Smarties taste like medicine to me.

I saw my parents drinking tea and Diet Coke when I was little and thought it'd be awesome. NOPE!

Unsweetened chocolate. I was thinking "I like dark chocolate; let's try this." I had to wash my mouth out because it was that gross.

Skittles and Smarties…yum. I love tea—Diet drinks in general not so much (though if that's the easiest thing to get to drink, I can deal).

Dark chocolate is…certainly not the same as milk chocolate (or my favorite that some don't even count as real chocolate, aka white chocolate), but it also isn't the worst thing in the world.

As for things I genuinely can't stand to eat: traditional meat-and-beans chili (white bean/chicken chili is an exception), potato salad, olives of any kind, and licorice.

cheerfulgreek 10-17-2011 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle (Post 2100419)
They look nasty, smell nasty and there is NO WAY in HECK I would put that in my mouth. You have my sympathies.

lol
Funny thing is I never eat anything raw, because of the risks of parasites. That was so unlike me. It's just that the person I was with was eating them with crackers and some kind of salsa sauce stuff that the restaurant provided to go with the oysters. I don't know why, but they just looked so good going down, so I decided to try one. That was disaster. If we weren't at a public restaurant, I know I would have puked. It was so slimy, and gross. Blech! :(

Never again.

AlphaFrog 10-17-2011 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by carnation (Post 2100433)
Vegemite from Australia.

Food that LOOKS good?? Does dog crap also appeal to you?

http://babyccinokids.com/wp-content/...thumbnail2.gif

SWTXBelle 10-17-2011 05:58 AM

I think the thread has morphed into "foods you really find disgusting".

carnation 10-17-2011 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 2100539)
Food that LOOKS good?? Does dog crap also appeal to you?

http://babyccinokids.com/wp-content/...thumbnail2.gif

No, I thought it would taste like Nutella.


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