I'm collecting a whole deck of cards. ;)

Cannot stand LIVER!!! Used to eat it until I was 4 years old, asked Momma what it was and she told me it was liver, then uuuuuhhhhhhnnnnn! Nope didn't eat it anymore. However, on liver and rice night, I'd eat rice, gravy, and veggies. Momma never said anything and we kept on living.

Cannot stand brussel sprouts--years later learned am allergic to cabbage.
Used to hate tomatos, then learned to like them, then learned was HIGHLY allergic to them! DAMN!
Cannot stand Cream of Wheat! Disgusting!
Hate to High Hell Potted Meat! OMG I could got into a thorough tantrum/rant about this stuff!
Wouldn't eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for years.
Don't really care/like biscuts.
Love making sweet potato pie, but won't eat it, made it so much over the years, just don't care for it anymore. Same for cornbread.
Live where Russell Stover candies are famous, hate them to hell! They taste like stale chocolate with crap inside.
Cannot stand Texas Burger--funny thing is I live in Texas!
Never did like/care for anything spicy.
Cannot stand oatmeal or most of today's children's cereals (lucky charms etc) because if I wanted a bowl of sugar, I'd eat the sugar straight from the bag.

Love Wenchell's Doughnuts! Haven't had one in 22years!
Love good made hogs head cheese!
Love cold soup, straight from the can!

This falls in the won't try category of things: crawfish or liverwurst.

Why not crawfish? Not all that different from any other shell fish.

I didn't know Wenchell's Doughnuts were still around. I think I was like 4 when they got bought out. Or so I thought.

Gotta catch 'em all, gotta catch 'em all.

And dammit, forgot MC was an XX. again.

I have those allergies too! But I have to ask, what is potted meat?

Potted Meat is like vienna sasuages mashed up without the skin. I don't know but it's just something about the texture of it that makes my skin crawl!

Didn't discover most of my allergies until I was 26 years old through my dr's testing for my nasal allergies.

When I visited Cali in 08, I think there were still a few around. I didn't really look around LA. The last time I had them, I was 12 years old and the nearest one was in LaCanada-Flintridge, up by Pic N Save. Again, I haven't had one in 22 years. They are the West Coasts equalavent (sp) of Krispy Kreme in the South.

Growing up in Texas, I heard about them, but we never had them. My grandfather grew up in Louisiana and I guess he loved em, but never ate them around us.
When I went to school down South, heard many people rave about them. However, in their raving about them, they constantly were talking about sucking the head. At that point, UUUUHHHHH NO! It's just something about looking at it's eyes and planning on eating that--UUUUHHHH NO!

I guess I'm late to this thread's party.

I didn't realize food was trendy...maybe it's because I'm in southern California, but most of those ethnic foods I've been eating since I was a kid.

Anyhow...stuff I hate that it seems others like)food, products and other):

-The vast majority of country music esp. certain songs. I just can't deal with songs about tractors, barbeque stains on white tee-shirts, etc...

- Jagermeister. A lot of people like it, I'm not sure why. The smell reminds me of green NyQuil.

- Menudo (the soup not the group) I like a lot of Mexican foods, but really dislike this one. I think it's the tripe.

- Chocolate ice cream. I love chocolate, I like chocolate in my ice cream, on my ice cream, and even mixed with vanilla ice cream, but I don't like it all by itself. I also prefer my chocolate shakes made with vanilla ice cream and chocolate syrup, but that is because I am just weird like that. It was a habit I developed while working at Ben and Jerry's through college.

- Applebee's/Hometown Buffet/ Carino's/ Olive Garden/ various other large chain restaurants - sure I can go for a drink, but people I know swear by these places and I just find them pretty sub-par. I'm more about family owned small restaurants in general. I do have to give it to Olive Garden, their breadsticks with alfredo sauce are tasty. That's about all I like there though.

- Texting - I'd prefer to actually speak with someone and for me there is rarely something so important that I must say that I feel the need to type it out instead of just tell someone in a conversation at some point later. My only exception to this is when my husband sends me funny texts randomly that I've been saving on my phone for a year so far.

- Twitter - It's over-blown and makes some really lame people feel self important because they have followers.

- Skinny Jeans - I'm not a big girl by any stretch of the imagination. Heck, I'm not even the average sized American, but they make it look like I have a giant ass and huge hips. Boo on skinny jeans.

- Rachael Ray and Sandra Lee - I really despise both of these women. Their food just does not look appetizing and I don't like how either of them speak. EVOO? Yum-o? = Lame-o Sandra Lee needs to suck a bullet, she over emphasizes words and says "soooo amazing/great/good/other adjective here" and it just irritates me.

That's all that I can think of at the moment.

I can understand some foods being "trendy," so to speak - but the ones listed don't seem trendy to me.

Plus, I LOVE good Indian food. It's one of my favorite types of foods.

Agreed - you can find good family-owned places in most cities and towns that are better than the chains. That goes especially for Olive Garden; go to the local pizza joint, and you'll get better quality Italian food.

Haha...a bit judgmental on the Twitter subject, huh?

I have never had liver or eaten crawfish and never will-sounds unappetizing
I don't like anything wheat, must be white bread only
can't drink coffee-gives me migraines
dislike cheesecake, Indian food
never really liked meat, chicken or pork (stopped eating meat at 16)
no watermelon either-yuck
coconut makes me nauseous
and I don't text

I couldn't agree more. The way she says any word that begins with an L totally pisses me off. And her recipes aren't that great. I've tried three of them and they were just ok, at best.

Totally judgemental on twitter...I mean look at the base of the word itself...TWIT....

:)

Ah, a man after my own heart. ;) I grew up eating Indian food. Kheema and basmati rice = aephi alum's comfort food.

Anyway...

I love rice. When I was on the Atkins diet, rice was my biggest high-carb temptation. However, I hate anything made with rice - rice cakes, cream of rice, risotto, Rice Krispies treats, etc. Just the smell of a rice cake makes me gag.

I guess they're trendy in this area :) 15 years ago, no such restaurants existed. Now? They are all in the communities that are considered trendy and people are going to them constantly.

Indian food is good, but it's way too spicy. Kind of like Tai food.

-Sushi
-Country/rap/most hip-hop music
-Mary J. Blige...she's an okay singer, but I don't get why everyone says she's incredible
-Picking out your own lobster (and then I found out I was allergic to shellfish)
-Health insurance
-Driving. I f#$king HATE driving, and will probably not renew my license. The bus systems serves me well.
-Motorcycles and ATV riding.
-Nirvana/AC/DC/Aerosmith/Jonas Brothers/Miley Cyrus/Annie Lenox/Pink Floyd
-Wine. I will drink beer, and I haven't met a liquor that I didn't like, but I cannot get into wine.
-Cinnamon. I am deathy allergic to cinnamon.
-FML.com
-MySpace. I'd delete my profile if it wasn't the only way I stay in touch with a few friends.
-Quentin Tarantino movies.
-American Apparel.

Okay.. raw onions. I won't eat them, nor will I consume any food containing them. Also Mountain Dew. I told my son that Mountain Dew is made of urine, collected at the Nascar races, with sugar and caffeine added. At one of his soccer games, he saw one of the parents drinking Mountain Dew, and he told that parent where his mom told him Mountain Dew came from...

The sensory integrative theory is that people with autism process sensory information differently than other people. Temple Grandin describes this well with sounds that were actually painful to her because of how she processed them. Usually, it is stimuli that over-excite the central nervous system. Chewing something really chewy like Tootsie Rolls is usually calming to the CNS. The things we do to calm babies (rocking, neutral warmth, wrapping in a blanket, low light, etc) are calming to the CNS. Strobe lights, music with a beat faster than a heart beat, spinning.. all excitatory stimuli. Generally, if a texture in the mouth excites the CNS, it will bother the person with autism. Sometimes pairing it with other stimuli that calms the CNS can re-train how their brain is processing it so it's not so aversive. Sometimes introducing it in small amounts can help desenstize the aversive stimulus too. Fascinating stuff, truly. Lorna Jean King, the OT who did the most research into this area worked with Temple Grandin and that's how I ended up hearing Temple Grandin speak. It was the single most eye opening lecture I've ever attended. It's a gift that she is so talented at describing her experiences. I always sort of regret not getting certified in Sensory Integration, but I used a lot of the techniques with ADHD kids that I worked with (and a few kids with mild autism) and got amazing results in improving their attention spans. The two disorders are not dissimilar.

The one chain place that I truly do enjoy though is Carrabas. I was shocked that it was a chain because their food is really good. It's still not quite as good as three of the Mom & Pop Italian places locally (PM_Mama's family's restaurant is THE BEST), but it's still very very good.

Mmmmmmm.....I grew up on Winchell's Donuts. The one my mom used to take me to (in Cali) when I was a kid was bought out but there's still another one near my house. Whenever I think of it, I groan like Homer Simpson. :o

ETA: Pumpkin pie. My mom always makes sweet potato pie at Thanksgiving so I just never developed a taste for it.

Not all Indian food is spicy. There are dishes that will take paint off your car, but there are also dishes that are quite mild, like biryani or butter chicken.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EHX7hPUqIs...omer_donut.jpg

PS. grown =/= groan. though if you eat donuts in mass quantities i suppose you could grow like him :)

Exactly - some of it is extremely mild.

That's one of the things I really miss about Boston - my wife and I are friendly with a family that owns Indian restaurants in the area, so we could easily get our Indian food fix. There's a halfway decent place in our town here in CT, but it's just not the same.

OMG! I am over here laughing my butt off! Hog maws, haven't heard of those in years!!! Don't tell me, you like pigs feet too? Gimme hogshead cheese any day and I'll meet you up with a pile of hog maws! Neckbones, use them every holiday in the greens! Saltpork and fatback, same! You're right, they are quite tasty!

Calamari. Ick. Something everyone else in my family loves.

Eel. Gak. Daughters love it in sushi. No thank you!

I must admit, I am a card carrying member of the Wussie Eaters Club.

See I don't even like sushi at all. Ick!

http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/24.gif I forgot about pigs feet. I eat those things like steak.:D I haven't tried hogshead cheese, yet. My mom says it's good, and she and like the same food, so I'm sure I'll like it. LOL at the holidays. I throw down on some holiday food.:D

Note to self: never eat anything PB recommends!

http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/24.gif Oh, c'mon, lady. If you try some chitlins with a little hotsauce on them, you'll be hooked. Your blood pressure and arteries might have a slight reaction, but you'll love the taste.:D

Just the thought is giving me a heart attack! Here's an idea - if you and I are ever at the same pig roast, you can have the weird stuff while I eat the pork and ham. Deal?

DEAD!!!!...I hollered.:D

LOL. o.k. young lady you've got yourself a deal.:)

Now I'm hungry again. Bring on the chitlins!

Reading this thread is helping me stay on my diet because I get totally nauseous at the idea of eating some of the stuff y'all talk about. Thanks :)

Eh...been there and it's essentially the same type of chain stuff to me. I'll admit that I've been spoiled when it comes to Italian food, in that I grew up in a big Italian family (my Naunie is an excellent cook), I had family that owned an Italian deli growing up, and I got to live in Boston (where the Italian section is pretty solid). So I'm really picky when it comes to the chain places.

One thing this thread has shown me - I should be very happy that my wife and friends are so (comparatively) open-minded about food.

I am a pretty adventurous/open to anything/ will try it at least once (and then again a few years down the line) type of girl, so my list is pretty short. I love haggis, had all sorts of miscellaneous food while traveling in Spain, and will generally assume that it won't kill me to try to eat it.

-Pickled fish (if we're being specific, pickled herring). It's a tradition on my dad's side of the family to wave pickled herring above your head at midnight on New Years Eve going "money money money!" and then eat it. Tried that as a kid, was traumatized. Tried it as an adult...traumatized again. No thanks.

-Cottage cheese with pineapple on it. Ok, I love cottage cheese. I love pineapple. But I don't want them together because of the weird congealing of the milk+pineapple juice on the plate. I'm even ok with them on the same plate, as long as the juice isn't mixing. My husband does not understand.

-Seafood in general. I'll eat it at Lent/on fast days or if I'm in a seafood specific place (crabcakes in MD for example). But I'll never go out of my way to get it, and I'll never cook it. Also: expensive.

I feel so bad for all the Thai/Indian food non-enjoyers. I love Thai, Indian, Vietnamese, Mexican...love it all. If you make Indian food at home, it is a lot easier to control the spice of it so you can get the flavors and not just heat.

I can't eat cottage cheese anymore. It reminds me of that white stuff that some people have on the corners of their mouths. Then when they talk it moves up and down, but it never breaks apart. So gross.

Now, now, if we're talking about soul food, PPPPLLLLEEEAAASSSSEEE let's not forget oxtail! Used to think it was gross because of the image that one instantly conjures up when talking about it. But in a soup, DDDAAAAYYYMMMMNNNN! If cooked right, you'll slap the blonde offa Barbie!

And let's not forget hominey or grits! MMMM good!