What Food Do you Dislike that Everyone Else Loves, and Why

[AlwaysSAI]

Pie...I hate pie.

It's so disgusting. All the mess all smashed together under a baked crust.

come on...that just sounds gross.

[Xidelt]

I know so many people that hate cooked fruit or warm fruit! Not uncommon at all.

Add to my list: any cooked greens. They're limp, soggy, and gross. I once got deathly ill after eating dandelion greens. (Don't ask.)

[Scandia]

I dislike mangos. My family used to have a mango tree in our first house- yet I disliked those mangos so much. In their current house, they have orange and tangerine trees- much better.

[Benzgirl]

Add Beer to my list. I just don't understand the big deal about it.

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Add Beer to my list. I just don't understand the big deal about it.

I agree. I have tired all kinds and I think it tastes nasty.

[SWTXBelle]

Beer always smells like equine sweet feed gone rancid to me. . . I even tried a Guiness in Dublin (supposedly it is "better" at the mothership) - blech.

[AlphaFrog]

I will admit that it took me a little bit to get used to beer...and I still don't like anything really strong (or really weak, for that matter - Miller/Bud Lite=nasty)...and I'd rather drink a seasonal brew then a regular beer.

[Beryana]

Peppers - even the littlest piece causes me to taste it for a week! Didn't taste good the first time either
Ranch anything - makes me gag and just tastes nasty
coffee - I'm a tea person but even that I'm picky about
sushi
vegetables that my mother cooks - she likes to cook things until they are dead (vegetables, meat, etc)
alfredo sauce
White Chocolate
Most canned vegetables (corn is okay)
pears
refried beans
sour cream
fake cheese (canned, slices, melted, etc)

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Beryana

vegetables that my mother cooks - she likes to cook things until they are dead (vegetables, meat, etc)

Ew...mine too. And she puts enough salt and pepper on there for a year's worth of veggies. When I make veggies, I either microwave them covered in water until barely hot, or when I'm at work, I just add hot water from the coffee machine instahot and let them sit.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by Beryana

vegetables that my mother cooks - she likes to cook things until they are dead (vegetables, meat, etc)

I didn't know my husband had a sister!

Seriously, my MIL, like your mother, likes everything cooked to death. She likes her red meat well done - if there's any pink in it whatsoever, she spends the entire meal whining about how her meat is "raw". She has been known to put lovely grilled medium-rare meat in the MICROWAVE until it's done to her satisfaction. Veggies have to be boiled and boiled and boiled until all the flavor and nutrients are gone - and then boiled some more. And everything has to be dead plain - no sauce, no spices, not even so much as a dash of black pepper. She says, and I quote: "If it has any flavor, spit it out, it's bad for you."

Needless to say, I had to educate my husband as to what a steak is supposed to taste like...

[Beryana]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

She has been known to put lovely grilled medium-rare meat in the MICROWAVE until it's done to her satisfaction.

You were at my parents' house when my mom did that exact thing?!

I have been known to take vegetables out of the pot about 20 minutes before mom is done cooking them so there is some flavor and nutrients left. She will also boil fresh green beans (from her garden) until they are gray and flavor them with baking soda - because that is what her mom did. Don't get me wrong, there are some things she cooks very well that I have yet to be able to replicate - her chili is one of them.

I did have some of the worst stuffing imaginable this past Thanksgiving at a family gathering! There was enough salt in it to last me an entire year - and that was unfortunately really the only flavor to it. Mom's stuffing is SO much better! LOL

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by Beryana

You were at my parents' house when my mom did that exact thing?!

That clinches it... you're my heretofore-unknown sister-in-law.

[Beryana]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

That clinches it... you're my heretofore-unknown sister-in-law.

LOL - or our mother's were twin separated at birth!

And mom just got a new kitchen too! Three ovens and a stove. She does like to entertain - just likes to overcook food.

Funny story about unintentionally overcooking food - we were having broccoli cheese bites and mom misread the cooking instructions. Because this was during kitchen remodel she only had a microwave. Well, she cooked the food for the time it said for conventional oven - 15-18 minutes!! Needless to say, they really were not that edible.

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by Beryana

She will also boil fresh green beans (from her garden) until they are gray and flavor them with baking soda - because that is what her mom did.

Baking soda as a flavoring?? That just sounds gross.

My MIL doesn't know how to make real gravy. The only kind she knows how to make is the powder from the little packages. So at thanksgiving, she pours out all of the "juices" from the turkey and then makes powered "brown" gravy. I refuse to eat it (I even offered to make gravy one year and she told me no!)

[Xidelt]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

Baking soda as a flavoring?? That just sounds gross.

My MIL doesn't know how to make real gravy. The only kind she knows how to make is the powder from the little packages. So at thanksgiving, she pours out all of the "juices" from the turkey and then makes powered "brown" gravy. I refuse to eat it (I even offered to make gravy one year and she told me no!)

Dear Lord, you should eat my mother-in-law's gravy! It's AWFUL! It's just thickened grease--absolutely no flavor and thick and gloppy. The mashed potatoes at Thanksgiving look so sad...and taste so plain...

I actually get to try this treat three times a year. She makes the SAME meal for every holiday--turkey, potatoes, gloppy gravy, etc.--for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.