Food that looked like it would taste good, but when you tried it....Yuck!

[aephi alum]

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.

[txAOII_15]

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

[clarinette]

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]

Originally Posted by clarinette

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.

[Tulip86]

I think olives look great but they smell and taste disgusting.

[Low C Sharp]

Practically the only fish I don't like is mackerel...and it looks so great! It's shiny, silvery, just the prettiest fish. But then you eat it, and it tastes like swordfish that's been left outside in the rain for a week.

[BumbleBeeofDDD]

Coffee (this includes frapps, mocha anything, cappucinio, etc) and anything even remotely coffee related. I love the smell and it always looks good but it just tastes terrible!

[SydneyK]

In high school, I went on a marching band road trip. One of the places we ate at along the way was a buffet-type restaurant with tons of salad toppings, one of which was caviar. One of the girls I was with thought they were mini blueberries and loaded up a plate of Nilla Wafers, ice cream and caviar. Her reaction to that first bite was a good indication that her dessert looked like it would taste good (for the caviar-ignorant) but tasted pretty yucky.

[Mevara]

I love the smell of hot dogs but hate the taste.
Every so often I eat one just to see if it tastes any better and realize they taste exactly the same as before... gross.

[DTD Alum]

Hah, coffee and raw oysters are probably two of my favorite things in the world. My brother and I throw an oyster and champagne brunch for my entire extended family every Thanksgiving...the overwhelming majority of us scarf them down, but there is one family of four that can't stand them. Funny how that works.

For me it's onions. I almost throw up if they sneak onto my burger. I think they are slimy and disgusting. For some odd reason, however, I love toasted onion bagels...then again, I had them all the time as a child. Cooked/raw onions? No way in hell.

[honeychile]

I got over a lot of my food yucks when I realized that I was a texture eater. I love bananas, apples, etc - if they're sliced. If I have to take a bit of almost any fruit, I just gag!

For those who hate oatmeal but love the smell, try it either thicker or runnier. I simply cannot tolerate it when it's runny, but love it when it's thick.

I also think that sushi looks very pretty, but deep instead, I'm thinking, "bait." I think it comes from having seen bloody Tuna Nicoise Salad - o.mi.gosh. Never, ever again.

[Leslie Anne]

I had no idea that so many other people hate slimy tomatoes. I'm always pulling them out of sandwiches and burgers. Yuck!

I love seafood so I thought from the looks of them that I would love scallops. Nope. Hate 'em.

[BraveMaroon]

Not so much a yuck, but I tried Fried Oreos at the State Fair a few years back and was so disappointed.

Plain old Oreos taste so much better.

I keep trying mushrooms hoping that my palate will accept them - but they make me gag... it's a texture thing.

[Low C Sharp]

I've never tasted cat food, but I imagine it tastes - like pate.

I have tasted high-end cat food, and the turkey & giblets kind does indeed taste like pate.

[amIblue?]

Fresh tomato haters of the world unite!

Also, I agree with the poster who mentioned beer. It's just not for me.

I also am not a cheesecake/cream cheese fan. However, if the cheesecake is from somewhere like the Cheesecake Factory and has a whole bunch of other stuff in it to cover up the cream cheese flavor, I'm in. I will never forget the look of horror on my friend's husband's face (who is a native New Yorker) when I turned down the cream cheese on my bagel in lieu of butter.

I think I just realized that I have the palate of a toddler.