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

[Shellfish]

I love this thread for making me feel like less of a picky eater. Usually I'm the only one.

Most of the things I hate don't look good, like shellfish. (Yes, I know.) I mean, just look at a shrimp. The things that qualify for this thread for me are melons. I can't abide cantaloupe and honeydew, even though I love most fruit, they are aesthetically pleasing, and I do like cucumber-melon-scented bath products. I can eat fresh watermelon, but it's not really that great, either, and faux-watermelon candy belongs on that other thread.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by Shellfish

I love this thread for making me feel like less of a picky eater. Usually I'm the only one.

Most of the things I hate don't look good, like shellfish. (Yes, I know.) I mean, just look at a shrimp. The things that qualify for this thread for me are melons. I can't abide cantaloupe and honeydew, even though I love most fruit, they are aesthetically pleasing, and I do like cucumber-melon-scented bath products. I can eat fresh watermelon, but it's not really that great, either, and faux-watermelon candy belongs on that other thread.

Holy crap - cosign for the cantaloupe & honeydew. So pretty, so yucky.

Here's the thing - I have never considered myself to be a picky eater. I am now rethinking that.

[cheerfulgreek]

I've always thought that carrot cake looked good, but it's disgusting.

[GammaPhi88]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I've always thought that carrot cake looked good, but it's disgusting.

I used to think that carrot cake was so pretty with the icing carrots when I was younger, but I hate the way it tastes. I also hate it when I'm at a cake related event and there is carrot cake....so disappointing. My parents wedding cake was carrot cake and I'm convinced that that's part of the reason they divorced.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by GammaPhi88

My parents wedding cake was carrot cake and I'm convinced that that's part of the reason they divorced.

I'm sorry, but I just let out a guffaw when I read this.

[TonyB06]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I've always thought that carrot cake looked good, but it's disgusting.

I agree. I think a lot of foods out of their "natural" element are nasty.

I like carrots but dislike carrot cake.
I like fruit but dislike fruitcake.

Exception. I love bananas. I love banana pudding.

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by TonyB06

I agree. I think a lot of foods out of their "natural" element are nasty.

I like carrots but dislike carrot cake.
I like fruit but dislike fruitcake.

Exception. I love bananas. I love banana pudding.

lol
you and I are so much alike. I love bananas and banana pudding, too. Fruit cake is probably the most disgusting thing I've ever tried. I think giving someone a fruit cake as a gift any time of year is an insult, unless the person you're giving it to likes it with you having knowledge of it. Other than that, it's totally a slap in the face. lol

[psusue]

Originally Posted by Shellfish

I love this thread for making me feel like less of a picky eater. Usually I'm the only one.

Most of the things I hate don't look good, like shellfish. (Yes, I know.) I mean, just look at a shrimp. The things that qualify for this thread for me are melons. I can't abide cantaloupe and honeydew, even though I love most fruit, they are aesthetically pleasing, and I do like cucumber-melon-scented bath products. I can eat fresh watermelon, but it's not really that great, either, and faux-watermelon candy belongs on that other thread.

Originally Posted by summer_gphib

Mandarin Oranges. I love all oranges except these. I have no idea why they creep me out, but I literally get the heeby-jeebies!

Agreed on all counts. I don't really like shellfish, cantaloupe, or mandarin oranges. I've eaten all of them and I would eat them again to be polite but they are so not my thing. I do however love watermelon and honeydew.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by thetaj

Even the kind with the nilla wafer lining?

Oh yeah. What could be more tasty than soggy Nilla wafers? (And is there any kind of banana pudding that doesn't have Nilla wafers?)

Seriously, I know the wafers aren't always soggy, but I still don't like it.

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

There is no one more southern than I am.

I hate it, too.

I knew you're good people.

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Well now wait a minute. '...anything else banana-flavored...'?? What kind of banana pudding are you getting that doesn't have real bananas? I wouldn't eat banana flavored pudding, but banana pudding? Practically heaven on earth.

I should have been more specific -- by "banana flavored" I meant "things flavored with banana," not "things with real or artificial banana flavoring."

Banana's aren't my favorite food by a long shot -- I rarely choose a banana if there are other options available, but I have learned to eat them when there aren't other choices and I'm hungry. But I don't want anything that tastes like banana except a banana straight out of the peel. A banana I can manage. Mushy banana I can't. Banana pudding, banana splits, bananas Foster, banana bread, banana pancakes . . . . yuck. It's just too much banana for me.

What in the world is wrong with you and SWTXBelle? All this time I thought y'all were good people. I feel misled.

We all have to have our quirks.

Did I mention that I don't like watermelon either? (Love shellfish, though. Other fish, not so much.)

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

But I don't want anything that tastes like banana except a banana straight out of the peel.

Did I mention that I don't like watermelon either? (Love shellfish, though. Other fish, not so much.)

Between this, no sandwiches and PUMPKIN...Mr. No Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgiving....you would starve 3 seasons of the year at my house and go hungry the other one.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Between this, no sandwiches and PUMPKIN...Mr. No Pumpkin Pie for Thanksgivin....you would starve 3 season of the year at my house and go hungry the other one.

LOL. I'll eat fish if it's what served, but I never get excited about it and I'd never choose it if beef, pork, chicken, shellfish, lamb, veal, venison . . . were available.

As for sandwiches, that's usually easy. Take all those things off the bread and eat them in non-sandwich form.

I'm not budging on banana or pumpkin, though.

[summer_gphib]

Mandarin Oranges. I love all oranges except these. I have no idea why they creep me out, but I literally get the heeby-jeebies!

[AlphaFrog]

Peach cobbler and lemon chiffon...I want to like them both, but I just don't and would definitely not waste my dessert calories on them.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by summer_gphib

Mandarin Oranges. I love all oranges except these. I have no idea why they creep me out, but I literally get the heeby-jeebies!

I don't like Mandarin oranges, either, but I think it's because they're soaked in syrup. I'm a fan of regular oranges.

[dekeguy]

Plain boiled okra! If it's in a Gumbo its great. If it's in a Curry its excellent. If it is fried it is OK. If it is just boiled and served plain I could never deal with the taste or the texture. Most guys don't like boiled okra and then I found out why. Few years ago a bunch of us were sitting around the UC drinking coffee and discussing whatever came to mind. One of the girls commented that she really liked Okra and was raised on boiled okra when she was growing up in Alabama. Another girl said, ''you can't be serious, boiled okra tastes like a BJ''! The guys just stared and the first girl got this horrified look and said, ''Oh mah gawd, you are right. I never thought of that. Ah think I'm gonna lose my lunch''.
We just couldn't stop laughing. After that boiled okra just wasn't on the suggestion list at the UC cafeteria.