there are some foods that just sound unappealing. I ate succotash for the first time on Thanksgiving and it was ok but the name turns me off.
then there's chipped beef. wtf is that?
and then there's Hungarian Goulash. anyways, I get repulsed by the names given these dishes.

My dad said that the Navy would serve Chipped beef on bread ALOT on the ship he was on in the 60's.  The nickname for the dish was "shi* on a shingle".  Appetizing, huh?

I tried it (found some banquet frozen chipped beef once back in the 80s), it wasn't too bad, but I wouldn't want to make a steady diet of it.

Sufferin' Succotash, you don't like succotash?  Yes there is the "succ" (suck) factor, but I guess I'm a veggie-girl so I liked it, when mom made it.  Can't say that's I've ever made it since I've been married.  Hubby doesn't like lima beans.   :(

Never tried them, don't want to either... but I could never understand eating "Colorado Oysters" nor regular oysters (for that matter).  Yes, I know two very different things, just neither appeal to me at all.

Never could get myself to try Rumaki (which is either a Chinese or Japanese (I forget which) appetizer).  (liver wrapped in bacon, I think there is a water chestnut in there too, so that would make it probably a Chinese? style dish?? I dunno.)

Sometimes I watch Iron Chef (the Japanese version) and some of the stuff they come up with on there would make me gag if I had to eat it.  Most of the stuff really.  I'm a picky eater.

Kasha Varnishkas.

Green Jell-O with canned peach slices!

Frikkin' revolting!  My dad loved the stuff. 

I'll skip dessert, thanks!  Gotta get started on my homework and practice grinding ground glass into my eyeballs!
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Pea soup.  You couldn't get me to eat the stuff anymore today than when I was seven.  The only way you could do it is force a tube down my trachea!

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Too much garlic.  Don't get me wrong.  I love garlic -- in moderation.  Some people go nuts for garlic and dump so much on the bread it burns your palate. 

Boiled spinach, especially frozen or canned.  I won't look at the stuff.  Fresh spinach in a salad is good, though.


Of course, this is the kind of thread where you run the risk of ranking on somebody else's favorites!

"I don't want to argue, I don't wanna de-bate/
Don't wanna hear about what kind of food you hate/
You won't get no dessert 'till you clean up your plate/
So eat it, just eat it!"

-- Weird Al
:D

creamed corn.

creamed corn.


My hubby loves that stuff, I'm not really a big fan (but will eat it if nothing else is in the house.)

My hubby loves that stuff, I'm not really a big fan (but will eat it if nothing else is in the house.)


me too,I love it.

Tuna Fish Casserole  8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P

Mince Meat Pie (never had it, but it sounds like stuff that is rejected from Scrapple goes into it, or maybe dad plowed a deer with his F-150, and this is what's for dinner)  8-P 8-P

Artichokes, Artichoke Hearts - sorry, I don't trust any food with the word "choke" in its name.

Pu-pu platter (really? fkn rename it already!)  8-P

Ant

Chipped beef is actually made from dried beef and usually very salty.  Flavor wise it kinda reminds me of a country ham.  It's usually served creamed and on toast, S.O.S..  When my hubby was in the navy S.O.S. was made with ground beef.

HEAD CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!  Not only is the name gross it looks even worse.  8-P 8-P 8-P
My dad loves the stuff, I refuse to try it. 

Corned Beef Hash or Deviled Ham.

These don't really sound bad but I just can not bring myself to try them...

Escargot. 

Chitlins, tripe and sweetbreads.

Sweetbreads (very misleading name) are not actually a bread of any kind, it is is the thymus gland in a cow, sheep or pig.

Turkey gibblets (not a big fan)

Pickled herring

Caviar (I guess I'll never be good for high society)  ;D

Turkey gibblets (not a big fan)

Pickled herring

Caviar (I guess I'll never be good for high society)  ;D


My dad loves pickled herring, I can't stand it.  8-P

My dad had a rich client once and as a gift this guy gave my dad a jar of Russian Beluga Caviar.  I remember my parents were all excited and made a big deal about it because it was so expensive.  We sat down at the table and we all got a toast square and we took a bite...it was like the scene from the movie "Big", my sister and I both spit it out as fast as we could.  My parents were at least able to swallow theirs.  Mom threw the rest away.  :o  ;D ;D

Blood Pudding.  8-P

Geoduck. (sounds like a waterfowl who's GPS isn't working and ended up on my plate.)

farton (which apparently is a Spanish pastry and probably pretty good)  ;D

Geoduck. (sounds like a waterfowl who's GPS isn't working and ended up on my plate.)




HaHa!!

Another food I have never tried and probably never will. Gooey-duck, very nastly looking.  8-P

For those who don't know what a Geoduck is...it is a very, very, VERY large clam.  (I would post a picture but I might get in trouble because it doesn't look anything like a clam but rather a part of the male anatomy.)

Escargot. 

I wouldn't eat that even if you paid me.  8-P

Blood Pudding.   8-P



The poor Scottish crofters had two sheep between them and starvation.  You'd eat a blood pudding and like it!
:)

Unsweetend fruit juice, gluten free wheat, and raisins do not make a tasty cookie.

Escargot. 

Might be very tasty if prepared by a fine French chef.  It's still snails, though.



Chitlins, tripe and sweetbreads.

Sweetbreads (very misleading name) are not actually a bread of any kind, it is is the thymus gland in a cow, sheep or pig.


I can agree with these.  Around Greek Easter, they eat a lot lamb's brains.    It used to say "lamb's brains" right on the package.  Maybe it was very savory, but oy vey!
8-P

The poor Scottish crofters had two sheep between them and starvation.  You'd eat a blood pudding and like it!
:)

Unsweetend fruit juice, gluten free wheat, and raisins do not make a tasty cookie.



Is there real blood in blood pudding? ???

there are some foods that just sound unappealing. I ate succotash for the first time on Thanksgiving and it was ok but the name turns me off.
then there's chipped beef. wtf is that?
and then there's Hungarian Goulash. anyways, I get repulsed by the names given these dishes.


Love them all.


Turkey gibblets (not a big fan)

Pickled herring

Caviar


I love all these, too!

I tell you the most disgusting thing I ever had was natto.  I'ts Japanese.  They let beans ferment until there is a thin slime coating- it smells like feet and it tastes worse.  Otherwise, I'm usually game to try anything! 

^ I feel the same way about the Korean dish, Kim-Chee.  Blech!  8-P

creamed spinach

creamed spinach


^ Blecccchhh!
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I will have NOTHING to do with beets or leeks. 

Yes.  There is blood in blood pudding, which is better known as "black pudding."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding

anything "creamed" makes the list

I have to include sauerkraut just for the smell and the name. I've eaten it once on a sausage and it was good, but I still have issues with it

^ Blecccchhh!
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I will have NOTHING to do with beets or leeks. 

Yes.  There is blood in blood pudding, which is better known as "black pudding."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_pudding


I think if you put a touch of salt on it,It'll taste fine.

anything "creamed" makes the list

I have to include sauerkraut just for the smell and the name. I've eaten it once on a sausage and it was good, but I still have issues with it


sauerkraut is good,goes nice on a frank.

^ I feel the same way about the Korean dish, Kim-Chee.  Blech!  8-P


Isn't it spelled "Kimchi"?  Kim-Chee is a martial art.  No, he's the neurosurgeon down the block...
:-X

They eat a lot of fermented eggs in boreal climes from Iceland to Alaska.  As I was saying about poor folks in Scotland, when there aren't a lot of food sources around, you have to make do!  I don't know if I could make do with those "stink eggs," though!

Of course, you can get a "whites only" quasi-vegan omelet in Fairbanks, but it'll cost you thirty bucks!
::)

Isn't it spelled "Kimchi"?  Kim-Chee is a martial art.  No, he's the neurosurgeon down the block...
:-X

They eat a lot of fermented eggs in boreal climes from Iceland to Alaska.  As I was saying about poor folks in Scotland, when there aren't a lot of food sources around, you have to make do!  I don't know if I could make do with those "stink eggs," though!

Of course, you can get a "whites only" quasi-vegan omelet in Fairbanks, but it'll cost you thirty bucks!
::)



Could be.  Spelling isn't my strong point.  I only had Kimchi once (to try it) and that was enough. lol

Speaking of Scottish, while I never had it, I don't think I'd like Haggis, either.  8-P

Isn't it spelled "Kimchi"?  Kim-Chee is a martial art.  No, he's the neurosurgeon down the block...
:-X

They eat a lot of fermented eggs in boreal climes from Iceland to Alaska.  As I was saying about poor folks in Scotland, when there aren't a lot of food sources around, you have to make do!  I don't know if I could make do with those "stink eggs," though!

Of course, you can get a "whites only" quasi-vegan omelet in Fairbanks, but it'll cost you thirty bucks!
::)



Don't you mean caviar?  ???

Pea soup.  You couldn't get me to eat the stuff anymore today than when I was seven.  The only way you could do it is force a tube down my trachea!

Too much garlic.  Don't get me wrong.  I love garlic -- in moderation.  Some people go nuts for garlic and dump so much on the bread it burns your palate. 



With you on both.  Pea Soup...noooo! My sister who is a good cook, went through a phase where everything she cooked was heavily fried and heavily garlic, I couldn't stomach it.

With you on both.  Pea Soup...noooo! My sister who is a good cook, went through a phase where everything she cooked was heavily fried and heavily garlic, I couldn't stomach it.


I love pea soup.

With you on both.  Pea Soup...noooo! My sister who is a good cook, went through a phase where everything she cooked was heavily fried and heavily garlic, I couldn't stomach it.


Indeed, a little garlic is great, but there's a whole garlic fetish out there.  Garlic fetishists go to the various "Garlic Festivals" around the country.  To each his own, but no thanks!

I'm not a vampire.  I just think a delicate application of garlic is sufficient while hunks of it hanging off soggy French bread is kinda nasty.
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Sheesh on a shingle. (no way lord)
Pea Soup--Didn't Linda Blair spit that up as her head spun?
Shrimp with the vein in it. Yuck. My BF cooked some once and forgot the vein, I made him sit and pull the vein out of every shrimp on my plate before I ate it.
I've never eaten actual Kimchi, ferment is a fancy word for "rot", but I am in LOVE with Kimchi flavored bowl of noodles I get at the store. IT's spicy but tastes so good.

I really hate food that is too strong with spices or mint. No sense in burning up my palate and then I get a migraine that kicks me into the next month. Once again Dion my BF needs to hold off when he cooks. IT's not a good meal if you have tears in your eyes, phlemg running out your nose and have to fly to the bathroom 5 minutes into the meal!

Any thing form the south end of any animal. Andrew Zimmern may enjoy chowing down on the "bits and pieces" of animals, but I am not putting anything like that into my face.  :o

eggplant  8-P

Cottage Cheese

I love it, but I am VERY picky about the milkfat content and what size curd it is... etc. ad infinum.  I found one brand I like, but I put it on the top shelf of our little bar fridge (that we are using until we save enough to replace our full-size fridge.)  (save... yeah right.  ::) )  Anyway, the cottage cheese froze because it was too close to the tiny freezer in the bar fridge, and even the brand I liked tasted horrible.  BLECH!

eggplant   8-P


Me too,I hate Eggplant,looks too slimy.  8-P

eggplant   8-P


Yummmm!  Always an eggplant in the house.  :)

Yummmm!  Always an eggplant in the house.  :)


What about eggplant parmigiana? ???

eggplant   8-P


I'll bet Prince likes eggplants 'cos they're purple!

What about eggplant parmigiana? ???


LOVE IT!

Any thing form the south end of any animal. Andrew Zimmern may enjoy chowing down on the "bits and pieces" of animals, but I am not putting anything like that into my face.  :o
Well really as the animals we eat (other than Chicken) are 4 legged (or fish which do not swim "standing up" let's just say) it really depends on which direction they are facing, in order to define which pieces of "south end" you are talking about???  If you are speaking of closer to the ground, then we do eat lots of shanks, hocks, flank, brisket, and for heaven sake do not forget the "belly" (some of the best bacon).....  ;) 

I have tried, and will not ever eat brains (calves) again, or pickled pigs feet, or braunschweiger (what the hell is that stuff).  My aunt and mom made wonderful chitlins, and head cheese (but cannot find anything like it in the store).  I love beef tongue, do not mind beef heart or liver, and my favorite are natural casing wieners.  I have had turkey fries (turkey testicles, which is quite popular here as there are a lot of turkey growers and the turkey processor is very close), I prefer gizzards.  I love sushi, and caviar.... 

I love some sushi, I haven't quite got up the nerve to try some of it yet.  Probably will never try anything octopus.  This one Chinese buffet place down the road has octopus salad on it's cold buffet.  I try not to look at it as I'm perusing the other goodies.  Some of the names for sushi is both intriguing and horrifying.  For example: Spider Roll?  I'm sure it's good, just can't get past picturing a dinner roll with tarantula legs sticking out from inside...  :-\\ 8-P

LOVE IT!



I like it on Italian Sandwiches.

I love some sushi, I haven't quite got up the nerve to try some of it yet.  Probably will never try anything octopus.  This one Chinese buffet place down the road has octopus salad on it's cold buffet.  I try not to look at it as I'm perusing the other goodies.  Some of the names for sushi is both intriguing and horrifying.  For example: Spider Roll?  I'm sure it's good, just can't get past picturing a dinner roll with tarantula legs sticking out from inside...  :-\\ 8-P
A spider roll has a tempura battered fried soft shell crab on the inside of it.  The legs of the crab stick out of the end, which is why it bears it's name....

Pickled pig's feet. Lord have mercy.

I ate that BS when I was 6 and never wanted it since. It's just awful.  8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P  Slippery and sour.

Pickled pig's feet. Lord have mercy.

I ate that BS when I was 6 and never wanted it since. It's just awful.  8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P  Slippery and sour.


I wouldn't eat it.  :P

Pickled pig's feet. Lord have mercy.

I ate that BS when I was 6 and never wanted it since. It's just awful.  8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P 8-P  Slippery and sour.
Agreed!  My dad loved em, I tried em and never went back to retry... They were that gross!

Braunschweiger, which is some type of German liver sausage.

My dad used to eat that crap, it was absolutely horrible.  8-P

Braunschweiger, which is some type of German liver sausage.

My dad used to eat that crap, it was absolutely horrible.  8-P
oh yeah, and liverwurst, my wife luvs that stuff  8-P 

Braunschweiger, which is some type of German liver sausage.

My dad used to eat that crap, it was absolutely horrible.  8-P


Braunschweiger isn't too too awful in of itself, you just have to really be careful that it doesn't spoil (it's really hard to tell until you eat it and then you know when it's spoilt.)  lol  I had it both when it was not spoiled and after it was (and it was the last time I ate it. 20 years ago.)  8-P

Braunschweiger, which is some type of German liver sausage.

My dad used to eat that crap, it was absolutely horrible.  8-P


no thanks!  8-P

oh yeah, and liverwurst, my wife luvs that stuff  8-P 


Hey I love liverwurst.

Braunschweiger, which is some type of German liver sausage.

My dad used to eat that crap, it was absolutely horrible.  8-P
I mentioned that one in an above post....  liverwurst (yeesh....  I remember them spreading it on crackers like some fancy hors d'oeuvre  8-P

Hey I love liverwurst.

no thanks!  8-P
OK - in my family these were one in the same..... hmmm have to check this out 

Ok after research, braunschweiger is a type of liverwurst (so my family wasn't all that far off- or maybe it was just me, since they never got me to try it again after about age 7, and it all looks the same, grossness)  8-P 8-P  double yak


So my question is - do you like it Howard or don't you ???

OK - in my family these were one in the same..... hmmm have to check this out   

Ok after research, braunschweiger is a type of liverwurst (so my family wasn't all that far off- or maybe it was just me, since they never got me to try it again after about age 7, and it all looks the same, grossness)  8-P 8-P  double yak


So my question is - do you like it Howard or don't you ???


It's ok once in a while but not all the time.

Pickled pig's feet. Lord have mercy.



Soul food?
8)

I like veggies, alot.  Except I don't like asparagus nor beets.

I like veggies, alot.  Except I don't like asparagus nor beets.


I was never too crazy for cauliflower. :P

Persimmons - I am just not sure if I like them or not, they taste good but leave my mouth feeling all dried out and cottony  ::)

Persimmons - I am just not sure if I like them or not, they taste good but leave my mouth feeling all dried out and cottony  ::)


I've had them before.

Chopped Liver... 8-P

Chopped Liver... 8-P


I'm not crazy about it.  8-P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JLWs2iQ-oI

Is it weird that i like liver and onions?

My friends liek to watch me eat it because they can't beleive I like it.

Is it weird that i like liver and onions?

My friends liek to watch me eat it because they can't beleive I like it.


If it's cooked right, it's pretty good. Otherwise it's like shoe leather.  8-P

Is it weird that i like liver and onions?

My friends liek to watch me eat it because they can't beleive I like it.


Do you eat it with ketchup?

Is it weird that i like liver and onions?
Cooked in gravy, lovely!

Cooked in gravy, lovely!


never had it before.

never had it before.
Liver and Onions with a Rich Onion Gravy

Ingredients:
340g (12 oz) ox or calves' liver, thickly sliced
seasoned flour
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, halved and sliced
1 clove garlic, crushed and chopped
1 red chilli, finely sliced with seeds left in (or removed if you're a wimp!)
110g (4 oz) mushrooms, sliced
450ml (3/4 pint) instant onion gravy (made on the thin side)
salt and black pepper to taste

Preparation method:
1. Take the liver and toss in the seasoned flour until it is coated all over; put to one side.

2. Add the oil to a large frying pan and bring up to heat. Add the onions and fry gently until they start to caramelise slightly, add garlic, chilli and mushrooms and fry for about another 5 minutes or until the mushrooms have softened and have started to take on some colour. Remove everything from the pan and put to one side.

3. Bring the pan back up to a high heat till just smoking and add the liver, brown the liver quickly on both sides - a minute for each side should be enough - and when done add the onions, garlic, chilli and mushrooms back to the pan. Next add the gravy, this should start to bubble up as soon as it hits the pan. Now turn the heat down to a medium low setting so that the gravy bubbles away gently. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes and then serve.

4. Serve with roast potatoes, chips or creamy mashed potatoes and peas. Job done.

Is it weird that i like liver and onions?

My friends liek to watch me eat it because they can't beleive I like it.


No.  I love liver and onions.  I can't eat it with other people, though.  I hate it when you are trying to eat and your friend keeps saying "ewww, how can you like that?"

No.  I love liver and onions.  I can't eat it with other people, though.  I hate it when you are trying to eat and your friend keeps saying "ewww, how can you like that?"


I feel like shoving it in my friend's face.  ::)

i like liver and onions too.  No one else in this family does so I order it as a treat when we go out to eat!

Is it weird that i like liver and onions?

My friends liek to watch me eat it because they can't beleive I like it.
I actually do not mind liver and onions, but I highly doubt anyone else in my family will give it a try (even my most adventurous one) and it is not something I would really ever care to make.  But I do not mind eating it, if prepared correctly.  I don't think I would ever pay for it at a restaurant either (as I am afraid they will over cook it). 

I love rumaki and that is about the only way I like chicken livers

No.  I love liver and onions.  I can't eat it with other people, though.  I hate it when you are trying to eat and your friend keeps saying "ewww, how can you like that?"
I would eat it with you, if you would make it  8)

Do you eat it with ketchup?
when I was little, I always had it with ketchup.  Then older, I liked to put it on 2 pieces of white bread (to soak up the juices) and eat it as a sandwich of sorts  8)

i like liver and onions too.  No one else in this family does so I order it as a treat when we go out to eat!
IF we ever have a real live Meet, we will have to have a Liver and Onions Fest 8)

when I was little, I always had it with ketchup.  Then older, I liked to put it on 2 pieces of white bread (to soak up the juices) and eat it as a sandwich of sorts  8)


why does liver and onions go well with ketchup?  ???

IF we ever have a real live Meet, we will have to have a Liver and Onions Fest 8)


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IF we ever have a real live Meet, we will have to have a Liver and Onions Fest 8)
With mashed potato?

With mashed potato?
I prefer fried potatoes with it (that is just the way my momma made it ) with a touch of worcestershire on them.  8)  But hey I like mashed potatoes too

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I want in on that. I like liver too!

I prefer fried potatoes with it (that is just the way my momma made it ) with a touch of worcestershire on them.   8)  But hey I like mashed potatoes too


I like ketchup on mine.

We went out to eat last night, and Liver and Onions was on the menu and I thought of you all.  :-*

creamed spinach

I prefer chicken (or turkey) livers to beef liver. Carlos can't stomach any liver so I only have it when he bakes a full chicken or a turkey.


Cat

chicken gizzards, my wife loves em, I like the chicken heart, i will eat that but the liver is too strong tasting and gizzards to bizarre looking and there's cartilage or something on part of it.  8-P

chicken gizzards, my wife loves em, I like the chicken heart, i will eat that but the liver is too strong tasting and gizzards to bizarre looking and there's cartilage or something on part of it.  8-P


EW! Chicken Gizzards?  8-P