food and drinks that most people love that you think are disgusting or taste like total shit.

[JohannBessler]

^The taste of the broccoli overwhelms the taste of the bacon.

[bw92116]

Cilantro (leaves of the coriander plant) is yummy... popular in both Mexican and Vietnamese cooking. I have a bundle of cilantro in my fridge and I'm chewing on leaves right now. I never understood why people say it tastes like soap. What soap smells like that?

In the same way, I never got why they say swiss cheese has a "nutlike" flavor. What nut smells like that?

I like arugula too, but in small amounts. Julia Child was an idiot to eschew cilantro and arugula. Who cares what that monster liked and didn't like? She ate snails and fois gras and all kinds of other horrible stuff. So what did she know anyway?

[Seto187]

I hate ketchup. I will not put it on anything.

[Nishin]

Cilantro (leaves of the coriander plant) is yummy... popular in both Mexican and Vietnamese cooking. I have a bundle of cilantro in my fridge and I'm chewing on leaves right now. I never understood why people say it tastes like soap. What soap smells like that?

AMEN !

Yet ... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/dining/14curious.html

I like arugula too, but in small amounts. Julia Child was an idiot to eschew cilantro and arugula. Who cares what that monster liked and didn't like? She ate snails and fois gras and all kinds of other horrible stuff. So what did she know anyway?

You're right about arugula, which adds a tones a nice flavour up when used with parsimony (ie on a pizza), but sorry, foie gras is the dope.

[Just_Believe18]

Black licorice. Ugh...

[JohannBessler]

Cilantro (leaves of the coriander plant) is yummy... popular in both Mexican and Vietnamese cooking. I have a bundle of cilantro in my fridge and I'm chewing on leaves right now. I never understood why people say it tastes like soap. What soap smells like that?

They believe that distaste for cilantro is genetic.

Researchers noticed that while cilantro-haters rank high in Northern European and East Asian populations, they make up only a tiny minority of people with South Asian or Meditteranean/Latin heritage.

Both cilantro and soap contain aldehydes, BW. Some people with a genetic marker have a high sensitivity to aldehydes. Those individuals interpret the taste and smell of aldehydes as "soapy".

I confess: I've never tasted arugula.

[zoltanspawn]

They believe that distaste for cilantro is genetic.

That isn't completely clear.

Eriksson and his team calculate that less than 10% of coriander preference is due to common genetic variants. “It is possible that the heritability of cilantro preference is just rather low,” they say.

Harold McGee writes more as Nishin linked above about cilantrophobia and re-wiring our dislikes:

“I didn’t like cilantro to begin with,” he said. “But I love food, and I ate all kinds of things, and I kept encountering it. My brain must have developed new patterns for cilantro flavor from those experiences, which included pleasure from the other flavors and the sharing with friends and family. That’s how people in cilantro-eating countries experience it every day.”

[guyfromNY]

I wouldn't call it a food, but I've always thought Candy Corn is the most vile thing ever created.. That and milk duds...

[AWP82]

I wouldn't call it a food, but I've always thought Candy Corn is the most vile thing ever created.. That and milk duds...

...and milk out of the carton (drinking it like water). Gross!

I do like milk duds, though.

[JohannBessler]

Harold McGee writes more as Nishin linked above about cilantrophobia and re-wiring our dislikes:

I can see this point of view to some extent, at least as it relates to cilantro.

I at one time was one of those who detested cilantro, but after some exposure, I can tolerate it in small doses. I like it in salsa because it doesn't predominate.

But in dishes that feature cilantro as the major flavoring (e.g. some Guatelemalan "tacos" I ate), I still hold a dislike it.

[frankfrank]

Most cheese.

[JP.]

Since Im not icky over scorpion like most people have with spiders, then I won't condemn this menu before I tried
Deep Fried Scorpion Fricasee with mango & green peppers

[Native Son]

There's still this belief - stated or hinted at - that dislikes or aversions to food are...defects? Weaknesses? Problem areas? Something in there.

Well, fair enough. But you know, if the shoe fits, GlexBaby.

What can one say?

I'm not particularly fond of creamed corn, for example, but I will eat it...

It's not going to kill me.

Sheesh.

[FuryOfFirestorm]

Cilantro (leaves of the coriander plant) is yummy... popular in both Mexican and Vietnamese cooking. I have a bundle of cilantro in my fridge and I'm chewing on leaves right now. I never understood why people say it tastes like soap. What soap smells like that?

In the same way, I never got why they say swiss cheese has a "nutlike" flavor. What nut smells like that?

I like arugula too, but in small amounts. Julia Child was an idiot to eschew cilantro and arugula. Who cares what that monster liked and didn't like? She ate snails and fois gras and all kinds of other horrible stuff. So what did she know anyway?

Some people have a genetic "quirk" that makes cilantro taste like soap. Luckily, I'm not one of those people. As for Julia's dislike of arugula, I have no idea what's behind that. I love arugula...I even love saying the word.

A - RU - GU - LA!

[Native Son]

Coleslaw & Potato salad......I HATE Mayonnaise and the smell of it makes me sick...if there's a recipe for Potato salad without the mayo i'd try it...

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/fo...o-Salad-101986

(I hope you like Dijon mustard.)

[birddog7]

I can't stand onions or garlic, or anything that remotely smell/tastes like them.

[MawellEvans]

omg we found someone in the world who doesn't like bacon ^

i hate bacon too!

[Nishin]

I'm sure it's delicious. You could substitute just about any nasty food for broccoli in the recipe above and it would be great. Kale gross. Kale with bacon YUM! Baked beans? Yuck. Baked beans with bacon YUM! Bacon makes everything better.

Hmm, in Bacon I trust...

However...

I'll have to take a leap of faith on that one !

[alhon19]

I think peanuts, almonds, walnuts, etc are all disgusting@

[FuryOfFirestorm]

Hmm, in Bacon I trust...

However...

I'll have to take a leap of faith on that one !

There was a similar thing at Denny's for a time. The Maple Bacon Sundae. It actually worked pretty well. The sweetness of the maple syrup was balanced by the saltiness of the bacon. And you know us guys like sweet and salty stuff, right?

[aaronxp]

I can't believe someone dislikes Cilantro, I make Pesto with it.

[The Fly]

Any sea food.....smells like pussy!
Especialy Lobster, a big, wet, bug! Why not just eat a big bowl of cockroaches?

[bw92116]

Well if dislike of cilantro is genetic, it's odd that my sister hates it while I love it.

[frankfrank]

I don't totally dislike it, but...TUNA.

Which is, I believe, the most commonly eaten kind of fish by far, and the most popular.

I "don't really care for" it - a dislike which is not all that strong a dislike, but it nonetheless qualifies as such.

I like every other kind of fish that I have ever tried.

[refujiunderground]

I don't totally dislike it, but...TUNA.

Which is, I believe, the most commonly eaten kind of fish by far, and the most popular.

I "don't really care for" it - a dislike which is not all that strong a dislike, but it nonetheless qualifies as such.

I like every other kind of fish that I have ever tried.

why does everybody hate tuna????

[cityboy-stl]

Beer.Ugh! I have never in my life ever tasted beer. The smell is so god awful gross disgusting I cannot bring myself to taste it. Any time I smell it my stomach tightens up and churns and I feel like it's saying "Don't you dare put that down here, I'm sending it back up if you do". There is one other food smell that gives me the exact same reaction - Juicy Fruit Gum - YUCK!

[HoodedRat]

Caviar - Whoever thought of eating that?

Even if I wasn't vegetarian I don't think I could ever bring myself to try caviar ... it looks utterly vile!

[star-warrior]

Coriander... yuk.

[GiancarloC]

That disgusting bacon sundae I agree... bacon and icecream doesn't go good together. In fact I'll go one step further... bacon in general is disgusting.



They call it a blooming onion... I called it a greasy blooming piece of shit... onions are nasty...

[refujiunderground]

That disgusting bacon sundae I agree... bacon and icecream doesn't go good together. In fact I'll go one step further... bacon in general is disgusting.



They call it a blooming onion... I called it a greasy blooming piece of shit... onions are nasty...

what is that??? nacho cheese? either way, that looks like it would be disgusting.

and yeah, onions are nasty. 10 years ago, i did the huge mistake of buying onion rings in the frozen food aisle from my local supermarket. needless to say, my christmas break was fucked up. shitted on my bed and everything.

[GiancarloC]

what is that??? nacho cheese? either way, that looks like it would be disgusting.

and yeah, onions are nasty. 10 years ago, i did the huge mistake of buying onion rings in the frozen food aisle from my local supermarket. needless to say, my christmas break was fucked up. shitted on my bed and everything.

It's served at bars and restaurants... specifically the well known Outback steakhouse. Basically its a deep fried onion with batter... nasty as it comes... and incredibly unhealthy.

Onions generally overpower any food they touch... but that's just me.

[refujiunderground]

It's served at bars and restaurants... specifically the well known Outback steakhouse. Basically its a deep fried onion with batter... nasty as it comes... and incredibly unhealthy.

Onions generally overpower any food they touch... but that's just me.

well, *scratches outback steakhouse as one of the restaurants to eat out to*

[JohannBessler]

why does everybody hate tuna????

Pussy.

:P........

[JohannBessler]

why does everybody hate tuna????

However, I love--and I do mean love--tuna casserole! I could eat a whole one myself.

[TheFireGod]

Mountain Dew

[roadtripboy]

Eggs......

[Drugstore Cowboy]

hot cheetos, pizza, Doritos, green beans, onions, and a bunch of other things too.

[Essex Boy]

The anti-onion movement is gaining strength. You can count me in. Scallions, or spring onions, are the worst. In N. Ireland they make an evil dish called champ: mashed potatoes with chopped scallions mixed in, so you can't even pick the bits of onion out. Leeks, which are basically long thin onions, are a different kettle of fish. Who'd have thought that something so colourless and insipid-looking could be so delectable?