Least Favorite Foods - Page 2

Austin_ · #16 11-14-2006, 12:12 AM

Hometown Buffet. I feel really embarrassed to say it, since its not famous for their ham. But it's really good! It's juicy, hot, thick- just like you would expect ham to be. It's a great place for southern food- me and my family go there all the time, and get the fried chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, rolls with butter, and Ice tea. They have awesome brownies there too. They occasionally serve up steaks, but I don't know. It's really good southern food if you want to check it out. Kids love it too. They also have awesome breakfast deals. Biscuits with gravy, omelets, more ham, and anything you could possibly want for breakfast. To keep this board on topic, I hate clams, oysters, mussels, burnt pie crust, raw olives (i'm a sucker for olive tapenade) overcooked meat (i like mine rare), mushy cheese, and coffee with sugar and no cream.

castironchef · #17 11-14-2006, 12:55 AM

Thanks.

The closest one is still "a fer piece" from me, but I'll keep them in mind when I travel. Maybe I'll find myself passing one at a meal time.

Blueicus · #18 11-14-2006, 01:13 AM

Olives. I could never really figure out why people decided that these would make good eats. Olive oil I've grown to love, but olives are still pretty disgusting for me. Every once in a while I go to a restaurant that serves pitted olives, I give it a taste and am reminded of why I don't like them... that strange brininess. Maybe if I was born a Greek...

Oddly enough, I enjoy a good deal of other pungent tastes, such as thousand year egg... I've scared away many friends with that food.

Blade55440 · #19 11-14-2006, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by castironchef

For me, it's coffee or anything flavored with coffee. Can't stand the smell of everyone else's coffee, either.

Don't know why, as I like just about everything else that has bitter notes.

Austin: Where is this place that such great ham? I'd like to check it out.

Blasphemer! Coffee is a gift from the gods!!!

If it weren't for coffee I'd never make it through the day...let alone be able to wake up in the morning without violence swiftly following.

As for everybody saying no to brussel sprouts, they're great if you do em right. Most people/places will blow those things away. If you cook em JUST right with a little butter/salt/pepper they're perfect. I've also shredded em for coleslaw just for giggles.

p.s. I think the only reason people don't like seafood is because of bad experiences with it in the past...that or they are just in a bad location to get truly good seafood (living on the coast rules heh).

Salliem · #20 11-14-2006, 04:45 AM

Bleu Cheese..ugh, the smell makes my stomach do flips..
Lamb..first time I smelled it cooking I passed out..
Don't do fish either, used to cut all the fish for a restaurant I worked for and that really cured my desire to ever eat it again.

bubbamom · #21 11-14-2006, 11:08 AM

Least liked food? Brussel sprouts would have to top the list (unless they are pickled and used as a garnish in Bloody Mary's

. Would have to add to my list Swiss chard, lamb and right up there with the Brussel sprouts, I'd have to add lima beans and chittlings.

allie · #22 11-14-2006, 12:02 PM

It's really hard for me to think of foods I don't like. Unfortunately, I'm one of those that will eat almost anything. lol I love brussels sprouts.....just steamed and tossed with a bit of butter, is awesome to me. lol

I love most seafood but didn't care for octopus, squid, or crayfish. Maybe it was how they were cooked but YUCK!

Is Hometown Buffet part of the Old Country Buffet restaurants? I am thinking I've seen that name on brochures at Old Country. Sad to say, my family (me, SE, and two kids) up until a few years ago ate every Thanksgiving at Old Country Buffet. Now I cook!!

Blade55440 · #23 11-14-2006, 02:42 PM

Now crawfish is a staple down here in the south. I couldn't imagine finding somebody who grew up down here going "I can't stand those things!". Would probably get a gasp or two in the right crowd heh.

Austin_ · #24 11-14-2006, 07:11 PM

Either its the same thing or very similar.

Jock · #25 11-14-2006, 07:23 PM

Ah, the poor and much maligned Brussel Sprout. I love them. One of my favorites actually. I would challenge anybody who claims to hate them to try this preparation and still say they hate them:

For 1 1/2 pounds of sprouts -

Cut them in half through the stem.
Melt a Tbs of butter in a pan and toss in the sprouts for a few minutes.
Add about 1/2 a cup of chichen stock/broth, cover the pan and cook until the sprouts are almost tender. Remove the cover and cook off any liquid that might be left.
In the meantime, chop a small shallot and when the sprouts are ready, move them to one side of the pan. Drop another Tbs of butter in the clear side and saute the shallots for a couple of minutes.
Toss everything together with a handful of pine nuts and a Tbs of chopped, fresh marjoram.
Finish the preparation with about 1/2 cup of cream, S&P.

But, my least favorite food has to be green peppers with okra a close second. I also think the first person to eat a raw oyster must have been seriously hungry.

Jock

Austin_ · #26 11-14-2006, 07:57 PM

What are so bad about brussel sprouts anyway?

castironchef · #27 11-15-2006, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Austin_

What are so bad about brussel sprouts anyway?

The fact that most people's experiences are based upon brussel sprouts that had been boiled for hours, into a nasty mush.

Jayme · #28 11-15-2006, 02:31 AM

Some of these posts have cracked me up!!!
I have to jump on the brussel sprout bandwagon- everytime I have tried them, they were bitter. Same goes for okra. Will also pass on the "animal innerds" (any animal)- livers, hearts, intestines, brains..... (hog casings for sausage excluded). And I know I'm weird for this one, but yoghurt. I keep tasting it every year or so, because I know it is good for you- but I just can't get into that "tang" of it. WIll also pass on all the coffees and mochas in the world- (send my share to Blade)- never acquired the taste- now tea is a whole different story!
Austin- I'm in Sacramento, and the last time I went to Hometown (during the summer) the ham didn't look so good, so I didn't even try it. Did I just hit a bad day?

As far as crawdads go- we have them in a local lake- a bunch of us used to scuba dive and collect them. We would hand our bags to our kids on the dock, who would throw the little ones back. We had a coleman stove right there in the parking lot with a stock pot of boiling water and a little pan of melted butter. We wouldn't even be out of our wetsuits before we'd have a plate of craydads (crayfish) and a chunk of sourdough bread on the side! Yum!

katbalou · #29 11-15-2006, 11:37 AM

canned fiddlehead ferns. first tasted way back in a store room class at J&W. sort of tasted like swamp in a can. still remember it clearly. and i can't say as that i've ever wanted to try haggis!
kathee

Jock · #30 11-15-2006, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by katbalou

canned fiddlehead ferns. first tasted way back in a store room class at J&W. sort of tasted like swamp in a can. still remember it clearly. and i can't say as that i've ever wanted to try haggis!
kathee

As a Scot, born and bred, what pray tell is wrong with haggis? It's all good wholesome stuff like sheeps heart, liver and kidneys cooked with oatmeal and seasonings and stuffed into a casing from the sheep's stomach. It's boiled and served with mashed turnips. Food of the gods.

I can remember a time when oxtails were something the butcher practically gave away. Now they are trendy and cost $6 a pound. It is only a matter of time before offal is "discovered".

Jock