[Rachel]

Good to know that I'm not alone in not understanding the fuss over sea urchins, I'd rather eat bread and cheese, or even salt and vinegar crisps!
I am absoulutely convinced that brussel sprouts are in fact an ancient instrument of oral torture and should never be ingested by anybody!
One thing I couldn't bring myself to eat was quite a few years ago when I worked as a waitress in a Chinese restaurant, was ducks feet. I was the only non-Chinese there and they were all going crazy with delight at this delicacy. I mean the feet were siting upright on a tray - only minus the duck! I just couldn't bring myself to even go near them - YUCK.

[chouxbacca]

Ever have oil cured ripe polives before Elsie?
I tried them for the first time last week and I'm sold. Not usually one for olives (especially the briney salty pimento filled ones) but these have a different texture, flavour and everything is diferent and better.
Just t thought...I couldn't help but defend my tiny little oil cured friends

[Elsie]

Choux, I don't think I have, but I will have to try them!

[Pete]

I admit it! I hate caviar, and not just the cheap stuff. I hate it all! I can't stand the taste or the way it gets caught in your teeth so that a half hour later you're crunching fish eggs. I also can't stand liver. I love foie, but regular liver-no way!! God, it feels good to finally be able to admit to those things in public!!!!

[SlaveGirl]

Water Chestnuts. *shiver*

It is clearly a texture thing, augh, they just ruin a dish for me, the crunch just gives my skin the creep crawlies.

And Beer. I have TRIED to like beer. As a three year old Dad let me slurp the head off beer and I loved it, I don't know what happened.


There was one thunderstorm in a beer garden in Munich that seemed to work for me, and I drank a bunch that evening, but other than that...no way.

A shame, in a way, because I know that to some a beer at the end of a hot day is like nothing else. I'd rather have anything else, personally.

SlaveGirl
http://www.restaurantslave.com

[Mezzaluna]

For me it's beets, no matter the designer color. They taste like clods of dirt to me. Roasting them makes them taste like larger clods of dirt.

Bamboo shoots are another dislike; I can smell them across the room. I will eat them in moo shoo dishes or hot/sour soup, but I can still smell them. I won't eat a stir fry dish with them in it.
Someone mentioned blood... hoo, yeah, me too. It's the only non-kosher food I actually avoid.

Creme de menthe reminds me too much of the Donnatol I had to take often as a child with intestinal problems, so that's on the no-no list, too.

Oh, yes: Wendy's hamburgers! They taste like badly overcooked liver.

[Isa]

Originally posted by Mezzaluna
Creme de menthe reminds me too much of the Donnatol I had to take often as a child with intestinal problems, so that's on the no-no list, too.

What sDonnato Mezz??

After Christmas dinner and champagne I enjoy a creme de menthe with soda.

[Mezzaluna]

Isa, Donnatol (at least in my childhood) was a medicine I was given because I had severe intestinal problems (enteritis), which caused cramping and other nasty effects. I was sick like that from the time I was 18 months old until I was three. I guess I have a strong memory for flavors! To make it worse, the medicine was a green syrup...

[Thirteendog]

I hate fish.
Maybe cause I grew up in the midwest. I know it's the 'hot' protein right now, but i hate it. I hate cooking it, cleaning it, serving it, ordering it, storing it.. everything. Thank god I'm allergic to shellfish and fish in general.
I will, however cook it, clean it, etc with a smile on my face and without whining because it's part of my job and school ( I'm going to culinary school after a few years of working) but when I get home I do the yuck- yuck dance and shower for an hour if I've had to handle that stuff.
I feel so good having got that off my chest
( ps my first cooking job was in Florida, I wonder if they burnt me out on it????)

[chefjohnpaul]

Tsk,tsk Thirteendog, what would Eric Ripert think? Yes, I can see if you're allergic a little fish could give you a big haddock...bada bing....

[Thirteendog]

I'm not fond of frisee (chicory) either.. I always choke on the fuzzy leafy parts cause it tickles my throat..

[chefjohnpaul]

Tdog, there is a difference between the big leafy bitter chicory
and tender crisp frisee'. Have you ever had the latter?

[Suzanne]

Tsk,tsk Thirteendog, what would Eric Ripert think?

Probably nothing negative. I did my externship at Le Bernardin, and found him to be a really great guy! BTW: did you know he has a huge sweet-tooth? He used to give cans of really yummy candy to people on the line, the same kind of stuff he kept in his office.

As for getting the fish off of you: did you ever see the movies "Atlantic City"? In it, Susan Sarandon is a waitress in a fish restaurant, and when she gets home each night she rubs a cut lemon all over herself. Maybe you should try that????

[Thirteendog]

i use gloves when i deal w/ fish so the lemon trick isn't necessary... i just get the willies, i guess... you worked at Le Bernadin? ( I spelled that wrong, it's the pain killers, i sprained my ankle this weekend playing miniature golf... )
One of my teahchers tells me I garnish like they do.. I didn't know who they were really so i guess now i'm taking that compliment!!!!
Oh. all you mini golfers out there... don't jump up and down while standing on top of the little hill/ramp that was the fairway for the hole when you get a hole in one.. it can lead to horrible ankle trauma, especially if you're wearing platfrom flip flops.

[Shimmer]

Wow, I cannot tell you how many foods I USED to hate and now like or even love (I know that's the opposite of the topic, but I'll get to it!!!)- onions, garlic, peppers (crunchy raw peppers! yum!), avocados, salmon (the smell used to make me retch), COFFEE, ice cream, etc, etc.

Now, foods I still do not like and might just need more exposure to-

Cooked red peppers (really, people, just keep 'em crunchy)

Steak (even the good stuff....)

Margarine (butter or nothin)

Wine (although I once had some of a bottle of $200 champagne, and was impressed, so the quality issue could definitely be at stake.... I think tasting wine is fun, because of the flavors, but I don't like how it tastes, if that makes any sense)

Pinto beans

Creme brulee, flan, or other set custards. (I love the liquid custard they sell in jugs in Australia and people just pour it over fruit though)

All peanut butter except all-natural, no-salt-added ground peanuts

Polenta (it's rather slimy, really)



Well I can't think of others. JUst don't shoot me because of the steak and polenta, I know those are big things on menus right now....

~~Shimmer~~