Foods that should be banished to hell...

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

In no particular order...

Sweet pickles / relish: It's not that I dislike the taste; it's that the mere thought of it sends chills of horror and revulsion down my spine.

Horseradish / wasabe: Ugh! I love spicy foods, but this tastes like some vile industrial solvent intended to remove crap from metal surfaces or something. I understand REAL wasabe is a whole different affair than the green horseradish served at mediocre sushi joints. Sushi has such a wonderful delicate, subtle flavor, why would you want to pour this crap over it? It would be like going to Chez Panisse and pouring tabasco sauce over everything.

Dijon mustard: I guess this could go under the horseradish category. The clever marketing campaign by Grey Poop-on in the 80s that featured rich, polo-playing snots asking each other (from the back of their limousines), "Would you have any Grey Poop-on?" duped hoardes of gullible Americans (and Canadians, no doubt!) into thinking they had found another opportunity to buy some instant culture to go with their equally snotty and horrible "Perrier" water. Serves 'em right I guess. French's Mustard for me!!

Tripe / menudo: Not to offend any Mexicans here, but this stuff smells horribly strange and has the texture and feel of pure fat. My wife and her family (of Mexican ancestry) cook up this vile brew on special occasions. Like other Mexican people, they seem to afford a special reverence to this stuff. I love other Mexican food but draw the line at this stuff. My wife tells me that you have to grow up with it to enjoy it.

White chocolate: Blech! Is this even food?

Biscotti: WOOF! Gourmet Italian dog biscuits.

Water chestnuts: "You like some styrofoam to go with your chow mein?"

Durian: This must be a joke. Have you ever smelled this "fruit"?

Tofu: The yuppie, yoga, Lu-Lu Lemon set would have you believe that this food is the holy grail and should be eaten in lieu of everything. I hate it. It tastes like the squishy brain of some poor, dead little animal.

[Scriptavolant]

Peanut butter. How can you eat that stuff? It's okay to insulate windows if you're out of silicone.

[mahlertitan]

In no particular order...

Sweet pickles / relish: It's not that I dislike the taste; it's that the mere thought of it sends chills of horror and revulsion down my spine.

Horseradish / wasabe: Ugh! I love spicy foods, but this tastes like some vile industrial solvent intended to remove crap from metal surfaces or something. I understand REAL wasabe is a whole different affair than the green horseradish served at mediocre sushi joints. Sushi has such a wonderful delicate, subtle flavor, why would you want to pour this crap over it? It would be like going to Chez Panisse and pouring tabasco sauce over everything.

Dijon mustard: I guess this could go under the horseradish category. The clever marketing campaign by Grey Poop-on in the 80s that featured rich, polo-playing snots asking each other (from the back of their limousines), "Would you have any Grey Poop-on?" duped hoardes of gullible Americans (and Canadians, no doubt!) into thinking they had found another opportunity to buy some instant culture to go with their equally snotty and horrible "Perrier" water. Serves 'em right I guess. French's Mustard for me!!

Tripe / menudo: Not to offend any Mexicans here, but this stuff smells horribly strange and has the texture and feel of pure fat. My wife and her family (of Mexican ancestry) cook up this vile brew on special occasions. Like other Mexican people, they seem to afford a special reverence to this stuff. I love other Mexican food but draw the line at this stuff. My wife tells me that you have to grow up with it to enjoy it.

White chocolate: Blech! Is this even food?

Biscotti: WOOF! Gourmet Italian dog biscuits.

Water chestnuts: "You like some styrofoam to go with your chow mein?"

Durian: This must be a joke. Have you ever smelled this "fruit"?

Tofu: The yuppie, yoga, Lu-Lu Lemon set would have you believe that this food is the holy grail and should be eaten in lieu of everything. I hate it. It tastes like the squishy brain of some poor, dead little animal.

to me, your Hell is delicious!

[XB-70 Valkyrie]

Well then, to hell with you!   

[Bogey]

In no particular order...

Sweet pickles / relish: It's not that I dislike the taste; it's that the mere thought of it sends chills of horror and revulsion down my spine.

Horseradish / wasabe: Ugh! I love spicy foods, but this tastes like some vile industrial solvent intended to remove crap from metal surfaces or something. I understand REAL wasabe is a whole different affair than the green horseradish served at mediocre sushi joints. Sushi has such a wonderful delicate, subtle flavor, why would you want to pour this crap over it? It would be like going to Chez Panisse and pouring tabasco sauce over everything.

Dijon mustard: I guess this could go under the horseradish category. The clever marketing campaign by Grey Poop-on in the 80s that featured rich, polo-playing snots asking each other (from the back of their limousines), "Would you have any Grey Poop-on?" duped hoardes of gullible Americans (and Canadians, no doubt!) into thinking they had found another opportunity to buy some instant culture to go with their equally snotty and horrible "Perrier" water. Serves 'em right I guess. French's Mustard for me!!

White chocolate: Blech! Is this even food?

Love all four of these.

My top banishment: Black olives.  If they have even touched a pizza or any other item that was cooked with them, I find I cannot even eat the food.

[uffeviking]

XB, I am so glad you have no authority whatsoever over what is being sold in markets and consumed in restaurants and homes!

It's not any different than participating in GMG: If you don't like it, ignore it!  Somebody else probably has different tastes than you.

[Kullervo]

Hey, I LIVE on Perrier. 

I don't care for Dijon mustard but deli style mustard is indispensable for all sandwiches.

I'll pretty much eat anything if I'm hungry, except for food that's so spicy you can't even taste it. I also dislike lima beans. Flavorless crap.

[Scriptavolant]

I like this one:



It is made up of little seeds which break delicately under your teeth when you chew it. Marvelous.  0:)

[Bonehelm]

American food. So fat.

[mahlertitan]

American food. So fat.

yet the Chinese line up to buy KFC....

[Bonehelm]

yet the Chinese line up to buy KFC....

Maybe that's because the Chinese are so civilized that they stopped fighting over food a couple hundred of years ago?

[mahlertitan]

Maybe that's because the Chinese are so civilized that they stopped fighting over food a couple hundred of years ago?

they don't mind the fat, do they?

[Bonehelm]

they don't mind the fat, do they?

Who am I to speak for 1.3 billion Chinese people? I personally loathe the fat, but that's just me.

[mahlertitan]

Maybe that's because the Chinese are so civilized that they stopped fighting over food a couple hundred of years ago?

no, no need of your opinion, the market has already spoken.

[Hollywood]

You forgot brussels sprouts.

[Bonehelm]

no, no need of your opinion, the market has already spoken.

Then why did you ask, smart guy?

[mahlertitan]

Then why did you ask, smart guy?

to kill boredom

[M forever]

Horseradish / wasabe: Ugh! I love spicy foods, but this tastes like some vile industrial solvent intended to remove crap from metal surfaces or something. I understand REAL wasabe is a whole different affair than the green horseradish served at mediocre sushi joints. Sushi has such a wonderful delicate, subtle flavor, why would you want to pour this crap over it? It would be like going to Chez Panisse and pouring tabasco sauce over everything.

I absolutely love wasabi! It is not meant to be "poured" over anything, BTW, it is supposed to be dissolved a little bit in the soy sauce, then you dip the sushi in that and make it disappear   The instant powder stuff really doesn't taste that good, though.

[Que]

I like all good and honest food and have to particular dislikes since my childhood.

What I don't like is modern food-garbage and there is a lot of that around.

Supermarkets are filled with factory-made junk: meat products with offal and grinded bones and other products mainly consisting of fat, starch, sugar and taste enhancers. Bread with so much water that it moulds just by looking at it...

Anyone eating this sh*t on a regular basis is assured of a premature death - evidence of that is now becoming all too clear in most Western countries.

Now THAT's food fit for a one way trip to hell, Dijon mustard indeed......

(Real) Dijon mustard is made of wine vinagar and mustard seed and very good for you!
Though like Scriptavolant I prefer the "moutarde à l'ancienne" (in the old fashion) that is barely grinded with green seeds.

Q

[Daverz]

Very amusing to see ads for "Healthy Choice" TV dinners at the top of this thread.