Foods that should be banished to hell...

[karlhenning]

Most of what people are posting are just ingredients they don't like.  I'm gonna take a different approach and say that the food I'd like to see banished to hell are factory raised live stock and the genetically modified stuff.

Allan

(* pounds the table *)

[Mark]

Watermelon. One of the most pointless fruits every to grow on God's earth. Full of seeds, and tastes like nothing.

[Michel]

Haha, good thread. Agree about watrermelon - how can Cantelope be so nice and this one so plain and tasteless?

Couldn't agree more about horseradish; I can't be sent to hell, it is hell!

Ditto Wasabi.

Bad also is English mustard, though not in the same category of the previous two - though it would still make me vomit if I tried to eat it.

Water Chesnuts? They're cool, I like them!

I also hate olives.

Other than this, I like pretty much any and every western food.

[Mark]

Can't believe Brussel Sprouts got a thumbs down. I love 'em.

[Scriptavolant]

I eat everything, with the only exception of beetroots.

And what biscotti means? There's plenty of variety. You should try the cantucci, Tuscan biscuits with almonds.



They're wonderful when dipped into a good Chianti.

[Hector]

Pizza.

Or what passes for pizza outside of Italy.

I know, you all love it.

[greg]

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.

me too, green olives possibly even worse

[greg]

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

i thought the thread was going to China already on page 1, without my help! 
good thing it got out lol

[greg]

some soy stuff is actually not bad, but some is some of the worst food you could ever taste. My mom buys certain things and cooks certain every once in a while that are really bad, like veggie burgers and this one Russian dinner she made that smelled and tasted like potpourri (i'm guessing that's what potpourri tastes like).

[orbital]

Watermelon. One of the most pointless fruits every to grow on God's earth. Full of seeds, and tastes like nothing.

Tastes really differ.

I like watermelon very much. It's got a great and distinctive taste.
MElon/honeydew/cantelope I don't care much for.


My candidate for banishment: Celery
I can't stand the taste. When celery touches something, it takes over the taste and overpowers everything it is cooked or served with.
However, I like celery roots [and even the leaves on top in some certain specialty foods.]

Unfortunately restaurants tend to put celery in every soup they make no matter which soup it is 

[bhodges]

Tastes really differ.

I like watermelon very much. It's got a great and distinctive taste.
MElon/honeydew/cantelope I don't care much for.


My candidate for banishment: Celery
I can't stand the taste. When celery touches something, it takes over the taste and overpowers everything it is cooked or served with.
However, I like celery roots [and even the leaves on top in some certain specialty foods.]

Unfortunately restaurants tend to put celery in every soup they make no matter which soup it is 

Not a celery fan, either!  Do you know that horrible-sounding snack called "ants on a log"?  Celery sticks filled with peanut butter and topped with raisins.   

--Bruce

[Anne]

Brussel sprouts, asparagus, and broccoli are all very good with a little cheese sauce spooned over them.  A restaurant where I worked while going to college served them like that.

[Kullervo]

Tastes really differ.

I like watermelon very much. It's got a great and distinctive taste.
MElon/honeydew/cantelope I don't care much for.


My candidate for banishment: Celery
I can't stand the taste. When celery touches something, it takes over the taste and overpowers everything it is cooked or served with.
However, I like celery roots [and even the leaves on top in some certain specialty foods.]

Unfortunately restaurants tend to put celery in every soup they make no matter which soup it is 

Celery is part of the mire-poix, the holy trinity for cooks! I don't care for it raw, but cooked with carrots and onions it is an absolute must.

[bhodges]

Brussel sprouts, asparagus, and broccoli are all very good with a little cheese sauce spooned over them.  A restaurant where I worked while going to college served them like that.

Yes, very tasty.  I also like any of those cut up (or shredded, in the case of brussels sprouts), and sauteed with garlic and olive oil...good just like that, or tossed with pasta.

--Bruce

[Larry Rinkel]

Watermelon. One of the most pointless fruits every to grow on God's earth. Full of seeds, and tastes like nothing.

Maybe where you live. The seedless varieties I most often find here in the northeast USA are sweet and delicious.

[Larry Rinkel]

Pizza.

Or what passes for pizza outside of Italy.

I know, you all love it.

There's American pizza and Italian pizza. They're different foods. Both good.

[dtwilbanks]

Maybe where you live. The seedless varieties I most often find here in the northeast USA are sweet and delicious.

I don't want to start anything, but England is known for bad food, isn't it? Or is that a myth? Somebody straighten me out.

[Larry Rinkel]

Celery is part of the mire-poix, the holy trinity for cooks! I don't care for it raw, but cooked with celery and onions it is an absolute must.

I assume you mean carrots. Celery can be a problem. If you get a bad stalk, it can be bitter and unpleasant. Good celery is lovely raw, but the peanut butter-raisin thing sounds horrid.

[Kullervo]

I assume you mean carrots. Celery can be a problem. If you get a bad stalk, it can be bitter and unpleasant. Good celery is lovely raw, but the peanut butter-raisin thing sounds horrid.

Yeah, I didn't mean to add double celery.

[orbital]

Not a celery fan, either!  Do you know that horrible-sounding snack called "ants on a log"?  Celery sticks filled with peanut butter and topped with raisins.   

--Bruce

Oh no Bruce   I don't like any of the ingredients there  
I have foregoed many a great pastries simply because they have raisins (even panettone in some cases   )
Peanut butter is something I don't get either. Especially when you already have somethig called "hazelnut spread"  

Celery is part of the mire-poix, the holy trinity for cooks! I don't care for it raw, but cooked with carrots and onions it is an absolute must.

Corey, to tell you the truth, I have not seen celery stalk being used in foods outside the US. Perhaps I am wrong