Foods that should be banished to hell...

[mozartsneighbor]

With durian, only the smell is unpleasant. In Indonesia I had candied durian and durian ice cream that was really nice .

From Wiki :

Along with an unpleasant odor, durian is known for its spiky protective cover. Inside the fruit there are several segments, each of which has seeds encased in a pulp whose texture is similar to custard. Although it is something of an acquired taste, Durian is used in ice cream and candy.

Peter

Durian is one of the very very few foods I detest. How can a fruit smell that way? It smells like a rat that has been decomposing in a corner of barn for 2 weeks during a very hot August. The flavor is not as bad, true, but still I can't appreciate eating something whose smell makes me look around for the nearest route to the toilet bowl.

[mahler10th]

Onions, garlic, leeks, that kind of thing.

[donaldopato]

I know, it is sacrilege to most, but I could live a long time and not have to deal with the smell of chocolate which triggers all sorts of unpleasant memories. I am allergic to it and the smell of it makes my eyes water. Strange, nasty stuff...

I love tripe, a local Chinese restaurant serves a cold, spicy pork tripe that is fabulous.

[Novi]

Ha! I thought it was a geological specimen :


The white sauce with the tripe does look a little fetid, but to be honest I have never understood aversions to eating different parts of an animal. If its rump, why not its guts? 

[Lethevich]

I have never understood aversions to eating different parts of an animal. If its rump, why not its guts? 

It tastes of rotten shoe

[Novi]

It tastes of rotten shoe

Fair 'nuff. That's a good reason . Actually, as far as I can remember, tripe was rather tasteless .

(says the 16 year vegetarian ...)

[Jay F]

that's a shame. But maybe that's because they put the worst type of black olives as pizza toping (the Kalamata type I mean, tasteless). But black olives, particularly the oil cured ones are delicious. Black olive spread (called the poor man's caviar  ) over feta cheese on toast (or oven fresh baked bread) is unbeatable

Kalamata olives are not tasteless. They are among the oil-cured variety you say you like. The tasteless olives are called California black olives, or used to be when I was growing up. I called them Thanksgiving olives, as that's the only day we had them.

Kalamatas, among other black olives, are absolutely wonderful. I like them in salads, baked in bread, on pizza when you can find them that way. One of my favorite foods. I like to snack on them with parmagiano-reggiano and either almonds or walnuts.

[Jay F]

American Cheese is the most terrible thing ever. [...] It's the only "food" that ever actually made me throw up just by eating it (not counting food poisoning).

I feel that way about cooked cabbage and hard-boiled eggs. I must not be in a house where either is being cooked.

Tofu and spam I find equally vile.

[Jay F]

Mayonaise and ketchup .

Many children (and grown ups) add mayo and ketchup to almost anything!!!! D I S G U S T I N G! It ruins the taste .

Mayonnaise is good if I make my own. I never eat that nasty shit in the jar. I can't sit at a table and watch while someone else puts mayo on something hot, and then eats it. That is disgusting.

[Jay F]

Onions, garlic, leeks, that kind of thing.

Even when they are cooked? At least 50% of my cooking begins with cooking onions, and then garlic, in some olive oil.

What do you like to eat?

[Brahmsian]

Macintosh Apples, Red and Golden Delicious Apples.   

[Brahmsian]

Fake cheese like products, like those sticks they advertise that kids will love!  Blech.

[Brahmsian]

I love pretty much all sushi, but sea urchin made me gag big time!   

[Brahmsian]

Urban myth or truth?  They put chicken feathers in McDonald's ice cream?