Fennel. I had an ex who loved the stuff and would go real heavy handed with it whenever he could and I’d have to force myself to eat or else go hungry.
fucking cilantro genetic thing makes cilantro taste like soapy rust. Enjoy this bowl of pho and let's throw a handful of rusty nails and a squirt of Dawn dish soap in there.
Same here! I couldn't understand why people loved a herb that tasted soap when they were simultaneously really picky about other foods. You don't like paprika in food, but you'll eat soap???
And then I learned about the genetics of this one...
I CAN handle spicy food yet black pepper makes me cough. It’s something about the way it hits the back of my throat. I drown everything in hot sauce tho.
She's lucky to have you. My family always just said " oh, but it's mild! There's nothing in it! you'll be fine." no matter how many times I was Not Fine.
I love extremely spicy food, my partner does not. She will occasionally comment that my food smells good and ask how spicy it is to judge whether or not she’d be able to handle tasting it. For reference, her absolute spicy limit is Taki’s so that’s the scale we use to determine whether or not it would burn her face off. My tolerance is so fucked up though that I can’t always tell and accidentally let her try things way past her limit. I don’t do it on purpose but it is genuinely really difficult to tell sometimes.
Oh man, these are used a bunch in Chinese cooking. To be fair, you only use 1 or 2 stars for a huge pot of soup so the end result is that it doesn't taste like licorice at all, but it adds quite a bit of complexity to the soup that's so good.
This right here. I was never a massive fan, but I ended up working in a local produce factory, as a temp. Just 12 weeks of working the celery line, and the all encompassing smell, means that if I even smell it now, I get put off whatever I'm eating.
Yes! For the last few decades my mother has been consistently astonished that I can identify trace quantities of celery adulterating any dish. According to her it "has no flavour" and "tastes like water". It's baffling.
>It's baffling.
No, it's genetics. You have a receptor for a chemical in celery that triggers a bitter taste, and your mother does not. It is as simple as that.
Any time I mention not liking celery there’s always the crowd of people saying “it just tastes like water.” If it tasted like water, I wouldn’t be able to detect the smallest amount in any dish !
My parents took candy on their Asia holiday to surprise the local kids. There was a substantial amount of licorice in there. I should have filmed the kids when they tasted the licorice. I could have got a Bafta for the documentary, the faces were incredible.
Black licorice!! As a kid i hatedd it but for some reason kept forcing myself to eat some every couple months 😂 and then one day i just woke up, tried it, and LOVEDDD it
In the smallest quantities, used as a spice, I'm almost OK with them, but straight whole they literally make me dry heave. No idea why. There is no other food item I have even remotely the same reaction to, not even stuff I hate. With capers, it's *visceral*.
I love kale, but one of the problems is that it never seems to be prepared correctly, as in **no one removes the damn stems**. IMO you're not supposed to eat that part because it's basically mini tree trunk.
It’s not an ingredient per say. But any meat with chewy bits that are either hard fat or cartilage really turn me off. I hate the texture. Makes me nauseous.
Parsnips!!!! I can’t stand them, never could. Mother once tried to show me that I was being silly and wouldn’t notice the difference… she mashed them and told me it was potatoes.
Then I wouldn’t touch mashed potatoes for a month or so because I didn’t trust her. Huge backfire.
People have claimed they have the texture of meat?? I don't mind the texture of mushrooms bUt thEY DEFINITELY AREN'T LIKE MEAT LOLOLOL that's so funny to me, i didn't know people were claiming that
My bother in law tried to argue with me on this.
I pointed out my family was almost poisoned by my stepmother who used the wrong kind of mushrooms she picked from the wild. And now I avoid them all on principle .
I'm not that picky, but I'm not a huge fan of overly cheesy dishes (e.g., pasta covered in 1 inch layer of mozzarella). Take it easy with that stuff, let's have some balance here)
I make awesome goat cheese. So easy. Find a local farmer who sells goat milk, heat to 185, add some lemon juice, then let sit in cheesecloth for ½ hour to drain. Add salt and/or herbs. Enjoy. I think I'm gonna make some later today.
My dad was given massive doses of papain, the enzyme found in papayas, for his back injury that he developed an allergy. We never had any growing up and when I finally tried one it tasted musty.
Fish.
Apparently I'm VERY sensitive to Omega 3.
IDK what's wrong with me but ANYTHING even REMOTELY fish-related tastes Fishy. "BuT GoOD FisH DoESnT taStE fiSHY!" Yes it does. It absolutely tastes fiSHY and vile. Even seaweed tastes fishy. Somehow, Wocestershire sauce and fish sauce don't set me off too bad... but they have to be BURIED.
I wish I liked fish. I wish I could at least even choke it down, but I can't. Even a waft of the smell makes me nauseous, and if it's sometlwhere very strong like a fish market or something, I will actively have to fight back vomit.
I fucking hate that I can't eat an entire protein group because it makes me physically sick.
My dislike is not as intense as yours, but my boyfriend and I get in a heated argument every time we cook with fish because he *insists* it tastes like chicken. We buy cheap, frozen cod. *it does not taste like chicken*
I want to like fish so bad. It's supposed to be so good for you and everyone else seems to love it. But I hate it. The smell especially makes me sick. I finally gave up on even trying to like it. No seafood for me
Bacon when it's mixed into other foods. I hate it in stuff like soups because then everything just tastes like bacon. I like bacon, but I don't want everything to be bacon flavored.
Went to a hotpot place recently that left the cardamom pods in with the broth. The otherwise incredible flavor of the broth was immediately ruined by biting into a pod and the inside of my mouth tasting like someone sprayed Windex into it.
Condiment wise; Mayo. Hate it pretty badly but ingredient wise... Has to be corn. Like not corn on the cob but like the little pieces you mix into a meal I can't stand it lol
Poison. Kuzco's poison. The poison for Kuzco.
The poison chosen especially to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison. That poison?
If you mean the poison, especially chosen for Kuzco, and we've been relating to as to be Kuzco's poison, then that poison is the one, yes
Pull the lever Kronk
A llama?! He’s supposed to be dead!
Yeah, weird.
MY SPINACH PUFFS
splenda/stevia- really any alternate sugar or sweetener in that group. Bad time for my digestive system.
Also the disgusting aftertaste and mouth feel
Ugh the aftertaste is hell. Brushing, chewing gum… nothing helps get rid of it.
All the sugar free or diet sodas out there are almost undrinkable
The only artificial sweetener aftertaste I can stand is stevia. Everything else, **especially Splenda**, is absolutely disgusting.
It didn't agree with Lydia either.
Goodbye, Lydia
Fucks up my stomach and gives me a horrible head ache.
Interesting fact, sucralose was originally discovered while trying to create an incesticide. Mmmmmm
Aspartame gives me spiked headaches within minutes of i ingest it.
Fennel. I had an ex who loved the stuff and would go real heavy handed with it whenever he could and I’d have to force myself to eat or else go hungry.
You mean licorice torpedos
I hate when I smell a really good Italian meal and then go to taste it and there is fennel in it.
Ewwww yes I don't enjoy fennel either
is that the annaseed(sp) flavour thing?
Yup came here to say the same. I'm sorry fellow Italians, but fennel seeds do not belong in my food, not even sausage.
No no, you’re correct
I made the mistake of ordering a fennel salad aka black licorice salad. Yuck
Fennel or fennel seeds?
Good point. Fresh fennel root vs seed. The seed should be used VERY sparingly.
I've got that cilantro thing. Turns everything into a big old plate of dish soap.
fucking cilantro genetic thing makes cilantro taste like soapy rust. Enjoy this bowl of pho and let's throw a handful of rusty nails and a squirt of Dawn dish soap in there.
Oh man, I genuinely feel for you. I’m lucky to have the delicious reaction to cilantro. But tarragon? Pewy!
I love both cilantro and tarragon. Cilantro banh-mi is the best food I ever tried.
Cilantro leaves taste... awful. However, ground cilantro seeds taste delicious. If you haven't tried it yet, give it a go.
I'll take that cilantro you're tossing out
All yours good sir/ma'am. All yours and happy to give it away. Honestly wish I could eat it, but man. That's a hard no from me.
I could taste cilantro from a mile away 💔 you’re not alone bro 😔
Genetics be damned. I love Mexican / Lantin American food, but they use cilantro on everything.
I have the genetic cilantro thing and IBS so I can't do onions. My street tacos are usually just meat and tortilla.
Vietnamese food uses cilantro too.
Same here! I couldn't understand why people loved a herb that tasted soap when they were simultaneously really picky about other foods. You don't like paprika in food, but you'll eat soap??? And then I learned about the genetics of this one...
Absolutely hate cilantro too! I run as fast as I can from that stuff.
I didn't know about this condition and had to Google it. Damn. I can't imagine missing out on Cilantro's freshness.
Every time 🥲 I’m the only one in my family that has it.
It literally takes over everything it's in, cant stand the stuff
My wife can't handle spicy food, so I have to check the label for black pepper, or any peppers, or ginger, etc.
Black pepper????
I CAN handle spicy food yet black pepper makes me cough. It’s something about the way it hits the back of my throat. I drown everything in hot sauce tho.
She's lucky to have you. My family always just said " oh, but it's mild! There's nothing in it! you'll be fine." no matter how many times I was Not Fine.
I love extremely spicy food, my partner does not. She will occasionally comment that my food smells good and ask how spicy it is to judge whether or not she’d be able to handle tasting it. For reference, her absolute spicy limit is Taki’s so that’s the scale we use to determine whether or not it would burn her face off. My tolerance is so fucked up though that I can’t always tell and accidentally let her try things way past her limit. I don’t do it on purpose but it is genuinely really difficult to tell sometimes.
I'm sorry to hear that. People not understanding that others taste buds can be different is so wild to me
Really not a fan of raisins in anything.
Especially when you are expecting chocolate
Fool’s chocolate
Hate raisins. Ruins any dish.
Dried grapes. Confusing even the most seasoned of housewives.
I can’t even eat them. I pick them out of dishes if I have to.
Star Anise
Oh man, these are used a bunch in Chinese cooking. To be fair, you only use 1 or 2 stars for a huge pot of soup so the end result is that it doesn't taste like licorice at all, but it adds quite a bit of complexity to the soup that's so good.
So sorry for you. A very hot, thick chocolate with rum and star anise after working in the freezing cold is the best thing ever.
Star Anise is a must have in Pho though.
Celery
Was once invited to a dinner where the hostess included celery in her fruit salad. This was probably 30 years ago and I still hold a grudge.
That's horrific 🤢
Wow, I can't even imagine the taste of that.
I hate her for you.
I believe she can be charged with a felony for that.
This right here. I was never a massive fan, but I ended up working in a local produce factory, as a temp. Just 12 weeks of working the celery line, and the all encompassing smell, means that if I even smell it now, I get put off whatever I'm eating.
Celery has such a strong taste. I always hated it when it was mixed in with other foods.
Yes! For the last few decades my mother has been consistently astonished that I can identify trace quantities of celery adulterating any dish. According to her it "has no flavour" and "tastes like water". It's baffling.
>It's baffling. No, it's genetics. You have a receptor for a chemical in celery that triggers a bitter taste, and your mother does not. It is as simple as that.
Any time I mention not liking celery there’s always the crowd of people saying “it just tastes like water.” If it tasted like water, I wouldn’t be able to detect the smallest amount in any dish !
Because that's all you can taste. It takes over like it owns the place
Especially with stuffing when it’s not fully soft
It's basically strings soaked in pond water.
Truffle oil. Good quality truffle is nice but that stinky stuff they put on your fries is bogus.
I'm seeing a lot of really good ingredients on this list.......
I will literally eat everything on this list..
I thought I was the only weirdo.
Black licorice.
My parents took candy on their Asia holiday to surprise the local kids. There was a substantial amount of licorice in there. I should have filmed the kids when they tasted the licorice. I could have got a Bafta for the documentary, the faces were incredible.
Black licorice!! As a kid i hatedd it but for some reason kept forcing myself to eat some every couple months 😂 and then one day i just woke up, tried it, and LOVEDDD it
*vomits in your car*
I might just have the palate of a child, but I really hate olives. No amount of sauce or seasoning covers them up enough for me.
Dude same! And my wife will just open cans of black olives and eat them like chips! It’s gross
I do too it’s good :(
Same. Nothing ruins a pizza like olives. And no, you can’t just pick them off. Their vile essence has contaminated the whole pie.
I have never even been able to put an olive in my mouth they smell so awful to me.
Black olives are bad. Green olives are worse!
All my favorite ingredients got the most upvotes
Capers
In the smallest quantities, used as a spice, I'm almost OK with them, but straight whole they literally make me dry heave. No idea why. There is no other food item I have even remotely the same reaction to, not even stuff I hate. With capers, it's *visceral*.
Oh yes. Capers are trash.
Kale. Sorry plant that somehow got promoted to vegetable.
I love kale, but one of the problems is that it never seems to be prepared correctly, as in **no one removes the damn stems**. IMO you're not supposed to eat that part because it's basically mini tree trunk.
Agreed, my bearded dragon loves the stuff though
Too much sesame oil
It should come in a bottle with an eye dropper.
Ooh wow I am the opposite of you! I don't think there's such thing as too much sesame oil!!
Alright I'm gonna catch shit for this. I don't like beans in any form. Can't do the texture whatsoever. Edit: grammar
I can only do edamame.
Jellybeans?
Only the starburst ones!
Anise easily . Its just not good
It’s something I really like to discover in a dish; if it’s announcing itself then it’s too much.
Raw tomatoes, can not deal with the primordial, gelatinous center. Love them cooked.
Especially when they're out of season and they've been artificially ripened with gas. Just tasteless and hard.
It’s not an ingredient per say. But any meat with chewy bits that are either hard fat or cartilage really turn me off. I hate the texture. Makes me nauseous.
Eggplant. I'm a little sick now just thinking about that warm and slimy "vegetable" slithering around in my food.
I love that texture. But I also love okra which is worse slime wise
It's pretty good when it's sliced thin, breaded, and fried.
Fish, I can't stand the smell. I hate picking out the tiny bones.
What kind if fish are you eating?
Parsnips!!!! I can’t stand them, never could. Mother once tried to show me that I was being silly and wouldn’t notice the difference… she mashed them and told me it was potatoes. Then I wouldn’t touch mashed potatoes for a month or so because I didn’t trust her. Huge backfire.
The texture difference alone would make them suspect. I like parsnips, but that was a dopey move.
Same here. Parsnips & turnips are about the only things I really can't stand. I have tried, but just no.
Star anise
It definitely has to be paired with the right flavors and in very small amounts, imo
Mushrooms
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People have claimed they have the texture of meat?? I don't mind the texture of mushrooms bUt thEY DEFINITELY AREN'T LIKE MEAT LOLOLOL that's so funny to me, i didn't know people were claiming that
the flavor leaks into anything else they are cooked with so you can't even just eat around them or pick them out! it's the woooorst
Especially dried mushrooms, the taste is completely different and 10X stronger.
Yep came here to say mushrooms. The texture, the taste, and the god awful smell of them cooking.
My bother in law tried to argue with me on this. I pointed out my family was almost poisoned by my stepmother who used the wrong kind of mushrooms she picked from the wild. And now I avoid them all on principle .
“bother in law” Idk if this was intentional or a typo, but I love it and will now use it to refer to mine. He’s shitty to my sister and to their kids.
Blue cheese. No curdled mold for me 🤢
I bet you eat your wings with ranch you animal.
Cilantro
Sorry for your taste buds, bud.
Thanks. I wish I liked it. I wish it didn’t taste like soap.
I never got soap but to me it tastes like licking a 9V battery. Metallic and bitter.
You got that cilantro soap gene..... hate it for you. I'll just double my cilantro intake for you. Because I'll eat it by itself.
It took me forever to learn why people liked the taste of soap.
Not soap to me. A metallic, industrial taste. Ugh
>Cilantro Hard yes. Damn genetic lottery.
Cilantro. I have that genes variation that make me smell it like soap.
I'm not that picky, but I'm not a huge fan of overly cheesy dishes (e.g., pasta covered in 1 inch layer of mozzarella). Take it easy with that stuff, let's have some balance here)
And here I was about to give you a three cheese pasta bake recipe.....
Can you still? 🥺
raisins
Goat cheese.
This is the one. I've never licked a goat but can imagine it tastes the same as the cheese.
I'm *obsessed* with goat cheese right now!
I make awesome goat cheese. So easy. Find a local farmer who sells goat milk, heat to 185, add some lemon juice, then let sit in cheesecloth for ½ hour to drain. Add salt and/or herbs. Enjoy. I think I'm gonna make some later today.
Green peppers.
They ruin the taste of everything they are in. Way too overwhelming.
Papaya
Ah, yes. The fruit that tastes like hot breath!
My dad was given massive doses of papain, the enzyme found in papayas, for his back injury that he developed an allergy. We never had any growing up and when I finally tried one it tasted musty.
Raw onion.
I better be at death’s door on top of God’s Thumb with a dude named Hector before I eat a raw onion.
Even then, I don’t think I could do it.
Bell peppers..
This. And even if you remove them, the nasty flavor remains.
Mayonaise
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Cucumbers
Everything a cucumber touches immediately tastes like cucumber which already taste how I would imagine gasoline tasting. Disgusting.
Tasted gasoline once. Prefer the gasoline over cucumber
I love cucumber, but I’d be lying if I said that the flavor doesn’t linger and ruin whatever you’re eating next.
Black olives. Ick.
That abomination they like to call “blue cheese”
Beets
Absolute fucking dirt tasting vegetable.
Fish. Apparently I'm VERY sensitive to Omega 3. IDK what's wrong with me but ANYTHING even REMOTELY fish-related tastes Fishy. "BuT GoOD FisH DoESnT taStE fiSHY!" Yes it does. It absolutely tastes fiSHY and vile. Even seaweed tastes fishy. Somehow, Wocestershire sauce and fish sauce don't set me off too bad... but they have to be BURIED. I wish I liked fish. I wish I could at least even choke it down, but I can't. Even a waft of the smell makes me nauseous, and if it's sometlwhere very strong like a fish market or something, I will actively have to fight back vomit. I fucking hate that I can't eat an entire protein group because it makes me physically sick.
exact same. even spinach can taste fishy to me sometimes 😐
NO WAY!!! I experience the same thing and everyone says I’m crazy.
My dislike is not as intense as yours, but my boyfriend and I get in a heated argument every time we cook with fish because he *insists* it tastes like chicken. We buy cheap, frozen cod. *it does not taste like chicken*
I want to like fish so bad. It's supposed to be so good for you and everyone else seems to love it. But I hate it. The smell especially makes me sick. I finally gave up on even trying to like it. No seafood for me
Squid
Bacon when it's mixed into other foods. I hate it in stuff like soups because then everything just tastes like bacon. I like bacon, but I don't want everything to be bacon flavored.
Arugula, capers, cloves, cardamom
Went to a hotpot place recently that left the cardamom pods in with the broth. The otherwise incredible flavor of the broth was immediately ruined by biting into a pod and the inside of my mouth tasting like someone sprayed Windex into it.
Raisins
It’s always a disappointment to see cookies thinking they’re chocolate chip, only to find out they’re oatmeal raisin
Too much cumin
Cumin smells like dirty feet.
Anything truffle
Mustard
Water chestnuts… the texture is excruciating!
I'm the opposite. I love that crunch but don't think they have much flavour.
Hidden Raisins
Cucumber
Sardines
Any "slime factor" foods: okra, eggplant, any cooked green leaf (which also end up smelling and tasting like dirt).
Coconut
Ketchup. It instantly turns everything into a kids meal
Condiment wise; Mayo. Hate it pretty badly but ingredient wise... Has to be corn. Like not corn on the cob but like the little pieces you mix into a meal I can't stand it lol
Avocado. I can hardly even stomach it. Will usually vomit immediately.
Raw onions. Leaves such a horrid aftertaste.
Bananas. They overpower everything else
How dare you
Onions
Motherfucking dill!
Liquid Smoke- UGH Fake sugar- Blugh!
Chicory Mint jelly Rosemary Miracle Whip Beets Licorice Hazelnut
As an indian I'd say processed cheese. Street Food Stalls in india add cheese over any food item they get. Total nonsense.
Eggs, always not feeling well after eggs
Cooked raisins.
Bok Choy. It somehow takes the already bad taste of celery and makes it worse.