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Your least favourite foods

Postby Joanbunting » Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:41 pm

Following the thread on exotic meats I found myself wondering which fresh food items are my least favourite ? This is the list I came up with:

Meat - thick steaks
Offal - pig's liver
Fish - monkfish
Shellfish - octopus
Fruit - kiwi
Vegetable -runner beans
Dairy - yogurt

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Stokey Sue » Thu Feb 01, 2018 4:47 pm

Meat - farmed rabbit
Offal - andouilettes / tripe
Fish - love fish, but any fish that tastes of mud
Shellfish - winkles
Fruit - starfruit (didn't like durian either)
Vegetable - turnip (white ones, navets)
Dairy - hot milk

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Amyw » Thu Feb 01, 2018 6:12 pm

Meat - hard because I like all meat,but possibly turkey
Offal - tripe
Fish - mackerel
Shellfish - oysters
Fruit - blackcurrants
Vegetable - technically a legume , but have to go with chickpeas
Dairy - Stilton

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby strictlysalsaclare » Thu Feb 01, 2018 6:27 pm

Here is my selection:

Meat - partridge
Offal - all fresh (I can only cope with it when made into pate, faggots or haggis)
Fish - herrings, but only because of the bones
Shellfish - winkles
Fruit - grapefruit
Vegetable -celery
Dairy - brie

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Badger's Mate » Thu Feb 01, 2018 6:40 pm

Meat - Reestit mutton, various seabirds
Offal - Nothing comes to mind, pig melts maybe
Fish - Wind-dried lumpfish
Shellfish - 'Delicious cuttlefish heads with sugar'
Fruit - None I can recall. As a child I hated dates, love them now
Vegetable - bitter gourd
Dairy - Strong goat's cheese

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby mark111757 » Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:16 pm

In no particular order....

Peas, Lima beans

Beef kidneys (Dad loved it)

Pickled pigs feet....Dad loved it)......https://www.amazon.com/Hannahs-Pickled- ... B006YDEC24

Tho I remember this from where he worked......https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hormel-Jarre ... z/10447796

Sweetbreads of any short

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Luca » Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:28 pm

Meat - I suppose that would have to be turkey
Offal - pig's liver unless incorporated into a terrine
Fish - butterfish
Shellfish - I love them all I think but could survive without winkles.
Fruit - grapefruit
Vegetable - okra
Dairy - curdled milk

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Sakkarin » Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:43 pm

Always surprised by people's differences in tastes. Some of the hated items so far feature in my favourite meals.

Meat: Jugged hare.
Offal: Childhood aversion: Liver. Adult: I am reminded of a plateful of innards, mostly intestines, I was served in Thailand. Andouillettes don't even register as food with me, any more than eyeballs or testicles.
Fish: Childhood aversion: rock salmon which I haven't overcome, but thinking about it makes me fancy cod and chips for supper. I know what you mean about mud, Stokey.
Shellfish: Childhood aversion to all. Gradually weaning myself onto them, but whelk is still a no-go area.
Fruit: Don't hate anything, but starfruit seems pretty pointlessly tasteless. Durian was odd, but like smelly cheese I could probably eventually appreciate it.
Vegetable: Childhood aversion to sprouts after I found half a caterpillar in one and was made to finish the sprout. Hated marrow, still do. Adult aversion: Bitter melon.
Dairy: Childhood: There was only cheddar when I was growing up. Adult: Have not tried Casu Marzu, but I think that cheese that moves has to be bottom of the list.

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Joanbunting » Thu Feb 01, 2018 9:44 pm

I realise I should have included poultry as an category - which for me turkey!

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby mark111757 » Thu Feb 01, 2018 10:10 pm

Sakkers

As far as casu marzu, the last I knew Tom parker-bowles is still with us. He had some, either series 1 or 2 of the F word. I thought he survived.




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Roast turkey, a fav anytime........tho I prefer fresh over frozen. Something about the texture and moisture of the meat.

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Stokey Sue » Thu Feb 01, 2018 11:58 pm

I'm not a huge fan of turkey but as least favourite poultry I'd have to go for the poussin, pointless little things, no flesh, no flavour

Or posst the chicken McNugget

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Pampy » Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:54 am

Meat - all, other than chicken and turkey
Fish - mackerel, shark, swordfish, herrings (unless smoked), marlin, monkfish, sardines, eel
Shellfish - cockles, winkles, whelks
Fruit - grapefruit, pears
Vegetable - peppers, tomatoes, aubergines
Dairy - any goat's cheese, brunost, casa marzu
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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Sakkarin » Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:58 am

I remember ordering my very first poussin at a works Christmas do, 40 years ago, and thinking it was the most exotic thing on the planet, a WHOLE baby chicken!!!!

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Stokey Sue » Fri Feb 02, 2018 2:53 am

That would have been around the time I first encountered poussin too

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby karadekoolaid » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:40 am

Meat - Most of it, unless it´s minced
Offal - All of it
Fish - carp. òrrible , bony and muddy
Shellfish - huge oysters. Love the little ones.
Fruit - none
Vegetable - none
Dairy - ricotta

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Alexandria » Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:01 pm

Good thread Joan ..

Poultry: Turkey in any form ..
Vegan: Tofu or soy in any form ..
Dairy: Industrialised milk and orange or red rinded cheeses and I detest buttermilk and sourcream .. ( No dislike for Creme Fraîche ) ..
Snacks: Anything industrialised and specifically flavored potato chips or "Crisps" .. Prefer the original Lay´s ..
Meats: Well done beef, filet mignon or steak or prime rib etcetra .. Not a grand fan of lamb either ..
Fish / Shellfish: Delicate white fish like filet of sole or halibut ( these are non existent in Iberian waters ) .. I am veered towards being Pescatarian and love shellfish but I detest mackeral with a passion too ..
Foreign Cuisine: I am not a grand fan of Chinese and Mexican .. ( I do enjoy Dim Sim and I prefer the Mexican cuisine of The East Coast for example, the La Vera coast to the interior and dislike Tex Mex ) ..
Vegetables: Brussel sprouts.
Fruits: Avocado and kiwi ..
Dressings or sauces: Cream sauces and ketchup ..
Grains: Breakfast Cereals - Industialised .. and oatmeal and wheatina etcetra .. Gross ..



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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Joanbunting » Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:07 pm

The best poussins I have tasted were made following a 1970's recipe which called for them to be halved grilled then finished with a topping of Marsala mixed with whipped cream and grated , glazed under the grill. They were lovely.

I didn't at all care for the mallard duck I was once served - fish flavoured poultry did not float my boat. :vomit

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Alexandria » Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:51 pm

Joan,

" It did not float my boat " ..

Fabulous expression !

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Badger's Mate » Sat Feb 03, 2018 11:09 am

I didn't at all care for the mallard duck I was once served


There's a lot worse than mallard, trust me... :oops:

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Re: Your least favourite foods

Postby Sakkarin » Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:22 pm

How could I forget BRAINS?

I can't see myself ever being brave enough.

That was prompted by watching an Australian programme, "Chef's Line", where the chef was preparing a tripe dish, and said "the demographic for tripe here has traditionally been 50 to 70 years old...", which I can sort of understand, as it is soft food, perfect if your teeth are not quite what they used to be. That made me think of brains, as they are (I presume) even softer.

As a matter of interest, I wonder if anyone has encountered UK restaurants that have picked up on the St John nose-to-tail idea, but at ordinary people prices. Maybe with a tasting menu - tackle all the offal phobias in one go?

EDIT: Yuk! Brainburger!
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