The Complete List of Foods I Find Horrifying

[diaphenia]

1. Coffee. Ick. It tastes like unhappy chalk.
2. Artificial cherry flavoring. I wasn't sick often as a child, but if I was, I got a spoonful of something that has made artifical cherry flavor hell to me.
3. Actual cherries. 
4. Maraschino cherries. The only exception to this is when I am drunk. [End of cherry- related subset.] 
5. Cream cheese. Why would you eat that.
6. Yogurt. It's all slimy and I just can't.
7. Sour cream. The warning is right there in the name. And how do you know it went bad?
8. Nuts. I can eat them if they are ground up, but chunks? Sometimes people bake them into otherwise lovely baked goods and I get twitchy. [note: peanuts don't count. They are legumes.]
9. Cottage cheese. I get a little nauseated just typing that out, actually. There are chunks-- I can't continue
10. Parmesan cheese in a can. Stop that. Fresh is amazing. 
11. Stuffing. If I wanted to eat wet bread, I would.
12. Cranberry sauce. I appreciate the iconic look of this on a table, but don't actually eat it. 
13. Yams. I am not into holidays, as a general rule, so you can imagine how much I hate Thanksgiving. [end of Thanksgiving- related subset]
14. Pickles. Obviously. 

Fin. 

Edited to add: coconut. 

Comments

[popgurlie.livejournal.com]

normally i understand people's "hell to the no food lists" but pickles? yams? sour cream?

i just. my heart hurts a little.

i understand the cherry flavoring thing -- my issue is with fake grape. it skeeves me out. i like regular grapes, though.

nuts in baked goods, though. no good will ever come from that.

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

I don't mean to hurt your heart. But your heart is full of yams and sour cream, and I don't understand that.

Now, to be fair, I'm not sure I've ever actually put sour cream in my mouth, because the part of me that is a three year old realizes it's icky, and I just can't. Maybe it's good. But better to be certain than to risk sour cream in my mouth, you know?

[stillscape.livejournal.com]

NUTS IN BAKED GOODS ARE AMAZING AND YOU ARE ALL WRONG.

[deathmallow.livejournal.com]

1.) Yep. Love the smell of coffee, oddly, but I can't drink it. No matter how much cream, sugar, or chocolate you add to it, I still taste only the bitterness of it and go bleghhhhhh.

5.) Not a fan of straight-up cream cheese, no matter what flavor. In mashed potatoes, cheesecake, whatnot, it's good.

10.) Yay for the fresh stuff!

12.) I like a little spoonful of it, with something, if it's homemade and not the creepy canned shit. But I can't eat a whole scoop of it or whatever--it's basically like eating jam to me. I do not eat straight spoonfuls of jam.

14.) Also agreed. I just can't. Something about the texture.

You're inspiring me to do this list myself here. XD

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

Do it!

And you know, my friends know I hate coffee, and we go to coffee shops (I get fruit flavored tea) and they order some half-caf double whipped mocha latte chai thing, and they say, you should try this, it doesn't even taste like coffee. But it DOES, it always does. I don't even eat tiramisu, and I studied abroad in Italy back in college.

[k8-26-2.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on a lot (most) of these. I will never understand the inclusion of coffee on this list though.

I love yogurt, but it has to be the extra thick/Greek-style. Preferably blended, too, because that fruit on the bottom stuff is nasty.

Sour cream is, indeed, revolting? I can cook with it but I won't use it as a topping. One of the grossest things in the world to me is the vat of sour cream at Chipotle. Gag.

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

Once I was at Chipolte and they were making my burrito and the lady added sour cream to mine even though I clearly said cheese, lettuce, guac. I could see her about to plop, and I couldn't stop her. She saw my face fall, and we had a second of a standoff, and I almost gave in because I didn't want her to get in trouble, but I wouldn't have ate it- but eventually the anguish was too evident, and she threw it out and started over.

[throwingpens.livejournal.com]

THIS LIST IS FOR ME YAY

I don't think we could eat together ever because I eat most of these, aside from cherries, yams, pickles, & coffee. COFFEE IS GROSS.

[deathmallow.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy to see there's so many other coffee haters out there. :D

[ballroom_pink.livejournal.com]

Now I feel I should post my list ...

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

YES. Picky eaters of the world unite!

[rikyl.livejournal.com]

Here is my list of foods I find horrifying:






My life is a lot easier than yours.

[craponaspatula.livejournal.com]

Hee hee.

[stillscape.livejournal.com]

You can tell when sour cream goes bad because it gets mold on it. Easy as pie. I just can't imagine voluntarily living in a world without baked potatoes covered in butter and sour cream (chives optional). I just can't.

My list of things I will not eat: veal, most chicken nuggets (both because of the methods of production), offal (I did try some once, sort of by accident, and GROSS) Jell-O with stuff in it, American cheese that comes in individually wrapped slices, lamb (I think it tastes like gym socks), and raw tomatoes. I'll eat raw tomatoes if I have to, or if they're in salsa, but I prefer to avoid them because the texture is weird.

I have a recipe for a hazelnut coffee cake. The batter includes cream cheese, and it has a mocha glaze. I think I should make it for you.

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

Jello with stuff in it is so 1950s Americana, and so entirely disgusting.

I seem to recall eating a lot of American cheese as a child, and now it's just gross.

[courtknees1.livejournal.com]

Good god woman, what do you eat?

I think this is worse than my friend/housemate's list, and she doesn't eat crunchy things in hot food. But I love her so I make sure never to assault her with crunchy vegetables if I make her dinner.

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

I eat. I eat almost everything else. Although I am also a vegetarian. So... not that. But everything else besides meat. And the list. And mayonnaise.

[whimsical-irony.livejournal.com]

You are a big baby. What did your parents feed you growing up?

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

That's mean. But accurate.

To be fair, I ate cottage cheese and yogurt as a kid. There are a few things I went through cycles of not eating: jelly, sausage on pizza, green beans. I rarely ate gravies or sauces, and I never buttered my rolls. People generally don't give coffee to kids, and I don't think we ever had canned parm in my house. And really, hardly anything on that list is a main dish.

Oh, and my mom hates coconut. I'm certain at least some of my hate there was nurture over nature.

[popgurlie.livejournal.com]

coconut, now? really? do you want me to break up with you completely?

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

Don't leave me! I swear I'm fun at parties! I've never punched a baby! I can sing entire musicals! I sometimes stop talking!

[whimsical-irony.livejournal.com]

Oh, speaking of food stuff, my dad is completely immune to the effects of caffeine because he grew up drinking tea in lieu of water. Seriously. Instead of a pitcher of water in the kitchen my grandparents have home-brewed tea and everyone drinks that when they're thirsty. Whenever I go over and want water I have to run to the store for some.

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

Does he still only drink tea?

[throwingpens.livejournal.com]

Off-topic, but still food related: I'm currently eating french bread (right off the loaf!), a nutty bar, baby bell cheese, and chips and queso. And drinking a screwdriver, because SCREW IT, I'm in a Super 8 WASTING MY LIFE AWAY.

[princess-george.livejournal.com]

Which reminds me: what exactly is a nutty bar?

[lizinstereo.livejournal.com]

I don't get this list. I love stuffing and cream cheese. And coffee ice cream is delicious.

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

I am shocked- shocked!- that we disagree on something.

[rebeccavis.livejournal.com]

I had artificial cherry flavouring and I hate Maraschino cherries, but I love real cherries. They taste totally different IMO. And I don't understand how anyone can not like cream cheese, because then that means you can't have bagels with cream cheese!

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

I put other stuff on my bagels. I like bagel sandwiches.

I can't eat blueberry bagels. I like blueberries. I like fake-blueberry things. But blueberry bagels just upset me.

[throwingpens.livejournal.com]

I have been asked to tell you all that I REALLY REALLY REALLY dislike chocolate chip cookies.

I just don't get the appeal of them. I love the dough, but once they're baked, eh, not so much. I much prefer peanut butter, or these super wonderful chocolate cookies, or sugar. Or christmas cookies.

[princess-george.livejournal.com]

Who asked you to tell us that? Because it's weird.

[anmasp.livejournal.com]

Wow, I never really thought of myself as a picky eater but looking at your list I think I might be. From your list, I agree with the following: cherries, coffee, coconut, cranberry sauce, and pickles.

I will also add: raw onions (I can do cooked onions), peaches, mayonnaise, processed cheese products, any and all types of seafood with the exception of tuna fish. Especially the pickled octopus my future MIL tries to feed me sometimes. Yeah, not happening.

But damn, I love my dairy products and meat!

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

I never thought I was a particularly picky eater until my friend D made me list all my food quirks and he was like, what the hell is wrong with you? And until then I thought I was pretty normal. I had a cousin that ate basically pb&j for- actually, I'm not sure she's outgrown it yet.

[k8-26-2.livejournal.com]

Mine:

(I will add the caveat that I am allergic to shellfish and have celiac disease. So I do not eat anything with gluten, although I do gluten-free equivalents if it's something I enjoy. The gluten thing just makes it seem like I am pickier than I am when dining out or at parties.)

Melon
Sour cream
Raw tomatoes (unless in salsa or accompanied by basil)
Raw celery (cooked is fine)
Sushi
Tea
Wine
Diet sodas (though I recently had a Diet Dr Pepper and almost liked it, so that tide may be turning)
Cilantro
Ginger
Milk chocolate (love dark chocolate though)
Strawberries in most forms. (Strawberries are my favorite food, but I will only eat them plain or with whipped cream. No to smoothies, pie, jam, anything strawberry-flavored.)
Chicken and pork if it is cubed. (By far the strangest thing on this list, I think. Shredded is fine but diced/cubed...gag. It's an aversion I developed when I was pregnant.)
Pickles (the exception: on an In N Out animal style cheeseburger)
Olives

[anmasp.livejournal.com]

Oh I forgot, add cilantro to my list as well! I'm one of those who thinks cilantro tastes like soap.

[ballroom_pink.livejournal.com]

Typing up my list now (I've had appointments all day long!) but my birthday tends to fall on Thanksgiving and I only eat the Turkey, rolls and my mom just finally started cooking broccoli for me ...)

[ballroom_pink.livejournal.com]

• Eggs - can't stand the smell of them and this summer I decided not even to bake with them (it was too hot to bake anyway)
• Beets
• Lima beans
• Tuna
• Mashed potatoes
• Ketchup/mustard/mayonaise/condiments/hotdogs and anything that would go on them
• Angel Food cake
• Stuffing (and why bother competing with my brothers for it during the holidays anyway)
• Cottage Cheese (GROSS)
• Watermelon candy

I'm sure I'm forgetting something. I don't eat canned vegetables but that's because I grew up around food snobs who froze vegetables themselves. Also, my parents never liked liver, tuna fish or anything with the word Helper on the box.

Had a very emotional night planning what I could eat — side dish-wise — at my grandma's party this Sunday. Layered lettuce salad shouldn't be called salad!

[throwingpens.livejournal.com]

I don't consider it salad unless it has mayo or whipped cream.

I get most of your list--it's a texture/smell thing.

[ballroom_pink.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I don't like Bananas. I pushed my two front (baby) teeth up as a child - my teeth are perfect if you're wondering and never need orthodontia - and the dentist/dental surgeon used a banana-flavored thing to numb my mouth and since then never liked the taste of bananas. I do love going to the dentist, though. Like a lot.

[ballroom_pink.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I don't like Mexican food.

[throwingpens.livejournal.com]

Is it a spicy thing or is it something else?I didn't think I liked mexican food until my friend from Laredo made me a whole meal and now I love everything Mexican.

[kyrieanne.livejournal.com]

I TOTALLY agree with about coffee...ick gross! I am forever bringing a diet coke or water with me cause every coffee house in the world refuses to sell anything basic (I do sometimes do fruity teas).

You don't realize what you are missing by rejecting so many forms of dairy but I understand. Lots of people have issues with the texture thing.

What I hate is salad...mainly lettuce. I am not a rabbit thank you.

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

Coffee is the worst. Just the worst.

[stiffleaves.livejournal.com]

You are crazy but I love you anyway.

[saucydiva.livejournal.com]

I love you too even if you're apparently fine with dairy in a way I just can't accept.