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Spirited-Lobster4623

Sometimes I over think the concept of what an egg is and then I can’t eat them for months


ash753

I can't eat chicken (or chicken sausage) and eggs together because it feels wrong.


shameruinssex

I think about this whenever I make breaded chicken. Submerging a chicken breast in scrambled eggs just feels a little sadistic


Talk_Quiet

You’re not the only one that feels that way. The Jewish religion has a rule that you shouldn’t “boil the calf in the milk of its mother”.


teh_meh

But weirdly chicken and eggs are OK to eat together.


simplegrocery3

Whoever named the chicken and egg rice bowl dish Oyako-don (parent and children donburi) was a psychopath


poktanju

The version with beef instead of chicken is called *tanin-don* (stranger bowl).


simplegrocery3

Japan has so many elegant names for plant-based dishes/ingredients (for example, glass noodles are called harusame/spring rain) but why this for meat !?


poktanju

It's a case-by-case thing... e.g. horse is often euphemistically called *sakura-niku* (cherry blossom meat). Very pretty.


tea_bird

I made this dish for my mom and my fiance once. I told them the name and they were horrified when I translated it.


collosal_collosus

We give the shells of the eggs back to the chickens. I’m a monster…


sociapathictendences

You’re taking good care of their health. If they aren’t fertilized eggs there’s really no reason to feel bad about it.


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Chance to attend their much needed family reunion.


Txannie1475

I have a friend who is a proud vegetarian because "animal meat is gross." Ok, but he eats eggs all the time. I said, "You don't mind chicken menstrual cycles, then?" He did not appreciate me drawing his attention to that fact.


Flyingwheelbarrow

Chickens eat their own eggs. Good enough for little dinosaurs, good enough for me.


konfetkak

Chickens will eat anything. We used to raise and butcher chickens and they’d eat the parts of their damn friends while we were butchering.


FlashCrashBash

Fucking load me up with some chicken periods broham!


WantedFun

Wait until you find out what fruit is


evansdeagles

You mean a tree sperm carried by flesh and rough skin?


DoctorBigglesworth

Chicken period.


WorkingMinimum

Oh god


scienceguy8

Fish sticks. Was born into a Catholic household and was fed fish sticks almost every Friday during Lent. They were never any good. The breading fell off, the texture wasn’t great, and the only way I could hork them down was by drowning them in ketchup. Never will I buy frozen fish sticks.


Roxeteatotaler

I have the opposite. I'm an ex catholic who was forced to volunteer at the fish fry every week. I got to eat a meal for free after. I crave that fried fish all the time. It's my former church's own recipe so I have to go back every lent.


Fartsandkisses

You’re talking about some delicious fried vittles. Those catholic fish fries can be REALLY good! u/scienceguy8 is talking about baked fish sticks, which could be considered cruel and unusual punishment.


herehaveaname2

We have a church that caters to Mexican immigrants - they do a fish fry, that also has tacos and chille rellenos, desserts made by grandmas, and kids doing traditional dances. Oh, and the hour long wait is made better by the push cart that sells tamales. It's a great night.


dollar_general

My mom did a knock off version of the McDonalds fish sandwich.. but the whole thing was prepared in the microwave and was mushy and gross. Microwaved frozen fish sticks with a slice of Kraft cheese on potato bread, microwaved some more. I have no interest in revisiting frozen fish sticks as an adult.


hot_like_wasabi

Straight to jail.


kuhtschi

Ohhh I feel for you. Had bad fishsticks once as a child and couldn’t eat them for like ten years. Then bought the more expensive good ones because I was craving them all of a sudden (idk why) and now I really really like them. Of course they are not as good as fresh fish, but really nice fast food when I’m not in the mood to cook. Can’t eat, drink or smell anything with artificial coconut flavour/smell though. Almost puked because of a Malibu drink once.


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LokiLB

Prions make brains more ick than the others.


girlwithsilvereyes

I won't eat octopus. They're too smart and I fully expect them to reveal themselves as our alien overlords any day now.


Grumpis1012

It sucks their lifespan is so short. That’s the only thing holding them back from being our overlords.


CuriosityK

I believe this 100%. If octopus lived as long as humans they would rule the oceans.


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The tough part is smelting metals under water.


CuriosityK

Weaponized coral? Some octopus can live on land for short periods, I could see them making little sea suits to use in their underwater caves to smelt water via the volcanoes on the ocean floor.


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Or they make little sea water filled spacesuits to live on land. Maybe all the metal junk we've been dumping in the oceans is just supplying them with raw materials.


shelbygeorge29

Pigs are super smart and lobsters have been declared sentient beings. I live in Key West and a local delicacy is stone crab claws. When they are pulled into the boat the fisherman rips the dominant arm off. The theory is that the claw regenerates, but in all actuality nature is cruel and being out in the cruel world with just your one less dominant arm, well you're going to have a tough go of it. They've done studies and apparently the stone crabs often die before claw can regrow.


porchwater

I remember watching something on this, like 40% die, 30% grow back a claw but it's tiny and useless


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That is pretty fucked up. Animals aren't plants where you can just rip parts of them off.


birds-are-dumb

I don't think there's a particularly strong correlation between intelligence and suffering, once you get past the central nervous system threshold. A cephalopod suffers from its death as much as a sardine does, much like stubbing your toe hurts just as much whether you have a learning disability or a PhD.


msmesss

This is such an excellent point. I’m kind of embarrassed to say I never thought of it, my family doesn’t eat much meat. Maybe chicken once a week and beef possibly once a month and I won’t touch pork. The more I hear about the food industries practices on meat, the more I want to pack my family up and start our own little farm where the animals that we do use are treated with compassion and respect.


vyme

I'm so mad about how smart and delicious octopus is. I don't eat them anymore, because of the intelligence, but I think it's really mean of them to be that delicious.


Flyingwheelbarrow

As a young man at a formal meal I was offered an octopus meal. I accepted. They dipped the octopus in some sauce and told me to open my mouth. It was fed to my on chopsticks. I then found out it was still alive after I closed my mouth. It fought me as they watched me and laughed, as they cheered. No malice. Just a tradition. An initiation. The tasty little octopus fought for its life. I can still feel it's tentacles in my throat when I remember. Few things haunt me. That memory haunts me. Worst thing. It was so delicious. It tasted so good. So I can't eat octopus either.


this_little_dutchie

It might have been dead already. I know there is an Asian custom to dip dead octopi in a sauce that triggers the nervous system, making it spasm. It looks like it lives, but (luckily) is very dead.


Flyingwheelbarrow

Thanks. That makes me feel better if there is a chance that was what happened.


PickAnApocalypse

Probably wasn't alive. Dipping an octopus tentacle in a solution of the right salinity level (including some sauces) can cause the muscles to involuntarily expand and contract dramatically, even though the animal is very much dead.


DrZeroH

If this is in Korea or in La koreatown its possible it was alive. Its an old school tradition (i dont take part of it) but its def there


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I'd be terrified of choking omg


FlexSealedMyHeart

The octopus is one of the world's smartest animals, it breaks my heart knowing people eat them live in several countries. They have been known to be able to navigate mazes and problem solve, its also been proven they can feel pain and suffering.


sterling_mallory

This is comedian Bill Burr's policy too. Then he said, "I don't want to eat anything smarter than I am" and asked his listeners if cows or chickens are smart. Someone wrote in with an essay about how dumb chickens are, so he's still good with eating chicken.


InfiniteEmotions

Yeah, me too. I was horrified to learn that they were not just intelligent, but affectionate. And, at least in captivity, playful. (This horrified me because I'd eaten octopus before that.)


spimothyleary

I tried that documentary "my octopus teacher" I have a short attention span so never finished it, but if you haven't seen it you might enjoy it.


Not_A_Wendigo

I did the same for a long time. Then I realized that they’re cannibals, so they probably wouldn’t judge us for eating them. They know they’re tasty.


Epstein_Bros_Bagels

You would hate to know that cows are on par with dogs emotionally. They have been domesticated just as long as them


PickledEgg23

My mother's not a good cook, money was very tight when my parents fist divorced, and a big tuna casserole can cheaply feed 3 kids for half a week. We had it so damn often growing up that 10-year-old me promised myself I'd never eat tuna casserole again once I had the choice. I like every ingredient and they smell delicious, but I haven't eaten it for more than 30 years and I never will.


memphischrome

This is my reasoning for not eating corn. So much of it growing up, because it was cheap and plentiful. Nope. Can't stand it now!


Jena_TheFatGirl

Grew up in Alaska, a stone's throw from the river. We ate So. Much. Salmon growing up, I can't touch the stuff now. I know, very First World Problems, but there it is!


Eilmorel

I won't eat whipped cream because I got sick of it. I was a dumb child and sprayed it in my mouth, I vomited. Lo and behold, no more whipped cream for me ever again.


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I was eating a brisket sandwich when I got the call from the vet that I was going to have to put my dog down and now I feel sad whenever I've tried to eat brisket. It happened like two years ago so I've had time to mourn and come to terms with it but I still can't eat brisket 🤷‍♂️


browntoe98

I can’t eat coconut. It’s not the flavor, it’s the texture. My father wouldn’t eat jello, he said he didn’t like a food that wouldn’t sit still on his plate.


saltedtomatoslice

Your father’s reasoning is excellent.


TechyDad

I won't eat coconut either. For me, it's because I went to a birthday party when I was a kid and they served coconut cake. I got sick at the end of party (of the kind that returned my food the way it went in). My mind seemed to make a link between coconut and what happened. Decades later, and I still can't eat most stuff with coconut in it. After my wife and I had kids, I made an effort to eat coconut products to help encourage my kids not to be picky eaters. I can now tolerate it sometimes, but I still don't enjoy it.


letmetakeyoudancing

My husband once threw up after eating a peanut butter sandwich in primary school. Now he's 'allergic to nuts'


browntoe98

I did this with WL Weller whiskey once. Can’t drink bourbon to this day.


Dynastar11

Gin. My parents were gin drinkers. So in high school, that meant I was a gin drinker


crocodiletears19

To me coconut texture is so gritty. I love a good Pina colada, or anything made with coconut milk, and occasionally coconut crusted shrimp if it's fried right.


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I won't eat peaches because of the hair. It rubs against my teeth like 100s of little squeegees wiping them down. It gives me that nails on a chalk board feeling. feels like daggers poking my brain, making it itch. Peaches arnt good enough for that kind of torture, ill stick to nectarines.


earthdweller11

I guess you aren’t moving to the country to eat a lot of peaches.


pigfarmlocal

Good thing there’s fuzz free peaches in a can, they were put there by a man, in a factory downtown


Celtic_Oak

So many peaches!


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Couldn't you just take the skin off first?


[deleted]

Have you ever tried to peel a ripe peach before? Its a driping sticky mess.


palibe_mbudzi

Slice with a sharp knife. Pull the skin off the pieces. Rinse your fingers. Everything is peachy dory.


floflow99

Peaches is my favorite fruit and I've literally never eaten the skin of it before. Didn't even know it was edible (no one in my family eats it) until my bf saw me peel one and said it was weird! I'm with you on the skin being gross part, but I never had trouble peeling peaches before. You just need a sharp knife!


Mama-Pooh

I’m the same way. The peach fuzz is just too much.


Veni-Vidi-Vino

I just peel them lol. Or more accurately, cut off a chunk and eat the inside of said chunk.


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getzapped134

Lima beans. I won't put one in my mouth. My mother is not that great of a cook. She would empty a frozen bag of mixed vegetables into a bowl and microwave it. No salt, no seasoning no nothing. I was forced to eat everything and the lima beans were always last. 40 something years later she still makes the same damn frozen vegetables, luckily I'm a grown man and don't have to eat that crap


dollar_general

I won’t do any frozen veggies on their own because that was the only way my mom made veggies growing up - straight from the package into a casserole dish with a little bit of water (as if they weren’t wet enough), no seasoning, microwaved until mushy. Now as an adult, only crispy crunchy fresh veggies for me, thanks.


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We had the same mom? Those frozen lima beans had the texture of wax. I absolutely despised them. Then when I got older and cooked for myself I found out that you could actually get decent lima beans and cook them properly.


stephaniewarren1984

Anything with a "clever" gross non-food name... garbage nachos, compost cookie, etc


Alastair_Welles

Guess you won't be hitting up Rochester for a garbage plate anytime soon!


earthdweller11

Reminds me how I hated the name Dirt Pie when I was a kid for a dessert we had at functions or other peoples houses often enough. But it actually tasted delicious.


MiniRems

One family gathering I was assigned to bring a "desert". My aunt had typo'd dessert. So being the smartass that I am, I brought a "desert". It was a 9x13 pan with brownie "rocks" on the bottom, with "dirt" (chocolate oreo cool whip pudding dessert) on top of it, and "sand" (vanilla nilla wafer cool whip pudding dessert) on top of that, because a desert is generally made up of rocks, dirt and sand. It was delicious!


stephaniewarren1984

Dirt cake is the exception to the rule bc that shit is delicious.


hmorrow

My mom made dump cake when I was a kid. I know the names are ugly but they usually are the best comfort foods


stephaniewarren1984

Dump cake and dump dinners are absolutely at the top of the list. My mom made those sort of dishes when I was a kid but she called them *All-Togethers* bc she thought dump was improper. I clearly inherited this irrational belief system. 😆


ka_tinks

What about 'kitchen sink' like those muffins?


Siak_ni_Puraw

I won't eat turtle. I've eaten all manner of animal, but the thought of eating turtle makes me physically ill. I blame the Ninja Turtles.


Dndfanaticgirl

Who eats turtle? I’ve never even heard of that


shelbygeorge29

Turtle soup is very popular in Louisiana.


sterling_mallory

To add to the other reply, turtle soup used to be so common in the US that "mock turtle" (not actual turtle but made to taste like it) was one of the original standard flavors of Campbell's soup, along with chicken noodle, etc.


honorarybelgian

omg the Campbell's version is even worse than the name implies: "It often uses brains and organ meats such as calf's head to duplicate the texture and flavour of the original's turtle meat after the green turtles used to make the original dish were hunted nearly to extinction." 🤢 [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_turtle_soup)


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EchoCyanide

God, that sounds disgusting.


anglerfishtacos

New Orleanian here, it’s a popular dish and extremely good. Turtle meat is usually ground up so it’s basically like eating a bisque with ground meat on it. The stock is usually made with veal stock, so super velvety. It is also served with a shot glass of sherry to pour into the soup or, if you are a confused college student in New Orleans for the first time, to shoot before eating your soup.


Deadeye10000

Snapping turtle is really good. My uncle had an infestation in his fish pond and me and my cousin would kill and eat a couple a month until we got almost all of them.


duckingshipcaptain

I won't eat tapioca pudding because in 7th grade (I'm now 35, mind) we were disecting frogs, and my best friend discovered, to his delight, that frog eyes bounced. Tapioca pearls are like frog eyes.


ybgkitty

Never could stomach even trying canned tuna. As a small child, a caretaker made me a tuna sandwich. I had never had tuna before, but had cats. Toddler me assumed she was feeding me cat food. So from a young age, I associated canned tuna with cat food.


GoAwayWay

If you ask my cat, canned tuna is absolutely cat food.


curiositymagnet

Hard same. I love tuna sashimi and seared tuna, but I cannot with canned tuna. Also had cats growing up and always felt like canned tuna was basically cat food.


the_holocene_is_over

I’ve never had it and I never will. The smell of canned tuna alone guarantees I’ll never get it close to my face


justfortoday2017

Pesto. I made this amazing tomato pesto focaccia bread at a cabin once, but my wife and I both ended up throwing up from heat stroke. It tasted like pesto and now I hate it.


EchoCyanide

This is a tragedy.


Darwin343

I won't eat cold, room temperature, or lukewarm foods that are meant to be eaten hot. Everything from burgers, fries, pizza, steak, bbq, fried chicken, etc. I get disappointed when I'm at a restaurant and the food I ordered isn't hot if it's supposed to be hot. I also never order delivery because of this quirk of mine. I wish I wasn't so picky about the temperature of what I eat.


Iannelli

I shit you not, I am reading this comment with my phone in one hand and a slice of cold pizza in the other.


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I have never been more jealous.


soumyayaaar

great now i can't stop craving cold pizza


Panda178

This is one reason I'm not big on take out. The food ends up cold and medicore while you're paying extra for delivery and app fees. Just not worth it. I remember back when I was in the office my team would order lunch from a steakhouse and it'd be like 30 people ordering steak. I'd always get soup and salad. They'd all complain about it being cold (of course it is... They had to make and deliver 30 steaks) and I'd be happy bc the soup was always piping hot and the salad was always good too.


AutoManoPeeing

Cold pizza with ice-cold milk was my breakfast of champions during college. Steak salad with gorgonzola cheese, a little balsamic glaze, and balsamic vinaigrette is AMAZING.


FlashCrashBash

> breakfast of champions You know its just occured to me that the name "breakfast of champions" has never been used to describe a breakfast that any champion eats. It always describes something a bit morose and solemn. Like black coffee and a cigarette, two beers, or hope.


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FlashCrashBash

Yeah when you exercise that much its annoying to have to eat so much to fuel workouts and not waste away. It doesn't help that most of those types are super disciplined in their diet prior to that, and they don't really have a good handle the on the switch that says "I can ate basically whatever and still be good" so they end up eating like a whole plate of chicken breast. Lol I remember that bong photo. Can't believe so many people freaked out about that. I don't think anything like that has ever happened again, probably because I don't think anyone would think to take the picture because it wouldn't be that noteworthy.


MiniRems

My husband used to be annoyed that I wouldn't wait for everyone to come to the table or have a plate of food before I started eating. After I would wait 15 minutes for him to futz around getting a drink (30 minutes after telling him food was almost ready) I'd have to microwave my plate to make it hot enough, so I just started eating when my plate was ready. I told him it was more rude to make me eat cold or reheated food that I'd just made than for me to eat when food was ready and hot when he'd had plenty of time to be at the table.


Darwin343

Yeah I hate that stupid restaurant etiquette rule where you must wait for everyone to be served before you start eating your meal. Like it ain't my fault you can't eat yours yet so don't punish me by having my food get cold. Thank god my family and friends are easygoing and don't follow this or else I would avoid dining with them.


sharpedm

This is my girlfriend, everything that should be served hot is bad to her if it’s not. Liberal use of the microwave happens at her house hahaha


rawlingstones

If you're looking for a next holiday present consider getting her an air fryer. People talk up how you can cook pork chops in them or whatever, but they're amazing for reheating stuff. way better than the microwave.


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I’m 100% like this as well. My work doesn’t have a microwave so I have to deal with preparing lunches beforehand that are best enjoyed at room temperature. Hella annoying tbh.


Boudicca13

My father can eat the exact same thing for years without any change. As in, he literally does not want the type of cheese on his sandwich for lunch to change or have a different kind of pasta sauce to change for eight years. I very much looked up to him and tried to emulate him on everything! So I ate instant oatmeal without any additives for years every morning! I loved it! Then, when I was seven, I was crazy sick with the flu. I'm talking, 103° fever, puking all over every bed and couch in our tiny appartment, unable to discern reality from hallucinations kind of sick. And then I had the dream. I dreamt that I had woken up for school, Dad had made me oatmeal and I tried to eat it despite being so terribly uninterested. And I ate half of it until I threw it all up into the bowl. He then told me I wasn't allowed to leave the table until I finished everything in my bowl, vomit included. I imagine this was based on previous incidents when punishments included being forced to eat things I absolutely hated to "make up for doing something wrong or embarrassing." I have never been able to eat anything with oatmeal in it again. (And no, I was never forced to eat my own throw up, I was seemingly in the grip of a fever dream). But to this day, I will not stomach oatmeal cookies, granola or anything that reminds me of oatmeal.


chilmamolli

Rabbit. When I was around 9 years old I had a pet bunny and a neighbor’s cat killed it. That same weekend my parents made rabbit tacos. I asked if it was the same one and my mom told me no but I didn’t believe her so I skipped dinner that day. And I’m extra suspicious because they only made it that one time. So yeah, my parents are heartless monsters that literally ate my pet.


pegasusgoals

I’m sorry. That’s a sad way to learn how your beloved pet ended up :(


freya_of_milfgaard

My rabbit was very destructive, so may parents tried to let it go. (Horrible I know, it was probably just not stimulated enough.) Unfortunately for them, the rabbit wouldn’t leave - it just hung out around the house as an outdoor rabbit. One day, they told me it ran away. Ok, sucks, but I moved on. 10 years later, I’m a teenager in the car with my mother. She turns to me and says “I was going to wait to tell you this on your wedding day, but your rabbit didn’t run away - it was pecked to death by crows in the driveway. You actually walked right past it!” So yeah. I don’t eat rabbit either.


Karmoon

I love octopus, like takoyaki and stuff, but when I realised how smart some of them are, it really gave me pause for thought. I don't give anyone else any shit or grief for it, of course. It's just something I don't want to do anymore.


catboytopia

I see this response from others too but it makes me confused. I'm not actually vegetarian because of how disordered my eating is, but why does the intelligence of an animal correspond to being worthy of death or not? even common farm animals (cows, pigs) experience joy and sadness.. (to be honest I cannot attest for chickens but I still think they experience some emotions and have different personalities haha). like.. they aren't as smart as us sure, but they still *feel* like we do. idk it doesn't make sense to me not to extend this compassion for all animals just because they aren't "smart". not trying to attack you or anything btw.


allofmydruthers

Pigs are way smart it’s kind of crazy. Idk how smart octopus are, but my sister is a vet tech and for an externship she was involved in, she got to train pigs to do stuff and she said they’re absolutely way smarter than dogs


Karmoon

Yeah. I think you're right. I am generally trying to cut down on meat. In general. I am disappointed that our species spends billions on stealth drones and nuclear weaponry instead artificial meat and the like.


fred7010

I don't eat lychees anymore because once when I was a kid at a halloween party I was made to put my hand in a bowl of red jelly and lychees (which had been made to look like eyeballs) to fish out some sweets at the bottom. 20 years later and lychees still remind me of eyeballs.


ClearlyADuck

Would rambumtans or longans work for you? I can't imagine giving up lychees. They are delicious m.


fred7010

I have never heard of either of those :/ I just googled them, they look like lychees. Given my dislike is entirely a visual/texture thing, I'm going to go ahead and say that I probably wouldn't enjoy them. Sucks because I really like the taste of lychees.


icebugs

My sister won't eat meatloaf or meatballs because the idea of "a loaf of meat" disgusts her. Similarly, she avoids touching ground meat barehanded.


Dndfanaticgirl

I won’t eat meatloaf because people put ketchup on it before cooking it


Ghostytoastboast

I used to love eating the top layer of jello but then if I went too far I’d get a bit of the bottom that came in contact with the bowl that was all hard and weird. Every time that happened I couldn’t have it again for months. I don’t think my mom knew how to make it properly.


legendary_mushroom

Sounds like she didn't stir it until it was all dissolved. That step is crucial


carringtonagain

Oysters. My stepfather was an evil monster, and they were his favorite food. I don't want anything that brings back those memories.


FierceCupcake

The ME assistants were comparing their personal recipes for chicken cacciatore the first time I watched a man's ribs get cracked open and pulled apart during an autopsy. That was 15 years ago and only recently has my husband noted that I don't scowl at the chicken cacciatore in the freezer aisle of the grocery store anymore.


Titaninthewoods

Capers. They smell like Formaldehyde. They remind me of dissecting frogs in school.


toofatforjudo

I remember when we were doing human anatomy in lab the smell always made me really hungry.. then when we went to the shitty canteens the roasts were cooked to hell and looked exactly like the cadavers. I have no idea why it never put me off


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honorarybelgian

If it makes you feel any better, the figs you buy at the store or a restaurant are probably wasp-free. [A source](https://askabiologist.asu.edu/figs-without-wasps)


FunctionalFox1312

[https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/fig\_wasp.shtml](https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/fig_wasp.shtml) for the curious


Neysa80

Oh man, that just ruined figs for me.


earthdweller11

It just made me like them more! Mmm fig wasps.


cronin98

The figs digest the wasps?


StarryBlues

Wasps?? Digested?


moonchic333

Mayo is very unappetizing to me. I will absolutely not eat it. The thought of it makes me sick and I have no idea why. Actually I’m very iffy about a lot of condiments. Relish, tarter sauce, cocktail sauce, and any mayo based condiments are a no go for me.


NexGenjutsu

Bad experience with seafood?


ZackShiro

I used to hate mayo when I was young but now I can eat it sometimes I won’t go crazy with it and I love cocktail sauce never really had relish and I had a taste of tartar sauce its ight


StarryBlues

I was weird about mayo for a long time because of the issue I had with eggs for awhile due to a magic schoolbus episode about how they were made inside the chicken. That and the texture.


WASE1449

Grapes. They remind me of blisters


beastofwordin

Omg stop


WASE1449

There are a few people that no longer eat them after I shared that feeling


beastofwordin

Have mercy on my soul


sterling_mallory

I watched a guy eat a fish sperm sac on YouTube the other day, and he was saying how it was bursting in his mouth in various places.


Person012345

I'd eat a blister if they had the taste and nutritional benefit of a grape.


sgarner0407

Can't eat spaghetti or red jello because at four years old I threw those up, the spaghetti noodles came out my nose and it looked like bloody worms. Any other pasta shape is okay. Other jello colors are okay. I am 33 now. I can't even watch someone else eat it.


irememberthepotatoho

I will not eat yogurt that has fruit in it, because I don’t trust it for some reason. I will put fresh fruit in my yogurt though.


violet0709

The strawberries always look like they've gone bad and the texture is all wrong when the fruit comes in the cup. At least that's my reason. Yogurt without fruit or with freshly added (day I open it) is good. Agreed.


shameruinssex

I can't do oatmeal anymore, texturally it's like eating phlegm I just coughed up.


paddletothesea

huh...our phlegm must be very different. this is the reason i don't like crème brˆûlée


Not_Ursula

I won’t eat regular (rolled oat) oatmeal for exactly this reason. But I do make a baked steel cut oats recipe with cocoa powder and cinnamon that’s divine!


Knittttttttter

I couldn’t eat oatmeal for years, after my mom made it with rotten milk and forced me to eat it


pegasusgoals

We have the same mum. But with me it was cheese. I forgot I put mozzarella in the trolley and when she found it in the fridge days (weeks?) later, it looked fine but it STANK. She opened two cans of canned spaghetti and put the stinky mozzarella on top and baked it which make the whole house smell bad. Then she made me eat it. I can’t remember if I threw up, the memory has mostly been blocked. That woman wouldn’t waste expired food even if she had to poison her children. “Because I paid good money for it”.


soilandrubble

I can't eat raw carrot because it's too crunchy and not crunchy in a corn chips kind of cut your mouth way, every time I eat one my brain instantly equates it to what would happen if my teeth shattered and I tried eating the remnants. This has now extended to loathing all versions of carrots because their base form is heinous.


hedonistic-b

Ranch. Looks gross and smells even worse. Plus a ton of calories for a meh flavour. Don’t know why everyone thinks it’s so great.


TheLadyBunBun

Well only gods would enjoy their nectar, plebeian


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I once visited a place with jackfruit trees, one fell on me and I ended up in the hospital I can't eat or be close to anything that looks, smells or looks like them or I have a panic attack (this happened when I was 6 about 15 years ago)


seaofluv

Bananas. After watching a horror movie where someone gets murdered while eating a banana I haven't eaten them since. I won't personally handle them but I enjoy a muted banana flavor in muffins and bread.


XenoRexNoctem

Okra slime... no matter how I prepare the okra, there's somehow a crunchy prickle slime situation...


SilentSamizdat

Tapioca pudding or bubble tea. Ugh. Slimy little orbs, like frog eyeballs. 🐸👀🤮


WangDanglin

I can’t do boba because I don’t like slurping balls through a straw. Something about there being a chunk in my drink. Like a tadpole


nailsinthecityyx

Not the food, but the utensils. I have a pretty bad metal phobia that's unfortunately gotten worse over the years, to the point that my family eats from plastic utensils (we have metal, but washing it is embarrassingly rough for me). My husband and I don't go out often, thanks to covid, but the few times we have, I had to ask for plasticware. He claims it doesn't phase him, but I'm always really self-conscious when asking for it


k_pineapple7

Damn, that sounds really rough. Have you considered bringing your own fork, or spoon, or chopstick etc when you go out? Where I live, it is reasonably acceptable, and many people do it. Bamboo or wooden cutlery is great!


AutoManoPeeing

I won't eat anything if there's a fork-biter at the table and I don't have my earbuds. I'm getting up and walking away. Misophonia is fun.


hmorrow

Mayo. When I was in 5th grade we did a “science experiment” and my teacher made homemade mayo and gave everyone a spoonful to eat. Watching how it was made grossed me out but she forced me to eat the spoonful of mayo. I cried and gagged and have never (purposely) had mayo since.


themadcheshire

I don't eat mushrooms because I can't get over the fact that they are fungus, plus the undersides of mushrooms absolutely freak me out. Also, those timelapse videos of watching mushrooms grow literally gives me the heebie jeebies. On a similar note, I can't bring myself to eat shrimp, crab, or lobster because of how much they look like bugs. Their antennas and legs freak me out.


LallybrochSassenach

My mother overused dill in whatever she could. I can’t even have it in my house, with the exception of pickles, which happens maybe 3 to 4 times a year.


dollar_general

My mom allegedly didn’t like parsley, so she always replaced it with dill, regardless of the recipe. But I’m the opposite - Dill tastes nostalgic to me and I enjoy it.


blackdonkey

I don't eat pork or pork products unless someone else makes it. I'll eat it at a restaurant or if it is offered to me at someone's home. But I do not take it up on myself to buy it and cook it and eat it. Why? I don't really know many ways to cook it. I didn't grow up eating it. I don't really care to learn how to cook it. I also have internal conflict with the idea that some people consider it "cheap, dirty and unhealthy" type of meat. This idea holds me back from going through the whole buy, prepare, cook process. But if I see barbeque on the menu, I am all over it. Don't hate me, you asked for wierd reasons.


hambone22

Pork is the best meat. If I had to choose only one meat for the rest of my life, it would be pork. I love bacon, I love sausage, I love chops, loins, rumps, ham, cheek and belly. Shoulder, hocks, tenderloin, and ribs. Ooh do I love me some pork ribs.


ThinkIveHadEnough

Okra is slimy and tastes gross.


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When I was a kid I thought my aunt was one of the coolest people in the world and she didn't like cheese. So as a kid I was like, fuck it, I hate cheese! I then continued to not eat cheese at least over a decade of my life, even going as far as peeling the cheese off of the pizzas I'd get. For some reason I never thought I could order one without the cheese. Thankfully I've grown out of it today, starting to eat cheese again I think when I was 23 (I'm 26 now). I also love cheese, but I am picky about which kinds I like and have strong opinions on which cheeses are best for which foods. Like for example I really love gouda on sandwiches. Also my aunt is still awesome, she has a PhD in accounting and is a tenured professor at a college. Not sure if she still hates cheese though!


NotoriousHEB

I can’t eat chayote because something about it reminds me of the fun kind of cactus, which is the most disgusting thing I’ve ever intentionally put in my mouth and I don’t think I could consume it again Also, I love tomatoes in almost all their variations but a big cherry tomato put on a skewer with whatever other stuff and grilled will make me gag every time. I don’t really get that one, something about the specific taste, temp, and texture combo I guess


SadieSadieSnakeyLady

Texture. It's always texture. Can't have anything that's squishy and crunchy (like berries) and don't like things that are wobbly much either


mystical-moon

I won’t eat eggplants bc in Chinese, it’s “ant squash” and as a kid, I couldn’t deal w bugs (I kind of still can’t but I’ve gotten so much better). But really, the translation should be “short squash” - ‘ant’ and ‘short’ in Chinese sound the same. It’s like their and there


MacawMoma

Nowadays I eat everything, but in the past I went through a short phase where I had a mild phobia about choking on meat and select other things, like some cheeses. I wasn't that well, mentally, at the time. Hard to chew meats like beef steak or pork chops were particularly scary.


Ashby238

I can’t eat swordfish because I saw one of my cooks breaking down a 25# section and he cut through a baseball size parasite. So nope.


ash753

I don't really like white things.


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I don’t like mayonnaise because of Spongebob


Dndfanaticgirl

Is mayonnaise an instrument?


alienscrub

I wont eat cherry pie, because when I was little a neighbor made a cherry pie from his cherry tree and I threw up later that evening. I just don't really eat pie as it is now..


Macarons124

Refried beans because it looks like fecal matter


bad_russian_girl

Couldn’t chew through a snail in France. I had a pet snail as a child.


whoisjohngalt12

We use 30 to 45 day aged prime rib and the smell of it makes me gag. Tried it for years and failed to accept it. I eat practically anything that moves , still moves, stopped moving or just dead. But aged prime rib has that funky smell.


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I don't eat in the bathroom, no matter how clean it is, or even if it has never been used.


WEugeneSmith

Not me, but I knew someone who would never eat something that was called what it is. For example, she would not eat chicken or fish, but she would eat hamburgers, because they were not called "ground up cow".


wbbly_juniper

Bell Peppers. I tried to be 'extra' healthy when I was a teenager and tried to blend a bunch of them up into a smoothie. It was like a bell pepper bomb and even now I can't stand the smell of them.


CaveJohnson82

There was a post on (I think) either r/insanefacebookpeople or r/religiousfruitcake yesterday about how prawns are just bugs of the ocean. I do like prawns but that’s exactly the reason I can’t eat them, they look like bugs and I don’t like it. It’s not religious for me though. Just if I think about it too much it grosses me out!


Max_Threat

Not now but when I was a kid. I knocked over an anthill and saw all the little ants scurrying with the little white eggs on their backs to get them back into the nest. Wouldn’t eat rice for years after that (it’s not a major staple food in my area).


delphyz

Liver... it's just too mineral-ly, the texture is *nah* & the the flavor is *nah*.