This is seriously an interesting thread. I remember when we escaped commie Vietnam, and landed in Malaysia - I noticed a huge campfire and everyone was so excited that their stomach was going to be full that night. I feasted on something so amazing, didn't know what it was. Until my first trip to MarineLand and realized it was a dolphin.

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Originally posted by mark123:
I hate eggs. I hate the smell, I hate the taste, I hate the texture.

OK, I get the smell and taste thing - they are all the same. But texture? An over easy egg is miles apart from a hard boiled egg or even a hard scrambled egg.

Not questioning your hatred of eggs - but ALL textures of eggs? Just curious.

It's either mushy or squeaky when you bite it. Gives me the shivers.

I can't think of anything that I won't eat. Certainly there are some foods that I like better than others. I tried raw whale blubber once (an Inuit delicacy, I was told).It tasted very,very "fishy" but I'd eat it again if I were hungry enough.
Two things that I would like to try some day.....cooked rattlesnake and roasted bugs ( Asian dish). Not very hot on eating things that are still alive.

Question : has anyone ever eaten the marrow from a large bone (femur , etc.) ?? Supposedly ,our ancestors were very aggressive in retrieving the marrow, high in fat , I believe). Wonder what it tastes like ?

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Originally posted by PASig:
All you guys saying you won't eat fish because it's "fishy"...guess what? You have been eating or smelling OLD or BAD fish all your life.

Good, fresh fish is sweet and NEVER "fishy".

King Mackerel ???

You know what is actually seriously yummy but disgusting on the surface of it?

Smoked or chocolate covered crickets.

My # 2 son has a food no touchy thing...I’ve have jokingly thought of buying him a stainless steel prison tray with partitions for the food. Once I voiced my thought,.....Mrs. Mike told me to stop.


And Mrs. Mike & #2 both have texture issues. He will eat yogurt but she won’t. He won’t eat mashed potatoes but she will- as long as they are lumpy and not thin....if it wasn’t for hot dogs, chicken nuggets and bologna he would starve and die.

I’ll eat damn near anything. My mom once shoved me into a corner and put a serving bowl of Lima beans under my chin and I quote, “ you are going to eat every one of these mother fuckers, and if you throw them up you will eat them again”...I learned some valuable life lessons that day. Mom is not to be trifled with, being the number one ranked that day.

I may not like it, but I will try it. But I draw the line at tounge, pigs feet, chittlins,chicken feet (or paws as the call them here in centx) oysters, and some others I can’t recall right now...oh liver [shudders] blechh

ETA: ^^^ I’ve eaten all those things. I just don’t like them. I’ve eaten shit off the side of the road food truck in third world shitholes- I just didn’t ask them what it was.

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Liver. I just can't eat it. When I chew it, it just gets bigger and bigger and I can't swallow it. I hate cheese and all other forms of spoiled milk: sour cream, yogurt, buttermilk, even cream cheese--I can taste it in a chocolate frosting. For me, seafood needs to have had fins--no shellfish or crustaceans need apply. There are several vegetables I only eat under duress: beets, asparagus, Brussels sprouts. Meat must be at least medium well done. I had dinner with some friends who served rare beef and I somehow managed to swallow a small portion, but I had to fight the urge to upchuck.

I don't eat anything I can't identify and a lot of things that I can. I am considered picky.

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I can eat anything.
I love trying new and exotic foods. If it's something I don't like I don't feel the need to spit it out like a child but rather add it to my list of things I would pay for a second time.
I don't have a very high tolerance for adults who act like toddlers and feel the need to share their opinion on what I'm eating.

Agreed. Adults who proclaim they "won't eat" or loudly announce what they don't like strike me as a bit odd. We aren't three years old. Just don't eat it. Keep quiet about it.

Being generally picky is just in one's head - there is science about this. Pickiness is a habit or mindset. My view is that if you are a picky eater, keep it to yourself.

(This thread is an exception, since the whole point is what are your food peeves and preferences.)

When my buddy, whom I've known for 35ish years, orders a burger and fries, he always eats the fires first followed by the burger and; the ketchup for the fries is not allowed o touch the fires before he picks them up nor touch the burger (even when the burger comes with ketchup preinstalled).

He claims it mixes up the flavors.

I'm in the if it's made of meat, it's good to eat camp.

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Originally posted by Ryanp225:I don't have a very high tolerance for adults who act like toddlers and feel the need to share their opinion on what I'm eating.

Its remarkable how grown adults turn into petulant children when something they don't like or, aren't familiar with, gets put in front of them. My sister had a b/f, who would turn his plate 360-degrees, sniff and dab his tongue on whatever it was (which was a lot of things) that he hadn't a clue about. He quiet literally acted like an idiot and hadn't realized how ridiculous he looked until I recorded him doing one of his 'ignoramus inspections'

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Originally posted by mike28w:Question : has anyone ever eaten the marrow from a large bone (femur , etc.) ??

Yup, order it every time it's available. Think meat-flavored butter. If you're a meat eater and like beef, bone marrow should be a staple. Spread it on toast for an appetizer...so good!

I am a picky bastard.

I hate mayonnaise and anything it is used in.
I hate dill and all things containing dill.
I hate tomato sauce that is chunky. Smooth tomato sauce is just fine, but no me gusta tomato chunks.
I hate mustard but not as pathologically as dill.

This rules out many foods but I don’t care. I still managed to get fat. I have no interest in changing these food phobias of mine. Clearly I am not starving.

BTW I like seaweed. Any time I encounter it in Japanese food I will eat it no problem.

No sushi, oysters, liver or tomatoes. Tasted em all many times, do not like! Just about everything else is game. I like beef medium.

A high school girlfriend’s little sister would only eat yellow or white foods. Seemed like a good path to malnourishment.

Not a fan of ginger.

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V-Tail:

Outstanding sir! That is exactly the reply I was hoping for!

Am I really that predictable?

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Not a fan of ginger.

I love ginger and wasabi, often served at both ends of sushi (I hate sushi, but ginger and wasabi are strong enough I can't taste the sushi).

We had neighbors in college, wonderful people, Korean. They made us some authentic kimchi. My wife loved it. I can't even be close to the smell.

But I am told I did eat raw snails when I was 3 years old, camping with the family.

My grandparents were ranchers/farmers, all their farm food was very fresh, which makes a big difference. But I could never do chicken liver - gizzard - heart.

My oldest son has Asbergers syndrome. It’s really tough dealing with his food issues. There's VERY few things he will eat. He had the EXACT same lunch every single day from Kindergarten through High School!

Freaks me out since I love trying new foods all the time. I guess the point is that sometimes there’s more things involved with some picky eaters. Some people are just self centered pricks droning on about their stupid new diets. Some people have serious psychological issues and will lose 1/3rd of their body weight starving themselves rather than eat something they don’t like the texture of like my son did........

Hard to tell the goofballs from those with real issues sometimes.

With me it's texture, I don't care for tripe, I don't like the gelatinous texture, the other is Uni, which is sea urchin roe, or bulut which is sure to trigger my gag reflex.

I've done sushi, even mukluk with no issue.

I’ll pass on sushi. I have cleaned enough fish to know better than to eat it raw, especially salmon.