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[littlelisa]

Right, that reminds me. I hate papaya too. Tastes like barf.

[the_beaver]

As far as what I don't like there are really only two things: nearly all vegetables and the majority of fruit.

As to what I won't eat: almost nothing.

[Sector7G]

I wonder about this a lot myself. Why do some people(including myself sometimes) love certain foods and others(including myself again) can't stand them.

I have a theory that it stems from something you get in your head when you are young, some association you make with the food that either puts you off it or makes you crave it.

In some cases it can be overcome. I never liked sauerkraut when I was young but love it now. Same thing with macaroni and cheese, which is a staple of a lot of kids. Brussel sprouts I hated with a passion, but can at least tolerate now.

I was never able to get past the taste of liver though. Yuk!!!!

[Panda]

[Panda]

[jajdude]

THE EEL
I don't mind eels
Except as meals.
And the way they feels.

----

Who wants my jellyfish? I'm not sellyfish!

-Ogden Nash

Can live without squid and octopus too, and some other seafood. Most fish I like.

[losing_touch]

The Papaya Salad I mention isn't anything like the fruit. I think the fruit is wonderful. If you are curious and don't know about this dish, here is a link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Som_tam

[Sector7G]

[the_beaver]

[losing_touch]

[VanIslander]

green string beans make me throw up or at least start the vomit reflex involuntary at just the smell - the product of a bad childhood experience with boiled green beans - for a million dollars I simply could not swallow and keep them down

i can eat spiders, brains, raw snake, bull's *beep*, a thousand things, but not cooked green string beans

[blurgalurgalurga]

Oh yeah--Brussels sprouts make me gag, literally.

I ate durian once, and I'd do it again if it was socially obligatory, but man! that stuff smells like corpse. I guess the taste is better than the smell, but that ain't saying much.

And Panda, lots of Canadians like fruit!

[poet13]

Brocoli.
We had a big garden when I was a boy.
One summer we had a horrible brocoli worm problem.
We children were not allowed to pick at our food.
Some nights I sat at the table with my brocoli in front of me until 9 or 10 pm (several hours past dinner) until my mother would tell me to go to bed. I finally won and she said I didn't have to eat brocoli any more.
Funny thing is, now I eat bugs.


Ddokk. Nasty stuff makes me wanna wretch just seeing others eat it.

Sea cucumber. Wholeheartedly agree with the other posters.

There's a few more, but not many.

[greedy_bones]

Ketchup. I don't mind tomatoes or tomato sauce, and I love salsa. For some reason, I feel like vomiting when I taste ketchup, though. I'm guessing I had a bad burger or something when I was a kid.

I'm also not too fond of pickles, but I can handle them.

[Kikomom]

In 1984 I spent a month on the island of Crete. I was eating Greek salads every day and loving them until after about a week the cucumber gave me a heart burn so bad I thought I was going to die. It lasted hours and hours until I could finally find a pack of Rolaids. Haven't touched a cuke since even though I know they come in a burpless variety and my mom makes a fantastic side dish with a sour cream sauce to die for.

Capers are another nasty little morsel I can't stand. They used to load them on the pizzas in Spain and completely ruined the whole experience.

Green beans are fine. But once in Charleston, SC, a waitress asked us why we Yankees like eating animal fodder.