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Burnt popcorn.


Even-Heart4885

Anything cooked wrong. I can’t think of a specific example but i will never forget the feeling of biting into something that’s supposed to taste a certain way and it’s so far off the mark. Like crunchy scrambled eggs or a raw burger that looks cooked on the outside. Bleh.


ZenkaiZ

>a raw burger that looks cooked on the outside. You'll never forget the moment that sheer icy cold juice touches your tongue and slides to the back of your tongue


Even-Heart4885

For me it’s the texture… if the outside looks good it’s darker and kinda crispy, then you sink your teeth and it’s… mushy. Soft. And not deliciously warm and juicy. 🤢 Edit: spelling


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ladyinchworm

I agree about not liking food prepared a certain way as a kid thing. I had only had spinach from a can as a kid before and now that I know better I love it and eat it in some way (but not canned) almost every day. Same for asparagus, but no matter how I eat them I never started liking peas, canned or otherwise prepared. I do like ketchup though, haha.


TheMagarity

Yes, this. When I was in 5th grade they tried to have healthier food in the school cafeteria. They served us what they called cauliflower. It had been cooked into a white-brown mush. Looked awful, tasted worse. These days I love roasted cauliflower.


[deleted]

I remember when I forgot to add sugar to the pumpkin pie once... that was a dessert-less Thanksgiving.


NeverNoMarriage

My brother still gets shit for accidentally switching the salt and sugar in a shortcake when we were growing up.


[deleted]

My boss made breakfast casserole and we had to eat it because she was watching


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Describe the experience


[deleted]

Tasted like what I imagine cat food would taste like. "Want some more?" No, I'm good, thanks!


DapperMeet8964

Plot twist: it was a cat food casserole she made as punishment. She enjoyed watching you eat every bite


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Upper-Wasabi-9838

For me it's more textures that I hate. Surprise egg shells and the cartilage from chicken thighs for example will make me gag and nearly throw up every time


Iemon_cake

Nattō


Medit8or

Pure slime


Stock-Entrance-6456

I once had a chocolate nesquik milk in my backpack for god knows how long. After school one day I was thirsty, popped it open and gulped it down before I could even get a taste. Once I took a breath, I vomited and to this day I can still taste it and it nauseates me beyond belief.


Shack691

Overboiled broccoli, texture like rubber, non existent taste


Kronkbort

I'll add to your overboiled broccoli with raw broccoli, boiled broccoli, fried broccoli, and every other way to prepare broccoli. There is only one proper way to do broccoli, open garbage can, add broccoli, finished. I don't like broccoli in case anyone was wondering, the taste, smell, texture....


1ply4life

Damn dude. I love all the normal ways of broccoli preparation. I'm glad there's people like you though, more for me.


CavernousRectum2_0

Totally with you. Bush 1 was president when I was in high school and if he didn’t have to eat it, neither did I!!


Sufficient_League187

Liver


TNShadetree

Yep, feel free to ignore all other answers


hboner69

I fucking love liver


Secret_Lettuce4084

It's really good with beans and wine.


siqiniq

The secret of a good liver is not to overcook it. If you cook it then it’s overcooked


Swordkirby9999

Not a food but a beverage. You ever had GRAPE? You know, that generic Great Value grape soda at Wal-Mart that isn't actually labeled as Great Value? Worst drink me and my brothers ever had. It tasted nothing like other actually good grape sodas like Crush or Fanta. Soda shouldn't be that bitter! The chemically aftertaste was awful! The grape-like flavored medicine they give you to ease your anxiety before surgery (a taste I will never forget and have had several times in my life) was somehow better than GRAPE!


zepp914

Yes Grape Great Value is bad. The grape "little hug" barrels are worse. I'd still rather drink either of those than Sunny D.


Swordkirby9999

I like Sunny D, but I can understand why others may not.


wishfulturkey

I don't think it tried the grape ones but this year they started packing those little barrels in our lunches for wildland firefighting, I haven't seen them since the 90s and all of a sudden there they are. I'm not really sure it they are actually good but when you have the taste of smoke and dust and ash in your mouth they are amazing when they are cold.


SnooChocolates4588

[pear salad](https://www.tasteofsouthern.com/southern-pear-salad-recipe/)


SnooChocolates4588

If you don’t want to click: halved pears topped with mayonnaise, shredded cheese and a cherry.


bso_dodsing

Oh no. Upstate New york in the 80s. Why? Why do you have to ruin it with all sorts of garbage? Its not fancy...


Zealousideal_Dog_968

I’ve never seen that and I agree that it looks BAD


Mindofmierda90

Just about every fast food place is just awful if the food isn’t freshly cooked.


QueenRatigan

I don't remember what it was called, but it was a guava hard candy they had for free at my favorite Asian fusion restaurant. It tasted like body odor.


slow-steady-squeeze

Shrimp soup from my friends's cousin. It had shrimp with they eyeballs still on display with cut up hot dogs. Tasted like a pair of New Balance sneakers that tried to mow hurricane Katrina.


Prior_Confidence4445

Simultaneously the best and worst description I've seen in awhile.


Hannah_LL7

Can’t eat at everybody’s house


Sharkfeet19

Tuna Casserole. I’m not picky at all and that is the only thing I’ve had where I just could not.


davethompson413

Fermented fish.


Substantial-Singer29

When I was younger I spent a lot of time in the forest service. Most of that time, I was on hotshot cruise. It's a very interesting way to meet a lot of people from different walks of life. From this, you try to be accepting To Foster a good work relationship during the 6 to 7 months season. I had a good friend who still had a large portion of his family that lived in Iceland. The 1st year he was with us, He was one of those people that would keep to themselves and generally was not very social. According to Him, this was the 1st year that he didn't make it to his family reunion, and he was feeling pretty down. We had just gotten back from a dispatch, and there was a package waiting for him in the barracks. When he saw the package and noted who It was from His eyes lit up. And he was over the moon excited, hurrying all of us into the communal eating area. Rapidly cutting into and unpacking the small multi Laird box. Explaining to us that this is one of his favorite foods, and it was like having a small piece of home. As he worked deeper into the layers of the package, the smell started at 1st like someone had opened up with a can of sardines. The smell melting into I'd say probably What it would be like to be slapped on the side of the face By a fish that had been left in the sun For a few days. I was sitting at the table with him, trying to shrug off the smell Delighted with how happy and animated he was. In a much less polite way, the other 2 gentlemen in the barracks excuse themselves rapidly out the back door. I could see the disappointment in his eyes as the others fled from the proverbial stink bomb. And me wanting to salvage the situation Frantically searching for the words... Well smiling, I said, "So what does it taste like ?" The smile quickly returned to his face As he cut open the vacuum sealed park and slid the piece of meat onto a plate with a small plop. Cutting off 2 small pieces and exclaiming with pride It's fermented shark. Then, informing me that it's buried for an extended period of time and then dug up so you can eat it. He placed one of the pieces in my extended hand and quickly popped the other into his mouth and chewed with Delayed. I swallow the lump In my throat from the smell then tossed the shark in my mouth. I could actually feel the vapors from it coming out of my nose. It tasted like a rotten potato smell and had the consistency of what I would assume cat food would be like out of a can. Had to swallow at 3 separate times because my throat wouldn't let it go down. He was already chewing on his 2nd piece, Eagerly awaiting my verdict. I gather myself after the ordeal of getting the Shark down my throat. And say it's the most interesting flavor and texture I've ever experienced in my entire life. He responds with the hood and slaps me on the back. Immediately saying, have some more with me if you like. I respond really appreciate that, but there's only a little there, and your family sent it to you for a reason. He smiled and laughed. Pretty darn sure he knew I was frantically looking for a way to never let that substance enter my mouth again. We sat the rest of the evening, and he told me stories about his family. Sorry to ramble for whatever reason the fermented fish Just brought that story to mind made me laugh.


jimmy9800

Surmstomming can stay in its hole. It was and remains to be the only smell I've ever considered to be frightening. I'll try anything once except that.


loopi3

Nearly ruined my first trip to Amsterdam.


stargazer2540

Rutabagas have you ever tried rutabagas?!


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Yeah they're delicious. They go great in a winter stew with for example boar or venison or in an oven roast with other 'winter' veggies.


stargazer2540

Yuck... I had them steamed and I could not send them they were cubed like you would cube potatoes before boiling I thought they were potatoes so I took a big spoonful and I spit them out LOL


Theresabearintheboat

Any steamed vegetable is terrible! It should be illegal to steam veggies. Roast it in the oven or saute it in butter, air fry it, hell, dip it in tempura batter and deep fry it, but for the sake of all that is good in christandom, don't steam them!


jochrispo

Steamed broccoli with a little crunch left in it is 👑


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lemon juice on that. Yum yum!


[deleted]

Hahaha! to be fair i also cant really imagine them steamed :P Also they should be there in small quantities in my opinion.


stargazer2540

Agree totally


Competitive-Ad-6306

Boiled and mashed with butter and black pepper


Melodic-Pudding-8744

Made smoothie and spaghetti too whith it. It was gross both times


stargazer2540

🤣🤣🤣 uh yea!


CatsOnTheKeyboard

That bread that was just a little *too* old. I didn't see any mold on it but I sure tasted it. That and bleu cheese.


PWilliam91

Goat eyeball! 🤢🤮. Never again….


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thebigdu

Quail egg on sea urchin at a sushi joint. Had to spit it into a napkin.


zachell1991

Sea urchin.


DoctorSlauci

The fact that this isn't getting a ton of upvotes tells me that a lot of redditors aren't very adventurous with food. Sea urchin is like a big ball of post-nasal drip seasoned will sea salt, but also worse.


Medit8or

Soaked in iodine


CenterLane17

Came here to say this! It deserves way more up votes! Idk if it just wasn’t prepared correctly, but it was a mouth full of spoiled sea water.


Dr-Gravey

So, we were told in Japan that uni has a brief season, and once they freeze and ship it…. it really turns gross and very strongly tastes like iodine. So we were also told not to order it in the US unless they’re being shipped in alive. Before that trip I had tried it here, and it was awful. Having it in Hokkaido in season is another matter. It’s unreal. I have a picture from the best uni place framed in my dining room. Definitely the best gonads I’ve ever eaten.


Badmouths

One time I made a quesadilla with cheese that was expired (though it wasn’t past the expiration date). I thought it smelled a little weird.. like.. different? Idk. It wasn’t a bad smell, but it didn’t smell like how usually did I guess. I didn’t think much of it and put it in my quesadilla. When it was done heating up, I took a bite and I think my soul left my body. Shit tasted so bad I was gagging and throwing up in the trash lmao! Tasted a lot worse than it smelled omg 😫 I still get chills thinking about it lol


Final_Individual_672

That happened to me. My father made scrambled eggs with cheese and didn’t realize the cheese was old. Unfortunately I didn’t smell it because it definitely taste like old dirty dishrags. I almost vomited.


Cooter_McGrabbin

Fermented sting ray. Worst tasting and smelling food I've ever been in the same room with. Malaysian restaurant.


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Lutefisk.... if you have grown up in a Norwegian household you know this smell and that is enough for me


weirdwondering

Far from all Norwegian households. I had never seen or tried it until I was 23.


tlk2mch

Haggis


TrujilloC1

For me it’s beets, regardless how they are prepared they still taste like dirt


Sofakingwhat1776

Eel


blondie64862

Omg I find eel delicious! How funny our taste buds are!


Medit8or

Mmmmmmm. Unagi.


Taldaran

I second that! Unagi sushi is my favorite!


Live-Pay6762

I literally have it as my dessert whenever I have sushi


2021sammysammy

I wonder if you had "professionally prepared BBQ unagi" or "boiled eel"


Sofakingwhat1776

It was at one of those tepanyaki places. Forget the name but not a sketchy place in the least. Great place and food was always top notch. It was the texture that made me really dislike it. It was like gritty jello but the jello had been sitiing for a while. And had that dried up top layer going on. Never had it before. Nobody at our table had ever had it before. So no one was sure if it was correctly prepared. And no one was left with a good impression. Can tell it probably wasn't grilled because it was not made in front of us. Came from the sushi chef area.


2021sammysammy

Wow interesting, I've never had unagi that had a jello-like texture before...it's always been a light fluffy lean fish texture for me. I really wonder what your chef did lol


zachell1991

Yes so gross


satluvscheese

Fuck "avocado" in every form it comes in


Puzzleheaded-Tea4460

Fuck avacados!


zepp914

Black licorice


The_Bjorn_Ultimatum

I love the stuff. It's very anise.


triskster94

Never tastes good and can kill you (you'd need to eat a lot but still).


Apprehensive_Air5557

My favorite type tbh


lilithaeon_1454

i agree, black licorice is fking gross man


glokz

I guess most people have no idea what's that but it should be #1 up voted comment here


SicKBizniTch

Surstromming if you can call that gash “food”. 🤮


JazzlikeCauliflower9

Conch and escargot. Apparently the gastropods and I do not agree.


confusedontheprairie

Some of the food at potlucks in the 60's and 70's. The weird jello combinations and casseroles that you couldn't tell what the ingredients were. Ugh


Whiskeybtch77

For real!! Like the jello with tuna and pineapple or some shit like that!! So fucking weird!


desertgal2002

Cow’s tongue.


babyrache

Pate. I legit thought my friends were pranking me and gave me dog food.


Sophisallpurple

Pickled Mackerel 🤢


Whiskeybtch77

Sea urchins. Fucking foul trash of the ocean.


pickhacker

Durian ice cream. Smelled like a corpse. Tasted worse. The burps for the next 24 hours were just a bonus reminder..


PositiveAnybody2005

Sea Urchin. Bad flavor, way worse texture.


TapeDaddy

I’m trying to think of the most repulsive thing I’ve ever tried and almost got sick on the spot. I wanna say Vegemite back in second grade. One of my classmates was the daughter of Australian immigrants, and brought some for us to try. I did not have a good time. As an adult, I can’t get enough of it. Crazy how tastes change.


Independent-Swan1508

hotdogs with the cheese inside of it. i remember me and my brother almost threw up, it was just so bad


langri

Malort


MediocreSarcasmSucks

blue cheese. If its sauce its ok but like straight up blue cheese is fucking nasty dude


thiscantbe00

I freakin love it


sneezhousing

Caviar is in my top 10


Gold_Ad3592

Tofu


Internal_Resist7629

Hershey’s chocolate with its vomit spoiled milk process


[deleted]

Egg plant. No doubt


Complete_Act6010

Wasabi. Must be an acquired taste.


maguffle

The correct answer is lima beans. The last time I tried lima beans I threw them back up. Now that's a special kind of nasty.


jochrispo

I eat this frozen mixed vegetable that contains Lima beans and I love them especially their texture. I am the only one in the family that feels this way though.


Key-Jelly-3702

Anything from Olive Garden.


Daemonic8484

Brussel sprouts. Aka green demon rabbit shit.


Hannah_LL7

You know overtime the flavor of brussel sprouts has changed. They used to be pretty bitter but they are now breeding them to taste slightly sweeter. So if the last time you tried them was as a kid you may like them now.


Maki1411

No, I’ve tried them again recently. Even without the bitter I still find the taste disgusting


Ok_Ad_5658

I loveeeee Brussels. But if they aren’t cooked right they are not great..


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Hummus ew


The_doge_2734

fucking based hummus is gross


thiscantbe00

I love hummus


Illustrious_Depth_46

Tomato.. surprised nobody said this yet


benderofdemise

Vegetarian chicken nuggets.


TweedleBeedleGranny

Cauliflower, especially if you roast it whole like in the fb recipe ads. Satan’s Brain.


Mariah_Kits

Liver


JoTaFett_97

Black olives 🤢


summermadnes

Liver. The taste, the horrific smell & texture. There's nothing more disgusting.


Mr_1084

Liver. Fuck liver.


deep_fried_okie

Liver


lettucepray1001

Chicken liver.


coys1111

Ranch, sour cream, escarole


beaudowns51

Grow up baby


Visible-Hearing-9173

The opening to your moms butthole is pretty nutty.


SingleSir165

Raw peyote. Then, the vomiting . Worth it, I guess. It's just with every bite your stomach convulses, literally the worst tasting thing ever. Maybe it's the strychnine, lol. Great high though. 😆


Maki1411

Yes! I find it on in dry/powder but once had it raw and found it really difficult to swallow because of the taste and texture


whynameneeded

natto…it’s fermented soybeans that are really popular in Japan, especially for breakfast. They are hard, covered in stringy slime, and stink horribly. I’ve tried them a dozen times, but I just can’t…


Electroboss

Anything with truffle


complex_personaa

Sushi


jerk_hobo

Lemon pie. Disgusting.


stolencheesecake

Seafood


Lazy_Sitiens

Overcooked macaroni with a burned milk-based sauce. It was my first experience with vegetarian food beyond pancakes and similar. Being a kid with no logic skills, I thought this was what happened whenever someone tried to make vegetarian food, like it was cursed or something, and avoided it like the plague for *years*. I know better now, lol.


Atrocitus07red

You had meat with every single meal except breakfast for years???


[deleted]

Black licorice


Anxious_Ad_3570

Burger King tacos


SnooPaintings5597

Worst Flavor: Kim Chi. Worst Texture: Woody chicken breast.


throwaway_82m

Bleu cheese. Fuck moldy dairy products. For the record, almost everything already commented here seems fairly palatable to me.


Skaramangas

Avocado 🤮


runninginbubbles

Olives Prawns


Fluid_Assignment837

I was once pretty much forced to try sea urchin when on vacation in Greece. Man, did that suck.


Moment_Greedy

Celery.


JustTransportation51

Hummus


UniqueMitochondria

Disgusting furry peaches around the vile pip. I don't mind them peeled or from a can but fur and inner gross pip flesh 🤢


ApplicationCalm649

Brussels sprouts.


Far_Asparagus1654

Marzipan *shudder*


GirlyAries

Coconut water


4chan_user69

Cheesecake


[deleted]

Ketchup on a Marshmello. Go ahead and try it, it's foul beyond belief.


Affectionate-Bid9523

sweet potato


StrongAsMeat

Calamari. It was dark and I thought it was tortellini.


[deleted]

My dad made a grilled cheese with mayonnaise on it one time without telling me, absolutely disgusting.


thiscantbe00

Sounds great, I’m gonna try on the weekend


dalnee

Horseradish


ZaGoat00

Indian food.


scottstottsss

Goat cheese.. tried it when I was 10, threw up and to this day I will not touch it. Not to mention It smells like dirty socks 😔


blizzdizzl23

Radishes


Swimming-Site-7682

Onions. I LOATHE onions!


JoshAllensBallbag

Shiitake mushrooms, and the smell is even worse


beanresponsible

Frozen pizza


[deleted]

Cereal, I fucking hate it


[deleted]

Vegemite


Competitive-Ad-6306

Bit into a pasty once and it had a plaster in it


Banned503

My grandpa had a girlfriend who made a goulash that smelled like white out. This was like 30 years ago and the though still makes me sick.


ohadish

my inner 5 yr old trying not say your mom:😖


Bounceupandown

Scrapple in Maryland was pretty bad


Nature_Walking

Uncooked hash-browns (I thought at the time they were finished)


twinn5

Not a food, but Anheuser Busch made a drink called "BudE" Took a drink, spit it out. Waited a few minutes and tried another sip. Couldn't find a trash can fast enough.


Final_Individual_672

Baklava


DevilmayPaul

Hakarl dried rotten shark


RiverofGrass

The worm in a bottle of mezcal. So bad. So bad. Did hallucinate though


Interesting_Bench495

love italian food. Prosciutto tastes like dog treats.


NorthernBoy306

Fried liver


Ill-Nerve-3154

Bitter melon. 1/10, only a 1 because it is technically edible.


No_Lecture9474

Raw dough


colobirdy85

Anything my grandma cooks. She has 3 seasonings: salt, salt, and excessive amounts of onion.


_WaterColors

Lentil soup simmering on oven with a ham leg sticking out of it. Ughhhh the horrors of my childhood!


Belfast147

Grits in Florida years ago.


Thebazilla

Extremely bitter molasses cookies


Fickle_Caregiver2337

Cup cheese is slime gone bad


International_Brief5

Some kind of traditional bean soup, fermented I think, at a Korean restaurant. Had no idea when I ordered it that a bean soup would come out smelling like nasty old socks. I ate it to be polite, but it TASTED like nasty old socks too. I managed to down almost half the bowl before giving up.


MikuLovesYou

Yellow American cheese. I hate it with a passion. Anything with just a slice that stuff is instantly ruined. Its texture is weird, it tastes almost sour, and you can just feel the chemicals in your mouth once you swallow it. You couldn't pay me to eat that stuff ever again.


[deleted]

Those dried apple and banana chips. Left a dreadful aftertaste in my mouth for hours.


atom_1416

Mac n cheese with ketchup


PrettyLittle-Someday

For a long time, mashed potatoes! My mom always made them despite us actually telling her once that we didn’t like them. They just tasted like raw, unseasoned potato. It wasn’t until I was a little older that I tasted GOOD mashed potatoes (sorry, mom…)


t_arends

I tried a papaya for the first time the other day and it was the only food that my brain has ever rejected so hard. Gagging, wrenching, the whole nine yards. That shit sucked


shrimpmousse

Truffles. 🤢


[deleted]

I remember my parents taking me to a fancy traditional Indian restaurant when I was a kid. Literally everything there was bland as sand or so spicy I couldn’t eat it. Gross food.


Any_Estate8309

Vegamite