Don't want to hear about what kind of food you hate

[vovat]

It's kind of embarrassing when I can't remember my own home phone number. I use my cell phone for most incoming calls, though, so I guess it's just not something I've needed to commit to active storage in my memory banks.

The main point of this post, however, is not to curse my faulty memory, but to be a copycat. zimbra1006 recently made a post about foods she didn't like. I think I'm one of the world's pickiest eaters, so this really hit home for me. Some of the most unusual foods I don't care for include:

• Mayonnaise and most mayonnaise-based foods (aside from deviled eggs, which I love). The thing with that is that, the few times I've actually tasted mayo, I don't think I found it that bad. It's just so hard to get past the appearance and texture. And stuff like egg salad and potato salad looks to me like it's already been digested once.
  
• Potatoes. Again, this isn't across the board, as I will eat and enjoy fries or chips in small doses. But mashed potatoes were one of my most hated foods when I was a kid, and I still don't care for them.
  
• Many, but not all, spicy foods
  
• Milk. I refuse to drink it, yet I love dairy products. What's up with that? Maybe it's like how I love tomato sauce, but not just plain tomatoes.
  
• Coffee. I think I've brought up before how this probably relates to my lack of artistic ability, since coffee seems to be an integral part of the modern artistic lifestyle.
  

On the other hand, a few other people commenting on that post mentioned cottage cheese and raisins as things they didn't like, but I grew up on these foods. Actually, I haven't had cottage cheese in years, but I would probably still like it.

And, contrary to my title, I actually DO want to hear about the kinds of food you hate, especially ones that everyone else but you seems to love.

I should probably get to bed now.

Comments

[revme.livejournal.com]

Mayo is pretty gross. I am with you on that. But Potatoes are amazing. Though I'm basically with you on Milk and Coffee, too.

I am so not a fan of Thai food. But everyone else is, so I don't know. I don't like the weird sweetness.

I kinda-sorta remember my cell number; when I have to give it, I usually type it, then double check on my phone. Usually, I'm right, but...

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I can only recall having Thai food once (it was Pad Thai, at a place in Manhattan), and I liked it pretty well.

[majellen.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...foods I dislike that everyone else loves?

Tomatoes. I really don't like them, but I like tomato sauce/ketchup/etc. So I'm right there with you on that one. Oh, and shrimp. I HATE SHRIMP. It makes me feel like I'm biting into a boneless finger.

Weirdest food I dislike? Lychee fruit. It's like eating eyeballs.

I find it strange that you can't get past the texture of mayo, but you can eat cottage cheese. That just looks like vomit to me.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I love shrimp, but I've known plenty of other people who didn't. My roommates won't eat seafood at all.

I'm not even totally sure I know what lychee fruit is. That does remind me of another one of my mixed-feeling foods, though. I love peaches, but biting into the skin makes me feel funny. That's why I'll usually buy nectarines instead.

The texture of cottage cheese is nothing like that of mayo, but I can see what you mean about thinking it looks like vomit. I think it's just a case of having grown up on one and not the other.

[arfies.livejournal.com]

HATE: Tapioca pudding. It's like zits. Tomatoes, lima beans, whole green beans (French cut is good, though- odd).

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Of the green vegetables that often get served as sides (lima beans, peas, broccoli, etc.), green beans are probably my favorite. I can't stand the canned kind, though. There's a really weird and gross flavor to them.

[punterschlagen.livejournal.com]

I don't like oranges or Chex mix.

[zimbra1006.livejournal.com]

I don't know anyone's number anymore, not even my boyfriend's. but I do still remember numbers I used to call frequently in jr high and high school, so I can always call up my friends' parents. Sometimes I accidentally do.

and yesterday one of my friends was trying to give me his phone number until he realized he didn't know what it was and didn't have it in his cell phone so he had to try dialing about 10 different ones until his phone rang. Ridiculous.

So I guess it's a pretty common problem in this modern age of cell phones. Sometimes I think it's going to bite me in the ass somehow though. Like what if I end up in jail and have my one phone call and can't call anybody because I don't know their number?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I can usually recall frequently dialed (well, not really "dialed," but you know) numbers if you give me a little while, but I can get flustered when trying to remember them on the spot.

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

I can never remember my cell phone, but I only ever really use it to call out anyway.

I don't like shrimp as someone else mentioned, and this weekend I discovered I don't like lobster tails either even when prepared by a really fancy catering service. And I don't like ham, but I do like pork okay and I love bacon but only if it's really crispy, if it's not crispy it tastes too much like ham.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I like ham a lot, but not when it's overly sweet or salty or whatever. It's pretty much always what I'll use to make sandwiches, though. And I don't like bacon when it's too crispy, but maybe that's because I DO like ham.