Friday
May292009
Four Supposedly Edible Things That I Don't Like
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 10:34AM 
Truly, I’m not a picky eater. I love liver and heart and chicken giblets and cooked spinach and beet greens. Oh yes—and head cheese! Before the mad cow thing, I once ate calf’s brains. But here are four things you won’t find me eating or drinking.
- Starbucks Coffee. The coffee is just plain bad unless you put stuff in it. And who wants stuff in coffee?
- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. They give me that ickly-tickly too-rich feeling in the back of my throat.
- Potato chips. I’m not a fan of salty things, period.
- Chocolate and coconut. Separately, I like them. Together? No thank you.
What foods will never again pass your lips unless necessary?
- Kim in On says she won’t eat hot dogs
- or bologna
- or ketchup. “On anything. I use it to cook with, but on it’s own, no thanks.”
- Violet says muskmelon almost makes her gag. They give me tummy troubles, so I’m with her on this.
- Leslie will not be eating snails. (I’ve never tried them. I’d probably try them once if push came to shove, but I’d rather not.)
- Via Twitter, The Spirit Filled Puritan says he prefers to pass on mushy peas.
- Also from Twitter, Victoria Gaines tells me that she doesn’t “eat anything with nitrates, period.”
- Jen will not eat liver,
- sausage,
- or peppers.
- Gale will not drink any commercial coffee. “I home roast my own coffee, and anything else just tastes bad.”
- Gale also won’t eat hot dogs
- or watermelon. (I’m not a fan of watermelon, either.)
- Candy will not eat tripe: “I grew up with Basques (my stepdad), and there are wonderful Basque restaurants in our area. We eat family style with strangers at long tables passing big platters of homemade soup, salad, french bread, homemade french fries, stew or beans, lamb or steak, homemade wine etc. One of the stew dishes is tripe. No thanks. The rest? Bring it on. Basque food is soooo good.”
- Kim of Hiraeth says no to cilantro.
Because, you know, I’m too busy on spring projects like gardening and yardening to post anything substantial today.
Update on Friday, May 29, 2009 at 12:39PM by
rebecca
rebecca
Speaking of edible, I’m not sure I could have done this, but I’m glad that she did.
Reader Comments (10)
Hot dogs or bologna.
Ketchup. On anything. I use it to cook with, but on it's own, no thanks.
Muskmelon. For some reason they make me almost gag.
snails
Snails are edible? :)
Having Crohn's, there are several things I love but am not supposed to eat. But my list of 'will never eat' foods is rather short.
Liver
Sausage
Peppers
Of course, this is only the foods I've tried. I've never tried snails, but I'm pretty sure they'd easily make my list.
Starbucks (or any commercial coffee) I home roast my own coffee, and anything else just tastes bad.
Hot dogs. I love them, but they were the FIRST thing I eliminated from my diet 5 years ago whey I started my 40 pound weight loss.
Watermelon.
I will not eat tripe. I grew up with Basques (my stepdad), and there are wonderful Basque restaurants in our area. We eat family style with strangers at long tables passing big platters of homemade soup, salad, french bread, homemade french fries, stew or beans, lamb or steak, homemade wine etc. One of the stew dishes is tripe. No thanks. The rest? Bring it on. Basque food is soooo good.
P.S. I bet Phil Johnson has eaten tripe and likes it.
When I was fourteen years old, I ate watermelon while watching the Stanley Cup Finals (that was in the day when they only went until the middle of May). I didn't realize that I was coming down with the flu and I ended up tossing up much of my watermelon. I didn't eat watermelon again until very recently, and even now, I really don't partake much.
Cilantro. don't like it.