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People Confess Which Meals They Just Cannot Stomach

Food is a funny thing. We all need it to live. We eat to live.

But when it's not about survival, many people take food to a level of obsession.

There are just some items that don't belong on a menu.

Be creative as you want to be as a chef, but certain things, like poisonous fish and reptiles?

Maybe just let them keep roaming their habitats.

Why would I pay $150 a plate to maybe die?

What happened to an adventurous fettuccini alfredo?

Redditor trajop wanted hear about which items on the menu are not acceptable, by asking:

"Non-picky eaters, what’s a food you just cannot do?"

Snails. Liver. No. No to all of that. Why would you eat a snail? Don't tell me!

Grape Only!

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"Non-Fussy Slav here : Aspic or any other form of Meat-tasting Jelly... just... no, thank you." ~ BlimeyChaps

Pu-NO!!

"Silkworm pupae that is boiled or steamed. I tried it once and that’s it. I don’t like the taste, how it looks, and the smell! I get nauseous whenever I smell it. And they also sell it in a can!! 😭" ~ Casmekju20

"If I ever get a whiff of a street Beondaegi seller, I have to cross the street to the other side. Or just turn back. Forget it, wherever I was going, it was not as important as avoiding that smell. Tried the canned one once, since it had little smell and it was basically a dare. It tastes like it smells." ~ heliumneon

Cut through the Piss...

"Fermented fish." ~ LangMildInteressant

"My mom buys it every time she’s in Sweden on her monthly food shopping trip, and will text me when she has some so I know not to come by on visit for 2-3 days until that horrible smell is 100% gone!" ~ RowAcceptable4715

"I'm not Swedish but I once had a tiny tiny amount with some onions and sour cream on a piece of bread and it was honestly great. It kind of tasted like sauerkraut soaked in thai fish sauce with a hint of pee. The onions really cut out the pee taste though." ~ Colonel_Fart-Face

No, just no!!

"For me it's brains. I don't care if they're from a cow, a pig, a sheep or some other unfortunate creature. Doesn't matter if they're baked, poached, breaded then deep-fried. No, just no!! Not to mention that if the animal that supplied them was infected with the kind of prions that causes Mad Cow Disease."

"And other related ailments, brains would probably give a person a super-sized dose of the stuff. Eating brains is an item that I'd never put on my bucket list and if I die without ever having taken a bite of some, I won't have any regrets." ~ NoodlesrTuff1256

Only Deviled or Boiled...

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"Balut. Just something about a partially developed chicken egg that I just... can't... do." ~ adamchid

"How nice it is to learn that my egg eating nightmare scenario is an actual food people intentionally make in some parts of the world." ~ Hotshot2k4

I love eggs. I've tried them many ways. First rule no matter what... COOKED!

Look Away

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"I draw the line at fish eyes... one and done thank you." ~ hats4bats22

Flavoring

"Imitation coconut is the one thing I just can't seem to like." ~ Setsuna85

"Somewhat the opposite for me. I’m not super bothered by real coconut, but I’m not a huge fan of the texture (the little strings). I love the flavor though! So if something has coconut flavoring but without the strings, it’s a plus for me." ~ MonsiuerGeneral

"Imitation mango. It's the worst." ~ getthatbreadmyfriend

Failure

"I had Natto once. Once. Maybe it's 'healthy' but if your Wikipedia page describes it as an 'acquired taste' due to the odor and texture ... yeah it looks, smells, and tastes like snot goblins. Different culinary history, but also, if you need to ferment seafood in lye, I believe the appropriate words are 'failure to plan for winter' rather than 'delicacy.' ~ InannasPocket

Fishy Issues

"Tuna. When I was pregnant with my twins, I had horrible morning sickness the entire time. But my body just craaaaved Tuna Helper one night. Made a box, ate it all myself. Pretty easy to know where this goes. I threw up so hard and so long that I was throwing up just burning stomach acid when I stopped. I also peed my pants. I can't even look at a can of tuna at the store without feeling sour." ~ orangestar17

Run Away

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"That fake crab that tastes like plastic, and tangerines cause they give me the runs." ~ Hwil33

From the Body

"Any kind of brains. Do you want a prion disease? Because that's how you get a prion disease." ~ flyover_liberal

"I'm pretty adventurous with organ meats, I've had various lungs, hearts, livers, tongues, blood sausages, etc, but I draw the line at nervous tissue lol." ~ REDDIT

"I agree. Born in Africa. Raised in America. Dated a Canadian girl that craved water buffalo brains we we went to Nepal. I refuse to eat organ and she gave me so much sh*t. My 3rd word brain trumps my adventurous 1st world brain." ~ Hayabusasteve

This and That

"Add on question, are you a picky eater if you’ll eat most foods, but they have to be prepared a certain way? I will only eat carrots if they are raw or in carrot cake or curry. Little things like that for example." ~ jecama

"I’ll eat anything plant-based from any cuisine but can NOT do raw broccoli. I keep trying it with different dips and sauces but it’s gross unless cooked." ~ TheWildTofuHunter

"Green peppers are only ok in gumbo." ~ i_said_no_mayonnaise

Choices

"I made a deliberate choice to not eat octopus. Honestly, I used to love them!" ~ MBeebeCIII

"Octopi are wonderful creatures! Of course, so are all animals in their own ways. Subs like r/happycowgifs and r/pigifs make me happy I left eating animals behind." ~ pmvegetables

"I love it but seeing how inhumanely they are treated, I no longer order them. If a law was passed that bans cooking them alive and similar things (like in UK recently), I'll probably return to eating them. They may be smart but so are pigs, it would be hypocritical for me to exclude one." ~ REDDIT

Substitutes

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"Fake sugar, like aspartame, sucralose, stevia, etc. I'll eat (or would try) everything else in this thread, but I just can't stand the taste of sugar substitutes." ~ 40percentsafe

Texture Issues

"Natto. I try it every few years just in case anything's changed with my taste buds or texture preferences, but it's just as bad or worse every single time I give it another go. The slimy, stringy texture is the primary offender." ~ bufori

"There's a supermarket where I live that sells super small bean natto (just natto but beans are smaller) with mustard and soy sauce. That tastes ok." ~ thesadmarshmallow

"I can’t eat it alone. In a sushi roll? Mixed with rice and egg? Yeah it’s great. Not by itself though… It’s so healthy for you though, I really should eat more." ~ savwatson13

Calories. Calories.

" Shark Fin. Such a cruel process to obtain and flavorless from what I heard. I'll eat pretty much anything else, or try it once." ~ SleepyPrince

"Imitation Shark Fin soup is great tho. It's the thick and heavy broth that makes the whole thing taste amazing. Not the fin." ~ TearyEyeBurning

"FaceMy dude, I appreciate the thoughts on cruelty to sharks in making that dish, but there are many fuc*ed up cruel things done to animals in the making of other dishes as well. There are seven billion of us calorie dependent creatures that average out to 60kg of water and other stuff… that's a lot of food needed." ~ Steamwells

From Hell

"Aspic. 🤮" ~ HistoricalMarzipan

"I cannot agree with this more. There are a few things here I don't particularly like, but can stomach, like lima beans.

"Aspic however is the food from hell. Will refuse it every time, which fortunately is rare. The only other thing I cannot stomach beyond that is Vietnamese coriander. Supposed to be used as a substitute for people who think cilantro tastes like soap, yet it tastes like soap mixed with cleaning products." ~ BigSwedenMan

Teeth Popping

"Indonesian mother of a friend of mine once made a squid dish, flavorwise it was amazing, but eating entire minisquids just gave me a texture difference overload. Had to tap out once I got too much into my head." ~ albokun

"Had mini squids at a sushi restaurant once. Didn’t taste offensive at all, but biting down I could distinctly feel my teeth popping through the various membranes and organs. I really didn’t like the sensation." ~ SonOfMcGee


I thought I might be picky but I see I'm more normal than most. Don't die for food.

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