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Teetime Wed 28-Feb-18 14:37:40

Chewing gum
Anything mint flavoured
Mayonnaise
Salad cream
Horseradish
Beetroot
Parsnips
Hummus
Tahini
Pork pies
Sausage rolls

and that's just the food - how about you?

sodapop Wed 28-Feb-18 19:30:15

Plates of white food
People who can't hold a conversation without checking their phones.
Mushrooms
Pasta
People who dress up their dogs

varian Wed 28-Feb-18 19:21:21

Coriander. My OH cannot stand it either. Aparently it is a genetic thing. You either love it or hate it.

JackyB Wed 28-Feb-18 19:17:21

My only gripe is beetroot. Just the thought of it makes me shudder.

Oh, and hummus.

NanKate Wed 28-Feb-18 17:43:12

Cous cous
Butter beans
Swede
Allergic to Sharon fruit, they have another name.
Blancmange
Russell Brand
Oysters
Gin
That liqueur that’s made of almonds.

As we speak I am enjoying a nice glass of Cava left over from a friend’s anniversary Tea. Cheers folks. ?

Maranta Wed 28-Feb-18 17:33:19

Peanut butter (but like peanuts)
Salad cream
Desiccated coconut
Marzipan (but like almonds)
Butter beans
Green tea
Baileys

GillT57 Wed 28-Feb-18 17:30:23

Tripe, any kind of offal
Loud vulgar people
Celebrity culture and other such vacuous stuff
Politicians who obfuscate and bluster and don't answer the bloody question
Fatty meat
Pork pies
Peop!e who swear at their children

Washerwoman Wed 28-Feb-18 17:27:01

Kidneys.The only food I can think of that I can't eat.
Party animals who drink too much and make you feel a party pooper because you only want one or two .
Ditto loud music blaring out on a lovely summers day.
The ridiculously long build up to Xmas and the pressure on families to spend too much
Litter,fly tipping and throwaway culture.Makes me SO angry.
People checking mobiles continually in restaurants.
Rude drivers who don't say thank you,or speed past a row of parked cars on their side of the road even though it's your right of way.
Inverted snobbery, and hypocrisy Thinking about someone specific there!
Cruelty to animals.I understand why some people don't like or want animals in their lives, but don't get a dog/cat/horse etc then condemn it to a life of misery.

jusnoneed Wed 28-Feb-18 16:41:16

Marzipan although I love almonds.
Tripe, especially the smell when it's cooking.

Music playing too loud anywhere. It really annoys me to see people with youngsters in the car and music booming away, it must damage their hearing.
TVs in pubs.
Two faced people.

MissAdventure Wed 28-Feb-18 16:18:05

Ooh yes! Horrible things!

grannyactivist Wed 28-Feb-18 16:17:01

Butter beans!!

varian Wed 28-Feb-18 16:03:05

Muzak of any sort -in lifts, shops, blasting out of cars in a traffic jam, on phones and worst of all played at the same time as speech on tv or radio.

I like proper music - of all sorts, but not ghastly muzac where it shouldn't be.

Pittcity Wed 28-Feb-18 16:01:55

Avocado
Olives
Tripe
Hummus
Piccalilli
Sauerkraut

Dog poo and litter that isn't cleared up.

suzied Wed 28-Feb-18 15:55:03

Food wrapped in layers of plastic which will be used once and be in the ground or sea for ever more

KatyK Wed 28-Feb-18 15:49:03

Prawns
Piccalilli
Mustard
Salad cream
Squid
The seeds in tomatoes
Tinned tomatoes
Runny eggs
Gherkins
Snobs (and people who imagine themselves to be superior)
People who have pecking orders
Facebook

Bridgeit Wed 28-Feb-18 15:22:49

An assumption & attitude of superiority,especially when displayed by a knownort!
‘ knownort’ for the uninitiated = a person who doesn’t have any understanding or knowledge of the topic they may be pontificating on.

cavewoman Wed 28-Feb-18 15:16:38

Lamb
Pork
Beef
Boiled carrots
Kidney beans
Tea
People who butt in
People who ignore you the moment their phone beeps

wotnot Wed 28-Feb-18 15:15:47

Tripe
Black pudding - though may be a bit close minded here, never tried, just the thought of it
Sauerkraut
really spicy hot food - I do use lots of herbs and spices when cooking, just can't eat very spicy
Dark chocolate - the kind that's supposed to be healthy
Feta cheese
Everything being 'brilliant' - loads of other wonderfully marvelous fantastic adjectives can be used grin
Loud, obnoxious, bullying type people
Celebrity culture

Greyduster Wed 28-Feb-18 15:10:46

Snobs and social climbers
Black pudding
Having too many layers on my legs but not enough on my arms!
People who leave dog waste bags decorating bushes!
Heinz soups
Overcooked beef
Stephen Fry
Greg Wallace
And at the moment - SNOW!

hildajenniJ Wed 28-Feb-18 15:10:15

Fennel. Although I like the seeds in a curry. confused
I agree about people who don't clean up after their dog.
Cigarette smoke (even in the street).
Beer

Nonnie Wed 28-Feb-18 15:09:28

tanith I'm with you on Richmond sausages, no wonder they are on offer so often.

There are things I don't eat for various reasons, like calamari as it seems to taste of nothing but as far as 'can't stand' goes there is not much in food.

Dates - because I am allergic to them.
Lemon flavouring - give me real lemons every time.

Maybe I'll think of more later.

Smithy Wed 28-Feb-18 15:03:39

Merlot gran they are just sympathising with you!

MissAdventure Wed 28-Feb-18 15:00:36

Alcohol and drunk people for me too. Drama queens. Show offs. People who own dogs and don't look after them properly, including picking up after them. Big mouths. People with no manners.

merlotgran Wed 28-Feb-18 15:00:00

People who say, 'Tell me about it' when you're having a moan.

'Are you deaf? I just have!' angry grin

vampirequeen Wed 28-Feb-18 14:58:38

Yummy mummies who let their children loose in IKEA as if it's some enormous free playground.

vampirequeen Wed 28-Feb-18 14:56:40

alcohol
Christmas starting in August (even though I love Christmas)
People who make a lot of noise in the middle of the night.
People who play loud music with their windows open on warm days. We don't all like the same music.
People who let their dogs mess in the street or bag it up then hang the bags on nearby bushes and trees.
People who throw rubbish on the ground rather than putting it in a bin or taking it home.
People who use their mobiles when driving.
People who always look perfectly turned out (maybe that's jealousy hmm) but I can walk out of the hairdressers and within 30 seconds look like I've been pulled through a hedge backwards.
Chocolate liqueurs
Alcohol
Drunk people