Things that you have never eaten and why ?

I have never eaten eels, just the look of them is enough to put me off.
I have eaten kidney but refuse to eat it ever again. Life is too short to eat offal especially organs that have filtered wee.

I cannot believe my joke about a capon being a castrated cockerel has attracted the attention of the trans contingent.
What will the thought police be censoring next?

Esspee

I cannot believe my joke about a capon being a castrated cockerel has attracted the attention of the trans contingent.
What will the thought police be censoring next?

Oh I'm pleased you explained!

I had no idea what on earth the deleted post was about!

Have never eaten (and never would) snails, eels, oysters, frogs, tripe, raw fish, or grubs or insects of any sort. The thought of it makes me cringe. I don't like garlic either, or tomatoes but I will eat tomato soup if I really have to.

Anything slimey. Snails, eels, frogs legs, oysters, cockles, yuk and sushi and steak tartare and undercooked bloody meat. Now I feel sick!!!

Onions, offal and oysters.

Anchovies because they taste disgusting. Camembert because the smell makes me vomit.

I will try most things once even though it has taken me years to pluck up courage to try them - oysters (love them), snails (ok but don't see the point of eating them) - but will never try frogs legs. Thy just look too much like the real thing to me.

I would never eat sushi,snails,offal,crab,lobster,shellfish in general really,eels,tripe pork belly.
Not for any reason other than the foods don`t look appetising.

Esspee

I cannot believe my joke about a capon being a castrated cockerel has attracted the attention of the trans contingent.
What will the thought police be censoring next?

How strange! Capons are indeed neutered cockerels but it’s now illegal in the UK. They are either chemically castrated using hormones or physically castrated and the process produces a plump bird for the table. They are still produced in mainland Europe.

Tripe & nuts. I can handle salted peanuts but any other nut not a chance.
I think it is being called Hazel. I spent my school days being called Hazelnut!

Oh, and sweetbreads!?

Tomato sauce. Just the sight of it turns my stomach!

I never fancied muscles, although Dad and my brothers loved them.

My mother used to cook them in an old pan on the open fire, I remember clearly.

Tripe, why not? Why would you?

Poor old tripe. Has such a bad press. I absolutely love it.

libra10

I never fancied muscles, although Dad and my brothers loved them.

My mother used to cook them in an old pan on the open fire, I remember clearly.

Oh, fried ‘muscles’.

Yummy, I’m sure.

We’re they still attached to the muscley men, I wonder?

Many, many years ago, in my 20s, I ordered Carpaccio in Italy, having no clue that this was raw beef. I didn't have the nerve to admit my naivete, so I gamely ate it, trying to ignore the fact that it was uncooked. I seem to remember it was actually very tasty, but I have never eaten it since, and never will again.

Brain - Took some from a carvery in Turkey once by mistake. When I actually realised what it was I had to cover it with lettuce to stop me throwing up!

Sweetbreads - absolutely not.
snails - not even if I were starving!
tripe - tried it once, not a fan.
Frogs legs - just no.
Eels - no
Oysters - I would eat them if they were cooked.
Insects - definitely not.

Other than that I'll eat pretty much anything. I love sushi, rare steak, liver and seafood .

I would like to try a Capon, we are having chicken instead of turkey this year so I'll see if I can find one.

Calendargirl surely you mean “were” not “we’re”

Karma’s a bitch.

Tripe!! just looking at it - yeuch!! Japanese food with raw fish or meat.

Faggots and tripe are on my food hate list!

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

petra

You don't have to eat oysters raw. You can deeep fry them in a tempura batter.

Or eat them smoked

Many comments about shell fish. It's strange, some friends that I know avoid shell fish yet they will eat, and enjoy, paella.