Things that you have never eaten and why ?

Liver. Always remember it sitting in the butcher's window when I was a child all red and slimy. This is the one though, totally amazes my friends, peas! Can't cope with them even on my plate. Its another childhood thing, mum hid them in mash to try to get me to eat them and now I can't stand the little blitters.

I think I have tried almost every type of food, but sometimes just once. Cockles, Mussels and whelks are my pet hate. Just like eating elastic bands. I detest snails and raw fish for a similar reason. OK with all types of offal - eels and frogs legs are both tasty, but I dont go searching for them. I cant bear oysters either - slimey and slithery - yuk.

I'm really not fussy & would try just about anything although I'd find eating an eyeball a bit difficult but I suppose if I didn't know what it was...I suppose a lot of dislikes aren't about taste but preconceptions which put people off trying something which they might find delicious. As children, we were brought up to eat everything & it's been a very useful thing as I've not had to leave food on my plate at parties or notify hostesses about my likes & dislikes beforehand. I'ts obvious different for those with food allergies. I was quite shocked when, many years ago when our children were small, my friend told her two that they wouldn't like a particular food item, I don't remember what it was. I thought that was really odd - how can you tell without trying?

Jellied eels, pie with liquor or pickled eggs.
I love tripe, raw and cooked, snails, oysters, frog’s legs, all seafood and really want to try goose barnacles (which look a bit like hippo toes).
I’m not fond of whitebait though. I spent a long time ‘filleting’ my first plate of these, as I didn’t want to eat the bones.

Anything with more than four legs and most things with none! (Actual fish are OK)
Anything from inside....?

I can't get past the look or the smell of most shellfish.

I don't like the flavour or the texture of liver or kidneys (we had to try them as children) and other forms of organ meat (tripe for instance) look very off-putting to me. My mother loved everything like that but she was brought up on it. My dad wasn't keen so most offal was off, thankfully!

Milk, custard, all types of milk puddings like rice and tapioca.
Not a fan of jelly either.

Love prawns, white and black pudding.

I will try anything once whereas an aunt would not touch anything "foreign".

Fowl ,all fowl ,I cant remember ever eating it,I do cook it for the family though .Pork ...cant stand the smell of pork cooking it makes me boak .I did go vegetarian in my 20's but after advice from a consultant when I had health issuesstarted eating very small amounts of meat again in my 40's.I 'll give most other things a fair chance .My theory is I'm scared of birds and I was worried if I ate them they'd come back to haunt me ,thats why birds are always well fed in my garden

oysters...I`m sorry but they just look like slimy snot balls.....apologies if my wording out you off your afternoon cuppa and biccy!

We did cook pig's trotters once on the pork butcher's recommendation. Never again they were gluey and rather unpleasant.

It all depends on what you are brought up on . My Victorian granny ate every part of the meat available with relish. We didn't have to .
The Muslim children in my class were hysterical at the thought of pigs and pork. Everyone to their own.

Quite a long list but topped by tripe! We used to have it delivered from the abbatoir to feed our dogs and kept it frozen in a designated freezer in the garage.
It was a mixture of grey, white and black - looked and smelled absolutely disgusting as it was from the final stage of digestion!
We had to stop buying it as it rocketed in price and we were told Eastern Europeans enjoyed it and would pay more for it.

Even the sight of dressed white tripe makes me feel queasy!

P.S. I firmly believe that if an animal is to be eaten, then every part of it should have a purpose and not be wasted.

Oysters any seafood
Tripe
Can't stand Branston pickle
Salad cream
Pigs trotters
Rare steak

Veal, because of the horrendous conditions, the calf is put though to produce such meat. Never have I eaten it and I never will!

I have tried anything and everything that has been put in front of me and the only two things I will not try again are Jaffa Cakes and water.

I've never tasted tripe as both my parents detested it.

I haven't tried any of the insects that are said to be edible either - don't fancy them at all.

I've never had ram's or bull's testicles either.

I cannot force myself to eat the heads of any fish,

Tripe yuk

I won't drink Milk, its ok on cereal or in a shake. I remember the staff used to try and make me drink it in school and the smell was enough. I can't eat fresh tomatoes either they are so squidgy. I will avoid Olives and most shellfish.

Oysters, don't appeal, slithery, slimy and still alive, never tried them they don't appeal and if you get a bad one it doesn't bear thinking about, it could be halfway down one's gullet before that became apparent my mother told me my grandparents ate them quite often on days out to Whitstable, but that was before they were considered posh I believe.

Don't like offal, and if black pudding is offered as an accompaniment for the English breakfast when we've been staying in hotels, I decline, most people seem to.

My husband doesn't like roast pork, so we rarely have that, I quite like it, although it has to be seasoned with the right herbs and spices and have crackling, otherwise it tastes like pork which may sound bizarre but I know what I mean, slightly sickly in other words.

I've gone off eggs in a big way, I always ate them once, now they make me feel a bit queasy unless I do a frittata and chuck a lot of other things in or scrambled with smoked salmon or chives so they don't taste like eggs

Up until about 5 years ago, I always bought a capon at Christmas as we all loathe turkey. So you didn't imagine it and you can still buy them.

For gen inf. a capon is a rottweler sized chicken.

I believe crating calves for veal has been illegal in the UK for some years now. Traditionally bull calves were slaughtered straight after birth, but now some are kept and reared outside for rose veal - much beloved by many chefs. It was a ‘crop’ going to waste. I suppose if they’re reared outside and have a good life, it’s no different from eating lamb or suckling pig?
Perhaps someone knows why it’s not appropriate to ‘castrate’ male chickens for capons here. We always had one at home for Christmas, as there was only 3 to feed.

Whitebait. The thought of eating a whole fish (however small)
guts, eyeballs and all.

Yuck!

For reasons of cruelty, foie gras and veal. I saw a documentary on foie gras and was horrified to see the poor geese’s throats bulging as they were force fed, but love pate.
I keep away from mussels as have been violently sick picking up a bad one. Love/hate relationship with olives, the more expensive large olives are good but even though I’m not keen on the smaller everyday olives, once I start eating them, not even really enjoying them, I can’t stop.
My daughter forgot a largish carton of Aloe Vera (Hello Vera!) and said I should take it daily as it was opened and expensive. It tastes like cow’s urine, but I am persevering as she said it’s good stuff?

I’ve tried just about everything on these lists. We didn’t have a lot to spend on foo when I was growing up, so my Mum bought cheap offal . I could just about manage liver and hearts but could not eat tripe. My Dad loved it, so he would have his plateful, we children had something else.
I still like liver. ?

Any type of poultry. My dad used to keep chickens when I was young and I wouldn’t let him turn them into a Sunday roast. I named them all and they eventually died of old age! I think it’s more psychological than not liking the taste as I’ve never tried it! Hate garlic and have never cooked with it also olives, whitebait, cheese, black pudding, eggs apart from omelettes and tripe. Actually I have a long list of don’t eat/won’t eat so won’t bore you any longer !

Sprouts .....just truly terrible