Things that you have never eaten and why ?

Eggs. Both the smell and the texture make me gag. I’m absolutely fine with putting them in a cake or Yorkshire puds but the mere thought of a stinky boiled or fried egg makes me feel ill.
Eels
Snails
Tripe - had it once, it was disgusting

Has anyone eaten camel meat. No jokes about it gives you the hump, thank you. It's banned in Saudi Arabia, I worked out there in the 1970's, but it's reared for it's meat and leather throughout The Gulf.

Love Capon - tastes far better than turkey IMO. Never eaten sweetmeats or snails

I had no idea a capon was a castrated cock. You learn something new everyday!

Most of the foods already mentioned I have never eaten (except curry which I love.)

One thing I have never eaten is goats cheese - I love other types of cheese but I was offered goats cheese once and it smelled so 'goaty' that I was put off forever!

Prawns
Squid
Octopus ?
Eel
Oysters
Runny eggs of any description
Piccalilli
Belly pork. Actually I did try this once. Yuk. I managed to discreetly (I hope) remove it from my mouth into my napkin.

Snails! Just ugh!

Tripe, oysters and Foie Gras (have tried them but don't like the texture), cockles and whelks (seem just like little gristley, sandy lumps to me).
I don't fancy insects or snake either. Smelly Camenbert or strong blue cheese leave me cold
Weirdly I can sometimes eat mussels and sometimes not, perhaps my nose can detect if they're not fresh?

Oopsminty

I'd have been after your tapioca, Callistemon!

I may be lovely but I can't put it in my mouth!

Black pudding never, beetroot once and never again, loathe tapioca but was forced to eat it at school. (Love sushi but it has to be good quality)

We've had cockerels for Christmas for some years now, bigger than a chicken but not as big or as "breasty" as a turkey, and with much more flavour.
Ocado have them in stock for Christmas deliver, as do lots of local butchers.

I'd have been after your tapioca, Callistemon!

Oh, and tapioca pudding. (Frogspawn)
The sight of it at school made me heave too, luckily there were always others eager to say 'don't you want that?' because we got into trouble for not eating everything on our plates.

Snails, eels, sushi. Brains, sweetbreads.
Tripe - the thought of putting it into my mouth makes me heave.

My friend's mother used to feed her frogs' legs; I never wanted to be invited to tea there just in case they were on the menu.

I thought I wasn't overly fussy until I read this thread, and agreed with almost everyone, on almost everything.

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

petra

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

Or eat them smoked

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

Faggots and tripe are on my food hate list!

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

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

Karma’s a bitch.

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.

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.

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?

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

Tripe, why not? Why would you?