Which ingredient will instantly make you go "nope" no matter how tasty the food seems?

[irisblue]

Taken from reddit.


For me artificial sweeting of anything is a fast ' no thank you'.

No just no

[Ocelot II]

1. Onions. If I find out there are onions in something, especially raw ones, I won't touch it.

But that means that to me it won't be tasty in the first place.

[PJMcK]

11. Pity

I love onions in all their varieties!

But I also know they’re not for everyone, especially anyone near me when I’ve eaten them!

[ProfessorGAC]

60. Oooh, You'd Hate My Cooking!

I sautee onions for nearly everything I cook! Italian, Thai, Chinese, Mexican, French, you name it!
I only put raw onions on a salad, occasionally.
My wife likes them too.
You'd, alas, starve around here!

[electric_blue68]

80. Sauteed, raw, or onion powder if I don't have any.

In much of my cooking.

[Clouds Passing]

2. Mushrooms, ugh

[PJMcK]

13. Too bad

There are many varieties that are tremendously delicious.

I took a professional colleague to lunch and she’s a vegan. I had a “burger “ made from a portobello mushroom that was fantastic! It opened my eyes to alternatives.

[ProfessorGAC]

64. Oyster Mushrooms!

Those are my favorite, with Hen Of The Woods, a close second.
Fun Mushroom Fact: a crimini mushroom is the exact same thing as a portobello. When they're little, they're creminis.
You might see in the store pre-packaged "Baby Bellas". That's a cremini with a clever marketing name.

[Figarosmom]

115. And mitaki mushrooms

Are the same as hen of the woods. They are delicious aren't they. Expensive though so I now just buy the kits to grow them. I can grow 10 times the amount for the price I used to pay at the mushroom store. The same for lions mane. Just grow them.

[Figarosmom]

114. My favorite breakfast

Is mitaki or lions mane mushrooms fried to a golden color in butter (benecol now days for blood pressure) with just salt and pepper on toast points. Nothing better to my mind

[unblock]

46. i'm with you. to which of the 4 basic food groups does fungus belong?

[lastlib]

3. Mayonnaise.

NOPE.

Ketchup--nope.

Mustard--nope.

Barbecue sauce--YESSSSssss!!

[PJMcK]

14. Mustard?

There are so many variations.

Oh, well.

[Diamond_Dog]

51. Hooray for ketchup and mustard haters!

Me too!

[AZSkiffyGeek]

77. A fellow condiment-phobe!

Ketchup and Yellow Mustard are my big ones. I can handle mayo in small amounts, although I don't use it, and I'll use fancy mustard when cooking.
I also can't handle anything derived from Worcestershire sauce. That nasty raisin sardine sauce is revolting.
That being said, I like Heinz 57, which probably has all three included - I just don't look at the label.

[Figarosmom]

116. You do know

That most BBQ sauce has mustard and ketchup in it don't you?

[Kittycatkat]

4. Anchovy

[PJMcK]

15. Love 'em!

We make pizzas from scratch and anchovies end up on at least half of them. Caesar salads, too.

Oddly, I can’t stand sardines. Oh, well.

[electric_blue68]

75. Omg, yeah!...

I avoid them like the plague!

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Cilantro

[crosinski]

70. Yes, cilantro tastes like dish soap to me.

[Scrivener7]

73. Apparently, the way you taste cilantro is a trait that is mostly determined by your genes.

People have a gene to love it or a gene to hate it.

Luckily, I have the DNA that makes it taste like Spring in a bottle.

[electric_blue68]

79. didn't see your post...

see mine below yours


It's fascinating, I think

[Scrivener7]

95. I think so too! It makes you wonder what else we are experiencing completely

differently from the person next to us.

[Phentex]

96. I have the soapy taste gene, spouse does not and our kids

are split as well. It is fascinating!

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

112. I have the genetics that makes cilantro taste like soap.

Nothing enrages me more than the people who assure me there's only a little cilantro in whatever we are eating.

So okay. A few soap chips are fine? I don't think so.

[electric_blue68]

76. You are one of those people who have a gene that gives Cilantro that taste!

Kinda wild when I read about that.

I love it, and I do get a very faint soapy taste if I concentrate- the rest of the taste drowns it out so I can enjoy it

[AnnaLee]

86. Cilantro is mine too.

Fifteen years ago, I almost quit going to restaurants because, at least in the region I lived in, it was such a fad that it was thrown into everything, often without notice to the customer. My favorite dish at a local chain restaurant ruined my favorite dish by cilantroizing it. I found out the hard way, by taking a bite of the food. Nowhere was the change in recipe reported. I found it out when I tried to send the dish back as tainted.

[WestMichRad]

88. Another vote for cilantro.

Blech!

[sakabatou]

105. This

[Bayard]

110. Smells too much like a stink bug

[Figarosmom]

117. Tastes like

dish detergent to me.

[EverHopeful]

118. Yep, soap, yuk

Went for Mexican food with my niece and when I said no cilantro she said "Oh, you're like my Dad."

Hadn't realized he had the no cilantro gene but apparently he didn't pass it on to his daughter.

Although it also surprises me that people eat eggplant voluntarily and she agreed with me that we can't figure out how anyone eats rhubarb.

[anciano]

6. Curry powder

[PJMcK]

17. Oops

Last night, I had an Indian dinner of chicken vindaloo (spicy curries!). Yum.

[electric_blue68]

81. I love all kinds of Indian cooking - w meat, vegetarian, and vegan. Northern, and Southern...

I don't think I exactly know regional specialties but I should look them up, and see if I've had any.
We are lucky in NYC bc we have so many different kinds of Indian restaurants!

But I don't eat hot chillies in any cuisine Indian, Mexican, Chinese, etc

[zanana1]

122. I'm with you on that one.

[Dulcinea]

7. Raisins.

[biophile]

26. Raisins

There isn’t any recipe that raisins can’t ruin! Funny thing is that I can eat them uncooked! But soft and bloated and gross, no 🙄

[FalloutShelter]

30. Oh wow... glad I'm not alone.

Raisins… yuck.
🤮

[sakabatou]

106. Yeah, I can eat raisins fine by themselves

Or even with certain cereals, but others "NOPE!"

[arlyellowdog]

8. Cheese, butter, eggs (anything that tastes good)

Sucks, but I need to live to see a woman president

[The Magistrate]

9. Parmesan Cheese

[unblock]

44. you're not the first person i've heard about having an aversion to parmesan, though to me it's such a mild taste

then again, everyone's tastes are different. i like cilantro, but to mrs. unblock, it tastes like soap. some genetic thing. to me it tastes absolutely nothing like soap but yeah, people are different.

me, i like a good alfredo sauce. mrs. unblock prefers the more assertive cheeses, mostly bleu cheeses, but she has no problem with parmesan. though i've known people who hated parmesan but were fine with cheeses like "stinky bishop", which makes no sense to me, but hey, people are different.

[ProfessorGAC]

66. Tastes Like Soap

Watched an Alton Brown episode where he said 1 in every 6 or 7 people have that reaction to cilantro.
And, yep, he said it's genetic!
My wife are I are in the other 6. We both love the flavor it adds.

[spooky3]

10. Curry nt

[canuckledragger]

12. Casu martzu.

Or better known as...maggot cheese.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_martzu

[getagrip_already]

19. Hmmm, didnt know that was a thing

But sure, id give a try. Probably. Maybe. Depends on how strong the beer is ive had first.

[Kittycatkat]

33. making me sick looking at it and I'm terrified to open link

… I can’t open the link!

[canuckledragger]

34. lol, it's just the wikipedia article describing what it is and how they make it.

I went with a better picture because the one on wikipedia didn't do it justice.

[irisblue]

72. Ok, after 2 paragraphs of a wiki I add this to the no freaking way list

canuckledragger, you have disturbed my sleep.
Shame

[electric_blue68]

85. 😱

I don't Think so!

[pandr32]

16. Bleached flour.

[WheelWalker]

18. Grubs.

Please... not grubs again, grumble, grumble.

[Alpeduez21]

20. Slimy yet satisfying n/t

[WheelWalker]

32. It's slugs for slime. Grubs tend to give me heartburn.

Both turn me off.

[getagrip_already]

21. There isnt much i wouldnt try a bite of....

Ordering a whole meal though? I probably wouldnt order intentionally fermented fish or meat products.

Id probably blow after a few bites.

[ProfessorGAC]

67. That's Me, Too

With the international travel I've done for work, I've faced some interesting culinary options.
I've never passed on one, even if I wouldn't probably eat it again.

[Permanut]

22. Raw carrots..

Love the cooked ones, not sure what it is.

[unblock]

40. we keep a bin of raw baby carrots in the fridge, i'll have a few pretty much every day as my go-to snack.

not much a fan of the cooked variety....

[EverHopeful]

119. I'm just the opposite

Raw are fine but cooked? Nope. Same with bell peppers, love them raw but inedible when they're cooked.

Ages and ages ago I asked my Mom if when some people liked something and other people didn't, did the thing taste different to the people who like it than it does to those who don't.

She said no, things taste the same but some people like it and some don't. Then I asked her how you could know how something tasted to someone else and she said that's why she always said I'd become a lawyer, because I argued everything.

I didn't know what a lawyer was but knew it was bad 'cause she'd get mad and walk out of the kitchen leaving me in my high chair

[Island Blue]

23. Raw onions, cilantro, mushrooms,

mayo, ranch dressing to name a few - I may or may not be a picky eater. 🤣

I also don’t eat pork or beef, but that’s just a personal preference. I remember liking them 20 years ago when I used to eat them.

[Skittles]

24. ketchup

ruins the taste of EVERYTHING it is on

[Permanut]

49. Especially french fries..

Turns them into garden mulch, but a lot of people like them that way.

[Diamond_Dog]

52. I am glad I'm not alone in my aversion to ketchup.

If I had to eat it I would gag.

[Skittles]

63. if it is present it is ALL I TASTE

so fucking gross

[Diamond_Dog]

65. Even the mere smell of it makes me gag!

[happybird]

82. Sometimes it makes me gag,

when I think of the smell of ketchup in a trash can on a hot summer day, like at the pool or ball field when I was a kid. Yuck. That scent-memory made it tough to mate bottles of ketchup when I was a waitress. Had to basically psych myself out of really smelling it.

I do like a very measured, small stripe of it on a hotdog, and will sometimes dip fries in it- but only with a much larger serving of mayo to also dip in.

[grumpyduck]

25. For me, anything that has the whole body on the plate.

Trout, lobster, crab, etc. We went to a dim sum restaurant with friends years ago and the whole shrimps and a few other things creeped me out.

OTOH, I'm okay with oysters, clams, mussels and similar stuff.

[Ocelot II]

28. I'm creeped out by anything that has eyes, like a whole fish. Can't eat that.

[unblock]

38. lol once upon a time i order fish and it was unexpectedly a whole fish. i went to eat an eye and mrs unblock said

"you are NOT going to eat a fish eye! i will divorce you on the spot if you eat that!"

somehow me eating crickets on a different occasion didn't skeeve her out that much, but fish eyes apparently are right out.

guess i'll have to wait for a business trip to try that one....

[EverHopeful]

120. Once on a trip with the Taoist school I studied with

and people were discussing who would eat the fish eyes. Eating the fish eye supposedly opens up your 3rd eye. Nope for me.

[electric_blue68]

91. I'm more the opposite. No clams, mussels etc. Love lobster, crab....

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No whole shrimps, though.

At my Chinese buffet place they have (the whole) soft shell crabs; I can't bring myself to try them!

[RoadRunner]

27. Fennel

That’s a hard no for me.

[electric_blue68]

87. That's a strong for me except...

So... I avoid licorice from after the first time I had a black jellybean in first grade. Gah! Anything w fennel until I found I really love Italian sweet sausage.

Just having looked it up to make sure it was fennel...
It seem that that sausage is the only one that contains fennel.
I'm thinking the other tastes counter balance it enough, plus I was a very picky eater as a kid, started to really expand my taste buds in my later teens.

I also love kielbasa, and chorizo.

[applegrove]

109. Roasted fennel is good in lasagna, with tarragon too.

[mucifer]

101. Yup fennel and any kind of dead animal.

[Freddie]

29. Undercooked meat especially ground beef

I see pics of “gourmet” burgers, even fast food (Arby’s!) that are bloody raw inside. Food safety, people! If I bite into a burger and it’s pink, it goes back to the kitchen (in a nice restaurant) or straight in the trash.

[Ilsa]

103. And meat tastes better, IMO, when cooked long

enough to develop fond that sticks to the meat. The browning adds flavor.

[BrianTheEVGuy]

31. Lima beans. NT

[displacedvermoter]

35. Olives

[sakabatou]

107. Same. Hate 'em

[Bayard]

111. I was going to post the same

I've been looking at Mediterranean recipes lately, and anything with olives is, nope, nope, not that one.

[displacedvermoter]

121. Don't like Extra Virgin Olive Oil either

[bucolic_frolic]

36. Corporate anything

Seems to me the ingredients are being reduced. I rarely buy mayo but got a jar of the biggest national brand recently. It's pure white, creamy, barely resembles the old flavor. Maybe it's me? Seems like they've reduced the eggs and spices. Same thing with a yellow mustard knockoff. I have to add turmeric, black pepper, paprika, salt, vinegar. What do they do to this stuff?

[rockbluff botanist]

37. Fish sauce

Fish fermented for a couple of months to a couple of years.

Wow! What could be tastier?? Total sarcasm!!!!!

[hedda_foil]

45. Fish sauce is basically liquid msg.

[Boomerproud]

39. Red peppers.

I hate them and they're in almost every recipe I see. AARGH!

[sakabatou]

108. Bell peppers, you mean?

[rsdsharp]

41. Ranch. I like buttermilk, and I love garlic. They DO NOT belong together.

Restaurants think they can sell anything by adding ranch to it. Not to me.

I can eat cilantro in salsa, but mostly it tastes like dirt to me; not soap — dirt.

[murielm99]

113. I agree.

Ranch is horrible.

[Lemonwurst]

42. Lye

Read somewhere that there's a food somewhere (Netherlands, maybe) where lye is an essential ingredient, and it helps if you've grown up eating that kind of thing.

As a rule I'll try anything, except - after I read that - food prepared with lye.

[electric_blue68]

90. It's luktefish Yeah, NOT for me!

[fierywoman]

43. Liver, oysters mussels, organ meats in general.

[unblock]

47. alcohol, vinegar, soy sauce, grapes.

migraine triggers....

also, mushrooms, not because of migraines, just because of... ick.

[doc03]

48. Squid. Went fishing in Florida and used slimmy stinky squid all day for bait. That night

went to dinner and my friends wife ordered calamari, I all most blew chunks.

[Diamond_Dog]

50. Raw fish.

[claudette]

53. Mushrooms

Severe allergy plus they taste horrible

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

54. Apple Cider Vinegar

The tiniest bit makes me recoil.

[wcmagumba]

55. Black olives...

[BlueKota]

56. Cauliflower,

Caca pooey😝

[LuvLoogie]

57. Squid ink or gold leaf

Maybe cow bile, too.

[DFW]

58. High fructose corn syrup. n/t

[Wicked Blue]

59. Onions

Also any artificial sweetener

[BigMin28]

61. Pickles

Like cucumbers, but pickles of any kind turn my stomach.

[TomSlick]

74. We should work a deal.

I like pickles but the smell of raw cucumbers makes me ill.

[live love laugh]

62. Snails

[LoisB]

68. Squash, eggplant, canned or bottled pasta sauce.

[beaglelover]

69. Raw Fish

[Aristus]

71. Mushrooms.

Slimy, gelid, nasty, disgusting.

Don’t know why anyone likes them.

[texasfiddler]

78. Fennel

[33taw]

83. Olives, green pepper, sage.

[Tikki]

84. Watermelon.....

Cantaloupe, Honey Dew, any melon. NOPE

Tikki

[Probatim]

89. Coconut milk - immediately activates my *hrrrrrp* reflex. Can't get it past the palate.

I actively avoid any artificial sweeteners. I can immediately smell and taste them so it's tough to trick me, but coconut milk is the worst.

[electric_blue68]

92. Organ meats, mussels etc, raw fish, olives, licorice, usually fennel...

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Funny, though, I love extra virgin olive oil.

One of my favorite older cousins invited us for Greek Easter lunch.

I loved everything except the special Greek Easter soup - Magritza.
It has chicken hearts, and kidneys.
I managed to eat them.
Never again!

[chouchou]

93. Artichoke

[True Dough]

94. Dang celery!

If it's a salad or a stir-fry, keep the celery out! It tastes awful and overpowers so many other flavors.

Get outta here, celery!

[Boomerproud]

97. Especially cooked celery.

I love dressing at Thanksgiving except for celery.

[bif]

98. Okra

[Marthe48]

99. Yogurt

I don't like the texture of cups of yogurt.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

100. Partially hydrogenated ***, MSG, BHT, BHA, trans fat, interesterified fat, aspartame

[bamagal62]

102. Mushrooms

And olives.

[Zambero]

104. Beets

[soldierant]

123. Lentils.

I'm allergic to many species in the bean family. They don't test for lentils, bu every time I try them, acid reflux. And I'm slready taking Prilosec. (ALso MSG has that effect on me.)

[Tribetime]

124. Avocado or guacamole