Food you love that your significant other finds repulsive?

[Blue in a Red State]

I love kibbe, but my DH shudders at the mere mention of it and has never even sampled it. Otherwise, he's pretty adventuresome when it comes to food. Anyone else have a food standoff like that?

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Chicken.

Anything with feathers.

[donheld]

17. Maybe next time before you cook it

you should remove the feathers :evilgrin::crazy:

[greatauntoftriplets]

36. Even when it comes from the store thoroughly plucked....

he will not eat it.

[Before_Dawn]

70. Food

Anything with brocalli I hate. Oh and colli flower and spinach too. Uk.

[Richardo]

Dude. Seriously. Use spell check.

:eyes:

[Richardo]

98. .

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[CO Liberal]

2. Cold Leftover Chicken

The Princess can't see how I can eat it cold.

[Left Is Write]

10. Mmmm! I love cold leftover chicken.

Especially fried chicken. Leftover cold fried chicken with potato salad makes a great summertime lunch.

[CO Liberal]

20. Exactly!!!!

When I was growing up in NJ, we would take a drive through the Poconos or the Catskills every October to look at the leaves changing. The day before, my mom would cook up a big batch of fried chicken and make a huge bowl of potato salad. And that morning, my dad would make up a big jug of Cherry Kool-Aid mixed with orange juice. That was our picnic lunch.

:9

[trotsky]

3. Tuna.

Of course now with mercury contamination it shouldn't really be eaten very often but I just love it - tuna hotdish especially - but my wife would never touch it let alone cook with it.

And what's weird is that the situation is completely opposite for another fish: salmon. I hate it, she loves it.

Weird.

[Left Is Write]

6. Well, I'd cook you a tuna hotdish, but

I'm not sure how your wife and my husband would feel about it. ;)

(BTW, I just have to love a guy who knows and uses the word "hotdish.")

[trotsky]

41. We'll run away together and enjoy the bliss that is tuna hotdish.

(It'll be our little secret.) ;-)

[Z_I_Peevey]

8. I love that word 'hotdish'

It just makes me snicker.

[Left Is Write]

12. It makes me homesick.

[Sequoia]

4. Fried Okra

[Left Is Write]

5. Tuna here too. I can't even open a can of tuna

if he's in the house.

For him, it's sauerkraut and Brussels sprouts. I can't stand either one of them, but he loves them.

Otherwise, we're a-okay.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. hotdogs.

Yes, I know what they're made of and how disgusting it is, but I still think they're yummy as hell.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

49. Bagel Dogs

I could live on them.

Everyone in this house sneers at me.

Scum. What do they know?

I wonder who those people are, by the way ....................

[Z_I_Peevey]

50. Bagel dogs rule!

Who could hate the snacking perfection of a bagel dog?

[Liberal Veteran]

9. Bratwurst.

And saurkraut.

[u4ic]

11. Chinese BBQ pork

(then again, he's Jewish).

Olives.

But - he loves pickled beef tongue sandwiches. :puke:

[CottonBear]

13. My husband hates whole cooked cranberries.

In fact, he hates anything with seeds or pulp. He will eat that jelled cranberry stuff in a can and also grape jelly.

EDIT: I hate liver and onions, vienna sausages and potted meat.

[Blue in a Red State]

30. Liver

That's where me and mine are reversed. I can't even tolerate the smell of it, while he actually enjoys it. Blech.

[matcom]

14. Scotch

she is a Vodka drinker

[Z_I_Peevey]

15. Poke salad

He says anything you have to boil three times to get the poison out is just not for him.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. i think he has a point!

[MonkeyFunk]

29. Is your name Annie?

Extra points to anyone who gets the reference.....

[Z_I_Peevey]

31. No, and my granny has avoided gators, AFAIK. n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

34. HA!

[Patsy Stone]

16. V8 -- he hates it

But, then again, he's been known to eat SPAM. Ugh!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

26. I'd hate eating an automobile engine too. (nt)

[Patsy Stone]

28. LOL! I could have had a V12! n/t

[Jack_Dawson]

19. Salmon Roe

or "Ikura"

Mmmmm mmmm good. :-)

[Modem Butterfly]

21. Pesto sauce, sushi, pretty much anything that comes from the sea

Will's a southerner, so he has a natural distrust of unfamiliar food.

[politicat]

54. Pesto comes from the sea?? That's news to me.

But I totally understand that distrust of unfamiliar foods. You'd think someone brought up on moon pies, Coke, fried catfish, corn and canned green beans would be eager for new tastes, but NO....

I have my own southerner, but he's been out for a long while now and is turning into a more cosmopolitan lad than he used to be. I'm proud of him.

Pcat

[Modem Butterfly]

82. Smart ass

No, pesto doesn't come from the sea. Pesto, sushi, and anything that comes from the sea.

Sheesh!

:)

[lpbk2713]

22. No one else in my family likes guacamole.

I could eat it till it comes out my ears.

[Patiod]

88. Same here - the S.O. hates guacamole

and I could (and do) put it on just about anything.

Note - if you ever see a "Maui Tacos" (there's one in the Raleigh-Durham airport) they have an amazing burrito called the Lahaina, (cheese, rice, guacamole, salsa and chicken) and unlike every other burrito sold in the U.S, it is absolutely bursting with guac.

Mmmmm.....guacamole.

[sportndandy]

23. Halvah

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

25. Arab candy made of sesame seed? Dries your mouth?

If so, me too. Love it, nobody else does.

[yellowdogintexas]

109. my S.O. loves that stuff, I don' t like it at all, and another thing

he devours that I just have no taste for is blueberries.

They are ok, merely ok. If I end up having to eat them for my health I can do it without being ill or anything, I just don't see what the big deal is with them. Maybe I was born without the taste bud for blueberries.

[Chalco]

24. I love blue cheese, he doesn't. He loves brussels sprouts...

they make me gag bigtime.

[frictionlessO]

44. I LOOOOOVE blue cheese, and brussel sprouts!

I even put blue cheese on my brussle sprouts!!

mmmmm

[Chalco]

94. Maybe if I put blue cheese on brussel sprouts I'd like them. Thanks!

[amazona]

27. chicken liver

I don't care, more for me.

[buckettgirl]

32. Spinach and artichokes

I love em, and I don't know why. I never used to like veggies, but now these are at the top of my list - my husband thinks they are gross and that I am weird. :)

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

33. Chocolate peanut butter cups (Reese's)

I wouldn't say I love them, but I like them. My husband can't stand any treats that combine chocolate with peanut butter.

[curse10]

35. Sauerkraut, pickles, and olives

I love all three. He abhors all three. C'est la vie!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Beets

mmmmmmmmmm

[Maine-ah]

38. all sorts of stuff...

olives, anchovies, lobster, clams, oysters, crabmeat, escargo, tomato soup, american chop suey, chinese pie (known to most as shepard's pie, but done with ground beef and not lamb) oh, I'm sure there is a lot more than this, but these are what came to me first:hippie:

[Zuni]

39. I used to date a girl who found my love of Scrapple awful

She was so disgusted when she found a package of scrapple in my fridge.
She had never even tried it. She wouldn't eat it.

But that is not why we broke up.

[Patiod]

90. Crispy outside, with a nice mushy center (but still cooked)

We have a diner near us that does it perfectly. Thankfully, that's one the SO and I both like (because a whole order of scrapple is just asking for artery trouble)

[Bzzzz]

40. Korean

Kimchee

[davis_islander]

42. Peas

Man does she hate peas, won't even TASTE them.

[IStriker]

43. Asparagus. Fresh grown in my garden.

[MonkeyFunk]

46. Asparagus is the most disgusting food EVER.

If I had to imagine what Sigmund the Sea Monster's poop would taste like, it would be asparagus.

[frictionlessO]

48. no that would be cottage cheese, or frottage cheese if youre SBP!!

[BiggJawn]

58. I don't care for Frottage Cheese

It rubs me the wrong way....

[RadicalMom]

62. Frottage Cheese!

OMG! Frottage was my brother's favorite word. I've never encountered anyone else who knew it. I knew I'd found the right home at DU! As for food, my husband hayes eggs and Chinese food. Fortunately my daughter loves them, so I don't have to go solo.

[frictionlessO]

66. I suggest you find Short Bus President and attempt some

Frottaging with him... hes an absolute fiend for it. He can talk frottage all day long!

Your husband though! eggs? I mean really, theyre... eggs! A basic building block of the breakfast staple!! dang... eggs man eggs.

[RadicalMom]

75. My husband just said he would just as soon pull ...

the wings off angels as eat eggs. Want ever can I do?

[frictionlessO]

86. I dont know, but personally I think hes an odd one!

he has no problem with them being in a recipe right? Like cake?

I dont know... do we have any angels hanging around??

[RadicalMom]

112. He IS a problem, which I've always known..

But after 25 years of marriage you get used to it. No, no problem with having eggs as an ingredient, he just doesn't like the taste of them, no matter how they're prepared. He claims hie mother made him eat too many of them. Then I'm weird because I hate raw tomatoes- don't like the taste or the tomato slime- and I'm half Italian, so I'm supposed to like them. He loves them, so he'll rub in the fact when he's eating one and I pretend I'm horrified. Just made for each other, I guess.

[trotsky]

85. LMAO

That is funny. Sigmund the Sea Monster's poop. LOLOL.

I have tried to like asparagus, and I can eat it if I have to, but the WORST part about eating it is peeing a few hours later. ACK that is a nasty STANK.

[frictionlessO]

45. sardines!!

oh man I love 'em love 'em love 'em... seems like there are whole lot of closet sardine enthusiasts out there as well...

[Blue in a Red State]

51. Pssst.

Count me in. :::secret handshake:::

[frictionlessO]

64. *whispered*

okay
*shakes hand with wiggling middle finger tucked back*

I like the green chile and Lousiana hot sauce ones... you?

[Blue in a Red State]

68. *pantomining*

Plain. In oil. Bit of a purist about them.

[frictionlessO]

69. *nodding silently but with jedi mind powers*

I understand I was as until I bought a twenty pack from Sams. Evil yes, I know but where else can you get sardines a quarter on the dollar...

[Patiod]

91. *checks desk drawer for sardine stash* Mmmmm...fishy

Thought I'd be the only one excited to see them sold in 20-packs at Costco.

[frictionlessO]

100. *gesticulating wildly*

Holy crap!! Thats three of us!! That officially makes us The Cult of Sardine or something dont it?

Im seriously considering coming out of the pantry and posting a thread on the virue of sardines and ask our fellow sardinienes to come out with me...hmmm maybe later?

The 20-packs killed my taste for the normal oil packed ones, I od'd on 'em. it was alas, but a huge mess. Wish they had em as variety packs.

[Gemini Cat]

110. *ahem*

That's four of us now.

What's worse I always get tossed out of the house when I snap open a tasty can. No matter how cold it is!

[City of Mills]

47. Indian food

Took three years, she finally relented and tried the restaurant downtown. Now she wants to go back immediately. :spank:

[Jean Louise Finch]

52. All things bitter

Sea cucumber, lesser eggplants, brussel sprouts...

the list goes on!

[politicat]

53. Most fish, but especially shell fish and smoked salmon.

I adore fish, cooked, raw, smoked, whatever. Shellfish, too.

Mr. Pcat hates all but tuna, salmon, shark and swordfish, and those only very rarely if cooked, though he'd eat sushi for weeks on end if it was good sushi.

He leaves the room when I'm having shrimp cocktail, and won't look when I have a bagel with lox or smoked salmon.

Pcat

[loudestchick]

55. Meat...my husband is a "born again vegetarian"

[leftofthedial]

56. mustard

lima beans
shellfish
okra
greens
sushi

[Contrary1]

57. guacamole

spinach, sour cream, eggs...over easy

[BiggJawn]

59. Sashimi.

She won't even try California Roll, much less the Good Stuff...

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

95. Tuna! Tuna! Tuna!

Melts in your mouth, mmmmmmmm!!!

[cally]

60. Most salty food and intense flavors

I love olives, blue cheese, extra sharp cheddars, and strong cheeses. He thinks they are too salty. He likes lamb :puke: sausage :shudder: and fried eggs. :eyes:

[sleepyhead]

61. Tripe

Sweetbreads, liver, tongue, sushi/sashimi, anchovies, chow fun noodles, Chinese spare ribs, blood sausage, chicken dark meat.

[Xithras]

63. Most seafood, liver, duck, venison, lamb, rabbit, Thai food...

The list is really long. I'm an adventurous eater and it's rare for me to not like something. My wife, while a great cook, is far more conservative in her diet.

As for the duck, lamb, rabbit, and venison: I love all four of those but my wife, raised on a childhood of cartoons where those animals are your "cuddly friends", won't even discuss it with me. Oh well, I get to keep my venison to myself, and the duck, lamb, and rabbit are reserved for the occasional luxury restaraunt dinner. I can deal with that :)

[mac56]

65. Peanut butter sandwiches and beer.

And I love kibbe too.

[Patiod]

92. Sorry, but all I can think of when I see "kibbe" is puppy chow

[jellybelly]

67. KETCHUP

I like ketchup with everything, eggs, rice, steak. I am disgusting. Maybe I'm just addicted to tomatoes. I drink spagetti sauce. :silly:

[kittycat1164]

84. I'm with you and my kids are too

I end up buying a gallon every two weeks and just refilling the little bottle. My husband says I'm a heathen for using ketchup on filet mignon....but it's perfect! I dip potato chips too...they're just really crunchy fries right??

[PittPoliSci]

71. MEAT

she's not a vegetarian, she just doesn't like it.

and me, well, I'm very much so comfortable with eating meat.

[mitchum]

72. Tomatoes (I can't even eat one in her presence)

[WritersBlock]

73. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches

My BH is British, and thinks that the combination of peanut butter & jelly is thoroughly disgusting. I guess it stems from associating the word "jelly" with what we know as Jell-O.

Cream gravy is a gross-out, too, unless I call it Bechamel Sauce. Then it's acceptable to have it in the house.

[Lilith Velkor]

74. deep fried human fetus

He's a vegan.

What's kibbe?

[Magrittes Pipe]

76. Lamb, venison... really any meat that's not beef, chicken, pork, or turkey

She's very adventurous when it comes to preparations; new recipes are fine, even encouraged. But when it comes to the meat, she's not too excited to try new things.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

96. I ate the BEST. LAMB. EVAH. last week in Cuiabá.

Arab restaurant. All the food was out of this world, but the lamb was something else.

[rooboy]

77. Vegemite. n/t

[Robeson]

78. Beans...

...She just will not eat them. Funny though, she loves refried beans, but will not eat them otherwise.

[sbj405]

79. Pickles

It's one of those foods that people either love or hate.

[ProfessorGAC]

80. Raw Oysters

I love 'em. My wife wouldn't eat them with someone else's mouth.
The Professor

[Donkeyboy75]

81. Sauerkraut, bell peppers and

veal.

[jukes]

83. my cats will steal pizza

but not nachos!

[Aristus]

87. I'll let Lou Gossett, Jr. answer this one for me:

"MAY-YO-Naaaaaiiise!" :-)

[annonymous]

89. Cranberry juice

My husband hates it. However, there are more than a few things my husband loves but I won't touch such as chipped beef, fried chicken livers, liver & onions, and peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.

[Marnieworld]

93. indian food

the smell of curry makes him sick but I say yummy yum yum!

[WoodrowFan]

97. white castles

and she likes some French-Canadian meat pie that would gag a goat.

[Dorian Gray]

99. Pork Roll...

It's a New Jersey thing. My husband, from NYC, never heard of it until we started dating! Just thinking about it makes me want to get some on an Everything Bagel. MMMMMmmmmmm.... Pork Roll.....

[flamingyouth]

101. Green beans and asparagus

More for me! :9

[yellowdogintexas]

102. I love calve's or veal liver, sauteed w/onions or grilled w/onions

Mr Yellowdog not only won't eat it, he became deathly ill the one and only time he did eat it (true story, verified by his mom)


He likes rhubarb, which I hate

we both hate sardines and anchovies(unless fresh, in Spain)

He likes Scrapple, which I hate

I like runny fried eggs ...he hates, but can at least be at the table with me when I order them ..his scrambled eggs have to be DEAD

as does his beef, which I like to eat still slightly quivering.

Neither of us are huge seafood eaters, unless we are traveling near the ocean, but I despise crab, and I don't think he has ever tried it.

He likes sweet potatoes which I hate

I like radishes, which he does not.

[Robeson]

104. Ya know what?

..."I love calve's or veal liver, sauteed w/onions or grilled w/onions".

:puke:

Don't take it personal, but I'm with Mr. Yellowdog on this one! :-)

[yellowdogintexas]

105. I haven't eaten liver in 22years, because of this

and the lack of Morrison's Cafeterias in this area, the one place that knows how to cook it.

[Robeson]

106. Please, stop about eating this liver stuff. You're making my....

...head spin...:crazy: and stomach too!!

[Taverner]

103. Kamut

Miracle grain of ancient Egypt! High in fiber, low in sugar and full of protein!!!!

Wifey hates it tho, thinks its dog food.

[Kazak]

107. Any kind of pepper.

I miss them too.

[Tabasco_Dave]

108. Bell peppers

I make a great green peper steak too. I usualy just make it for myself and she buys a burger or something.

[AccessGranted]

111. Mayonnaise

My significant other hates mayonnaise. He can't even be in the room when I use it. He almost gets physically ill everytime he sees it.