15 Foods Our Readers Hate for No Particular Reason
Yesterday, we told you our edible pet peeves, from shrimp to spaghetti and from eggs to eggplant. Senior associate food editor Alison Roman's dislike of burgers got lots of our readers fired up. ("You should have your human card revoked if you don't like burgers," one Facebook fan chortled, and another suggested we fire Roman altogether. We won't.) What really grabbed our attention in the Facebook comments, though, is that you admitted to your own weird food "things," which may have been stranger. Watermelon. Mac and cheese. Pizza. Pizza?! How, dear readers, how? Though there were over 250 responses, here are the 15 commenters who surprised us most.
1/15"Goat cheese. I try, and try, and try again, but I can't stand it. Love feta and cotija and other similar crumbly cheeses but goat cheese tastes like chalk to me. And I'm really sad about it." —Melanie Glass Evans
Michael Hoeweler2/15"Coconut water. Tastes like dirty bath water. Yuck." —Nicole Spencer Benge
3/15"Raw oysters—the texture is like boogers!" —Shannon McKinney
4/15"KALE! Enough already." —Gretchen Schneider
5/15"Cottage cheese." —Jessi Mulligan
©Romulo Yanes6/15"Meatloaf. Can't stand it." —Victor Martinez
7/15"Pizza. I'd passively dislike it but it happens to be the #1 go-to item for crowd feeding. Party? Pizza! Meeting at work? Pizza! Imagine, the item you do not like...served at each and every function. Sigh." —Corrine Arguelles
8/15"Bread and butter pickles. WHY?" —Ashley Bailey
9/15"Cilantro…the evil herb!" —David R. Friedman
10/15"Macaroni and cheese. It's the only food I absolutely cannot eat. I would prefer never to be in the same room with it if possible." —Anne Fresia
11/15"Mayo. Never. Ever. When I was pregnant I told my husband if I ever crave it, he will know I've gone over the edge. Not even trace amounts." —Sharon Young
12/15"Miso. Always tastes like water from a fish tank." —Doug Perry
13/15"Watermelon…gross." —Shelley Schenk
14/15"I hate turkey, particularly the white meat. The flavor is overrated, it's always too dry, and I hate the texture. The dark meat is sometimes tolerable, but I'd be happy if I never ate turkey again." —Steve Gallivan
15/15"Cooked raisins. Like squishy maggots in my mouth." —Peggy Dillon
