What are your least favourite flavours?

fussyonion · 30-09-2013 1:31pm

Coriander for me too.
I don't like the taste of celery but I will dice it small and use it as bases for meals, such as Bolognese, Shepherd's Pie, etc, because it bulks it out and I can't taste it.
Also despise coconut in curries.
Absolutely detest mustard BUT it is absolutely amazing in meatballs/barbecue sauce-transforms it.

the beer revolu · 30-09-2013 2:40pm

Mrs Fox wrote: »

A long time ago someone told me my skin smelled of honey, which I took as a compliment. I must smell like feet to you

Btw, I can't stand saffron.

MissFlitworth wrote: »

I'm sure you smell like lovely feet, clean ones, no bunions or anything

Oh, just get a room!!;)

Goat the dote · 30-09-2013 2:46pm

Chinese five spice.
Ginger

The Hill Billy · 30-09-2013 3:06pm

Marzipan & mushy peas.

Lovely Bloke · 30-09-2013 3:30pm

The Hill Billy wrote: »

mushy peas.

the food of the devil

homemadecider · 30-09-2013 5:31pm

Hazelnut

Liquorice

Coriander leaf

WILL NOT EAT!!

Dizzyblonde · 30-09-2013 7:31pm

I hate fresh coriander too.
And cauliflower.

simply simple · 30-09-2013 7:36pm

Goats cheese - how on earth can that be something to eat? yuck! sadist torturing smell too :eek:

Goats Cheese
Goats Cheese
Goats cheese

liver pate
peppers- not cooked or in stir fry
sushi
Whipped cream on pancake

Bassfish · 30-09-2013 11:26pm

Oddly enough I love cinnamon in sweet things but freakin hate it in savoury stuff. Once made a big batch of chilli according to Jamie Oliver's method and followed the recipe to the gram and all I could taste was cinnamon. Absolutely rank, ended up giving it to the neighbour's dog.

Vojera · 01-10-2013 2:45pm

I don't like aniseed or celery.

Sometimes if celery is in a stew I can't really taste it but other times it completely overpowers everything and it's all I can taste.

I also don't really like the smell or taste of basil.

Oh, and while I like honey and I like chocolate, the combination of the two in that little hive sweet that's in Milk Tray is disgusting.

MissFlitworth · 01-10-2013 2:49pm

Forgot one - almond essence. How can something as nice as almonds be turned into the vileness that is almond essence (ie - marzipan juice)

pwurple · 01-10-2013 4:11pm

Almond essence is vile. Anything aniseed is the same...
And cinnamon. aka pencil shavings flavour.

Worst cocktail I ever tasted was a Black Gold... sambuca with cinnamon schnapps. Yeuck!

Coffee the drink I can't take either. Just tastes burnt to me. I like it in cake or sweets though.

Love coriander, ginger, cucumber and celery.

rubadub · 01-10-2013 4:46pm

The Hill Billy wrote: »

Marzipan & mushy peas.

I hate all marzipan I have tasted, there must be some decent one I would like though, with no artificial stuff in it, since I love almonds.

MissFlitworth wrote: »

Forgot one - almond essence. How can something as nice as almonds be turned into the vileness that is almond essence (ie - marzipan juice)

Its nothing to do with almonds, just like vanilla essence, vanilla extract is the good stuff, and pricey, I think they can still legally call essences extracts, so the rule of thumb is if its cheap its chemicals. They are just synthetic chemicals which some people reckon tastes like the original, and tastes vile to others. I hate some strawberry essences but some are OK.

Faith · 01-10-2013 5:18pm

I can't stand almond 'flavour'. I HATE the smell of almond things and can barely tolerate almond flavours. I'd eat a macaron or a cherry bakewell, but I'd never ever go near marzipan or an almond tart or anything.

The nuts themselves are alright though, funnily enough.

the beer revolu · 01-10-2013 5:24pm

I think a lot of people make too much of the genetic dislike to things.
The only one's I've heard of are coriander and cucumber but I think alot of people who just don't like coriander assume they are genetically predisposed to not liking it. I say this because I absolutely hated fresh coriander up until my mid twenties - now I love it. Same with olives.

I really hate the taste of dill and hate when it's not mentioned on menus.

I can't abide baked beans but it's just a hangover from a childhood pickyness - I love all sorts of beans and I like tomatoes but just cannot bring myself to eat tinned baked beans.

I can't be dealing with mushy peas either but I like frozen or fresh peas and pretty much all pulses.

Don't like celery either but use it in cooking all the time.

Almond essence and marzipan are evil - almonds are lovely, though.

I can't bring myself to like anchovies - keep trying but no luck!
In fact I won't tolerate any tinned fish - love fresh tuna, though.

Blue cheese is another thing I keep trying but cannot get to like.

Not a fan of mushrooms.

Can't stand liver but love paté.

That list is much bigger than I thought - I'm a fussy git!

super_furry · 01-10-2013 5:25pm

Goat's cheese. It leaves a horrible damp, moldy after taste for me.

Markcheese · 01-10-2013 5:34pm

Faith wrote: »

I can't stand almond 'flavour'. I HATE the smell of almond things and can barely tolerate almond flavours. I'd eat a macaron or a cherry bakewell, but I'd never ever go near marzipan or an almond tart or anything.

The nuts themselves are alright though, funnily enough.

Marzipan and almond essence are made with bitter almonds.... Ordinary sweet almond are just another nut

rubadub · 01-10-2013 6:03pm

Some commercial mushy peas have very low fibre content, I guess they are the leftovers after they have extracted it for fibre supplements.

The almond chemical in the essence is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzaldehyde

Hate the stuff, love almonds though. I remember we always had "almond fingers" in the house and it used to piss me off that I hated these cakes with no other cakes about. I used to say they shouldn't be allowed call them almond fingers. Now I have the new name, Benzaldehyde Fingers, a horrible name that suits them perfectly.

Markcheese · 01-10-2013 6:31pm

Can't do anniseed flavour... Never liked fennel or dill but kind of coming round
Avidly hate hate fenugreek ...

Lissavane · 01-10-2013 8:42pm

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I think the genetic mutation makes you taste cucumber as really bitter though, not just watery.

I thought the mutation made you taste cucumber as if you were eating something soaked in perfume rather than something savoury and fresh green. Either way, I love cucumber and cucumber relish or chutney which I find hard to find in shops. Ballymaloe used to do a nice one but it disappeared years ago.

What I dislike, make me feel ill and find practically impossible to swallow even for politeness:

Coriander - it tastes soapy and vaguely perfumy to me and dominates all other flavours in a dish. I had my first really enjoyable Indian type meal in Taunton recently - very light on coriander, if any. It was a Nepalese rather than Indian retaurant.
Squid and octopus - hate the texture but like the flavour.
Whatever type of seed that was used in "seed cake" or "seed loaf" years ago. My Granny used to love that. It may have been carraway seed.
Porridge, tapioca, semolina, rice pudding etc - it's a texture thing again. I really regret not being able to eat porridge.

Never tried locusts or insects of any type. I'd certainly give them a try though.

pwurple · 01-10-2013 8:50pm

That strong seed is caraway alright. Awful stuff. I class it with sambuca and other anise flavours like dill and fennel. I am ok with fennel when it's very very mild, the bulb/vegetable rather than the herb. It doesn't reek of the anise then.

Polka_Dot · 01-10-2013 9:03pm

Really not a fan of onions or garlic. I don't mind if they're well-cooked in say a pasta sauce or something along those lines, but I hate them in any more "raw" form than that. It's such a pity because they're both in so many things!

iverjohnston · 03-10-2013 11:47pm

Can't eat Pate , years ago place I was working, the farmers wife bought it and presented us with it at tea-time. Thought it was Ok. Spent the rest of the evening inside a 6000 gallon tank welding in outlet taps. Sick as a dog that night . Now I know perfectly well that it was caused by poisoning by the diesel funds burning off inside the tank, but never touched pate again.
Cannot stand carraway either. Mother used to put then in soda bread. Hate the taste, also they look exactly like mice droppings.

05-10-2013 8:14pm

Not a fussy eater by any stretch but HATE guacomole!!!!

Vojera · 05-10-2013 9:06pm

1966 wrote: »

Not a fussy eater by any stretch but HATE guacomole!!!!

Not that I doubt you, but there's a world of difference between the slop you buy in the shop and the stuff you make yourself.

Mr Simpson · 15-10-2013 1:48pm

Cheese... Ugghhh
Cucumber
Parsley
And Lettuce (people say there is very little taste, I detest it!)

the beer revolu · 15-10-2013 6:06pm

Mr Simpson wrote: »

Cheese... Ugghhh

I hated cheese for most of my life but over the last 7 or 8 years I've come to love many cheeses. Still can't be dealing with blue cheese, though.

Mrs Fox · 15-10-2013 10:17pm

the beer revolu wrote: »

Still can't be dealing with blue cheese, though.

Blue cheese is a funny one for me. I love them in dressings, dips and soups. In their own form, no way. The texture of the mould against my tongue is just gross.

April O Neill · 16-10-2013 3:57am

the beer revolu wrote: »

Don't like celery either but use it in cooking all the time.

Same, hate it raw but it disintegrates in stews and sauces cooked for long enough and mingles with other flavours so am happy to use it in this context. Extra veggie in a meal too which is no bad thing.

On the almond extract thing, I'm confused about it myself. I like it but is that what extracted almond oil tastes like? And if so, why don't almonds taste like that?

EDIT: nevermind, twas all explained above.

April O Neill · 16-10-2013 4:05am

1966 wrote: »

Not a fussy eater by any stretch but HATE guacomole!!!!

Get out. Now.

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What are your least favourite flavours?

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