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What are your least favourite flavours?

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    #92
    IvyTheTerrible
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    Mrs Fox wrote: »
    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.
    I like blue cheese but I think there is a big problem with people just using too much of it in recipes. Less is more people!
    Similarly with goats cheese, there are lots of different types of goats cheese, some are mild and some are that really strong smelly socks flavour! I have noticed in Ireland that you only seem to get the really strong stuff in restaurants!


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    #93
    Mrs Fox
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    Another one taste I find disturbing is black olives. I swear tapenade is the devil's caviar.
    I love green olives though.


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    #94
    Alun
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    IvyTheTerrible wrote: »
    I like blue cheese but I think there is a big problem with people just using too much of it in recipes. Less is more people!
    Have to disagree there. I hate it when I order something in a restaurant that claims it has blue cheese in it and you can barely taste it. Same goes with recipes ... I usually put in at least twice the amount if not more.


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    #95
    the beer revolu
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    Mrs Fox wrote: »
    Another one taste I find disturbing is black olives. I swear tapenade is the devil's caviar.
    I love green olives though.

    that's cause most black olives are rubbish quality.
    Try some purple Kalamata olives


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    #96
    rubadub
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    that's cause most black olives are rubbish quality.
    There was a program on channel 4 showing how they turn green olives black with chemicals to do it on the cheap. Think they used caustic soda to do it.


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    #97
    Mrs Fox
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    rubadub wrote: »
    There was a program on channel 4 showing how they turn green olives black with chemicals to do it on the cheap. Think they used caustic soda to do it.

    Lovely.

    I do eat Kalamata olives too


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    #98
    IvyTheTerrible
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    rubadub wrote: »
    There was a program on channel 4 showing how they turn green olives black with chemicals to do it on the cheap. Think they used caustic soda to do it.
    I thought caustic soda had to be used to make the olives edible? (ie you can't eat olives off the tree, they have to be treated).


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    #99
    Markcheese
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    Mrs Fox wrote: »
    Lovely.

    I do eat Kalamata olives too

    Kalamata's aren't cheap ... (and they're not all that black either )

    Slava ukraini 🇺🇦



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    #100
    Mrs Fox
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    Markcheese wrote: »
    Kalamata's aren't cheap ... (and they're not all that black either )

    Yeah I was responding to beer's post earlier. They sure aren't cheap but they're not nasty like black olives.


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    #101
    Merkin
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    I'm really not a fan of goats cheese or artichokes


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    #102
    Princess Peach
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    I genuinely can't think of a flavour I hate. Have a couple of things that aren't my favourite, but don't think there's anything I have tasted that I ever spat out and would say I hate it.

    I read all the posts here and got hungry :pac:


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    #103
    Alun
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    Princess Peach wrote: »
    I genuinely can't think of a flavour I hate. Have a couple of things that aren't my favourite, but don't think there's anything I have tasted that I ever spat out and would say I hate it.
    I'm the same as you .. there are some things that, given a straight choice between them and something else, I'd not eat out of choice, but nothing that I can think of that I positively dislike enough to refuse to eat.

    I was a bit of a fussy eater when I was a kid, but my parents didn't entertain that at all, and I was one of the "you don't leave the table until you've finished everything on your plate" generation. Not like my nieces and nephews who seemed to get individually tailored meals even if it meant cooking 4 or 5 different things every mealtime.


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    #104
    Padraig Mor
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    Celery. Even the smell of it makes me near sick. Disgusting food of Satan!


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    #105
    Dolbert
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    Olives, marzipan, glacé cherries, capers, celery, honey (smells like feet), aniseed, and while I like oats, I hate the texture of porridge. I dislike the texture of beans too and always leave them out of my chilli con carne!


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    #106
    awec
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    Aniseed. Absolutely vile.

    It's the only flavour that actually makes me gag.


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    #107
    leahyl
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    olives, not mad on turnip either


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    #108
    Mrs Fox
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    awec wrote: »
    Aniseed. Absolutely vile.

    It's the only flavour that actually makes me gag.

    That's gas, I don't mind aniseed once cooked, but the mention of 'sambuca' makes me gag.


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    #109
    allandanyways
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    Aniseed, Olives, Coconut... all been mentioned already but aniseed really has the power to make me puke on the spot.


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    #110
    Animord
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    Yous are all just plain wrong or mad... lovely lovely aniseed, olives, blue cheese (the bluer the better), celery, coriander - these are all food of the gods.

    Except the person who mentioned turnips. I totally agree with that one.

    Actually I didn't like coriander leaf for years but got a taste for the leaves in amongst a green salad and now can't get enough of them! :pac:


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    #111
    looksee
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    Aniseed flavour, though I like liquorice and aniseed balls, just don't like aniseed flavour spices.
    Rum flavour, I like rum but rum and butter toffees are disgusting
    Olives - olive oil is fine, but olives make me gag


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    #112
    Reid Unsightly Frown
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    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    Celery. Even the smell of it makes me near sick. Disgusting food of Satan!

    I can handle small amounts of it in stews and so on, but raw celery makes me gag. It's one of the only foods I've hated since childhood and have never been able to force myself to enjoy.

    I used to feel the same about green olives but I now devour them by the jar load. Mmm.


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    #113
    Dolbert
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    Ooh I thought of another one - marmalade. Gak!


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    #114
    Aglomerado
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    Lamb
    Liver
    Marmite
    Talleggio cheese (smells like Athlete's foot, and I love stinky cheese!)


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    #115
    BailMeOut
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    cucumber.

    Everything else I enjoy eating. Bizarre how this benign plant tastes disgusting to me.


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    #116
    gg2
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    Cucumber and liver. And the smell of lamb chops ewww


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    #117
    April O Neill
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    leahyl wrote: »
    olives, not mad on turnip either

    Both if these.

    Well, turnip mashed with other root veg is nice, but on its own? Bleurgh. I never add it to Irish stew.


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    #118
    iverjohnston
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    Dolbert wrote: »
    Ooh I thought of another one - marmalade. Gak!

    Dolbert, what is wrong with you?!
    Marmalade absolutely fabulous, as long as it's not that jelly like stuff (old time irish, etc) The stuff you but in a large tin, and add sugar and boil your self is the business.
    mug of coffee, 2 slices toast with crunchy peanut butter and marmalade.......breakfast of champions!


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    #119
    Dolbert
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    iverjohnston wrote: »
    Dolbert, what is wrong with you?!

    Marmahate Syndrome :(


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    #120
    MissFlitworth
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    I hate marmalade too. Ever so slightly made me dislike Paddington Bear for years


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    #121
    Spanish Eyes
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    Just been reading the thread, it is just so amazing that the same foods/flavours are there again and again, and they are the ones I do not like either!

    Coriander
    Celery
    Cucumber
    Uncooked peppers,
    Aniseed

    Why do so many have a total distaste for these, and yet onions and garlic are so strongly flavoured? And yummy BTW.

    Weird.


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