what food or dish do you always regret having eaten?

[grasswire]

1970s style taco salad for me. Must be a combination of the ranch dressing and the crushed doritos. Tastes good, doesn't sit well.

[Gravitycollapse]

1. Anything involving the habanero pepper.

[Populist_Prole]

4. Big time agreement

I like some spice, some kick in my food, but I have to draw the line between flavor and pain.

[ConcernedCanuk]

46. ANY hot pepper

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Used to like them in small doses

Back in the 70's in California, someone convinced me the best way to eat a certain pepper I'd never had before was to swallow it whole -

felt like I was gonna burn to death from the inside out.

not funny.

never liked spicy food ever since.

CC

[Locut0s]

2. Microwave dinners...

This includes instant frozen meals of any type. Even the higher end stuff. I rarely have them but I regret each and every one I've had. High caloric tasteless mush. I'm not even one who watches what I eat much but if it's going to be high in calories it better be dam tasty.

[In_The_Wind]

3. Tongue

[Wait Wut]

7. Oh...

...ew.

My father used to eat tongue/liverwurst sandwiches.

[In_The_Wind]

19. My 1st bridge match in NY

I had no idea.

[kwassa]

16. Tongue can be delicious

I had some wonderful tongue in a Cuban restaurant. It is simply like finely-grained roast beef.

[In_The_Wind]

20. On my sandwich ... the little tongue bumps were clearly visible.

Nope

[kwassa]

24. and the problem with tongue bumps are?

[In_The_Wind]

25. It wasn't a pretty sight cause I didn't expect it.

As a new transplant from Georgia I was a very naive 21 year old.

[Wait Wut]

5. Lennox China.

I've found I'm better off just eating paper plates. Not as rough on the stomach.

[jakeXT]

6. Lutfisk /nt

[grasswire]

12. uff da! nt

[KamaAina]

8. Dinuguan

a Filipino delicacy (?) also known as "chocolate meat". Yes, it's made with blood. And when haole boy here stuck it in the microwave, it spattered.

[Xyzse]

53. LOL

Pork Blood Pudding, just as what the name says.

I have no idea where "chocolate meat" came to be, since even the name comes from Dugo which means blood, and the whole thing pretty much means "bloodied".

I'm not a fan of it either.

[KamaAina]

55. It's a Hawai'i colloquialism

likely from the unappetizing dark brown color.

[Xyzse]

58. Ick, no idea why they even did that

First time I saw it, I was floored, mentioned that it is very bad false advertising.

How the hell they equate blood with chocolate is beyond me.

[Moondog]

9. Pizza.

I like it. It hates me. I have no idea why; just one of those things, I guess.

I have learned to surrender to the hatred.

[femmocrat]

23. Pizza here, too!

I think more than anything I am just sick of it. I can't stand regular thick crust, canned tomato sauce, greasy cheesy pizza. I do like a thin crust pizza with a little olive oil and some fresh ingredients, though.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. Tomato allergy??

I'm allergic to tomatoes. It's called a nightshade allergy, because tomatoes are in the family of deadly nightshade, or belladonna.

No pizza, no barbecued beef. They put tomatoes in lots of things it should not be in.

[femmocrat]

30. Really... I hadn't thought of that.

I can eat fresh tomatoes, but don't like any kind of tomato sauce, including Italian food. What kind of reaction do you have?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

32. In high school,

the pizza made an "encore appearance" about an hour later.

Now, I go to bed for a couple of days, just generally suffering and having recto-pain from hell, but no runs.

My food allergies make me very tired. Tomatoes, shellfish, bell peppers, hot peppers. Raw onions make me burp. I love onions sautéed in butter.

[Libertas1776]

10. Bloomin' onion...

I don't know why. It tastes great going down....but then there are nightmarish consequences later on. Not just a fluke. It has happened every time I have partaken in a bloomin' onion. Now I just avoid it, period.

Also, similar though less severe consequences from eating orange chicken ala panda express (love it but gives me major agita) and a fresh Cinnabon. Ugh, so good but so so bad later.

[grasswire]

15. maybe it's the frying oil

Those things are kind of greasy, aren't they?

I have a friend who has a lot of trouble with some certain deep fried foods commercially. We think it's the oil.

[Libertas1776]

21. It's possible.

I'm not a fan of too oily foods.

[Bertha Venation]

51. Same problem with regular onion rings? n/t

[Libertas1776]

68. hmmmm

apparantly not. Loves me some onion rings. I thing those bloomin onion things are really saturated with oil.

[panader0]

11. Crow

[Duer 157099]

13. anything from MacDonalds, and most fast food places

Every now and again, I forget and try again. Those times are becoming much less frequent though.

[elleng]

14. Feta cheese.

Wish it were not the case, but never fails. PLEASE keep it OUT of my salad!

[grasswire]

17. So glad I can eat feta

It's what's for dinner, coincidentally! Scored $14 worth of quality feta for $1.98 today.

[Arugula Latte]

31. I had it tonight in a pita with hummus, cukes and tomatoes.

[kwassa]

18. I regret none of them.

I love to try new foods, have found many wonderful things, and would not have found them without finding things that I don't like as much.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

22. I'm one of the lucky ones... I can eat anything I like and I like most anything.

[GoCubsGo]

41. Me, too.

About the only thing that bugs me is coffee. Not all. Many brands upset my stomach, but I've found a few I can drink without feeling queasy an hour later.

[diabeticman]

26. BRAAAIIINNNNSSSS!

(sorry the zombie in me couldn't resist.)

[sinkingfeeling]

52. Actually fried pigs' brains are very good.

[Arctic Dave]

28. Chili dogs.

They look so good in the picture but they sit like boulder in my stomach.

[a la izquierda]

29. Goat cheese and pine nuts

I am extremely allergic to goat cheese. Pine nuts give me pine nut mouth: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/is-pine-nut-mouth-real.html

[grasswire]

35. Isn't it just some pine nuts that are a problem?

The ones from China, for sure. But there are American pine nuts and I think they do not cause pine nut mouth. Hard to find, though.

[a la izquierda]

37. It is the Chinese nuts...

American nuts do no affect me. But they are hard to find...and expensive.

[tavernier]

33. The barbecued chicken pizza that gave me food poisoning.

Taste wise, chitlins. They were truly horrible.

[grasswire]

34. chitlins. shudder. nt

[sharp_stick]

49. Oh God Chitlins

only once have I tried them. I knew it was going to be bad just by the smell but I had to be hospitable.

[Nevernose]

36. I once mixed whiskey and salad on an empty stomach

God only knows what I was thinking.

[Aristus]

38. Whatever it was I ate at Ninfa's in Houston one time.

Gave me the worst stomach upset I've ever had.

[nolabear]

39. Octopus.

Once I actually saw in action one I felt like I had eaten a real guy. I'll never eat another one.

[ConcernedCanuk]

45. Never seen a cow, pig, chicken or fish?

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and you DID eat a real guy,

well, part of him/her.



CC

[nolabear]

47. I know. But I found my line.

May be the lack of early acculturation to thinking of them as food. I feel gratitude toward the others and some sadness at their sacrifice but I accept that I eat them.

[ConcernedCanuk]

57. Over a decade ago I once roomed at a farm where they had a pig.

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The owners had two young boys, around 6 - 8 years old.

The father decided that he did not want to have his kids relate to the pig as a pet,

so he named him "Bacon".

not sure how that worked out . . .

CC

[nolabear]

62. I had cousins who raised calves and lambs for 4H.

They'd get fond of them but always knew exactly what would happen once they were sold. And having made that money gave them some pride. They gave their critters very good lives and appreciated what their short lives gave to them. I learned a lot about that kind of pragmatism. And as I said, my line is drawn elsewhere. Abusing them, now that's difficult. I try to eat humanely dealt with animals, but I know there are no guarantees.

[KamaAina]

56. Some tako poke (octopus sushi) bit me back once

it felt like the suckers were pulling at my indides!

But it think it was the spicy marinade, not the octopus itself.

[Tom Ripley]

69. Same here (n/t)

[Lisa D]

40. Fried pig's ear

Not as good as it sounds

[Locut0s]

42. Cereal. I'm lactose intolerant...

But I'm too stupid to stay away from a nice bowl of crunchy muslix, or granola cereal. Usually I pay the price for it later though. Bloated, gassy, irritable.

[csziggy]

43. Anything that registers on the Scoville Scale of Heat

My mouth blisters and it feels as though the blistering continues all the way through my digestive tract. If I touch a hot pepper, I get blisters anywhere the oil contacts. Serious pain ensues.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

[WillyT]

44. Brussels Sprouts....

Yuck...

[AsahinaKimi]

48. Ice Cream..

I am lactose intolerant. If I have some, its a little bit in a Rootbeer float, but it tastes so good to me, I tend to put a little too much, and pay for it later...

[Bertha Venation]

50. oops, I misunderstood the question

edit

Ok, I regret the fried shrimp and onion rings I had on Sunday. I just had my gall bladder out. I swear to god I forgot I'm not supposed to have greasy foods and ordered this. Mrs. V. was with me -- she forgot, too.

An hour later I had severe cramps, and it took several hours for the offending food to painfully leave my body. Barfed, too.

Ugh.

[Xyzse]

54. None

I will eat whatever at least once. If I don't like it, I won't eat it after 3 times.

[davsand]

59. Onion rings and a Whopper

I absolutely ADORE onion rings, and every time I eat them the heartburn just about does me in. I can eat French Fries and other fried foods, so I don't think it's the oil that gets me. Even the cheap-o ones out of the freezer will tempt me... Similarly, I grew up eating at Burger King as a rare treat, and I still harbor fond memories of Whoppers gone by. A few years ago, however, something changed, because EVERY time I ate at a Burger King I had "the dire-rears" within about an hour of eating. I'm talking about a problem so bad you don't dare leave the house.

Worst food mistake of my life was a trip to Burger King a few years ago. I ordered a Whopper and onion rings. Thought I was gonna die, then realized how bad I felt and got worried I wouldn't.


Laura

[grasswire]

64. that's interesting

I wonder what BK did to the meat. Was this before or after the "pink slime" fracas?

I do like a whopper with extra pickles, but I only get one about once a year. And I feel really guilty about eating them.

[davsand]

66. That's a good question. I think I first noticed the Whopper issues about five or six years ago.

Had never considered that it might be the pink slime stuff. I just figured it was some kind of flavor enhancer or meat tenderizer type thing. Interesting!




Laura

[Quantess]

60. fast food burgers, donuts,

pancakes with syrup.

Any one of those...

[4_TN_TITANS]

61. Beans...

I love a good crock pot of country ham and beans, it doesn't love me back.

[ConcernedCanuk]

63. Ya gotta leave the windows open!

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I do like beans, but I gas up pretty quick.

I'd never eat or serve them with company!

CC

[grasswire]

65. have you tried beano? nt

[mythology]

67. About once a year

I get an urge for a McDonald's sausage and cheese biscuit. And every time after I have one, I wonder what the hell I was thinking.

But usually if I'm not sure I will like something, I won't eat it. I have a very active gag reflex that prompts vomiting if I try to eat something my brain isn't ready for.