Picky Eaters Club

Scott Hardie | November 16, 2014
After recently meeting a guy who only eats plain hamburgers, cheese pizza, and steak, Kelly and I have counted ourselves lucky that we are not picky eaters and do not have children who are picky eaters. But we each have our limits. Kelly won't eat any shrimp or crawfish that still have the legs attached, or fish served with the heads still on. For me, a gross-out food is real peanut butter: I'll happily eat the processed imitation like Jif and Skippy, but the organic real thing that's oily and spreads on thin is revolting.

What ordinary foods do you find disgusting?

Steve West | November 16, 2014
I have issues with avocado, most mushrooms and fungi except truffles, hazelnuts, overly large steak fries and shrimp with visible veins or are straight when served as opposed to curly (absolutely necessary). And I hate most foods that are intended to be served slimy or undercooked (e.g. soft-boiled eggs).

Samir Mehta | November 16, 2014
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Scott Hardie | December 4, 2014
I've only had okra once, and it tasted like peas and snot served warm. Yuck.

Kelly is grossed out when cooked shrimp have a visible dark line down their back. It looks like a spine, but no, that's their digestive tract. You consume their unexcreted waste when you eat them. (To be fair, it's still better than okra.)

I avoided corndogs as a child for no particular reason; they just seemed like something I wouldn't like. It wasn't until college that I tried one and really liked it, so I bought a big box of miniature corndogs as a snack. Then I got food poisoning and imagining the taste of a corndog became disgusting. They were so good for those 48 hours where I liked them. :-(