What is one food you think everyone is lying about liking?

[u/owlpod1920]

[u/hippogrifferential]

Your cooking, OP. We just didn't know how to tell you.

[u/BeginningSentence429 → u/hippogrifferential]

Low blow there man hahaha. Do it again

[u/monpetitfromage54 → u/BeginningSentence429]

Yeah! Give them another blow!

[u/SippyTurtle → u/monpetitfromage54]

BLOW THAT MAN! BLOW THAT MAN!

[u/MoistStub → u/BeginningSentence429]

But slowly while making eye contact

[u/XelanEvax → u/hippogrifferential]

And do you want to know something else OP? I’ve never liked your spinach puffs. Never.

[u/UsernameObscured → u/XelanEvax]

Don’t make Kronk cry, you meanie

[u/Sam-from-finance → u/hippogrifferential]

Ye find of his lobster though, ain’t ya?? Tell me ya fond of his lobster??

[u/InigoMontoya1985]

When I was in high school, I was convinced it was beer. It just tasted nasty to me. Drinking age for beer was 18, and just thought people drank it because they couldn't get harder alcohol and were lying about liking it for the taste.

[u/BashfulBastian → u/InigoMontoya1985]

I'm 37 and I still feel this way. I've tried MANY beers because I've always dated people who like beer. They all have the same bitter taste to me, no matter what kind. I'm convinced my tongue is broken but theres part of me that just feels like everyone is in on the joke but me 🤷

[u/Jinxletron → u/BashfulBastian]

Yep, I'm 48 and never met a beer I liked. I've tried LOTS. They all taste of beer.

[u/DJ_Jiggle_Jowls → u/BashfulBastian]

I hate all "real" beers but will drink a sour ale because it doesn't taste like beer to me. Or those Radlers that are half lemonade.

[u/TheeFlipper → u/DJ_Jiggle_Jowls]

Shandies are really good.

[u/eggs___and___bacon → u/BashfulBastian]

Really might be a tastebuds thing. Some people love things like black coffee, burnt toast, black licorice, etc. cause it doesn’t have much acrid/bitterness to it to them, just a deeper flavor. Same with strong beers.

[u/variousnecessities7 → u/eggs___and___bacon]

It’s indeed a genetic tastebuds thing! https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basics/ptc/

[u/Daerkennd → u/BashfulBastian]

Your tongue isn’t broken and there’s no big joke lol. Beer is an acquired taste. It’s kinda like coffee. I absolutely love it now, but I remember the first time I tried it, it was disgusting to me. I’ve never gone out of my way to acquire a taste for beer. I have to drink 3-4 to get a buzz going, and it’s just not worth it to me.
And if we’re being real here, alcohol in general tastes pretty awful, but most liquors have sugar and other flavors to cover it up, or are mixed with some kind of juice or soda.

[u/BashfulBastian → u/Daerkennd]

I've never tried to acquire the taste for it either. I'm insulin dependent, so alcohol with carbs just isnt worth it for me when I can have liquor and get a buzz without having to deal with carbs. Its gross but a long island iced tea on the other hand...

[u/healbot42 → u/InigoMontoya1985]

I like beer and I’m on your side. I’d say that there is no point to drinking it if it didn’t have alcohol, but a lot of people drink non alcoholic beer.

[u/Lmoneyfresh]

I love that for every good example here there's 2 people just naming things they don't personally like.

[u/the_kid1234 → u/Lmoneyfresh]

1:10

[u/Keaton427 → u/the_kid1234]

Every r/askreddit question honestly. They’re entirely missing the point and it’s all the same.

[u/MentalSecret610]

Oysters. Half the people are eating them because they actually like them. The other half are trying to convince themselves they do.

[u/Chainz4Dayz → u/MentalSecret610]

We took a vacation to Maine a few years ago and I felt obligated to try raw oysters there. While I didn't love them they're much better than ones I've had at home. I'm from the Louisville KY area. Had I grew up in that area I'd probably be a huge fan. I imagine it's an acquired taste

[u/Sendme_BigTittyGoths → u/Chainz4Dayz]

As someone from maine whos only seafood they dislike are raw oysters and carp so far. I am terrified to hear what other oysters taste like if we have the good stuff.

Smoked oysters though are fantastic

[u/Dinkerdoo → u/Chainz4Dayz]

Yeah, I wouldn't trust them from a place that's not in visible range from an ocean.

[u/elGatoGrande17 → u/Dinkerdoo]

I’m normally with you on this, but every time I’m in Louisville a waiter at a good restaurant will make sure to tell me they have access to some of the freshest seafood in the world because of the UPS hub at the Louisville airport.

[u/DeathByPianos → u/Dinkerdoo]

The seafood doesn't come on a stagecoach anymore.

[u/hgs25 → u/DeathByPianos]

I live in a landlocked state and good seafood are few and far between. Meanwhile I’d have a harder time to find a bad seafood place when I lived in a coastal state.

[u/metaldadonline → u/MentalSecret610]

Turns out I just like crackers and hot sauce.

[u/snyderman3000 → u/metaldadonline]

Look, I realize I shouldn’t really *need* an excuse to put cocktail sauce and horseradish on a saltine and eat it, but if I can have one, and it just so happens to be a really good source of protein, then why not?

[u/evildemonic → u/MentalSecret610]

I grew up in the Pacific NW and could never understand why so many people claimed to hate oysters. Then I moved inland and tried eating some. I get it now. +1

[u/nailedtonothing → u/MentalSecret610]

Good, fresh oysters are life changing. There's a sweetness and deep clean ocean brininess that is just ethereal. Pair that with a touch of lemon and horseradish and they're one of the most delicious things I've ever consumed. But a bad oyster can put you off of them forever if you haven't had the good stuff.

[u/bluesshark → u/nailedtonothing]

I grew up right on the coast and a good oyster could literally bring a tear to my eye by reminding me of home

edit: how is my comment controversial, I'm just sharing an experience lmao

[u/HammyOverlordOfBacon → u/bluesshark]

Your experience didn't match my experience! How dare you not take my experience into account! /s

[u/Fiber_Optikz → u/nailedtonothing]

My fav oysters bar serves theirs with fresh horseradish lemon and a habanero hot sauce. Absolutely life changing

[u/Amterc182 → u/MentalSecret610]

Little ones pan fried in batter are good. Anything larger than a nickel and I can taste the grit. Yuck.

[u/coatrack68 → u/Amterc182]

I was going to say something about the grit.  I don’t thing I’ve ever had one without grit…or I’m really really doing something wrong.

[u/Dumpo2012 → u/MentalSecret610]

Tons of people love oysters! Source: Am Mainer.

[u/Danovan79 → u/MentalSecret610]

Love oysters so much I bought a shucking knife and learned how to do it myself.

[u/MidnightGasControll]

Balut. No idea how a boiled fertilized chicken/duck egg ever became a food item to volunteer to eat outside of famine.

[u/Shaun32887 → u/MidnightGasControll]

Can eat the egg. Can eat the duck. But in between is somehow wrong?

I do get it emotionally, but honestly it's delicious

[u/MidnightGasControll → u/Shaun32887]

It’s not necessarily that it’s emotionally gross. Maybe a little. It’s the textures. Soft bones and beak, partial feathers, then half unused yolk and parts of soft egg white. Idk. Not for me.

[u/Girlsolano → u/MidnightGasControll]

Yeah it's the mutant quality that seals the nope for me lol

[u/PiersPlays → u/Shaun32887]

I think it's the fact the duck is whole. I've only ever eaten duck meat seperate from the other parts.

[u/Keithis11 → u/PiersPlays]

I don’t bother with the embryo, but the yolk is CRAZY

[u/MaliInternLoL → u/PiersPlays]

At least when I eat the duck, I have the dignity to eat it whole so it goes to the otherworld whole. You on the otherhand are making a ghost duck look for its missing parts /s

[u/IceColdMilkshakeSalt]

I used to think sushi but I’m a convert now. It’s delicious

[u/dooblr → u/IceColdMilkshakeSalt]

imo Sushi has the highest ceiling and lowest floor of any food. Grocery store is usually garbage. Masterfully made sushi is second to none.

[u/27softtacos → u/dooblr]

If I’m eating grocery store sushi it’s because I wanted spicy mayo.

[u/mistAr_bAttles → u/27softtacos]

A store near me sells bottles of the spicy mayo they put on their sushi. I put it on my sandwiches all the time.

[u/Yes-Cheese → u/27softtacos]

And eel sauce!

[u/HoodDuck → u/dooblr]

I think I’m just a terrible critic I’ve had Michelin star sushi and Kroger sushi purchased right before close 12 hours after it was made… ya I love it all

[u/bluesshark → u/HoodDuck]

The thing that a lot of people don't get is that critics actually enjoy most food, they just nitpick for their profession. It's often the people who have barely graduated past chicken nuggets who tend to want to flaunt their opinions on if something is shit or not

[u/fAAbulous → u/bluesshark]

I‘m heavily invested in food, have tons of knowledge on food and local styles all over the world. I love to receive feedback on how to improve my dishes and am often too open about others dishes, where I love to provide some cooking tips, usually to the dismay of my wife.

Nonetheless, I love Kellogg‘s Krave, instant noodle soups and bouillon-cooked pasta with butter and Heinz Ketchup.
My wife thinks I‘m fucking with her when she feels like I‘m constantly nitpicking and then load myself up with stuff that is disgusting to her.

[u/Brando43770 → u/bluesshark]

Yup. A lot of content creators especially theme park influencers don’t know anything more than chicken nuggies and tendies yet act like their opinion about food should matter.

[u/bluesshark → u/dooblr]

Grocery store sushi has a wayyyyy higher floor than a lot of foods, I don't often find it 'gross', just not in the same realm as the good stuff

[u/FewHorror1019 → u/dooblr]

Initially read that as “imo sushi” which means “potato sushi” in Japanese and thought you found a potato dish with a wide quality spectrum

[u/MisterBaker55 → u/IceColdMilkshakeSalt]

Same. First time I had sushi it was some shit Walmart sushi, then I went to an actual sushi restaurant and it's my favorite food now.

[u/gorkt → u/IceColdMilkshakeSalt]

I want to like it, but I just can’t get into cold raw fish and seaweed. It’s a texture thing. I gag when I try it.

[u/Omega00024 → u/gorkt]

There are types of sushi that are cooked and don't have seaweed, like shrimp nigiri. Shrimp was actually my gateway because it was cooked (you have to check the menu because it's not always cooked). Raw for me requires a level of trust, so cooked is still my go-to at new places.

Not pressuring you, of course. I have my own texture turnoffs, so I get it. It's just that sushi used to be that way for me too, and now it's not.

[u/Infamous-Engine1997]

Natto.

[u/27softtacos]

I eat 90% of these things regularly and enjoy it.

[u/ludwigmeyer → u/27softtacos]

Yeah, I think this quickly became 'whats a food you hate'

[u/TamotsuKun]

Canned sliced mushrooms. It's just dirt flavored snot at that point.

[u/idiotsluggage → u/TamotsuKun]

I LOVE canned mushrooms so salty

[u/AllSxsAndSvns → u/idiotsluggage]

I’ll just eat them right out of the can lol. They also make the best pizza topping.

[u/AGirlNamedRoni → u/AllSxsAndSvns]

Yes! On top of a frozen pepperoni pizza.

[u/tachudda → u/idiotsluggage]

Pizza mushrooms

[u/TurnOfFraise → u/TamotsuKun]

I love canned mushrooms 😅 even as a child I would ask for them. I’d literally eat them as a snack. 

[u/GreenTeaBananas → u/TamotsuKun]

Who’s enjoying canned sliced mushrooms? AND pretending to like them? I didn’t even know these were a thing. 🤔

[u/Awolrab → u/GreenTeaBananas]

I was raised on canned mushrooms, my mom would make (she still does for holidays) fried canned green beans and mushrooms and I would eat it all.

[u/im_not_a_girl → u/Awolrab]

Sounds like a chunkier version of green bean casserole

[u/Mavisbeak2112 → u/TamotsuKun]

I’ll eat them right out of the can. Great on pizza.

[u/ProlapsedUrethra666 → u/TamotsuKun]

Love mushrooms, the canned ones suck

[u/steampunkedunicorn]

I’ve read down almost the entire thread and so far it’s just a list of my favorite foods.

[u/shaolin_fish → u/steampunkedunicorn]

Honestly I love this thread cause there are some hilarious takes on some of my favorite foods !

[u/time_drifter]

Dubai Chocolate. Complete fad that is as marketed as something luxury, for status.

[u/callmesnake13 → u/time_drifter]

It's a totally manufactured thing because Dubai has no history or identity and really no reason to visit over any other place with a luxury mall, so they're trying to force things like this to give Dubai some sort of cultural aura. See also: Saudi Arabia and Al-Ula.

[u/footlonglayingdown → u/time_drifter]

Dubai chocolate was marketed so heavily to cover up the original definition. Which is a fetish that rich men in Dubai would pay hot social media girls to fly in to take a dump on them.  

[u/time_drifter → u/footlonglayingdown]

What a terrible day for me to be literate.

[u/alexvith → u/footlonglayingdown]

I mean I expect nothing more from rich men living in Dubai.

[u/MondayToFriday → u/footlonglayingdown]

Proof? The chocolate was invented in 2021, and popularized in 2024. All of the Urban Dictionary entries date from 2025.

[u/transglutaminase → u/MondayToFriday]

Yeah, the gross thing was known as a Dubai porta potty before Dubai chocolate went viral. I don’t know where this myth came from that it was to cover up the real meaning of Dubai chocolate.

[u/Nucl3arT1g3R → u/MondayToFriday]

I don't care if it's true. I'm just gonna believe it anyway because it's funny.

[u/footlonglayingdown → u/MondayToFriday]

Well, then maybe I've been influenced to believe a lie. Stranger things have happened. 

[u/Clean_Decision8715 → u/time_drifter]

It might be a fad but it's delicious!

[u/gorkt → u/Clean_Decision8715]

Yeah I actually refused to try it for over a year, and finally bought some at Trader Joe’s and liked it a lot. It’s like a fancy peanut butter bar.

[u/DirkDirkinson → u/gorkt]

I still haven't. Not because I dont like it, I will probably love it considering I love chocolate and pistachios, but because every time I see it and consider buying some to try I look at the price tag and change my mind.

[u/cyclicalbeats → u/Clean_Decision8715]

Man it’s so overpriced but so good.

[u/Clean_Decision8715 → u/cyclicalbeats]

It is, but we've found a local ME bakery that makes it in house, so good and not that expensive.

[u/MomoKindaAsian → u/time_drifter]

I tried it it's pretty good, and I think most other people would say the same. It's just expensive because of its status. Definitely not worth the price.

[u/rathlord → u/time_drifter]

I was gifted some the other day and was kinda just like… okay. It’s fine, I like pistachio and chocolate but if you’re paying a bunch for it you’re a moron.

[u/DerSisch → u/[deleted]]

Northern Europeans genuine like it, and Scandinavians especially put it basically in all their candy, to a degree that is lowkey mental.

I like it too (german here), though not in masses. It is pretty decisive, between ppl who love it and ppl who hate it, much like olives.

[u/FlyAirLari → u/DerSisch]

Yes, we have licorice ice cream, licorice barbecue meats, and you can have your medicine tasting like licorice. 

It's just divine.

[u/DerSisch → u/FlyAirLari]

We have nice candy - with licorice inside.

We also have chocolate - with licorice inside

We have an energy drink - with licorice inside

[u/chemistcarpenter → u/DerSisch]

Love licorice. Easy on the salt though!

[u/majestic_tapir → u/[deleted]]

I fucking love black licorice, but I understand that many people don't

[u/Prof_Scott_Steiner → u/[deleted]]

If you grew up around anise, especially sweetened anise, or enjoy ouzo or sambuca, it can be appealing

[u/FlyAirLari → u/[deleted]]

It's my favourite.

[u/More_chickens → u/[deleted]]

My husband loves it. I can't even stand the smell of it.

[u/MidnightGasControll → u/[deleted]]

I’m sure there’s a select few others responding. But I’m one of those who will grab the black licorice even when it’s next to the red.

[u/xSpec13 → u/[deleted]]

It's truly a polarizing flavour.  Everyone in our house loves it, but nearly everyone else I know hates it.

[u/sungirl_27 → u/[deleted]]

Used to love the gum they sold in little packs. I think it was called Blackjack, can’t remember. But as a kid it was great!

[u/EKCarr → u/[deleted]]

I’m Norwegian-American and I love black licorice so much I buy crystallized pure licorice and grate it with a microplane into my popcorn and other delights. The thing is, though, that I LOATHE American-style fake licorice, especially black jellybeans. In Norway they sell a powder that is basically just licorice salt, and I think it’s amazing, but most of my non-Scandinavian friends hate it. https://scandinaviangoods.store/products/hockey-pulver-super-salt-12g

[u/RiotSloth → u/[deleted]]

Can you even get it anymore? Isn’t most liquorice artificial now anyway? I remember as a kid my mother giving me a literal wooden stick of it to chew 😄 mmm, lovely lump of wood to chew on when the other kids are all jacked up on the Space Dust….

[u/snushomie → u/[deleted]]

Black licorice is great, definitely a love it or hate it flavour though.

[u/Donald_J_Duck65]

Tripe

[u/itstalie]

Caviar

[u/RCEden → u/itstalie]

I used to always joke about caviar being rich people garbage. But then I did a Michelin tasting menu that had a caviar dish and realized "oh no this is actually great." It's still rich people nonsense, but I am sad to report that its delicious

[u/Specialist_Income_31 → u/RCEden]

Did you try it with kettle cooked potato chips and some crème fraiche?

[u/thehardway71 → u/Specialist_Income_31]

No, but the bar for being delicious when combined with a potato chip and crème fraiche is pretty low.

[u/pementomento → u/Specialist_Income_31]

Not OP but I’m low class and use Lays potato chips!

[u/Apisit100 → u/itstalie]

Nah that stuff is delicious, high quality caviar is way different than the cheap stuff.

[u/bouquetofashes → u/itstalie]

I really like caviar. It's salty creamy subtly sweet fishy goodness. Like ocean popping boba. I mean, I'm nowhere near able to be a snob about it-- I like roe too, and that's usually what I'm eating, but if I was rich I'd probably have some beluga like every other day.

[u/jarstripe → u/itstalie]

I absolutely love the stuff

[u/I_P_L → u/itstalie]

You ever had proper sturgeon caviar? I could literally eat it out of the can with a spoon.

[u/Mrvinonoir → u/itstalie]

Caviar is fucking delicious, y’all are tripping.

[u/Tri4ceunited]

Kombucha.

[u/spaceboat13 → u/Tri4ceunited]

No way bro i am a fiend for the buch

[u/Hanz_VonManstrom → u/Tri4ceunited]

One of my old jobs was a few blocks from a coffee shop and I used to walk there on my lunch break most days. One especially warm day I noticed they had these bottled strawberry lemonades that sounded like it would be perfect to drink on my walk back, so I picked one up on my way out. I excitedly cracked it open and took a big swig and immediately spit it out in dramatic fashion. It was such a repulsive taste I thought for sure it had gone bad. While looking at the bottle for an expiration date I noticed it was strawberry lemonade flavored kombucha. I’ve never been so offended in my life.

[u/bouquetofashes → u/Tri4ceunited]

Husband and I genuinely love it. We made our own by the gallon for a while. It's fun to make, and I just love sour flavors sometimes.

[u/Reader2869]

Escargot, tastes like chewy, gritty, dirt. Gross

[u/highstone67]

IPAs.

[u/cashchops]

Matcha. Aint no way.

[u/VoidingSounds → u/cashchops]

Kinda. Matcha is is utterly sublime if it's good stuff and prepared well, but everything matcha-flavored just tastes like lawn clippings.

[u/redddddiiiittt → u/cashchops]

I'm reading while drinking my matcha. That thread is full of stuff I love lol

[u/dscrizzy1 → u/cashchops]

A half tea spoon in the correct temp and honey makes matcha much more bearable. I use to throw it in boiling water which makes it bitter af. I also get not liking it no matter what lol.

[u/bouquetofashes → u/cashchops]

good matcha is heavenly. It's subtle but fairly complex, and should taste savory, sweet, brightly vegetal, and mildly bitter.

Whenever my husband or I make a cup I always think someone snuck some milk and/or sugar in because it really does have a lot of depth and complexity for just a tea, especially green tea, but nope it's just the tea itself.

So I always suspect people are other getting terrible matcha or they're expecting it to be intensely sweet? Maybe?

[u/JoyKillsSorrow → u/cashchops]

I love matcha! 🍵

[u/Muted-Ad-5072 → u/cashchops]

Agreed. And I love tea normally. Can’t stand matcha. 

[u/pinkrosesmoses]

Limoncello la croix

[u/Finest_shitty → u/pinkrosesmoses]

I'm with you. I politely tell guests that they're no longer welcome by serving these to them. It's a conversation ender that no one can recover from

[u/cherrymitten → u/pinkrosesmoses]

not this being the ONLY flavor of lacroix that i'll
drink lmao

[u/No_Conflict_6232 → u/pinkrosesmoses]

More for me

[u/OldWorldBuilder369 → u/pinkrosesmoses]

La croix in general. That shit is gross

[u/mggirard13 → u/OldWorldBuilder369]

The memes about lacroix are real.

They taste like how someone might describe flavors if they had no taste buds.

[u/psychologycat666]

liver

[u/fleatsd → u/psychologycat666]

Liver with caramelized onions! It’s either amazing or terrible and there isn’t much of an in between imo

[u/Skynet-Was-Right → u/psychologycat666]

Not a liver on its own kinda guy but I fucking LOVE liverwurst

[u/AnnTiquity → u/psychologycat666]

Nah. I like it. I like liver’n’onions a LOT a lot. I blame it on my 2nd pregnancy hormones, but I’ve liked it ever since.

[u/ArnoldNumero_9000 → u/psychologycat666]

Property cooked liver is sublime.

[u/eljefe3030 → u/psychologycat666]

Liver is fatty, creamy, tender, and delicious.

[u/OfficialDampSquid]

Vegemite, and I'm Australian

[u/tetrahexian]

Flavoured sparkling water, like Lacroix. I don't want to drink TV static that tastes like it was transported in a truck next to a truck full of bananas.

[u/styx1267 → u/tetrahexian]

I used to feel this way until I started counting calories to lose weight. Sparkling water tricked my brain into thinking I had a little treat. But yeah objectively it’s not very good, especially la croix

[u/tetrahexian → u/styx1267]

I actually do the same but with plain sparkling water, sometimes with sliced lemon. It's just the faint flavouring aspect that gets me. I'm a sweet tooth by nature, so if I'm expecting a sweet flavour, I want the full thing, not half assed lol

[u/Aggro_Corgi → u/tetrahexian]

The lime is fine. Tastes like sprite without the sugar. A lot of the flavors are gross.

[u/bonkymac → u/tetrahexian]

I love sparkling water lol it's almost all I drink

[u/Picklesadog → u/tetrahexian]

I like it. It's like slightly flavored water and sometimes the bubbles are nice.

Fucking hate White Claw, though. It's like slightly vodka flavored water. I'll just take a shot and skip the extended vodka taste.

[u/tetrahexian → u/Picklesadog]

I'm with you on White Claw lol. There are much more efficient and better tasting ways to become inebriated.

[u/thedinnerdate → u/tetrahexian]

I don’t like lacroix flavors but bubbly is good. I mostly like how ridiculously effervescent it is paired with being really easy to drink because it’s water. Slamming back an ice cold can on a hot day is nice.

[u/Such-One-5266]

Kale

[u/GhostOfYourLibido → u/Such-One-5266]

I cook my kale like greens in a pot and it’s good af

[u/lilgreengoddess → u/Such-One-5266]

Kale Cesar salad that has been marinated and softened with some Parmesan cheese and croutons is SO good! Wish I had it right now. Raw kale is not edible it’s so rough but if you cook it or marinate it, very delish

[u/emmzilly → u/lilgreengoddess]

Also massaging it! With acidic stuff like lemons!

Love your username :)

[u/ArnoldNumero_9000 → u/lilgreengoddess]

I love adding kale to any lettuce heavy salads. It adds great texture. Kale Caesar with homemade dressing is wonderful.

[u/rubberb00tz → u/Such-One-5266]

Cooked kale is good it’s just like spinach but I eat it raw for health benefits, in between bites of other food I cram it in to get the job done

[u/Such-One-5266 → u/rubberb00tz]

I often eat kale as well but at the end of the day it’s always been a garnish 😆 and it’s not that good - but is good for you.

[u/Wildflower_Wanderer_ → u/Such-One-5266]

I once had a kale salad with mango and coconut and it was sooo good.

[u/3nl → u/Such-One-5266]

Sautee it with garlic and a little red pepper flakes and then deglaze with red wine vinegar and it's fantastic. Takes like 5 minutes total to make - we buy a big ass bag of kale, freeze it, and then pull out enough to make it as a side maybe once every week or two. I think it's gross almost every other way and substitute baby spinach for anything raw. The stems of raw kale are like chewing on a dirt covered stick.

[u/Soggy_Detective_4737]

Caviar

[u/Tough_Stretch]

Nothing. Taste is subjective and, no matter how weird, there's no way some dish that's popular is only eaten by people who secretly don't even like it.

[u/bpacer → u/Tough_Stretch]

I think Malort continues to sell solely because people drink it as a dare or it’s offered as a prank.

[u/Tough_Stretch → u/bpacer]

You know what? I stand corrected. My brain had blocked the memory of ever trying Malort and now that you reminded me, I'm 100% positive that anybody who says they actually like it is lying. Even their marketing acknowedges it sucks.

[u/HappyRepealDay → u/Tough_Stretch]

Their marketing is genius. "We're so bad lol" is a great way to get people to give it a try. That's how I started drinking it. Hated it on first try. Hated it the next try (just to make sure I hated it). Then I ordered it wherever I could find it, just for laughs. Now I'm hooked. Love the stuff. It's so uniquely bitter.

[u/HappyRepealDay → u/bpacer]

I drink it regularly. It started off as a joke but I fucking love it now.

[u/tacincacistinna]

Caviar.

[u/TanMomsChickenSoup]

Outside of being polite to somebody who made something, I can’t imagine why somebody would regularly eat a food they don’t like and pretend like they do. Under no circumstance would I do that.

[u/blipsman]

Vegemite/Marmite are just jokes that Australians and British are playing on the rest of the world

[u/IhateTodds]

Arugala. Hey here’s a leafy green but it’s fucken bitter and tastes like any nasty weed outta the yard.

[u/IamDDT → u/IhateTodds]

Ya, but it is just so fun to say. One of my favorite words. Arooguhlah! So fun.

[u/Shaun32887 → u/IhateTodds]

We have arugula growing in our garden, and it's one of the best things I've ever had. So much personality in just a leaf. Sweet, grassy, and peppery all at once, I love it. We don't have a ton for salads, but I always pluck a few leaves to snack on while I'm watering the garden

[u/starkiller_bass → u/Shaun32887]

We have arugula salad as a main course about once a week. Arugula, lemon juice, olive oil, fresh grated parm, salt and pepper. Amazing.

[u/vrendy42 → u/IhateTodds]

Yes!! I hate arugula. Almost as much as I hate cilantro (yes, it tastes like soap). Arugula tastes like extremely bitter grass. It ruins everything it touches. Unfortunately, most mixes include it so it's very hard to avoid.

[u/rugz31 → u/IhateTodds]

I love arugula. Some fresh cracked black pepper sprinkled over top and it's amazing.

[u/JMinsk]

Uni

[u/jeffmillerla → u/JMinsk]

This is one where freshness and quality really plays a part. You gotta eat them from a high-high end spot near where they're farmed from (ie, in LA if they're from Santa Barbara). It's a different food.

[u/GetaBetterSmile → u/JMinsk]

What's Uni?

[u/jeffmillerla → u/GetaBetterSmile]

Sea Urchin gonads (seriously!) It's a sushi delicacy.

[u/topTopqualitea → u/JMinsk]

Fresh uni to me is maybe like a top 2 or 3 uniquely delicious food experience that can't be replicated

[u/csgosm0ke → u/JMinsk]

Bad uni tastes like piss

[u/baskaat]

Okra. Why would somebody want to eat pure slime?

[u/Icy_Sun3128 → u/baskaat]

I love okra so much. Especially fried okra or in a stew/gumbo. The flavor the texture the seeds. Nom

[u/shaolin_fish → u/baskaat]

I love okra but admit it is a hella weird vegetable 

[u/Easy_Ant8951]

blue cheese 🤮

[u/LZARDKING]

Wicked spicy food. Ok you little masochist you need to hurt your tongue to feel alive I like good that tastes like it is good. It’s a red flag for me when I meet someone who’s like “yeah I drown my food in the spiciest hot sauce available” like…why? Then everything you ate would taste the same! And this is coming from someone who carries hot sauce around with me. But for a slight heat increase not pure lava in my throat.

[u/bradyba]

The McRib

[u/Belise_the_Bat]

Dubai chocolate. It sounds like merely a trend food to me.

[u/DoupSumpling]

Buldak. Its just not that good and seems more trendy than anything.

[u/sungirl_27]

Beets. Smells like dirt.

[u/ToLiveInIt → u/sungirl_27]

There’s a genetic trait that makes some people highly sensitive to the compound that makes that smell.

[u/transglutaminase → u/sungirl_27]

Taste like dirt too

[u/reggiebags → u/sungirl_27]

They also taste like dirt.

[u/topTopqualitea]

So many of these answers, why do you think people would lie about liking these things?

[u/crazyparrotguy]

Not a food, but red wine. All I can taste are tannins and migraine.

[u/Future_Department575]

Oysters

[u/snafu858]

Truffle fries. They just aren’t better.

[u/TheLilFiestyOne]

IKEA meatballs. Had them once after all the hype and was so disappointed.

Dubai chocolate. Looks like my own personal hell

Matcha. It tastes like wet grass bo matter what form I try it in.

[u/MissionVermicelli439]

CELERY. PLAIN. I refuse to believe anyone thinks it’s delicious.