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PoindexterOglethorpe

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74. When you think about the purpose of a liver, you should

Thu Aug 12, 2021, 02:58 AM

Aug 2021

be totally appalled at eating it.

Some decades ago, at the employee cafeteria, I pointed to a food, that turned out to be liver. I took two bites, couldn't finish it. Alas. For those of you who like liver, well, okay, But honestly, you should think about what the liver does, what its function is. Really? And you want to eat that?

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Tell me your most genuinely controversial food opinion... [View all] smirkymonkey Aug 2021 OP

Liver: I gag. fierywoman Aug 2021 #1

hmmm Skittles Aug 2021 #3

heh-heh-heh fierywoman Aug 2021 #4

Yum ironflange Aug 2021 #38

Oddly, so does my dog .... he won't eat it. CozyMystery Aug 2021 #68

When you think about the purpose of a liver, you should PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #74

I absolutely cannot stand ketchup Skittles Aug 2021 #2

Oohh, you lost me on that. Pobeka Aug 2021 #5

I use vinegar Skittles Aug 2021 #9

Same here! I love malt vinegar on fries, when I eat them. smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #42

Nope. Nothing on french fries except salt & pepper. Tracer Aug 2021 #83

It absolutely should be used on Mac & Cheese! Backseat Driver Aug 2021 #48

Nooooo... grumpyduck Aug 2021 #58

I agree with you, skittles Diamond_Dog Aug 2021 #15

even if I scrape it off a burger Skittles Aug 2021 #20

Yup Diamond_Dog Aug 2021 #36

+1,000,000 chia Aug 2021 #24

I feel that way about mayonnaise. A touch is OK but every restaurant spooky3 Aug 2021 #32

Amen to that! blue neen Aug 2021 #56

Ketchp is more or less intended to overwhelm PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #75

The second most vile concoction ever liberaltrucker Aug 2021 #95

With tofu, melted chocolate chips, vanilla flavoring... brush Aug 2021 #6

I'd try it! I have had some delicious vegan desserts! smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #44

I'd try it too! grumpyduck Aug 2021 #59

Hot peppers suck. Buffalo wing hot sauce sucks. Submariner Aug 2021 #7

Mushrooms are fungus. House of Roberts Aug 2021 #8

Oh man, now I am going to think about that every time I eat mushrooms! smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #46

"I don't eat anything that grows in shit in the dark" Ohio Joe Aug 2021 #92

Inn & Out.......meh n/t hibbing Aug 2021 #10

Cilantro. It tastes like certain caterpillars smell in early spring. Arkansas Granny Aug 2021 #11

Cilantro crud Aug 2021 #12

That's genetic, believe it or not. Another gene makes cucumbers taste incredibly bitter to some Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #45

I must not have it because i love both cilantro and cucumbers. They both taste very fresh and smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #49

They're different genes, but yeah, me neither, love both ... together, even :) nt Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #51

No kidding! crud Aug 2021 #106

If cilantro tastes very soapy to you, then yes ... Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #107

Ditto on the cilantro MOMFUDSKI Aug 2021 #47

I am also one for whom cilantro tastes like soap. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #73

I am likewise one for whom cilantro tastes like soap. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #76

I'm on the don't like cilantro train. AuntieKatie Aug 2021 #89

I hate salmon. musette_sf Aug 2021 #13

I don't like canned beets, grumpyduck Aug 2021 #60

Cooked carrots make me gag. Demobrat Aug 2021 #14

Me too! musette_sf Aug 2021 #17

Interesting. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #77

oysters CountAllVotes Aug 2021 #16

I feel the same way. But people who like them seem to enjoy them so much that I am a little Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #27

Okra. People in the Northeast just don't eat it. I grew up in Texas and we ate it boiled. CTyankee Aug 2021 #18

I grew okra for the first time last summer luv2fly Aug 2021 #53

try it sliced and fried crispy. Coat it in cornmeal. yellowdogintexas Aug 2021 #108

I tried to cook it for my husband (from Wisconsin) and he refused to even try it. He thought it CTyankee Aug 2021 #118

My Mom used to make okra now and then, grumpyduck Aug 2021 #62

They started slicing it and frying it in hot oil. But we ate it boiled, slime and all. CTyankee Aug 2021 #86

Cut it up, Duppers Aug 2021 #114

I don't like peanut butter Freddie Aug 2021 #19

not even peanut butter cookies? yellowdogintexas Aug 2021 #109

That's one of the better uses of pb Freddie Aug 2021 #121

IN 'N' OUT burgers are less than ordinary. Iggo Aug 2021 #21

I could not disagree more ... Whoppers are terrible and a Double-Double is decent Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #50

I absolutely agree Skittles Aug 2021 #70

Chitlns. Also known as Andouillette in France. dhol82 Aug 2021 #22

chitlins are an abomination. nt yellowdogintexas Aug 2021 #111

When you get hungry multigraincracker Aug 2021 #23

Try andouillettes. Not andouille - whole different thing. dhol82 Aug 2021 #116

Bacon does not go with everything. I can take it or leave it... Wounded Bear Aug 2021 #25

Anytime you don't grumpyduck Aug 2021 #63

Steak elias7 Aug 2021 #26

The best way to eat bacon is in a bacon and jelly sandwich on white toast. Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #28

Give your unwanted avocados to me. I love them! So does spooky3 Aug 2021 #29

I'll eat eggs, I'll eat oil luv2fly Aug 2021 #30

Bell peppers. They seem to be in every dish. They give me headaches Walleye Aug 2021 #31

Bell peppers give me a serious upset stomach. Sogo Aug 2021 #35

Mrs. ironflange shares this sentiment ironflange Aug 2021 #40

They give me serious heartburn. tanyev Aug 2021 #65

Some of you may be "supertasters": spooky3 Aug 2021 #33

My daughter is a supertaster ironflange Aug 2021 #41

The smell of meat makes me nauseous. Sogo Aug 2021 #34

Meat is the dead flesh of innocent, sentient beings. Ziggysmom Aug 2021 #37

Cauliflower, the vegetable from Hell ironflange Aug 2021 #39

It looks like an alien brain from a 50s Sci Fi movie... First Speaker Aug 2021 #72

New York style cheesecake is medicinal; Backseat Driver Aug 2021 #43

Anything with even the TINIEST 'fishy smell/taste' is utterly revolting to me Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #52

Vegetables on a meat sandwich: Good. BUT Grokenstein Aug 2021 #54

Fire Roasted PEEPS! Thunderbeast Aug 2021 #55

I hate milk. Straight up, that is. smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #57

SAME Skittles Aug 2021 #71

I find lamb to be inedible. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2021 #78

My dad didn't like lamb, so my mother never prepared it, which is why we never grew up smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #87

Yes! Silver Gaia Aug 2021 #82

I love cheese too! Probably too much! smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #88

Peas and anything they are in. BoomaofBandM Aug 2021 #61

Canned peas are disgusting. 3catwoman3 Aug 2021 #98

Onions are not food at all. Ocelot II Aug 2021 #64

Hazard warnings should be posted if any hot pepper is in a food csziggy Aug 2021 #66

try some Cantonese food. The plainest most ordinary Chinese food yellowdogintexas Aug 2021 #110

Oh yes - there used to be a great local restaurant that served Cantonese food csziggy Aug 2021 #113

Peas. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2021 #67

I keep a small bag buried in the freezer, and have a few Harker Aug 2021 #79

I don't like yogurt, sour cream, mayonnaise, fish, oysters, beer, cream cheese or other soft cheese CozyMystery Aug 2021 #69

That at some time Harker Aug 2021 #80

Reminds me of a joke... radicalleft Aug 2021 #100

Now you've done it! Harker Aug 2021 #101

I'll be here all week! radicalleft Aug 2021 #102

Cheers! Harker Aug 2021 #103

I don't like lobster. zanana1 Aug 2021 #81

My favorite food! Duppers Aug 2021 #115

Well, at least you have guilt. zanana1 Aug 2021 #119

I use blue cheese dressing on french fries instead of ketchup. n/t LuckyCharms Aug 2021 #84

No sushi for me, no steak tartare. Paladin Aug 2021 #85

I dislike seafood. All of it... shells, scales or skin. LanternWaste Aug 2021 #90

This will make people crazy. DiverDave Aug 2021 #91

Actually, I don't like them either, and I like almost all vegetables. smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #97

I sat at the table DiverDave Aug 2021 #99

were we separated at birth? yellowdogintexas Aug 2021 #112

Spaghettios w/meatballs are not only food... Ohio Joe Aug 2021 #93

I saw someone else mention it so I am not alone. Kali Aug 2021 #94

Food is just future poop. Devil Child Aug 2021 #96

Coffee SUCKS! radicalleft Aug 2021 #104

Cilantro tastes like burning plastic steeped in poison Orrex Aug 2021 #105

I sometimes eat hot dogs with catsup, mayonnaise, and raw onions catbyte Aug 2021 #117

I can't stand tarragon. smirkymonkey Aug 2021 #120