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smirkymonkey

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97. Actually, I don't like them either, and I like almost all vegetables.

Thu Aug 12, 2021, 08:39 PM

Aug 2021

When they came out w/ sweet potatoe fries, I was like "Holy Hell!, what on earth ever possessed anyone to fuck up nature's perfect food? (the REAL french fry)"

And believe it or not, I have been to restaurants that make curried sweet potato dishes, and sometimes they even add kale to them!

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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