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RobinA

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119. King Crab Legs

Fri Jul 21, 2023, 12:20 PM

Jul 2023

purchased at Walmart and then cooked on the last day they could possibly be edible. Which they weren't. Like chewing fishy erasers.

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What's the worst thing you have eaten out of politeness? [View all] debm55 Jul 2023 OP

My words? True Dough Jul 2023 #1

/hahaha debm55 Jul 2023 #31

😄 Luciferous Jul 2023 #52

True dat, True Dough. I resemble that remark.😅 thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #76

When my hubby took me over to his family's house for dinner for the very first time Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #2

Pork chops and mashed potatoes with Campbells cream of mushroom soup on top as a gravy. Terrible. debm55 Jul 2023 #10

Ugh. Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #14

Yuk--even worse were the sliced hot dogs in spagaetti debm55 Jul 2023 #33

Mine was similar. Laffy Kat Jul 2023 #24

Agree-hate borsht debm55 Jul 2023 #34

My Polish grandma made borscht once in a great while. Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #65

A hat tip to anyone who makes it. Laffy Kat Jul 2023 #88

I learned to like beets in my late 20's at a seventh day Adventist vegan restaurant... electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #87

I'm sure it's an acquired taste. Laffy Kat Jul 2023 #89

Horseradish on matzoh, a spoonful of which is traditionally eaten... Jrose Jul 2023 #3

Horseradish is traditional but I don't like it either, Like how you solved the problem. debm55 Jul 2023 #35

Love horseradish. Polly Hennessey Jul 2023 #39

Turnips. Yuck. LastDemocratInSC Jul 2023 #4

Same here debm55 Jul 2023 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Polly Hennessey Jul 2023 #41

Love turnips, rutabagas, and kohlrabi. Polly Hennessey Jul 2023 #43

I'm the same! BlackSkimmer Jul 2023 #69

I like the kohlrabi. We used to grow in our garden. debm55 Jul 2023 #70

Snails...when I was 3 months' pregnant with morning sickness. n/t Raven Jul 2023 #5

Sorry for the ordeal but I laughed Sanity Claws Jul 2023 #13

/i don't think I could do. Did you get sick? debm55 Jul 2023 #37

Yes, quietly in the bathroom. Nobody noticed. Raven Jul 2023 #40

Rice, after snowybirdie Jul 2023 #6

I had that happen at a restaurant. Pushed the slug away from the salad and hoped I wouldn't find debm55 Jul 2023 #44

Anything cooked by my sister-in-law Attilatheblond Jul 2023 #7

How about the hot dogs in the spaghetti? YUK debm55 Jul 2023 #45

My mom sometimes did that whenever ground beef was too expensive... hunter Jul 2023 #82

Former Mother in law used ketchup for sauce Attilatheblond Jul 2023 #98

That is really gross. She didn't make it for you did she? debm55 Jul 2023 #102

LOL No but one Thanksgiving dinner at her place had me sick for days Attilatheblond Jul 2023 #136

My mom did that too. Veggies washed in hot water. Meat burnt to a crisp. People picking up sliced debm55 Jul 2023 #137

Cow tongue in a soup,... magicarpet Jul 2023 #8

I don't know if I could do it. debm55 Jul 2023 #46

Oh, I feel for you...Now I never had to eat it but... electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #86

I've had tongue, but it was in a sandwich. Tender and good. LeftInTX Jul 2023 #94

Mayonaise. That stuff makes me gag, but it's on everything. Silent Type Jul 2023 #9

And in everthing. debm55 Jul 2023 #47

I'm not that polite. ShepKat Jul 2023 #11

Don't even get me started on liver. Only place I had it was at home. YUK debm55 Jul 2023 #48

I love MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2023 #84

Mine was claudette Jul 2023 #12

Once at home when I was a child Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #15

Same thing happened to me but with a cheap brand of hot dogs my mother bought. I spit it out, debm55 Jul 2023 #18

I can see why!! claudette Jul 2023 #27

Tomato aspic. Hela Jul 2023 #16

Did you eat some? When there is stuff I don't like like. I take a tiny portion. debm55 Jul 2023 #49

So I had to look up a aspic - i know the word, seen it but not what it is, exactly. electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #130

Sorry, but yuk debm55 Jul 2023 #133

Nothing to be sorry about. I just had to laugh at how they described it being controversial! electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #135

crow bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #17

HAHAHAHA debm55 Jul 2023 #50

I don't think I'm allowed to talk about it on DU Effete Snob Jul 2023 #19

Fish tacos Freddie Jul 2023 #20

They seem to be popular now. I can't see eating fish in a taco. Maybe it's good, I have never eaten debm55 Jul 2023 #51

Sea urchin roe Walleye Jul 2023 #21

Is it like caviar? I tasted caviar once--it was so salty. debm55 Jul 2023 #53

No it was in a sushi bar and the best description I got is liquid sweatsox.It's an acquired taste Walleye Jul 2023 #62

Oh, gawd - that stuff absolutely vile. 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #104

As a transfer student in England... zanana1 Jul 2023 #22

I would like the steak pie. Do not like organ meats. debm55 Jul 2023 #54

Balut. Rustynaerduwell Jul 2023 #23

Um, did it work? Laffy Kat Jul 2023 #26

She said it was an aphrodisiac... Rustynaerduwell Jul 2023 #29

I have seen those on cooking shows. I wouldn't eat. Was it an aphrodisiac? debm55 Jul 2023 #55

We went to a dim sum restaurant with friends grumpyduck Jul 2023 #25

I would agree with you. debm55 Jul 2023 #56

Jello mold GPV Jul 2023 #28

Especially with the fruit cocktail in it. debm55 Jul 2023 #57

Sea Urchin sushi. The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2023 #30

Did you eat all of it? debm55 Jul 2023 #58

Well...yeah. The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2023 #74

That was mine! Liquid sweatsox Walleye Jul 2023 #63

Just terrible stuff! The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2023 #75

Did you eat it all or just a small bit. I don't think I could get past the taste or smell. debm55 Jul 2023 #100

I did. Barely kept it down. Drained the saki. The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2023 #114

Chocolate covered ants nevergiveup Jul 2023 #32

I have seen those at stores, they had grasshoppers too. debm55 Jul 2023 #59

Rocky Mountain oysters EYESORE 9001 Jul 2023 #38

I can't even think of eating one. debm55 Jul 2023 #60

When I was a kid, a missionary, just returned from some remote Asian nation was speaking about Chainfire Jul 2023 #42

I agree with you. debm55 Jul 2023 #61

Ass Kaleva Jul 2023 #64

I have read some cultures eat the water buffalo ass. Is that what you had? debm55 Jul 2023 #67

Hominy. rownesheck Jul 2023 #66

Never had it. Did you not like the taste or texture? debm55 Jul 2023 #68

Taste. rownesheck Jul 2023 #73

Hominy is dried corn treated with lye...It is used to make corn tortillas and grits LeftInTX Jul 2023 #101

Thanks. I thought it was grits, debm55 Jul 2023 #107

Lime jello with shredded carrots AllyCat Jul 2023 #71

yuk debm55 Jul 2023 #72

I can think of 3 things that I will no longer even take a courtesy bite of. I've made a good faith thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #77

Crowwoman-I agree with the first two. I like baked sweet potatoes. debm55 Jul 2023 #78

Venison. Ptah Jul 2023 #79

Know that is something I did eat when I was younger. It had a gamey taste to it. Loved the steaks, debm55 Jul 2023 #80

Cold, nearly raw salmon. Aristus Jul 2023 #81

I don't think I could eat it that way either. I have to have it filet. At times like that just debm55 Jul 2023 #83

The worst MorbidButterflyTat Jul 2023 #85

I agree. debm55 Jul 2023 #91

Organ meats... electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #90

How did you do it without gagging? debm55 Jul 2023 #92

Well, they may not have been the worse thing I'd tasted up to that point, though the kidneys were electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #93

I don't think I could eat it--maybe the broth, but that's about it. debm55 Jul 2023 #95

I would politely decline future offerings. electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #96

Me too, my grandparents would eat pig's feet. When they offered me some, I just said no thanks. debm55 Jul 2023 #97

Ohhh, dear! I saw them packaged in a former neighborhood supermarket. Not for me! electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #99

Canned peas at a neighbor's house. I was around 2 years old LeftInTX Jul 2023 #103

peas and Lima beans are a no for me at anyone's house debm55 Jul 2023 #108

I got a story for you! electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #134

Haggis LudwigPastorius Jul 2023 #105

did you eat it? debm55 Jul 2023 #109

I gagged a couple of bites down, then... LudwigPastorius Jul 2023 #110

The Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson described what haggis was on one of his shows... electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #132

Not out of politeness, but had to choke down liver... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #106

liver--given same story- good for blood, It was like eating leather debm55 Jul 2023 #111

My mom was a working mom... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #112

My mother kept my tuna salad sandwith out all night, it had Miracle Whip in it. I took to school and debm55 Jul 2023 #116

Tomato and raspberry jello salad topped with mayo woodsprite Jul 2023 #113

Oh my. Did you eat it? debm55 Jul 2023 #115

We all (17 of us) tasted it, but I don't woodsprite Jul 2023 #117

That's what I thought-take out the tomato and mayo and add whip cream debm55 Jul 2023 #118

King Crab Legs RobinA Jul 2023 #119

I would has passed on that on. debm55 Jul 2023 #120

Cottage cheese Emile Jul 2023 #121

I like the small curd and I doctor it up with different fruits. Plain cottage cheese is sort of debm55 Jul 2023 #122

It's just me, but it tasted like sour milk to me. You can Emile Jul 2023 #123

I don't often have a problem with food textures but it's sort of small lumpiness, and wet texture... electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #124

Oh, I understand. debm55 Jul 2023 #125

Tossup between liver and parsnips WestMichRad Jul 2023 #126

I would pass on both too. debm55 Jul 2023 #128

This is sort of tangental. Something I've seen but I don't think I could eat.... electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #127

I have a hard time with seafood. Fish.I can eat, but shell no. It gives me migraines. I went with my debm55 Jul 2023 #129

Aww, no fun re: migraines! I had one in my life - like 54 (!!!!!)Years Ago. I still remember. Yikes! electric_blue68 Jul 2023 #131

Fish head Generic Brad Jul 2023 #138

So it is traditional in Japan to give a guest of honor the whole fish head. They must of thought debm55 Jul 2023 #139

Honestly, I'm not sure if that is a universal Japanese custom Generic Brad Jul 2023 #140