Worst thing you've ever tasted?

[Erttheking]

I had squished squash (catchy isn't it?) once at Thanksgiving...I thought that I was going to puke

 

[Tilted_Logic]

Not one type of food per se, but a few months back I went to this very nice 50s style diner and among the things I ordered were mashed potatoes.

Perhaps it's because it was the most recent case of outright gagging I can recall, but these potatoes... Good god... It was like someone had scraped gunk from the kitchen pipes and slopped it on the plate. Absolutely disgusting. And it wasn't as if it was just some variant of potatoes I'm not use to, I don't think there could have been any actual potato in them for the way they tasted.

At the time I had something to compare them too, it escapes me now, but damn if I'll ever get potatoes from a place like that again.

 

[Drummie666]

The first thing that comes to mind was a cup of coffee I had in London while staying at a hotel. I had to take my napkin to my tongue and wipe it because it was so horrendously awful.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

Some "African-style" shrimps in an octopus ink sauce. It tasted like cat food.

Now, I think bashing cat and dog food is nonsense, as they are clearly not aimed at our palates. But when I go to a restaurant, sit down with friends and pay money to try something new, I really don't want the taste of canned animal food. It wasn't even that there were funny spices in it, it was as if no spices whatsoever were used in making it. Just sorry little shrimps in a black sauce that had the consistency of spunk. I've sucked on eyeballs, drank curdled milk and munched on rancid butter if local customs would involve such treats, but those shrimps were the worst, because one just does not expect food this wrong to be considered 'proper'.

I tried to have a chat with the 'cook' that assembled the crap, and maybe find out what cuisine came up with such a horrible waste of perfectly proper ingredients, but it turned out that the only thing truly "African" were his ancestors, but even he didn't have a clue what country they originally hailed from. So, I really didn't feel too culturally enriched (or well fed) that day, and I wrapped up clearing my palate with some beer and a trip down to the nearest McD. That was fun. McD, the reset button of the food world.

 

[Headdrivehardscrew]

durian fruit
smells horrid like buring rotten garbage and tastes like raw onion ice cream

WHY DO SOME PEOPLE EAT THIS WILLINGLY

runners up would be vegimite and cat food (dont ask)

Your pretty accurate with the taste. But what to you tastes horrid I quite enjoy. Though I've on;y had it once I do love the taste of durian.

For me the nastiest thing ever is sour cream. Anything that has it in it tastes horrid because of it. Even foods I normally love. And the taste makes me puke and the smell makes me physically ill.

Aye! That's some of the Godliest, tastiest and healthiest stuff nature came up with. The first time I so much as smelled it my brain brought up images of gas heaters, decomposing bodies and dirty laundry. Then, we dared to taste it and since then we're basically hooked on Durian. Although it can be turned into ice cream or other sugary desserts, this is just perfect food that plain does not need any tampering beyond stuffing it in your face.

Also, bonus feature: wielding one or two of these fruits in public gives you plenty of personal space.

 

[Kungfu_Teddybear]

My friend got me to eat raw ginger once, almost threw up.

Also I ate the wax on a babybell for a dare once, that wasn't very nice either.

 

[applesandoranges]

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[General Twinkletoes]

So we've all eaten something horrible that we really, really hated, so what's yours?

Your mum.


Seriously though, how has nobody answered with that yet? I'm disappointed in everybody in this thread.

Because it's incredibly immature...?

Your point being?

This is the off-topic portion of a gaming-oriented websites forum. I've seen threads about grown men who enjoy my little pony cartoons,

That's not immature to like a pony show, most of the bronies I know are normal people. Your mom jokes on the other hard, are not funny in the slightest.

OT: Avocado. Jesus, most disgusting thing I've ever tasted, including oil.

 

[KefkaCultist]

Peppermint Schnapps. I'm not a huge fan of mint flavors to begin with, but that was like 70% mint and 30% alcohol. I took two big chugs from the bottle then nearly threw up (from taste, not being drunk. That point came later in the night).

 

[BathorysGraveland]

Doritos in the red packet. Uggh, they almost make me sick. Doritos in the yellow packet are fucking fabulous but.. the red packet.. just no.

 

[lunavixen]

I played a drinking game about 8 months ago named "Kings Cup" and the 'King" had scotch, vodka, bourbon, blue curacao, goon, absinthe and jagermiester. I managed to hold it all down but fuck knows how. Tasted like death and smelt just as bad.

i've played that too, except the one i had to drink had; goon, 3 different kinds of beer, whisky, vodka (homemade, so ridiculously high proof) baileys, kilkenny cream white wine, because of the citrus and milk based products, the milk curdled, i couldn't finish it, 2 mouthfuls and i was gone.

the worst actual food for me is yoghurt, i don't know why, but i just can't eat it, no matter what is in it.

captcha: poetic justice

how ironic

 

[Shakomaru]

I thought that I would like takoyaki. I was wrong. well... The octopus was good but the rest of it.... While on the subject, badly grilled squid.

 

[Yopaz]

So we've all eaten something horrible that we really, really hated, so what's yours?

Your mum.


Seriously though, how has nobody answered with that yet? I'm disappointed in everybody in this thread.

Yeah, it's sad to see how a forum consist of mature adults who don't leap on chances to make bad jokes. That truly made me lose all faith in humanity.

OT: I think I have to go with some cough syrup I tasted a few years ago. The first instant it was in my mouth I couldn't help myself throwing up. I wasn't even able to determine the taste before I was hunched over in disgust. I have to say I prefer the cough.

 

[Pharsalus]

Squash, hot steamed and effing gross.

 

[this account is gay]

I actually downed a packet of barbecue sauce a couple nights ago. Just the sauce, nothing else. I almost threw up. Also, when I was younger, I put some barbecue sauce on a chocolate brownie. That was actually better. Barely.

 

[Raika]

Boiled vegetables as a whole are absolutely horrendous to my palate.

 

[geK0]

Peppermint Schnapps. I'm not a huge fan of mint flavors to begin with, but that was like 70% mint and 30% alcohol. I took two big chugs from the bottle then nearly threw up (from taste, not being drunk. That point came later in the night).

Really? I can't get enough of the stuff! It's one of the few alcoholic beverages I can get drunk off my ass on just because I like the taste of it(not because I intend to get drunk). Although I've only had it a few times around Christmas.

OT:
Can't think of my single worst taste-experience ever, but here's a few bad ones

Fireball cinnamon whiskey, the thought of it gives me a slight gag reflex.
Rockstar Cola
sugar-free Redbull (it tastes like flinstones vitamins crushed up into rubbing alcohol)
My friend's dad's seafood stir-fry, which had a bag of frozen, assorted sea food in it *blarg*
expired bacon
home-made relish conjured up by my father
unmaintained female genitalia

Most of the foods I dislike are more because of texture than flavour.

 

[Supertegwyn]

Anchovies, Gherkins, and raw Broccoli are all disgusting.

 

[Gardenia]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_cheese
Most people really love it, but I cannot stomach the stuff. It literally makes me puke.

 

[Gardenia]

Eggplant, definitely. I don't know how anyone can stomach that.

Were they salted and rinsed before cooking? Because if they weren't I can totally understand why you wouldn't like it.