Dishes you just "don't get".

[99call]

17 hours ago, Jack said:

Laverbread - don't be Welsh in America and visit relatives near the coast as a child. The thing of nightmares. Spoiler - it's not bread.

This should be the next logical 'snack wars' challenge for @Chas.Alpha  It has to be accompanied with some cockles though...and eaten for breakfast. 

[BrightonCorgi]

7 hours ago, Lucas Buck said:

• Flan
• Stuffing
• Bread  pudding
• Tapioca

That's like a list of my favorite desserts...

[BrightonCorgi]

10 hours ago, Chibearsv said:

White chili. If it's white, it aint chili. Just call it chicken and bean chowder and don't bring it to a chili cookoff! 

Sorry, personal remembrance kicked in there. I judged a chili cookoff several years ago and somebody brought it. I refused to taste it for the contest on principle. Lots of arguing that day including my wife trying to convince me to let it go.  As you can see, I haven't. 

Chili ain't white and does not contain beans.

[BigGuns]

I’m kinda disappointed with a lot of answers here. I suppose it’s only fitting then that my contribution to this thread is Pho and Ramen. Not that I don’t like them, I just “don’t get” them. 

[Ford2112]

10 hours ago, Namisgr11 said:

While they are pretty bland by themselves to my taste, a well seasoned shrimp and grits combo is a favorite.

That's a new Orleans dish. It's not my favorite but I don't mind it. I'm talking, grits. Boring as hell!

[El Presidente]

7 hours ago, 99call said:

This should be the next logical 'snack wars' challenge for @Chas.Alpha  It has to be accompanied with some cockles though...and eaten for breakfast.

Gorgeous!!!!

My sort of breakfast!

[avitus]

Aspic

[Wookie]

Chicken livers

[Goldeneye]

Head cheese

[Greenhorn2]

1 hour ago, Goldeneye said:

Head cheese

What, no souse meat?

[Greenhorn2]

Where's Chas.Alpha and his vegamite toast?

[westg]

For me there absolutely nothing palatable in regard to eating brain of any description. Kidneys are vile. Yuck 🤮 

[El Presidente]

7 hours ago, westg said:

For me there absolutely nothing palatable in regard to eating brain of any description. Kidneys are vile. Yuck 🤮 

....I feel so sorry for you right now....🙏

[westg]

4 hours ago, El Presidente said:

....I feel so sorry for you right now....🙏

And I for you ❤️ 

[Capn_Jackson]

On 4/24/2025 at 2:01 PM, Ford2112 said:

Grits

Beat me to it, mate. 

Grits, and any dishes with coconut in them. I love curries as long as they’re not coconut-based.

[Ken Gargett]

5 hours ago, Greenhorn2 said:

Where's Chas.Alpha and his vegamite toast?

vegemite? i thought this was a discussion about food.

westy, i'm with rob on brains etc. 

for me, most detested is anything with paw paw. old man loved them. i can't stay in the same room. literally. smell alone makes me sick. 

pumpkin. cow food. horrible. although i do like pumpkin soup. weird? 

popcorn. love the smell. hate eating it.

and one more, pippies? why? why not use them as bait - for which the divinity of the dancing wombats designed them - and catch something good to eat.

while on seafood, i have tried and tried with cod. can't see it. 

finally, i am not opposed to peanut butter, crunchy or otherwise, but i would never willingly choose it. 

pretty much everything else, bring it on. 

[sageman]

16 hours ago, Lucas Buck said:

• Flan
• Stuffing
• Bread pudding
• Tapioca

There is a definite texture pattern here! 😆

[sageman]

I do get this dish, but many outsiders do not. In Cincinnati we are famous for our 3 ways! we do chili spaghetti. The chili is more like a sauce over noodles topped with finely shredded cheese and optional beans and or onions (to make it a 4 or 5 way). It’s a must try if you’re in town. 

[potpest]

People in the UK seem to love tasteless bland beige food. One of such loves is a "Sausage Roll". I always hated sausage rolls until I tried making some with decent Sausage meat and real butter puff pastry. Turns out I don't hate Sausage Rolls, I just hate the processed cheap version.

Apart from that I struggle to think of anything else, usually if I don't like something it's because it's poor execution or poor quality ingredients.

[BrightonCorgi]

I don't get the allure of duck tongue and chicken feet. They are pass when I see them on the menu.

[westg]

9 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

I don't get the allure of duck tongue and chicken feet.  They are pass when I see them on the menu.

Yep 🤔

Now I have eaten all kinds of shit. Especially from the ocean and in most circumstances raw. I really don't believe that anyone can find anything palatable in regard to chicken feet. Texture taste and the actual anatomy of the product. Simple fact it has been standing in shit its entire life. Anyway each to their own.  😎🌴

[Fuzz]

Time to be controversial.....

 

Sushi. I just don't find the appeal of it. Yeah, I have eaten it many times, but mostly out of politeness if I'm in a group. Never order it myself.

 

[Li Bai]

Ramen. Almost 30 years ago I went to a Japanese restaurant in rue Sainte Anne in Paris (at that time Japanese food and sushis were pretty confidential in France and the only traditional Japanese restaurants were in that street), what a disappointment, it tasted nothing like I assumed it would taste.

And basically any Indian food but only because I can't stand coriander.

[Goldeneye]

15 hours ago, Greenhorn2 said:

What, no souse meat?

The combination of texture, look and ingredients just doesn't work for me.

[joeypots]

White pizza isn’t pizza

I can’t stand eggplant.

I’m not man enough to even consider tasting sweat breads.

I’m not a big fan of any egg dish where the yolk is soft.