No slimey and no slurpy?? Dude, you just took oysters off your list. And I LOVES me some raw oysters.

I often wondered about the first person to ever eat a hardshell crab (whether it was steamed or not): "Hmm, this stuff on the inside isn't bad, but that's a LOT of effort for a little bit of food."

Add to that list - anything alive. When traveling in Asia, I discovered that some "delicacies" are eaten while they are still alive...eaters are given a caution that if not chewed thoroughly, they can, in rare instances, attach to the esophagus, causing suffocation and killing the eater.

Do you not eat lettuce because of that OBNOXIOUS crunch noise it makes?

Are you one of the people who doesnt like fish, because it tastes "fishy"?

Do you not drink milk because it comes from the inside of a cow?

Do you not eat cake because it has eggs in it?

I feel sorry for people who are so picky about food. Genuine sorrow.

Eggs are the most versitle food staple, so many ways to use them, so much they bring to the table.

So sad.

How about soup? That can be slurpy if you don't eat it politely.

Bo asked many questions...

"Crunch" is not an offensive sound to me. Crunch is--to me--a pleasing sound, so I crunch a lot of foods.

"Fishy" is neither an offensive taste or smell--to me--so I eat fish.

Milk comes from the inside of a cow, but it isn't "guts". I drink milk, sometimes. Less, the older I get. I like Bosco in it.

Excellent egg question, one I get often. Eggs lose their fundamental egginess when they are used as an ingredient. I eat cake. I'm talking about fried eggs or poached eggs...eggs as an entree.

You don't need to feel sorry for me, Bo. Other than possibly Old Phil, I'm probably the happiest person who frequents this blog.

(Trivia question: What was the Bandit's given name--not CB handle--in "Smokey and the Bandit?)

I love liver. And stinky cheese. Oysters are ok, probably need to try them again.

I agree that things alive upon eating are a no-go. And insects. I didn't try hakarl when I was in Iceland and there are sure a few other things I don't think I could bear to eat, but, for the most part, bring it on! It might be delicious!

I want my flying car, but I'm very glad we never got the food pills.

lvnbraves, cool. I'd always hoped to die in an explosion, or collision that included one. But dying from an esophagus sucker, provided it happened in an exotic locale, that's not bad. My sole concern is that it seems to me very difficult to pull off a chocking death with any sort of aplomb.

sorbet, sherbet, ices, etc. set my teeth on edge.

Way to go, Bucky. You've crushed Bo. You just had to go and mention the egg thing, didn't you.
Well, as long as the cat's out of the bag ... confession: I can't eat fried eggs anymore. Used to love them. Now? Smell, taste, touch -- repulsive. I am ok with how they look and sound, thank God. It has nothing to do with picky, however. (Cheer up Bo!) It's more like a sudden total shutdown of my fried-egg loving gene. Oddly, I still love oysters ... even though they give me a fever and make me throw up.

Bo Darville, What about Snowmans real name?

OK.

Flipkid: you are correct about oysters. That was only a problem for me, growing up, on Christmas Eve. As soon as I was out on my own, I established lasagna as my Christmas Eve tradition.

lvnbraves wrote: anything alive Absolutely. Your example is a fine public service warning.

PCB Rob - I hate it when people slurp their soup. But I do eat soup, quietly.

Lissa (Jetson) wrote: And insects Yeah, that's a culinary risk I wouldn't take.

gorelick wrote: [things that] set my teeth on edge Good one. I'm not sure which sense that is, but I agree.

That Guy - I think it was Cletus. But I'm not positive. (I'm trying not to Google-cheat.)

Bucky,
I don't like it either when people slurp. I love soup!

and milk too, only skim though.

Well played Bucky, Cledus Snow

That Guy - well, not so well played, actually. I had no idea his last name was Snow, which was sort of a Duh-moment for me.

I don't have many food issues. I like textures, slurping etc. One of the only things I can recall that I flat out didn't like at all was jellyfish salad. It was just too much combination of gelatinous slimy and fishy. Hated it! But most other stuff I may not want to eat on a regular basis but I really don't mind. Oh yeah, just remembered Yorkshire pudding. Blech. Fatty tasting and feeling.

This one makes me laugh, Bucky, thinking about a roommate I once had in grad school. I was making a pot of green chili (with tomatillos, green chilis, ground turkey, etc.) when she got home one evening. She came in the door praising the smell, rounded the corner and looked at the pot of green with pale meat in it and declared, "It's a good thing it smells good!" Luckily, she didn't let the appearance put her off and declared it delicious shortly thereafter.

Good job, Bucky. I am so not a raw tomato person. The smell of them just turns me off. It always amuses me to hear people lamenting the end of the summer tomato season. I am always happy that I do not have to listen to another person extoling their virtues.

Regina, I used to be the person who didn't like raw tomatoes, but I'm in recovery.

I don't (knowingly) eat anything alive and I also can't eat anything that might have been someone's animal companion--so, no rabbit, no horse, no cats or dogs.

Bucky, pity your appetites are so limited. My mother raised us never to not eat something because it looked or smelled "funny"--we had to taste it. If we didn't like the taste, fair enough--we didn't have to eat it. As a result, I eat and enjoy most everything. Off the top of my head, the only foods I don't care for are clams, artichokes and kale.

Dottie, I'll help clean your plate of the clams and artichokes. With kale it's all a matter of proper preparation.

With kale it's all a matter of proper preparation.

Yes, with all the veggies on this group (including broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, etc.) proper preparation will make them very tasty, but they can be very bitter when not cooked properly.

I was thinking that many kids and young adults today have probably never even had liver.

I remember when I was a kid from time to time my mom would make liver. There would be a big fight that either ended in swallowing ketchup doused liver without chewing or eating corn flakes for dinner.

I would bet now and probably for the past twenty or thirty years that people aren't going through this ritual. Parents are cooking less and less each year, and I doubt when they do cook that they are making something they either hated as a kid or never even had.

Oh, and don't forget that all veggies in this group taste better with bacon!

Sister Rosebud, yesterday I was in line at the grocery store, and I was behind a nice lady with a huge bag of kale. I asked her how she would prepare it, and she said first she cooked some "neck bones," then she added the kale, and later on she would add the tail. I did not inquire what animal was going to be parceled out in this way, but murmured something about kale being very good for you. She said, "I wouldn't know--I don't eat it."

We had liver and potato pancakes every Thursday night. I used to cover the shoe leather (over-cooked liver) with as much potato pancake as I could get my hands on to try to mask the taste.
This strategy was never entirely successful.

Sister Dahlink, I don't know about you, but, if I'm not eating it, I'm not cooking it.

Those days are long over. My late first husband's family loved to throw corn meal and butter in a pan and toast it almost to the burned stage and then mix it with spinach.

I hated the thought that I spent a lot of effort getting every last bit of sand out of the spinach and then had to dump burned, gritty corn meal into it.

Dahlink, those are pork bits she was cooking her kale with. And it is very good for you. I love the stuff.

Swiss chard might be a little easier to start with, if one wishes to get into tasty, vitamin-filled greens without much risk of bitterness.

And I love liver. I used to beg Mom to cook it. Dad and my brother wouldn't eat it, but my brother only eats hamburgers anyway.

One time, we were at the local Sambo's (an unlamented, long dead chain). I was about 8, and ordered liver with creamed spinach. The waitress asked my mother if she beat me into eating such things.

I like liver, too...now. It's again, all in knowing how to cook it properly.

Lissa, I do like kale and Swiss chard, etc.--and not just because they are good for you.

I had a similar childhood restaurant experience when a friend's family took me out to eat. They all ordered steaks, but I ordered the fish. They couldn't believe I really wanted the fish!

Rosebud, I think the main thing about liver is not over-cooking it, which is what most people tend to do. I haven't cooked it for years and years, as our sons were not fond of it, and I just got out of the habit. Maybe I should have served it with bacon!

I cook liver with onions and add a skosh of sherry to finish. SO good!

Lissa, Swiss chard looks so pretty, and I'd love to try it, but I don't know how to cook it. Can I cut it up and saute it like spinach with a little garlic and oil? If not, got any tips? Thanx.

Dottie, that will work very well for chard. I also like it sauteed in lard or with bacon. Maybe with some onion. It can also be baked with, say a potato, chard and onion gratin.

I also use it in various stir fries and in my hamburger fried rice (which I most certainly do not feed to company).

Used to grow a lot of it in Michigan, because it is better after it gets a bit of frost, is easier to grow than dandelions and is so pretty, my neighbours didn't realize I was growing food in the front yard.

Dottie -
I like to cook chard with bacon. I'll fry a few pieces until crispy and then fry the chard in it.

I chop up the chard and put the stems in first for a few minutes and then toss in the rest. I add a splash a bit or dry vermouth once the chard strates to wilt and serve it with the bacon crmbled on top. Yum!!!