Reader participation: If everyone else likes it, why can't I?
We sure had some fun with the top 5 rockingest songs ever....and I mean ever; except that some of those songs totally didn't rock and I think you knew who you were even before you posted them. It's OK, "to each his own" comes to mind here. Not everyone has to rock. Not everyone can. Frankly, it's a responsibility and people get caught up in your whirlwind. One must be careful. It's kind of like inadvertent hypnosis. But I digress.
Next up, so we don't fall down the music rabbit hole, are the foods that other people like that you just.don't.get. So first off, let me tell you that I am making my peace with pork. Oh why didn't I make that my blog header? I still haven't quite accepted ham as a food, but I have moved bacon from my gross/gross category to my good/gross category. I can eat foods with bacon in them, and am working toward that glorious day when I can actually eat a piece of bacon. Like one just sitting on a plate there. That's progress!
So here is what I am looking for: foods that pretty much everyone else likes but that you just can't stand. Like, maybe you even have a hard time watching other people eat it because it reminds you of that one time that you accidentally put it in your mouth and then you were pretty sure you were going to have to spit it out but some authority figure was present and you had a cloth napkin and then someone asked you a question and so you had to actually eat said vile food product.
Is that enough of a set-up for you? Have at it, my friends.
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Anonymous
December 13, 2008
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December 13, 2008
gross/gross: I'd have to say mustard. Everyone loves mustard, but it just makes me sick. Even the fancy honey mustard or dijon stuff - it's all the same to me. good/gross: KFC. In my prime, I could eat a whole bucket of fried chicken, but anymore it just is disgusting to think about. All that grease and fat...I still indulge a little bit on occasion, but like you said, after I'm done, I just wonder why I ate it, when I could have had something much tastier and healthier.Anonymous
December 13, 2008
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December 13, 2008
Joe - I am not trying to make you gag, but I did coincidentally sit down with a bowl of mustard and some pretzels today. Not an idea lunch, I know. And I haven't had KFC since college. Probably 4 times in my life. Really salty stuff. I probably feel the same about it that you do. A couple too many beers and I could find my way back there. Wine-Oh, I think most people would gree with most of your picks. I only feel differently about #2 and sometimes 4.Anonymous
December 13, 2008
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December 14, 2008
Corn... Stuf make s me start to want to gag... For my girlfriend it's blueberries...Anonymous
December 14, 2008
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December 14, 2008
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December 15, 2008
Margarine. Where's the appeal in plastic butter?Anonymous
December 15, 2008
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December 15, 2008
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December 15, 2008
Okay so the first one is not actually by choice. I am allergic to poultry. Yes - all things that fly - Chicken, Turkey, Duck, Quail, Pigeon.....whatever. So Heather, at Thanksgiving I eat your favorite - HAM. So if by gross you mean anaphylactic shock - I'm in. As far as what other people like but I can't stand it has to be shrimp. The texture is gross and all I can think of while I am chewing is the "de-veining". Shrimp poop? Gross....Anonymous
December 15, 2008
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December 15, 2008
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December 15, 2008
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December 15, 2008
Not sure why anyone likes these: Mayo Carpaccio Black Eye Peas Okra (Fried=good, boiled=bad, very bad) Coconut (Great way to ruin a perfectly good cake)Anonymous
December 16, 2008
Uni: No thanks. I've had the "good stuff", and it still tastes like I expect my dirty socks do.Anonymous
December 16, 2008
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December 16, 2008
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December 16, 2008
I just had PB and banana for late breakfast. Yum!Anonymous
December 16, 2008
It'd be impossible for me to explain uni and make it sound like the delicious delicacy that it apparently is. Sea urchin guts Don't everyone run to the sushi shop all at once, now! My wife loves it, as do so many of my acquaintances here. I just don't get it.Anonymous
December 16, 2008
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December 16, 2008
Mmm, tasty!Anonymous
December 17, 2008
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December 17, 2008
It's amazing to me how many people here don't coffee. I'm actually quite surprised. I didn't thikn I liked salmon either until I learned the difference between wild and farm-raised. SO I am now the annoying person in the restaurant asking if the salmon is wild.Anonymous
December 20, 2008
Gross-Gross Mayonnaise Coffee Dark chocolate Cilantro - tastes like soap to me Gross-Good Taco Bell - sadly the best quasi-Mexican food in the Seattle area.