World's Worst Foods: Dangers Lurking in Mini Mart Delis

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The forum discussion centers around the topic of the world's worst foods, particularly focusing on items found in Mini Mart delis. Participants share their experiences with various unappetizing foods, including a deli sandwich with suspicious mayonnaise and chopped onions, and the infamous durian fruit, known for its strong odor. Other foods mentioned include maggot cheese from Italy, balut (a fertilized duck egg), and various disliked vegetables such as lima beans and eggplants. The consensus highlights a mix of cultural aversions and personal tastes, with many contributors expressing strong opinions on what constitutes the worst food.

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  • #31
seafood!

I could never eat it. My parents never had it at our house. Not even fish. I was told it was "cat food". I know that is insulting to many of you but it has stuck with me.

Any time I see a sea critter I cringe at the thought of actually consuming it. Same goes for pork and poultry. But cattle? moose? venison? I somehow view those as tasty creatures.

Tasty: http://www.curtiswoodfarm.us/angus/V5042.jpg
Not tasty: http://www.mldiversnegril.com/images/Caribbean_Spiny_Lobster_big.jpg

It is rather a weird condition (and conditioning) I have!
 
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  • #32
My father loves lima beans. My mother and I both hate them. When I was a teenager going to camp for the summer, she filled out that I was allergic to them so I wouldn't be made to eat them on the off chance they were served.
 
  • #33
Moonbear said:
There are white ones? My mom always made the green ones. It was the first vegetable I didn't like. Unfortunately, they are too often served with carrots, which I also don't like cooked (love raw carrots, and can tolerate them if they are lightly steamed, but mom would boil them to death)... the combination left me wishing she had plopped a big scoop of mud on my plate instead.
The only thing more disgusting would be to add hominy to the plate.
 
  • #34
kaos said:
I think the worst food is the food that sends one running to the toilet and crapping blood. Unfortunately for me i have to experience this a few times a year. there's little food sanitary enforcement near the place i live.

Good God kaos, that is most unfortunate.
 
  • #35
Evo said:
The only thing more disgusting would be to add hominy to the plate.
MEGA-DITTO! Corn soaked in lye CAN'T be good for you. Yet another reason to like Evo.
 
  • #36
Echo 6 Sierra said:
MEGA-DITTO! Corn soaked in lye CAN'T be good for you. Yet another reason to like Evo.
And another reason to like you too E6S. :approve:
 
  • #37
I'm bumping this to add eggnog and buttermilk and capers.<--this "yuk" face reminds me of Calvin.
 
  • #38
Echo 6 Sierra said:
I'm bumping this to add eggnog and buttermilk and capers.<--this "yuk" face reminds me of Calvin.
I LOVE eggnog and buttermilk and capers.

Just not together.
 
  • #39
Worst food you can buy ,or make ?

Try my ginger cake, made with," garam masala", instead of," soft brown sugar",
the bags were the same size, it is an acquired taste, i threw it out for the birds
to eat, they took off like rockets and i have not seen them since :confused:
 
  • #40
Evo said:
I LOVE eggnog and buttermilk and capers.

Just not together.
I could've lived with the critters and ice cold air conditioning but not this...the wedding is off.

I'll add Vegemite to the list. It tastes like a scraped out beercan.

:!) THE avatar is back...(swoon)
 
  • #41
Echo 6 Sierra said:
I could've lived with the critters and ice cold air conditioning but not this...the wedding is off.
:cry: :cry:
 
  • #42
Spam...as in spiced ham.

I always liked this as a kid, but now I can't get past the first piece.

I grew up on powdered milk. We couldn't afford the real stuff, but to help compensate, mom would add a little coffee mate to help make it creamier.

Anyone like SOS? [sh't on a shingle, or dried beef gravy sandwhiches]
 
  • #43
oh yes, and... Once upon a time when I was a kid and in the scouts, we [my troop] hiked to the top of San Gorgonio Mountain [IIRC]. When we reached the top we broke out the only real snack at hand - big bags of dehydrated pear slices... We all got really sick, and the runs, which is all great fun during primitive camping trips...ten miles from the nearest road. I couldn't eat anything even remotely similar for a couple of decades.
 
  • #44
The smell of slaughtered chickens being dipped into boiling water with paraffin still makes me retch. As does the taste of boiled turnips.
 
  • #45
Echo 6 Sierra said:
I'll add Vegemite to the list. It tastes like a scraped out beercan.
Vegemite and Marmite are great! But then I like lima beans (green and white), broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, asparagus, beets, turnips, parsnip - in fact, there isn't an edible plant I don't like.

Roasted vegetables are great. And for things like asparagus, broccoli or cauliflower, it sometimes helps to have the right cheese sauce. Asparagus in Manchego cheese sauce is great!

As for meat, probably just about anything, although I don't care for McDonalds.