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Things you wish you could "Untaste"?
- Steve Green Nov 13, 2012 07:59 AM
For me, there's been two things recently:
1. The "classic" Thanksgiving string bean/ mushroom soup/ fried onion casserole.
Somehow I've managed to get through my whole life up to now, never having tried this. Too bad my luck didn't hold out. I was at Costco the other day, and they were handing this stuff out as samples. I figured, "hey, how bad could it be?" I simply could not believe how horrid it was -- I actually had to grab a napkin and spit it out.
Now granted, I'm sure it's better if you use fresh string beans, scratch-made mushroom soup and homemade onion rings, but really, who does that anyway? Besides, for me at least, the flavor and texture combo is a huge fail, and wouldn't be much improved by fresh components. Amazing that this seems to be a popular dish.
2. Scotty's Butterscotch Soda (found at one of those old-timey soda and candy shoppes - in all fairness, my expectations were not high):
Words completely fail me in describing how utterly vile and disgusting this concoction really is. The closest it has come to a stick of butter, is the rendering of said stick on the bottle label. Speaking of things rendered, I'd sooner drink from a rancid fast-food grease-trap than sample this chemical abomination again. (In case that sounded ambivalent, I could add that the ink used to print the label would probably taste better than the soda.)
re: pinehurst
My mom had it around for snacking,no one else would go near it.It smelled vile,foul and I never have tasted it.Just thinking about it equals gag.Never understood why when we had fresh asparagus in season.
re: pinehurst
My mom would serve this cold, topped with thousand island dressing.
re: KrumTx
I love Thousand Island Dressing, but there isn't enough of it in the world for canned asparagus. I would not, could not, anywhere.
re: pinehurst
My mom was an awful cook, needless to say, so we ate out at least 5 nights a week. So sad! Us kids would sneak all we could to our Weimaraner during meals at home. Poor dog!
Cilantro first and foremost. I rarely eat Mexican food in restaurants because even if I ask for it to be left off, somehow it never is.
A vile disgusting turkey burger that they were sampling at Costco. Somehow soft and wet yet overcooked with a weird wet dog smell. I spit it out but the memory perserveres.
re: baseballfan
Sounds like Costco got two thumbs down so far. You and OP Steve
re: suzigirl
You never know until you try. I do find it pays to try because it keeps you from making a mistake. I currently have a gross of corndogs that I thought my kids woul love but it turns out not so much. Now I try to pawn them off on unsuspecting neighbor children and have eevn resorted to occasionally givign them to the dog. He gives them 2 paws up.
re: baseballfan
Well sweetie, the dog licks his butt so two paws up doesn't say much I love corndogs though. What brand and does your refined palate like them or not?I just got a Costco and want try them.
re: suzigirl
LOL!! They are the Wienerschitzel brand. I am not a corndog aficianado so I haven't tried them. I am located in So Cal and they have been in Costco since the summer.
re: baseballfan
man, it took me about 6 rounds of that particular brand of insanity to wise up.
You're at Costco, doing the shopping, the kids ask if they can have a sample...OH MAN, this is GREAT, Mom! Can we GET SOME OF THESE?
So you add the box/bag/carton to your cart.
You get home, make them the Greatest Snack Ever, and they refuse to eat it. Ever.
*sigh* -- another lunch of stuff you didn't really care for, but you're eating it to keep from pitching it.
I was a slow learner, but I eventually wised up.
To be fair, I've also bought quite a bit of stuff at Costco that I wasn't sure would be worth the price and having a big-ass bag of...but the samples were enough to decide yes or no.
re: sunshine842
I think we have all gone down that road. One particular incident comes to mind. About 10 years ago, my 2 boys sampled a peach/apricot preserve on crackers that they thought was the best thing ever. I was skeptical as it was about a gallon of this stuff but they swore up and down they would eat it for breakfast, on pb&j's etc. I gave in and bought it and on day 2 they decided it wasn't very good after all and refused to eat any more.
I fed as much as I could to my husband before he started to complain and I didn't like it. Thankfully it came in a cool glass jar so I dumped out the preserve and it now houses cotton balls in my bathroom.
I think of that now if I am on the fence and I usually try to not to repeat my mistakes.
re: baseballfan
Cilantro. Absolutely.
re: LindaWhit
I realized this past week. I don't mind cilantro, but I don't like fresh parsley! I was eating some herb-roasted veggies from the salad bar at work and they tasted awful. they were covered in parsley.
re: baseballfan
I cannot stand cilantro also. Taste like plastic to me. I am a parsley person. Like my Grandfather, I often keep a sprig tucked behind my ear for good luck when working in the garden and around the house.
re: Isolda
you don't eat the tobacco leaves - they impart flavor (good or bad, depending) into the cheese.
re: Isolda
Verona,Italy,many of the small producers of Amarone and Ripassa wines also make tiny batches of cheese.One they consider very special,rare and rarely brought out is the one wrapped in tobacco leaves.I'll pass.I simply loath the foliage on all nightshades even the tomatoes,eggplant and others I grow.Getting past the feel and smell of the plant is only for the fruit.The foliage,toxic,not very,in what quantity on which plant may matter but the old wives tale a tomato leaf will kill you is just that,an old wives tale,exaggeration.
The flavor? not much of a change from without,the smell? to me god awful,it's just a stinky nightshade and maybe the only cheese I don't eat.
re: JudiAU
re: JudiAU
You took the words out of my mouth. Gag!
Undercooked deep-fried pork ribs that caused me serious food poisoning. I was hospitalized it was so horrid. That was about 20 years ago when I was very young and I can STILL taste those darned ribs. Thankfully the incident did not turn me off pork but I have not had them deep fried to this day (which is a good thing!).
Goat cheese. 30+ years ago a Hickory Farms kiosk at a mall was giving out tastes of a goat cheddar. The stuff was sharp and/or ripe beyond belief. I think it took days to get rid of the aftertaste. Ever since I will not touch any cheese made from goats or sheep but I adore every variety of cheese if made from cows milk.
Mine was goat cheese too, but not the sharp kind - it was that Norwegian gjetost, a sticky brown substance that a friend of mine insisted I try because she adored it. As we did share most tastes in food I trusted her. Gak!! It didn't taste of goat cheese, it tasted of GOAT. Raw, greasy, fresh-from-the-pen old billy goat. Luckily we were outside or I'd have had to spit it on the floor; I apologized, but told her it tasted vile to me, and please don't do that again. We stayed friends anyway, but I had that fetid taste in my mouth for a week, no matter what I ate, drank or smoked.
Any other goat or sheep cheese I've got no problem with, and several of them a big favorites - Manchego, pecorino, chevre - but that Norwegian stuff will never pass these lips again. And if by accident it does it'll be a quick two-way trip.
re: Will Owen
Gjetost is what immediately came to mind upon seeing the title of this thread.
re: Will Owen
It's weird, but I love goat cheese and actual goat (disclaimer: I've only had it curried and heavily spiced, but it was great!); however, I hated gjetost. Also dislike many, but not all sheep cheeses, although I love lamb (my favorite meat, hands down).
Gleefully giggling aloud to the second part of your post. That being said I do love green bean casserole. Sorry.
Plus one on Goldendog and goat cheese. Horrid stuff. But other stinky cheeses are just fine.
Whipped cream, especially coolwhip
waterchesnuts. Texture.
Cotton candy. Got super sick on it at a carnival
Ditto on the green bean casserole! DH made one a few years ago so the family could try it. He got to eat the whole pan himself.
Another would be some halibut from Publix that I fixed for dinner last year. It tasted like ammonia, and we had to throw it out. I took my receipt to the store and told them about it- they were kind enough to refund my $11.00.
re: bards4
Oh, you just reminded me about the Bertie Bott's Jelly Beans that my son brought home. I tried a sardine one, but he couldn't talk me into trying the booger flavored one. Or the earwax one.
And I do agree about the wet buttered popcorn Jelly Belly. And I don't even have food texture issues.
re: jmcarthur8
I read all the Harry Potter books, so hubby bought Bertie Bott's Jelly Beans for my stocking one Christmas.
I laughed myself silly at "booger" and "vomit", thinking "oh, it's just a nasty-looking fruit flavor - they'd never REALLy make that flavor."
Uh. Yeah, they did. I mastered all current records for spitting a half-chewed jelly bean across the room into a wastebasket.
I finally threw the box away because I didn't want to screw up and get one of those nasty things again.
re: sunshine842
I worked at the Jelly Belly Candy Co when they started making them for the first time. They could only do the sardine, and vomit after the tours had finished. The sardine has actual fish oil in them, and can't say what the vomit has =)
re: BIGGUNDOCTOR
Truly? I don't actually want to know.
One of the worst jobs in the world would be the taste tester for those production runs. Because somebody spent a lot of time and money figuring out the flavor components of vomit, boogers, and anchovies.
I still get a little queasy thinking about it.
re: sunshine842
Herm, the owner, said that he never would have thought they could make money with flavors like those, but they did. CAP candy ,who we made them for, would place orders for 1,000,000 boxes at a time.
Very Cherry was unseated as the fave after 11 years when buttered popcorn came out. Don't know what the curent fave is since I left California in 05.
re: BIGGUNDOCTOR
The first time I tried buttered popcorn jelly beans, a customer offered me some from the jar on his desk. "Tell me what flavor they are" -- and because of the utter disconnect between the flavor and the texture, I was stumped. Once he told me, it was very clear -- but it was a funny look at how texture connects us to certain flavors.
re: BIGGUNDOCTOR
Ugh... buttered popcorn. Must be a favorite because people are buying it in droves to torture their friends...
re: bards4
Exactly. Those things are gross
re: bards4
I **hate** those things!
re: BIGGUNDOCTOR
I'm guessing it was ground up papaya or really crappy parmesan cheese.
re: sunshine842
Yup. Friend and I bought them at the HP movie years ago thinking the same thing. Opened them in the theater and almost screamed at the horrible SARDINE flavor jellybean I had in my mouth. So gross.
re: sunshine842
Pity you tossed them before you tried the Black Pepper- i's one of my all-time favorites. I wish they'd put it into general circulation.
I couldn't handle the vomit ones, either, but then I'm phobic about it anyway.
re: chefathome
I eat it this way to this day but i have switched to apple cider vinegar
re: suzigirl
Really? Perhaps it has improved over the past 30 years. I'm game to give it another go, especially with apple cider vinegar. I've never enjoyed canned beans, peas, carrots or spinach just as I have found them tinny. They just do not compare with fresh to me. If I had a choice I would definitely not choose canned. :-(
re: chefathome
Corn, beans, tomatoes and sauerkraut are about it for good canned vegetables, I think, although the canned asparagus that an early poster was dissing is something I learned early to enjoy in the proper context: chilled, drained and dried, then plated with a little mayonnaise. I've also had it as an hors d'oeuvres item laid diagonally across a trimmed thin slice of good white bread, again with mayonnaise, and the bread folded up point to point. All the rage for fancy summer parties in Nashville 20-some years ago.
re: Will Owen
Canned corn and tomatoes are used regularly at our house and sauerkraut occasionally. We do purchase pickled asparagus from time to time. Other than that I just do not enjoy canned vegetables, soups, and so on.
re: Will Owen
I like asparagus fresh or canned, particularly, the canned blanched asparagus that are also impossible to find in my area. I do not care for the anemic looking asparagus that are almost as thin as spaghetti.
re: chefathome
Its still the same as it was. I just still like it.
Boy does this bring back some nasty memories......the first had to be some vile tasting cough syrup my grandmother forced down my throat (by holding my nose) when I had a cold as a child. There was no such thing as "cherry flavored" back in the early 60's......it and whatever I'd had for dinner that night made a reappearance on the kitchen floor about 10 minutes later.....
Fast forward 40 years and my chef/employer gave me a taste of some sort of incredibly funky blue cheese that the sales rep was trying to get us to carry in our case--I was astounded at how quickly my system shut down screeching POISON to every nerve and cell in my body. It never made it past my throat before nature took over and expelled it....embarrassing for sure!!!
re: KSlink
oh, KSlink - we used to have to take Marax cough syrup. I *think* it was supposed to be banana flavored. to this day I can still taste that horrid taste! We would do anything, ANYTHING to avoid taking that stuff!
some bad blood sausage. might as well just give me dried blood from a a few days old rotting carcass.
re: Bryan Pepperseed
Licorice, peppermint and coconut?? OMG those are 3 of my favorites. Trade you some cilantro, cumin and capers for them. Those are 3 I wish I never tasted.
There's a lot of stuff I've never tasted because they smell too repulsive to get near my mouth, 3 of those would be balogna, hot dogs and liver. Ugh.
re: Island
Not a big fan of cumin or capers, but I'll take the cilantro. If you throw in some hot dogs and baloney we might have a deal.
re: rockandroller1
I don't like it either although I have tried to. I love it when people say to me "oh you just haven't tried the right type or the right restaurant." I have tried all types multiple times from excellent restaurants all over the country and I still think it sucks.
I'm with you. I just don't get it.
re: baseballfan
re: rockandroller1
+2. Blech. I can eat the cooked if I must but no raw,thanks
re: rockandroller1
The only raw sushi I have likes was sea snail. Otherwise, the texture skeeves me out. I love cooked rolls though.
re: rockandroller1
Wow, I don't really see how, since I like it so much, but you did give it a fair shot, at least.
re: rockandroller1
+3. I keep trying sushi and the taste and texture keep making me gag. The smell is pretty bad too.
Also I wish I had never eaten that raw peanut. Blech.
re: zitronenmadchen
of all the different sushis i have tried. i havent liked any of them. its the sushi itself i dont care for (the vinegared rice)
re: rockandroller1
I enjoyed sushi when homeported in Japan, particularly, the dollar size baby abalone. Had it once in the States, never again.
Dried seaweed that a Thai friend insisted I try because it was a delicious snack. In the back seat of a taxi, driving through Bangkok, wiping my tongue off with a napkin!!! Like licking the bottom of an aquarium. That was 10 years ago, and I cannot even walk past the packages in a store without being yucked out to this day.
re: arashall
cue scene of Tom Hanks wiping the beluga caviar off his tongue in "Big".
re: sunshine842
LOL! Ha! I had forgotten that. Pretty much my exact reaction.
Gefilte fish. Small mushy fish balls suspended in a jar of a vile "broth", eaten cold.
Just a full-on experience of awful awfulness
I wish I had never eaten calves' brain. I managed to finish the plate but it kind of creeps me out still. And the smell of rotting chicken when I opened a packet haunts me to this day. I don't think I will ever forget the stench of death. It's making me feel queasy just remembering!
My own tea smoked duck. It was recipe from Gourmet-mid to late 90's?and done mostly in a wok. I am sure I did it wrong but it was the WORST. Nasty-bitter, unpleasant burnt smoke taste and the texture and color? God awful. And whats worse I spent some serious time on that damn thing!
Meatloaf-everybody's that I tried 'just to be nice' before I finally slammed the door on ever trying it again.
Yogurt-ALL yogurt. I dont care. More for you.
Diet Moxie
Blackjack gum
Of course, this is just regarding items normally considered as a food of some kind. Items like cough syrup, barium, and Subway subs; it goes without saying.
re: Fydeaux
Oh, cough syrup.
I get croup a lot (yes, I know, its a baby disease) and end up on prescription cough syrup.
The first time that an ER doc gave me cheritussin, it tasted so bad that I actually cried.
Have gotten mostly used to it by now, but have also moved on to tussionex, which is conveniently sweet like candy.
re: sisterfunkhaus
absolutely true! (a shot of the hard liquor of your choice - usually whiskey or rum, the juice of a lemon, and a generous spoonful of honey in a great big mug, and fill with boiling water. ) Tasty, soothing, and lets you sleep.
My dad used to give us a spoonful of blackberry brandy if we were out of cough medicine. To this day I can't drink blackberry brandy, because to me it's cough medicine.
re: sunshine842
I remember Brandy, juice of a lemon, and some honey for a cold.... but don't remember the hot water :o
re: cacruden
(you've got to have hot something to get to a hot toddy!)
re: cacruden
True cacruden: now I know I'll never, ever eat natto again!
re: cacruden
This. Well-said.
Coconut; can't stand it but oddly enough I adore coconut milk in dishes like Jerk and I do keep coconut on hand to make coconut pie or cake for OTHER people. Tripe....nope, can't handle it. And when I was 15, I got toasted on Southern Comfort and got drunkingly sick, throwing up. To this day, I still remember every horribe moment and I can still taste the sweet mess. I never drank it again and it's been over 30 years.
re: Cherylptw
I'm with you on the Southern Comfort for the same reason, and let me add sloe gin to that list. I can feel my throat tightening up just typing about them. Urgh.
re: laskiblue
Goldschlager for me.
re: Cherylptw
Oh absolutely on the Southern Comfort. What in the wide, wide world of sports is that stuff supposed to be?! One of my friends dotes on the stuff and he urged me to try it over ice to wean me from my usual scotch. Oh, helllllllllll no.
Add to that, the flavored vodkas on the market, like "Whipped cream" and "Cotton candy". Um no.
re: pinehurst
Hehe - loved the Blazing Saddles reference. :o)
re: pinehurst
Ha! One of my favorite sayings
re: Cherylptw
Thanks for the reminder of a bad underage drinking eposode. Mine was a bottle of premixed screwdrivers. Couldn't even stand to look at OJ for about 2 years.
Sloe gin, agree that's vile. Tastes like cough syrup.
2 things immediately come to mind.
Back in the mid-90's I went to a Black Angus and was given a complimentary bowl of "Cowboy Spoonbread" to try out. ACK! It tasted like someone wolfed down a wet veggie omlette and then proceeded to regurgitate it into a bowl. FOUL!
DUBBEL ZOUT - Holy shit. Being a young kid in a candy store and plunking down my weekly allowance to buy a bag of this crazy exotic dutch candy I had never seen before...what the HELL was I thinking!!! Double salted black licorice...absolutely horrid! I was soooo mad at myself!
re: BIGGUNDOCTOR
That one blew my mind...we were in Provence during the olive harvest, and one of the guys in our group picked a ripe olive from the tree in the garden of the house we were renting....He pulled a face and spit it out, then (in true foodie fashion) yelled "you guys have to taste this! Its awful!"
So we all charged over (and in true foodie fashion) grimaced and spit them out.
How anybody figured they could be made so darned tasty by brining and curing is beyond my comprehension...but I'm glad they did.
re: sunshine842
I am glad they did too
re: sunshine842
I love that everyone rushed over to try it.
re: BIGGUNDOCTOR
Oooooh- what a rude awakening.
re: nikkib99
Chicken skin is sometimes sold seperately at street level here.... deep fried chicken skin snacks .... delicious....
Hershey's and Capri Sun or milk and grapefruit. Both combinations taste uncannily like vomit.
Campfire S'Mores
Apparently americans love them - I tried one last year and thought it was pretty digusting. made me want to throw up. Worse than Cadbury Creme Eggs.
re: Jambie
Chicharrones sometimes stewed in a chili verdi. Yeah, the wife almost threw up when she tried a bite of mine. It just tasted fatty to me (and I love pork rinds, but wet ones were ooogy).
re: Sandwich_Sister
I concur. I like my chicharrones ultra-crispy, not stewed. Bleech!
re: Jambie
I have to confess that my experience with pork rinds is limited to the deep fried kind that you find on the shelves of convenience stores but I was intrigued enough to try it. It was months ago and I still can't get over it.
re: Lillipop
I love avocados! Guacamole!! I sold 150 in one week at work a few months ago.
re: mamachef
I have never had durian but something tells me it would immediately be placed on the short "untaste" list.
re: mamachef
i agree with you except for durian ice cream.
re: mamachef
Yes. Yesyesyesyesyes. Worst thing I've ever eaten. BLECH! And the stink is every bit as bad as the taste.
There are a bunch of things that I eat that my husband hates the smell of and vice versa. Generally we just each live with it so as not to deprive the other, but for this, I told him that it was grounds for divorce if he ever brought it into the house again.
re: chefathome
on bread, with tart pickles and a glass of wine? Divine.
(call it fromage de tête -- it sounds so much more elegant.) :P
re: sunshine842
That sounds vastly more elegant! :)
The way my grandma used to make it ensured there were many gristly chunks. The chunks of fat were enormous - hard to get down. The quivering mass was often served with pickled chicken feet - a lovely plate to behold for a child.
Green papaya salad, sea urchin, most flavored vodkas, Retsina, Southern Comfort (not unlike that abominable cherry cough syrup of early childhood) and multiple food experiences one day in the Gobi Desert (raw sheep's milk cheese, fermented mare's milk, rancid deep-fried dough nuggets - I really thought it was my last day on this planet.)
re: Chefpaulo
Seriously, you don't like som tam?! I've used it as "introductory" Thai food for lots of folks, and never known anybody who didn't like it. Makes me miss our neighborhood som tam lady in Bangkok... The neighborhood som tam lady is also always the best source of local gossip :-)
re: arashall
Seriously....nope! And now you've met one. Been eating Thai since my student days when I visited Bangkok in February 1972 (an interesting time to be there.) Almost had to go by ambulance to the hospital due to Bird's Eye chili pepper overdose on my shrimp dish (not my asking) and then having Poopaya salad the next night. I now adore Thai, except for...
re: Chefpaulo
You can overdose on chilies :o Never thought that was possible. On any given day I could easily consume 15+ of them depending on what I order....Although I did get a lot in one Som Tam a few years ago before I could tell them in Thai..... my hand was telling them one thing, and my english another and they did not speak english. Both my sister and I were struggling a little on it, had to stop eating twice to let our mouths cool down. The lady running the stand was obviously shocked that farang could finish.... I usually order with about 4 Bird chili peppers in it, but this was way more than that. I will eat several different versions of it, and on average I would say probably average almost one Som Tam every two days - only problem is they are quite calorie rich for a salad. I still have been poisoned more times in Canada than here though, once here and twice in Canada.... got to remember no to satays early in the morning after sitting all evening long.... I needed protein and I did not give it much thought.
re: vanderb
The green (non-ripe) papaya that is used (in Som Tam - Thai Papaya salad) is more of a blank slate taste, it takes on the taste of all the ingredients that it is mixed with (in this case pounded in). Ripe papaya I don't typically eat.
The taste comparison between Som Tam to papaya salad would be like comparing MacDonald's French Fries with salt and vinegar to mashed potatoes..... there is really nothing in common between the two. I cannot eat potatoes -- especially mashed.... but MacDonalds french fries do not taste like potatoes.....
re: cacruden
I hear you and probably should have clarified my papaya statement with "ripe" papaya. I do love som tam and I am aware it has papaya, just forgot about it in my rush to bash papaya... as I tend to do.
re: vanderb
With you there. I think that the Enzymes that the Papaya produce must be very similar to the ones our Stomach produces. Some Cheeses are that way for me to.
re: vanderb
+1 on the papaya. Actually, +2 because my H agrees. Our daughter loves it, though, so people must taste it differently.
Epazote. I grew it once and for the life of me, I can't understand how or WHY anybody thought of adding it to food. It stinks and it tastes even worse. And then it self-sowed like a sonofabitch and kept coming up in various potted plants for years- we even moved once and it kept growing back to haunt me.
re: EWSflash
But it can prevent the unpleasant after-effects of beans, if added to a pot while cooking. However, I agree that the unpleasant taste isn't worth it.
re: Isolda
Malta drink. I had a friend who looooved it. I tried it and almost puked it back up. Horrible. Horrible.
re: MysticYoYo
My dad had me try that. He asked if i liked molasses, which I do. That doesn't taste like molasses. Unless someone forgot that molasses is a form of sugar. That stuff isn't sweet. Or good for that matter. Yuk.
The free sample today at Trader Joe's. Some type of Chai Tea flavored pastry. I popped the bite sized piece in my mouth and ran for the garbage can next to Customer Service to spit it out. The pastry was filled with an oozy liquid center that tasted like warm mustard mixed with lemon juice and cinnamon. It slid down the back of my throat and made me gag. Gross!
re: Scary Bill
French or Cajun?
re: sunshine842
Andouille is Cajun, an absolute favourite of mine, and not at all like Andouillette, which is French.
re: Scary Bill
nope, you can have Andouille in France. The only significant difference between French andouille and French andouillette is in the diameter of the finished product -- I agree, it's nasty stuff, so I've never paid much attention to the regulations.
re: sunshine842
Made me do some homework. French andouille is different from andouillette, though French andouille will use along with mostly pork meat, some intestine, and not found except as casing in Cajun andouille.
Also, there is no Cajun andouillette, per your original question.
Natto- Fermented soybeans, typically eaten for breakfast. My ex-sister in law (born/raised in Tokyo) was called the Natto Queen by her grandmother because she ate it 3 times a day. My older brother tried to eat it, couldn't do it. I tried to one-up on my brother...nope, no way. It tastes as foul as it smells. How far would you let something rot before you declare it delicious ?
re: Floridagirl
And I adore oysters and raw shellfish (except prawns). :)
I once researched an article about durian. I had tried durian ice cream and durian smoothies made from frozen durian (which is packed from durian that is just barely ripe) and liked it. So I bought a just barely ripe durian and a very ripe one. The barely ripe one was ok, the over ripe one was like diesel fuel, stinky feet, and vomit. I ate some peanuts and drank a beer to get the taste out of my mouth. Then a few minutes later it started repeating on me. The burps flavored of durian, beer, and peanuts were so bad that I actually got tears in my eyes. I can't stand the smell of peanuts to this day. Especially on someones breath after they eat them. I have actually told fellow passengers on airplanes that if they eat the peanuts, I'll be the one getting sick. Weirdly, I still like durian ice cream and smoothies, just not the ripe fruit. Oh, but I like peanut butter.
1. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich...I like each separately, just NOT together.
2. Swiss cheese
3. Beets
4. Turnips
The wet scallops that I accidentally purchased this weekend. I am not much of a food taster and a creature of habit that doesn't like much deviation and so have not had many experiences with foods that I wish I could untaste. I am a routine scallop eater but went to a new store to buy scallops and met the most horrid taste. I still can't believe how revolting they were. The next day, I returned to my usual store to redeem the scallops and there was a little bit of convincing myself to actually cook them knowing that they would be delicious as expected.
re: tarilyn
Here in Berks County Pa the lard cooked chips are considered by many to be the bees knees. I've tried them a few times only to regret it and spend a few hours trying to remove the lard slime from my tongue. Nope nope nope.
That bit of pecan shell I chomped on the other day when I was nibbling on some wonderful fresh shelled pecans from a friend's tree.
It was so nasty, I ran and spit it into the kitchen sink, then had to go brush (and scrub) my teeth two or three times to get all the bitter bits out of my molars. And rinse and rinse. Bleah!
re: jmcarthur8
Oh, I have been there. Bleah is right! It's right up there with the bit of aluminum foil that stuck to the bottom of the pizza crust I once had...
re: bards4
one of the few nice points about having now had all the mercury fillings in my teeth dug out and replaced with porcelain is that I don't get that spine-tingling cringe if I get a piece of foil in my mouth by accident.
(there better bet something good about spending that much time, money, and discomfort getting that done! it wasn't by choice -- necessary because after x years, mercury fillings start to work loose...so eventually you have to have it fixed.)
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The inside membrane is worse if you can believe it
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Suzi, maybe that's what it was! It felt like it was sucking all the moisture out of my mouth. All I know is I never want that experience again!
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That's the insides. Bitter and sucks all the good taste from your mouth so that's all you can taste. Horrid stuff. It turned me off nuts for years until I was shown what it was. Now I am super picky with fresh shelled nuts
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The one time I got some of the shell lining, I swear my tongue tried to turn itself inside-out.
My wife reminded me of one that I can't believe I forgot about. In Thailand about 12 years I grabed the last yoghurt in the fridge at breakfast and didn't really look at the label. Needless to say I can never and will never forget the taste of Lotus Nut, Mung bean and corn yoghurt... truly the most foul thing imaginable and especially at breakfast.
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Here's one that hasn't yet been mentioned:
Underripe Hachiya persimmon. Rips every bit of moisture from your mouth, and the sensation lingers, and lingers, and lingers. Disgusting.
Especially evil because a perfectly ripe Hachiya persimmon is an amazing thing to eat.
This awful, awful generic cream soda. I was suspicious because it was pink, but thirsty enough to give it a shot. Tasted like cheap, stale bubblegum.
Dundas St., in Hong Kong. The odors around there should be barred entry.
Durian and panettone are present on the list too.
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Very with you on the liver-y steak. I once asked a French chef what that was about, and he told me it was improper aging.
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My spouse loves filet mignon. He has issues with fat so to him the lean relatively low effort required steaks are for him. Filet 9/10 times tastes liver-y to me. Bitter and funky. Gimme a ribeye!!!
Pickled herring. SO loves it, and insisted I try it. I took one teeny piece, and promptly fled for the bathroom. It just reminded me too much of the feel and smell of dissections in early science classes. I shudder at vinegary pickled meats that come packed in jars, they belong in a laboratory not my kitchen...
Lifesavers Wint'OGreen lifesavers.. Gak. Anything wintergreen flavored or scented. I think it stems from boys using Skoal or Copenhagen snuff that apparently had that flavor added. The smell when the can was opened and then the disgusting spitting...now I'm nauseated. Blargh
Somewhat related: I had lunch at a soul food restaurant with a friend who suddenly got all maverick on me and ordered chitlins instead of his usual fried fish. Lunch was served, and we both looked at his plate, which appeared to be loaded with a gray, squiggly wet napkin. He went in and took a nice big bite; I tucked into my nummy nummy oxtails. His eyes widened, and he made a noise like "wooooo!"; carried his own plate to the bustub 'cause it's that kinda place, and sat there forlornly watching me eat 'til I felt bad and gave him some, but then what happened that was bad was, he said "woooo!" again and burped. Yes. He burped. And I swear to G*d I could taste it and I hope it never, ever happens again. I can't describe how bad that scene was.


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text: Artificial Intelligence... ...A Window to Mankind Can machines think? To better understand artificial intelligence, I had to ask myself several questions: what makes a person seem real? When we speak to a person, how can we tell, without looking, that it is really a person we are talking to? How can we simulate this? I contemplated these questions and realized that people go through experiences, from which they draw on their entire life. Perhaps a truly artificial being must evolve and learn. On the other hand, perhaps we can give an artificial being all of the memories and thoughts that it needs. It seems highly implausible that we can reduce human thoughts down to a set of computer algorithms that all can duplicate with ease. The following essay will not only give the reader a better grasp of artificial intelligence, but also will attempt to deal with the plausibility and implications of a truly artificial being. Is there room for AI? Before we actually implement AI in a real life application, we have to ask ourselves if there is room for AI. Do we really want machines doing all of our jobs? If machines really do all of the jobs that people used to do, what will people do? Do we really have a need for robots? (Humphrys) Darwin believed that there were certain niches, and that all species competed for placement in these niches −− if one species could fill a niche better and easier than another species, the other species would dominate, and eventually one species would die out. If we were to create real thinking robots, would they not exist in the same niche as us? Would they compete for the same resources? Perhaps the creation of artificially intelligent robots would be our undoing. Perhaps there isn't actually room for an artificial creature. If robots were to become intelligent and form their own society, their values would be much different than ours. If one examines our society, they will notice that we deal with four different causes or death: war, disease, famine and pestilence. A machine, on the other hand, could theoretically live forever −− their bodies always being updated to the latest discovered technologies. They would not place the same value on life as us, as they can be simply reconstructed. If robots are allowed to roam freely, they could end up as our rulers. Free will? Can we allow computers to have free will? If they do have free will, what kinds of things will they do? They may not follow the same rules that we do, and they could wreak havoc among the population. In fact, what if we gave them free will, and, thinking themselves superior to us, try and take us over? That would make to an interesting turn of events. However AI driven robots might be restricted in the fact that they don't have free will −− they might accomplish less because of the fact that they would be so restricted. There are many negatives and positives, and we would have to deal with them all before we could come to a decision. (Humphrys) When we examine free will, we naturally look back at the Three Laws of Robotics. By implementing Asmov's ideas, we would be denying robots their rights −− a set of rights that we cherish so dearly. Is it proper to deny robots these same rights? Even criminals are guaranteed specific rights in the United States, yet we would be unwilling to grant these rights to robots −− robots whose logic should prevent them from doing any harm? Is there some flaw in the way humans see "human" rights? There is no doubt that when the technologies come to the point that we can create an artificial creature, there will be great speculation and debate on this subject −− enough argument to prevent the actual creation of such a creature. The future uses of AI For AI to become a reality, we have to first recognize its uses. What, exactly, can we use an AI driven computer for? Quite simply, we could, if we wanted, make them into our slaves and never have to do any work again. They could take the place of humans in hazardous jobs, making the world a safer place. But is it really morally correct to make an intelligence race our slaves? Perhaps using slaves could free ourselves to do more important things? These are just a few of the questions we have to consider for future uses. In the future artificial intelligence will appear everywhere, from the menial tasks of recording a tv program on your VCR to piloting the latest airplane. It is safe to say that there will be many implementations of AI that do not require creating a robot to use. These artificial intelligence devices will greatly simplify every day life, and since these devices operate on a simple level, we will not have to deal with the life vs. AI debate. Human society and acceptance of AI driven computers We have to ask ourselves if human society would accept AI driven computers. After all, they would probably compete with us in our daily lives, and could get in our way. Humans also hate change, and there would be those opposed to the introduction of these new machines. Chances are they would do little harm, but could our own human prejudices prevent these species from thriving? The introduction of AI driven computers would be like finding new intelligent life −− they would be radically different from us, think in a very different way, yet be conscious. Needless to say, it would be very strange. Chances are that if we created an artificial creature, the creature, no matter how smart or intelligent, would be thought of subordinate to a normal human. They would never be accepted as equal, as "people are very closed minded" (Humphrys), thus they would always be charged with doing the "dirty work" so to speak. They would be treated simply as a valuable piece of hardware, something that could be replaced. One could even consider it cruel to bring an innocent new creature to life in a world that is ruled by discrimination and hatred of those who are different. This also leads us to the question −− will artificially intelligent creatures become our slaves or masters? AI computers −− slaves or masters? If we gave life to an artificial creature, we would most likely want them as our slaves −− not as our masters. But would they want to remain our slaves? There is no doubt that these artificial creates would be more or less superior to us: they could compute math at amazing speeds as well as have increased neural activity. Perhaps, if they thought they were superior enough, they might try and take us over −− them become the masters, which they justify because they believe themselves superior to us. We would have to deal with these facts before creating an artificial being. 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By Sheetal Babu, special to the Henrico Citizen 06/07/11
Members of the Older Dominion Partnership gathered last month in Henrico to educate Virginians about the importance of creating awareness and working together to conquer the difficulties of aging, at the Age Wave Summit II Conference.
The head committee arrived at the all-day conference May 19, held at Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia in Henrico, equipped with words of motivation to tackle "the promise, not the problem, of aging."
As its motto says, the Older Dominion Partnership (ODP) exists to help the quickly aging citizens of Virginia who might be facing shortages in affordable senior housing, professional healthcare, care management and home care.
The partnership is a nonprofit program started by businesses and foundations to raise Virginia's state of aging preparedness. Since Virginia's 65-and-older population is predicted to double to 1.8 million by 2030, the partnership is providing an independent program to help the elderly ride the age wave. Its goal is to offer people assured security and to let Virginia lead the nation into a new period of safe aging.
The first speaker, Richmond Times-Dispatch Publisher Thomas Silvestri, was quick to talk about the problems that Virginia faces. The public's aging population might want to take care of the aging issues, but it is not ready, he said. Not only did Silvestri discuss the problem with financial support, but he also highlighted the fact that the public's desire for action fell short.
"There is no urgency," Silvestri said. "That has to change…awareness is the first step, but Virginia needs our kick to get there.
"It's important to spend time in the community rather than in conference rooms. Virginia has all the history to lead the new age wave, but the federal government isn't ready."
Once everyone is on board, he believes that Virginia will master the age wave. Silvestri got the audience keyed up for the upcoming afternoon by chanting, "I don't want to be mad as hell, I want to avoid a disaster."
Expectations discussed
As a member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 2001, in addition to being a practicing physician, Virginia Delegate John O'Bannon (R-73rd District) holds a unique perspective on the age wave topic.
During his "Boomers Meet Medicare – What Now?" address at the summit, O'Bannon talked specifically about the expectations of boomers and the role of Medicare in their lives.
"Technology is lengthening people's lives," O'Bannon said. "Medical breakthroughs will come to make people healthy, but there will always be health problems. Medicare needs to change to accommodate the agers." The boomers might expect to stay alive longer and continue to do what they want; however there are still concerns about the burden of chronic illness to deal with.
"Americans do what they want first and then they worry about consequences later," O'Bannon said.
Three testimonials discussed why the ODP mattered to the community.
"This room symbolizes the long bench. Right now, it's not as deep," said Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging (V4A) representative Courtney Tierney. She emphasized the importance of working together and utilizing ODP's resources for everyone's benefit.
"Individually, we can't scratch the surface, but together with data, we can do it." The V4A strives to provide resources and policies that will help the elderly lead meaningful lives.
Jeanne McCusker from Home Instead Senior Care in Charlottesville underscored similar points.
"This is a global issue like the energy crisis, financial crisis and the environmental crisis," McCusker said. "To change the face of aging, we need companionship instead of isolation."
The 2011 Age Ready Indicators Survey conducted by the ODP gives the public an idea of whether or not seniors and boomers feel they are ready to face the age wave. The 5,000 respondents were contacted by mail, phone or online. Some of the responses were obtained through 30-minute interviews. In total, 164 questions were asked.
When questioned about their quality of life, 75 percent of seniors and 70 percent of boomers answered that their lives were very good or excellent whereas. Out of all the respondents, 61 percent of seniors and 48 percent of boomers felt that they were personally well prepared to navigate the challenges of aging. On the other hand, fewer thought that their community was prepared. Only 32 percent of seniors and 16 percent of boomers agreed that their communities were well prepared.
According to the survey, 29 percent of seniors and 40 percent of boomers felt either often or sometimes lonely. Comparing 1980 and 2011, frequent loneliness decreased slightly.
In the workforce, a very low percentage felt that they had ever been discriminated against because of age. A high percentage of both seniors and boomers received no public assistance and stated that they did not need it.
About four in ten of those aged 65-and-older have a chronic illness. Nearly half of the seniors and boomers who participated in the survey had visited a doctor due to injury or illness within the past two years.
After collecting the survey results, the ODP plans to work on the problem areas in order to improve the standard of aging in Virginia.
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Among participants at the Seventh Annual Coordinators2Inc Golf Tournament and awards luncheon Oct. 3 were (from left) Rebecca Ricardo, C2 Inc executive director; Kevin Derr, member of the winning foursome; Sharon Richardson, C2 Inc founder; and Frank Ridgway and Jon King, members of the winning foursome.
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Artist Chuck Larivey has spent the past three years "sizing up" – creating large-scale oil paintings that are designed to engage their viewers in a monumental way by using size to captivate them and make them a part of the artistic experience.
The exhibit is appropriate for all ages and is free and open to the public at the center, located at 2880 Mountain Road in Glen Allen. > Read more.
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nice view from the room, beautiful garden and swimming pool. Good internet connection, good staff
The breakfast buffet is not excellent. The minibar is normally empty and you need to ask for having it filled.
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Very old and badly maintained rooms. Not clean. All towels were old. the trash bin was broker and very old. windows half length so when you are siting or sleeping you only see wall.
The bedding was superb, the gardens large and leafy, the better rooms are tastefully furnished and designed. The restaurants are excellent. We particularly enjoy the Chinese a la carte and the Bogor cafe buffet
Everything is rather expensive, and the coffee is not easy on the mouth. Internet costs everywhere, and the signal for a private modem is often weak
very nice hotel with a lot of comfort; definitely upscale. The pool is in an extremely peaceful area and offers relaxation after a hot day in the city. Prices, of course, are upscale too, but one gets very high value for it!
The hotel is a bit out of the direction of the harbor and old city. With the dense traffic in the town, it takes a lot of time to arrive in the old city centre.
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Strong smell of smoke everywhere, non sooking room were not available. Breakfast has a big variety of food but is not very well organized and it is very difficult to find international food, it is very asian. Hotel is nice bit quality of the service is not a five star. Last point, staff people are often knocking at your door for many sifferent reasons. 4 times in an afternoon is too much
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Some of the good habits I had formed over the years had become ineffective because they had become simple rote repetitions and there wasn't the same excitement and emotion behind them there used to be.
"Without change something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." Frank Hebert "Dune"
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Alan Knight faked being a quadriplegic and pretended to be in a coma for two years.
The Swansea 47-year-old – who claimed benefits for a "spine injury" that he claimed caused him seizures, leaving him in a "comatose state" – conned his pensioner neighbour out of £40,000 over two years and used the money to go on shopping trips and holidays, Swansea crown court heard.
He was caught on CCTV shopping in a supermarket and driving his car. Knight's wife, Helen, was in on the scam, and pretended to "care" for him in hospital and pushed him around in a wheelchair.
Swansea crown court was told that doctors at the hospital (where he admitted himself at least twice to avoid court) noticed something was wrong when Knight – who claimed he was paralysed from the neck down – was seen eating, wiping his face, and writing.
Knight pleaded guilty to theft and forgery and is due to be sentenced in November.
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What a fucking asshole.
Honestly, I'm just insanely impressed at the dedication of this fiend. 2 years!??! He acted like he was dead for 2 years?? I can't sit still for 5 fucking minuets. That is truly unbelievable.
I just don't know how in 2 years they didn't make a run for it. Like what was his long term plan? Was he really going to sit this shit out for the rest of his life? I have to imagine his plan was to eventually make a run for it. But what the fuck was he waiting for? How do you not pull the trigger on that after the first year.
I think my biggest question is: you can fake being paralyzed or in a coma? I totally thought that was some shit you could do a test for. Like how is that fake-able? Don't they have brain wave monitors and shit? I feel like they absolutely have to apply pressure to your body to see how much you are paralyzed. Am I crazy? Is this just some shit you can easily fake? Because in my opinion, every idiot at the hospital that got fooled is just as much of an asshole as this scumbag is.
I know I should be more disgusted at this dude, but I can't get over how amazing that is. That is true fiend dedication right there. When all else fails, fake dead.
PS – Shouts to Dreamville for the link.
PPS - There are some really ridiculous fiends out there. Like this insane couple. But you know what? They were a COUPLE. These psychos both found love. So all those single people bitching they can't find a "good" girl/man, need to look in the fucking mirror if these nut jobs were able to get married. That's real shit.
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Fiendin for a good cause.
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Ran into the homie Mack Wilds at the Wiz show last night. Love that motherfucker. Funny as hell and just an all around great dude. Mad talented too. Hope to work with him again.
PS – Wiz show was fire by the way. Great set and energy. You could tell he was digging it too and going all out. That's New York for you.
AYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEE. It's #FiendFriday.
50 shows in 56 days.
What a fucking fiended out tour. Thank you to every single person that came out to support the These Days Tour. Much love for that.
Shouts to Ab-Soul and everyone over there. Couldn't have been a better group of fiends.
Until next time. #FIENDS x #TDE
Last day of #TheseDaysTour. Final show tonight in NEW MEXICO.
Couldn't have been a better tour. All you #FIENDS that came out was love. Soul and everyone couldn't have been a better group of people.
Let's finish this shit strong.
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